LIST OF COUNTRIES, CAPITALS, AND CURRENCY

OFFICIAL HEAD OF
COUNTRY CAPITAL CURRENCY
LANGUAGE GOVERNMENT

Dari Persian, Hibatullah

Afghanistan Kabul Afghani
Pashta Akhundzada

Albania Tirane Lek Albanian Bajram Begaj

Arabic;
Abdelmadjid
Algeria Algiers Dinar Tamazight;
Tebboune
French

Andorra Andorra la Vella Euro Catalan Xavier Espot Zamora

Angola Luanda New Kwanza Portuguese João Lourenço

Antigua and East Caribbean

Saint John’s English Gaston Browne
Barbuda dollar

Argentina Buenos Aires Peso Spanish Alberto Fernandez

Armenia Yerevan Dram Armenian Nikol Pashinyan

Australia Canberra Australian dollar English Anthony Albanese

Euro (formerly
Austria Vienna German Karl Nehammer
schilling)

Azerbaijan Baku Manat Azerbaijani Ilham Aliyev

The Bahamas Nassau Bahamian dollar English Philip Davis

Sheikh Hamad bin

Bahrain Manama Bahain dinar Arabic
Isa Ai Khalifa

Sheikh Hasina
Bangladesh Dhaka Taka Bangla
Wazed

Barbados Bridgetown Barbados dollar English Mia Mottley

Belarussian; Alexander
Belarus Minsk Belorussian ruble
Russian Lukashenko

Euro (formerly Dutch; French;

Belgium Brussels Alexander De Croo
Belgian franc) German

Belize Belmopan Belize dollar English Jhonny Briceño

Benin
“Republic of Porto-Novo CFA Franc French Patrice Talon
Benin”
Bhutan Thimphu Ngultrum Dzongkha Lotay Tshering

La Pas
Spanish;
Bolivia (administrative); Boliviano Luis Acre
Quechua; Aymara
Sucre (judicial)

Zeljko Komsic
Bosnia ang Bosnian; (chairman)
Sarajevo Marka
Herzegovina Croatian; Serbian Denis Becirovic
Zeljka Cvijanovic

Botswana Gaborone Pula English; Tswana Mokgweetsi Masisi

Luiz Inacio Lula da

Brazil Brasilia Real Postuguese
Silva

Bandar Seri
Brunei Brunei dollar Malay Hassanal Bolkiah
Begawan

Bulgaria Sofia Lev Bulgarian Nikolai Denkov

Burkina Faso Ouagadougou CFA Franc French Ibrahim Traore

Evariste
Burundi Bujumbura Burundi franc Kirundi; French
Ndayishmiye

Cabo Verde

Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel Khmer Hun Manet

Cameroon Yaounde CFA franc French; English Paul Biya

Canada Ottawa Canadian dollar English; French Justin Trudeau

Republic of Cape Cape Verdean Ulisses Correia e

Praia Portoquese
Verde escudo Silva

Central African Faustin-Archange

Bangui CFA Franc Sango; French
Republic Touadera

Chad N’Djamena CFA Franc French; Arabic Mahamat Deby

Chile Santiago Chilean Peso Spanish Gabriel Boric Font

China Beijing Yuan/Renminbi Mandarin Xi Jinping

Colombia Bogota Colombian Peso Spanish Gustavo Petro

Comorian; Arabic;
Comoros Moroni Franc Azali Assoumani
French

Democratic
Denis Sassou
Republic of Brazzaville CFA Franc French
Nguesso
the Congo
Congo, Republic
Kinshasa Congolese franc French Felix Tshisekedi
of the

Rodrigo Chaves
Costa Rica San Jose Colon Spanich
Robles

Cote d'ivoire Yamoussoukro

Alassane Dramane
(Now: Ivory (official); CFA Franc French
Outtaea
Coast) Abidjan (de facto)

Croatia Zagreb Kuna Kuna Andrej Plenkovic

Cuba Havana Cuban Peso Spanish Miguel Diaz-Canel

Nikos
Cyprus Nicosia Cyprus pound Greek; Turkish
Christodoulides

Czech Republic Prague Koruna Czech; Slovak Petr Fiala

Denmark Copenhagen Krone Danish Mette Frederiksen

Djibouti Djibouti Djibouti franc Arabic; French Omar Guelleh

East Caribbean Englishl French;

Dominica Roseau Roosevelt Skerrit
dollar Antillean Creole

Dominican
Santo Domingo Dominican Peso Spanish Luis Abinader
Republic

Tetum;
East Timor
Dili U.S dollar Portuguese; Xanana Gusmao
(Timor- Leste)
Indonesian

Ecuador Quito U.S dollar Spanish Guillermo Lasso

Egypt Cairo Egyptian pound Arabic Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

El Salvador San Salvador Colon; U.S dollar Spanish Nayib Bukele

Equatorial Spanish; French; Tedoro Obiang

Malabo CFA Franc
Guinea Portuguese Nguema Mbasogo

Arabic; Tigrinya,
Eritrea Asmara Nakfa Isaias Afwerki
English

Estonia Talinn Kroon Estonian Kaja Kallas

Ethiopa Addis Ababa Birr Amharic Abiy Ahmed

Fiji Suva Fiji dollar English; Fijian; Sitiveni Rabuka

Hindi

Finland Helsinki Euro (formerly Finnish; Petteri Orpo

markka) Swedish
France Paris Euro (formerly French Emmanuel Macron
French franc)

Gabon Libreville CFA Franc French Ali Bongo Ondimba

The Gambia Banjul Dalasi English Adama Barrow

Georgia Tbilisi Lari Georgian Irakli Garibashvili

Germany Berlin Euro (formerly German Olaf Scholz

Deutsche mark)

Ghana Accra Cedi English Nana Akufo-Addo

Greece Athens Euro (formerly Greek Kyriakos Mitsotakis

drachma)

Grenada Saint Eat Caribbean English; Patois Dickon Mitchell

George’s dollar

Guatemala Guatemala Quetzal Spanish Alejandro Giammattei

City

Guinea Conakry Guinean franc Franch Mamady Doumbouya

Guinea-Bissau Bissau CFA Franc Portoguese Umaro Sissoco Embalo

Guyana Georgetown Guyanese dollar English Irfaan Ali

Haiti Port-au- Gourde Haitian Creole; Ariel Henry

Prince French

Honduras Tegucigalpa Lempira Spanish Xiomara Castra

Hungary Budapest Forint Hungarian Viktor Orban

Iceland Reykjavik Icelandic krona Icelandic Katrin Jakobsdottir

India New Delhi Rupiah Hindi; English Narendra Modi

Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah Indonesian Joko Widodo

Iran (Islamic Republic Tehran Rial Persian Ali Khamenei

of)

Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar Arabic; Kurdish Mohammed Shia Al

Sudani

Ireland Dublin Euro (formerly English; Irish Taoiseach-Leo

Irish pound (punt)) Varadkar

Israel Jerusalem Shekel Hebrew; Arabic Benjamin Netanyahu

Italy Rome Euro (formerly lira) Italian Giorgia Meloni

Jamaica Kingstan Kamaican dollar English Andrew Holness

Japan Tokyo Yen Japanese Fumio Kishida

Jordan Amman Jordanian dinar Arabic Abdullah ll

Kazakhstan Astana Tenge Kazakh; Kassym-Jomart

Russian Tokayev

Kenya Nairobi Kenya shilling Swahili; William Ruto

English

Kiribati Tarawa Atoll Australian dollar English; Taneti Maamau

Gilbertese

Democratic People’s Pyongyang Won Korean Kim Jong Un

Republic of Korea
A.K. A North Korea

Republic of Korea Seoul Won Korean Yoon Suk-yeol

Kosovo Pristina Euro (German Albanian; Aleksandar Vucic

Mark prior to 2002) Serbian

Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti dinar Arabic; English Sheikh Nawaf Al-
Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-
Sabah

Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Som Kyrgyz; Sadyr Japarov

Russian

Lao People’s Vientiane New Kip Lao (Laotian) Thongloun Sisoulith

Democratix Republic

Latvia Riga Lats Latvian Krisjanis Karins

Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound Arabic; French Najib Mikati

Lesotho Maseru Maluti Sesotho; English Sam Matekane

Liberia Monrovia Liberian dollar English George Weah

Libya Tripoli Libyan dinar Arabic Abdul Hamid

Dbeibeh

Liechtenstein Vaduz Swiss Franc German Hans-Adam ll

Lithuania Vilnius Litas Lithuanian Ingrida Simonyte

Luxembourg Luxembourg Euro (formerly German; English; Xavier Bettel

Luxembourg franc) Luxembourgish

Repbic of north Skopje Denar Macedonian Dimitar Kovacevski

Macedonia
Madagascar Antananarivo Malagasy franc Malagasy; French; Andry Rajoelina
English

Malawi Lilongwe Kwacha English Lazarus Chakwera

Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit Malay Anwar Ibrahim

Maldives Male Rufiya Dhivehi Ibrahim Mohamed

Solih

Mali Bamako CFA franc French Assimi Goita

Malta Valletta Maltese lira Maltese, English Robert Abela

Marshall Islands Majuro U.S. dollar Marshallese, David Kabua

English

Mauritania Nouakchott Ougiya Arabic Mohamed Ould

Ghazouani

Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian rupee English Pravind Jugnauth

Mexico Mexico City Mexican peso Spanish Andres Manuel

Lopez Obrador

Micronesia, Palikir U.S. dollar English Wesley Simina

Federated
States of

Republic of Chisinau Leu Moldovan Dorin Recean

Moldova (Romanian)

Monaco Monaco Euro French, Italian, Albert ll

English

Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Tugrik Mongolian Luvsannamsrain

Oyun-Erdene

Montenegro Podgorica Euro Montenegrin Dritan Abazovic

Morocco Rabat Dirham Arabic Mohammed Vl

Mozambique Maputo Metical Portuguese Filipe Nyusi

Myanmar Rangoon Yangoon); Kyat Burmese Myint Swe

(Burma) Naypyidaw or Nay
Pyi Taw
(administrative)

Namibia Windhoek Namibian dollar English, Hage Geingob

Afrikaans,
German

Nauru No official capital; Australian dollar English, Nauran Russ Kun

Government offices
in Yaren District
Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese rupee Nepali Pushpa Kamal
Dahal

Netherlands Amsterdam; Euro (formerly Dutch Mark Rutte

The Hauge (seat of guilder)
government)

New Zealand Wellington New Zealand English Chris Hipkins

dollar

Nicaragua Managua Gold cordoba Spanish Daniel Ortega

Niger Niamey CFA franc French Abdourahamane

Tchiani

Nigeria Abuja Naira English Bola Tinubu

Norway Oslo Norweigan krone Norwegian Jonas Gahr Store

Oman Muscat Omani rial Arabic Haitham bin Tariq

Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani rupee Urdu, English Anwaar ul Haq

Kakar

Palau Melekeok U.S dollar English, Palauan Surangel Whipps

Jr.

Panama Panama City Balboa, U.S. dollar Spanish Laurentino Cortizo

Papua New Port Moresby Kina English, Tok Pisin, James Marape
Guinea Hiri Motu

Paraguay Asuncion Guarani Spanish, Guarani Santiago Peña

Peru Lima Nuevo sol (1991) Spanish Dina Boluarte

Philippines Manila Peso Filipino, English Bongbong Marcos

Poland Warsaw Zloty Polish Mateusz Mora

wiecki

Portugal Lisbon Euro (formerly Portuguese Antonia Costa

Escudo)

Qatar Doha Qatar Riyal Arabic Tamim bin Hamad

Al Thani

Romania Bucharest Leu Romanian Marcel Ciolacu

Russia Moscow Ruble Romanian Vladimir Putin

Federation

Rwanda Kigali Rwanda franc Russian Paul Kagame

Saint Kitts and Basseterre East Carbbean English Terrance Drew

Nevis dollar
Saint Lucia Castries East Caribbean English Philip J. Pierre
dollar

Saint Vincent Kingstown East Caribbean English Ralph Gonsalves

and the dollar
Grenadines

Samoa Apia Tala Samaoan, English Flame Naomi

Mata’afa

San Marino San Marino Euro Italian Alessandro

Scarano

Sao Tome and Sao Tome Dobra Portuguese Patrice Trovoada

Principe

Saudi Arabia Riyadh Riyal Arabic King Salman

Senegal Dakar CFA franc French Macky Sall

Serbia Belgrade Yugoslav new Serbian Ana Brnabic

dinar.
In Kosava both
euro and Yugoslav
dinar are legal

Seychelles Victoria Seychelles Seychellois Creole, Wavel

rupee French Enlish Ramkalawan

Sierra Leone Freetown Leone English Julius Maada Bio

Singapore Singapore Singapore English, Chinese Lee Hsien Loong

dollar and Malay Tamil

Slovakia Bratislava Koruna Slovak L’udovit Odor

Slovenia Ljubljana Slovenian Slovene Robert Golob

toal; euro
(as of 1/1/07)

Solomon Islands Honiara Solomon English Manasseh

Islands dollar Sogavare

Somalia Mogadishu Somali shiling Somali Arabic Hamza Abdi Barre

South Africa Pretoria Rand Afrikaans, English, Cyril Ramaphosa

(administrative); Southern Ndebele,
Cape Town Northern Sotho,
(legislative); Southern Sotho,
Bloemfontein Swazi Tsonga,
(judiciary) Tswana, Venda,
Xhosa, Zulu
South Sudan Juba Sudanese English Salva Kiir Mayardit
Pound

Spain Madrid Euro Spanish, Catalan, Pedro Sanchez

(formerly Galician, Gasque
peseta)

Sri Lanka Colombo; Sri Lanka Sinhala, Tamil Ranil

Sri rupee Wickremesighe
Jayewardenepura
Kotte (legislative)

Sudan Khartoum Dinar Arabic, English Osman Hussein

Suriname Paramaribo Surinamese Dutch Chan Santokhi

dollar

Estawini ( former Mbabane Lilangeni English, Swati King Mswati lll

name:Swaziland)

Sweden Stockholm Krona Swedish Ulf Kristersson

Switzerland Bern Swiss franc German, French, Alain Berset

Italian, Romansh

Syrian Arab Damascus Syrian pound Arabic Bashar al-Assad

Republic

Taiwan Taipei Taiwan dollar Standard Chinese Tsai Ing-wen

Tajikistan Dushanbe somoni Tajik Emomali Rahmon

United Repubic of Dar es Salaam; Tanzanian Swahili, English Samia Suluhu

Tanzania Dodoma shilling Hassan
(legislative)

Thailand Bangkok baht Thai Srettha Thavisin

Togo Lome CFA franc French Faure Gnassingbe

Tonga Nuku’alofa Pa’anga English Siaosi Sovaleni

Trinidad and Port-of-Spain Trinidad and English Keith Rowley

Tobago Tobago dollar

Tunisia Tunis Tunisia dinar Arabic Kais Saied

Turkey Ankara Turkis lira Turkish Rcep Tayyip

(YTL) Erdogan

Turkmenistan Ashgabat Manat Turkmen Serdar

Berdimuhamedow
Tuvalu Vaiaku village, Austrailian Polynesian Kausea Natano
Funafuti province dollar

Uganda Kampala Ugandan new Swahili, English, Yoweri Museveni

shiling Luganda

Ukraine Kyiv Hryvnia Ukrainian Volodymyr

Zelenskyy

United Arab Abu Dhabi U.A.E dirham Arabic Mohamed bin

Emirates Zayed Al Nahyan

United Kingdom of London Pound English Rishi Sunak

Great Britai and sterling
Northern Ireland

United States of Washington D. C. dollar English Joe Biden

America

Uruguay Montevideo Uruguay peso Spanish Luis Lacalle Pou

Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistani Uzbek Shavkat

sum Mirziyoyev

Vanuatu Port-Vila Vatu Bislama, French, Ishmael Kalsakau

English

Vatican City (Holy Vatican City Euro Italian Pope Francis

See)

Venezuela, Caracas Bolivar Spanish Nicolas Maduro

Bolivarian Republic
of

Vietnam Hanoi Dong Vietnamese Nguyen Phu Trong

Yemen Sanaa Rial Arabic Rashad al-Alimi

Zambia Lusaka Kwacha English Hakainde

Hichilema

Zimbabwe Harare Zimbabwean English, Shona, Emmerson

dollar Ndebele Mnangagwa