The world is a vast and diverse place, home to a multitude of unique countries, each with its own distinct culture, history, and geographic features. Understanding the basic facts about these nations – their capitals, currencies, population sizes, and land areas – is an essential starting point for anyone looking to explore the global community.

This comprehensive list covers all 195 internationally recognized sovereign states, providing key details about each country. From the sprawling Russian Federation to the tiny island nation of Tuvalu, the information presented offers a concise snapshot of the world’s national landscapes.

Whether you are a student of geography, a budding traveler, or simply someone curious about the makeup of our planet, this resource can serve as an invaluable reference. By familiarizing yourself with the fundamental statistics of every country, you can gain a deeper appreciation for the incredible variety that exists across the globe.

So dive in and discover the breadth of our world, from the economic powerhouses to the least populated territories. This list is your gateway to understanding the global community in all its fascinating complexity.

Country Capital Population Area (sq km) Currency
Afghanistan Kabul 38,928,346 652,230 Afghan afghani
Albania Tirana 2,877,797 28,748 Albanian lek
Algeria Algiers 41,318,142 2,381,741 Algerian dinar
Andorra Andorra la Vella 77,265 468 Euro
Angola Luanda 32,866,272 1,246,700 Angolan kwanza
Antigua and Barbuda Saint John’s 97,929 442 East Caribbean dollar
Argentina Buenos Aires 44,938,712 2,780,400 Argentine peso
Armenia Yerevan 2,963,243 29,743 Armenian dram
Australia Canberra 25,364,307 7,692,024 Australian dollar
Austria Vienna 8,911,877 83,871 Euro
Azerbaijan Baku 10,139,177 86,600 Azerbaijani manat
Bahamas Nassau 393,244 13,943 Bahamian dollar
Bahrain Manama 1,701,575 760 Bahraini dinar
Bangladesh Dhaka 164,689,383 143,998 Bangladeshi taka
Barbados Bridgetown 287,371 430 Barbadian dollar
Belarus Minsk 9,449,323 207,600 Belarusian ruble
Belgium Brussels 11,589,623 30,528 Euro
Belize Belize City 397,628 22,966 Belize dollar
Benin Porto-Novo 12,123,200 112,622 West African CFA franc
Bhutan Thimphu 771,608 38,394 Bhutanese ngultrum
Bolivia La Paz (administrative), Sucre (judicial) 11,673,021 1,098,581 Bolivian boliviano
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 3,280,819 51,209 Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark
Botswana Gaborone 2,351,627 581,730 Botswana pula
Brazil Brasília 211,049,527 8,515,767 Brazilian real
Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan 428,963 2,226 Brunei dollar
Bulgaria Sofia 6,951,482 110,994 Bulgarian lev
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 20,903,273 274,200 West African CFA franc
Burundi Gitega 11,890,784 27,834 Burundian franc
Cabo Verde Praia 555,987 4,033 Cape Verdean escudo
Cambodia Phnom Penh 16,718,965 181,035 Cambodian riel
Cameroon Yaoundé 26,545,863 475,442 Central African CFA franc
Canada Ottawa 37,060,780 9,093,510 Canadian dollar
Central African Republic Bangui 4,829,767 622,984 Central African CFA franc
Chad N’Djamena 15,946,876 1,284,000 Central African CFA franc
Chile Santiago 18,952,038 756,102 Chilean peso
China Beijing 1,439,323,776 9,596,961 Renminbi
Colombia Bogotá 50,372,424 1,141,748 Colombian peso
Comoros Moroni 850,886 1,861 Comorian franc
Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa 84,068,091 2,344,858 Congolese franc
Republic of the Congo Brazzaville 5,380,508 342,000 Central African CFA franc
Costa Rica San José 4,999,441 51,060 Costa Rican colón
Côte d’Ivoire Yamoussoukro 26,378,274 322,463 West African CFA franc
Croatia Zagreb 4,105,493 56,594 Croatian kuna
Cuba Havana 11,326,616 109,884 Cuban peso
Cyprus Nicosia 1,207,359 9,251 Euro
Czech Republic Prague 10,693,939 78,866 Czech koruna
Denmark Copenhagen 5,831,404 42,924 Danish krone
Djibouti Djibouti 988,000 23,200 Djiboutian franc
Dominica Roseau 71,986 751 East Caribbean dollar
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 10,847,910 48,320 Dominican peso
Ecuador Quito 17,373,662 283,561 United States dollar
Egypt Cairo 99,375,741 1,001,450 Egyptian pound
El Salvador San Salvador 6,486,205 21,041 United States dollar
Equatorial Guinea Malabo 1,402,985 28,051 Central African CFA franc
Eritrea Asmara 3,213,972 117,600 Eritrean nakfa
Estonia Tallinn 1,326,535 45,227 Euro
Eswatini Mbabane (administrative), Lobamba (royal and legislative) 1,160,164 17,364 Swazi lilangeni
Ethiopia Addis Ababa 112,078,730 1,104,300 Ethiopian birr
Fiji Suva 896,445 18,272 Fijian dollar
Finland Helsinki 5,535,992 338,424 Euro
France Paris 67,391,582 643,801 Euro
Gabon Libreville 2,172,579 267,667 Central African CFA franc
Gambia Banjul 2,416,668 10,689 Gambian dalasi
Georgia Tbilisi 3,716,858 69,700 Georgian lari
Germany Berlin 83,240,525 357,022 Euro
Ghana Accra 30,417,856 238,533 Ghanaian cedi
Greece Athens 10,423,054 131,957 Euro
Grenada St. George’s 112,523 344 East Caribbean dollar
Guatemala Guatemala City 17,247,849 108,889 Guatemalan quetzal
Guinea Conakry 12,414,318 245,857 Guinean franc
Guinea-Bissau Bissau 1,120,000 36,125 West African CFA franc
Guyana Georgetown 786,552 214,969 Guyanese dollar
Haiti Port-au-Prince 11,123,176 27,750 Haitian gourde
Honduras Tegucigalpa 9,904,607 112,492 Honduran lempira
Hungary Budapest 9,660,351 93,028 Hungarian forint
Iceland Reykjavík 364,134 103,000 Icelandic króna
India New Delhi 1,380,004,385 3,287,263 Indian rupee
Indonesia Jakarta 273,523,615 1,904,569 Indonesian rupiah
Iran Tehran 83,992,949 1,648,195 Iranian rial
Iraq Baghdad 39,309,783 438,317 Iraqi dinar
Ireland Dublin 4,937,796 70,273 Euro
Israel Jerusalem (declared), Tel Aviv (seat of government) 8,655,535 20,770 Israeli new shekel
Italy Rome 60,461,826 301,340 Euro
Jamaica Kingston 2,961,167 10,991 Jamaican dollar
Japan Tokyo 126,476,461 377,930 Japanese yen
Jordan Amman 10,203,134 89,342 Jordanian dinar
Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan 18,755,468 2,724,902 Kazakhstani tenge
Kenya Nairobi 53,771,296 580,367 Kenyan shilling
Kiribati South Tarawa 119,449 811 Australian dollar
Kosovo Pristina 1,801,592 10,908 Euro
Kuwait Kuwait City 4,270,571 17,818 Kuwaiti dinar
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 6,524,195 199,945 Kyrgyzstani som
Laos Vientiane 7,169,455 236,800 Lao kip
Latvia Riga 1,886,198 64,589 Euro
Lebanon Beirut 6,825,445 10,452 Lebanese pound
Lesotho Maseru 2,142,249 30,355 Lesotho loti
Liberia Monrovia 5,057,681 111,369 Liberian dollar
Libya Tripoli 6,871,292 1,759,540 Libyan dinar
Liechtenstein Vaduz 38,128 160 Swiss franc
Lithuania Vilnius 2,722,289 65,300 Euro
Luxembourg Luxembourg 626,108 2,586 Euro
Madagascar Antananarivo 27,691,018 587,041 Malagasy ariary
Malawi Lilongwe 19,129,952 118,484 Malawian kwacha
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur (administrative), Putrajaya (administrative) 32,365,999 330,803 Malaysian ringgit
Maldives Malé 530,953 300 Maldivian rufiyaa
Mali Bamako 20,250,833 1,240,192 West African CFA franc
Malta Valletta 441,543 316 Euro
Marshall Islands Majuro 59,190 181 United States dollar
Mauritania Nouakchott 4,649,658 1,030,700 Mauritanian ouguiya
Mauritius Port Louis 1,271,768 2,040 Mauritian rupee
Mexico Mexico City 126,014,024 1,964,375 Mexican peso
Micronesia Palikir 115,023 701 United States dollar
Moldova Chișinău 2,618,335 13,067 Moldovan leu
Monaco Monaco 39,242 2.02 Euro
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 3,278,290 1,564,116 Mongolian tögrög
Montenegro Podgorica 628,066 13,812 Euro
Morocco Rabat 36,471,769 446,550 Moroccan dirham
Mozambique Maputo 31,255,435 799,380 Mozambican metical
Myanmar Naypyidaw 54,409,800 676,578 Burmese kyat
Namibia Windhoek 2,540,905 824,292 Namibian dollar
Nauru Yaren District (official) 10,670 21 Australian dollar
Nepal Kathmandu 28,608,710 147,181 Nepalese rupee
Netherlands Amsterdam, The Hague (seat of government) 17,134,872 41,543 Euro
New Zealand Wellington 4,822,233 268,021 New Zealand dollar
Nicaragua Managua 6,465,513 130,373 Nicaraguan córdoba
Niger Niamey 21,477,348 1,267,000 West African CFA franc
Nigeria Abuja 200,963,599 923,768 Nigerian naira
North Korea Pyongyang 25,666,161 120,538 North Korean won
North Macedonia Skopje 2,083,374 25,713 Macedonian denar
Norway Oslo 5,421,241 323,802 Norwegian krone
Oman Muscat 4,974,986 309,500 Omani rial
Pakistan Islamabad 220,892,340 881,913 Pakistani rupee
Palau Ngerulmud 17,928 459 United States dollar
Palestine Ramallah (administrative), Jerusalem (claimed) 4,920,724 6,020 Israeli new shekel
Panama Panama City 4,314,767 75,420 Panamanian balboa
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby 8,947,024 462,840 Papua New Guinean kina
Paraguay Asunción 7,132,538 406,752 Paraguayan guarani
Peru Lima 32,971,854 1,285,216 Peruvian sol
Philippines Manila 109,581,078 300,000 Philippine peso
Poland Warsaw 37,846,611 312,696 Polish złoty
Portugal Lisbon 10,196,709 92,212 Euro
Qatar Doha 2,881,053 11,586 Qatari riyal
Romania Bucharest 19,237,691 238,391
Russia Moscow 145,934,462 16,376,870 Russian ruble
Rwanda Kigali 12,952,218 26,338 Rwandan franc
Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre 53,199 261 Eastern Caribbean dollar
Saint Lucia Castries 183,629 616 Eastern Caribbean dollar
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown 110,940 389 Eastern Caribbean dollar
Samoa Apia 196,130 2,831 Samoan tala
San Marino San Marino 33,931 160 Euro
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé 211,028 964 São Tomé and Príncipe dobra
Saudi Arabia Riyadh 34,218,169 2,149,690 Saudi riyal
Senegal Dakar 16,743,927 192,528 West African CFA franc
Serbia Belgrade 6,908,224 88,361 Serbian dinar
Seychelles Victoria 98,462 453 Seychellois rupee
Sierra Leone Freetown 7,976,983 71,740 Sierra Leonean leone
Singapore Singapore 5,850,342 725 Singapore dollar
Slovakia Bratislava 5,459,642 49,035 Euro
Slovenia Ljubljana 2,078,938 20,273 Euro
Solomon Islands Honiara 686,884 28,896 Solomon Islands dollar
Somalia Mogadishu 15,893,222 637,657 Somali shilling
South Africa Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial) 59,308,690 1,219,090 South African rand
South Korea Seoul 51,269,185 100,210 South Korean won
South Sudan Juba 11,193,729 644,329 South Sudanese pound
Spain Madrid 46,754,778 505,992 Euro
Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Colombo (commercial) 21,413,249 65,610 Sri Lankan rupee
Sudan Khartoum 43,849,260 1,886,068 Sudanese pound
Suriname Paramaribo 597,927 63,251 Surinamese dollar
Sweden Stockholm 10,099,265 450,295 Swedish krona
Switzerland Bern 8,654,622 41,285 Swiss franc
Syria Damascus 17,500,657 185,180 Syrian pound
Taiwan Taipei 23,816,775 35,980 New Taiwan dollar
Tajikistan Dushanbe 9,537,645 143,100 Tajikistani somoni
Tanzania Dodoma 61,498,439 947,300 Tanzanian shilling
Thailand Bangkok 69,799,978 513,120 Thai baht
Timor-Leste Dili 1,318,445 14,874 United States dollar
Togo Lomé 8,278,724 56,785 West African CFA franc
Tonga Nukuʻalofa 105,697 289 Tongan paʻanga
Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain 1,399,488 5,128 Trinidad and Tobago dollar
Tunisia Tunis 11,818,619 163,610 Tunisian dinar
Turkey Ankara 84,339,067 783,562 Turkish lira
Turkmenistan Ashgabat 6,031,187 488,100 Turkmenistan manat
Tuvalu Funafuti 11,192 26 Australian dollar
Uganda Kampala 45,741,007 241,038 Ugandan shilling
Ukraine Kyiv 44,385,155 603,550 Ukrainian hryvnia
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 9,890,402 83,600 UAE dirham
United Kingdom London 67,886,011 242,495 Pound sterling
United States Washington, D.C. 331,002,651 9,147,590 United States dollar
Uruguay Montevideo 3,473,730 175,016 Uruguayan peso
Uzbekistan Tashkent 33,469,203 447,400 Uzbekistani som
Vanuatu Port Vila 307,815 12,189 Vanuatu vatu
Venezuela Caracas 28,435,943 916,445 Venezuelan bolívar soberano
Vietnam Hanoi 97,338,579 331,210 Vietnamese đồng
Yemen Sanaa 29,161,922 527,968 Yemeni rial
Zambia Lusaka 18,383,955 752,618 Zambian kwacha
Zimbabwe Harare 14,862,924 390,757 Zimbabwean dollar

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