List of all countries with their capitals, currencies, population & area

The world is a vast and diverse place, home to a multitude of unique countries, each with its own distinct culture, history, and geographic features. Understanding the basic facts about these nations – their capitals, currencies, population sizes, and land areas – is an essential starting point for anyone looking to explore the global community.

This comprehensive list covers all 195 internationally recognized sovereign states, providing key details about each country. From the sprawling Russian Federation to the tiny island nation of Tuvalu, the information presented offers a concise snapshot of the world’s national landscapes.

Whether you are a student of geography, a budding traveler, or simply someone curious about the makeup of our planet, this resource can serve as an invaluable reference. By familiarizing yourself with the fundamental statistics of every country, you can gain a deeper appreciation for the incredible variety that exists across the globe.

So dive in and discover the breadth of our world, from the economic powerhouses to the least populated territories. This list is your gateway to understanding the global community in all its fascinating complexity.

Country	Capital	Population	Area (sq km)	Currency
Afghanistan	Kabul	38,928,346	652,230	Afghan afghani
Albania	Tirana	2,877,797	28,748	Albanian lek
Algeria	Algiers	41,318,142	2,381,741	Algerian dinar
Andorra	Andorra la Vella	77,265	468	Euro
Angola	Luanda	32,866,272	1,246,700	Angolan kwanza
Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John’s	97,929	442	East Caribbean dollar
Argentina	Buenos Aires	44,938,712	2,780,400	Argentine peso
Armenia	Yerevan	2,963,243	29,743	Armenian dram
Australia	Canberra	25,364,307	7,692,024	Australian dollar
Austria	Vienna	8,911,877	83,871	Euro
Azerbaijan	Baku	10,139,177	86,600	Azerbaijani manat
Bahamas	Nassau	393,244	13,943	Bahamian dollar
Bahrain	Manama	1,701,575	760	Bahraini dinar
Bangladesh	Dhaka	164,689,383	143,998	Bangladeshi taka
Barbados	Bridgetown	287,371	430	Barbadian dollar
Belarus	Minsk	9,449,323	207,600	Belarusian ruble
Belgium	Brussels	11,589,623	30,528	Euro
Belize	Belize City	397,628	22,966	Belize dollar
Benin	Porto-Novo	12,123,200	112,622	West African CFA franc
Bhutan	Thimphu	771,608	38,394	Bhutanese ngultrum
Bolivia	La Paz (administrative), Sucre (judicial)	11,673,021	1,098,581	Bolivian boliviano
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	3,280,819	51,209	Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark
Botswana	Gaborone	2,351,627	581,730	Botswana pula
Brazil	Brasília	211,049,527	8,515,767	Brazilian real
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	428,963	2,226	Brunei dollar
Bulgaria	Sofia	6,951,482	110,994	Bulgarian lev
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	20,903,273	274,200	West African CFA franc
Burundi	Gitega	11,890,784	27,834	Burundian franc
Cabo Verde	Praia	555,987	4,033	Cape Verdean escudo
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	16,718,965	181,035	Cambodian riel
Cameroon	Yaoundé	26,545,863	475,442	Central African CFA franc
Canada	Ottawa	37,060,780	9,093,510	Canadian dollar
Central African Republic	Bangui	4,829,767	622,984	Central African CFA franc
Chad	N’Djamena	15,946,876	1,284,000	Central African CFA franc
Chile	Santiago	18,952,038	756,102	Chilean peso
China	Beijing	1,439,323,776	9,596,961	Renminbi
Colombia	Bogotá	50,372,424	1,141,748	Colombian peso
Comoros	Moroni	850,886	1,861	Comorian franc
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kinshasa	84,068,091	2,344,858	Congolese franc
Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	5,380,508	342,000	Central African CFA franc
Costa Rica	San José	4,999,441	51,060	Costa Rican colón
Côte d’Ivoire	Yamoussoukro	26,378,274	322,463	West African CFA franc
Croatia	Zagreb	4,105,493	56,594	Croatian kuna
Cuba	Havana	11,326,616	109,884	Cuban peso
Cyprus	Nicosia	1,207,359	9,251	Euro
Czech Republic	Prague	10,693,939	78,866	Czech koruna
Denmark	Copenhagen	5,831,404	42,924	Danish krone
Djibouti	Djibouti	988,000	23,200	Djiboutian franc
Dominica	Roseau	71,986	751	East Caribbean dollar
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	10,847,910	48,320	Dominican peso
Ecuador	Quito	17,373,662	283,561	United States dollar
Egypt	Cairo	99,375,741	1,001,450	Egyptian pound
El Salvador	San Salvador	6,486,205	21,041	United States dollar
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	1,402,985	28,051	Central African CFA franc
Eritrea	Asmara	3,213,972	117,600	Eritrean nakfa
Estonia	Tallinn	1,326,535	45,227	Euro
Eswatini	Mbabane (administrative), Lobamba (royal and legislative)	1,160,164	17,364	Swazi lilangeni
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	112,078,730	1,104,300	Ethiopian birr
Fiji	Suva	896,445	18,272	Fijian dollar
Finland	Helsinki	5,535,992	338,424	Euro
France	Paris	67,391,582	643,801	Euro
Gabon	Libreville	2,172,579	267,667	Central African CFA franc
Gambia	Banjul	2,416,668	10,689	Gambian dalasi
Georgia	Tbilisi	3,716,858	69,700	Georgian lari
Germany	Berlin	83,240,525	357,022	Euro
Ghana	Accra	30,417,856	238,533	Ghanaian cedi
Greece	Athens	10,423,054	131,957	Euro
Grenada	St. George’s	112,523	344	East Caribbean dollar
Guatemala	Guatemala City	17,247,849	108,889	Guatemalan quetzal
Guinea	Conakry	12,414,318	245,857	Guinean franc
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	1,120,000	36,125	West African CFA franc
Guyana	Georgetown	786,552	214,969	Guyanese dollar
Haiti	Port-au-Prince	11,123,176	27,750	Haitian gourde
Honduras	Tegucigalpa	9,904,607	112,492	Honduran lempira
Hungary	Budapest	9,660,351	93,028	Hungarian forint
Iceland	Reykjavík	364,134	103,000	Icelandic króna
India	New Delhi	1,380,004,385	3,287,263	Indian rupee
Indonesia	Jakarta	273,523,615	1,904,569	Indonesian rupiah
Iran	Tehran	83,992,949	1,648,195	Iranian rial
Iraq	Baghdad	39,309,783	438,317	Iraqi dinar
Ireland	Dublin	4,937,796	70,273	Euro
Israel	Jerusalem (declared), Tel Aviv (seat of government)	8,655,535	20,770	Israeli new shekel
Italy	Rome	60,461,826	301,340	Euro
Jamaica	Kingston	2,961,167	10,991	Jamaican dollar
Japan	Tokyo	126,476,461	377,930	Japanese yen
Jordan	Amman	10,203,134	89,342	Jordanian dinar
Kazakhstan	Nur-Sultan	18,755,468	2,724,902	Kazakhstani tenge
Kenya	Nairobi	53,771,296	580,367	Kenyan shilling
Kiribati	South Tarawa	119,449	811	Australian dollar
Kosovo	Pristina	1,801,592	10,908	Euro
Kuwait	Kuwait City	4,270,571	17,818	Kuwaiti dinar
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	6,524,195	199,945	Kyrgyzstani som
Laos	Vientiane	7,169,455	236,800	Lao kip
Latvia	Riga	1,886,198	64,589	Euro
Lebanon	Beirut	6,825,445	10,452	Lebanese pound
Lesotho	Maseru	2,142,249	30,355	Lesotho loti
Liberia	Monrovia	5,057,681	111,369	Liberian dollar
Libya	Tripoli	6,871,292	1,759,540	Libyan dinar
Liechtenstein	Vaduz	38,128	160	Swiss franc
Lithuania	Vilnius	2,722,289	65,300	Euro
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	626,108	2,586	Euro
Madagascar	Antananarivo	27,691,018	587,041	Malagasy ariary
Malawi	Lilongwe	19,129,952	118,484	Malawian kwacha
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur (administrative), Putrajaya (administrative)	32,365,999	330,803	Malaysian ringgit
Maldives	Malé	530,953	300	Maldivian rufiyaa
Mali	Bamako	20,250,833	1,240,192	West African CFA franc
Malta	Valletta	441,543	316	Euro
Marshall Islands	Majuro	59,190	181	United States dollar
Mauritania	Nouakchott	4,649,658	1,030,700	Mauritanian ouguiya
Mauritius	Port Louis	1,271,768	2,040	Mauritian rupee
Mexico	Mexico City	126,014,024	1,964,375	Mexican peso
Micronesia	Palikir	115,023	701	United States dollar
Moldova	Chișinău	2,618,335	13,067	Moldovan leu
Monaco	Monaco	39,242	2.02	Euro
Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	3,278,290	1,564,116	Mongolian tögrög
Montenegro	Podgorica	628,066	13,812	Euro
Morocco	Rabat	36,471,769	446,550	Moroccan dirham
Mozambique	Maputo	31,255,435	799,380	Mozambican metical
Myanmar	Naypyidaw	54,409,800	676,578	Burmese kyat
Namibia	Windhoek	2,540,905	824,292	Namibian dollar
Nauru	Yaren District (official)	10,670	21	Australian dollar
Nepal	Kathmandu	28,608,710	147,181	Nepalese rupee
Netherlands	Amsterdam, The Hague (seat of government)	17,134,872	41,543	Euro
New Zealand	Wellington	4,822,233	268,021	New Zealand dollar
Nicaragua	Managua	6,465,513	130,373	Nicaraguan córdoba
Niger	Niamey	21,477,348	1,267,000	West African CFA franc
Nigeria	Abuja	200,963,599	923,768	Nigerian naira
North Korea	Pyongyang	25,666,161	120,538	North Korean won
North Macedonia	Skopje	2,083,374	25,713	Macedonian denar
Norway	Oslo	5,421,241	323,802	Norwegian krone
Oman	Muscat	4,974,986	309,500	Omani rial
Pakistan	Islamabad	220,892,340	881,913	Pakistani rupee
Palau	Ngerulmud	17,928	459	United States dollar
Palestine	Ramallah (administrative), Jerusalem (claimed)	4,920,724	6,020	Israeli new shekel
Panama	Panama City	4,314,767	75,420	Panamanian balboa
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	8,947,024	462,840	Papua New Guinean kina
Paraguay	Asunción	7,132,538	406,752	Paraguayan guarani
Peru	Lima	32,971,854	1,285,216	Peruvian sol
Philippines	Manila	109,581,078	300,000	Philippine peso
Poland	Warsaw	37,846,611	312,696	Polish złoty
Portugal	Lisbon	10,196,709	92,212	Euro
Qatar	Doha	2,881,053	11,586	Qatari riyal
Romania	Bucharest	19,237,691	238,391
Russia	Moscow	145,934,462	16,376,870	Russian ruble
Rwanda	Kigali	12,952,218	26,338	Rwandan franc
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	53,199	261	Eastern Caribbean dollar
Saint Lucia	Castries	183,629	616	Eastern Caribbean dollar
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	110,940	389	Eastern Caribbean dollar
Samoa	Apia	196,130	2,831	Samoan tala
San Marino	San Marino	33,931	160	Euro
São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	211,028	964	São Tomé and Príncipe dobra
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	34,218,169	2,149,690	Saudi riyal
Senegal	Dakar	16,743,927	192,528	West African CFA franc
Serbia	Belgrade	6,908,224	88,361	Serbian dinar
Seychelles	Victoria	98,462	453	Seychellois rupee
Sierra Leone	Freetown	7,976,983	71,740	Sierra Leonean leone
Singapore	Singapore	5,850,342	725	Singapore dollar
Slovakia	Bratislava	5,459,642	49,035	Euro
Slovenia	Ljubljana	2,078,938	20,273	Euro
Solomon Islands	Honiara	686,884	28,896	Solomon Islands dollar
Somalia	Mogadishu	15,893,222	637,657	Somali shilling
South Africa	Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)	59,308,690	1,219,090	South African rand
South Korea	Seoul	51,269,185	100,210	South Korean won
South Sudan	Juba	11,193,729	644,329	South Sudanese pound
Spain	Madrid	46,754,778	505,992	Euro
Sri Lanka	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Colombo (commercial)	21,413,249	65,610	Sri Lankan rupee
Sudan	Khartoum	43,849,260	1,886,068	Sudanese pound
Suriname	Paramaribo	597,927	63,251	Surinamese dollar
Sweden	Stockholm	10,099,265	450,295	Swedish krona
Switzerland	Bern	8,654,622	41,285	Swiss franc
Syria	Damascus	17,500,657	185,180	Syrian pound
Taiwan	Taipei	23,816,775	35,980	New Taiwan dollar
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	9,537,645	143,100	Tajikistani somoni
Tanzania	Dodoma	61,498,439	947,300	Tanzanian shilling
Thailand	Bangkok	69,799,978	513,120	Thai baht
Timor-Leste	Dili	1,318,445	14,874	United States dollar
Togo	Lomé	8,278,724	56,785	West African CFA franc
Tonga	Nukuʻalofa	105,697	289	Tongan paʻanga
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	1,399,488	5,128	Trinidad and Tobago dollar
Tunisia	Tunis	11,818,619	163,610	Tunisian dinar
Turkey	Ankara	84,339,067	783,562	Turkish lira
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	6,031,187	488,100	Turkmenistan manat
Tuvalu	Funafuti	11,192	26	Australian dollar
Uganda	Kampala	45,741,007	241,038	Ugandan shilling
Ukraine	Kyiv	44,385,155	603,550	Ukrainian hryvnia
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	9,890,402	83,600	UAE dirham
United Kingdom	London	67,886,011	242,495	Pound sterling
United States	Washington, D.C.	331,002,651	9,147,590	United States dollar
Uruguay	Montevideo	3,473,730	175,016	Uruguayan peso
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	33,469,203	447,400	Uzbekistani som
Vanuatu	Port Vila	307,815	12,189	Vanuatu vatu
Venezuela	Caracas	28,435,943	916,445	Venezuelan bolívar soberano
Vietnam	Hanoi	97,338,579	331,210	Vietnamese đồng
Yemen	Sanaa	29,161,922	527,968	Yemeni rial
Zambia	Lusaka	18,383,955	752,618	Zambian kwacha
Zimbabwe	Harare	14,862,924	390,757	Zimbabwean dollar

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