| country |
capital |
area sq.km. |
2009-07-01 est. |
| Afghanistan |
Kabul |
647,500 |
33,609,937 |
| Albania |
Tirana |
28,748 |
3,639,453 |
| Algeria |
Algiers |
2,381,740 |
34,178,188 |
| American Samoa |
Pago Pago |
199 |
65,628 |
| Andorra |
Andorra la Vella |
468 |
83,888 |
| Angola |
Luanda |
1,246,700 |
12,799,293 |
| Anguilla |
The Valley |
102 |
14,436 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
Saint John's |
443 |
85,632 |
| Argentina |
Buenos Aires |
2,766,890 |
40,913,584 |
| Armenia |
Yerevan |
29,800 |
2,967,004 |
| Aruba |
Oranjestad |
193 |
103,065 |
| Australia |
Canberra |
7,686,850 |
21,262,641 |
| Austria |
Vienna |
83,870 |
8,210,281 |
| Azerbaijan |
Baku |
86,600 |
8,238,672 |
| Bahamas, The |
Nassau |
13,940 |
309,156 |
| Bahrain |
Manama |
665 |
727,785 |
| Bangladesh |
Dhaka |
144,000 |
156,050,883 |
| Barbados |
Bridgetown |
431 |
284,589 |
| Belarus |
Minsk |
207,600 |
9,648,533 |
| Belgium |
Brussels |
30,528 |
10,414,336 |
| Belize |
Belmopan |
22,966 |
307,899 |
| Benin |
Porto-Novo |
112,620 |
8,791,832 |
| Bermuda |
Hamilton |
53 |
67,837 |
| Bhutan |
Thimphu |
47,000 |
691,141 |
| Bolivia |
Sucre |
1,098,580 |
9,775,246 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Sarajevo |
51,129 |
4,613,414 |
| Botswana |
Gaborone |
600,370 |
1,990,876 |
| Brazil |
Brasilia |
8,511,965 |
198,739,269 |
| British Virgin Islands |
Road Town |
153 |
24,491 |
| Brunei |
Bandar Seri Begawan |
5,770 |
388,190 |
| Bulgaria |
Sofia |
110,910 |
7,204,687 |
| Burkina Faso |
Ouagadougou |
274,200 |
15,746,232 |
| Burma (Myanmar) |
Pyinmana |
678,500 |
48,137,741 |
| Burundi |
Bujumbura |
27,830 |
8,988,091 |
| Cambodia |
Phnom Penh |
181,040 |
14,494,293 |
| Cameroon |
Yaounde |
475,440 |
18,879,301 |
| Canada |
Ottawa |
9,984,670 |
33,487,208 |
| Cape Verde |
Praia |
4,033 |
429,474 |
| Cayman Islands |
George Town |
262 |
49,035 |
| Central African Republic |
Bangui |
622,984 |
4,511,488 |
| Chad |
N'Djamena |
1,284,000 |
10,329,208 |
| Chile |
Santiago |
756,950 |
16,601,707 |
| China |
Beijing |
9,596,960 |
1,338,612,968 |
| China, Hong Kong SAR |
Victoria |
1,092 |
7,055,071 |
| China, Macao SAR |
Macau |
28 |
559,846 |
| Christmas Island |
The Settlement |
135 |
1,402 |
| Cocos Islands |
West Island |
14 |
596 |
| Colombia |
Bogota |
1,138,910 |
45,644,023 |
| Comoros |
Moroni |
2,170 |
752,438 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. of the |
Kinshasa |
2,345,410 |
68,692,542 |
| Congo, Rep. of the |
Brazzaville |
342,000 |
4,012,809 |
| Cook Islands |
Avarua |
237 |
11,870 |
| Costa Rica |
San Jose |
51,100 |
4,253,877 |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
Yamoussoukro |
322,460 |
20,617,068 |
| Croatia |
Zagreb |
56,542 |
4,489,409 |
| Cuba |
Havana |
110,860 |
11,451,652 |
| Cyprus |
Nicosia |
9,250 |
796,740 |
| Czech Republic |
Prague |
78,866 |
10,211,904 |
| Denmark |
Copenhagen |
43,094 |
5,500,510 |
| Djibouti |
Djibouti |
23,000 |
516,055 |
| Dominica |
Roseau |
754 |
72,660 |
| Dominican Republic |
Santo Domingo |
48,730 |
9,650,054 |
| Ecuador |
Quito |
283,560 |
14,573,101 |
| Egypt |
Cairo |
1,001,450 |
83,082,869 |
| El Salvador |
San Salvador |
21,040 |
7,185,218 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
Malabo |
28,051 |
633,441 |
| Eritrea |
Asmara |
121,320 |
5,647,168 |
| Estonia |
Tallinn |
45,226 |
1,299,371 |
| Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa |
1,127,127 |
85,237,338 |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
Stanley |
12,173 |
3,140 |
| Faroe Islands |
Torshavn |
1,399 |
48,856 |
| Fiji |
Suva |
18,270 |
944,720 |
| Finland |
Helsinki |
338,145 |
5,250,275 |
| France |
Paris |
643,427 |
64,057,792 |
| French Polynesia |
Papeete |
4,167 |
287,032 |
| Gabon |
Libreville |
267,667 |
1,514,993 |
| Gambia, The |
Banjul |
11,300 |
1,782,893 |
| Georgia |
T'bilisi |
69,700 |
4,615,807 |
| Germany |
Berlin |
357,021 |
82,329,758 |
| Ghana |
Accra |
239,460 |
23,832,495 |
| Gibraltar |
Gibraltar |
7 |
28,034 |
| Greece |
Athens |
131,940 |
10,737,428 |
| Greenland |
Nuuk |
2,166,086 |
57,600 |
| Grenada |
Saint George's |
344 |
90,739 |
| Guam |
Hagatna |
541 |
178,430 |
| Guatemala |
Guatemala |
108,890 |
13,276,517 |
| Guernsey |
Saint Peter Port |
78 |
65,870 |
| Guinea |
Conakry |
245,857 |
10,057,975 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
Bissau |
36,120 |
1,533,964 |
| Guyana |
Georgetown |
214,970 |
772,298 |
| Haiti |
Port-au-Prince |
27,750 |
9,035,536 |
| Holy See (Vatican City) |
Vatican City |
0 |
826 |
| Honduras |
Tegucigalpa |
112,090 |
7,792,854 |
| Hungary |
Budapest |
93,030 |
9,905,596 |
| Iceland |
Reykjavik |
103,000 |
306,694 |
| India |
New Delhi |
3,287,590 |
1,166,079,217 |
| Indonesia |
Jakarta |
1,919,440 |
240,271,522 |
| Iran |
Tehran |
1,648,000 |
66,429,284 |
| Iraq |
Baghdad |
437,072 |
28,945,657 |
| Ireland |
Dublin |
70,280 |
4,203,200 |
| Israel |
Jerusalem |
20,770 |
7,233,701 |
| Italy |
Rome |
301,230 |
58,126,212 |
| Jamaica |
Kingston |
10,991 |
2,825,928 |
| Japan |
Tokyo |
377,835 |
127,078,679 |
| Jersey |
Saint Helier |
116 |
91,626 |
| Jordan |
Amman |
92,300 |
6,342,948 |
| Kazakhstan |
Astana |
2,717,300 |
15,399,437 |
| Kenya |
Nairobi |
582,650 |
39,002,772 |
| Kiribati |
Tarawa |
811 |
112,850 |
| Korea, North |
P'yongyang |
120,540 |
22,665,345 |
| Korea, South |
Seoul |
98,480 |
48,508,972 |
| Kosovo |
Pristina |
10,887 |
1,804,838 |
| Kuwait |
Kuwait |
17,820 |
2,691,158 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
Bishkek |
198,500 |
5,431,747 |
| Laos |
Vientiane |
236,800 |
6,834,942 |
| Latvia |
Riga |
64,589 |
2,231,503 |
| Lebanon |
Beirut |
10,400 |
4,017,095 |
| Lesotho |
Maseru |
30,355 |
2,130,819 |
| Liberia |
Monrovia |
111,370 |
3,441,790 |
| Libya |
Tripoli |
1,759,540 |
6,310,434 |
| Liechtenstein |
Vaduz |
160 |
34,761 |
| Lithuania |
Vilnius |
65,200 |
3,555,179 |
| Luxembourg |
Luxembourg |
2,586 |
491,775 |
| Macedonia |
Skopje |
25,333 |
2,066,718 |
| Madagascar |
Antananarivo |
587,040 |
20,653,556 |
| Malawi |
Lilongwe |
118,480 |
14,268,711 |
| Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur |
329,750 |
25,715,819 |
| Maldives |
Male |
300 |
396,334 |
| Mali |
Bamako |
1,240,000 |
12,666,987 |
| Malta |
Valletta |
316 |
405,165 |
| Man, Isle of |
Douglas |
572 |
76,512 |
| Marshall Islands |
Majuro |
181 |
64,522 |
| Mauritania |
Nouakchott |
1,030,700 |
3,129,486 |
| Mauritius |
Port Louis |
2,040 |
1,284,264 |
| Mayotte |
Mamoutzou |
374 |
223,765 |
| Mexico |
Mexico |
1,972,550 |
111,211,789 |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
Palikir |
702 |
107,434 |
| Moldova |
Chisinau |
33,843 |
4,320,748 |
| Monaco |
Monaco |
2 |
32,965 |
| Mongolia |
Ulaanbaatar |
1,564,116 |
3,041,142 |
| Montenegro |
Podgorica |
14,026 |
672,180 |
| Montserrat |
Plymouth ¹ |
102 |
5,097 |
| Morocco |
Rabat |
446,550 |
34,859,364 |
| Mozambique |
Maputo |
801,590 |
21,669,278 |
| Namibia |
Windhoek |
825,418 |
2,108,665 |
| Nauru |
no official capital |
21 |
14,019 |
| Nepal |
Kathmandu |
147,181 |
28,563,377 |
| Netherlands |
Amsterdam |
41,526 |
16,715,999 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
Willemstad |
960 |
227,049 |
| New Caledonia |
Noumea |
19,060 |
227,436 |
| New Zealand |
Wellington |
268,680 |
4,213,418 |
| Nicaragua |
Managua |
129,494 |
5,891,199 |
| Niger |
Niamey |
1,267,000 |
15,306,252 |
| Nigeria |
Abuja |
923,768 |
149,229,090 |
| Niue |
Alofi |
260 |
1,398 |
| Norfolk Island |
Kingston |
35 |
2,141 |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
Saipan |
477 |
88,662 |
| Norway |
Oslo |
323,802 |
4,660,539 |
| Oman |
Muscat |
212,460 |
3,418,085 |
| Pakistan |
Islamabad |
803,940 |
176,242,949 |
| Palau |
Melekeok |
458 |
20,796 |
| Palestinian Territory, Occupied |
Ramallah |
6,220 |
4,013,126 |
| Panama |
Panama |
78,200 |
3,360,474 |
| Papua New Guinea |
Port Moresby |
462,840 |
6,057,263 |
| Paraguay |
Asuncion |
406,750 |
6,995,655 |
| Peru |
Lima |
1,285,220 |
29,546,963 |
| Philippines |
Manila |
300,000 |
97,976,603 |
| Pitcairn Islands |
Adamstown |
47 |
48 |
| Poland |
Warsaw |
312,685 |
38,482,919 |
| Portugal |
Lisbon |
92,391 |
10,707,924 |
| Puerto Rico |
San Juan |
13,790 |
3,971,020 |
| Qatar |
Doha |
11,437 |
833,285 |
| Romania |
Bucharest |
237,500 |
22,215,421 |
| Russia |
Moscow |
17,075,200 |
140,041,247 |
| Rwanda |
Kigali |
26,338 |
10,473,282 |
| Saint Barthelemy |
Gustavia |
21 |
7,448 |
| Saint Helena |
Jamestown |
413 |
7,637 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Basseterre |
261 |
40,131 |
| Saint Lucia |
Castries |
616 |
160,267 |
| Saint Martin |
Marigot |
54 |
29,820 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
Saint-Pierre |
242 |
7,051 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Kingstown |
389 |
104,574 |
| Samoa |
Apia |
2,944 |
219,998 |
| San Marino |
San Marino |
61 |
30,324 |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
Sao Tome |
1,001 |
212,679 |
| Saudi Arabia |
Riyadh |
2,149,690 |
28,686,633 |
| Senegal |
Dakar |
196,190 |
13,711,597 |
| Serbia |
Belgrade |
77,474 |
7,379,339 |
| Seychelles |
Victoria |
455 |
87,476 |
| Sierra Leone |
Freetown |
71,740 |
6,440,053 |
| Singapore |
Singapore |
693 |
4,657,542 |
| Slovakia |
Bratislava |
48,845 |
5,463,046 |
| Slovenia |
Ljubljana |
20,273 |
2,005,692 |
| Solomon Islands |
Honiara |
28,450 |
595,613 |
| Somalia |
Mogadishu |
637,657 |
9,832,017 |
| South Africa |
Pretoria ² |
1,219,912 |
49,052,489 |
| Spain |
Madrid |
504,782 |
40,525,002 |
| Sri Lanka |
Colombo |
65,610 |
21,324,791 |
| Sudan |
Khartoum |
2,505,810 |
41,087,825 |
| Suriname |
Paramaribo |
163,270 |
481,267 |
| Svalbard |
Longyearbyen |
61,020 |
2,116 |
| Swaziland |
Mbabane ³ |
17,363 |
1,123,913 |
| Sweden |
Stockholm |
449,964 |
9,059,651 |
| Switzerland |
Bern |
41,290 |
7,604,467 |
| Syria |
Damascus |
185,180 |
20,178,485 |
| Taiwan |
Taipei |
35,980 |
22,974,347 |
| Tajikistan |
Dushanbe |
143,100 |
7,349,145 |
| Tanzania |
Dar es Salaam |
945,087 |
41,048,532 |
| Thailand |
Bangkok |
514,000 |
65,905,410 |
| Timor-Leste (East-Timor) |
Dili |
15,007 |
1,131,612 |
| Togo |
Lome |
56,785 |
6,019,877 |
| Tokelau |
none |
10 |
1,416 |
| Tonga |
Nuku'alofa |
748 |
120,898 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
Port-of-Spain |
5,128 |
1,229,953 |
| Tunisia |
Tunis |
163,610 |
10,486,339 |
| Turkey |
Ankara |
780,580 |
76,805,524 |
| Turkmenistan |
Ashgabat |
488,100 |
4,884,887 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
Cockburn Town |
430 |
22,942 |
| Tuvalu |
Fongafale |
26 |
12,373 |
| Uganda |
Kampala |
236,040 |
32,369,558 |
| Ukraine |
Kiev |
603,700 |
45,700,395 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Abu Dhabi |
83,600 |
4,798,491 |
| United Kingdom |
London |
244,820 |
61,113,205 |
| United States of America |
Washington DC |
9,826,630 |
307,212,123 |
| Uruguay |
Montevideo |
176,220 |
3,494,382 |
| Uzbekistan |
Tashkent |
447,400 |
27,606,007 |
| Vanuatu |
Port-Vila |
12,200 |
218,519 |
| Venezuela |
Caracas |
912,050 |
26,814,843 |
| Vietnam |
Hanoi |
329,560 |
86,967,524 |
| Virgin Islands, U.S. |
Charlotte Amalie |
1,910 |
109,825 |
| Wallis and Futuna |
Mata-Utu |
274 |
15,289 |
| Western Sahara |
none |
266,000 |
405,210 |
| Yemen |
Sanaa |
527,970 |
23,822,783 |
| Zambia |
Lusaka |
752,614 |
11,862,740 |
| Zimbabwe |
Harare |
390,580 |
11,392,629 |
| World |
|
510,072,000 |
6,790,062,216 |
source: "The World Factbook 2008 and of 2009", 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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