Country/Catalogs

What is, and is not, a country can be a source of controversy.

For the purposes of this directory, a "country" is a nation state recognised by international law, typically through representation at the United Nations. Be aware, however, that some nation states are comprised of countries that may be only culturally recognised or may have formal recognition only within that nation state. The most notable example of this would be the United Kingdom, which is comprised of four widely recognised countries (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) that, for example, compete in many sports separately at international level.

By contrast, Northern Cyprus, although to all practical purposes an independent country, has no legal recognition, with United Nations recognition reserved for the Republic of Cyprus.

In this list we have stuck to the internationally recognised, United Nations represented, entities. We will deal with constituent or controversial countries within relevant articles.

Member States of the United Nations

Name	Capital	Currency	Population
Afghanistan	Kabul	Afghani	29,863,000
Albania	Tirana	Lek	3,581,655
Algeria	Algiers	Algerian dinar
Andorra	Andorra la Vella	Euro
Angola	Luanda	Kwanza
Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's	East Caribbean dollar
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Argentine peso
Armenia	Yerevan	Armenian dram
Australia	Canberra	Australian dollar
Austria	Vienna	Euro
Azerbaijan	Beku	Azerbaijani manat
Bahamas	Nassau	Bahamian dollar
Bahrain	Manama	Bahraini dinar
Bangladesh	Dhaka	Taka
Barbados	Bridgetown	Barbadian dollar
Belarus	Minsk	Belarusian rouble
Belgium	Brussels	Euro	10,419,000
Belize	Belmopan	Belizean dollar
Benin	Porto Novo (official) and Cotonou (de facto)	CFA franc
Bhutan	Thimphu	Ngultrum
Bolivia	Sucre (judicial) and La Paz (administrative)	Boliviano
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	convertible mark
Botswana	Gaborone	Botswana pula
Brazil	Brasilia	Brazilian real
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	Brunei dollar
Bulgaria	Sofia	Lev
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	CFA franc
Burundi	Bujumbura	Burundi franc
Cambodia	Phnom Penh
Cameroon	Yaoundé
Canada	Ottawa	Canadian dollar
Cape Verde	Praia
Central African Republic	Bangui
Chad	N'Djamena
Chile	Santiago
China, People's Republic of	Beijing	Renminbi	1,315,844,000
Colombia	Bogota
Comoros	Moroni
Congo, Democratic Republic of the...	Kinshasa
Congo, Republic of the	Brazzaville
Costa Rica	San José
Côte d'Ivoire	Yamoussoukro
Croatia	Zagreb
Cuba	Havana
Cyprus	Nicosia
Czech Republic	Prague
Denmark	Copenhagen
Djibouti	Djibouti
Dominica	Roseau
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo
Ecuador	Quito
Egypt	Cairo
El Salvador	San Salvador
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo
Eritrea	Asmara
Estonia	Tallinn
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa
Fiji	Suva
Finland	Helsinki	Euro
France	Paris	Euro
Gabon	Libreville
Gambia	Banjul
Georgia	Tbilisi
Germany	Berlin	Euro
Ghana	Accra
Greece	Athens	Euro
Grenada	St. George's
Guatemala	Guatemala City
Guinea	Conakry
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau
Guyana	Georgetown
Haiti	Port-au-Prince
Honduras	Tegucigalpa
Hungary	Budapest
Iceland	Reykjavik
India	New Delhi
Indonesia	Jakarta
Iran	Tehran
Iraq	Baghdad
Ireland	Dublin	Euro
Israel	Jerusalem
Italy	Rome	Euro
Jamaica	Kingston	Jamaican dollar
Japan	Tokyo	Yen
Jordan	Amman
Kazakhstan	Astana
Kenya	Nairobi
Kiribati	South Tarawa
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	Pyongyang
Korea, Republic of	Seoul
Kuwait	Kuwait City
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek
Laos	Vientiane
Latvia	Riga
Lebanon	Beirut
Lesotho	Maseru
Liberia	Monrovia
Libya	Tripoli
Liechtenstein	Vaduz	Swiss Franc
Lithuania	Vilnius
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Euro
Madagascar	Antananarivo
Malawi	Lilongwe
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur
Maldives	Malé
Mali	Bamako
Malta	Valletta
Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of	Skopje
Marshall Islands	Majuro
Mauritania	Nouakchott
Mauritius	Port Louis
Mexico	Mexico City
Micronesia, Federated States of...	Palikir
Moldova	Chisinau
Monaco	Monaco	Euro
Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro	Podgorica	Euro
Morocco	Rabat
Mozambique	Maputo
Myanmar	Naypyidaw
Namibia	Windhoek
Nauru	none
Nepal	Kathmandu
Netherlands	Amsterdam	Euro
New Zealand	Wellington
Nicaragua	Managua
Niger	Niamey
Nigeria	Abuja
Norway	Oslo
Oman	Muscat
Pakistan	Islamabad
Palau	Melekeok
Panama	Panama City
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby
Paraguay	Asuncion
Peru	Lima
Philippines	Manila
Poland	Warsaw
Portugal	Lisbon	Euro
Qatar	Doha
Romania	Bucharest
Russia	Moscow	Ruble	142,400,000
Rwanda	Kigali
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre
Saint Lucia	Castries
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown
Samoa	Apia
San Marino	San Marino	Euro
Sao Tome and Principe	Sao Tome
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh
Senegal	Dakar
Serbia	Belgrade
Seychelles	Victoria
Sierra Leone	Freetown
Singapore	Singapore
Slovakia	Bratislava
Slovenia	Ljubljana	Euro
Solomon Islands	Honiara
Somalia	Mogadishu
South Africa	Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judicial)
Spain	Madrid	Euro
Sri Lanka	Colombo
Sudan	Khartoum
Suriname	Paramaribo
Swaziland	Mbabane
Sweden	Stockholm	Swedish krona
Switzerland	Bern	Swiss Franc
Syria	Damascus
Tajikistan	Dushanbe
Tanzania	Dodoma
Thailand	Bangkok
Timor-Leste	Dili
Togo	Lomé
Tonga	Nuku'alofa
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain
Tunisia	Tunis
Turkey	Ankara
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat
Tuvalu	Funafuti
Uganda	Kampala
Ukraine	Kiev
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom	London	Pound sterling
United States	Washington
Uruguay	Montevideo
Uzbekistan	Tashkent
Vanuatu	Port Vila
Venezuela	Caracas
Viet Nam	Ha Noi
Yemen	Sana
Zambia	Lusaka
Zimbabwe	Harare

Non-member observer state

1. Holy See (Vatican)

Entity maintaining permanent observer

1. Palestine

Notes and References

1. http://www.un.org/members/list.shtml