List of countries and dependencies and their capitals in native languages

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

• In bold: Internationally recognized sovereign states
  • The 193 member states of the United Nations (UN)
  • Vatican City (administered by the Holy See, a UN observer state), which is generally recognized as a sovereign state
• In bold italics: States with limited recognition and associated states not members of the United Nations
  • De facto sovereign states with partial international recognition, such as the State of Palestine, the Republic of Kosovo and Taiwan
  • De facto sovereign states lacking general international recognition
  • Cook Islands and Niue, two associated states of New Zealand without UN membership
• In italics: Non-sovereign territories that are recognized by the UN as part of some member state
  • Dependent territories
  • Special territories recognized by international treaty (such as the special administrative regions of China)
  • Other territories often regarded as separate geographical territories even though they are integral parts of their mother countries (such as the overseas departments of France)

A

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Afghanistan	Kabul	Afghanestan افغانستان	Kabul كابل	Pashto/Dari (Arabic script)
Albania	Tirana	Shqipëria	Tirana	Albanian
Algeria	Algiers	Dzayer ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ Al-Jazā'ir الجزائر	Dzayer ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ Al-Jazā'ir الجزائر	Berber language (Tifinagh script) Arabic (Arabic script)
American Samoa[1]	Pago Pago	Amerika Sāmoa American Samoa	Pago Pago Pago Pago	Samoan English
Andorra	Andorra la Vella	Andorra	Andorra la Vella	Catalan
Angola	Luanda	Angola Ngola	Luanda Lwanda	Portuguese Kongo
Anguilla[2]	The Valley	Anguilla	The Valley	English
Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's	Antigua and Barbuda	St. John's	English
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Spanish
Armenia	Yerevan	Hayastán Հայաստան	Yerevan Երևան	Armenian (Armenian alphabet)
Aruba[3]	Oranjestad	Aruba	Oranjestad	Dutch, Papiamento
Australia	Canberra	Australia	Canberra	English/ Aboriginal native languages
Austria	Vienna	Österreich	Wien	German
Åland[4]	Mariehamn	Åland Ahvenanmaa	Mariehamn Maarianhamina	Swedish Finnish
Azerbaijan	Baku	Azərbaycan	Bakı	Azerbaijani

B

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
The Bahamas	Nassau	The Bahamas	Nassau	English
Bahrain	Manama	Al-Baḥrayn البحرين	Al-Manāmah المنامة	Arabic (Arabic script)
Bangladesh	Dhaka	Bangladesh বাংলাদেশ	Dhaka ঢাকা	Bengali (Bengali script)
Barbados	Bridgetown	Barbados	Bridgetown	English
Belarus	Minsk	Bielaruś Беларусь Belarus Беларусь	Minsk Мінск Minsk Минск	Belarusian (Cyrillic script) Russian (Cyrillic script)
Belgium	Brussels	België Belgique Belgien	Brussel Bruxelles Brüssel	Dutch French German
Belize	Belmopan	Belize	Belmopan	English
Benin	Porto-Novo	Bénin	Porto-Novo	French
Bermuda[2]	Hamilton	Bermuda	Hamilton	English
Bhutan	Thimphu	Druk Yul འབྲུག་ཡུལ	Thimphu ཐིམ་ཕུ	Dzongkha (Tibetan alphabet)
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, Croatian (Latin script), Serbian (Cyrillic script)
Botswana	Gaborone	Botswana	Gaborone	English, Tswana
Brazil	Brasília	Brasil	Brasília	Portuguese
British Virgin Islands[2]	Road Town	British Virgin Islands	Road Town	English
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	Brunei بروني	Bandar Seri Begawan or Bandar باندر سري بڬاون	Malay (Jawi script)
Bulgaria	Sofia	Bălgariya or Bălgarija България	Sofiya or Sofija[5] София	Bulgarian (Cyrillic script)
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	French
Burundi	Gitega	Uburundi Burundi	Gitega Gitega	Kirundi French

C

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	Kămpŭchéa កម្ពុជា	Phnum Pénh ភ្នំពេញ	Khmer (Khmer script)
Cameroon	Yaoundé	Cameroun Cameroon	Yaoundé Yaoundé	French English
Canada	Ottawa	Canada	Ottawa	English, French
Cape Verde	Praia	Cabo Verde	Praia	Portuguese
Cayman Islands[2]	George Town	Cayman Islands	George Town	English
Central African Republic	Bangui	Centrafrique Bêafrîka	Bangui Bangî	French Sango
Chad	N'Djamena	Tchad Tšād تشاد	Ndjamena Nijāmīnā نجامينا	French Arabic (Arabic script)
Chile	Santiago	Chile	Santiago	Spanish
China (People's Republic of)	Beijing	Zhōngguó (Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó) 中国 (中华人民共和国)	Běijīng 北京	Mandarin Chinese (Chinese characters)
Christmas Island[6]	Flying Fish Cove	Christmas Island	Flying Fish Cove	English
Cocos Islands[6]	West Island	Cocos Islands	West Island	English
Colombia	Bogotá	Colombia	Bogotá	Spanish
Comoros	Moroni	Komori Juzur al-Qamar جزر القمر Comores	Moroni Moroni موروني Moroni	Shikomor Arabic (Arabic script) French
Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	République du Congo Repubilika ya Kôngo Republíki ya Kongó	Brazzaville Balazavile Brazzaville	French Kongo Lingala
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kinshasa	République démocratique du Congo Republíki ya Kongó Demokratíki Repubilika ya Kôngo ya Dimokalasi Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo	Kinshasa Kinsasa Kinsásá Kinshasa	French Kongo Lingala Swahili
Cook Islands[7]	Avarua	Cook Islands Kūki 'Āirani	Avarua Avarua	English Cook Islands Māori
Costa Rica	San José	Costa Rica	San José	Spanish
Côte d'Ivoire (formerly Ivory Coast)	Yamoussoukro	Côte d'Ivoire	Yamoussoukro	French
Croatia	Zagreb	Hrvatska	Zagreb	Croatian
Cuba	Havana	Cuba	La Habana	Spanish
Curaçao[3]	Willemstad	Curaçao Kòrsou Curaçao	Willemstad Willemstad Willemstad	Dutch Papiamento English
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 Jabuuti Gabuuti	Jībūtī جيبوتي Djibouti Jabuuti Gabuuti	Arabic (Arabic script) French Somali Afar
Dominica	Roseau	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	Ecuador	Quito	Spanish
Egypt	Cairo	Misr or Masr مصر	Al-Qāhirah القاهرة	Arabic (Arabic script)
El Salvador	San Salvador	El Salvador	San Salvador	Spanish
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	Guinea Ecuatorial Guinée équatoriale Guiné Equatorial	Malabo Malabo Malabo	Spanish French Portuguese
Eritrea	Asmara	Iritriya إرتريا Ertra ኤርትራ	Asmaraa أسمرا Asmära አሥመራ	Arabic (Arabic script) Tigrinya (Ge'ez script)
Estonia	Tallinn	Eesti	Tallinn	Estonian
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)	Mbabane	Eswatini eSwatini	Mbabane Mbabane	English Swazi
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Ityop'ia ኢትዮጵያ	Addis Abäba አዲስ አበ	Amharic (Ge'ez script)

F

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Falkland Islands[2]	Stanley	Falkland Islands	Stanley	English
Faroe Islands[8]	Tórshavn	Føroyar Færøerne	Tórshavn Thorshavn	Faroese Danish
Fiji	Suva	Fiji Viti फ़िजी	Suva Suva Suva	English Fijian Fiji Hindi
Finland	Helsinki	Suomi Finland	Helsinki Helsingfors	Finnish Swedish
France	Paris	France	Paris	French
French Guiana[9]	Cayenne	Guyane	Cayenne	French
French Polynesia[10]	Papeete	Polynésie française	Papeete	French

G

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Gabon	Libreville	République gabonaise	Libreville	French
The Gambia	Banjul	The Gambia	Banjul	English
Georgia	Tbilisi	Sak'art'velo საქართველო	Tbilisi თბილისი	Georgian (Georgian alphabet)
Germany	Berlin	Deutschland	Berlin	German
Ghana	Accra	Ghana Gaana Gana Gana	Accra Nkran Nkran Accra	English Akan Twi Ewe
Gibraltar[2]	Gibraltar	Gibraltar	Gibraltar	English
Greece	Athens	Hellas Ελλάς or Ellada Ελλάδα	Athinai Αθήναι or Athina Αθήνα	Greek (Greek alphabet)
Greenland[8]	Nuuk	Kalaallit Nunaat Grønland	Nuuk Godthåb	Greenlandic Danish
Grenada	St. George's	Grenada	St. George's	English
Guadeloupe[9]	Basse-Terre	Guadeloupe	Basse-Terre	French
Guam[1]	Hagåtña formerly Agaña	Guam Guåhån	Hagåtña Hagåtña	English Chamorro
Guatemala	Guatemala City	Guatemala	Ciudad de Guatemala	Spanish
Guernsey[11]	Saint Peter Port	Guernsey	Saint Peter Port	English
Guinea	Conakry	Guinée Gine Gine	Conakry Kɔnakiri Konakiri	French Maninka, Susu Pular
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	Guiné-Bissau	Bissau	Portuguese
Guyana	Georgetown	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	Honduras	Tegucigalpa	Spanish
Hong Kong[12]	Hong Kong	Hong Kong Heung Gong 香港	Hong Kong Heung Gong 香港	English Cantonese (Traditional Chinese characters)
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	New Delhi	Bharôt ভাৰত Bharôt ভারত India Bhārat ભારત Bhārat भारत Bhārata ಭಾರತ Bhārat भारत Bhāratam ഭാരതം Bhārat भारत Bhārat भारत Bhārata ଭାରତ Bhārat ਭਾਰਤ Bhāratam भारतम् Bārata பாரதம் Bhāratadēsam భారత దేశం	Nôtun Dilli নতুন দিল্লী Nôtun Dilli নতুন দিল্লী New Delhi Navī Dilhī નવી દિલ્હી Naī Dillī नई दिल्ली Nava Dehali ನವ ದೆಹಲಿ Navī Dillī नवी दिल्ली Nyūḍalhi ന്യൂഡല്ഹി Navī Dillī नवी दिल्ली Naya Dilli नयाँ दिल्ली Nuā Dilli ନୂଆ ଦିଲ୍ଲୀ Navīñ Dillī ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ Nav Dilli नव दिल्ली Pududilli புது தில்லி Krothha ḍhillī క్రొత్త ఢిల్లీ	Assamese (Assamese script) Bengali (Bengali script) English Gujarati (Gujarāti script) Hindi (Devanagari script) Kannada (Kannada script) Konkani (Devanagari script) Malayalam (Malayalam script) Marathi (Devanagari script) Nepalese (Devanagari script) Odia (Odia script) Punjabi (Gurmukhi script) Sanskrit (Devanagari script) Tamil (Tamil script) Telugu (Telugu script)
Indonesia	Jakarta	Indonesia	Jakarta	Bahasa Indonesia
Iran	Tehran	Īrān ایران	Tehrān تهران	Persian (Persian script)
Iraq	Baghdad	Al-'Iraq العراق Êraq عێراق	Baghdad بغداد Bexda بەغدا	Arabic (Arabic script) Kurdish
Ireland	Dublin	Éire Ireland	Baile Átha Cliath Dublin	Irish English
Isle of Man[11]	Douglas	Isle of Man Ellan Vannin	Douglas Doolish	English Manx
Israel	Jerusalem (declared)[a]	Yisra'el ישראל Israʼiyl إسرائيل	Yerushalayim ירושלים Al-Quds القُدس	Hebrew (Hebrew script) Arabic (Arabic script)
Italy	Rome	Italia	Roma	Italian

J

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Jamaica	Kingston	Jamaica	Kingston	English
Japan	Tokyo	Nihon Nippon 日本	Tōkyō 東京	Japanese (Japanese characters)
Jersey[11]	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	Nur-Sultan	Qazaqstan Қазақстан Kazakhstán Казахстан	Nur-Sultan Нұр-Сұлтан Nur-Sultan Нур-Султан	Kazakh (Cyrillic script) Russian (Cyrillic script)
Kenya	Nairobi	Kenya	Nairobi	English, Swahili
Kiribati	Tarawa[13]	Kiribati	Tarawa	English, Gilbertese
North Korea	Pyongyang	Chosŏn as called in NK 조선 / 朝鮮 Bukchosŏn 북조선	P'yŏngyang 평양 / 平壌	Korean (Hangul/Hanja)
South Korea	Seoul	Hanguk as called in SK 한국 / 韓國 Namhan 남한	Seoul 서울	Korean (Hangul/Hanja)
Kosovo[14]	Pristina	Kosova Kosovo Косово	Prishtinë Priština Приштина	Albanian Serbian (Latin) Serbian (Cyrillic)
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Dawlat ul-Kuwayt دولة الكويت il-ikwet الكويت	Madiinat ul-Kuwayt مدينة الكويت id-diira الديرة	Arabic (Official) (Arabic script) Kuwaiti Gulf Arabic (native) (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 ປະເທດລາວ	Vientiane, Vieng Chan, or Wīang Chan ວຽງຈັນ	Lao Lao alphabet
Latvia	Riga	Latvija	Rīga	Latvian
Lebanon	Beirut	Lubnān لبنان Liban	Bayrūt بيروت Beyrouth	Arabic (Arabic script) French
Lesotho	Maseru	Lesotho	Maseru	Sesotho, English
Liberia	Monrovia	Liberia	Monrovia	English
Libya	Tripoli	Libya ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰ Lībiyā ليبيا	Ṭrables ⵟⵔⴰⴱⵍⴻⵙ Tarabulus طرابلس	Berber language (Tifinagh script) Arabic (Arabic script)
Liechtenstein	Vaduz	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)
Macau[12]	Macau	Oumún 澳門 Macau	Oumún 澳門 Macau	Cantonese (Traditional Chinese characters) Portuguese
Madagascar	Antananarivo	Madagasikara Madagascar	Antananarivo Antananarivo/Tananarive	Malagasy French
Malawi	Lilongwe	Malawi Malaŵi	Lilongwe 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 Malta	Valletta or Il-Belt Valletta Valletta	Maltese English
Marshall Islands	Majuro	Marshall Islands Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ	Majuro Mājro	English Marshallese
Martinique[9]	Fort-de-France	Martinique	Fort-de-France	French
Mauritania	Nouakchott	Muritan / Agawec ⵎⵓⵔⵉⵜⴰⵏ / ⴰⴳⴰⵡⵛ Mūrītānyā موريتانيا	Nwakcuṭ / anu ukcuḍ ⵏⵡⴰⴽⵛⵓⵟ / ⴰⵏⵓ ⵓⴽⵛⵓⴹ nwakšūṭ نواكشوط / أنو ؤكشوض	Berber language (Tifinagh script) Arabic (Arabic script)
Mauritius	Port Louis	Mauritius Maurice Moris	Port Louis Port-Louis Porlwi	English French Mauritian Creole
Mayotte[9]	Mamoudzou	Mayotte Maore	Mamoudzou Momoju	French Shimaore
Mexico	Mexico City	México Mēxihco	Ciudad de México Āltepētl Mēxihco	Spanish Nahuatl
Federated States of Micronesia	Palikir	Federated States of Micronesia	Palikir	English
Moldova	Chișinău	Moldova	Chișinău	Romanian
Monaco	Monaco	Monaco Múnegu	Monaco Múnegu	French Monégasque
Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	Mongol Uls Монгол Улс ᠮᠤᠩᠭᠤᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ	Ulaanbaatar Улаанбаатар ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ	Mongolian (Cyrillic script) (Mongol script)
Montenegro	Podgorica	Crna Gora Црна Гора	Podgorica Подгорица	Montenegrin
Montserrat[2]	Brades Estate[15]	Montserrat	Brades Estate	English
Morocco	Rabat	Amerruk / Elmeɣrib ⴰⵎⵔⵔⵓⴽ / ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ Al-maɣréb المغرب	Errbaṭ ⵔⵔⴱⴰⵟ Ar-ribaaṭ الرباط	Berber language (Tifinagh script) Arabic (Arabic script)
Mozambique	Maputo	Moçambique	Maputo	Portuguese
Myanmar (or Burma)	Naypyidaw	Myanma မြန်မာ	Nay Pyi Taw နေပြည်တော်	Burmese (Burmese alphabet)

N

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Namibia	Windhoek	Namibia Namibia Namibië Namibia Namibia	Windhoek Windhuk Windhoek /Ae-//Gams Otjomuise	English German Afrikaans Damara/Nama Herero
Nauru	Yaren (de facto)[16]	Nauru Naoero	Yaren Yaren	English Nauruan
Nepal	Kathmandu	Nepāl नेपाल	Kāṭhamāṇḍauṃ काठमाण्डौं Kāntipura कान्तिपुर Yen Dey येँ देय्‌	Nepalese Devanagari
Netherlands	Amsterdam	Nederland Nederlân	Amsterdam Amsterdam	Dutch West Frisian
New Caledonia[17]	Nouméa	Nouvelle-Calédonie	Nouméa	French
New Zealand[18]	Wellington	New Zealand Aotearoa	Wellington Poneke/Te Whanganui-a-Tara	English Māori
Nicaragua	Managua	Nicaragua	Managua	Spanish
Niger	Niamey	Niger	Niamey	French
Nigeria	Abuja	Nigeria Nijeriya Naìjíríyà Nàìjíríà	Abuja Abuja Abuja Àbújá	English Hausa Igbo Yoruba
Niue[7]	Alofi	Niuē Niue	Alofi Alofi	Niuean English
Norfolk Island[6]	Kingston	Norfolk Island Norf'k Ailen	Kingston Kingston	English Norfuk
North Macedonia	Skopje	Severna Makedonija Северна Македонија Maqedonia e Veriut	Skopje Скопје Shkup	Macedonian (Cyrillic script) Albanian
Northern Mariana Islands[1]	Saipan	Northern Mariana Islands Notte Mariånas	Saipan Saipan	English Chamorro
Norway	Oslo	Norge Noreg Norga Vuodna Nöörje	Oslo Oslo Oslo Oslo Oslo	Norwegian Bokmål Norwegian Nynorsk Northern Sami Lule Sami Southern Sami

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	English Urdu (Arabic script [Nastaʿlīq hand])
Palau	Ngerulmud	Belau Palau	Ngerulmud Ngerulmud	English Palauan
Palestine[14]	East Jerusalem (declared) Ramallah (administrative capital)[b]	Filasṭīn فلسطين	Al-Quds Al-Sharqit القدس الشرقية Rāmallāh رام الله	Arabic (Arabic script)
Panama	Panama City	Panamá	Ciudad de Panamá	Spanish
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	Papua New Guinea Papua Niugini Papua Niu Gini	Port Moresby Pot Mosbi Pot Mosbi	English Tok Pisin Hiri Motu
Paraguay	Asunción	Paraguay Paraguái	Asunción Paraguay	Spanish Guaraní
Peru	Lima	Perú Piruw	Lima Lima	Spanish Quechua/Aymara
Philippines	Manila	Pilipinas Philippines	Maynila Manila	Filipino English
Pitcairn Islands[2]	Adamstown	Pitcairn Islands Pitkern Ailen	Adamstown Adamstown	English Pitcairnese
Poland	Warsaw	Polska	Warszawa	Polish
Portugal	Lisbon	Portugal	Lisboa	Portuguese
Puerto Rico[1]	San Juan	Puerto Rico	San Juan	English, 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[9]	Saint-Denis	La Réunion	Saint-Denis	French
Romania	Bucharest	România	București	Romanian
Russia	Moscow	Rossiya or Rossiâ Россия[5]	Moskva Москва	Russian (Cyrillic script)
Rwanda	Kigali	Rwanda	Kigali	French, Kinyarwanda, Swahili, English

S

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[14]	Laayoune	Al-Jumhūrīyah al-‘Arabīyah aṣ-Ṣaḥrāwīyah ad-Dīmuqrāṭīyah الجمهورية العربية الصحراوية الديمقراطية República Árabe Saharaui Democrática République Arabe Sahraouie Démocratique	Al-ʿAyyūn لعيون El Aaiún Laâyoune	Arabic (Arabic script) Spanish French
Saint Barthélemy[10]	Gustavia	Saint-Barthélemy	Gustavia	French
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha[2]	Jamestown	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	Jamestown	English
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	English
Saint Martin[10]	Marigot	Saint-Martin	Marigot	French
Saint Lucia	Castries	Saint Lucia	Castries	English
Saint Pierre and Miquelon[10]	Saint-Pierre	Saint-Pierre et Miquelon	Saint-Pierre	French
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	English
Samoa	Apia	Samoa Sāmoa	Apia Apia	English Samoan
San Marino	San Marino	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 Senegaal	Dakar Ndakaaru	French Wolof
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	Sierra Leone	Freetown	English
Singapore	Singapore	Singapura Singapore Xīnjiāpō 新加坡 Singapur சிங்கப்பூர்	Singapura Singapore Xīnjiāpō 新加坡 Singapur சிங்கப்பூர்	Malay English Mandarin Chinese (Simplified Chinese characters) Tamil (Tamil script)
Sint Maarten[3]	Philipsburg	Sint Maarten Sint Maarten	Philipsburg Philipsburg	Dutch English
Slovakia	Bratislava	Slovensko	Bratislava	Slovak
Slovenia	Ljubljana	Slovenija	Ljubljana	Slovene
Solomon Islands	Honiara	Solomon Islands Solomon Aelan	Honiara Honiala	English Neo-Solomonic
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, iKapa iPitoli, iKapa Pretoria Pretoria Pretoria Pretoria Pitori iPitoli iPitori	English Afrikaans isiZulu isiXhosa Pedi Sotho Tswana Venda Tsonga Swazi Ndebele
South Sudan	Juba	South Sudan Sudan Kusini Paguot Thudän	Juba Juba Juba	English Swahili Dinka
Spain	Madrid	España Espanya Espainia Espanha	Madrid Madrid Madril Madrid	Spanish, Galician Catalan Basque Aranese, Galician (R)
Sri Lanka	Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Sri Lankā ශ්‍රී ලංකාව இலங்கை	Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ ஶ்ரீ ஜெயவர்த்தனபுரம் கோட்டை	Sinhala Tamil
Sudan	Khartoum	As-Sudan السودان	Al-Khartûm الخرطوم	Arabic (Arabic script)
Suriname	Paramaribo	Suriname	Paramaribo	Dutch
Svalbard[19]	Longyearbyen	Svalbard	Longyearbyen	Norwegian
Sweden	Stockholm	Sverige	Stockholm	Swedish
Switzerland	Bern (de facto)[16]	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 (Republic of China)[14]	Taipei	Zhōnghuá Mínguó or Táiwān 中華民國 or 臺灣/台灣	Táiběi 臺北/台北	Chinese (Traditional Chinese characters)
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Tojikistan Тоҷикистон	Dushanbe Душанбе	Tajiki-Persian (Cyrillic)
Tanzania	Dodoma	Tanzania	Dodoma	English, Swahili
Thailand	Bangkok	Thai, Prathet Thai, Ratcha-anachak Thai ไทย, ประเทศไทย, ราชอาณาจักรไทย	Krung Thep, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon กรุงเทพฯ, กรุงเทพมหานคร	Thai (Thai script)
Togo	Lomé	Togo Togo Togo	Lomé Lome Loma	French Ewe Kabiye
Tokelau[20]		Tokelau		English, Tokelauan
Tonga	Nukuʻalofa	Tonga	Nukuʻalofa	Tongan, English
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	English
Tunisia	Tunis	Tunes ⵜⵓⵏⵙ Tūns تونس	Tunes ⵜⵓⵏⵙ Tūns تونس	Berber language (Tifinagh script) Arabic (Arabic script)
Turkey	Ankara	Türkiye	Ankara	Turkish
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	Türkmenistan	Aşgabat	Turkmen
Turks and Caicos Islands[2]	Cockburn Town	Turks and Caicos Islands	Cockburn Town	English
Tuvalu	Fongafale (in Funafuti)	Tuvalu	Fongafale	English, Tuvaluan

U

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Uganda	Kampala	Uganda	Kampala	English, Swahili
Ukraine	Kyiv	Ukrajina Україна	Kyjiv 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 or Britain Y Deyrnas Unedig Unitit Kinrick Rìoghachd Aonaichte Ríocht Aontaithe An Rywvaneth Unys	London Llundain Lunnon Lunnainn Londain Loundres	English Welsh Scots Scots Gaelic Irish Cornish
United States	Washington, D.C.	United States or America Estados Unidos États-Unis (multiple names) ‘Amelika Hui Pū ‘ia	Washington, D.C., Washington, or D.C. Washington D.C. Washington, D.C. (multiple names) Wakinekona/ Wasinetona	English Spanish Cajun French Indigenous Hawaiian
United States Virgin Islands[1]	Charlotte Amalie	United States Virgin Islands	Charlotte Amalie	English
Uruguay	Montevideo	Uruguay	Montevideo	Spanish
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	O‘zbekiston Ўзбекистон	Toshkent Тошкент	Uzbek (Cyrillic script)

V

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Vanuatu	Port Vila	Vanuatu	Port-Vila	French
Vatican City	Vatican City	Civitas Vaticana Città del Vaticano	Civitas Vaticana Città del Vaticano	Latin Italian
Venezuela	Caracas	Venezuela	Caracas	Spanish
Vietnam	Hanoi	Việt Nam	Hà Nội	Vietnamese

W

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Wallis and Futuna[10]	Mata Utu	Wallis-et-Futuna ʻUvea mo Futuna	Mata Utu Matāʻutu	French Wallisian Futunan

Y

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Yemen	Sana'a	Al-Yaman اليمن	Ṣan‘ā’ ﺻﻨﻌﺎﺀ	Arabic (Arabic script)

Z

Country (exonym)	Capital (exonym)	Country (endonym)	Capital (endonym)	Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Zambia	Lusaka	Zambia	Lusaka	English, Bemba, Chewa
Zimbabwe	Harare	Zimbabwe	Harare	English, Shona

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