List of countries and dependencies and their capitals in native languages explained

The following chart lists countries and dependencies along with their capital cities, in English and non-English official language(s).

• In bold: internationally recognized sovereign states
  • The 193 member states of the United Nations (UN)
  • Vatican City (administered by the Holy See, a UN observer state), which is generally recognized as a sovereign state
• In bold italics: states with limited recognition and associated states not members of the United Nations
  • De facto sovereign states with partial international recognition, such as the State of Palestine, the Republic of Kosovo and Taiwan
  • De facto sovereign states lacking general international recognition
  • Cook Islands and Niue, two associated states of New Zealand without UN membership
• In italics: non-sovereign territories that are recognized by the UN as part of some member state
  • Dependent territories
  • Special territories recognized by international treaty (such as the special administrative regions of China)
  • Other territories often regarded as separate geographical territories even though they are integral parts of their mother countries (such as the overseas departments of France)

A

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Afghanistan				Pashto/Dari (Arabic script)
Albania				Albanian
Algeria				Berber language (Tifinagh script) Arabic (Arabic script)
American Samoa^[1]		American Samoa	Pago Pago	Samoan English
Andorra				Catalan
Angola		Kongo: Ngola|italic=no	Kongo: Lwanda|italic=no	Portuguese Kongo
Anguilla^[2]		Anguilla	The Valley	English
Antigua and Barbuda		Antigua and Barbuda	St. John's	English
Argentina				Spanish
Armenia				Armenian (Armenian alphabet)
Aruba^[3]				Dutch, Papiamento
Australia		Australia	Canberra	English/Aboriginal languages
Austria				German
Åland^[4]				Swedish Finnish
Azerbaijan				Azerbaijani

B

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
The Bahamas		The Bahamas	Nassau	English
Bahrain				Arabic (Arabic script)
Bangladesh		Bengali: বাংলাদেশ	Bengali: ঢাকা	Bengali (Bengali script)
Barbados		Barbados	Bridgetown	English
Belarus				Belarusian (Cyrillic script) Russian (Cyrillic script)
Belgium				Dutch French German
Belize		Belize	Belmopan	English
Benin				French
Bermuda		Bermuda	Hamilton	English
Bhutan		Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ཡུལ	Dzongkha: ཐིམ་ཕུ	Dzongkha (Tibetan alphabet)
Bolivia				Spanish Quechua Aymara Guaraní
Bonaire				Dutch
Bosnia and Herzegovina		Bosna i Hercegovina	Sarajevo	Bosnian, Croatian (Latin script) Serbian (Cyrillic script)
Botswana		Botswana	Gaborone	English, Tswana
Brazil				Portuguese
British Virgin Islands		British Virgin Islands	Road Town	English
Brunei			or	Malay (Jawi script)
Bulgaria		or	or ^[5]	Bulgarian (Cyrillic script)
Burkina Faso				French
Burundi		Rundi: Uburundi|italic=no	Rundi: Gitega|italic=no	Kirundi French

C

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Cambodia		Central Khmer: Kămpŭchéa|italic=no Central Khmer: កម្ពុជា	Central Khmer: Phnum Pénh|italic=no Central Khmer: ភ្នំពេញ	Khmer (Khmer script)
Cameroon		Cameroon	Yaoundé	French English
Canada		Canada	Ottawa	English, French
Cape Verde				Portuguese
Cayman Islands		Cayman Islands	George Town	English
Central African Republic				French Sango
Chad				French Arabic (Arabic script)
Chile				Spanish
China (People's Republic of)		中国 (中华人民共和国)	北京	Mandarin Chinese (Chinese characters)
Christmas Island^[6]		Christmas Island	Flying Fish Cove	English
Cocos Islands		Cocos Islands	West Island	English
Colombia				Spanish
Comoros				Shikomor Arabic (Arabic script) French
Republic of the Congo		Kongo: Repubilika ya Kôngo|italic=no	Kongo: Balazavile|italic=no	French Kongo Lingala
Democratic Republic of the Congo		Kongo: Republíki ya Kongó Demokratíki|italic=no	Kongo: Kinsasa|italic=no	French Kongo Lingala Swahili
Cook Islands^[7]		Cook Islands	Avarua	English Cook Islands Māori
Costa Rica				Spanish
Côte d'Ivoire (formerly Ivory Coast)				French
Croatia				Croatian
Cuba				Spanish
Curaçao		Curaçao	Willemstad	Dutch Papiamento English
Cyprus				Greek (Greek alphabet) Turkish
Czech Republic				Czech

D

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Denmark				Danish
Djibouti				Arabic (Arabic script) French Somali Afar
Dominica		Dominica	Roseau	English
Dominican Republic				Spanish

E

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
East Timor				Tetum Portuguese
Ecuador				Spanish
Egypt		or		Arabic (Arabic script)
El Salvador				Spanish
Equatorial Guinea				Spanish French Portuguese
Eritrea				Arabic (Arabic script) Tigrinya (Ge'ez script)
Estonia				Estonian
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)		Eswatini	Mbabane	English Swazi
Ethiopia				Amharic (Ge'ez script)

F

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Falkland Islands		Falkland Islands	Stanley	English
Faroe Islands^[8]				Faroese Danish
Fiji		Fiji	Suva	English Fijian Fiji Hindi
Finland				Finnish Swedish
France				French
French Guiana^[9]				French
French Polynesia^[10]				French Tahitian

G

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Gabon				French
The Gambia		The Gambia	Banjul	English Mandinka Pulaar Wolof
Georgia				Georgian (Georgian alphabet)
Germany				German
Ghana		Ghana	Accra	English Akan Twi Ewe
Gibraltar		Gibraltar	Gibraltar	English
Greece		or	or	Greek (Greek alphabet)
Greenland				Greenlandic Danish
Grenada		Grenada	St. George's	English
Guadeloupe				French
Guam	Hagåtña formerly Agaña	Guam	Hagåtña	English Chamorro
Guatemala				Spanish
Guernsey^[11]		Guernsey Guernési	Saint Peter Port Saint Pierre Port	English Guernésiais
Guinea				French Maninka, Susu Pular
Guinea-Bissau				Portuguese Fula Mandinka
Guyana		Guyana	Georgetown	English

H

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Haiti				French Haitian Creole
Honduras				Spanish
Hong Kong^[12]		Hong Kong	Hong Kong	English Cantonese (Traditional Chinese characters)
Hungary				Hungarian

I

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Iceland		Icelandic: Ísland|italic=no	Icelandic: Reykjavík|italic=no	Icelandic
India		Bengali: ভারত India Kannada: Bhārata|italic=no Kannada: ಭಾರತ|italic=no Konkani: Bhārat|italic=no Konkani: भारत|italic=no	Bengali: নতুন দিল্লী New Delhi Kannada: Navadehalī|italic=no Kannada: ನವದೆಹಲಿ|italic=no Konkani: Navī Dillī|italic=no Konkani: नवी दिल्ली|italic=no	Assamese (Assamese script) Bengali (Bengali script) English Gujarati (Gujarati script) Hindi (Devanagari script) Kannada (Kannada script) Konkani (Devanagari script) Malayalam (Malayalam script) Marathi (Devanagari script) Nepali (Devanagari script) Odia (Odia script) Punjabi (Gurmukhi script) Sanskrit (Devanagari script) Tamil (Tamil script) Telugu (Telugu script)
Indonesia		Indonesian: Indonesia|italic=no	Indonesian: Jakarta|italic=no	Indonesian
Iran				Persian (Persian script)
Iraq				Arabic (Arabic script) Kurdish
Ireland		Irish: Éire|italic=no Ireland	Irish: Baile Átha Cliath|italic=no Dublin	Irish English
Isle of Man		Isle of Man or Mann Manx: '''Ellan Vannin''' or '''Mannin'''|italic=no	Douglas Manx: '''Doolish'''|italic=no	English Manx
Israel	Jerusalem (declared)			Hebrew (Hebrew script) Arabic (Arabic script)
Italy		Italian: Italia|italic=no	Italian: Roma|italic=no	Italian

J

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Jamaica		Jamaica	Kingston	English
Japan		Japanese: Nihon|italic=no Japanese: Nippon|italic=no Japanese: 日本|italic=no	Japanese: Tōkyō|italic=no Japanese: 東京|italic=no	Japanese (Japanese characters)
Jersey		Jersey Jèrri|italic=no	St. Helier Saint Hélyi|italic=no	English French Jèrriais
Jordan				Arabic (Arabic script)

K

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Kazakhstan		Kazakh: Qazaqstan|italic=no Kazakh: Қазақстан|italic=no	Kazakh: Astana|italic=no Kazakh: Астана|italic=no	Kazakh (Cyrillic script) Russian (Cyrillic script)
Kenya		Kenya	Nairobi	English, Swahili
Kiribati	Tarawa^[13]	Kiribati	Tarawa	English, Gilbertese
North Korea		as called in NK /	/	Korean (Hangul/Hanja)
South Korea		as called in SK /		Korean (Hangul/Hanja)
Kosovo^[14]				Albanian Serbian (Latin) Serbian (Cyrillic)
Kuwait				Arabic (Official) (Arabic script) Kuwaiti Gulf Arabic (native) (Arabic script)
Kyrgyzstan				Kyrgyz (Cyrillic script) Russian (Cyrillic script)

L

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Laos			, or	Lao Lao alphabet
Latvia				Latvian
Lebanon				Arabic (Arabic script)French
Lesotho				Sesotho, English
Liberia		Liberia	Monrovia	English
Libya				Berber language (Tifinagh script) Arabic (Arabic script)
Liechtenstein				German
Lithuania				Lithuanian
Luxembourg				Luxembourgish German French

M

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Macau				Cantonese (Traditional Chinese characters) Portuguese
Madagascar				Malagasy French
Malawi		Malawi	Lilongwe	English Chichewa
Malaysia				Malay
Maldives		Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian: ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ	Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian: މާލެ	Dhivehi (Thaana script)
Mali				Bambara Fula
Malta		Malta	or Valletta	Maltese English
Marshall Islands		Marshall Islands	Majuro
Martinique				French
Mauritania				Berber language (Tifinagh script) Arabic (Arabic script)
Mauritius		Mauritius	Port Louis	English French Mauritian Creole
Mayotte				French Shimaore
Mexico				Spanish Nahuatl
Federated States of Micronesia		Federated States of Micronesia	Palikir	English
Moldova				Romanian
Monaco				French Monégasque
Mongolia				Mongolian (Cyrillic script) (Mongol script)
Montenegro				Montenegrin
Montserrat	Brades Estate^[15]	Montserrat	Brades Estate	English
Morocco				Berber language (Tifinagh script) Arabic (Arabic script)
Mozambique				Portuguese Tsonga
Myanmar (or Burma)				Burmese (Burmese alphabet)

N

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Namibia		Namibia Namibia|italic=no	Windhoek /Ae-//Gams|italic=no	English German Afrikaans Damara/Nama Herero
Nauru	Yaren (de facto)^[16]	Nauru	Yaren	English Nauruan
Nepal				Nepali (Devanagari script)
Netherlands				Dutch West Frisian
New Caledonia^[17]				French
New Zealand^[18]		New Zealand	Wellington	English Māori
Nicaragua				Spanish
Niger				French Hausa
Nigeria		Nigeria Igbo: Naìjíríyà|italic=no	Abuja Igbo: Abuja|italic=no	English Hausa Igbo Yoruba
Niue		Niue	Alofi	Niuean English
Norfolk Island		Norfolk Island	Kingston	English Norfuk
North Macedonia				Macedonian (Cyrillic script) Albanian
Northern Mariana Islands		Northern Mariana Islands	Saipan	English Chamorro
Norway				Norwegian Bokmål Norwegian Nynorsk Northern Sámi Lule Sámi Southern Sámi

P

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Pakistan		Pakistan	Islamabad	English Urdu (Arabic script [Nastaʿlīq hand])
Palau		Belau	Ngerulmud	English Palauan
Palestine	East Jerusalem (declared) Ramallah (administrative capital)			Arabic (Arabic script)
Panama				Spanish
Papua New Guinea		Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	English Tok Pisin Hiri Motu
Paraguay				Spanish Guaraní
Peru				Spanish Quechua/Aymara
Philippines		Philippines	Manila	Filipino English
Pitcairn Islands		Pitcairn Islands	Adamstown	EnglishPitcairnese
Poland				Polish
Portugal				Portuguese
Puerto Rico				English, Spanish

R

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Réunion				French
Romania				Romanian
Russia		or		Russian (Cyrillic script)
Rwanda				French, Kinyarwanda, Swahili, English

S

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Saba				Dutch
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic				Arabic (Arabic script) Spanish
Saint Barthélemy				French
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha		Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	Jamestown	English
Saint Kitts and Nevis		Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	English
Saint Martin				French
Saint Lucia		Saint Lucia	Castries	English
Saint Pierre and Miquelon				French
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	English
Samoa		Samoa	Apia	English Samoan
San Marino		Italian: San Marino|italic=no	Italian: San Marino|italic=no	Italian
São Tomé and Príncipe				Portuguese
Saudi Arabia				Arabic (Arabic script)
Senegal				French Wolof
Serbia				Serbian (Cyrillic script)
Seychelles		Seychelles	Victoria or Port Victoria	Seychellois Creole French English
Sierra Leone		Sierra Leone	Freetown	English
Singapore		Singapore	Singapore Singapur	Malay English Mandarin Chinese (Simplified Chinese characters) Tamil (Tamil script)
Sint Maarten		Sint Maarten	Philipsburg	Dutch English
Slovakia				Slovak
Slovenia				Slovene
Solomon Islands		Solomon Islands	Honiara	English Neo-Solomonic
Somalia				Somali Arabic (Arabic script)
South Africa	Pretoria (administrative capital), Cape Town (legislative capital), Bloemfontein, (judicial capital)	South Africa	Pretoria, Cape Town	English Afrikaans isiZulu isiXhosa Pedi Sotho Tswana Venda Tsonga Swazi Ndebele
South Sudan		South Sudan	Juba	English Dinka Swahili
Spain				Spanish, Galician Catalan Basque Aranese, Galician (R)
Sri Lanka				Sinhala Tamil
Sint Eustatius				Dutch English
Sudan				Arabic (Arabic script)
Suriname				Dutch
Svalbard^[19]				Norwegian
Sweden				Swedish
Switzerland	Bern (de facto)	Italian: Svizzera|italic=no	Italian: Berna|italic=no	German French Italian Romansh
Syria				Arabic (Arabic script)

T

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Taiwan (Republic of China)		or or		Chinese (Traditional Chinese characters)
Tajikistan				Tajiki-Persian (Cyrillic)
Tanzania				English, Swahili
Thailand				Thai (Thai script)
Togo		Togo|italic=no	Loma|italic=no	French Ewe Kabiye
Tokelau^[20]				English, Tokelauan
Tonga				Tongan, English
Trinidad and Tobago		Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	English
Tunisia				Berber language (Tifinagh script) Arabic (Arabic script)
Turkey				Turkish
Turkmenistan				Turkmen
Turks and Caicos Islands		Turks and Caicos Islands	Cockburn Town	English
Tuvalu	Fongafale (in Funafuti)			English, Tuvaluan

U

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Uganda				English, Swahili
Ukraine				Ukrainian (Cyrillic script)
United Arab Emirates				Arabic (Arabic script)
United Kingdom		United Kingdom or Britain Irish: Ríocht Aontaithe|italic=no	London Irish: Londain|italic=no	English Welsh Scots Scots Gaelic Irish Cornish
United States		United States or America (multiple names)	Washington, D.C., Washington, or D.C. (multiple names)	English Spanish Cajun French Indigenous Hawaiian
United States Virgin Islands		United States Virgin Islands	Charlotte Amalie	English
Uruguay				Spanish
Uzbekistan				Uzbek (Cyrillic script)

V

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Vanuatu				French
Vatican City		Italian: Città del Vaticano|italic=no	Italian: Città del Vaticano|italic=no	Latin Italian
Venezuela				Spanish
Vietnam				Vietnamese

Z

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Zambia				English, Bemba, Chewa
Zimbabwe				English, Shona

References

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Notes and References

1. [Insular area]
2. [British Overseas Territory]
3. [Countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands|Constituent country]
4. Autonomous region of Finland.
5. [Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]
6. [Territories of Australia|External territory]
7. [Associated state|In free association]
8. [Countries of the Kingdom of Denmark|Constituent country]
9. [Overseas department]
10. [Overseas collectivity]
11. [British Crown Dependencies|British Crown Dependency]
12. [Special administrative regions of China]
13. Bairiki Village is the former capital of Kiribati and is still the seat of the Presidency, but the official capital is now South Tarawa.
14. [List of states with limited recognition|Non-UN member state with limited international recognition as a sovereign state]
15. [Brades Estate]
16. [Nauru]
17. [Sui generis collectivity]
18. The country has a third official language in New Zealand Sign Language.
19. Integral part of Norway.
20. [Dependent territory|Dependency]