World Capitals

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Republic of
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia, The
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, North
Korea, South
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
The Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestinian State (proposed)
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
The Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia and Montenegro
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Western Sahara (proposed state)
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Kabul, 2,206,300
Tirana, 353,400
Algiers, 3,917,000 (metro. area), 1,742,800 (city proper)
Andorra la Vella, 23,000
Luanda, 2,297,200
St. John's, 23,500
Buenos Aires, 13,076,300 (metro. area), 12,116,400 (city proper)
Yerevan, 1,462,700 (metro. area), 1,267,600 (city proper)
Canberra, 327,700
Vienna, 2,041,300 (metro area), 1,523,600 (city proper)
Baku, 2,118,600 (metro area), 1,235,400 (city proper), a port on the Caspian Sea
Nassau, 222,200
Al-Manámah, 527,000 (metro area), 149,900 (city proper)
Dhaka, 10,356,500 (metro.area), 8,942,300 (city proper)
Bridgetown, 98,900
Mensk (Minsk), 1,769,500
Brussels, 1,750,600 (metro area), 981,200 (city proper)
Belmopan, 8,700
Porto-Novo (official), 231,600
Thimphu (official), 60,200
Sucre, 204,200; Administrative capital: La Paz, 1,576,100 (metro. area), 830,500 (city proper)
Sarajevo, 581,500 (unofficial)
Gaborone, 195,000
Brasília, 2,160,100
Bandar Seri Begawan, 78,000
Sofia, 1,088,700
Ouagadougou, 962,100
Bujumbura, 331,700
Phnom Penh, 1,169,800
Yaoundé, 1,395,200 (metro. area), 1,154,400 (city proper)
Ottawa, Ontario, 1,089,100 (metro. area), 852,100 (city proper)
Praia, 99,400
Bangui, 810,000 (metro.area), 669,800 (city proper)
N'Djamena, 609,600
Santiago, 5,333,100 (metro.area), 4,372,800 (city proper)
Beijing, 9,376,200 (metro. area), 6,619,000 (city proper)
Santafé de Bogotá, 6,837,800
Moroni (on Grande Comoro), 60,200
Brazzaville, 1,169,900
Kinshasa, 6,541,300
San José, 1,527,300 (metro. area), 337,200 (city proper)
Yamoussoukro (official), 185,600
Zagreb, 685,500
Havana, 2,686,000 (metro. area), 2,343,700 (city proper)
Lefkosia (Nicosia) (in government-controlled area), 197,600
Prague, 1,378,700 (metro. area), 1,169,800 (city proper)
Copenhagen, 1,094,400
Djibouti, 383,000
Roseau, 20,000
Santo Domingo, 2,851,300 (metro.area), 2,252,400 (city proper)
Dili, 50,800
Quito, 1,780,700 (metro. area), 1,443,900 (city proper)
Cairo, 15,892,400 (metro. area), 7,937,700 (city proper)
San Salvador, 1,791,700 (metro. area), 504,700 (city proper)
Malabo, 92,900
Asmara, 899,000 (metro. area), 400,000 (city proper)
Tallinn, 379,000
Addis Ababa, 2,716,200
Suva (on Viti Levu), 177,300
Helsinki, 1,162,900 (metro. area), 582,600 (city proper)
Paris, 11,330,700 (metro. area), 2,110,400 (city proper)
Libreville, 661,600
Banjul, 46,700
Tbilisi, 1,440,000 (metro. area), 1,240,200 (city proper)
Berlin (capital since Oct. 3, 1990), 3,933,300 (metro. area), 3,274,500 (city proper)
Accra, 2,825,800 (metro. area), 1,661,400 (city proper)
Athens, 3,247,000 (metro. area), 747,300 (city proper)
St. George's, 4,300
Guatemala City, 2,655,900 (metro. area), 1,128,800 (city proper)
Conakry, 1,767,200
Bissau, 296,900
Georgetown, 227,700
Port-au-Prince, 1,764,000 (metro. area), 1,119,000 (city proper)
Tegucigalpa, 1,436,000 (metro. area), 1,248,300 (city proper)
Budapest, 2,597,000 (metro. area), 1,769,500 (city proper)
Reykjavik, 184,200 (metro. area), 114,800 (city proper)
New Delhi, 17,037,900 (metro. area), 10,203,700 (city proper)
Jakarta, 17,891,000 (metro. area), 8,827,900 (city proper)
Teheran, 11,224,800 (metro. area), 7,893,700 (city proper)
Baghdad, 6,777,300 (metro. area), 5,772,000 (city proper)
Dublin, 1,018,500
Jerusalem, 695,500
Rome, 3,550,900 (metro. area), 2,455,600 (city proper)
Kingston, 937,700 (metro. area), 590,500 (city proper)
Tokyo, 31,139,900 (metro. area), 8,240,100 (city proper)
Amman, 2,677,500 (metro. area), 1,293,200
Astana, 288,200 (formerly Aqmola; capital since 1997)
Nairobi, 3,064,800 (metro. area), 2,411,900 (city proper)
Tarawa, 26,600
Pyongyang, 3,222,000 (metro. area), 2,767,900
Seoul, 19,969,100 (metro. area), 9,630,600 (city proper)
Kuwait, 1,709,800 (metro.area), 32,600 (city proper)
Bishkek (formerly Frunze), 824,900
Vientiane, 194,200
Riga, 867,700 (metro. area), 706,200 (city proper)
Beirut, 1,916,100 (metro. area), 1,171,000 (city proper)
Maseru 173,700
Monrovia, 1,348,900 (metro. area), 550,200 (city proper)
Tripoli, 2,357,800 (metro. area), 1,269,700 (city proper)
Vaduz, 5,300
Vilnius, 543,500
Luxembourg, 78,800
Skopje, 587,300 (metro. area), 452,500 (city proper)
Antananarivo, 1,390,800
Lilongwe, 499,200
Kuala Lumpur, 3,688,200 (metro. area), 1,403,400
Malé, 81,600
Bamako, 1,323,200 (metro. area), 935,400
Valletta, 194,200 (metro. area) 6,900 (city proper)
Majuro, 20,500
Nouakchott, 661,400
Port Louis, 577,200 (metro. area), 143,800 (city proper)
Mexico City, 21,233,900 (metro. area), 8,681,400 (city proper)
Palikir 11,600
Chisinau, 772,500 (metro. area), 709,900 (city proper)
Monaco, 1,400
Ulaan Baatar, 804,200
Rabat, 1,636,600
Maputo, 1,691,000 (metro. area), 1,114,000 (city proper)
Rangoon (Yangon), 4,344,100
Windhoek, 221,000. Summer capital: Swakopmund, 26,200
Yaren, 4,900
Kathmandu, 1,203,100 (metro. area), 729,000 (city proper)
Amsterdam (official), 737,900; The Hague (administrative capital), 465,900
Wellington, 342,500 (metro. area), 165,100 (city proper)
Managua, 1,390,500 (metro. area), 1,146,000 (city proper)
Niamey, 748,600
Abuja, 590,400 (metro. area), 165,700 (city proper)
Oslo, 791,500
Muscat, 797,000 (metro.area), 54,800 (city proper)
Islamabad, 601,600
Koror, 11,100
Undetermined
Panama City, 1,053,500 (metro.area), 437,200 (city proper)
Port Moresby, 324,900
Asunción, 1,482,200 (metro. area), 525,100
Lima, 8,113,000 (metro. area)
Manila, 13,790,900 (metro. area), 10,232,900 (city proper)
Warsaw, 2,201,900 (metro. area), 1,607,600 (city proper)
Lisbon, 2,618,100 (metro. area), 559,400
Doha, 550,700 (metro. area), 318,500 (city proper)
Bucharest, 2,210,800 (metro. area), 1,906,800 (city proper)
Moscow, 11,970,500 (metro. area), 8,368,200 (city proper)
Kigali, 298,100
Basseterre (on St. Kitts), 11,500
Castries, 60,300
Kingstown, 17,600
Apia, 35,900
San Marino, 4,300
São Tomé, 53,300
Riyadh, 3,724,100
Dakar, 2,476,400
Belgrade, 1,717,800 (metro. area), 1,285,200 (city proper)
Victoria, 23,000
Freetown, 1,051,000
Singapore, 3,438,600
Bratislava, 428,800
Ljubljana, 258,000
Honiara (on Guadalcanal), 54,600
Mogadishu, 1,208,800
Pretoria, 1,541,300 (metro. area), 1,249,700 (city proper); Legislative capital and largest city: Cape Town, 3,140,600 (metro
Madrid, 5,130,000 (metro. area), 3,169,400 (city proper)
Colombo, 2,436,000 (metro. area), 656,100 (city proper); Legislative and judicial capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, 118,30
Khartoum, 5,717,300 (metro. area), 1,397,900 (city proper)
Paramaribo, 217,300
Mbabane 69,000
Stockholm, 1,622,300 (metro. area), 1,251,900 (city proper)
Bern, 122,700
Damascus, 2,381,800 (metro. area), 1,861,900
Taipei, 7,871,900 (metro. area), 2,722,600 (city proper)
Dushanbe, 817,100 (metro. area), 590,300 (city proper)
Dar es Salaam, 2,489,800; Official capital: Dodoma, 164,500
Bangkok, 8,838,500 (metro. area), 6,610,800 (city proper)
Lomé, 749,700 (metro. area), 676,400 (city proper)
Nuku'alofa, 24,500
Port-of-Spain, 263,800 (metro. area), 45,300 (city proper)
Tunis, 1,660,300 (metro. area), 699,700 (city proper)
Ankara, 3,582,000 (metro. area), 3,456,100 (city proper)
Ashgabat, 727,700
Funafuti, 5,300
Kampala, 1,461,600 (metro. area), 1,244,000 (city proper)
Kyiv (Kiev), 3,296,100 (metro. area), 2,588,400 (city proper)
Abu Dhabi, 539,800
London, 11,219,000 (metro. area), 7,417,700 (city proper)
Washington, DC, 570,898
Montevideo, 1,745,100 (metro. area), 1,347,600 (city proper)
Tashkent, 3,457,500 (metro. area), 2,155,400 (city proper)
Port Vila, 35,300
Caracas, 3,517,300 (metro. area), 1,741,400 (city proper)
Hanoi, 2,543,700 (metro. area), 1,396,500 (city proper)
El Aaiun 198,200
Sanaá, 1,778,900
Lusaka, 1,773,300 (metro. area), 1,265,000 (city proper)
Harare, 2,331,400 (metro. area), 1,919,700 (city proper)
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Western Cape, Northern Cape, and Free State. Each province has its own capital
Languages by Countries

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Republic of
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia, The
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, North
Korea, South
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
The Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestinian State (proposed)
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
The Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia and Montenegro
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City (Holy See)
Venezuela
Vietnam
Western Sahara (proposed state)
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Pashtu, Dari Persian, other Turkic and minor languages
Albanian (Tosk is the official dialect), Greek
Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects
Catalán (official), French, Castilian, Portuguese
Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages
English (official), local dialects
Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French
Armenian 96%, Russian 2%, other 2%
English, native languages
German 98% (official nationwide); Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian (each official in one region)
Azerbaijani Turkic 89%, Russian 3%, Armenian 2%, other 6% (1995 est.)
English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)
Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu
Bangla (official), English
English
Belorussian (White Russian), Russian, other
Dutch (Flemish) 60%, French 40%, German less than 1% (all official); legally bilingual (Dutch and French)
English (official), Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib), Creole
French (official), Fon, Yoruba, tribal languages
Dzongkha (official), Tibetan dialects (among Bhotes), Nepalese dialects (among Nepalese)
Spanish, Quechua, Aymara (all official)
Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian (all official)
English (official), Setswana
Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French
Malay (official), English, Chinese
Bulgarian; secondary languages strongly correspond to ethnic breakdown
French (official); native African (Sudanic) languages 90%
Kirundi and French (official), Swahili
Khmer (official), French, English
French, English (both official); 24 major African language groups
English 59.3%, French 23.2% (both official); other 17.5%
Portuguese, Criuolo
French (official), Sangho (lingua franca, national), tribal languages
French, Arabic (both official); Sara; more than 120 languages and dialects
Spanish
Standard Chinese (Mandarin/Putonghua), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese
Spanish
Arabic and French (both official), Shikomoro (Swahili/Arabic blend)
French (official), Lingala, Monokutuba, Kikongo, many local languages and dialects
French (official), Lingala, Kingwana, Kikongo, Tshiluba
Spanish (official), English
French (official) and African languages (Diaula esp.)
Croatian 96% (official), other 4% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, German)
Spanish
Greek, Turkish (both official); English
Czech
Danish, Faeroese, Greenlandic (Inuit dialect), German; English is the predominant second language
French and Arabic (both official), Somali, Afar
English (official) and French patois
Spanish
Tetum, Portuguese (official); Bahasa Indonesia, English; other indigenous languages, including Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and K
Spanish (official), Quechua, other Amerindian languages
Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes
Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)
Spanish, French (both official); pidgin English, Fang, Bubi, Ibo
Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages
Estonian (official), Russian, Ukrainian, Finnish, other
Amharic (official), Tigrigna, Orominga, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic, English, over 70 others
English (official), Fijian, Hindustani
Finnish 93.4%, Swedish 5.9% (both official); small Sami- (Lapp) and Russian-speaking minorities
French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects (Provençal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
French (official), Fang, Myene, Bateke, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous
Georgian 71% (official), Russian 9%, Armenian 7%, Azerbaijani 6%, other 7% (Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia)
German
English (official), African languages (including Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, and Ga)
Greek 99% (official), English, French
English (official), French patois
Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekc
French (official), native tongues (Malinké, Susu, Fulani)
Portuguese (official), Criolo, African languages
English (official), Amerindian dialects, Creole, Hindi, Urdu
Creole and French (both official)
Spanish (official), Amerindian dialects; English widely spoken in business
Magyar (Hungarian), 98.2%; other, 1.8%
Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken
Hindi (official), English (official), Bengali, Gujarati, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Kannada
Bahasa Indonesia (official), English, Dutch, Javanese, and more than 580 other languages and dialects
Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, o
Arabic (official), Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian, Armenian
English, Irish (Gaelic)
Hebrew (official), Arabic, English
Italian (official); German-, French-, and Slovene-speaking minorities
English, Jamaican Creole
Japanese
Arabic (official), English
Kazak (Qazaq, state language) 64.4%; Russian (official, used in everyday business) 95% (2001 est.)
English (official), Swahili (national), and several other languages spoken by 25 ethnic groups
English (official), I-Kiribati (Gilbertese)
Korean
Korean, English widely taught
Arabic (official), English
Kyrgyz, Russian (both official)
Lao (official), French, English, various ethnic languages
Latvian (official), Lithuanian, Russian, other
Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian
English, Sesotho (both official); Zulu, Xhosa
English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic-group languages
Arabic, Italian and English widely understood in major cities
German (official), Alemannic dialect
Lithuanian (official), Polish, Russian
Luxermbourgish (national) French, German (both administrative)
Macedonian 68%, Albanian 25% (both official); Turkish 3%, Serbo-Croatian 2%, other 2%
Malagasy and French (both official)
English and Chichewa (both official), others important regionally
Bahasa Melayu (Malay, official), English, Chinese dialects (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, T
Maldivian Dhivehi (official); English spoken by most government officials
French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages
Maltese and English (both official)
Marshallese (two major dialects from the Malayo-Polynesian family), English (both official); Japanese
Hassaniya Arabic, Wolof (both official); Pulaar, Soninke, French
English, French (both official); Creole, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, Bojpoori
Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages
English (official, common), Chukese, Pohnpeian, Yapase, Kosrean, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi
Moldovan (official; virtually the same as Romanian), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)
French (official), English, Italian, Monégasque
Mongolian, 90%; also Turkic and Russian (1999)
Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French often used for business, government, and diplomacy
Portuguese (official), Bantu languages
Burmese, minority languages
English 7% (official), Afrikaans common language of most of the population and about 60% of the white population, German 32
Nauruan (official), English
Nepali 90% (official), over 40 other languages and major dialects, English (1995)
Dutch, Frisian (both official)
English, Maori (both official)
Spanish (official); English and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast
French (official), Hausa, Djerma
English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, Fulani, and more than 200 others
Bokmål Norwegian, Nynorsk Norwegian (both official); small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Arabic (official), English, Baluchi, Urdu, Indian dialects
Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashtu 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, E
English (official everywhere); Palau (official in all states but those following); Sonsoralese (official in Sonsoral); Tobi (official in T
Arabic, Hebrew, English
Spanish (official), English 14%, many bilingual
Tok Pisin (Melanesian Pidgin, the lingua franca), Hiri Motu (in Papua region), English 1–2%; 715 indigenous languages
Spanish, Guaraní (both official)
Spanish, Quéchua (both official); Aymara; many minor Amazonian languages
Filipino (based on Tagalog), English (both official); eight major dialects: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bico
Polish
Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official, but locally used)
Arabic (official); English a common second language
Romanian (official), Hungarian, German
Russian, others
Kinyarwanda, French, and English (all official); Kiswahili in commercial centers
English
English (official), French patois
English, French patois
Samoan, English
Italian
Portuguese (official)
Arabic
French (official); Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka
Serbian (official) 95%, Albanian 5%
Seselwa Creole, English, French (all official)
English (official), Mende (southern vernacular), Temne (northern vernacular), Krio (lingua franca)
Malay (national), Mandarin Chinese, Tamil, English (all official)
Slovak (official), Hungarian
Slovenian 92%, Serbo-Croatian 6.2%, other 1.8%
English 1%–2% (official), Melanesian pidgin (lingua franca), 120 indigenous languages
Somali (official), Arabic, English, Italian
Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu (all 11 official)
Castilian Spanish 74% (official nationwide); Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2% (each official regionally)
Sinhala 74% (official and national), Tamil 18% (national), other 8%; English is commonly used in government and spoken comp
Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English
Dutch (official), Surinamese (lingua franca), English widely spoken, Hindustani, Javanese
English, siSwati (both official)
Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
German 63.7%, French 12.9%, Italian 7.6%, Romansch 0.6% (all official); other 8.9%
Arabic (official); Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian widely understood; French, English somewhat understood
Chinese (Mandarin, official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects
Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
Swahili, English (both official); Arabic; many local languages
Thai (Siamese), English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects
French (official, commerce); Ewé, Mina (south); Kabyé, Cotocoli (north); and many dialects
Tongan (an Austronesian language), English
English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish, Chinese
Arabic (official, commerce), French (commerce)
Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek
Turkmen 72%; Russian 12%; Uzbek 9%, other 7%
Tuvaluan, English, Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui)
English (official), Ganda or Luganda, other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic
Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian
Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu
English, Welsh, Scots Gaelic
English, sizable Spanish-speaking minority
Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero
Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%
Bislama (a Melanesian pidgin English), English, French (all 3 official); more than 100 local languages
Italian, Latin, French, various other languages
Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects
Vietnamese (official); English (increasingly favored as a second language); some French, Chinese, Khmer; mountain area lang
Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic
Arabic
English (official); major vernaculars: Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga; about 70 other indigenous language
English (official), Shona, Ndebele (Sindebele), numerous minor tribal dialects
Area and Population of Countries

(mid-2004 estimates)
Country

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas, The
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Republic of the
Congo, Democratic Republic of the (formerly Zaire)
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia, The
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, North
Korea, South
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia, Federated States of
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar (Burma)
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia and Montenegro
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Western Sahara
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International Database, and The World Factbook, 2004.
Capital Area Population
(in sq km)
Kabul 647,500 28,513,677
Tiranë 28,748 3,544,808
Algiers 2,381,740 32,129,324
Andorra la Vella 468 69,865
Luanda 1,246,700 10,978,552
St. John's 443 68,320
Buenos Aires 2,766,890 39,144,753
Yerevan 29,800 2,991,360
Canberra 7,686,850 19,913,144
Vienna 83,858 8,174,762
Baku 86,600 7,868,385
Nassau 13,940 299,697
Al-Manámah 665 677,886
Dhaka 144,000 141,340,476
Bridgetown 431 278,289
Mensk (Minsk) 207,600 10,310,520
Brussels 30,510 10,348,276
Belmopan 22,966 272,945
Porto-Novo 112,620 7,250,033
Thimphu 47,000 2,185,569
La Paz 1,098,580 8,724,156
Sarajevo 51,129 4,007,608
Gaborone 600,370 1,561,973
Brasília 8,511,965 184,101,109
Bandar Seri Begawan 5,770 365,251
Sofia 110,910 7,517,973
Ouagadougou 274,200 13,574,820
Bujumbura 27,830 6,231,221
Phnom Penh 181,040 13,363,421
Yaoundé 475,440 16,063,678
Ottawa 9,984,670 32,507,874
Praia 4,033 415,294
Bangui 622,984 3,742,482
N'Djamena 1,284,000 9,538,544
Santiago 756,950 15,823,957
Beijing 9,596,960 1,298,847,624
Bogatá 1,138,910 42,310,775
Moroni 2,170 651,901
Brazzaville 2,345,410 58,317,930
Kinshasa 342,000 2,998,040
San José 51,100 3,956,507
Yamoussoukro 322,460 17,327,724
Zagreb 56,542 4,496,869
Havana 110,860 11,308,764
Nicosia 9,250 775,927
Prague 78,866 10,246,178
Copenhagen 43,094 5,413,392
Djibouti 23,000 466,900
Roseau 754 69,278
Santo Domingo 48,730 8,833,634
Dili 15,007 1,019,252
Quito 283,560 13,212,742
Cairo 1,001,450 76,117,421
San Salvador 21,040 6,587,541
Malabo 28,051 523,051
Asmara 121,320 4,447,307
Tallinn 45,226 1,341,664
Addis Ababa 1,127,127 67,851,281
Suva 18,270 880,874
Helsinki 337,030 5,214,512
Paris 547,030 60,424,213
Libreville 267,667 1,355,246
Banjul 11,300 1,546,848
Tbilisi 69,700 4,693,892
Berlin 357,021 82,424,609
Accra 239,460 20,757,032
Athens 131,940 10,647,529
St. George's 344 89,357
Guatemala City 108,890 14,280,596
Conakry 245,857 9,246,462
Bissau 36,120 1,388,363
Georgetown 214,970 705,803
Port-au-Prince 27,750 7,656,166
Tegucigalpa 112,090 6,823,568
Budapest 93,030 10,032,375
Reykjavik 103,000 293,966
New Delhi 3,287,590 1,065,070,607
Jakarta 1,919,440 238,452,952
Tehran 1,648,000 67,503,205
Baghdad 437,072 25,374,691
Dublin 70,280 3,969,558
Jerusalem 20,770 6,199,008
Rome 301,230 58,057,477
Kingston 10,991 2,713,130
Tokyo 377,835 127,333,002
Amman 92,300 5,611,202
Almaty 2,717,300 15,143,704
Nairobi 582,650 32,021,856
Tarawa 811 100,798
Pyongyang 120,540 22,697,553
Seoul 98,480 48,598,175
Kuwait City 17,820 2,257,549
Bishkek 198,500 5,081,429
Vientiane 236,800 6,068,117
Riga 64,589 2,306,306
Beirut 10,400 3,777,218
Maseru 30,355 1,865,040
Monrovia 111,370 3,390,635
Tripoli 1,759,540 5,631,585
Vaduz 160 33,436
Vilnius 65,200 3,607,899
Luxembourg 2,586 462,690
Skopje 25,333 2,071,210
Antananarivo 587,040 17,501,871
Lilongwe 118,480 11,906,855
Kuala Lumpur 329,750 23,522,482
Malé 300 339,330
Bamako 1,240,000 11,956,788
Valletta 316 396,851
Majuro 181.3 57,738
Nouakchott 1,030,700 2,998,563
Port Louis 2,040 1,220,481
Mexico City 1,972,550 104,959,594
Palikir 702 108,155
Chisinau 33,843 4,446,455
Monaco 1.95 32,270
Ulan Bator 1,565,000 2,751,314
Rabat 446,550 32,209,101
Maputo 801,590 18,811,731
Rangoon 678,500 42,720,196
Windhoek 825,418 1,954,033
Yaren 21 12,809
Kathmandu 140,800 27,070,666
Amsterdam 41,526 16,318,199
Wellington 268,680 3,993,817
Managua 129,494 5,359,759
Niamey 1,267,000 11,360,538
Abuja 923,768 137,253,133
Oslo 324,220 4,574,560
Muscat 212,460 2,903,165
Islamabad 803,940 159,196,336
Koror 458 20,016
Panama City 78,200 3,000,463
Port Moresby 462,840 5,420,280
Asunción 406,750 6,191,368
Lima 1,285,220 27,544,305
Manila 300,000 86,241,697
Warsaw 312,685 38,626,349
Lisbon 92,391 10,524,145
Doha 11,437 840,290
Bucharest 237,500 22,355,551
Moscow 17,075,200 143,782,338
Kigali 26,338 7,954,013
Basseterre 261 38,836
Castries 616 164,213
Kingstown 389 117,193
Apia 2,944 177,714
San Marino 61.2 28,503
São Tomé 1,001 181,565
Riyadh 1,960,582 25,795,938
Dakar 196,190 10,852,147
Belgrade 102,350 10,825,900
Victoria 455 80,832
Freetown 71,740 5,883,889
Singapore 692.7 4,353,893
Bratislava 48,845 5,423,567
Ljubljana 20,273 2,011,473
Honiara 28,450 523,617
Mogadishu 637,657 8,304,601
Pretoria 1,219,912 42,718,530
Madrid 504,782 40,280,780
Colombo 65,610 19,905,165
Khartoum 2,505,810 39,148,162
Paramaribo 163,270 436,935
Mbabane 17,363 1,169,241
Stockholm 449,964 8,986,400
Bern 41,290 7,450,867
Damascus 185,180 18,016,874
Taipei 35,980 22,749,838
Dushanbe 143,100 7,011,556
Dar es Salaam 945,087 36,588,225
Bangkok 514,000 64,865,523
Lomé 56,785 5,556,812
Nuku'alofa 748 110,237
Port-of-Spain 5,128 1,096,585
Tunis 163,610 9,974,722
Ankara 780,580 68,893,918
Ashgabat 488,100 4,863,169
Funafuti 26 11,468
Kampala 236,040 26,404,543
Kyiv (Kiev) 603,700 47,732,079
Abu Dhabi 82,880 2,523,915
London 244,820 60,270,708
Washington, D.C. 9,629,091 293,027,571
Montevideo 176,220 3,399,237
Tashkent 447,400 26,410,416
Vila 12,200 202,609
0.44 911
Caracas 912,050 25,017,387
Hanoi 329,560 82,689,518
266,000 267,405
Sanaá 527,970 20,024,867
Lusaka 752,614 10,462,436
Harare 390,580 12,671,860