|
Country Name |
Capital |
Currency |
Official Language |
Head of Government |
|
Afghanistan |
Kabul |
Afghani |
Dari Persian; Pashto |
President – Amrullah Saleh |
|
Albania |
Tirane |
Lek |
Albanian |
Prime Minister – Edi Rama |
|
Algeria |
Algiers |
Dinar |
Arabic; Tamazight; French |
Prime Minister – Aymen Benabderrahmane |
|
Andorra |
Andorra la Vella |
Euro |
Catalan |
Prime Minister – Xavier Espot Zamora |
|
Angola |
Luanda |
New Kwanza |
Portuguese |
President – H.E. Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco |
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
Saint John’s |
East Caribbean dollar |
English |
Prime Minister – Gaston Alphonso Browne |
|
Argentina |
Buenos Aires |
Peso |
Spanish |
President – Alberto Fernández |
|
Armenia |
Yerevan |
Dram |
Armenian |
President – Vahagn Khachaturyan |
|
Australia |
Canberra |
Australian dollar |
English |
Prime Minister – Anthony Albanese |
|
Austria |
Vienna |
Euro (formerly schilling) |
German |
President – Alexander 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 Belgian franc) |
Dutch; French; German |
Prime Minister – Alexander De Croo |
|
Belize |
Belmopan |
Belize dollar |
English |
Prime Minister – Johnny Briceño |
|
Benin |
Porto-Novo |
CFA Franc |
French |
President – Patrice Talon |
|
Bhutan |
Thimphu |
Ngultrum |
Dzongkha |
Prime Minister – Lotay Tshering |
|
Bolivia |
La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial) |
Boliviano |
Spanish; Quechua; Aymara |
President – Luis Arce |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Sarajevo |
Convertible Mark |
Bosnian; Croatian; Serbian |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers – Zoran Tegeltija |
|
Botswana |
Gaborone |
Pula |
English; Tswana |
President – Mokgweetsi Masisi |
|
Brazil |
Brasilia |
Real |
Portuguese |
President – Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
|
Brunei |
Bandar Seri Begawan |
Brunei dollar |
Malay |
Sultan and Prime Minister – Hassanal Bolkiah |
|
Bulgaria |
Sofia |
Lev |
Bulgarian |
Prime Minister – Galab Donev |
|
Burkina Faso |
Ouagadougou |
CFA Franc |
French |
Prime Minister – Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla |
|
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 escudo |
Portuguese |
Prime Minister – Ulisses Correia e Silva |
|
Central African Republic |
Bangui |
CFA Franc |
Sango; French |
Prime Minister – Félix Moloua |
|
Chad |
N’Djamena |
CFA Franc |
French; Arabic |
President – Mahamat Déby |
|
Chile |
Santiago |
Chilean Peso |
Spanish |
President – Gabriel Boric |
|
China |
Beijing |
Chinese Yuan |
Mandarin |
President – Xi Jinping |
|
Colombia |
Bogota |
Colombian Peso |
Spanish |
President – Gustavo Petro |
|
Comoros |
Moroni |
Franc |
Comorian; Arabic; French |
President – Azali Assoumani |
|
Republic of the Congo |
Brazzaville |
CFA Franc |
French |
Prime Minister –Anatole Collinet Makosso |
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Kinshasa |
Congolese franc |
French |
Prime Minister – Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde |
|
Costa Rica |
San Jose |
Colón |
Spanish |
President – Rodrigo Chaves Robles |
|
Cote d’Ivoire |
Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (de facto) |
CFA Franc |
French |
President – Alassane Dramane Ouattara |
|
Croatia |
Zagreb |
Croatian |
Kuna |
Prime Minister – Andrej Plenković |
|
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 – Petr 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 dollar |
English; French; |
Prime Minister – Roosevelt Skerrit |
|
Dominican Republic |
Santo Domingo |
Dominican Peso |
Spanish |
President – Luis Abinader |
|
East Timor (Timor-Leste) |
Dili |
U.S. dollar |
Tetum; Portuguese; |
Prime Minister – Taur Matan Ruak |
|
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 Armando Bukele Ortez |
|
Equatorial Guinea |
Malabo |
CFA Franc |
Spanish; French; Portuguese |
Prime Minister –Francisco Pascual Obama Asue |
|
Eritrea |
Asmara |
Nakfa |
Arabic; Tigrinya; English |
President – Isaias Afwerki |
|
Estonia |
Tallinn |
Estonia Kroon; Euro |
Estonian |
Prime Minister – Kaja Kallas |
|
Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa |
Birr |
Amharic |
Prime Minister – Abiy Ahmed |
|
Fiji |
Suva |
Fiji dollar |
English; Bau Fijian; Hindi |
Prime Minister – Sitiveni Rabuka |
|
Finland |
Helsinki |
Euro (formerly markka) |
Finnish; Swedish |
Prime Minister – Sanna Marin |
|
France |
Paris |
Euro (formerly French franc) |
French |
Prime Minister- Elisabeth Borne |
|
Gabon |
Libreville |
CFA Franc |
French |
Prime Minister – Alain Claude Bilie By Nze |
|
The Gambia |
Banjul |
Dalasi |
English |
President – Adama Barrow |
|
Georgia |
Tbilisi |
Lari |
Georgian |
Prime Minister – Irakli Garibashvili |
|
Germany |
Berlin |
Euro (formerly Deutsche mark) |
German |
President – Frank-Walter Steinmeier |
|
Ghana |
Accra |
Cedi |
English |
President – Nana Akufo-Addo |
|
Greece |
Athens |
Euro (formerly drachma) |
Greek |
Prime Minister –Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
|
Grenada |
Saint George’s |
East Caribbean dollar |
English; Patois |
Prime Minister – Dickon Mitchell |
|
Guatemala |
Guatemala City |
Quetzal |
Spanish |
President – Alejandro Giammattei |
|
Guinea |
Conakry |
Guinean franc |
French |
Prime Minister –Bernard Goumou |
|
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; French |
Prime Minister – Ariel Henry |
|
Honduras |
Tegucigalpa |
Lempira |
Spanish |
President – Xiomara Castro Zelaya |
|
Hungary |
Budapest |
Forint |
Hungarian |
Prime Minister – Viktor Orbán |
|
Iceland |
Reykjavik |
Icelandic króna |
Icelandic |
President – Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson |
|
India |
New Delhi |
Indian Rupee |
Hindi; English |
Prime Minister – Mr. Narendra Modi |
|
Indonesia |
Jakarta |
Rupiah |
Indonesian |
President – Joko Widodo |
|
Iran |
Tehran |
Rial |
Persian |
President – Ebrahim Raisi |
|
Iraq |
Baghdad |
Iraqi Dinar |
Arabic; Kurdish |
Prime Minister – Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani |
|
Ireland |
Dublin |
Euro (formerly Irish pound [punt]) |
English; Irish |
Prime Minister-Taoiseach – Leo Varadkar |
|
Israel |
Jerusalem* |
Shekel |
Hebrew; Arabic |
Prime Minister –Benjamin Netanyahu |
|
Italy |
Rome |
Euro (formerly lira) |
Italian |
Prime Minister – Giorgia Meloni |
|
Ivory Coast |
Yamoussoukro |
West African CFA franc |
French |
Prime Minister – Patrick 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 – Alihan Smaiylov |
|
Kenya |
Nairobi |
Kenya shilling |
Swahili; English |
President – William Ruto |
|
Kiribati |
Tarawa Atoll |
Kiribati dollar |
English; Gilbertese |
President – Taneti Mamau |
|
Korea, North |
Pyongyang |
Won |
Korean |
President – Kim Jong-un |
|
Korea, South |
Seoul |
Won |
Korean |
Prime Minister – Han Duck-soo |
|
Kosovo |
Pristina |
Euro (German Mark prior to 2002) |
Albanian; Serbian |
Prime Minister –Albin Kurti |
|
Kuwait |
Kuwait City |
Kuwaiti Dollar |
Arabic; English |
Prime Minister – Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah |
|
Kyrgyzstan |
Bishkek |
Som |
Kyrgyz; Russian |
President – Sadyr Japarov |
|
Laos |
Vientiane |
New Kip |
Lao (Laotian) |
Prime Minister –Sonexay Siphandone |
|
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 – Sam Matekane |
|
Liberia |
Monrovia |
Liberian dollar |
English |
President – George Weah |
|
Libya |
Tripoli |
Libyan dinar |
Arabic |
Prime Minister – Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh |
|
Liechtenstein |
Vaduz |
Swiss franc |
German |
Prime Minister- Daniel Risch |
|
Lithuania |
Vilnius |
Litas |
Lithuanian |
Prime Minister – Ingrida Šimonytė |
|
Luxembourg |
Luxembourg |
Euro (formerly Luxembourg franc) |
German; French; |
Prime Minister – Xavier Bettel |
|
Macedonia |
Skopje |
Denar |
Macedonian |
President of the Government – Stevo Pendarovski |
|
Madagascar |
Antananarivo |
Malagasy Ariary |
Malagasy; French; English |
Prime Minister –Christian Ntsay |
|
Malawi |
Lilongwe |
Kwacha |
English |
President – Lazarus Chakwera |
|
Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur |
Ringgit |
Malay |
Prime Minister – Anwar bin Ibrahim |
|
Maldives |
Male |
Rufiyaa |
Dhivehi |
President – Ibrahim Mohamed Solih |
|
Mali |
Bamako |
CFA Franc |
French |
Prime Minister- Abdoulaye Maïga |
|
Malta |
Valletta |
Euro |
Maltese; English |
Prime Minister – Robert Abela |
|
Marshall Islands |
Majuro |
U.S. Dollar |
Marshallese; English |
President – David Kabua |
|
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 |
|
Federated States of Micronesia |
Palikir |
U.S. Dollar |
English |
President – David Panuelo |
|
Moldova |
Chisinau |
Leu |
Moldovan (Romanian) |
Prime Minister – Natalia Gavrilița |
|
Monaco |
Monte Carlo |
Euro |
French; Italian; English |
Minister of State –Pierre Dartout |
|
Mongolia |
Ulaanbaatar |
Togrog |
Mongolian |
Prime Minister – Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene |
|
Montenegro |
Podgorica |
Euro |
Montenegrin |
Prime Minister – Dritan Abazović |
|
Morocco |
Rabat |
Dirham |
Arabic |
Prime Minister-Aziz Akhannouch |
|
Mozambique |
Maputo |
Metical |
Portuguese |
Prime Minister – Adriano Maleiane |
|
Myanmar (Burma) |
Nay Pyi Taw |
Kyat |
Burmese |
President– Myint Swe |
|
Namibia |
Windhoek |
Namibian dollar |
English; Afrikaans; German |
Prime Minister – Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila |
|
Nauru |
no official capital; government offices in Yaren District |
Australian dollar |
English; Nauran |
President – Russ Kun |
|
Nepal |
Kathmandu |
Nepalese rupee |
Nepali |
Prime Minister – Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
|
Netherlands |
Amsterdam; The Hague (seat of government) |
Euro (formerly guilder) |
Dutch |
Prime Minister – Mark Rutte |
|
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 |
President – Muhammadu Buhari |
|
Norway |
Oslo |
Norwegian krone |
Norwegian |
Prime Minister – Jonas Gahr Støre |
|
Oman |
Muscat |
Omani rial |
Arabic |
Sultan and Prime Minister – Haitham bin Tariq |
|
Pakistan |
Islamabad |
Pakistani rupee |
Urdu; English |
Prime Minister –Shehbaz Sharif |
|
Palau |
Melekeok |
U.S. dollar |
English; Palauan |
Vice President –Surangel S. Whipps Jr. |
|
Palestine |
Ramallah, East Jerusalem |
Palestine Pound |
Arabic |
Prime Minister – Mohammad Shtayyeh |
|
Panama |
Panama City |
Balboa; U.S. dollar |
Spanish |
President – Laurentino Cortizo |
|
Papua New Guinea |
Port Moresby |
Kina |
English; Tok Pisin; |
Prime Minister – James Marape |
|
Paraguay |
Asuncion |
Guaraní |
Spanish; Guarani |
President – Mario Abdo Benítez |
|
Peru |
Lima |
Nuevo sol (1991) |
Spanish |
President – Dina Boluarte |
|
Philippines |
Manila |
Peso |
Filipino; English |
President – Bongbong Marcos |
|
Poland |
Warsaw |
Zloty |
Polish |
President – Andrzej Duda |
|
Portugal |
Lisbon |
Euro (formerly escudo) |
Portuguese |
Prime Minister – 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 Nevis |
Basseterre |
East Caribbean dollar |
English |
Prime Minister –Terrance Drew |
|
Saint Lucia |
Castries |
East Caribbean dollar |
English |
Prime Minister – Philip J. Pierre |
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Kingstown |
East Caribbean dollar |
English |
Prime Minister – Ralph Gonsalves |
|
Samoa |
Apia |
Tala |
Samoan, English |
Prime Minister – Fiame Naomi Mata’afa |
|
San Marino |
San Marino |
Euro |
Italian |
Head – HE Ms Maria Luisa Berti II and HE Mr Manuel Ciavatta I |
|
Sao Tome and Principe |
Sao Tome |
Dobra |
Portuguese |
Prime Minister – Patrice Trovoada |
|
Saudi Arabia |
Riyadh |
Riyal |
Arabic |
King and Prime Minister – Mohammed bin Salman |
|
Senegal |
Dakar |
CFA Franc |
French |
Prime Minister –Amadou Ba |
|
Serbia |
Belgrade |
Serbian Dinar |
Serbian |
Prime Minister – Ana Brnabić |
|
Seychelles |
Victoria |
Seychelles rupee |
Seychellois Creole, French English |
President – Wavel Ramkalawan |
|
Sierra Leone |
Freetown |
Leone |
English |
President – Julius Maada Wonie Bio |
|
Singapore |
Singapore |
Singapore dollar |
English, Chinese and Malay |
Prime Minister – Lee Hsien Loong |
|
Slovakia |
Bratislava |
Euro |
Slovak |
Prime Minister – Eduard Heger |
|
Slovenia |
Ljubljana |
Slovenian tolar; euro (as of 1/1/07) |
Slovene |
Prime Minister – Robert Golob |
|
Solomon Islands |
Honiara |
Solomon Islands dollar |
English |
Prime Minister –Manasseh Sogavare |
|
Somalia |
Mogadishu |
Somali shilling |
Somali Arabic |
Prime Minister –Hamza Abdi Barre |
|
South Africa |
Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary) |
Rand |
Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho, Swazi |
President – Cyril Ramaphosa |
|
South Sudan |
Juba |
Sudanese Pound |
English |
President – Salva Kiir Mayardit |
|
Spain |
Madrid |
Euro (formerly peseta) |
Spanish, Catalan Galician , Gasque |
Prime Minister – Pedro Sánchez |
|
Sri Lanka |
Colombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative) |
Sri Lankan rupee |
Sinhala, Tamil |
Prime Minister – Dinesh Gunawardena |
|
Sudan |
Khartoum |
Sudanese Pound |
Arabic, English |
Prime Minister –Osman Hussein |
|
Suriname |
Paramaribo |
Surinamese dollar |
Dutch |
President –Chabdrikapersad ‘Chan’ Santokhi |
|
Swaziland |
Mbabane |
Lilangeni |
English, Swati |
Prime Minister –Cleopas Dlamini |
|
Sweden |
Stockholm |
Krona |
Swedish |
Prime Minister – Ulf Kristersson |
|
Switzerland |
Berne |
Swiss franc |
German, French, Italian, Romansh |
President – Alain Berset |
|
Syria |
Damascus |
Syrian pound |
Arabic |
Prime Minister – Hussein Arnous |
|
Taiwan |
Taipei |
Taiwan dollar |
Standard Chinese |
President – Tsai Ing-wen |
|
Tajikistan |
Dushanbe |
somoni |
Tajik; Russian |
Prime Minister – Kokhir Rasulzoda |
|
Tanzania |
Dar es Salaam; Dodoma (legislative) |
Tanzanian shilling |
Swahili, English |
Prime Minister – Kassim Majaliwa |
|
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 Tobago |
Port-of-Spain |
Trinidad and Tobago dollar |
English |
Prime Minister – Keith 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 – Serdar Berdimuhamedow |
|
Tuvalu |
Vaiaku village, Funafuti province |
Tuvaluan Dollar |
Tuvaluan; English |
Prime Minister – Kausea Natano |
|
Uganda |
Kampala |
Ugandan new shilling |
Swahili, English, Luganda |
Prime Minister – Robinah Nabbanja |
|
Ukraine |
Kiev |
Hryvnia |
Ukrainian |
President – Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
|
United Arab Emirates |
Abu Dhabi |
U.A.E. Dirham |
Arabic |
Prime Minister – Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
|
United Kingdom |
London |
Pound sterling |
English |
Prime Minister – Rishi Sunak |
|
United States of America |
Washington D.C. |
Dollar |
English |
President – Joe Biden |
|
Uruguay |
Montevideo |
Uruguay peso |
Spanish |
President – Luis Lacalle Pou |
|
Uzbekistan |
Tashkent |
Uzbekistani sum |
Uzbek |
Prime Minister – Abdulla Aripov |
|
Vanuatu |
Port-Vila |
Vatu |
Bislama, French, English |
Prime Minister – Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau |
|
Vatican City (Holy See) |
Vatican City |
Euro |
Italian |
President – Fernando Vérgez Alzaga |
|
Venezuela |
Caracas |
Bolivar |
Spanish |
President – Nicolás Maduro |
|
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 dollar |
English, Shona, Ndebele |
President –Emmerson Mnangagwa |
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