Countries ,Capitals,Currencies & their Embassy Websites

October 18, 2012

The world comprises 183 sovereign countries and 20 non-sovereign, separately administered territories, making a total of 203 countries. Till the end of 1989, there were only 170 sovereign countries; then Namibia joined as the 171st country when it achieved independence in March 1990. However, the unification of North and South Yemen in May 1990 and East and West Germany in October 1990 brought the total number of sovereign countries to 169 at the end of 1990. With the disintegration of former USSR towards the end 1991 (which comprised 15 unions Republic) the number of the countries in the world now stands at 183.

Country Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia

Capital Kabul Tirana Algiers Andorra la Vella Luanda Saint Johns (Antigua) Buenos Aires Yerevan Canberra

Currency Afghani Lek Dinar Euro New Kwanza East Caribbean Dollar Peso Dram Australian Dollar

Embassy Website embassyofafghanistan.org keshilliministrative.al algeria-us.org andorra.ad angola.org antigua-barbuda.com

turismo.gov.ar.org armeniaemb.org australia.gov.au

Austria Azerbaijan, Republic of Bahamas, The Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium

Vienna Baku (Baki) Nassau Al-Manama Dhaka Bridgetown Minsk Brussels (formerly Belgian Franc) Belmopan Porto Novo (official capital); Contonu (Seat of govt.) Thimphu La Paz (Seat of govt.); Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary) Sarajevo

Euro Manat Bahamian Dollar Bahrain Dinar Taka Barbados Dollar Belorussian Rubel Euro

austria.gov.au azembassy.com bahamas.gov.bs behrainembassy.org bangladeshgov.org barbados.gov.bb belarusembassy.org belgium.fgov.be

Belize Benin

Belize Dollar CFA Franc

belize.gov.bz gouv.bj/en

Bhutan Bolivia

Ngultrum Boliviano

bhutan.gov.bt bolivia.gov.bo

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Marka

bhembassy.org

Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burundi

Gaborone Brasilia Bandar Seri Begawan Sofia Bujumbura

Pula Real Brunei Dollar Lev Burundi Franc

gov.bw brasilemb.org brunei.gov.bn government.bg burundiembassy-usa.org

Country Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo, Dem. Republic

Capital Phnom Penh Yaound Ottawa Praia Bangui

Currency Riel CFA Franc Canadian Dollar Cape Verdean Escudo CFA Franc

Embassy Website cambodia.gov.kh spm.gov.cm canada.gc.ca virtualcapeverde.net state.gov/p/af/ci/ct

NDjamena Santiago Beijing Santa Fe de Bogot Moroni Kinshasa

CFA Franc Chilean Peso Yuan/Renminbi Colombian Peso Franc Congolese Franc

chadembassy.org chileangovernment.cl/ english.gov.en coluombiaemb.org state.gov/p/af/ci/cn un.int/drcongo

of the Congo, Republic of Costa Rica Cote dIvoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Brazzaville CFA Franc state/fov/p/af/ci/cf

San Jose Yamoussoukro Zagreb Havana Lefkosia (Nicosia) Prague Copenhagen Djibouti Roseau

Colon CFA Franc Kuna Cuban Peso Cyprus pound Koruna Krone Djibouti Franc East Caribbean Dollar Dominican Peso US Dollar US Dollar Egyptian Pound Colon, US Dollar

costarica-embassy.org cotedivorire.usembassy.gov vlada.hr cubagob.ci moi.gov.cy czech.cz denmark.dk djibouti.usembassy.gov dominica.dm

Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador

Santo Domingo Dili Quito Cairo San Salvador

Domrep.org ecuador.org/main.htm

sis.gov.eg elsavador.org

Equatorial Guinea Eritrea

Malabo Asmara (Formerly Asmera) Tallinn Addis Ababa Suva (Viti Levu) Helsinki

CFA Franc Nakfa

state.gov/p/as/ci/ek shabait.com

Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland

Kroon Birr Birr Euro (Formerly Marka) Euro (Formerly French Franc)

riik.ee/en moinfo.gouv.fr fiji.gov.fj finland.fi

France

Paris

diplomatie.gauv.fr

Country Gabon Gambia, The Georgia Germany

Capital Libreville Banjul Tbilisi Berlin

Currency CFA Franc Dalasi Lari Euro (Formerly Deutsche Mark) Cedi Euro (Formerly Drachma)

Embassy Website legabon.org statehouse.gm/index.html parliament.ge germany-info.org

Ghana Greece

Kumasi Athens

ghana.gov.gd primeminister.gr/gr

Grenada

Saint Georges Guatemala City Conakry Bissau Georgetown Port-auPrince Tegucigalpa Budapest Reykjavik New Delhi Jakarta Tehran Baghdad Dublin

East Caribbean Dollar Quetzal Guinean Franc CFA Franc Guyanese Dollar Gourde Lempira Forint Icelandic Krona Rupee Rupiah Rial Dinar/US Dollar Euro (Formerly Irish Pound) Shekel Euro (Formerly

gov.gd

Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland

guatemala-embassy.org guinea-usembaddy.gov state.gov op.gov.gy haiti.org hondurasemb.org hungary.hu iceland.is india.gov.in embassyofindonesia.org spk-gov.ir iraqigoverment.org irlgov.ie

Israel Italy

Jerusalem1 Rome

mfa.gov.il italyemb.org

Lira) Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, North Korea, South Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Kingston Tokyo Amman Astana2 Nairobi South Tarawa Pyongyang Seoul Kuwait City Bishkek Vientiane Riga Beirut Maseru Monrovia Tripoli Vaduz Vilnius Luxembourg Ville Dinar Yen Dinar Tenge Kenya Shilling Australian Dollar Won Won Kuwaiti Dinar Som New Kip Lat Lebanese Pound Loti Liberian Dollar Libyan Dinar Swiss Franc Litas Euro (Formerly jis.gov.jm kantei.go.jp jordanembassyus.org government.kz kenyaembassy.com state.gov korea-dpr-org korea.net kuwait-info.org president.kg tourismlaos.gov.la lv lebanonembassy.org lesotho.gov.ls embassyofliberia.org libya-un.org liechtenstin.li/en president.lt/en luxembourg-usa.org

Luxembourg Franc)

Country Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mexico

Capital Skopje3 Antananarivo Lilongwe Kuala Lumpur4 Male Bamako Valletta Majuro Mexico City (Distrito Federal) Palikir

Currency Denar Ariary Kwacha Ringgit rufiyaa CFA Franc Maltese Lira Us Dollar Mexican Peso US Dollar

Embassy Website vlada.mk madagascarconsulate.org malawi.gov.mw gov.my maldivesinfor.gov.us maliembassy.us gov.mt rmiebassyus.org presidencia.gob.mx

Micronesia Fed. States of Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Montenegro Mozambique

fsmgov.org

Chisinau Monaco Ville Ulaanbaatar Rabat Padgorica Maputo

Leu Euro Tugrik Dirham Euro Metical

Moldova.org gouv.mc pmis.gov.ma mincom.gov.ma montenegro.yu embamoc-usa.org

Myanmar Namibia Nauru

Rangoon5 Windhoek No official capital; govt offices in Yaren District Kathmandu Amsterdam Wellington

Kyat Namibian Dollar Australian Dollar

myanmar.gov.mm grnnet.gov.na un.int/nauru

Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea

Napalese Rupee Euro New Zealand Dollar Gold Cordoba CFA Franc Naira Norwegian Krone Omani Rial Pakistan Rupee US Dollar Balboa, US Dollar Kina

nepalgov.gov.np government.nl govt.nz

Managua Niamey Abuja Oslo Muscat Islamabad Koror Panama City Port Moresby

consuladodenicaragua.org nigerembassyusa.org nigeria.gov.ng norway.no omanet.om pakistan.gov.pk palaugon.net visitpanama.com pngonline.gov.pg

Paraguay Peru Philippines, The Poland Portugal

Asuncion Lima Manila Warsaw Lisbon

Guarani Nuevo sol Peso Zloty Euro (Formerly Escudo) US Dollar Qatari Riyal Leu Ruble Rwanda Franc

paraguayconsulatela.com peru.info/perueng.asp gov.ph poland.pl portugal.gov.pt

Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda

San Juan Doha Bucharest Moscow Kigali

english.mofa.gov.qa guv.ro/engleza gov.ru gov.rw

Country St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia

Capital Basseterre

Currency East Caribbean Dollar East Caribbean Dollar East Caribbean Dollar Tala Euro

Embassy Website stkittsnevis.net

Castries

stlucica.gov.lc

St. Vincent & the Grenadines Samoa San Marino

Kingstown

embsvg.com

Apia San Marino

govt.ws sanmarino.usvpp.gov

Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Spain

Sao Tome Riyadh Dakar Belgrade Victoria Freetown Singapore Bratislava Ljubljana Honiara Mogadishu Pretoria6 Madrid

Dobra Riyal CFA Franc Yugoslav new dinar Seychelles Dollar Leone Singapore Dollar Koruna Slovenian Tolar Solomon Islands Dollar Somali Shilling Rand Euro (Formerly Peseta) Sri Lanka Rupee Dinar Surinamese Dollar

saotome.org saudiembassy.net senegal-tourism.com gov.yu virtualseychelles.sc statehouse.sl.org gov.sg sigov.si e-uprava.gov.si pmc.gov.sb state.gov/p/af/ci/so gov.za la-moncloa.es

Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname

Colombo7 Khartoum Paramaribo

Priu.gov.lk sudan.gov.sd surinameambsaddy.org

Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab

Mbabane8 Stockholm Bern Damascus Taipei Dushanbe Dar es Salaam9 Bangkok Lome Nukualofa Port-of-Spain

Lilangeni Krona Swiss Franc Syrian Pound Taiwan New Dollar Somoni Tanzanian Shilling Baht CFA Franc Paanga Trinidad and Tobago Dollar Tunisian Dinar Turkish New Lira (YTL) Manat Australian dollar Ugandan New Shilling Hryvna UAE Dirham

gov.sz sweden.gov.se swissemb.org syrianembassy.us gov.tw tjus.org tanzania.go.tz thaiembdc.org state.gov/p/af/ci/to pmo.gov.to gov.tt

Tunis Ankara Ashgabat Funafuti10 Kampala Kiev Abu Dhabi

tourismtunisia.com turkishembassy.org turkmenistanembassy.org timelesstuvalu.com statehouse.go.ug kmu.gov.ua/control/en government.ae/gov/en

Emirates United Kingdom United State Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City (Holy See) Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe London Washington, DC Montevideo Tashkent (Toshkent) Port-Vila (Efate) Vatican City Caracas Hanoi Sana Lusaka Harare Pound Sterling US Dollar Uruguay Peso Uzbekistani Som Vatu Euro Bolivars Dong Rial Kwacha Zimbabwean dollar direct.gov.uk firstgov.gov uruwashi.org gov.uz vanuatu.gov.ru vatican.va embavenez-us.org na.gov.vn nic.gov.ye statehouse.gov.zm zim.gov.zw