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Capital Cities Quiz

This capital cities quiz covers 193 countries of the world. Each question names a country and you pick its capital from four choices, or type it in the harder typed mode below. Israel and Palestine are left out because their capitals are disputed.

How to play: each question names a country; tap its capital or press 1 to 4. The wrong choices are mostly other big cities of the same country, so the biggest city is often a trap. After each answer you see a short note when a country has a second capital. Capitals follow the national constitutions and governments as listed on Quiz Zoomies (checked October 2026).

Capital Cities Quiz

Pick one of four answers. Use the 1 to 4 keys on a keyboard.

Hard mode: type the capital

The same 193 countries with no choices. Type the capital and press Enter; spelling is forgiving.

Capital Cities Quiz: typed

Type your answer and press Enter. Spelling is forgiving: capitals, accents and punctuation do not matter.

The world: every country and its capital

195 countries, A to Z. Countries with more than one capital, or a disputed one, carry a note.

Show all 195 capitals
Country Capital
Afghanistan Kabul
Albania Tirana
Algeria Algiers
Andorra Andorra la Vella
Angola Luanda
Antigua and Barbuda St. John's
Argentina Buenos Aires
Armenia Yerevan
Australia Canberra
Austria Vienna
Azerbaijan Baku
Bahamas Nassau
Bahrain Manama
Bangladesh Dhaka
Barbados Bridgetown
Belarus Minsk
Belgium Brussels
Belize Belmopan
Benin Porto-Novo Porto-Novo is the official capital; Cotonou is the seat of government.
Bhutan Thimphu
Bolivia Sucre Sucre is the constitutional capital; La Paz is the seat of government.
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
Botswana Gaborone
Brazil Brasília
Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan
Bulgaria Sofia
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou
Burundi Gitega Gitega became the political capital in 2019; Bujumbura remains the largest city.
Cabo Verde Praia
Cambodia Phnom Penh
Cameroon Yaoundé
Canada Ottawa
Central African Republic Bangui
Chad N'Djamena
Chile Santiago
China Beijing
Colombia Bogotá
Comoros Moroni
Costa Rica San José
Côte d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro Yamoussoukro is the official capital; Abidjan is the economic capital.
Croatia Zagreb
Cuba Havana
Cyprus Nicosia
Czechia Prague
Denmark Copenhagen
Djibouti Djibouti
Dominica Roseau
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo
DR Congo Kinshasa
Ecuador Quito
Egypt Cairo
El Salvador San Salvador
Equatorial Guinea Malabo
Eritrea Asmara
Estonia Tallinn
Eswatini Mbabane Mbabane is the administrative capital; Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital.
Ethiopia Addis Ababa
Fiji Suva
Finland Helsinki
France Paris
Gabon Libreville
Gambia Banjul
Georgia Tbilisi
Germany Berlin
Ghana Accra
Greece Athens
Grenada St. George's
Guatemala Guatemala City
Guinea Conakry
Guinea-Bissau Bissau
Guyana Georgetown
Haiti Port-au-Prince
Honduras Tegucigalpa
Hungary Budapest
Iceland Reykjavík
India New Delhi
Indonesia Jakarta
Iran Tehran
Iraq Baghdad
Ireland Dublin
Israel Jerusalem Israel names Jerusalem as its capital; most countries keep their embassies in Tel Aviv. Not asked in the quiz.
Italy Rome
Jamaica Kingston
Japan Tokyo
Jordan Amman
Kazakhstan Astana
Kenya Nairobi
Kiribati South Tarawa
Kuwait Kuwait City
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek
Laos Vientiane
Latvia Riga
Lebanon Beirut
Lesotho Maseru
Liberia Monrovia
Libya Tripoli
Liechtenstein Vaduz
Lithuania Vilnius
Luxembourg Luxembourg
Madagascar Antananarivo
Malawi Lilongwe
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur is the capital; the government sits in nearby Putrajaya.
Maldives Malé
Mali Bamako
Malta Valletta
Marshall Islands Majuro
Mauritania Nouakchott
Mauritius Port Louis
Mexico Mexico City
Micronesia Palikir
Moldova Chișinău
Monaco Monaco
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro Podgorica
Morocco Rabat
Mozambique Maputo
Myanmar Naypyidaw
Namibia Windhoek
Nauru Yaren Nauru has no official capital; government offices are in the Yaren District.
Nepal Kathmandu
Netherlands Amsterdam Amsterdam is the capital; the government and parliament sit in The Hague.
New Zealand Wellington
Nicaragua Managua
Niger Niamey
Nigeria Abuja
North Korea Pyongyang
North Macedonia Skopje
Norway Oslo
Oman Muscat
Pakistan Islamabad
Palau Ngerulmud
Palestine East Jerusalem Palestine names East Jerusalem as its capital; its government works from Ramallah. Not asked in the quiz.
Panama Panama City
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
Paraguay Asunción
Peru Lima
Philippines Manila
Poland Warsaw
Portugal Lisbon
Qatar Doha
Republic of the Congo Brazzaville
Romania Bucharest
Russia Moscow
Rwanda Kigali
Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre
Saint Lucia Castries
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown
Samoa Apia
San Marino San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé
Saudi Arabia Riyadh
Senegal Dakar
Serbia Belgrade
Seychelles Victoria
Sierra Leone Freetown
Singapore Singapore
Slovakia Bratislava
Slovenia Ljubljana
Solomon Islands Honiara
Somalia Mogadishu
South Africa Pretoria South Africa has three capitals: Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative) and Bloemfontein (judicial).
South Korea Seoul
South Sudan Juba
Spain Madrid
Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is the official capital; Colombo is the commercial capital.
Sudan Khartoum
Suriname Paramaribo
Sweden Stockholm
Switzerland Bern
Syria Damascus
Tajikistan Dushanbe
Tanzania Dodoma Dodoma is the official capital; Dar es Salaam is the largest city and main port.
Thailand Bangkok
Timor-Leste Dili
Togo Lomé
Tonga Nukuʻalofa
Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain
Tunisia Tunis
Turkey Ankara
Turkmenistan Ashgabat
Tuvalu Funafuti
Uganda Kampala
Ukraine Kyiv
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom London
United States Washington, D.C.
Uruguay Montevideo
Uzbekistan Tashkent
Vanuatu Port Vila
Vatican City Vatican City
Venezuela Caracas
Vietnam Hanoi
Yemen Sana'a
Zambia Lusaka
Zimbabwe Harare

Frequently asked questions

How many capital cities are there in the world?

There are 195 countries, and most have one capital city. A few have more than one: South Africa has three (Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein) and Bolivia has two (Sucre and La Paz). This quiz has 193 countries because the capitals of Israel and Palestine are disputed.

What are the hardest capital cities?

The trickiest ones in this quiz include Luanda (Angola), St. John's (Antigua and Barbuda), Belmopan (Belize), and Porto-Novo (Benin). They are small, new or easily confused with a bigger city.

Which countries have more than one capital?

South Africa has three capitals (Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein) and Bolivia has two (Sucre and La Paz). Several more have an official capital and a different seat of government or main city: Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Eswatini, Malaysia, the Netherlands and Sri Lanka. The quiz accepts the second city when you type it.

Can I type the capitals instead of picking?

Yes. The typed mode under the multiple choice game asks the same countries, and you type the capital. Capitals, accents and punctuation do not matter, and old or alternative names like Kiev or Nur-Sultan count.

Why are Israel and Palestine not in the quiz?

Israel names Jerusalem as its capital, and Palestine names East Jerusalem. Their status is disputed between countries, so Quiz Zoomies leaves both out of capital quiz questions. Both are still shown in the list below with a note.

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