Countries and Their Capital and Currency

Knowing the Countries and Their Capital and Currency is a crucial topic in Static GK for many government exams held in the country. It’s an essential part of the General Awareness section, which is present in almost all major government exams. Scoring well in this section is easy as no calculations or solutions are required, but it requires thorough preparation.

Here, we provide a comprehensive list of countries with their corresponding capital cities and currencies. It’s crucial for candidates to memorize this information as it can prove to be advantageous for them during their exams.

There are 195 countries in the world today. As per the United Nations, there are 180 currencies which are being used across the globe.

List of Countries and Their Capital and Currency

S.No. Country NameCapitalCurrencyContinent
1.AfghanistanKabulAfghaniAsia
2AlbaniaTiraneLekEurope
3AlgeriaAlgiersDinarAfrica
4AndorraAndorra la VellaEuroEurope
5AngolaLuandaNew KwanzaAfrica
6Antigua and BarbudaSaint John’sEast Caribbean dollarNorth America
7ArgentinaBuenos AiresPesoSouth America
8ArmeniaYerevanDramAsia
9AustraliaCanberraAustralian dollarOceania
10AustriaViennaEuro (formerly schilling)Europe
11AzerbaijanBakuManatAsia
12The BahamasNassauBahamian dollarNorth America
13BahrainManamaBahrain dinarAsia
14BangladeshDhakaTakaAsia
15BarbadosBridgetownBarbados dollarNorth America
16BelarusMinskBelorussian rubleEurope
17BelgiumBrusselsEuro (formerly Belgian franc)Europe
18BelizeBelmopanBelize dollarNorth America
19BeninPorto-NovoCFA FrancAfrica
20BhutanThimphuNgultrumAsia
21BoliviaLa Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial)BolivianoSouth America
22Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevoConvertible MarkEurope
23BotswanaGaboronePulaAfrica
24BrazilBrasiliaRealSouth America
25BruneiBandar Seri BegawanBrunei dollarAsia
26BulgariaSofiaLevEurope
27Burkina FasoOuagadougouCFA FrancAfrica
28BurundiGitegaBurundi francAfrica
29CambodiaPhnom PenhRielAsia
30CameroonYaoundeCFA FrancAfrica
31CanadaOttawaCanadian dollarNorth America
32Cape VerdePraiaCape Verdean escudoAfrica
33Central African RepublicBanguiCFA FrancAfrica
34ChadN’DjamenaCFA FrancAfrica
35ChileSantiagoChilean PesoSouth America
36ChinaBeijingChinese YuanAsia
37ColombiaBogotaColombian PesoSouth America
38ComorosMoroniFrancAfrica
39Republic of the CongoBrazzavilleCFA FrancAfrica
40ZimbabweHarareUnited States dollarAfrica
41Costa RicaSan JoseColónNorth America
42Cote d’IvoireYamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (de facto)CFA FrancAfrica
43CroatiaZagrebCroatianEurope
44CubaHavanaCuban PesoNorth America
45CyprusNicosiaEuroEurope
46Czech RepublicPragueKorunaEurope
47DenmarkCopenhagenDanish KroneEurope
48DjiboutiDjiboutiDjiboutian francAfrica
49DominicaRoseauEast Caribbean dollarNorth America
50Dominican RepublicSanto DomingoDominican PesoNorth America
51East Timor (Timor-Leste)DiliU.S. dollarAsia
52EcuadorQuitoU.S. dollarSouth America
53EgyptCairoEgyptian poundAfrica/ Asia
54El SalvadorSan SalvadorColón; U.S. dollarNorth America
55Equatorial GuineaMalaboCFA FrancAfrica
56EritreaAsmaraNakfaAfrica
57EstoniaTallinnEstonia Kroon; EuroEurope
58EthiopiaAddis AbabaBirrAfrica
59FijiSuvaFiji dollarOceania
60FinlandHelsinkiEuro (formerly markka)Europe
61FranceParisEuro (formerly French franc)Europe
62GabonLibrevilleCFA FrancAfrica
63The GambiaBanjulDalasiAfrica
64GeorgiaTbilisiLariAsia
65GermanyBerlinEuro (formerly Deutsche mark)Europe
66GhanaAccraCediAfrica
67GreeceAthensEuro (formerly drachma)Europe
68GrenadaSaint George’sEast Caribbean dollarNorth America
69GuatemalaGuatemala CityQuetzalNorth America
70GuineaConakryGuinean francOceania
71Guinea-BissauBissauCFA FrancAfrica
72GuyanaGeorgetownGuyanese dollarSouth America
73HaitiPort-au-PrinceGourdeNorth America
74HondurasTegucigalpaLempiraNorth America
75HungaryBudapestForintEurope
76IcelandReykjavikIcelandic krónaEurope
77IndiaNew DelhiIndian RupeeAsia
78IndonesiaJakartaRupiahAsia
79IranTehranRialAsia
80IraqBaghdadIraqi DinarAsia
81IrelandDublinEuro (formerly Irish pound [punt])Europe
82IsraelJerusalem*ShekelAsia
83ItalyRomeEuro (formerly lira)Europe
84JamaicaKingstonJamaican dollarNorth America
85JapanTokyoYenAsia
86JordanAmmanJordanian dinarAsia
87KazakhstanNur SultanTengeAsia/ Europe
88KenyaNairobiKenya shillingAfrica
89KiribatiTarawa AtollKiribati dollarOceania
90North KoreaPyongyangWonAsia
91South KoreaSeoulWonAsia
93KuwaitKuwait CityKuwaiti DinarAsia
94KyrgyzstanBishkekSomAsia
95LaosVientianeNew KipAsia
96LatviaRigaLatsEurope
97LebanonBeirutLebanese poundAsia
98LesothoMaseruMalutiAfrica
99LiberiaMonroviaLiberian dollarAfrica
100LibyaTripoliLibyan dinarAfrica
101LiechtensteinVaduzSwiss francEurope
102LithuaniaVilniusLitasEurope
103LuxembourgLuxembourgEuro (formerly Luxembourg franc)Europe
104MacedoniaSkopjeDenarEurope
105MadagascarAntananarivoMalagasy AriaryAfrica
106MalawiLilongweKwachaAfrica
107MalaysiaKuala LumpurRinggitAsia
108MaldivesMaleRufiyaaAsia
109MaliBamakoCFA FrancAfrica
110MaltaVallettaEuroEurope
111Marshall IslandsMajuroU.S. DollarOceania
112MauritaniaNouakchottOuguiyaAfrica
113MauritiusPort LouisMauritian rupeeAfrican
114MexicoMexico CityMexican pesoNorth America
115Federated States of MicronesiaPalikirU.S. DollarOceania
116MoldovaChisinauLeuEurope
117MonacoMonte CarloEuroEurope
118MongoliaUlaanbaatarTogrogAsia
119MontenegroPodgoricaEuroEurope
120MoroccoRabatDirhamAfrica
121MozambiqueMaputoMeticalAfrica
122Myanmar (Burma)Nay Pyi TawKyatAsia
123NamibiaWindhoekNamibian dollarAfrica
124Nauruno official capital; government offices in Yaren DistrictAustralian dollarOceania
125NepalKathmanduNepalese rupeeAsia
126NetherlandsAmsterdam; The Hague (seat of government)Euro (formerly guilder)Europe
127New ZealandWellingtonNew Zealand dollarOceania
128NicaraguaManaguaGold cordobaNorth America
129NigerNiameyCFA FrancAfrica
130NigeriaAbujaNairaAfrica
131NorwayOsloNorwegian kroneEurope
132OmanMuscatOmani rialAsia
133PakistanIslamabadPakistani rupeeAsia
134PalauMelekeokU.S. dollarOceania
135PalestineRamallah, East JerusalemPalestine PoundAsia
136PanamaPanama CityBalboa; U.S. dollarNorth America
137Papua New GuineaPort Moresby KinaOceania
138ParaguayAsuncionGuaraníSouth America
139PeruLimaNuevo sol (1991)South America
140PhilippinesManilaPesoAsia
141PolandWarsawZlotyEurope
142PortugalLisbonEuro (formerly escudo)Europe/ Asia
143QatarDohaQatari riyalAsia
144RomaniaBucharestRomanian RupeeEurope
145RussiaMoscowRubleEurope/ Asia
146RwandaKigaliRwandan francAfrica
147Saint Kitts and NevisBasseterreEast Caribbean dollarNorth America
148Saint LuciaCastriesEast Caribbean dollarNorth America
149Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesKingstown East Caribbean dollarNorth America
150SamoaApiaTalaOceania
151San MarinoSan MarinoEuroEurope
152Sao Tome and PrincipeSao TomeDobraAfrica
153Saudi ArabiaRiyadhRiyalAsia
154SenegalDakarCFA FrancAfrica
155SerbiaBelgradeSerbian DinarEurope
156SeychellesVictoriaSeychelles rupeeAfrica
157Sierra LeoneFreetownLeoneAfrica
158SingaporeSingaporeSingapore dollarAsia
159SlovakiaBratislavaEuroEurope
160SloveniaLjubljanaSlovenian tolar; euro (as of 1/1/07)Europe
161Solomon IslandsHoniaraSolomon Islands dollarOceania
162SomaliaMogadishuSomali shillingAfrica
163South AfricaPretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary)RandAfrica
164South SudanJubaSudanese PoundAfrica
165SpainMadridEuro (formerly peseta)Europe/ Africa
166Sri LankaColombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative)Sri Lankan rupeeAsia
167SudanKhartoumSudanese PoundAfrica
168SurinameParamariboSurinamese dollarSouth America
169SwazilandMbabaneLilangeniAfrica
170SwedenStockholmKronaEurope
171SwitzerlandBerneSwiss francEurope
172SyriaDamascusSyrian poundAsia
173TaiwanTaipeiTaiwan dollarAsia
174TajikistanDushanbesomoniAsia
175TanzaniaDar es Salaam; Dodoma (legislative)Tanzanian shillingAfrica
176ThailandBangkokBahtAsia
177TogoLomeCFA FrancAfrica
178TongaNuku’alofaPa’angaOceania
179Trinidad and TobagoPort-of-SpainTrinidad and Tobago dollarSouth America
180TunisiaTunisTunisian dinarAfrica
181TurkeyAnkaraTurkish lira (YTL)Europe/ Asia
182TurkmenistanAshgabatManatAsia
183TuvaluVaiaku village, Funafuti provinceTuvaluan DollarOceania
184UgandaKampalaUgandan new shillingAfrica
185UkraineKievHryvniaEurope
186United Arab EmiratesAbu DhabiU.A.E. DirhamAsia
187United KingdomLondonPound sterlingEurope
188United States of AmericaWashington D.C.DollarNorth America
189UruguayMontevideoUruguay pesoSouth America
190UzbekistanTashkentUzbekistani sumAsia
191VanuatuPort-VilaVatuOceania
192Vatican City (Holy See)Vatican CityEuroEurope
193VenezuelaCaracasBolivarSouth America
194VietnamHanoiDongAsia
195YemenSanaaRialAsia
196ZambiaLusakaKwachaAfrica

FAQs

  1. What is the capital city of the United States, and what is its currency?

    The capital city of the United States is Washington D.C., and the currency used in the US is the US Dollar (USD).

  2. What is the capital city of India, and what is its currency?

    The capital city of India is New Delhi, and the currency used in India is the Indian Rupee (INR).

  3. What is the capital city of Australia, and what is its currency?

    The capital city of Australia is Canberra, and the currency used in Australia is the Australian Dollar (AUD).

  4. What is the capital city of Japan, and what is its currency?

    The capital city of Japan is Tokyo, and the currency used in Japan is the Japanese Yen (JPY).

  5. What is the capital city of Brazil, and what is its currency?

    The capital city of Brazil is Brasília, and the currency used in Brazil is the Brazilian Real (BRL).

  6. What is the capital city of Canada, and what is its currency?

    The capital city of Canada is Ottawa, and the currency used in Canada is the Canadian Dollar (CAD).

  7. What is the capital city of China, and what is its currency?

    The capital city of China is Beijing, and the currency used in China is the Chinese Yuan (CNY).

  8. What is the capital city of Germany, and what is its currency?

    The capital city of Germany is Berlin, and the currency used in Germany is the Euro (EUR).

  9. What is the capital city of Russia, and what is its currency?

    The capital city of Russia is Moscow, and the currency used in Russia is the Russian Ruble (RUB).

  10. What is the capital city of South Africa, and what is its currency?

    The capital city of South Africa is Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judicial). The currency used in South Africa is the South African Rand (ZAR).

  11. Are there any countries in the world without a capital city?

    Yes, there is one such country – Nauru. It is an island nation located in the Pacific Ocean and happens to be the second-smallest republic in the world. Interestingly, Nauru does not have any designated capital city.

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