Conutries - Their Capital, Currency & Official language
Country Name |
Capital |
Currency |
Official Language |
Algeria |
Algiers |
Dinar |
Arabic; Tamazight; French |
Afghanistan |
Kabul |
Afghani |
Dari Persian; Pashto |
Albania |
Tirane |
Lek |
Albanian |
Andorra |
Andorra la Vella |
Euro |
Catalan |
Angola |
Luanda |
New Kwanza |
Portuguese |
Antigua and Barbuda |
Saint John's |
East Caribbean dollar |
English |
Argentina |
Buenos Aires |
Peso |
Spanish |
Armenia |
Yerevan |
Dram |
Armenian |
Australia |
Canberra |
Australian dollar |
English |
Austria |
Vienna |
Euro (formerly schilling) |
German |
Azerbaijan |
Baku |
Manat |
Azerbaijani |
Bahamas |
Nassau |
Bahamian dollar |
English |
Bahrain |
Manama |
Bahrain dinar |
Arabic |
Bangladesh |
Dhaka |
Taka |
Bangla |
Barbados |
Bridgetown |
Barbados dollar |
English |
Belarus |
Minsk |
Belorussian ruble |
Belarusian; Russian |
Belgium |
Brussels |
Euro (formerly Belgian franc) |
Dutch; French; German |
Belize |
Belmopan |
Belize dollar |
English |
Benin |
Porto-Novo |
CFA Franc |
French |
Bhutan |
Thimphu |
Ngultrum |
Dzongkha |
Bolivia |
La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial) |
Boliviano |
Spanish; Quechua; Aymara |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Sarajevo |
Convertible Mark |
Bosnian; Croatian; Serbian |
Botswana |
Gaborone |
Pula |
English; Tswana |
Brazil |
Brasilia |
Real |
Portuguese |
Brunei |
Bandar Seri Begawan |
Brunei dollar |
Malay |
Bulgaria |
Sofia |
Lev |
Bulgarian |
Burkina Faso |
Ouagadougou |
CFA Franc |
French |
Burundi |
Gitega |
Burundi franc |
Kirundi; French |
Cambodia |
Phnom Penh |
Riel |
Khmer |
Cameroon |
Yaounde |
CFA Franc |
French; English |
Canada |
Ottawa |
Canadian dollar |
English; French |
Cape Verde |
Praia |
Cape Verdean escudo |
Portuguese |
Central African Republic |
Bangui |
CFA Franc |
Sango; French |
Chad |
N'Djamena |
CFA Franc |
French; Arabic |
Chile |
Santiago |
Chilean Peso |
Spanish |
China |
Beijing |
Chinese Yuan |
Mandarin |
Colombia |
Bogota |
Colombian Peso |
Spanish |
Comoros |
Moroni |
Franc |
Comorian; Arabic; French |
Republic of the Congo |
Brazzaville |
CFA Franc |
French |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
Kinshasa |
Congolese franc |
French |
Costa Rica |
San Jose |
Colón |
Spanish |
Cote d'Ivoire |
Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (de facto) |
CFA Franc |
French |
Croatia |
Zagreb |
Croatian |
Kuna |
Cuba |
Havana |
Cuban Peso |
Spanish |
Cyprus |
Nicosia |
Euro |
Greek; Turkish |
Czech Republic |
Prague |
Koruna |
Czech; Slovak |
Denmark |
Copenhagen |
Danish Krone |
Danish |
Djibouti |
Djibouti |
Djiboutian franc |
Arabic; French |
Dominica |
Roseau |
East Caribbean dollar |
English; French; |
Dominican Republic |
Santo Domingo |
Dominican Peso |
Spanish |
East Timor (Timor-Leste) |
Dili |
U.S. dollar |
Tetum; Portuguese; |
Ecuador |
Quito |
U.S. dollar |
Spanish |
Egypt |
Cairo |
Egyptian pound |
Arabic |
El Salvador |
San Salvador |
Colón; U.S. dollar |
Spanish |
Equatorial Guinea |
Malabo |
CFA Franc |
Spanish; French; Portuguese |
Eritrea |
Asmara |
Nakfa |
Arabic; Tigrinya; English |
Estonia |
Tallinn |
Estonia Kroon; Euro |
Estonian |
Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa |
Birr |
Amharic |
Fiji |
Suva |
Fiji dollar |
English; Bau Fijian; Hindi |
Finland |
Helsinki |
Euro (formerly markka) |
Finnish; Swedish |
France |
Paris |
Euro (formerly French franc) |
French |
Gabon |
Libreville |
CFA Franc |
French |
The Gambia |
Banjul |
Dalasi |
English |
Georgia |
Tbilisi |
Lari |
Georgian |
Germany |
Berlin |
Euro (formerly Deutsche mark) |
German |
Ghana |
Accra |
Cedi |
English |
Greece |
Athens |
Euro (formerly drachma) |
Greek |
Grenada |
Saint George's |
East Caribbean dollar |
English; Patois |
Guatemala |
Guatemala City |
Quetzal |
Spanish |
Guinea |
Conakry |
Guinean franc |
French |
Guinea-Bissau |
Bissau |
CFA Franc |
Portuguese |
Guyana |
Georgetown |
Guyanese dollar |
English |
Haiti |
Port-au-Prince |
Gourde |
Haitian Creole; French |
Honduras |
Tegucigalpa |
Lempira |
Spanish |
Hungary |
Budapest |
Forint |
Hungarian |
Iceland |
Reykjavik |
Icelandic króna |
Icelandic |
India |
New Delhi |
Indian Rupee |
Hindi; English |
Indonesia |
Jakarta |
Rupiah |
Indonesian |
Iran |
Tehran |
Rial |
Persian |
Iraq |
Baghdad |
Iraqi Dinar |
Arabic; Kurdish |
Ireland |
Dublin |
Euro (formerly Irish pound [punt]) |
English; Irish |
Israel |
Jerusalem |
Shekel |
Hebrew; Arabic |
Italy |
Rome |
Euro (formerly lira) |
Italian |
Ivory Coast |
Yamoussoukro |
West African CFA franc |
French |
Jamaica |
Kingston |
Jamaican dollar |
English |
Japan |
Tokyo |
Yen |
Japanese |
Jordan |
Amman |
Jordanian dinar |
Arabic |
Kazakhstan |
Nur Sultan |
Tenge |
Kazakh; Russian |
Kenya |
Nairobi |
Kenya shilling |
Swahili; English |
Kiribati |
Tarawa Atoll |
Kiribati dollar |
English; Gilbertese |
Korea, North |
Pyongyang |
Won |
Korean |
Korea, South |
Seoul |
Won |
Korean |
Kosovo |
Pristina |
Euro (German Mark prior to 2002) |
Albanian; Serbian |
Kuwait |
Kuwait City |
Kuwaiti Dollar |
Arabic; English |
Kyrgyzstan |
Bishkek |
Som |
Kyrgyz; Russian |
Laos |
Vientiane |
New Kip |
Lao (Laotian) |
Latvia |
Riga |
Lats |
Latvian |
Lebanon |
Beirut |
Lebanese pound |
Arabic; French |
Lesotho |
Maseru |
Maluti |
Sesotho; English |
Liberia |
Monrovia |
Liberian dollar |
English |
Libya |
Tripoli |
Libyan dinar |
Arabic |
Liechtenstein |
Vaduz |
Swiss franc |
German |
Lithuania |
Vilnius |
Litas |
Lithuanian |
Luxembourg |
Luxembourg |
Euro (formerly Luxembourg franc) |
German; French; |
Macedonia |
Skopje |
Denar |
Macedonian |
Madagascar |
Antananarivo |
Malagasy Ariary |
Malagasy; French; |
Malawi |
Lilongwe |
Kwacha |
English |
Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur |
Ringgit |
Malay |
Maldives |
Male |
Rufiyaa |
Dhivehi |
Mali |
Bamako |
CFA Franc |
French |
Malta |
Valletta |
Euro |
Maltese; English |
Marshall Islands |
Majuro |
U.S. Dollar |
Marshallese; English |
Mauritania |
Nouakchott |
Ouguiya |
Arabic |
Mauritius |
Port Louis |
Mauritian rupee |
English |
Mexico |
Mexico City |
Mexican peso |
Spanish |
Micronesia, Federated States of |
Palikir |
U.S. Dollar |
English |
Moldova |
Chisinau |
Leu |
Moldovan (Romanian) |
Monaco |
Monte Carlo |
Euro |
French; Italian; English |
Mongolia |
Ulaanbaatar |
Togrog |
Mongolian |
Montenegro |
Podgorica |
Euro |
Montenegrin |
Morocco |
Rabat |
Dirham |
Arabic |
Mozambique |
Maputo |
Metical |
Portuguese |
Myanmar (Burma) |
Nay Pyi Taw |
Kyat |
Burmese |
Namibia |
Windhoek |
Namibian dollar |
English; Afrikaans; German |
Nauru |
no official capital; government offices in Yaren District |
Australian dollar |
English; Nauran |
Nepal |
Kathmandu |
Nepalese rupee |
Nepali |
Netherlands |
Amsterdam; The Hague (seat of government) |
Euro (formerly guilder) |
Dutch |
New Zealand |
Wellington |
New Zealand dollar |
English |
Nicaragua |
Managua |
Gold cordoba |
Spanish |
Niger |
Niamey |
CFA Franc |
French |
Nigeria |
Abuja |
Naira |
English |
Norway |
Oslo |
Norwegian krone |
Norwegian |
Oman |
Muscat |
Omani rial |
Arabic |
Pakistan |
Islamabad |
Pakistani rupee |
Urdu; English |
Palau |
Melekeok |
U.S. dollar |
English; Palauan |
Palestine |
Ramallah, East Jerusalem |
Palestine Pound |
Arabic |
Panama |
Panama City |
Balboa; U.S. dollar |
Spanish |
Papua New Guinea |
Port Moresby |
Kina |
English; Tok Pisin; |
Paraguay |
Asuncion |
Guaraní |
Spanish; Guarani |
Peru |
Lima |
Nuevo sol (1991) |
Spanish |
Philippines |
Manila |
Peso |
Filipino; English |
Poland |
Warsaw |
Zloty |
Polish |
Portugal |
Lisbon |
Euro (formerly escudo) |
Portuguese |
Qatar |
Doha |
Qatari riyal |
Arabic |
Romania |
Bucharest |
Romanian Rupee |
Romanian |
Russia |
Moscow |
Ruble |
Romanian |
Rwanda |
Kigali |
Rwandan franc |
Russian |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Basseterre |
East Caribbean dollar |
English |
Saint Lucia |
Castries |
East Caribbean dollar |
English |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Kingstown |
East Caribbean dollar |
English |
Samoa |
Apia |
Tala |
Samoan, English |
San Marino |
San Marino |
Euro |
Italian |
Sao Tome and Principe |
Sao Tome |
Dobra |
Portuguese |
Saudi Arabia |
Riyadh |
Riyal |
Arabic |
Senegal |
Dakar |
CFA Franc |
French |
Serbia |
Belgrade |
Serbian Dinar |
Serbian |
Seychelles |
Victoria |
Seychelles rupee |
Seychellois Creole, French English |
Sierra Leone |
Freetown |
Leone |
English |
Singapore |
Singapore |
Singapore dollar |
English, Chinese and Malay |
Slovakia |
Bratislava |
Euro |
Slovak |
Slovenia |
Ljubljana |
Slovenian tolar; euro (as of 1/1/07) |
Slovene |
Solomon Islands |
Honiara |
Solomon Islands dollar |
English |
Somalia |
Mogadishu |
Somali shilling |
Somali Arabic |
South Africa |
Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein
(judiciary) |
Rand |
Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho,
Swazi |
South Sudan |
Juba |
Sudanese Pound |
English |
Spain |
Madrid |
Euro (formerly peseta) |
Spanish, Catalan Galician , Gasque |
Sri Lanka |
Colombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative) |
Sri Lankan rupee |
Sinhala, Tamil |
Sudan |
Khartoum |
Sudanese Pound |
Arabic, English |
Suriname |
Paramaribo |
Surinamese dollar |
Dutch |
Swaziland |
Mbabane |
Lilangeni |
English, Swati |
Sweden |
Stockholm |
Krona |
Swedish |
Switzerland |
Berne |
Swiss franc |
German, French, Italian, Romansh |
Syria |
Damascus |
Syrian pound |
Arabic |
Taiwan |
Taipei |
Taiwan dollar |
Standard Chinese |
Tajikistan |
Dushanbe |
somoni |
Tajik; Russian |
Tanzania |
Dar es Salaam; Dodoma (legislative) |
Tanzanian shilling |
Swahili, English |
Thailand |
Bangkok |
Baht |
Thai |
Togo |
Lome |
CFA Franc |
French |
Tonga |
Nuku'alofa |
Pa'anga |
English |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Port-of-Spain |
Trinidad and Tobago |
English |
Tunisia |
Tunis |
Tunisian dinar |
Arabic |
Turkey |
Ankara |
Turkish lira (YTL) |
Turkish |
Turkmenistan |
Ashgabat |
Manat |
Turkmen |
Tuvalu |
Vaiaku village, Funafuti province |
Tuvaluan Dollar |
Tuvaluan; English |
Uganda |
Kampala |
Ugandan new shilling |
Swahili, English, Luganda |
Ukraine |
Kiev |
Hryvnia |
Ukrainian |
United Arab Emirates |
Abu Dhabi |
U.A.E. Dirham |
Arabic |
United Kingdom |
London |
Pound sterling |
English |
United States of America |
Washington D.C. |
Dollar |
English |
Uruguay |
Montevideo |
Uruguay peso |
Spanish |
Uzbekistan |
Tashkent |
Uzbekistani sum |
Uzbek |
Vanuatu |
Port-Vila |
Vatu |
Bislama, French, English |
Vatican City (Holy See) |
Vatican City |
Euro |
Italian |
Venezuela |
Caracas |
Bolivar |
Spanish |
Vietnam |
Hanoi |
Dong |
Vietnamese |
Yemen |
Sanaa |
Rial |
Arabic |
Zambia |
Lusaka |
Kwacha |
English |
Zimbabwe |
Harare |
United States dollar |
English, Shona, Ndebele |
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