| country |
capital |
area sq.km. |
2008-07-01 est. |
| Afghanistan |
Kabul |
647,500 |
32,738,376 |
| Albania |
Tirana |
28,748 |
3,619,778 |
| Algeria |
Algiers |
2,381,740 |
33,769,669 |
| American Samoa |
Pago Pago |
199 |
57,496 |
| Andorra |
Andorra la Vella |
468 |
72,413 |
| Angola |
Luanda |
1,246,700 |
12,531,357 |
| Anguilla |
The Valley |
102 |
14,108 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
Saint John's |
443 |
69,842 |
| Argentina |
Buenos Aires |
2,766,890 |
40,677,348 |
| Armenia |
Yerevan |
29,800 |
2,968,586 |
| Aruba |
Oranjestad |
193 |
101,541 |
| Australia |
Canberra |
7,686,850 |
20,600,856 |
| Austria |
Vienna |
83,870 |
8,205,533 |
| Azerbaijan |
Baku |
86,600 |
8,177,717 |
| Bahamas, The |
Nassau |
13,940 |
307,451 |
| Bahrain |
Manama |
665 |
718,306 |
| Bangladesh |
Dhaka |
144,000 |
153,546,901 |
| Barbados |
Bridgetown |
431 |
281,968 |
| Belarus |
Minsk |
207,600 |
9,685,768 |
| Belgium |
Brussels |
30,528 |
10,403,951 |
| Belize |
Belmopan |
22,966 |
301,270 |
| Benin |
Porto-Novo |
112,620 |
8,294,941 |
| Bermuda |
Hamilton |
53 |
66,536 |
| Bhutan |
Thimphu |
47,000 |
682,321 |
| Bolivia |
Sucre |
1,098,580 |
9,247,816 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Sarajevo |
51,129 |
4,590,310 |
| Botswana |
Gaborone |
600,370 |
1,842,323 |
| Brazil |
Brasilia |
8,511,965 |
191,908,598 |
| British Virgin Islands |
Road Town |
153 |
24,004 |
| Brunei |
Bandar Seri Begawan |
5,770 |
381,371 |
| Bulgaria |
Sofia |
110,910 |
7,262,675 |
| Burkina Faso |
Ouagadougou |
274,200 |
15,264,735 |
| Burma (Myanmar) |
Pyinmana |
678,500 |
47,758,181 |
| Burundi |
Bujumbura |
27,830 |
8,691,005 |
| Cambodia |
Phnom Penh |
181,040 |
14,241,640 |
| Cameroon |
Yaounde |
475,440 |
18,467,692 |
| Canada |
Ottawa |
9,984,670 |
33,212,696 |
| Cape Verde |
Praia |
4,033 |
426,998 |
| Cayman Islands |
George Town |
262 |
47,862 |
| Central African Republic |
Bangui |
622,984 |
4,434,873 |
| Chad |
N'Djamena |
1,284,000 |
10,111,337 |
| Chile |
Santiago |
756,950 |
16,454,143 |
| China |
Beijing |
9,596,960 |
1,330,044,605 |
| China, Hong Kong SAR |
Victoria |
1,092 |
7,018,636 |
| China, Macao SAR |
Macau |
28 |
460,823 |
| Christmas Island |
The Settlement |
135 |
1,402 |
| Cocos Islands |
West Island |
14 |
596 |
| Colombia |
Bogota |
1,138,910 |
45,013,674 |
| Comoros |
Moroni |
2,170 |
731,775 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. of the |
Kinshasa |
2,345,410 |
66,514,506 |
| Congo, Rep. of the |
Brazzaville |
342,000 |
3,903,318 |
| Cook Islands |
Avarua |
237 |
21,750 |
| Costa Rica |
San Jose |
51,100 |
4,195,914 |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
Yamoussoukro |
322,460 |
18,373,060 |
| Croatia |
Zagreb |
56,542 |
4,491,543 |
| Cuba |
Havana |
110,860 |
11,423,952 |
| Cyprus |
Nicosia |
9,250 |
792,604 |
| Czech Republic |
Prague |
78,866 |
10,220,911 |
| Denmark |
Copenhagen |
43,094 |
5,484,723 |
| Djibouti |
Djibouti |
23,000 |
506,221 |
| Dominica |
Roseau |
754 |
72,514 |
| Dominican Republic |
Santo Domingo |
48,730 |
9,507,133 |
| Ecuador |
Quito |
283,560 |
13,927,650 |
| Egypt |
Cairo |
1,001,450 |
81,713,517 |
| El Salvador |
San Salvador |
21,040 |
7,066,403 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
Malabo |
28,051 |
616,459 |
| Eritrea |
Asmara |
121,320 |
5,028,475 |
| Estonia |
Tallinn |
45,226 |
1,307,605 |
| Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa |
1,127,127 |
78,254,090 |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
Stanley |
12,173 |
3,140 |
| Faroe Islands |
Torshavn |
1,399 |
48,668 |
| Fiji |
Suva |
18,270 |
931,741 |
| Finland |
Helsinki |
338,145 |
5,244,749 |
| France |
Paris |
643,427 |
64,057,790 |
| French Polynesia |
Papeete |
4,167 |
283,019 |
| Gabon |
Libreville |
267,667 |
1,485,832 |
| Gambia, The |
Banjul |
11,300 |
1,735,464 |
| Georgia |
T'bilisi |
69,700 |
4,630,841 |
| Germany |
Berlin |
357,021 |
82,369,548 |
| Ghana |
Accra |
239,460 |
23,382,848 |
| Gibraltar |
Gibraltar |
7 |
28,002 |
| Greece |
Athens |
131,940 |
10,722,816 |
| Greenland |
Nuuk |
2,166,086 |
56,326 |
| Grenada |
Saint George's |
344 |
90,343 |
| Guam |
Hagatna |
541 |
175,877 |
| Guatemala |
Guatemala |
108,890 |
13,002,206 |
| Guernsey |
Saint Peter Port |
78 |
65,726 |
| Guinea |
Conakry |
245,857 |
10,211,437 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
Bissau |
36,120 |
1,503,182 |
| Guyana |
Georgetown |
214,970 |
770,794 |
| Haiti |
Port-au-Prince |
27,750 |
8,924,553 |
| Holy See (Vatican City) |
Vatican City |
0 |
824 |
| Honduras |
Tegucigalpa |
112,090 |
7,639,327 |
| Hungary |
Budapest |
93,030 |
9,930,915 |
| Iceland |
Reykjavik |
103,000 |
304,367 |
| India |
New Delhi |
3,287,590 |
1,147,995,898 |
| Indonesia |
Jakarta |
1,919,440 |
237,512,355 |
| Iran |
Tehran |
1,648,000 |
65,875,223 |
| Iraq |
Baghdad |
437,072 |
28,221,181 |
| Ireland |
Dublin |
70,280 |
4,156,119 |
| Israel |
Jerusalem |
20,770 |
7,112,359 |
| Italy |
Rome |
301,230 |
58,145,321 |
| Jamaica |
Kingston |
10,991 |
2,804,332 |
| Japan |
Tokyo |
377,835 |
127,288,419 |
| Jersey |
Saint Helier |
116 |
91,533 |
| Jordan |
Amman |
92,300 |
6,198,677 |
| Kazakhstan |
Astana |
2,717,300 |
15,340,533 |
| Kenya |
Nairobi |
582,650 |
37,953,838 |
| Kiribati |
Tarawa |
811 |
110,356 |
| Korea, North |
P'yongyang |
120,540 |
23,479,089 |
| Korea, South |
Seoul |
98,480 |
49,232,844 |
| Kosovo |
Pristina |
10,887 |
2,126,708 |
| Kuwait |
Kuwait |
17,820 |
2,596,799 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
Bishkek |
198,500 |
5,356,869 |
| Laos |
Vientiane |
236,800 |
6,677,534 |
| Latvia |
Riga |
64,589 |
2,245,423 |
| Lebanon |
Beirut |
10,400 |
3,971,941 |
| Lesotho |
Maseru |
30,355 |
2,128,180 |
| Liberia |
Monrovia |
111,370 |
3,334,587 |
| Libya |
Tripoli |
1,759,540 |
6,173,579 |
| Liechtenstein |
Vaduz |
160 |
34,498 |
| Lithuania |
Vilnius |
65,200 |
3,565,205 |
| Luxembourg |
Luxembourg |
2,586 |
486,006 |
| Macedonia |
Skopje |
25,333 |
2,061,315 |
| Madagascar |
Antananarivo |
587,040 |
20,042,551 |
| Malawi |
Lilongwe |
118,480 |
13,931,831 |
| Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur |
329,750 |
25,274,133 |
| Maldives |
Male |
300 |
379,174 |
| Mali |
Bamako |
1,240,000 |
12,324,029 |
| Malta |
Valletta |
316 |
403,532 |
| Man, Isle of |
Douglas |
572 |
76,220 |
| Marshall Islands |
Majuro |
181 |
63,174 |
| Mauritania |
Nouakchott |
1,030,700 |
3,364,940 |
| Mauritius |
Port Louis |
2,040 |
1,274,189 |
| Mayotte |
Mamoutzou |
374 |
216,306 |
| Mexico |
Mexico |
1,972,550 |
109,955,400 |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
Palikir |
702 |
107,665 |
| Moldova |
Chisinau |
33,843 |
4,324,450 |
| Monaco |
Monaco |
2 |
32,796 |
| Mongolia |
Ulaanbaatar |
1,564,116 |
2,996,081 |
| Montenegro |
Podgorica |
14,026 |
678,177 |
| Montserrat |
Plymouth ¹ |
102 |
9,638 |
| Morocco |
Rabat |
446,550 |
34,343,219 |
| Mozambique |
Maputo |
801,590 |
21,284,701 |
| Namibia |
Windhoek |
825,418 |
2,088,669 |
| Nauru |
no official capital |
21 |
13,770 |
| Nepal |
Kathmandu |
147,181 |
29,519,114 |
| Netherlands |
Amsterdam |
41,526 |
16,645,313 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
Willemstad |
960 |
225,369 |
| New Caledonia |
Noumea |
19,060 |
224,824 |
| New Zealand |
Wellington |
268,680 |
4,173,460 |
| Nicaragua |
Managua |
129,494 |
5,785,846 |
| Niger |
Niamey |
1,267,000 |
13,272,679 |
| Nigeria |
Abuja |
923,768 |
138,283,240 |
| Niue |
Alofi |
260 |
1,444 |
| Norfolk Island |
Kingston |
35 |
2,128 |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
Saipan |
477 |
86,616 |
| Norway |
Oslo |
323,802 |
4,644,457 |
| Oman |
Muscat |
212,460 |
3,311,640 |
| Pakistan |
Islamabad |
803,940 |
167,762,040 |
| Palau |
Melekeok |
458 |
21,093 |
| Palestinian Territory, Occupied |
Ramallah |
6,220 |
4,149,173 |
| Panama |
Panama |
78,200 |
3,292,693 |
| Papua New Guinea |
Port Moresby |
462,840 |
5,931,769 |
| Paraguay |
Asuncion |
406,750 |
6,831,306 |
| Peru |
Lima |
1,285,220 |
29,180,899 |
| Philippines |
Manila |
300,000 |
92,681,453 |
| Pitcairn Islands |
Adamstown |
47 |
48 |
| Poland |
Warsaw |
312,685 |
38,500,696 |
| Portugal |
Lisbon |
92,391 |
10,676,910 |
| Puerto Rico |
San Juan |
13,790 |
3,958,128 |
| Qatar |
Doha |
11,437 |
928,635 |
| Romania |
Bucharest |
237,500 |
22,246,862 |
| Russia |
Moscow |
17,075,200 |
140,702,094 |
| Rwanda |
Kigali |
26,338 |
10,186,063 |
| Saint Barthelemy |
Gustavia |
21 |
7,492 |
| Saint Helena |
Jamestown |
413 |
7,601 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Basseterre |
261 |
39,619 |
| Saint Lucia |
Castries |
616 |
172,884 |
| Saint Martin |
Marigot |
54 |
29,376 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
Saint-Pierre |
242 |
7,044 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Kingstown |
389 |
118,432 |
| Samoa |
Apia |
2,944 |
217,083 |
| San Marino |
San Marino |
61 |
29,973 |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
Sao Tome |
1,001 |
206,178 |
| Saudi Arabia |
Riyadh |
2,149,690 |
28,161,417 |
| Senegal |
Dakar |
196,190 |
12,853,259 |
| Serbia |
Belgrade |
77,474 |
8,032,338 |
| Seychelles |
Victoria |
455 |
82,247 |
| Sierra Leone |
Freetown |
71,740 |
6,294,774 |
| Singapore |
Singapore |
693 |
4,608,167 |
| Slovakia |
Bratislava |
48,845 |
5,455,407 |
| Slovenia |
Ljubljana |
20,273 |
2,007,711 |
| Solomon Islands |
Honiara |
28,450 |
581,318 |
| Somalia |
Mogadishu |
637,657 |
9,558,666 |
| South Africa |
Pretoria ² |
1,219,912 |
43,786,115 |
| Spain |
Madrid |
504,782 |
40,491,051 |
| Sri Lanka |
Colombo |
65,610 |
21,128,773 |
| Sudan |
Khartoum |
2,505,810 |
40,218,455 |
| Suriname |
Paramaribo |
163,270 |
475,996 |
| Svalbard |
Longyearbyen |
61,020 |
2,165 |
| Swaziland |
Mbabane ³ |
17,363 |
1,128,814 |
| Sweden |
Stockholm |
449,964 |
9,045,389 |
| Switzerland |
Bern |
41,290 |
7,581,520 |
| Syria |
Damascus |
185,180 |
19,747,586 |
| Taiwan |
Taipei |
35,980 |
22,920,946 |
| Tajikistan |
Dushanbe |
143,100 |
7,211,884 |
| Tanzania |
Dar es Salaam |
945,087 |
40,213,162 |
| Thailand |
Bangkok |
514,000 |
65,493,298 |
| Timor-Leste (East-Timor) |
Dili |
15,007 |
1,108,777 |
| Togo |
Lome |
56,785 |
5,858,673 |
| Tokelau |
none |
10 |
1,433 |
| Tonga |
Nuku'alofa |
748 |
119,009 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
Port-of-Spain |
5,128 |
1,047,366 |
| Tunisia |
Tunis |
163,610 |
10,383,577 |
| Turkey |
Ankara |
780,580 |
71,892,807 |
| Turkmenistan |
Ashgabat |
488,100 |
5,179,571 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
Cockburn Town |
430 |
22,352 |
| Tuvalu |
Fongafale |
26 |
12,177 |
| Uganda |
Kampala |
236,040 |
31,367,972 |
| Ukraine |
Kiev |
603,700 |
45,994,287 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Abu Dhabi |
83,600 |
4,621,399 |
| United Kingdom |
London |
244,820 |
60,943,912 |
| United States of America |
Washington DC |
9,826,630 |
303,824,646 |
| Uruguay |
Montevideo |
176,220 |
3,477,778 |
| Uzbekistan |
Tashkent |
447,400 |
28,268,440 |
| Vanuatu |
Port-Vila |
12,200 |
215,446 |
| Venezuela |
Caracas |
912,050 |
26,414,815 |
| Vietnam |
Hanoi |
329,560 |
86,116,559 |
| Virgin Islands, U.S. |
Charlotte Amalie |
1,910 |
108,210 |
| Wallis and Futuna |
Mata-Utu |
274 |
16,448 |
| Western Sahara |
none |
266,000 |
393,831 |
| Yemen |
Sanaa |
527,970 |
23,013,376 |
| Zambia |
Lusaka |
752,614 |
11,669,534 |
| Zimbabwe |
Harare |
390,580 |
12,382,920 |
| World |
|
510,072,000 |
6,677,563,921 |
source: "The World Factbook 2007-2008", CIA.
note: .1: due to a volcanic eruption in 1997 an interim government seat is established at Brades.
note: .2: Pretoria is administrative capital; Cape Town is legislative capital; Bloemfontein is judicial capital.
note: .3: Mbabane is administrative capital; Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital.
note: Western Sahara is virtually annexed by Morocco.
note: Kosovo has separated from Serbia in 2008.
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