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COUNTRY | CAPITAL CITY | CURRENCY | POPULATION |
Afghanistan | Kabul | afghani | 41 million |
Albania | Tirane | lek | 2.8 million |
Algeria | Algiers | dinar | 45 million |
Andorra | Andorra la Vella | euro (formerly French franc and Spanish peseta) | 80,000 |
Angola | Luanda | New kwanza | 36 million |
Antigua and Barbuda | Saint John’s | East Caribbean dollar | 94,000 |
Argentina | Buenos Aires | peso | 44 million |
Armenia | Yerevan | dram | 2.8 million |
Australia | Canberra | Australian dollar | 25 million |
Austria | Vienna | euro (formerly schilling) | 9 million |
Azerbaijan | Baku | manat | 10 million |
(The) Bahamas | Nassau | Bahamian dollar | 410,000 |
Bahrain | Manama | Bahrain dinar | 1.5 million |
Bangladesh | Dhaka | taka | 171 million |
Barbados | Bridgetown | Barbados dollar | 282,000 |
Belarus | Minsk | Belarusian ruble | 9.3 million |
Belgium | Brussels | euro (formerly Belgian franc) | 12 million |
Belize | Belmopan | Belize dollar | 405,000 |
Benin | Porto-Novo | CFA franc | 14 million |
Bhutan | Thimphu | ngultrum | 783,000 |
Bolivia | La Paz (admin.); Sucre (judicial) | boliviano | 12 million |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | convertible mark | 3.2 million |
Botswana | Gaborone | pula | 2.6 million |
Brazil | Brasilia | real | 211 million |
Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | Brunei dollar | 450,000 |
Bulgaria | Sofia | lev | 6.5 million |
Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | CFA franc | 23 million |
Burundi | Gitega | Burundi franc | 13 million |
Cabo Verde / Cape Verde | Praia | Cape Verdean escudo | 595,000 |
Cambodia | Phnom Penh | riel | 17 million |
Cameroon | Yaoundé | CFA franc | 28 million |
Canada | Ottawa | Canadian dollar | 38 million |
Central African Republic | Bangui | CFA franc | 5.6 million |
Chad | N’Djamena | CFA franc | 18 million |
Chile | Santiago | Chilean peso | 19 million |
China | Beijing | Chinese yuan, renminbi | 1.4 billion |
Colombia | Bogota | Colombian peso | 52 million |
Comoros | Moroni | franc | 837,000 |
(Republic of the) Congo | Brazzaville | CFA franc | 99 million |
Costa Rica | San Jose | colón | 5.2 million |
Cote d’Ivoire | Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (de facto) | CFA franc | 28 million |
Croatia | Zagreb | croatian | 3.9 million |
Cuba | Havana | Cuban peso | 11 million |
Cyprus | Nicosia | euro (formerly Cyprus pound) | 1.3 million |
Czechia / Czech Republic | Prague | koruna | 11 million |
Denmark | Copenhagen | Danish krone | 5.9 million |
Djibouti | Djibouti | Djiboutian franc | 1.1 million |
Dominica | Roseau | East Caribbean dollar | 73,000 |
Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | Dominican peso | 11 million |
Ecuador | Quito | U.S. dollar | 18 million |
Egypt | Cairo | Egyptian pound | 100 million |
El Salvador | San Salvador | colón; U.S. dollar | 6.4 million |
Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | CFA franc | 1.7 million |
Eritrea | Asmara | nakfa | 3.7 million |
Estonia | Tallinn | euro (formerly Estonian kroon) | 1.4 million |
Eswatini (Swaziland) | Mbabane | lilangeni | 1.2 million |
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | birr | 114 million |
Fiji | Suva | Fiji dollar | 930,000 |
Finland | Helsinki | euro (formerly markka) | 5.6 million |
France | Paris | euro (formerly French franc) | 67 million |
Gabon | Libreville | CFA franc | 2.4 million |
(The) Gambia | Banjul | dalasi | 2.7 million |
Georgia | Tbilisi | lari | 3.7 million |
Germany | Berlin | euro (formerly Deutsche mark) | 83 million |
Ghana | Accra | cedi | 34 million |
Greece | Athens | euro (formerly drachma) | 10 million |
Grenada | Saint George’s | East Caribbean dollar | 126,000 |
Guatemala | Guatemala City | quetzal | 17 million |
Guinea | Conakry | Guinean franc | 14 million |
Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | CFA franc | 2.1 million |
Guyana | Georgetown | Guyanese dollar | 810,000 |
Haiti | Port-au-Prince | gourde | 12 million |
Honduras | Tegucigalpa | lempira | 11 million |
Hungary | Budapest | forint | 9.7 million |
Iceland | Reykjavik | Icelandic króna | 382,000 |
India | New Delhi | Indian rupee | 1.3 billion |
Indonesia | Jakarta | rupiah | 270 million |
Iran | Tehran | rial | 88 million |
Iraq | Baghdad | Iraqi dinar | 45 million |
Ireland | Dublin | euro (formerly Irish pound) | 4.9 million |
Israel | Jerusalem | Israeli shekel | 9 million |
Italy | Rome | euro (formerly lira) | 60 million |
Jamaica | Kingston | Jamaican dollar | 2.9 million |
Japan | Tokyo | Japanese yen | 126 million |
Jordan | Amman | Jordanian dinar | 11 million |
Kazakhstan | Nur Sultan | tenge | 20 million |
Kenya | Nairobi | Kenya shilling | 53 million |
Kiribati | Tarawa Atoll | Kiribati dollar | 132,000 |
Kuwait | Kuwait City | Kuwaiti dinar | 4.3 million |
Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | som | 7 million |
Laos | Vientiane | Laotian kip | 7.6 million |
Latvia | Riga | lats | 1.9 million |
Lebanon | Beirut | Lebanese pound | 5.5 million |
Lesotho | Maseru | maluti | 2.3 million |
Liberia | Monrovia | Liberian dollar | 5.3 million |
Libya | Tripoli | Libyan dinar | 6.8 million |
Liechtenstein | Vaduz | Swiss franc | 40,000 |
Lithuania | Vilnius | litas | 2.8 million |
Luxembourg | Luxembourg | euro (formerly Luxembourg franc) | 653,000 |
Madagascar | Antananarivo | Malagasy ariary | 30 million |
Malawi | Lilongwe | kwacha | 21 million |
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | ringgit | 34 million |
Maldives | Male | rufiyaa | 524,000 |
Mali | Bamako | CFA franc | 23 million |
Malta | Valletta | euro (formerly Maltese lira) | 531,000 |
Marshall Islands | Majuro | U.S. dollar | 42,000 |
Mauritania | Nouakchott | ouguiya | 4.7 million |
Mauritius | Port Louis | Mauritian rupee | 1.3 million |
Mexico | Mexico City | Mexican peso | 126 million |
(Federated States of) Micronesia | Palikir | U.S. dollar | 114,000 |
Moldova | Chisinau | leu | 2.6 million |
Monaco | Monte Carlo | euro (formerly French franc) | 37,000 |
Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | togrog | 3.4 million |
Montenegro | Podgorica | euro (formerly Yugoslav dinar) | 617,000 |
Morocco | Rabat | dirham | 38 million |
Mozambique | Maputo | metical | 33 million |
Myanmar (Burma) | Nay Pyi Taw | kyat | 54 million |
Namibia | Windhoek | Namibian dollar | 2.6 million |
Nauru | no official capital; government offices in Yaren District | Australian dollar | 12,700 |
Nepal | Kathmandu | Nepalese rupee | 31 million |
Netherlands | Amsterdam; The Hague (seat of government) | euro (formerly guilder) | 17 million |
New Zealand | Wellington | New Zealand dollar | 5 million |
Nicaragua | Managua | gold cordoba | 7 million |
Niger | Niamey | CFA franc | 26 million |
Nigeria | Abuja | naira | 210 million |
North Korea | Pyongyang | won | 26 million |
North Macedonia | Skopje | denar | 2.1 million |
Norway | Oslo | Norwegian krone | 5.5 million |
Oman | Muscat | Omani rial | 4.6 million |
Pakistan | Islamabad | Pakistani rupee | 230 million |
Palau | Melekeok | U.S. dollar | 18,000 |
Palestine | Ramallah, East Jerusalem | Palestine pound | 5 million |
Panama | Panama City | balboa; U.S. dollar | 4.4 million |
Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | kina | 11 million |
Paraguay | Asuncion | guaraní | 6.8 million |
Peru | Lima | nuevo sol (1991) | 34 million |
Philippines | Manila | Philippine peso | 110 million |
Poland | Warsaw | zloty | 37 million |
Portugal | Lisbon | euro (formerly escudo) | 10 million |
Qatar | Doha | Qatari riyal | 2.7 million |
Romania | Bucharest | Romanian rupee | 19 million |
Russia | Moscow | ruble | 145 million |
Rwanda | Kigali | Rwandan franc | 14 million |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | East Caribbean dollar | 48,000 |
Saint Lucia | Castries | East Caribbean dollar | 180,000 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | East Caribbean dollar | 104,000 |
Samoa | Apia | tala | 223,000 |
San Marino | San Marino | euro (formerly Sammarinese lira) | 34,000 |
São Tomé and Príncipe | Sao Tome | dobra | 228,000 |
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | riyal | 35 million |
Senegal | Dakar | CFA franc | 17 million |
Serbia | Belgrade | Serbian dinar | 6.7 million |
Seychelles | Victoria | Seychelles rupee | 120,000 |
Sierra Leone | Freetown | leone | 8.6 million |
Singapore | Singapore | Singapore dollar | 5.5 million |
Slovakia | Bratislava | euro (formerly Slovak koruna) | 5.4 million |
Slovenia | Ljubljana | euro (formerly Slovenian tolar) | 2.1 million |
Solomon Islands | Honiara | Solomon Islands dollar | 725,000 |
Somalia | Mogadishu | Somali shilling | 18 million |
South Africa | Pretoria (admin.); Cape Town (legislative) | rand | 60 million |
South Korea | Seoul | won | 51 million |
South Sudan | Juba | Sudanese pound | 11 million |
Spain | Madrid | euro (formerly peseta) | 47 million |
Sri Lanka | Colombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative) | Sri Lankan rupee | 22 million |
Sudan | Khartoum | Sudanese pound | 47 million |
Suriname | Paramaribo | Surinamese dollar | 618,000 |
Sweden | Stockholm | krona | 10.4 million |
Switzerland | Berne | Swiss franc | 8.7 million |
Syria | Damascus | Syrian pound | 22 million |
Taiwan | Taipei | New Taiwan dollar | 24 million |
Tajikistan | Dushanbe | somoni | 10 million |
Tanzania | Dar es Salaam; Dodoma (legislative) | Tanzanian shilling | 66 million |
Thailand | Bangkok | Thai baht | 71 million |
Timor-Leste (East Timor) | Dili | U.S. dollar | 1.4 million |
Togo | Lome | CFA franc | 8.9 million |
Tonga | Nuku’alofa | pa’anga | 107,000 |
Trinidad and Tobago | Port-of-Spain | Trinidad and Tobago dollar | 1.5 million |
Tunisia | Tunis | Tunisian dinar | 12 million |
Türkiye / Turkey | Ankara | Turkish lira | 84 million |
Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | manat | 6.4 million |
Tuvalu | Vaiaku village, Funafuti province | Tuvaluan dollar | 11,300 |
Uganda | Kampala | Ugandan new shilling | 47 million |
Ukraine | Kyiv / Kiev | hryvnia | 38 million |
United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | U.A.E. dirham | 9.4 million |
United Kingdom | London | pound sterling | 67 million |
United States of America | Washington D.C. | dollar | 330 million |
Uruguay | Montevideo | Uruguay peso | 3.4 million |
Uzbekistan | Tashkent | Uzbekistani sum | 36 million |
Vanuatu | Port-Vila | vatu | 327,000 |
Vatican City (Holy See) | Vatican City | euro (formerly Vatican lira) | 825 |
Venezuela | Caracas | bolivar | 28 million |
Vietnam | Hanoi | dong | 97 million |
Yemen | Sanaa | rial | 34 million |
Zambia | Lusaka | kwacha | 20 million |
Zimbabwe | Harare | U.S. dollar | 16 million |