| Country Name | Local Name | Captial | Major Cities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhazia | Sukhumi | ||
| Afghanistan | Afghanestan | Kabul | |
| Albania | Shqiperia | Tirana | |
| Algeria | Al Jaza'ir | Algiers | |
| American Samoa | American Samoa | Pago Pago | Tafuna, Nu'uuli, Leone, Ili'ili, Aua |
| Andorra | Andorra | Andorra la Vella | |
| Angola | Angola | Luanda | |
| Anguilla | Anguilla | The Valley | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's | |
| Argentina | Argentina | Buenos Aires | |
| Armenia | Hayastan | Yerevan | |
| Aruba | Aruba | ||
| Australia | Australia | Canberra | Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Gold Coast, Newcastle |
| Austria | Österreich | Vienna | |
| Azerbaijan | Azarbaycan | Baku | |
| Bahamas | Bahamas | Nassau | |
| Bahrain | Al Bahrayn | Manama | |
| Bangladesh | Bangladesh | Dhaka | |
| Barbados | Barbados | Bridgetown | |
| Belarus | Byelarus | Minsk | |
| Belgium | Belgique/Belgie | Brussels | |
| Belize | Belize | Belmopan | Corozal Town, Dangriga, Orange Walk Town, San Ignacio Cayo, Belize City |
| Benin | Benin | Porto-Novo (official), Cotonou (administrative) | Cotonou |
| Bermuda | Bermuda | Hamilton | |
| Bhutan | Bhutan | Thimphu | |
| Bolivia | Bolivia | Sucre (official), La Paz (administrative) | Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz is larger than La Paz; La Paz is larger than Sucre; metropolitan La Paz is larger than Santa Cruz) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosna i Hercegovina | Sarajevo | |
| Botswana | Botswana | Gaborone | |
| Bouvet Island | Bouvet Island | ||
| Brazil | Brasil | Brasília | Sao Paulo (1st), Rio de Janeiro (2nd), Belo Horizonte (3rd), Porto Alegre (4th), Recife (5th), Fortaleza (6th) (by metropolitan area) |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | abbreviation: BIOT | ||
| Brunei | Negara Brunei Darussalam | Bandar Seri Begawan | |
| Bulgaria | Bulgaria | Sofia | |
| Burkina Faso | Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | |
| Burundi | Burundi | Bujumbura | |
| Cambodia | Kampuchea | Phnom Penh | |
| Cameroon | Cameroon | Yaoundé | Douala |
| Canada | Canada | Ottawa | Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver (Metropolitan area), Calgary (City proper) |
| Cape Verde | Cabo Verde | Praia | |
| Cayman Islands | Cayman Islands | George Town | |
| Central African Republic | Republique Centrafricaine | Bangui | |
| Chad | Tchad | N'Djamena | |
| Chile | Chile | Santiago (official), Valparaíso (legislative) | |
| China | Zhong Guo | Beijing | Shanghai |
| China, Republic of (Taiwan) | T'ai-wan | Taipei | New Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung |
| Christmas Island | Christmas Island | The Settlement | |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | West Island | |
| Colombia | Colombia | Bogotá | |
| Comoros | Comores | Moroni | |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Congo-Kinshasa) | République Démocratique du Congo | Kinshasa | |
| Congo, Republic of the (Congo-Brazzaville) | République du Congo | Brazzaville | |
| Cook Islands | Cook Islands | Avarua | |
| Costa Rica | Costa Rica | San José | |
| Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | Cote d'Ivoire | Yamoussoukro (official), Abidjan (administrative) | Abidjan |
| Croatia | Hrvatska | Zagreb | |
| Cuba | Cuba | Havana | |
| Cyprus | Kibris, Kypros | Nicosia | |
| Czech Republic | Ceska Republika | Prague | |
| Denmark | Danmark | Copenhagen | |
| Djibouti | Djibouti | Djibouti | |
| Dominica | Dominica | Roseau | |
| Dominican Republic | Dominicana, Republica | Santo Domingo | |
| East Timor (Timor-Leste) | Timor | Dili | |
| Ecuador | Ecuador | Quito | Guayaquil |
| Egypt | Misr | Cairo | |
| El Salvador | El Salvador | San Salvador | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Guinea Ecuatorial | Malabo | |
| Eritrea | Hagere Ertra | Asmara | |
| Estonia | Eesti Vabariik | Tallinn | |
| Ethiopia | Ityop'iya | Addis Ababa | |
| Falkland Islands | Islas Malvinas | Stanley | |
| Faroe Islands | Foroyar | ||
| Fiji | Fiji | Suva | |
| Finland | Suomen Tasavalta | Helsinki | |
| France | France | Paris | |
| French Guiana | Guyane | ||
| French Polynesia | Polynésie Française | Papeete | |
| French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises | ||
| Gabon | Gabon | Libreville | |
| Gambia | The Gambia | Banjul | |
| Georgia | Sak'art'velo | Tbilisi | |
| Germany | Deutschland | Berlin | |
| Ghana | Ghana | Accra | |
| Gibraltar | Gibraltar | Gibraltar | |
| Greece | Ellas or Ellada | Athens | |
| Greenland | Kalaallit Nunaat | ||
| Grenada | Grenada | St. George's | |
| Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe | ||
| Guam | Guam | Hagåtña | Tamuning, Mangilao, Yigo and 15 others |
| Guatemala | Guatemala | Guatemala City | |
| Guernsey | Guernsey | St Peter Port | |
| Guinea | Guinee | Conakry | |
| Guinea-Bissau | Guine-Bissau | Bissau | |
| Guyana | Guyana | Georgetown | |
| Haiti | Haiti | Port-au-Prince | |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands | Heard and Mc Donald | ||
| Honduras | Honduras | Tegucigalpa | |
| Hong Kong | Xianggang | ||
| Hungary | Magyarorszag | Budapest | |
| Iceland | Lyoveldio Island | Reykjavík | |
| India | Bharat | New Delhi | (Metropolitan area rank) Mumbai(1st), (Old) Delhi(2nd), Kolkata(3rd), Chennai(4th), Hyderabad(5th), Bangalore(6th), Ahmedabad, Pune, Lucknow, Jaipur, Indore, Kanpur, Nagpur, Vadodara, Cochin, Trivandrum, Bhubaneswar (metropolitan ). |
| Indonesia | Indonesia | Jakarta | |
| Iran | Iran | Tehran | |
| Iraq | Iraq | Baghdad | |
| Ireland | Éire | Dublin | |
| Isle of Man | Isle of Man | Douglas | |
| Israel | Yisra'el | Jerusalem | |
| Italy | Italia | Rome | Milan (Metropolitan Area) Naples (Metropolitan Area) |
| Jamaica | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Japan | Nippon | Tokyo (de facto) (some argue that Kyoto is the capital de jure | |
| Jersey | Jersey | Saint Helier | |
| Jordan | Al Urdun | Amman | |
| Kazakhstan | Qazaqstan | Astana | Almaty, Shymkent |
| Kenya | Kenya | Nairobi | |
| Kiribati | Kiribati, Kiribas | Tarawa | |
| Korea, North | Choson | Pyongyang | |
| Korea, South | Han-guk | Seoul | |
| Kosovo | Albanian: : Kosova ou Kosovë, Serbian: Kosovo, Косово | Pristina | |
| Kuwait | Al Kuwayt | Kuwait City | |
| Kyrgyzstan | Kyrgyz Respublikasy | Bishkek | |
| Laos | Lao | Vientiane | |
| Latvia | Latvija | Riga | |
| Lebanon | Lubnan | Beirut | |
| Lesotho | Lesotho | Maseru | |
| Liberia | Liberia | Monrovia | |
| Libya | Libiyah | Tripoli | |
| Liechtenstein | Liechtenstein | Vaduz | Schaan |
| Lithuania | Lietuva | Vilnius | |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg, Letzebuerg | Luxembourg City | |
| Macau | Aomen | ||
| Macedonia | Makedonija | Skopje | |
| Madagascar | Madagascar | Antananarivo | |
| Malawi | Malawi | Lilongwe | |
| Malaysia | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur (legislative; de facto), Putrajaya (administrative) | Kuala Lumpur |
| Maldives | Dhivehi Raajje | Malé | |
| Mali | Mali | Bamako | |
| Malta | Malta | Valletta | Birkirkara, Mosta, Qormi, Żabbar, St. Paul's Bay, Sliema, San Ġwann, Naxxar, Rabat, Żejtun, Żebbuġ, Fgura, Attard, Żurrieq, Ħamrun, Marsaskala, Birżebbuġa, Paola (Raħal Ġdid), Swieqi, Siġġiewi, St. Julian's, Msida, Tarxien, Mellieħa, Gżira, Victoria (Gozo) |
| Marshall Islands | Marshall Islands | Majuro | |
| Martinique | Martinique | Nouakchott | |
| Mauritania | Muritaniyah | ||
| Mauritius | Mauritius | Port Louis | |
| Mayotte | Mayotte | ||
| Mexico | Estados Unidos Mexicanos | Mexico City | |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | Micronesia | Palikir | Weno |
| Moldova | Moldova | Chişinău | |
| Monaco | Monaco | Monaco | |
| Mongolia | Mongol Uls | Ulan Bator | |
| Montenegro | Crna Gora | Podgorica | |
| Montserrat | Montserrat | Plymouth (de jure), Brades (de facto) | Brades |
| Morocco | Al Maghrib | Rabat | Casablanca |
| Mozambique | Mocambique | Maputo | |
| Myanmar (Burma) | Myanma Naingngandaw | Naypyidaw (Pyinmana) | Yangon, Mandalay etc. |
| Nagorno-Karabakh | Stepanakert | ||
| Namibia | Namibia | Windhoek | |
| Nauru | Nauru | None (government offices in Yaren District) | Denigomodu, Meneng, Aiwo |
| Nepal | Nepal | Kathmandu | |
| Netherlands | Nederland/Holland | Amsterdam (official), The Hague (administrative, legislative, and judicial) | Rotterdam (Larger than The Hague; Amsterdam is the largest city) |
| Netherlands Antilles | Nederlandse Antillen | ||
| New Caledonia | Nouvelle-Calédonie | Nouméa | |
| New Zealand | Aotearoa | Wellington | Auckland, Christchurch |
| Nicaragua | Nicaragua | Managua | |
| Niger | Niger | Niamey | |
| Nigeria | Nigeria | Abuja | Lagos, Ibadan, Kano, Ilorin, Port Harcourt, Ogbomosho |
| Niue | Niue | Alofi | |
| Norfolk Island | Norfolk Island | Kingston | Burnt Pine |
| Northern Cyprus | Nicosia | ||
| Northern Mariana Islands | Northern Mariana Islands | Saipan | |
| Norway | Norge | Oslo | |
| Oman | Saltanat Uman | Muscat | |
| Pakistan | Pakistan | Islamabad | Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Multan, Hyderabad, Peshawar |
| Palau | Belau | Ngerulmud | Koror, Meyuns, Airai |
| Palestine | Filastin | Jerusalem (Claimed), Gaza City (de Facto administrative, Gaza), Ramallah (de facto administrative, West Bank) | |
| Panama | Panama | Panama City | |
| Papua New Guinea | Papua Niu Gini | Port Moresby | |
| Paraguay | Paraguay | Asunción | |
| Peru | Peru | Lima | |
| Philippines | Pilipinas | Manila | Quezon City (both Manila and Quezon City are parts of the National Capital Region) |
| Pitcairn Islands | Pitcairn Island | Adamstown | |
| Poland | Polska | Warsaw | |
| Portugal | Portugal | Lisbon | |
| Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | San Juan | |
| Qatar | Dawlat Qatar | Doha | |
| Réunion | Ile de la Réunion | ||
| Romania | Romania | Bucharest | |
| Russia | Rossiya | Moscow | |
| Rwanda | Rwanda | Kigali | |
| Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic | El Aaiún (Claimed), Bir Lehlou (Temporary), Tindouf Camps (de facto) | ||
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | Jamestown | Half Tree Hollow, Saint Paul's | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | ||
| Saint Lucia | Saint Lucia | Castries | |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Saint-Pierre et Miquelon | Saint-Pierre | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | ||
| Samoa | Samoa | Apia | |
| San Marino | San Marino | San Marino | Serravalle |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé e Príncipe | São Tomé | |
| Saudi Arabia | Al Arabiyah as Suudiyah | Riyadh | |
| Senegal | Senegal | Dakar | |
| Serbia | Srbija | Belgrade | |
| Seychelles | Seychelles | Victoria | |
| Sierra Leone | Sierra Leone | Freetown | |
| Singapore | Singapore | Singapore | |
| Slovakia | Slovensko | Bratislava | |
| Slovenia | Slovenija | Ljubljana | |
| Solomon Islands | Solomon Islands | Honiara | |
| Somalia | Somalia | Mogadishu | |
| Somaliland | Hargeisa | ||
| South Africa | South Africa | Pretoria (official, administrative, and executive), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial) | Johannesburg is the largest city, Durban is slightly smaller than Cape Town but larger than Pretoria and Bloemfontein combined |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | |||
| South Ossetia | Tskhinvali | ||
| Spain | España | Madrid | |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte | Kotte is suburb of Colombo |
| Sudan | As-Sudan | Khartoum | Omdurman |
| Sudan, South | South Sudan | Juba | |
| Suriname | Suriname | Paramaribo | |
| Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands | Spitzbergen | Longyearbyen | |
| Swaziland | Swaziland | Mbabane (official), Lobamba (legislative and royal) | Manzini |
| Sweden | Sverige | Stockholm | |
| Switzerland | Schweiz (German), Suisse (French), Svizzera (Italian) | Bern | Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Lausanne (narrowly) |
| Syria | Suriyah | Damascus | Aleppo |
| Tajikistan | Jumhurii Tojikiston | Dushanbe | |
| Tanzania | Tanzania | Dodoma (official), Dar es Salaam (administrative) | Dar es Salaam, Mwanza |
| Thailand | Prathet Thai | Bangkok | |
| Tibet | Bod | ||
| Togo | Republique Togolaise | Lomé | |
| Tokelau | Tokelau | Nukunonu | |
| Tonga | Tonga | Nukuʻalofa | |
| Transnistria | Tiraspol | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad, Tobago | Port of Spain | Chaguanas, San Fernando, San Juan |
| Tunisia | Tunis | Tunis | |
| Turkey | Turkiye | Ankara | Istanbul |
| Turkmenistan | Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | Turks and Caicos Islands | Cockburn Town | |
| Tuvalu | Tuvalu | Funafuti | |
| Uganda | Uganda | Kampala | |
| Ukraine | Ukrayina | Kiev | |
| United Arab Emirates | Al Imarat al Arabiyah al Muttahidah | Abu Dhabi | Dubai, Sharjah |
| United Kingdom | United Kingdom | London | London is the largest urban and metropolitan area. The City of Westminster, in central London, is the seat of government; 62 districts have larger populations than Westminster. |
| United States of America | United States | Washington, D.C. | New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Diego, Dallas, San Jose, Detroit, Jacksonville, Indianapolis, San Francisco, Columbus, Austin, Memphis, Fort Worth, Baltimore, Charlotte, El Paso, Milwaukee, Boston, Seattle, Denver (Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area ranks 4th) |
| Uruguay | Republica Oriental del Uruguay | Montevideo | |
| Uzbekistan | Uzbekiston Respublikasi | Tashkent | |
| Vanuatu | Vanuatu | Port Vila | |
| Vatican City | Status Civitatis Vaticanæ | Vatican City | |
| Venezuela | Venezuela | Caracas | |
| Vietnam | Viet Nam | Hanoi | Ho Chi Minh City |
| Virgin Islands, British | Road Town | ||
| Virgin Islands, United States | Virgin Islands | Charlotte Amalie | |
| Wallis and Futuna | Wallis et Futuna | Matâ'Utu | |
| Yemen | Al Yaman | Sana'a | |
| Zambia | Zambia | Lusaka | |
| Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | Harare | |
| Sukhumi |