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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 composed 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 composed 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.


Member States of the United Nations

NameCapitalCurrencyPopulation
AfghanistanKabulAfghani29,863,000
AlbaniaTiranaLek3,581,655
AlgeriaAlgiersAlgerian dinar 
AndorraAndorra la VellaEuro 
AngolaLuandaKwanza 
Antigua and BarbudaSaint John'sEast Caribbean dollar 
ArgentinaBuenos AiresArgentine peso 
ArmeniaYerevanArmenian dram 
AustraliaCanberraAustralian dollar 
AustriaViennaEuro 
AzerbaijanBekuAzerbaijani manat 
BahamasNassauBahamian dollar 
BahrainManamaBahraini dinar 
BangladeshDhakaTaka 
BarbadosBridgetownBarbadian dollar 
BelarusMinskBelarusian rouble 
Belgium Brussels Euro 10,419,000
BelizeBelmopanBelizean dollar 
BeninPorto Novo (official) and Cotonou (de facto)CFA franc 
BhutanThimphuNgultrum 
BoliviaSucre (judicial) and La Paz (administrative)Boliviano 
Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevoconvertible mark 
BotswanaGaboroneBotswana pula 
Brazil Brasilia Brazilian real 
BruneiBandar Seri BegawanBrunei dollar 
BulgariaSofiaLev 
Burkina FasoOuagadougouCFA franc 
BurundiBujumburaBurundi franc 
CambodiaPhnom Penh  
CameroonYaoundé  
CanadaOttawaCanadian dollar32,777,000
Cape VerdePraia  
Central African RepublicBangui  
ChadN'Djamena  
ChileSantiagoChilean peso 
China, People's Republic of Beijing Renminbi 1,315,844,000
ColombiaBogotaColombian peso42,090,502
ComorosMoroni  
Congo, Democratic Republic of the...Kinshasa  
Congo, Republic of theBrazzaville  
Costa RicaSan José  
Côte d'IvoireYamoussoukro  
CroatiaZagreb  
CubaHavanaCuban peso 
CyprusNicosia  
Czech RepublicPrague  
DenmarkCopenhagen  
DjiboutiDjibouti  
DominicaRoseau  
Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo  
EcuadorQuito  
EgyptCairo  
El SalvadorSan Salvador  
Equatorial GuineaMalabo  
EritreaAsmara  
EstoniaTallinn  
EthiopiaAddis Ababa  
FijiSuva  
FinlandHelsinkiEuro 
France Paris Euro 
GabonLibreville  
GambiaBanjul  
GeorgiaTbilisi  
GermanyBerlinEuro 
GhanaAccra  
GreeceAthensEuro 
GrenadaSt. George's  
GuatemalaGuatemala City  
GuineaConakry  
Guinea-BissauBissau  
GuyanaGeorgetown  
HaitiPort-au-Prince  
HondurasTegucigalpa  
HungaryBudapest  
IcelandReykjavik  
IndiaNew Delhi  
IndonesiaJakarta  
IranTehran  
IraqBaghdad  
IrelandDublinEuro 
IsraelJerusalemNew (Israeli) Sheqel (NIS) 
Italy Rome Euro 
JamaicaKingstonJamaican dollar 
JapanTokyoYen 
JordanAmman  
KazakhstanAstana  
KenyaNairobi  
KiribatiSouth Tarawa  
Korea, Democratic People's Republic ofPyongyang  
Korea, Republic ofSeoul  
KuwaitKuwait City  
KyrgyzstanBishkek  
LaosVientiane  
LatviaRiga  
LebanonBeirut  
LesothoMaseru  
LiberiaMonrovia  
LibyaTripoli  
LiechtensteinVaduzSwiss Franc 
LithuaniaVilnius  
LuxembourgLuxembourgEuro 
MadagascarAntananarivo  
MalawiLilongwe  
MalaysiaKuala Lumpur  
MaldivesMalé  
MaliBamako  
MaltaValletta  
Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic ofSkopje  
Marshall IslandsMajuro  
MauritaniaNouakchott  
MauritiusPort Louis  
Mexico Mexico City Mexican peso 
Micronesia, Federated States of...Palikir  
MoldovaChisinau  
MonacoMonacoEuro 
MongoliaUlaanbaatar  
MontenegroPodgoricaEuro 
MoroccoRabat  
MozambiqueMaputo  
MyanmarNaypyidaw  
NamibiaWindhoek  
Naurunone  
NepalKathmandu  
NetherlandsAmsterdamEuro 
New ZealandWellingtonNew Zealand Dollar4,178,165
NicaraguaManagua  
NigerNiamey  
NigeriaAbuja  
NorwayOsloNorwegian Krone4,693,000
OmanMuscat  
PakistanIslamabad  
PalauMelekeok  
PanamaPanama City  
Papua New GuineaPort Moresby  
ParaguayAsuncionGuarani 
PeruLimaPeruvian sol 
PhilippinesManila  
PolandWarsaw  
PortugalLisbonEuro 
QatarDoha  
RomaniaBucharest  
Russia Moscow Ruble 142,400,000
RwandaKigali  
Saint Kitts and NevisBasseterre  
Saint LuciaCastries  
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesKingstown  
SamoaApia  
San MarinoSan MarinoEuro 
Sao Tome and PrincipeSao Tome  
Saudi ArabiaRiyadh  
SenegalDakar  
SerbiaBelgrade  
SeychellesVictoria  
Sierra LeoneFreetown  
SingaporeSingapore  
SlovakiaBratislava  
SloveniaLjubljanaEuro 
Solomon IslandsHoniara  
SomaliaMogadishu  
South AfricaPretoria (executive),
Cape Town (legislative),
and Bloemfontein (judicial)
  
SpainMadridEuro 
Sri LankaColombo  
SudanKhartoum  
SurinameParamaribo  
SwazilandMbabane  
SwedenStockholmSwedish krona9,122,000
SwitzerlandBernSwiss Franc 
SyriaDamascus  
TajikistanDushanbe  
TanzaniaDodoma  
ThailandBangkok  
Timor-LesteDili  
TogoLomé  
TongaNuku'alofa  
Trinidad and TobagoPort of Spain &;nbsp;
TunisiaTunis  
TurkeyAnkara  
TurkmenistanAshgabat  
TuvaluFunafuti  
UgandaKampala  
UkraineKiev  
United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi  
United Kingdom London Pound sterling 
United States of America Washington   
UruguayMontevideoUruguayan peso 
UzbekistanTashkent  
VanuatuPort Vila  
VenezuelaCaracasVenezuelan bolivar 
Viet NamHa Noi  
YemenSana  
ZambiaLusaka  
ZimbabweHarare  

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