Whether you are a politician, a passionate traveler, or just a map freak, you may want to know the names of counties and their capitals. But what about their pronunciation? Even some native English speakers have a hard time trying to read and pronounce foreign names. And yes, some of them are really confusing. Here we are trying to bridge this gap. But first things first.
The UN recognizes 195 independent states, while only 193 of them are members of the organization. But what is the overall number of countries in the world? The exact number may vary depending on the evaluation methodology, thus you may find different data on the subject. In fact, there are much more nations on our planet. Some of them do not constitute countries, others are not fully recognized by other nations or countries, yet others are self-governing overseas territories (dependencies) of the big well-known countries.
We know from history that countries may be born and die, kingdoms, realms, and empires rise and fall, borders move and change.
Their names may be changed over time as well.
But here we are not going to scrutinize political status, forms of government, or the geographical location of countries. Our goal is to get familiarized with the names of countries, as well as the names of their capitals and their English pronunciation. And as mentioned above, this list may not represent all countries of the world.
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Country
Capital
Afghanistan
Kabul
Albania
Tirana
Algeria
Algiers
Andorra
Andorra la Vella
Angola
Luanda
Antigua and Barbuda
Saint John's
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Armenia
Yerevan
Australia
Canberra
Austria
Vienna
Azerbaijan
Baku
The Bahamas
Nassau
Bahrain
Manama
Bangladesh
Dhaka
Barbados
Bridgetown
Belarus
Minsk
Belgium
Brussels
Belize
Belmopan
Benin
Porto-Novo
Bhutan
Thimphu
Bolivia
La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
Botswana
Gaborone
Brazil
Brasilia
Brunei
Bandar Seri Begawan
Bulgaria
Sofia
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
Burundi
Bujumbura
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Cameroon
Yaounde
Canada
Ottawa
Cape Verde
Praia
Central African Republic
Bangui
Chad
N'Djamena
Chile
Santiago
China
Beijing
Colombia
Bogota
Comoros
Moroni
Congo, Republic of the
Brazzaville
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Kinshasa
Costa Rica
San Jose
Cote d'Ivoire
Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (de facto)
Croatia
Zagreb
Cuba
Havana
Cyprus
Nicosia
Czech Republic
Prague
Denmark
Copenhagen
Djibouti
Djibouti
Dominica
Roseau
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
East Timor (Timor-Leste)
Dili
Ecuador
Quito
Egypt
Cairo
El Salvador
San Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Malabo
Eritrea
Asmara
Estonia
Tallinn
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Fiji
Suva
Finland
Helsinki
France
Paris
Gabon
Libreville
The Gambia
Banjul
Georgia
Tbilisi
Germany
Berlin
Ghana
Accra
Greece
Athens
Grenada
Saint George's
Guatemala
Guatemala City
Guinea
Conakry
Guinea-Bissau
Bissau
Guyana
Georgetown
Haiti
Port-au-Prince
Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Hungary
Budapest
Iceland
Reykjavik
India
New Delhi
Indonesia
Jakarta
Iran
Tehran
Iraq
Baghdad
Ireland
Dublin
Israel
Jerusalem1
Italy
Rome
Jamaica
Kingston
Japan
Tokyo
Jordan
Amman
Kazakhstan
Astana
Kenya
Nairobi
Kiribati
Tarawa Atoll
Korea, North
Pyongyang (P'yǒngyang)
Korea, South
Seoul
Kosovo
Pristina
Kuwait
Kuwait City
Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek
Laos
Vientiane
Latvia
Riga
Lebanon
Beirut
Lesotho
Maseru
Liberia
Monrovia
Libya
Tripoli
Liechtenstein
Vaduz
Lithuania
Vilnius
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Skopje
Madagascar
Antananarivo
Malawi
Lilongwe
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Maldives
Male
Mali
Bamako
Malta
Valletta
Marshall Islands
Majuro
Mauritania
Nouakchott
Mauritius
Port Louis
Mexico
Mexico City
Micronesia, Federated States of
Palikir
Moldova
Chisinau
Monaco
Monaco
Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro
Podgorica
Morocco
Rabat
Mozambique
Maputo
Myanmar (Burma)
Rangoon (Yangon); Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw (administrative)
Namibia
Windhoek
Nauru
No official capital; Yaren (de facto)
Nepal
Kathmandu
Netherlands
Amsterdam; The Hague (seat of government)
New Zealand
Wellington
Nicaragua
Managua
Niger
Niamey
Nigeria
Abuja
Norway
Oslo
Oman
Muscat
Pakistan
Islamabad
Palau
Melekeok
Panama
Panama City
Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby
Paraguay
Asuncion
Peru
Lima
Philippines
Manila
Poland
Warsaw
Portugal
Lisbon
Qatar
Doha
Romania
Bucharest
Russia
Moscow
Rwanda
Kigali
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Basseterre
Saint Lucia
Castries
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Kingstown
Samoa
Apia
San Marino
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Senegal
Dakar
Serbia
Belgrade
Seychelles
Victoria
Sierra Leone
Freetown
Singapore
Singapore
Slovakia
Bratislava
Slovenia
Ljubljana
Solomon Islands
Honiara
Somalia
Mogadishu
South Africa
Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary)
South Sudan
Juba
Spain
Madrid
Sri Lanka
Colombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative)
Sudan
Khartoum
Suriname
Paramaribo
Swaziland
Mbabane
Sweden
Stockholm
Switzerland
Bern
Syria
Damascus
Taiwan
Taipei
Tajikistan
Dushanbe
Tanzania
Dar es Salaam; Dodoma (legislative)
Thailand
Bangkok
Togo
Lome
Tonga
Nuku'alofa
Trinidad and Tobago
Port-of-Spain
Tunisia
Tunis
Turkey
Ankara
Turkmenistan
Ashgabat
Tuvalu
Funafuti (Atoll)
Uganda
Kampala
Ukraine
Kyiv
United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom
London
United States of America
Washington, D.C.
Uruguay
Montevideo
Uzbekistan
Tashkent
Vanuatu
Port-Vila
Vatican City (Holy See)
Vatican City
Venezuela
Caracas
Vietnam
Hanoi
Yemen
Sanaa
Zambia
Lusaka
Zimbabwe
Harare
1The UN established status of Jerusalem as a territory under international administration (UNGA Resolution No. 194 of 11 December 1948). Israel declared Jerusalem its capital in 1949 shortly after the end of the War of Independence. In 1967, after the Six-Day War, Israel annexed East Jerusalem and merged it with its Western part into a single municipality. This connection is not recognized by the United Nations (UN Security Council Resolution 478). The vast majority of foreign embassies are located outside Jerusalem, chiefly in Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, and Herzlia.