List of countries and capitals in native languages

The following chart lists countries along with their capital cities, in English as well as any additional official language(s).

Contents

A

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Abkhazia[1]
Sukhum
Apsny
Аҧсны
Abkhaziya
Абхазия
Aqwa
Аҟəа
Sukhum
Сухум
Abhazian
(Abkhaz Cyrillic script)
Russian
(Cyrillic script)
Afghanistan
Kabul
Afghanestan
افغانستان
Kabul
كابل
Dari-Persian, Pashtu
(Perso-Arabic script)
Albania
Tirana
Shqipëria
Tiranë
Albanian
Algeria
Algiers
Al-Jazā'ir
الجزائر
Al-Jazā'ir
الجزائر
Arabic
(Arabic script)
American Samoa
Pago Pago
Amerika Sāmoa
American Samoa
Pago Pago
Pago Pago
Samoan
English
Andorra
Andorra la Vella
Andorra
Andorra la Vella
Catalan
Angola
Luanda
Angola
Luanda
Portuguese
Anguilla
The Valley
Anguilla
The Valley
English
Antigua and Barbuda
Saint John's
Antigua and Barbuda
St. John's
English
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Spanish
Armenia
Yerevan
Hayastán
Հայաստան
Yerevan
Երեվան
Armenian
(Armenian alphabet)
Aruba
Oranjestad
Aruba
Oranjestad
Dutch
Australia
Canberra
Australia
Canberra
English/ Aboriginal native languages
Austria
Vienna
Österreich
Wien
German
Azerbaijan
Baku
Azərbaycan
Bakı
Azeri
(Latin alphabet)

B

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
The Bahamas
Nassau
English
Bahrain
Manama
Al-Baḥrayn
البحرين
Al-Manāmah
المنامة
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Bangladesh
Dhaka
Bangladesh
বাংলাদেশ
Ḍhaka
ঢাকা
Bengali
(Bengali script)
Barbados
Bridgetown
English
Belarus
Minsk
Belarus’
Беларусь
Biełaruś
Belorussiya or Belorussiâ
Белоруссия
Minsk (Mensk)
Мінск (Менск)
Miensk
Minsk
Минск
Belarusian (archaic form)
(Cyrillic script)
(Latin Belarusian Alphabet)
Russian
(Cyrillic script)
Belgium
Brussels
België
Belgique
Belgien
Brussel
Bruxelles
Brüssel
Dutch
French
German
Belize
Belmopan
English
Benin
Porto-Novo
Bénin
Porto-Novo
French
Bermuda
Hamilton
English
Bhutan
Thimphu
Druk Yul
འབྲུག་ཡུལ
Thimphu
ཐིམ་ཕུ
Dzongkha
Bolivia
La Paz
Bolivia
Buliwya
Wuliwya
Volívia
La Paz
Chuqiyapu
Chuqiyapu
La Paz
Spanish
Quechua
Aymara
Guaraní
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
Bosna i Hercegovina
Босна и Херцеговина
Sarajevo
Сарајево
Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian
(Cyrillic script)
Botswana
Gaborone
English
Brazil
Brasília
Brasil
Brasília
Portuguese
Brunei
Bandar Seri Begawan
Brunei
بروني
Bandar Seri Begawan
باندر سري بڬاون
Malay
(Jawi script)
Bulgaria
Sofia
Bulgariya or Bălgarija
България
Sofiya or Sofija[2]
София
Bulgarian
(Cyrillic script)
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
French
Burma
Naypyidaw
Myanmar
မြန်မာ
Nay Pyi Taw
နေပြည်တော်
Burmese
(Burmese alphabet)
Burundi
Bujumbura
Kirundi, French

C

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Kampuchea
កម្ពុជា
Phnom Penh
ភ្នំពេញ
Khmer
ខ្មែរ
Cameroon
Yaoundé
Cameroun
Cameroon
Yaoundé
Yaoundé
French
English
Canada
Ottawa
English
French
Indigenous
Cape Verde
Praia
Cabo Verde
Praia
Portuguese
Cayman Islands
George Town
English
Central African Republic
Bangui
République Centrafricaine
Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka
Bangui
Bangî
French
Sango
Chad
N'Djamena
Tchad
Tšād
تشاد
Ndjamena
Nijāmīnā
نجامينا
French
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Chile
Santiago
Spanish
China (PRC)[1]
Beijing
Zhōngguó (Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó)
中国 (中华人民共和国)
Běijīng
北京
Mandarin Chinese
(Simplified Chinese characters)
China (ROC)[1]
or Taiwan
Taipei
Zhōnghuá Mínguó or Táiwan
中華民國 or 臺灣/台灣
Táiběi
臺北/台北
Chinese
(Traditional Chinese characters)
Christmas Island
Flying Fish Cove
Christmas Island Flying Fish Cove
English
Cocos Islands
West Island
English
Colombia
Bogotá
Spanish
Comoros
Moroni
Komori
Juzur al-Qamar
جزر القمر
Comores
Moroni
Moroni
موروني
Moroni
Shikomor
Arabic
(Arabic script)
French
Congo
Brazzaville
Congo or Congo-Brazza
Brazzaville
French
Congo (DRC)
Kinshasa
Congo
Kinshasa
French
Cook Islands
Avarua
English
Costa Rica
San José
Spanish
Côte d'Ivoire
Yamoussoukro
French
Croatia
Zagreb
Hrvatska
Zagreb
Croatian
Cuba
Havana
Cuba
La Habana
Spanish
Cyprus
Nicosia
Kypros
Κύπρος
Kıbrıs
Lefkosia
Λευκωσία
Lefkoşa
Greek
(Greek alphabet)
Turkish
Czech Republic
Prague
Česká republika
Česko
Praha
Czech

D

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Denmark
Copenhagen
Danmark
København
Danish
Djibouti
Djibouti
Jībūtī
جيبوتي
Djibouti
Jībūtī
جيبوتي
Djibouti
Arabic
(Arabic script)
French
Dominica
Roseau
English
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
República Dominicana
Santo Domingo
Spanish

E

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
East Timor
Díli
Timor Lorosa'e
Timor-Leste
Díli
Díli
Tetum
Portuguese
Ecuador
Quito
Spanish
Egypt
Cairo
Misr or Masr
مصر
Al-Qāhirah
القاهرة
Arabic
(Arabic script)
El Salvador
San Salvador
Spanish
Equatorial Guinea
Malabo
Guinea Ecuatorial
Malabo
Spanish
Eritrea
Asmara
Iritriya
إرتريا
Erta
ኤርትራ
Asmaraa
أسمرا
Asmära
አሥመራ
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Tigrinya
Estonia
Tallinn
Eesti
Tallinn
Estonian
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Ityop'ia
ኢትዮጲያ
ኢትዮጵያ
Addis Abäba
አዲስ አበባ
Amharic

F

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Faroe Islands
Tórshavn
Føroyar
Færøerne
Tórshavn
Thorshavn
Faroese
Danish
Fiji
Suva
Fiji
Viti
फ़िजी
Suva
English
Fijian
Hindustani
Finland
Helsinki
Suomi
Finland
Helsinki
Helsingfors
Finnish
Swedish
France
Paris
French
French Guiana
Cayenne
Guyane
Cayenne
French
French Polynesia
Papeete
Polynésie française
Papeete
French

G

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Gabon
Libreville
French
The Gambia
Banjul
English
Georgia
Tbilisi
Sak'art'velo
საქართველო
Tbilisi
თბილისი
Georgian
(Georgian alphabet)
Germany
Berlin
Deutschland
Berlin
German
Ghana
Accra
English
Akan
Fante
Twi
Ga
Dagbani
Ewe
Gibraltar
Gibraltar
English
Greece
Athens
Hellas
Ελλάς
or
Ellada
Ελλάδα
Athinai
Αθήναι
or
Athina
Αθήνα
Greek
(Greek alphabet)
Greenland
Nuuk
Kalaallit Nunaat
Grønland
Nuuk
Godthåb
Danish
Grenada
St. George's
English
Guadeloupe
Basse-Terre
French
Guam
Hagåtña
English
Guatemala
Guatemala City
Guatemala
La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción
Spanish
Guernsey
St Peter Port
English
Guinea
Conakry
Guinée
Gine
Gine
Conakry
Kɔnakiri
Konakiri
French
Maninka, Susu
Pular
Guinea-Bissau
Bissau
Guiné-Bissau
Bissau
Portuguese
Guyana
Georgetown
English

H

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Haiti
Port-au-Prince
Haïti
Ayiti
Port-au-Prince
Pòtoprens
French
Haitian Creole
Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Spanish
Hungary
Budapest
Magyarország
Budapest
Hungarian

I

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Iceland
Reykjavík
Ísland
Reykjavík
Icelandic
India, Republic of
New Delhi
Bharôt
ভাৰত
Bharot
ভারত
India
Bhārat
ભારત
Bhārat, Hindustān
भारत, हिंदुस्तान
Bhārata
ಭಾರತ
Hindōstān
ہندوستان
Bhārat
भारत
Inḍya, Bhāratam
ഇന്ത്യ, ഭാരതം
Bhārat
भारत
Bhārat
भारत
Bharôtô
ଭାରତ
Bhārat, Hindustān
ਭਾਰਤ, ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨ
Bhāratam
भारतम्
Bhāratu, Hindustānu
ڀارت، هندستان
Indiyā, Bārata
இந்தியா, பாரத
Bhāratadēsham
భారత దేశం
Hindostān, Bhārat
ہندوستان، بھارت
Nôtun Dilli
নয়া দিল্লী
Nôea Dilli
নয়া দিল্লী
New Delhi
Navī Dilhī
નવી દિલ્હી
Naī Dillī
नई दिल्ली
Nava Dehali
ನವ ದೆಹಲಿ
Dilī
دِلى
Navī Dillī
नवी दिल्ली
Nyūḍalhi
ന്യൂഡല്ഹി
Navī Dillī
नवी दिल्ली


Nūadillī
ନୂଆଦିଲ୍ଲୀ
Navīñ Dillī
ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ
Nava Dehalī
दिल्ली
Naīñ Dihlī
نئين دهلي
Puduḍilli
புதுடில்லி
Kothaḍhillī
కొత్త ఢిల్లీ
Naī Dĕhlī, Naī Dillī
نئی دہلی، نئی دلی
Assamese
(Assamese script)
Bengali
(Bengali script)
English
Gujarati
(Gujarāti script)
Hindi
(Devanagari script)
Kannada
(Kannada script)
Kashmiri
(Perso-Arabic script)
Konkani
(Devanagari script)
Malayalam
(Malayalam script)
Marathi
(Devanagari script)
Nepali
(Devanagari script)
Oriya
(Oriya script)
Panjabi
(Gurmukhi script)
Sanskrit
Devanagari script
Sindhi
(Perso-Arabic script)
Tamil
(Tamil script)
Telugu
(Telugu script)
Urdu
(Perso-Arabic script)
Indonesia
Jakarta
Indonesia
Jakarta
Indonesian
Iran
Tehran
Īrān
ایران
Tehrān
تهران
Persian
(Perso-Arabic script)
Iraq
Baghdad
Al-'Iraq
العراق
Baghdad
بغداد
Arabic and Kurdish
(Arabic script)
Ireland
Dublin
Éire
Ireland
Baile Átha Cliath
Dublin
Irish
English
Isle of Man
Douglas
Isle of Man
Ellan Vannin
Douglas
Doolish
English
Manx
Israel
Jerusalem
Yisrael
ישראל
Isrā'īl
إسرائيل
Yerushalayim
ירושלים
Al-Quds
القدس
Hebrew
(Hebrew alphabet)
Arabic
(Arabic alphabet)
Italy
Rome
Italia
Roma
Italian

J

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Jamaica
Kingston
English
Japan
Tokyo
Nippon or Nihon
日本
Tōkyō
東京
Japanese
(Kanji/Hiragana/Katakana)
Jersey
St. Helier
Jersey
Jersey
Jèrri
St. Helier
Saint Hélier
Saint Hélyi
English
French
Jèrriais
Jordan
Amman
Al-’Urdun
الأردن
‘Ammān
عمان
Arabic
(Arabic script)

K

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Kazakhstan
Astana
Qazaqstan
Қазақстан
Kazakhstán
Казахстан
Astana
Астана
Astana
Астана
Kazakh
(Cyrillic script)
Russian
(Cyrillic script)
Kenya
Nairobi
English, Swahili
Kiribati
Tarawa[3]

English, Gilbertese
Korea (North)
P'yŏngyang
Chosŏn as called in NK
조선 / 朝鮮
Buk-han as called in SK
북한 / 北韓
P'yŏngyang
평양 / 平壌
Korean
(Hangul/Hanja)
Korea (South)
Seoul
Hanguk as called in SK
한국 / 韓國
Nam-josŏn as called in NK
남조선 / 南朝鮮
Seoul
서울
Korean
(Hangul/Hanja)
Kosovo[1]
Prishtinë
Kosova, Косово
Prishtinë, Приштина (Priština)
Albanian, Serbian
(Roman, Cyrillic script)
Kuwait
Kuwait City
Al-Kuwayt
الكويت
Al-Kuwayt
الكويت
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan
Кыргызстан
Kirgizija
Киргизия
Bishkek
Бишкек
Bishkek
Бишкек
Kyrgyz
(Cyrillic script)
Russian
(Cyrillic script)

L

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Laos
Vientiane
Lao
ລາວ
Vientiane or Vieng Chan
ວຽງຈັນ
Lao
Lao alphabet
Latvia
Riga
Latvija
Rīga
Latvian
Lebanon
Beirut
Lubnān
لبنان
Bayrūt
بيروت
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Lesotho
Maseru
Sesotho, English
Liberia
Monrovia
English
Libya
Tripoli
Lībiyā
ليبيا
Tarabulus
طرابلس
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Liechtenstein
Vaduz
German
Lithuania
Vilnius
Lietuva
Vilnius
Lithuanian
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Lëtzebuerg
Luxemburg
Luxembourg
Lëtzebuerg
Luxemburg
Luxembourg
Luxembourgish
German
French

M

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Macedonia
Skopje
Makedonija
Македонија
Skopje
Скопје
Macedonian
(Cyrillic script)
Madagascar
Antananarivo
Madagasikara
Madagascar
Antananarivo
Antananarivo/Tananarive
Malagasy
French
Malawi
Lilongwe
English, Chichewa
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Malay
Maldives
Malé
Dhivehi Raajje
ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ
Malé
މާލެ
Dhivehi
(Thaana script)
Mali
Bamako
Mali
Mali
Bamako
Bamakɔ
French
Bambara
Malta
Valletta
Malta
Valletta or Il-Belt Valletta
Maltese
Marshall Islands
Majuro
English, Marshallese
Martinique
Fort-de-France
French
Mauritania
Nouakchott
Mauritanie
Mūrītāniyā
موريتانيا
Nouakchott
Nouakchott
نواكشوط
French
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Mauritius
Port Louis
Maurice
Port Louis
English
French
Mayotte
Mamoudzou
Mayotte
Mamoudzou
French
Mexico
Mexico City
México
Ciudad de México
Spanish
Federated States of Micronesia
Palikir
English
Moldova
Chișinău
Moldova
Chișinău
Romanian
Monaco
Monaco
French
Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar
Mongol Uls
Монгол Улс
Ulaanbaatar
Улаанбаатар
Mongolian
(Cyrillic script)
Montenegro
Podgorica
Crna Gora
Црна Гора
Podgorica
Подгорица
Serbian
Montserrat
Brades Estate[4]
English
Morocco
Rabat
Al-Maghrib
المغرب
Rabat
رباط
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Mozambique
Maputo
Moçambique
Maputo
Portuguese

N

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Namibia
Windhoek
Namibia
Windhoek
Windhuk
Windhoek
English
German
Afrikaans
Nauru
Yaren (de facto)[5]
Naoero
Nauruo
English
Nauruan
Nepal
Kathmandu
Nepāla
नेपाल
Kāṭhamāṇḍauṃ
काठमाण्डौं
Kāntipura
कान्तिपुर
Yen Dey
येँ देय्‌
Nepali
Devanagari
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Nederland
Amsterdam
Dutch
New Caledonia
Nouméa
Nouvelle-Calédonie
Nouméa
French
New Zealand[6]
Wellington
New Zealand
Aotearoa
Wellington
Poneke/Te Whanganui-a-Tara
English
Māori
Nicaragua
Managua
Spanish
Niger
Niamey
French
Nigeria
Abuja
English, Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Pidgin English, Ibibio
Niue
Alofi
Niuē
Niue
Alofi
Alofi
Niuean
English
Norfolk Island
Kingston
English
Northern Ireland
Belfast
English
Northern Mariana Islands
Saipan
English
Norway
Oslo
Norge
Noreg
Oslo
Oslo
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk

O

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Oman
Muscat
‘Umān
عُمان
Masqaṭ
مسقط
Arabic
(Arabic script)

P

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Pakistan
Islamabad
Pākistān
پاکستان
Islāmabād
اسلام‌اباد
Urdu, English
Palau
Ngerulmud
Belau
Ngerulmud
English, Palauan
Palestinian National Authority[1]
Ramallah and Gaza
Filastīn
فلسطين
Rāmallāh, Ġazzah
رام الله, غزة
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Panama
Panama City
Panamá
Panamá
Spanish
Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea
Papua Niugini
Papua Niugini
Port Moresby
Pot Mosbi
Pot Mosbi
English
Tok Pisin
Hiri Motu
Paraguay
Asunción
Paraguay
Paraguái
Asunción
Paraguay
Spanish
Guaraní
Peru
Lima
Perú
Lima
Spanish
Philippines
Manila
Pilipinas
Philippines
Filipinas
ᜉᜒᜎᜒᜉᜒᜈᜐ᜔
Maynila
Manila
Manila
ᜋᜈᜒᜎ
Filipino / Tagalog
English
Spanish
(Tagalog script)
Pitcairn Islands
Adamstown
English
Poland
Warsaw
Polska
Warszawa
Polish
Portugal
Lisbon
Portugal
Lisboa
Portuguese
Puerto Rico
San Juan
Spanish

Q

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Qatar
Doha
Qaṭar
قطر
Ad-Dawḥah
الدوحة
Arabic
(Arabic script)

R

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Réunion
Saint-Denis
Réunion
Saint-Denis
French
Romania
Bucharest
România
București
Romanian
Russia
Moscow
Rossiya or Rossiâ
Россия1
Moskva
Москва
Russian
(Cyrillic script)
Rwanda
Kigali
French, Kinyarwanda, English

S

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
Saint-Pierre
Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
Saint-Pierre
French
Saint Helena
Jamestown
English
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Basseterre
English
Saint Lucia
Castries
English
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Kingstown
English
Samoa
Apia
English
San Marino
San Marino
Italian
São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé
São Tomé e Príncipe
São Tomé
Portuguese
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Al-Mamlaka Al-‘Arabiyyah as Sa‘ūdiyyah
المملكة العربية السعودية
Ar-Riyāḍ
الرياض
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Senegal
Dakar
Sénégal
Dakar
French
Serbia
Belgrade
Srbija
Србија
Beograd
Београд
Serbian
(Cyrillic script)
Seychelles
Victoria
Sesel
Seychelles
Seychelles
Victoria or Port Victoria
Seychellois Creole
French
English
Sierra Leone
Freetown
English
Singapore
Singapura
Singapore
Xīnjiāpō
新加坡
Singapur
சிங்கப்பூர்
Malay
English
Mandarin Chinese
(Simplified Chinese characters)
Tamil
(Tamil script)
Slovakia
Bratislava
Slovensko
Bratislava
Slovak
Slovenia
Ljubljana
Slovenija
Ljubljana
Slovene
Solomon Islands
Honiara
English
Somalia
Mogadishu
Soomaaliya
aş-Şūmāl
الصومال
Muqdisho
Maqadīshū
مقديشو
Somali
Arabic
(Arabic script)
South Africa
Pretoria (administrative capital), Cape Town (legislative capital), Bloemfontein, (judicial capital)
South Africa
Suid-Afrika
iNingizimu Afrika
uMzantsi Afrika
Afrika-Borwa
Afrika Borwa
Aforika Borwa
Afurika Tshipembe
Afrika Dzonga
iNingizimu Afrika
iSewula Afrika
Pretoria, Cape Town
Pretoria, Kaapstad
iPitoli
iPitoli
Tshwane
Tshwane
Tshwane
Tswane
Pitori
iPitoli
iPitori
English
Afrikaans
Zulu
Xhosa
Pedi
Sotho
Tswana
Venda
Tsonga
Swazi
Ndebele
South Sudan
Juba
English
South Ossetia
Tskhinval
Khussar Iryston
Хуссар Ирыстон
Samkhret Oseti
სამხრეთი ოსეთი
Южная Осетия
Yuzhnaya Osetiya
Chreba
Чъреба
Tskhinvali
ცხინვალი
Tskhinval
Цхинвал
Ossetic
Georgian
Russian
Spain
Madrid
España
Espanya
Espainia
Espanha
Madrid
Madrid
Madril
Madrid
Spanish/Galician
Catalan
Basque
Aranese
Sri Lanka
colombo
Sri Lankā
ශ්‍රී ලංකාව
ஸ்ரீ லங்க
colombo
ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ
கொழும்பு
Sinhala
Tamil
Sudan
Khartoum
As-Sudan
السودان
Al-Khartûm
الخرطوم
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Suriname
Paramaribo
Dutch
Svalbard
Longyearbyen
Svalbard
Longyearbyen
Norwegian
Swaziland
Mbabane
English
Sweden
Stockholm
Sverige
Stockholm
Swedish
Switzerland
Bern
Schweiz
Suisse
Svizzera
Svizra
Bern
Berne
Berna
Berna
German
French
Italian
Romansh
Syria
Damascus
Suriyah
سورية
Dimashq / Ash-Sham
الشام / دمشق
Arabic
(Arabic script)

T

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Taiwan
(See "China (ROC)" entry)
Tajikistan
Dushanbe
Tojikistan
Тоҷикистон
Dushanbe
Душанбе
Tajiki-Persian
(Cyrilic)
Tanzania
Dodoma
English
Thailand
Bangkok
Mueang Thai, Prathet Thai, Ratcha-anachak Thai
เมืองไทย,

ประเทศไทย, ราชอาณาจักรไทย

Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
กรุงเทพฯ, กรุงเทพมหานคร
Thai
Togo
Lomé
French
Tokelau
English
Tonga
Nukuʻalofa
Tonga
Nukuʻalofa
Tongan
Trinidad and Tobago
Port of Spain
English
Tunisia
Tunis
Tunis
تونس
Tunis
تونس
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Turkey
Ankara
Türkiye
Ankara
Turkish
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Nicosia
Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti
Lefkoşa
Turkish
Turkmenistan
Ashgabat
Türkmenistan
Aşgabat
Turkmen
Turks and Caicos Islands
Cockburn Town
English
Tuvalu
Fongafale (in Funafuti)
English

U

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Uganda
Kampala
English
Ukraine
Kiev
Ukraїna
Україна
Kyїv
Київ
Ukrainian
(Cyrillic script)
United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
Al-’Imārat Al-‘Arabiyyah Al-Muttaḥidah
الإمارات العربيّة المتّحدة
‘Abū ẓabī
أبوظبي
Arabic
(Arabic script)
United Kingdom
London
United Kingdom
Y Deyrnas Unedig
Unitit Kinrick
Rìoghachd Aonaichte
Ríocht Aontaithe
London
Llundain
Lunnon
Lunnainn
Londain
English
Welsh
Scots
Scots Gaelic
Irish
United States
Washington, D.C.
United States or America
Estados Unidos or América
États-Unis or Amérique
'Amelika-hui-pu-'ia or 'Amelika-hui
Washington D.C.
Washington D.C.
Washington D.C.
Wakinekona or Wasinetona
English
Spanish
Cajun French
Indigenous
Hawaiian
Uruguay
Montevideo
República Oriental del Uruguay
Montevideo
Spanish
Uzbekistan
Tashkent
O'zbekiston
Toshkent
Uzbek

V

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Vanuatu
Port Vila
Vanuatu
Port-Vila
English
Vatican City
Civitas Vaticana
Latin
Venezuela
Caracas
Spanish
Vietnam
Hanoi
Việt Nam
Hà Nội
Vietnamese
Virgin Islands, British
Road Town
English
Virgin Islands, US
Charlotte Amalie
English
Vojvodina
Novi Sad
Vojvodina
Војводина
Vajdaság
Vojvodina
Vojvodina
Voivodina
Vojvodyna
Войводина
Novi Sad
Нови Сад
Újvidék
Nový Sad
Novi Sad
Novi Sad
Novi Sad
Нови Сад
Serbian
(Cyrillic script)
Hungarian
Slovak
Croatian
Romanian
Pannonian Rusyn
(Cyrillic script)

W, X, Y, Z

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Wallis and Futuna
Matâ'Utu
Wallis-et-Futuna
Matâ'Utu
French
Yemen
Sana'a
Al-Yaman
اليمن
Ṣan‘ā’
‫ﺻﻨﻌﺎﺀ‬
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Zambia
Lusaka
English
Zimbabwe
Harare
English

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Not universally recognised
  2. ^ Bulgarian and Russian can be transliterated in various ways, therefore the two most generally used transliterations are given here.
  3. ^ Bairiki Village is the former capital of Kiribati and is still the seat of the Presidency, but the official capital is now South Tarawa.
  4. ^ Brades Estate has been the de facto capital since a volcanic eruption in 1995 covered the official capital of Plymouth, leaving it uninhabitable.
  5. ^ Nauru is the only country in the world without an official capital.
  6. ^ The country has a third official language in New Zealand Sign Language.