Capital cities of the world
The capital of every country, listed A to Z. Each capital has its own page with an answer-first summary, the country’s flag and its key facts. A capital is not always the biggest city: see where capital and largest city differ.
Most looked-up capitalsCountries with more than one capital
3countries do not have a single capital city. The role is split, usually between a seat of government, a legislative seat and a judicial seat, so the honest answer to “what is the capital” is more than one name.
| Country | Capitals |
|---|---|
| Eswatini | Mbabane, Lobamba |
| South Africa | Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Cape Town |
| Sri Lanka | Colombo, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte |
Every capital, A to Z
194 capital cities: every sovereign state that has one. 250 records exist in the dataset in total, of which 245 list a capital; the rest are uninhabited or administered from elsewhere, and territories keep their capital on their own country page rather than getting a separate answer page. The data page defines every total the site uses. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.