Countries of the world
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Country |
People |
Official / main language(s) |
Capital |
Main unit of currency |
Internet address suffix |
Afghanistan | Afghan, Afghani | Pashto, Dari (Persian) | Kabul | afghani | af |
Albania | Albanian | Albanian | Tirana | lek | al |
Algeria | Algerian, Algerine | Arabic | Algiers | Algerian dinar | dz |
Andorra | Andorran | Catalan, French, Spanish | Andorra la Vella | euro | ad |
Angola | Angolan | Portuguese | Luanda | kwanza | ao |
Antigua and Barbuda | Antiguan | English | St John’s | East Caribbean dollar | ag |
Argentina | Argentine, Argentinian | Spanish | Buenos Aires | Argentine peso | ar |
Armenia | Armenian | Armenian | Yerevan | dram | am |
Australia | Australian | English | Canberra | Australian dollar | au |
Austria | Austrian | German | Vienna | euro | at |
Azerbaijan | Azerbaijani | Azerbaijani | Baku | manta | az |
Bahamas, the | Bahamian | English | Nassau | Bahamian dollar | bs |
Bahrain | Bahraini | Arabic | Manama | Bahraini dinar | bh |
Bangladesh | Bangladeshi | Bengali | Dhaka | taka | bd |
Barbados | Barbadian | English | Bridgetown | Barbados dollar | bb |
Belarus | Belarusian | Belarusian | Minsk | Belarusian rouble | by |
Belgium | Belgian | Dutch, French, German | Brussels | euro | be |
Belize | Belizean | English, Spanish, Carib, Maya | Belmopan | Belize dollar | bz |
Benin | Beninese | French | Porto-Novo | CFA franc | bj |
Bermuda | Bermudan | English | Hamilton | Bermuda dollar | bm |
Bhutan | Bhutanese | Dzongkha | Thimphu | ngultrum | bt |
Bolivia | Bolivian | Spanish, Quechua, Aymará | Sucre (judicial), La Paz (legislative) | boliviano | bo |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnian | Bosnian | Sarajevo | convertible marka | ba |
Botswana | Botswanan | Tswana, English | Gaborone | pula | bw |
Brazil | Brazilian | Portuguese | Brasília | real | br |
Brunei | Bruneian | Malay, English | Bandar Seri Begawan | Brunei dollar | bn |
Bulgaria | Bulgarian | Bulgarian | Sofia | lev | bg |
Burkina Faso | – | French, Mossi | Ouagadougou | CFA franc | bf |
Burma, see Myanmar | |||||
Burundi | Burundian | French, Kirundi | Bujumbura | Burundi franc | bi |
Cambodia | Cambodian | Khmer, French | Phnom Penh | riel | kh |
Cameroon | Cameroonian | French, English | Yaoundé | CFA franc | cm |
Canada | Canadian | English, French | Ottawa | Canadian dollar | ca |
Cape Verde | Cape Verdean | Portuguese | Praia | Cape Verde escudo | cv |
Central African Republic | – | French, Sango | Bangui | CFA franc | cf |
Chad | Chadian | French, Arabic | N’Djamena | CFA franc | td |
Chile | Chilean | Spanish | Santiago | Chilean peso | cl |
China | Chinese | Chinese (Mandarin) | Beijing | (renminbi) yuan | cn |
Colombia | Colombian | Spanish | Bogotá | Colombian peso | co |
Comoros | Comorian, Comoran | French, Arabic, Comorian | Moroni | Comorian franc | km |
Congo, Democratic Republic of | Congolese | French, English | Kinshasa | Congolese franc | cd |
Congo, Republic of | Congolese | French | Brazzaville | CFA franc | cg |
Costa Rica | Costa Rican | Spanish | San José | Costa Rican colón | cr |
Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | Ivorian | French | Abidjan, Yamoussoukro | CFA franc | ci |
Croatia | Croat, Croatian | Croatian | Zagreb | kuna | hr |
Cuba | Cuban | Spanish | Havana | Cuban peso | cu |
Cyprus | Cypriot | Greek, Turkish | Nicosia | euro | cy |
Czech Republic | Czech | Czech | Prague | koruna | cz |
Denmark | Dane | Danish | Copenhagen | Danish krone | dk |
Djibouti | Djibouti | Arabic, French | Djibouti | Djibouti franc | dj |
Dominica | Dominican | English | Roseau | East Caribbean dollar | do |
Dominican Republic | Dominican | Spanish | Santo Domingo | Dominican peso | dm |
East Timor | East Timorese | Tetum, Portuguese | Dili | US dollar | tp |
Ecuador | Ecuadorian | Spanish, Quechua | Quito | US dollar | ec |
Egypt | Egyptian | Arabic | Cairo | Egyptian pound | eg |
El Salvador | Salvadoran | Spanish | San Salvador | US dollar | sv |
Equatorial Guinea | Guinean | Spanish | Malabo | CFA franc | gq |
Eritrea | Eritrean | Tigrinya | Asmara | nakfa | er |
Estonia | Estonian | Estonian | Tallinn | euro | ee |
Ethiopia | Ethiopian | Amharic | Addis Ababa | birr | et |
Fiji | Fijian | English, Fijian, Hindi | Suva | Fiji dollar | fj |
Finland | Finn, Finlander, Finnish | Finnish, Swedish | Helsinki | euro | fi |
France | French | French | Paris | euro | fr |
Gabon | Gabonese | French, Fang | Libreville | CFA franc | ga |
Gambia, The | Gambian | English | Banjul | dalasi | gm |
Georgia | Georgian | Georgian | Tbilisi | lari | ge |
Germany | German | German | Berlin | euro | de |
Ghana | Ghanian | English | Accra | cedi | gh |
Greece | Greek | Greek | Athens | euro | gr |
Grenada | Grenadian | English | St George’s | East Caribbean dollar | gd |
Guatemala | Guatemalan | Spanish | Guatemala City | quetzal | gt |
Guinea | Guinean | French | Conakry | Guinean franc | gn |
Guinea-Bissau | Guinean | Portuguese | Bissau | CFA franc | gw |
Guyana | Guyanan | English | Georgetown | Guyanese dollar | gy |
Haiti | Haitian | French, Haitian Creole | Port-au-Prince | gourde | ht |
Honduras | Honduran | Spanish, English | Tegucigalpa | lempira | hn |
Hungary | Hungarian | Hungarian | Budapest | forint | hu |
Iceland | Icelandic | Icelandic | Reykjavik | króna | is |
India | Indian | Hindi, English | New Delhi | Indian rupee | in |
Indonesia | Indonesian | Bahasa Indonesia | Jakarta | rupiah | id |
Iran | Iranian | Farsi (Persian) | Teheran | Iranian rial | ir |
Iraq | Iraqi | Arabic, Kurdish | Baghdad | Iraqi dinar | iq |
Ireland, Republic of | Irish | Irish (Gaelic), English | Dublin | euro | ie |
Israel | Israeli | Hebrew, Arabic | Jerusalem | new shekel | il |
Italy | Italian | Italian | Rome | euro | it |
Jamaica | Jamaican | English | Kingston | Jamaican dollar | jm |
Japan | Japanese | Japanese | Tokyo | yen | jp |
Jordan | Jordanian | Arabic | Amman | Jordanian dinar | jo |
Kazakhstan | Kazakh | Kazakh | Astana | tenge | kz |
Kenya | Kenyan | Swahili, English | Nairobi | Kenyan shilling | ke |
Kiribati | – | I-Kiribati, English | Bairiki | Australian dollar | ki |
Korea, North | North Korean | Korean | Pyongyang | North Korean won | kp |
Korea, South | South Korean | Korean | Seoul | South Korean won | kr |
Kosovo | Kosovan | Albanian , Serbian | Priština | euro | |
Kuwait | Kuwaiti | Arabic | Kuwait City | Kuwaiti dinar | kw |
Kyrgyzstan | Kyrgyz | Kyrgyz, Russian | Biškek | som | kg |
Laos | Laotian | Lao | Vientiane | kip | la |
Latvia | Latvian | Latvian | Riga | lats | lv |
Lebanon | Lebanese | Arabic | Beirut | Lebanese pound | lb |
Lesotho | – | English, Sesotho | Maseru | loti | ls |
Liberia | Liberian | English | Monrovia | Liberian dollar | lr |
Libya | Libyan | Arabic | Tripoli | Libyan dinar | ly |
Liechtenstein | Liechtensteiner | German (Alemannic) | Vaduz | Swiss franc | li |
Lithuania | Lithuanian | Lithuanian | Vilnius | litas | lt |
Luxembourg | Luxembourger | French, German | Luxembourg | euro | lu |
Macedonia | Macedonian | Macedonian | Skopje | denar | mk |
Madagascar | Madagascan | Malagasy, French | Antananarivo | ariary | mg |
Malawi | Malawian | English, Chichewa | Lilongwe | Malawian kwacha | mw |
Malaysia | Malaysian | Malay, English | Kuala Lumpur | ringgit | my |
Maldives | Maldivian | Divehi | Malé | rufiyaa | mv |
Mali | Malian | French | Bamako | CFA franc | ml |
Malta | Maltese | Maltese, English | Valletta | euro | mt |
Marshall Islands | Marshallese | Marshallese, English | Majuro | US dollar | mh |
Mauritania | Mauritanian | French, Arabic | Nouakchott | ouguiya | mr |
Mauritius | Mauritian | English, French Creole | Port Louis | Mauritian rupee | mu |
Mexico | Mexican | Spanish | Mexico City | Mexican peso | mx |
Micronesia, Federated States of | Micronesian | English | Palikir | US dollar | fm |
Moldova | Moldovan | Romanian | Chişinău | Moldovan leu | md |
Monaco | Monacan, Monegasque | French | Monaco-Ville | euro | mc |
Mongolia | Mongolian | Khalkha Mongolian | Ulaanbaatar | tugrik | mn |
Montenegro | Montenegrin | Montenegro Serbian | Cetinje, Podgorica (administrative centre) | euro | |
Morocco | Moroccan | Arabic | Rabat | Moroccan dirham | ma |
Mozambique | – | Portuguese | Maputo | metical | mz |
Myanmar | Myanmar | Myanmar (Burmese) | Nay Pyi Taw | kyat | mm |
Namibia | Namibian | English | Windhoek | Namibian dollar | na |
Nauru | Nauruan | Nauruan, English | Nauru | Australian dollar | nr |
Nepal | Nepalese, Nepali | Nepali | Katmandu | Nepalese rupee | np |
Netherlands, the | Dutch | Dutch | Amsterdam | euro | nl |
New Zealand | New Zealander | English, Maori | Wellington | NZ dollar | nz |
Nicaragua | Nicaraguan | Spanish | Managua | córdoba | ni |
Niger | Nigerien | French | Niamey | CFA franc | ne |
Nigeria | Nigerian | English | Abuja | naira | ng |
Norway | Norwegian | Norwegian | Oslo | Norwegian krone | no |
Oman | Omani | Arabic | Muscat | rial Omani | om |
Pakistan | Pakistani | Urdu | Islamabad | Pakistani rupee | pk |
Palau | Palauan | Palauan, English | Koror | US dollar | pw |
Panama | Panamanian | Spanish | Panama City | balboa | pa |
Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinean | Neo-Melanesian, Pidgin, Motu, English | Port Moresby | kina | pg |
Paraguay | Paraguayan | Spanish, Guaraní | Asunción | guaraní | py |
Peru | Peruvian | Spanish, Quechua, Aymara | Lima | nuevo sol | pe |
Philippines, the | Filipino | Filipino, English | Manila | Philippine peso | ph |
Poland | Pole, Polish | Polish | Warsaw | zloty | pl |
Portugal | Portuguese | Portuguese | Lisbon | euro | pt |
Qatar | Qatari | Arabic | Doha | Qatar riyal | qa |
Romania | Romanian | Romanian | Bucharest | Romanian leu | ro |
Russia | Russian | Russian | Moscow | rouble | ru |
Rwanda | Rwandan | French, Rwanda | Kigali | Rwandan franc | rw |
Samoa | Samoan | Samoan, English | Apia | tala | ws |
San Marino | San Marinese | Italian | San Marino | euro | sm |
São Tomé and Príncipe | – | Portuguese | São Tomé | dobra | st |
Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabian, Saudi | Arabic | Riyadh | Saudi riyal | sa |
Senegal | Senegalese | French | Dakar | CFA franc | sn |
Serbia | Serb, Serbian | Serbian | Belgrade | Serbian dinar | cs |
Seychelles | – | English, French, Creole | Victoria | Seychelles rupee | sc |
Sierra Leone | Sierra Leonean | English | Freetown | leone | sl |
Singapore | Singaporean | Malay, Chinese, English, Tamil | Singapore | Singapore dollar | sg |
Slovakia | Slovak, Slovakian | Slovak | Bratislava | euro | sk |
Slovenia | Slovene, Slovenian | Slovene | Ljubljana | euro | si |
Solomon Islands | Solomon Islander | English, Neo-Melanesian, Pidgin | Honiara | Solomon Islands dollar | sb |
Somalia | Somali, Somalian | Somali, Arabic, English, Italian | Mogadishu | Somali shilling | so |
South Africa | South African | English, Afrikaans, and 9 other official African languages | Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein | rand | za |
South Sudan | South Sudanese | Arabic, English | Juba | Sudanese pound | ss |
Spain | Spaniard, Spanish | Spanish | Madrid | euro | es |
Sri Lanka | Sri Lankan, Sinhalese | Sinhalese, Tamil, English | Colombo, and Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte | Sri Lankan rupee | lk |
St Kitts and Nevis | – | English | Basseterre | East Caribbean dollar | kn |
St Lucia | St Lucian | English | Castries | East Caribbean dollar | lc |
St Vincent and the Grenadines | – | English | Kingstown | East Caribbean dollar | vc |
Sudan | Sudanese | Arabic | Khartoum | Sudanese pound | sd |
Suriname | Surinamese | Dutch, English | Paramaribo | Suriname dollar | sr |
Swaziland | Swazi | English, Swazi | Mbabane, Lobamba | lilangeni | sz |
Sweden | Swede, Swedish | Swedish | Stockholm | krona | se |
Switzerland | Swiss | German, French, Italian | Bern | Swiss franc | ch |
Syria | Syrian | Arabic | Damascus | Syrian pound | sy |
Tajikistan | Tajik | Tajik | Dushanbe | somoni | tj |
Tanzania | Tanzanian | Swahili, English | Dodoma | Tanzanian shilling | tz |
Thailand | Thai | Thai | Bangkok | baht | th |
Togo | Togolese | French | Lomé | CFA franc | tg |
Tonga | Tongan | Tongan, English | Nuku’alofa | pa’anga | to |
Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidadian | English | Port of Spain | Trinidad and Tobago dollar | tt |
Tunisia | Tunisian | Arabic, French | Tunis | Tunisian dinar | tn |
Turkey | Turk, Turkish | Turkish | Ankara | Turkish lira | tr |
Turkmenistan | Turkmen | Turkmen | Ashgabat | Turkmen manta | tm |
Tuvalu | Tuvaluan | Tuvaluan, English | Vaiaku (on Funafuti atoll) | Australian dollar, Tuvaluan dollar | tv |
Uganda | Ugandan | Swahili, English | Kampala | Ugandan shilling | ug |
Ukraine | Ukrainian | Ukrainian | Kiev | hryvnia | ua |
United Arab Emirates | – | Arabic | Abu Dhabi | UAE dirham | ae |
United Kingdom | Briton, British | English | London | pound sterling | uk |
United States of America | American | English | Washington | US dollar | |
Uruguay | Uruguayan | Spanish | Montevideo | peso uruguayo | uy |
Uzbekistan | Uzbek | Uzbek | Tashkent | sum | uz |
Vanuatu | Vanuatuan | Bislama, French, English | Vila | vatu | vu |
Venezuela | Venezuelan | Spanish | Caracas | bolívar | ve |
Vietnam | Vietnamese | Vietnamese | Hanoi | dông | vn |
Yemen | Yemeni | Arabic | Sana’a | Yemeni rial | ye |
Zambia | Zambian | English | Lusaka | Zambian kwacha | zm |
Zimbabwe | Zimbabwean | English, and Bantu languages | Harare | Zimbabwean dollar | zw |