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Countries, their Capitals and Currencies

A comprehensive list of countries, their capital cities, their currencies and embassy websites in alphabetic order to help you increase your General Knowledge. The world comprises 183 sovereign countries and 20 non-sovereign, separately administered territories, making a total of 203 countries.

Till the end of 1989, there were only 170 sovereign countries; then Namibia joined as the 171st country when it achieved independence in March 1990. However, the unification of North and South Yemen in May 1990 and East and West Germany in October 1990 brought the total number of sovereign countries to 169 at the end of 1990. With the disintegration of former USSR towards the end 1991 (which comprised 15 unions Republic) the number of the countries in the world now stands at 183.

World Countries, their Capitals, their Currencies and Embassy Website

Country	Capital	Currency	Embassy Website
Afghanistan	Kabul	Afghani	embassyofafghanistan.org
Albania	Tirana	Lek	keshilliministrative.al
Algeria	Algiers	Dinar	algeria-us.org
Andorra	Andorra la Vella	Euro	andorra.ad
Angola	Luanda	New Kwanza	angola.org
Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's (Antigua)	East Caribbean Dollar	antigua-barbuda.com
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Peso	turismo.gov.ar.org
Armenia	Yerevan	Dram	armeniaemb.org
Australia	Canberra	Australian Dollar	australia.gov.au
Austria	Vienna	Euro	austria.gov.au
Azerbaijan, Republic of	Baku (Baki)	Manat	azembassy.com
Bahamas, The	Nassau	Bahamian Dollar	bahamas.gov.bs
Bahrain	Al-Manama	Bahrain Dinar	behrainembassy.org
Bangladesh	Dhaka	Taka	bangladeshgov.org
Barbados	Bridgetown	Barbados Dollar	barbados.gov.bb
Belarus	Minsk	Belorussian Rubel	belarusembassy.org
Belgium	Brussels (formerly Belgian Franc)	Euro	belgium.fgov.be
Belize	Belmopan	Belize Dollar	belize.gov.bz
Benin	Porto Novo (official capital); Contonu (Seat of govt.)	CFA Franc	gouv.bj/en
Bhutan	Thimphu	Ngultrum	bhutan.gov.bt
Bolivia	La Paz (Seat of govt.); Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary)	Boliviano	bolivia.gov.bo
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	Marka	bhembassy.org
Botswana	Gaborone	Pula	gov.bw
Brazil	Brasilia	Real	brasilemb.org
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	Brunei Dollar	brunei.gov.bn
Bulgaria	Sofia	Lev	government.bg
Burundi	Bujumbura	Burundi Franc	burundiembassy-usa.org
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	Riel	cambodia.gov.kh
Cameroon	Yaoundé	CFA Franc	spm.gov.cm
Canada	Ottawa	Canadian Dollar	canada.gc.ca
Cape Verde	Praia	Cape Verdean Escudo	virtualcapeverde.net
Central African Republic	Bangui	CFA Franc	state.gov/p/af/ci/ct
Chad	N'Djamena	CFA Franc	chadembassy.org
Chile	Santiago	Chilean Peso	chileangovernment.cl/
China	Beijing	Yuan/Renminbi	english.gov.en
Colombia	Santa Fe de Bogotá	Colombian Peso	coluombiaemb.org
Comoros	Moroni	Franc	state.gov/p/af/ci/cn
Congo, Dem. Republic of the	Kinshasa	Congolese Franc	un.int/drcongo
Congo, Republic of	Brazzaville	CFA Franc	state/fov/p/af/ci/cf
Costa Rica	San Jose	Colon	costarica-embassy.org
Cote d'Ivoire	Yamoussoukro	CFA Franc	cotedivorire.usembassy.gov
Croatia	Zagreb	Kuna	vlada.hr
Cuba	Havana	Cuban Peso	cubagob.ci
Cyprus	Lefkosia (Nicosia)	Cyprus pound	moi.gov.cy
Czech Republic	Prague	Koruna	czech.cz
Denmark	Copenhagen	Krone	denmark.dk
Djibouti	Djibouti	Djibouti Franc	djibouti.usembassy.gov
Dominica	Roseau	East Caribbean Dollar	dominica.dm
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	Dominican Peso	Domrep.org
East Timor	Dili	US Dollar	ecuador.org/main.htm
Ecuador	Quito	US Dollar
Egypt	Cairo	Egyptian Pound	sis.gov.eg
El Salvador	San Salvador	Colon, US Dollar	elsavador.org
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	CFA Franc	state.gov/p/as/ci/ek
Eritrea	Asmara (Formerly Asmera)	Nakfa	shabait.com
Estonia	Tallinn	Kroon	riik.ee/en
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Birr	moinfo.gouv.fr
Fiji	Suva (Viti Levu)	Birr	fiji.gov.fj
Finland	Helsinki	Euro (Formerly Marka)	finland.fi
France	Paris	Euro (Formerly French Franc)	diplomatie.gauv.fr
Gabon	Libreville	CFA Franc	legabon.org
Gambia, The	Banjul	Dalasi	statehouse.gm/index.html
Georgia	T'bilisi	Lari	parliament.ge
Germany	Berlin	Euro (Formerly Deutsche Mark)	germany-info.org
Ghana	Accra	Cedi	ghana.gov.gd
Greece	Athens	Euro (Formerly Drachma)	primeminister.gr/gr
Grenada	Saint George's	East Caribbean Dollar	gov.gd
Guatemala	Guatemala City	Quetzal	guatemala-embassy.org
Guinea	Conakry	Guinean Franc	guinea-usembaddy.gov
Guinea Bissau	Bissau	CFA Franc	state.gov
Guyana	Georgetown	Guyanese Dollar	op.gov.gy
Haiti	Port-au-Prince	Gourde	haiti.org
Honduras	Tegucigalpa	Lempira	hondurasemb.org
Hungary	Budapest	Forint	hungary.hu
Iceland	Reykjavik	Icelandic Krona	iceland.is
India	New Delhi	Rupee	india.gov.in
Indonesia	Jakarta	Rupiah	embassyofindonesia.org
Iran	Tehran	Rial	spk-gov.ir
Iraq	Baghdad	Dinar/US Dollar	iraqigoverment.org
Ireland	Dublin	Euro (Formerly Irish Pound)	irlgov.ie
Israel	Jerusalem¹	Shekel	mfa.gov.il
Italy	Rome	Euro (Formerly Lira)	italyemb.org
Jamaica	Kingston	Dinar	jis.gov.jm
Japan	Tokyo	Yen	kantei.go.jp
Jordan	Amman	Dinar	jordanembassyus.org
Kazakhstan	Astana²	Tenge	government.kz
Kenya	Nairobi	Kenya Shilling	kenyaembassy.com
Kiribati	South Tarawa	Australian Dollar	state.gov
Korea, North	Pyongyang	Won	korea-dpr-org
Korea, South	Seoul	Won	korea.net
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Kuwaiti Dinar	kuwait-info.org
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Som	president.kg
Laos	Vientiane	New Kip	tourismlaos.gov.la
Latvia	Riga	Lat	lv
Lebanon	Beirut	Lebanese Pound	lebanonembassy.org
Lesotho	Maseru	Loti	lesotho.gov.ls
Liberia	Monrovia	Liberian Dollar	embassyofliberia.org
Libya	Tripoli	Libyan Dinar	libya-un.org
Liechtenstein	Vaduz	Swiss Franc	liechtenstin.li/en
Lithuania	Vilnius	Litas	president.lt/en
Luxembourg	Luxembourg Ville	Euro (Formerly Luxembourg Franc)	luxembourg-usa.org
Macedonia	Skopje³	Denar	vlada.mk
Madagascar	Antananarivo	Ariary	madagascar-consulate.org
Malawi	Lilongwe	Kwacha	malawi.gov.mw
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur⁴	Ringgit	gov.my
Maldives	Male	rufiyaa	maldivesinfor.gov.us
Mali	Bamako	CFA Franc	maliembassy.us
Malta	Valletta	Maltese Lira	gov.mt
Marshall Islands	Majuro	Us Dollar	rmiebassyus.org
Mexico	Mexico City (Distrito Federal)	Mexican Peso	presidencia.gob.mx
Micronesia Fed. States of	Palikir	US Dollar	fsmgov.org
Moldova	Chisinau	Leu	Moldova.org
Monaco	Monaco Ville	Euro	gouv.mc
Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	Tugrik	pmis.gov.ma
Morocco	Rabat	Dirham	mincom.gov.ma
Montenegro	Padgorica	Euro	montenegro.yu
Mozambique	Maputo	Metical	embamoc-usa.org
Myanmar	Rangoon⁵	Kyat	myanmar.gov.mm
Namibia	Windhoek	Namibian Dollar	grnnet.gov.na
Nauru	No official capital; govt offices in Yaren District	Australian Dollar	un.int/nauru
Nepal	Kathmandu	Napalese Rupee	nepalgov.np
Netherlands	Amsterdam	Euro	government.nl
New Zealand	Wellington	New Zealand Dollar	govt.nz
Nicaragua	Managua	Gold Cordoba	consuladodenicaragua.org
Niger	Niamey	CFA Franc	nigerembassyusa.org
Nigeria	Abuja	Naira	nigeria.gov.ng
Norway	Oslo	Norwegian Krone	norway.no
Oman	Muscat	Omani Rial	omanet.om
Pakistan	Islamabad	Pakistan Rupee	pakistan.gov.pk
Palau	Koror	US Dollar	palaugon.net
Panama	Panama City	Balboa, US Dollar	visitpanama.com
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	Kina	pngonline.gov.pg
Paraguay	Asuncion	Guarani	paraguayconsulatela.com
Peru	Lima	Nuevo sol	peru.info/perueng.asp
Philippines, The	Manila	Peso	gov.ph
Poland	Warsaw	Zloty	poland.pl
Portugal	Lisbon	Euro (Formerly Escudo)	portugal.gov.pt
Puerto Rico	San Juan	US Dollar
Qatar	Doha	Qatari Riyal	english.mofa.gov.qa
Romania	Bucharest	Leu	guv.ro/engleza
Russia	Moscow	Ruble	gov.ru
Rwanda	Kigali	Rwanda Franc	gov.rw
St. Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	East Caribbean Dollar	stkittsnevis.net
St. Lucia	Castries	East Caribbean Dollar	stlucica.gov.lc
St. Vincent & the Grenadines	Kingstown	East Caribbean Dollar	embsvg.com
Samoa	Apia	Tala	govt.ws
San Marino	San Marino	Euro	sanmarino.usvpp.gov
Sao Tome and Principe	Sao Tome	Dobra	saotome.org
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Riyal	saudiembassy.net
Senegal	Dakar	CFA Franc	senegal-tourism.com
Serbia	Belgrade	Yugoslav new dinar	gov.yu
Seychelles	Victoria	Seychelles Dollar	virtualseychelles.sc
Sierra Leone	Freetown	Leone	statehouse.sl.org
Singapore	Singapore	Singapore Dollar	gov.sg
Slovakia	Bratislava	Koruna	sigov.si
Slovenia	Ljubljana	Slovenian Tolar	e-uprava.gov.si
Solomon Islands	Honiara	Solomon Islands Dollar	pmc.gov.sb
Somalia	Mogadishu	Somali Shilling	state.gov/p/af/ci/so
South Africa	Pretoria⁶	Rand	gov.za
Spain	Madrid	Euro (Formerly Peseta)	la-moncloa.es
Sri Lanka	Colombo⁷	Sri Lanka Rupee	Priu.gov.lk
Sudan	Khartoum	Dinar	sudan.gov.sd
Suriname	Paramaribo	Surinamese Dollar	surinameambsaddy.org
Swaziland	Mbabane⁸	Lilangeni	gov.sz
Sweden	Stockholm	Krona	sweden.gov.se
Switzerland	Bern	Swiss Franc	swissemb.org
Syria	Damascus	Syrian Pound	syrianembassy.us
Taiwan	Taipei	Taiwan New Dollar	gov.tw
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Somoni	tjus.org
Tanzania	Dar es Salaam⁹	Tanzanian Shilling	tanzania.go.tz
Thailand	Bangkok	Baht	thaiembdc.org
Togo	Lome	CFA Franc	state.gov/p/af/ci/to
Tonga	Nuku'alofa	Pa'anga	pmo.gov.to
Trinidad and Tobago	Port-of-Spain	Trinidad and Tobago Dollar	gov.tt
Tunisia	Tunis	Tunisian Dinar	tourismtunisia.com
Turkey	Ankara	Turkish New Lira (YTL)	turkishembassy.org
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	Manat	turkmenistanembassy.org
Tuvalu	Funafuti¹⁰	Australian dollar	timelesstuvalu.com
Uganda	Kampala	Ugandan New Shilling	statehouse.go.ug
Ukraine	Kiev	Hryvna	kmu.gov.ua/control/en
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	UAE Dirham	government.ae/gov/en
United Kingdom	London	Pound Sterling	direct.gov.uk
United State	Washington, DC	US Dollar	firstgov.gov
Uruguay	Montevideo	Uruguay Peso	uruwashi.org
Uzbekistan	Tashkent (Toshkent)	Uzbekistani Som	gov.uz
Vanuatu	Port-Vila (Efate)	Vatu	vanuatu.gov.ru
Vatican City (Holy See)	Vatican City	Euro	vatican.va
Venezuela	Caracas	Bolivars	embavenez-us.org
Vietnam	Hanoi	Dong	na.gov.vn
Yemen	Sana	Rial	nic.gov.ye
Zambia	Lusaka	Kwacha	statehouse.gov.zm
Zimbabwe	Harare	Zimbabwean dollar	zim.gov.zw

Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but nearly all countries, maintain their Embassies in Tel Aviv.
The govt. moved from Almaty to Astana in December 1998.
Macedonia is, The Former Republic of Yugoslav.
Putrajaya is referred to as the administrative capital.
Regime refers to the capital as Yangon.
Cape Town - legislative seat Bloemfontein - judicial seat.
Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the Legislative capital.
Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital.
Legislative officer transferred to Dodoma,which is planned as the new national capital.
Administration Offices are located in Vaiaku Village on Fongafale.

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