Countries- Capital, Currency And Language

COUNTRIES - CAPITAL, CURRENCY AND LANGUAGE

Country Name Capital Currency Official Language Head of Government

Afghanistan Kabul Afghani Dari Persian; President - Amrullah
Pashto Saleh
Albania Tirane Lek Albanian Prime Minister – Edi
Rama
Algeria Algiers Dinar Arabic; Tamazight; Prime Minister – Aymen
French Benabderrahmane

Andorra Andorra la Vella Euro Catalan Prime Minister - Xavier

Espot Zamora
Angola Luanda New Kwanza Portuguese President – João
Lourenço
Antigua and Saint John's East Caribbean English Prime Minister – Gaston
Barbuda dollar Browne
Argentina Buenos Aires Peso Spanish President – Alberto
Fernández
Armenia Yerevan Dram Armenian President – Armen
Sarksyan
Australia Canberra Australian dollar English Prime Minister – Scott
Morrison
Austria Vienna Euro (formerly German President - Alexander
schilling) Van der Bellen
Azerbaijan Baku Manat Azerbaijani Prime Minister – Ali
Asadov
The Bahamas Nassau Bahamian dollar English Prime Minister – Philip
Davis
Bahrain Manama Bahrain dinar Arabic Prime Minister – Salman
bin Hamad Al Khalifa
Bangladesh Dhaka Taka Bangla Prime Minister – Sheikh
Hasina
Barbados Bridgetown Barbados dollar English Prime Minister – Mia
Mottley
Belarus Minsk Belorussian ruble Belarusian; Russian President - Alexander
Lukashenko
Belgium Brussels Euro (formerly Dutch; French; Prime Minister –
Belgian franc) German Alexander De Croo
Belize Belmopan Belize dollar English Prime Minister – Johnny

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Briceño
Benin Porto-Novo CFA Franc French President - Patrice Talon
Bhutan Thimphu Ngultrum Dzongkha Prime Minister – Lotay
Tshering
Bolivia La Paz Boliviano Spanish; Quechua; President – Luis Arce
(administrative); Aymara
Sucre (judicial)
Bosnia and Sarajevo Convertible Mark Bosnian; Croatian; Chairman of the Council
Herzegovina Serbian of Ministers - Zoran
Tegeltija
Botswana Gaborone Pula English; Tswana President – Mokgweetsi
Masisi
Brazil Brasilia Real Portuguese President – Jair
Bolsonaro
Brunei Bandar Seri Brunei dollar Malay Sultan and Prime
Begawan Minister – Hassanal
Bolkiah
Bulgaria Sofia Lev Bulgarian Prime Minister – Kiril
Petkov
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou CFA Franc French Prime Minister - Lassina
Zerbo
Burundi Gitega Burundi franc Kirundi; French President – Évariste
Ndayishimiye
Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel Khmer Prime Minister – Hun
Sen
Cameroon Yaounde CFA Franc French; English Prime Minister – Joseph
Ngute
Canada Ottawa Canadian dollar English; French Prime Minister – Justin
Trudeau
Cape Verde Praia Cape Verdean Portuguese Prime Minister – Ulisses
escudo Correia e Silva
Central African Bangui CFA Franc Sango; French Prime Minister – Henri-
Republic Marie Dondra
Chad N'Djamena CFA Franc French; Arabic President - Mahamat
Déby
Chile Santiago Chilean Peso Spanish President – Sebastián
Piñera
China Beijing Chinese Yuan Mandarin President - Xi Jinping
Colombia Bogota Colombian Peso Spanish President – Iván Duque
Márquez

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Comoros Moroni Franc Comorian; Arabic; President – Azali

French Assoumani
Republic of the Brazzaville CFA Franc French Prime Minister –Anatole
Congo Collinet Makosso
Congo, Kinshasa Congolese franc French Prime Minister – Jean-
Democratic Michel Sama Lukonde
Republic of the
Costa Rica San Jose Colón Spanish President – Carlos
Alvarado Quesada
Cote d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro CFA Franc French President - Alassane
(official); Abidjan Ouattara
(de facto)
Croatia Zagreb Croatian Kuna Prime Minister – Andrej
Plenkovid
Cuba Havana Cuban Peso Spanish Prime Minister-Manuel
Marrero Cruz
Cyprus Nicosia Euro Greek; Turkish President – Nicos
Anastasiades
Czech Republic Prague Koruna Czech; Slovak Prime Minister – Peta
Fiala
Denmark Copenhagen Danish Krone Danish Prime Minister – Mette
Frederiksen
Djibouti Djibouti Djiboutian franc Arabic; French Prime Minister –
Abdoulkader Kamil
Mohamed
Dominica Roseau East Caribbean English; French; Prime Minister –
dollar Antillean Creole Roosevelt Skerrit
Dominican Santo Domingo Dominican Peso Spanish President – Luis
Republic Abinader
East Timor Dili U.S. dollar Tetum; Prime Minister – Taur
(Timor-Leste) Portuguese; Matan Ruak
Iindonesian
Ecuador Quito U.S. dollar Spanish President – Guillermo
Lasso
Egypt Cairo Egyptian pound Arabic Prime Minister –
Moustafa Madbouly
El Salvador San Salvador Colón; U.S. dollar Spanish President – Nayib Bukele
Equatorial Malabo CFA Franc Spanish; French; Prime Minister –
Guinea Portuguese Francisco Pascual
Obama Asue
Eritrea Asmara Nakfa Arabic; Tigrinya; President – Isaias

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English Afwerki
Estonia Tallinn Estonia Kroon; Estonian Prime Minister – Kaja
Euro Kallas
Ethiopia Addis Ababa Birr Amharic Prime Minister – Abiy
Ahmed
Fiji Suva Fiji dollar English; Bau Fijian; Prime Minister – Frank
Hindi Bainimarama
Finland Helsinki Euro (formerly Finnish; Swedish Prime Minister – Sanna
markka) Marin
France Paris Euro (formerly French Prime Minister- Jean
French franc) Castex
Gabon Libreville CFA Franc French Prime Minister – Rose
Christiane Raponda
The Gambia Banjul Dalasi English President – Adama
Barrow
Georgia Tbilisi Lari Georgian Prime Minister – Irakli
Garibashvili
Germany Berlin Euro (formerly German Chancellor – Olaf Scholz
Deutsche mark)
Ghana Accra Cedi English President - Nana Akufo-
Addo
Greece Athens Euro (formerly Greek Prime Minister –Kyriakos
drachma) Mitsotakis
Grenada Saint George's East Caribbean English; Patois Prime Minister – Keith
dollar Mitchell
Guatemala Guatemala City Quetzal Spanish President – Alejandro
Giammattei
Guinea Conakry Guinean franc French Prime Minister –
Mohamed Béavogui
Guinea-Bissau Bissau CFA Franc Portuguese Prime Minister –Nuno
Gomes Nabiam
Guyana Georgetown Guyanese dollar English President - Mohamed
Irfaan Ali
Haiti Port-au-Prince Gourde Haitian Creole; Prime Minister – Ariel
French Henry
Honduras Tegucigalpa Lempira Spanish President – Juan
Orlando Hernández
Hungary Budapest Forint Hungarian Prime Minister – Viktor
Orbán
Iceland Reykjavik Icelandic króna Icelandic President - Guðni

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Thorlacius Jóhannesson
India New Delhi Indian Rupee Hindi; English Prime Minister –
Narendra Modi
Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah Indonesian President – Joko Widodo
Iran Tehran Rial Persian President – Ebrahim
Raisi
Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar Arabic; Kurdish Prime Minister –
Mustafa Al Kadhimi
Ireland Dublin Euro (formerly Irish English; Irish Prime Minister-
pound [punt]) Taoiseach – Micheal
Martin
Israel Jerusalem* Shekel Hebrew; Arabic Prime Minister – Naftali
Bennett
Italy Rome Euro (formerly lira) Italian Prime Minister – Mario
Draghi
Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro West African CFA French Prime Minister – Patrick
franc Achi
Jamaica Kingston Jamaican dollar English Prime Minister – Andrew
Holness
Japan Tokyo Yen Japanese Prime Minister –Fumio
Kishida
Jordan Amman Jordanian dinar Arabic Prime Minister – Bishr
Al-Khasawneh
Kazakhstan Nur Sultan Tenge Kazakh; Russian Prime Minister – Askar
Mamin
Kenya Nairobi Kenya shilling Swahili; English President – Uhuru
Kenyatta
Kiribati Tarawa Atoll Kiribati dollar English; Gilbertese President – Taneti
Mamau
Korea, North Pyongyang Won Korean Premier of the Cabinet –
Kim Jong-un
Korea, South Seoul Won Korean Prime Minister – Kim
Boo Kyum
Kosovo Pristina Euro (German Albanian; Serbian Prime Minister –Albin
Mark prior to Kurti
2002)
Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti Dollar Arabic; English Prime Minister – Sabah
Al-Khalid Al-Sabah
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Som Kyrgyz; Russian Prime Minister- Akylbek
Japarov

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Laos Vientiane New Kip Lao (Laotian) Prime Minister –

Phankham Viphavanh
Latvia Riga Lats Latvian Prime Minister –Krišjānis
Kariņš
Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound Arabic; French Prime Minister –Najib
Mikati
Lesotho Maseru Maluti Sesotho; English Prime Minister -
Moeketsi Majoro
Liberia Monrovia Liberian dollar English President – George
Weah
Libya Tripoli Libyan dinar Arabic Prime Minister – Abdul
Hamid Al-Dabaib
Liechtenstein Vaduz Swiss franc German Prime Minister-Daniel
Risch
Lithuania Vilnius Litas Lithuanian Prime Minister – Ingrida
Šimonytė
Luxembourg Luxembourg Euro (formerly German; French; Prime Minister – Xavier
Luxembourg franc) Luxembourgish Bettel
Macedonia Skopje Denar Macedonian President of the
Government – Stevo
Pendarovski
Madagascar Antananarivo Malagasy Ariary Malagasy; French; Prime Minister –
English Christian Ntsay
Malawi Lilongwe Kwacha English President – Lazarus
Chakwera
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit Malay Prime Minister – Ismail
Sabri Yaakob
Maldives Male Rufiyaa Dhivehi President – Ibrahim
Mohamed Solih
Mali Bamako CFA Franc French Prime Minister- Choguel
Kokalla Maiga
Malta Valletta Euro Maltese; English Prime Minister – Robert
Abela
Marshall Majuro U.S. Dollar Marshallese; President – David Kabua
Islands English
Mauritania Nouakchott Ouguiya Arabic Prime Minister –
Mohamed Ould Bilal
Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian rupee English Prime Minister – Pravind
Jugnauth
Mexico Mexico City Mexican peso Spanish President – Andrés
Manuel López Obrador

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Micronesia, Palikir U.S. Dollar English President – David W.

Federated Panuelo
States of
Moldova Chisinau Leu Moldovan Prime Minister – Natalia
(Romanian) Gavrilița
Monaco Monte Carlo Euro French; Italian; Minister of State –
English Pierre Dartout
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Togrog Mongolian Prime Minister –
Luvsannamsrain Oyun-
Erdene
Montenegro Podgorica Euro Montenegrin Prime Minister –
Zdravko Krivokapid
Morocco Rabat Dirham Arabic Prime Minister-Aziz
Akhannouch
Mozambique Maputo Metical Portuguese Prime Minister – Carlos
Agostinho do Rosário
Myanmar Nay Pyi Taw Kyat Burmese President– Myint Swe
(Burma)
Namibia Windhoek Namibian dollar English; Afrikaans; Prime Minister – Saara
German Kuugongelwa
Nauru no official capital; Australian dollar English; Nauran President – Lionel
government offices Aingimea
in Yaren District
Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese rupee Nepali Prime Minister – Sher
Bahadur Deuba
Netherlands Amsterdam; The Euro (formerly Dutch Prime Minister – Mark
Hague (seat of guilder) Rutte
government)
New Zealand Wellington New Zealand dollar English Prime Minister – Jacinda
Ardern
Nicaragua Managua Gold cordoba Spanish President – Daniel
Ortega
Niger Niamey CFA Franc French Prime Minister –
Ouhoumoudou
Mahamadou
Nigeria Abuja Naira English Prime Minister– Sir
Abubakar Tafawa
Balewa
Norway Oslo Norwegian krone Norwegian Prime Minister – Jonas
Gahr Støre
Oman Muscat Omani rial Arabic Sultan and Prime

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Minister – Haitham bin

Tariq
Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani rupee Urdu; English Prime Minister – Imran
Khan
Palau Melekeok U.S. dollar English; Palauan Vice President –Surangel
S. Whipps Jr.
Palestine Ramallah, East Palestine Pound Arabic Prime Minister -
Jerusalem Mohammad Shtayyeh
Panama Panama City Balboa; U.S. dollar Spanish President – Laurentino
Cortizo
Papua New Port Moresby Kina English; Tok Pisin; Prime Minister – James
Guinea Hiri Motu Marape
Paraguay Asuncion Guaraní Spanish; Guarani President – Mario Abdo
Benítez
Peru Lima Nuevo sol (1991) Spanish President - Pedro
Castillo
Philippines Manila Peso Filipino; English President – Rodrigo
Duterte
Poland Warsaw Zloty Polish President – Andrzej
Duda
Portugal Lisbon Euro (formerly Portuguese Prime Minister –
escudo) António Costa
Qatar Doha Qatari riyal Arabic Prime Minister – Khalid
bin Khalifa bin Abdul
Aziz Al Thani
Romania Bucharest Romanian Rupee Romanian Prime Minister – Nicolae
Ciucă
Russia Moscow Ruble Romanian Prime Minister –Mikhail
Vladimirovich Mishustin
Rwanda Kigali Rwandan franc Russian Prime Minister –
Édouard Ngirente
Saint Kitts and Basseterre East Caribbean English Prime Minister –
Nevis dollar Timothy Harris
Saint Lucia Castries East Caribbean English Prime Minister – Philip J.
dollar Pierre
Saint Vincent Kingstown East Caribbean English Prime Minister – Ralph
and the dollar Gonsalves
Grenadines
Samoa Apia Tala Samoan, English Prime Minister – Fiame
Naomi Mata’afa
San Marino San Marino Euro Italian Pasquale Valentini

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Sao Tome and Sao Tome Dobra Portuguese Prime Minister – Jorge
Principe Bom Jesus
Saudi Arabia Riyadh Riyal Arabic King and Prime Minister
– Salman bin Abdulaziz
Al Saud
Senegal Dakar CFA Franc French Prime Minister –
Mohammed Dionne
Serbia Belgrade Serbian Dinar Serbian Prime Minister – Ana
Brnabid
Seychelles Victoria Seychelles rupee Seychellois Creole, President – Wavel
French English Ramkalawan
Sierra Leone Freetown Leone English President – Julius Maada
Bio
Singapore Singapore Singapore dollar English, Chinese Prime Minister – Lee
and Malay Hsien Loong
Tamil
Slovakia Bratislava Euro Slovak Prime Minister – Eduard
Heger
Slovenia Ljubljana Slovenian tolar; Slovene Prime Minister – Janez
euro (as of 1/1/07) Janša
Solomon Honiara Solomon Islands English Prime Minister –
Islands dollar Manasseh Sogavare
Somalia Mogadishu Somali shilling Somali Arabic Prime Minister –
Mohamed Hussein Roble
South Africa Pretoria Rand Afrikaans, English, President – Cyril
(administrative); Southern Ndebele, Ramaphosa
Cape Town Northern Sotho,
(legislative); Southern Sotho,
Bloemfontein Swazi
(judiciary) Tsonga, Tswana,
Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
South Sudan Juba Sudanese Pound English President – Salva Kiir
Mayardit
Spain Madrid Euro (formerly Spanish, Catalan Prime Minister - Pedro
peseta) Galician , Gasque Sánchez
Sri Lanka Colombo; Sri Sri Lankan rupee Sinhala, Tamil Prime Minister -
Jayewardenepura Mahinda Rajapaksa
Kotte (legislative)
Sudan Khartoum Sudanese Pound Arabic, English Prime Minister –Abdalla
Hamdok
Suriname Paramaribo Surinamese dollar Dutch President –

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Chabdrikapersad ‘Chan’
Santokhi
Swaziland Mbabane Lilangeni English, Swati Prime Minister –Cleopas
Dlamini
Sweden Stockholm Krona Swedish Prime Minister –
Magdalena Andersson
Switzerland Berne Swiss franc German, French, President - Guy Parmelin
Italian, Romansh
Syria Damascus Syrian pound Arabic Prime Minister – Hussein
Arnous
Taiwan Taipei Taiwan dollar Standard Chinese Prime Minister– Su
Tseng-chang
Tajikistan Dushanbe somoni Tajik; Russian Prime Minister – Kokhir
Rasulzoda
Tanzania Dar es Salaam; Tanzanian shilling Swahili, English Prime Minister – Kassim
Dodoma Majaliwa
(legislative)
Thailand Bangkok Baht Thai Prime Minister – Prayut
Chan-o-cha
Togo Lome CFA Franc French Prime Minister –Victoire
Tomegah Dogbé
Tonga Nuku'alofa Pa'anga English Prime Minister – Siaosi
Sovaleni
Trinidad and Port-of-Spain Trinidad and English Prime Minister – Keith
Tobago Tobago dollar Rowley
Tunisia Tunis Tunisian dinar Arabic Prime Minister- Najla
Bouden
Turkey Ankara Turkish lira (YTL) Turkish President – Recep Tayyip
Erdoğan
Turkmenistan Ashgabat Manat Turkmen President – Gurbanguly
Berdimuhamedow
Tuvalu Vaiaku village, Tuvaluan Dollar Tuvaluan; English Prime Minister – Kausea
Funafuti province Natano
Uganda Kampala Ugandan new Swahili, English, Prime Minister –
shilling Luganda Robinah Nabbanja
Ukraine Kiev Hryvnia Ukrainian Prime Minister – Denys
Shmyhal
United Arab Abu Dhabi U.A.E. Dirham Arabic Prime Minister – Sheikh
Emirates Mohammed bin Rashid
Al Maktoum
United London Pound sterling English Prime Minister – Boris

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Kingdom Johnson
United States Washington D.C. Dollar English President – Joe Biden
of America
Uruguay Montevideo Uruguay peso Spanish President – Luis Lacalle
Pou
Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistani sum Uzbek Prime Minister – Abdulla
Aripov
Vanuatu Port-Vila Vatu Bislama, French, Prime Minister – Bob
English Loughman
Vatican City Vatican City Euro Italian President - Giuseppe
(Holy See) Bertello
Venezuela Caracas Bolivar Spanish President – Juan Guaidó
Vietnam Hanoi Dong Vietnamese Prime Minister - Pham
Minh Chinh
Yemen Sanaa Rial Arabic Prime Minister – Maeen
Abdulmalik Saeed
Zambia Lusaka Kwacha English President – Hakainde
Hichilema
Zimbabwe Harare United States English, Shona, President –Emmerson
dollar Ndebele Mnangagwa

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