Capitals of Every Independent Country

There are 195 nations officially recognized as independent countries in the world, each with its own capital city. A significant number of countries have multiple capital cities. Where that occurs, the additional capital cities are listed as well. The following is a list of those 195 countries and their capitals, as well as contextual analysis.

Is Taiwan a Country?

The United Nations list of nations doesn't include Taiwan as separate but as a part of China: 193 U.N. member nations and two nonvoting observer states, the Vatican City and Palestine. As of Jan. 20, 2020, only 15 countries recognize Taiwan as an independent nation. Eight countries that previously did so established diplomatic relations with China after President Tsai Ing-Wen's election in May 2016. Tsai was reelected on Jan. 10, 2020.

195 Countries and Their Capitals

Check out this alphabetical list of every independent nation and its capital (Taiwan is also included):

1. Afghanistan: Kabul
2. Albania: Tirana
3. Algeria: Algiers
4. Andorra: Andorra la Vella
5. Angola: Luanda
6. Antigua and Barbuda: Saint John's
7. Argentina: Buenos Aires
8. Armenia: Yerevan
9. Australia: Canberra
10. Austria: Vienna
11. Azerbaijan: Baku
12. The Bahamas: Nassau
13. Bahrain: Manama
14. Bangladesh: Dhaka
15. Barbados: Bridgetown
16. Belarus: Minsk
17. Belgium: Brussels
18. Belize: Belmopan
19. Benin: Porto-Novo
20. Bhutan: Thimphu
21. Bolivia: La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial)
22. Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo
23. Botswana: Gaborone
24. Brazil: Brasilia
25. Brunei: Bandar Seri Begawan
26. Bulgaria: Sofia
27. Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou
28. Burundi: Gitega (changed from Bujumbura in December 2018)
29. Cambodia: Phnom Penh
30. Cameroon: Yaounde
31. Canada: Ottawa
32. Cape Verde: Praia
33. Central African Republic: Bangui
34. Chad: N'Djamena
35. Chile: Santiago
36. China: Beijing
37. Colombia: Bogota
38. Comoros: Moroni
39. Congo, Republic of the: Brazzaville
40. Congo, Democratic Republic of the: Kinshasa
41. Costa Rica: San Jose
42. Cote d'Ivoire: Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (de facto)
43. Croatia: Zagreb
44. Cuba: Havana
45. Cyprus: Nicosia
46. Czech Republic: Prague
47. Denmark: Copenhagen
48. Djibouti: Djibouti
49. Dominica: Roseau
50. Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo
51. East Timor (Timor-Leste): Dili
52. Ecuador: Quito
53. Egypt: Cairo
54. El Salvador: San Salvador
55. Equatorial Guinea: Malabo
56. Eritrea: Asmara
57. Estonia: Tallinn
58. Ethiopia: Addis Ababa
59. Fiji: Suva
60. Finland: Helsinki
61. France: Paris
62. Gabon: Libreville
63. The Gambia: Banjul
64. Georgia: Tbilisi
65. Germany: Berlin
66. Ghana: Accra
67. Greece: Athens
68. Grenada: Saint George's
69. Guatemala: Guatemala City
70. Guinea: Conakry
71. Guinea-Bissau: Bissau
72. Guyana: Georgetown
73. Haiti: Port-au-Prince
74. Honduras: Tegucigalpa
75. Hungary: Budapest
76. Iceland: Reykjavik
77. India: New Delhi
78. Indonesia: Jakarta
79. Iran: Tehran
80. Iraq: Baghdad
81. Ireland: Dublin
82. Israel: Jerusalem*
83. Italy: Rome
84. Jamaica: Kingston
85. Japan: Tokyo
86. Jordan: Amman
87. Kazakhstan: Nur-Sultan
88. Kenya: Nairobi
89. Kiribati: Tarawa Atoll
90. Korea, North: Pyongyang
91. Korea, South: Seoul
92. Kosovo: Pristina
93. Kuwait: Kuwait City
94. Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek
95. Laos: Vientiane
96. Latvia: Riga
97. Lebanon: Beirut
98. Lesotho: Maseru
99. Liberia: Monrovia
100. Libya: Tripoli
101. Liechtenstein: Vaduz
102. Lithuania: Vilnius
103. Luxembourg: Luxembourg
104. Macedonia: Skopje
105. Madagascar: Antananarivo
106. Malawi: Lilongwe
107. Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur
108. Maldives: Male
109. Mali: Bamako
110. Malta: Valletta
111. Marshall Islands: Majuro
112. Mauritania: Nouakchott
113. Mauritius: Port Louis
114. Mexico: Mexico City
115. Micronesia, Federated States of: Palikir
116. Moldova: Chisinau
117. Monaco: Monaco
118. Mongolia: Ulaanbaatar
119. Montenegro: Podgorica
120. Morocco: Rabat
121. Mozambique: Maputo
122. Myanmar (Burma): Rangoon (Yangon); Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw (administrative)
123. Namibia: Windhoek
124. Nauru: no official capital; government offices in Yaren District
125. Nepal: Kathmandu
126. Netherlands: Amsterdam; The Hague (seat of government)
127. New Zealand: Wellington
128. Nicaragua: Managua
129. Niger: Niamey
130. Nigeria: Abuja
131. Norway: Oslo
132. Oman: Muscat
133. Pakistan: Islamabad
134. Palau: Melekeok
135. Panama: Panama City
136. Papua New Guinea: Port Moresby
137. Paraguay: Asuncion
138. Peru: Lima
139. Philippines: Manila
140. Poland: Warsaw
141. Portugal: Lisbon
142. Qatar: Doha
143. Romania: Bucharest
144. Russia: Moscow
145. Rwanda: Kigali
146. Saint Kitts and Nevis: Basseterre
147. Saint Lucia: Castries
148. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Kingstown
149. Samoa: Apia
150. San Marino: San Marino
151. Sao Tome and Principe: Sao Tome
152. Saudi Arabia: Riyadh
153. Senegal: Dakar
154. Serbia: Belgrade
155. Seychelles: Victoria
156. Sierra Leone: Freetown
157. Singapore: Singapore
158. Slovakia: Bratislava
159. Slovenia: Ljubljana
160. Solomon Islands: Honiara
161. Somalia: Mogadishu
162. South Africa: Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary)
163. South Sudan: Juba 
164. Spain: Madrid
165. Sri Lanka: Colombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative)
166. Sudan: Khartoum
167. Suriname: Paramaribo
168. Swaziland: Mbabane
169. Sweden: Stockholm
170. Switzerland: Bern
171. Syria: Damascus
172. Taiwan: Taipei
173. Tajikistan: Dushanbe
174. Tanzania: Dar es Salaam; Dodoma (legislative)
175. Thailand: Bangkok
176. Togo: Lome
177. Tonga: Nuku'alofa
178. Trinidad and Tobago: Port-of-Spain
179. Tunisia: Tunis
180. Turkey: Ankara
181. Turkmenistan: Ashgabat
182. Tuvalu: Vaiaku village, Funafuti province
183. Uganda: Kampala
184. Ukraine: Kyiv
185. United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi
186. United Kingdom: London
187. United States of America: Washington, D.C.
188. Uruguay: Montevideo
189. Uzbekistan: Tashkent
190. Vanuatu: Port-Vila
191. Vatican City (Holy See): Vatican City
192. Venezuela: Caracas
193. Vietnam: Hanoi
194. Yemen: Sanaa
195. Zambia: Lusaka
196. Zimbabwe: Harare

An important fact to note is that the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the State of Israel are all located in Jerusalem, making it the capital; nonetheless, almost all countries maintain their embassies in Tel Aviv. President Donald Trump moved the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem in 2018 and others may follow, possibly just to "curry favor" with the United States for aid in their own crises, Eric Olson told the Washington Post.

While the listing above is an authoritative listing of 195 countries and their capitals, it is important to note that there are also more than 80 territories, colonies, and dependencies of independent countries, which often have their own capital cities as well.