List of Countries & CAPITALS
List of Countries & CAPITALS
List of Countries & CAPITALS
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent. At about 30.3 million km2
(11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area and
20% of its land area, accounting for about a fifth of the world's land. With 1.3 billion people as of
2018, it accounts for about 16% of the world's human population. It is surrounded by large areas of
water. There are 54 fully recognized and independent countries in Africa, and 14.7% (1.216 billion)
of the world's population lives there. It is thought to be the continent where the first humans evolved.
1. Algeria - Algiers
2. Angola - Luanda
3. Benin - Porto Novo, Cotonou
4. Botswana - Gaborone
5. Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou
6. Burundi - Gitega
7. Cameroon (also spelled Cameroun) - Yaoundé
8. Cape Verde - Praia
9. Central African Republic - Bangui
10. Chad (Tchad) - N'Djamena
11. Comoros - Moroni
12. Republic of the Congo - Brazzaville
13. Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) - Kinshasa
14. Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) - Yamoussoukro
15. Djibouti - Djibouti
16. Egypt (Misr) - Cairo
17. Equatorial Guinea - Malabo
18. Eritrea - Asmara
19. Ethiopia (Abyssinia) - Addis Ababa
20. Gabon - Libreville
21. The Gambia - Banjul
22. Ghana - Accra
23. Guinea - Conakry
24. Guinea-Bissau - Bissau
25. Kenya - Nairobi
26. Lesotho - Maseru
27. Liberia - Monrovia
28. Libya - Tripoli
29. Madagascar - Antananarivo
30. Malawi - Lilongwe
31. Mali - Bamako
32. Mauritania - Nouakchott
33. Mauritius - Port Louis
34. Morocco (Al Maghrib) - Rabat
35. Mozambique - Maputo
36. Namibia - Windhoek
37. Niger - Niamey
38. Nigeria - Abuja
39. Rwanda - Kigali
40. São Tomé and Príncipe - São Tomé
41. Senegal - Dakar
42. Seychelles - Victoria, Seychelles
43. Sierra Leone - Freetown
44. Somalia - Mogadishu
45. South Africa - Pretoria
46. South Sudan - Juba
47. Sudan - Khartoum
48. Swaziland (Eswatini) - Mbabane
49. Tanzania - Dodoma
50. Togo - Lome
51. Tunisia - Tunis
52. Uganda - Kampala
53. Western Sahara - El Aaiún (disputed)
54. Zambia - Lusaka
55. Zimbabwe - Harare
Antarctica
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent. It contains the geographic South Pole and is in the
Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle. It is
surrounded by the Southern Ocean. At 14,000,000 square kilometres (5,400,000 square miles), it is
the fifth-largest continent. For comparison, Antarctica is nearly twice the size of Australia.
About 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice. However, there is a large part where the ice does not
cover land: the ice shelves. There are important geographical features covered by the ice. The
huge Lake Vostok has been covered by ice for at least 15 million years. There is a massive rift
valley and a huge mountain range, both of which are covered at present.
Asia
Asia is the largest and most populous continent and is a continent in the seven continent system.
Asia consists of forty-eight countries as per the United Nations along with many other highly
autonomous regions and disputed areas that are often generalised as countries of their own.
1. Afghanistan - Kabul
2. Armenia - Yerevan
3. Azerbaijan - Baku
4. Bahrain - Manama
5. Bangladesh [1](বাাংলাদেশ) - Dhaka (ঢাকা)
6. Bhutan - Thimphu
7. Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan
8. Cambodia (Kampuchea) - Phnom Penh
9. China - Beijing
10. East Timor (Timor Leste) - Dili
11. Georgia - Tbilisi
12. India - New Delhi
13. Indonesia - Jakarta
14. Iran - Tehran
15. Iraq - Baghdad
16. Israel - Jerusalem
17. Japan - Tokyo
18. Jordan (Al Urdun) - Amman
19. Kazakhstan - nursultan
20. Kuwait - Kuwait city
21. Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek
22. Laos - Vientiane
23. Lebanon (Lubnan) - Beirut
24. Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur
25. Maldives - Malé
26. Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar
27. Myanmar (Burma) - Naypyidaw
28. Nepal - Kathmandu
29. North Korea - Pyongyang
30. Oman - Muscat
31. Pakistan - Islamabad
32. Philippines - Manila
33. Qatar - Doha
34. Russia - Moscow (Russia is a part of Asia geographically, but politically it is a part of Europe)
35. Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
36. Singapore - Singapore
37. South Korea - Seoul
38. Sri Lanka - Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte (administrative), Colombo (commercial)
39. Syria - Damascus
40. Tajikistan - Dushanbe
41. Thailand (Muang Thai) - Bangkok
42. Turkey - Ankara
43. Turkmenistan - Aşgabat
44. Taiwan - Taipei
45. United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
46. Uzbekistan - Tashkent
47. Vietnam - Hanoi
48. Yemen - Sana'a
There is no official boundary between Europe and Asia, however Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and
Turkey are considered a part of Asia by the United Nations.
Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations due to the ongoing dispute with the People's Republic
of China
Europe
Europe is the second smallest continent, but the third most populous. It is a continent in one of the
seven continent systems and the seven continent system. In other systems it is part of Asia, Eurasia
or Eurafrasia. Below is the list of fully sovereign or de facto countries that are indisputably either
entirely or partially situated within Europe. The 49 countries are:
North America
North America is the third largest continent and the fourth most populous. It is a continent in the 7
continents system, consisting of 23 countries and 22 dependent territories which are:
South America
South America is the fourth largest continent and fifth most populous. It is a continent in the seven
continent system. In other systems it is part of The Americas. The 12 countries and 3 dependent
territories belonging to it are as follows:
Australia/Oceania
Several terms are in use to describe the region of Australia and the nations of the Pacific Ocean.
The term Oceania is usually preferred, and this is the term in use by the United Nations. The
term Pacific Islands generally excludes the islands of New Zealand, and the continent of Australia.
The indigenous Māori of New Zealand are Polynesian people.
Historically, the region was called Australasia. This term is based more on natural history (geology,
and geography) rather than on politics. This term means Australia, New Zealand and the whole
of New Guinea, plus those islands which are geologically connected.
The countries (14 total) are listed below according to their UN classification:
1. Australia - Canberra
2. Federated States of Micronesia - Palikir
3. Fiji - suva
4. Kiribati - South Tarawa
5. Marshall Islands - Majuro
6. Nauru - no capital; biggest city is Yaren
7. New Zealand - Wellington
8. Palau - Melekeok
9. Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby
10. Samoa - Apia
11. Solomon Islands - Honiara
12. Tonga - Nuku'alofa
13. Tuvalu - Funafuti
14. Vanuatu - Port Vila
Australasia is not a politically designated region. It is a natural region of islands designated by
its geology, geography, botany and zoology. It is also an ecozone.
1. Australia
2. Flores
3. Lombok
4. Melanesia
5. New Caledonia
6. New Guinea
7. Sulawesi
8. Sumbawa
9. Timor