World Countries

WORLD COUNTRIES

Updated in: Thu Al Qi'da 1440 / July 2019

Below is a list of the countries in the world along with their capitals, population, and languages. Some countries have more than 2 languages. Therefore, the main languages were put for each country.

Most of the countries populations were estimated between the years 2014 and 2018.
Available in the Arabic language as well, click here.

COUNTRY	CAPITAL	POPULATION	LANGUAGES
Afghanistan	Kabul	34,940,837	Dari Persian, Pashtu
Albania	Tirana	3,057,220	Albanian
Algeria	Algiers	41,657,488	Arabic, French, Berber
Andorra	Andorra la Vella	85,708	Catalán, French
Angola	Luanda	30,355,880	Portuguese, Bantu
Antigua and Barbuda	St. John's	95,882	English
Argentina	Buenos Aires	44,694,198	Spanish, English
Armenia	Yerevan	3,038,217	Armenian, Yezidi
Australia	Canberra	23,470,145	English
Austria	Vienna	8,793,370	German; Slovene
Azerbaijan	Baku	10,046,516	Azerbaijani Turkic
The Bahamas	Nassau	332,634	English
Bahrain	Al Manámah	1,442,659	Arabic, English
Bangladesh	Dhaka	159,453,0012	Bangla , English
Barbados	Bridgetown	293,131	English
Belarus	Mensk (Minsk)	9,527,543	Belorussian
Belgium	Brussels	11,570,762	Dutch, French
Belize	Belmopan	385,854	English, Spanish
Benin	Porto-Novo	11,340,504	French, Fon
Bhutan	Thimphu	766,397	Dzongkha
Bolivia	Sucre	11,306,341	Spanish, Quechua
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	3,849,891	Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Botswana	Gaborone	2,249,104	English, Setswana, Kalanga
Brazil	Brasília	208,846,892	Portuguese, Spanish, English
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	450,565	Malay, English, Chinese
Bulgaria	Sofia	7,057,504	Bulgarian
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	19,742,715	French, Sudanic languages
Burma	Rangoon	55,622,506	Burmese
Burundi	Bujumbura	11,844,520	Kirundi, French, Swahili
Cabo Verde	Praia	568,373	Portuguese, Criuolo
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	16,449,519	Khmer, French, English
Cameroon	Yaoundé	25,640,965	French, English, other languages
Canada	Ottawa, Ontario	35,881,659	English, French, other languages
Central African Republic	Bangui	5,745,062	French, Sangho
Chad	N'Djamena	15,833,116	French, Arabic, other languages
Chile	Santiago	17,925,262	Spanish
China	Beijing	1,384,688,986	Standard Chinese, other languages
Colombia	Bogotá	48,168,996	Spanish
Comoros	Moroni (on Grande Comoro)	821,164	Arabic, French
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Kinshasa	85,281,024	French, Lingala, other languages
Congo, Republic of the	Brazzaville	5,062,021	French, Lingala
Costa Rica	San José	4,987,142	Spanish, English
Côte d'Ivoire	Yamoussoukro	26,260,582	French, African languages
Croatia	Zagreb	4,270,480	Croatian
Cuba	Havana	11,116,396	Spanish
Cyprus	Nicosia (Lefkosia)	1,237,088	Greek, Turkish, English
Czech Republic	Prague	10,686,269	Czech
Denmark	Copenhagen	5,809,502	Danish, Faroese
Djibouti	Djibouti	884,017	Arabic, French, Somali
Dominica	Roseau	74,027	English, French patois
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	10,298,756	Spanish
East Timor	Dili	1,321,929	Tetum, Portuguese
Ecuador	Quito	16,498,502	Spanish, Quechua
Egypt	Cairo	99,413,317	Arabic, English, French
El Salvador	San Salvador	6,187,271	Spanish
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	797,457	Spanish, French
Eritrea	Asmara	5,970,646	Tigrinya, Arabic
Estonia	Tallinn	1,244,288	Estonian, Russian
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	108,386,391	Amharic, Oromo, other languages
Fiji	Suva (on Viti Levu)	926,276	English, Fijian
Finland	Helsinki	5,537,364	Finnish
France	Paris	67,364,357	French
Gabon	Libreville	2,119,036	French, Fang, other languages
Gambia	Banjul	2,092,731	English, Mandinka
Georgia	Tbilisi	4,926,087	Georgian
Germany	Berlin	80,457,737	German
Ghana	Accra	28,102,471	English, African languages
Greece	Athens	10,761,523	Greek, English, French
Grenada	St. George's	112,207	English, French patois
Guatemala	Guatemala City	16,581,273	Spanish, Amerindian languages
Guinea	Conakry	11,855,411	French
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	1,833,247	Portuguese, Criolo
Guyana	Georgetown	740,685	English, Creole
Haiti	Port-au-Prince	10,788,440	Creole, French
Honduras	Tegucigalpa	9,182,766	Spanish, English
Hong Kong	Victoria	7,213,338	Cantonese, English, Mandarin
Hungary	Budapest	9,825,704	Hungarian
Iceland	Reykjavik	343,518	Icelandic, English
India	New Delhi	1,296,834,042	Hindi, English, Bengali
Indonesia	Jakarta	262,787,403	Bahasa Indonesia, English
Iran	Tehran	83,024,745	Persian, Turkic
Iraq	Baghdad	40,194,216	Arabic, Kurdish, Assyrian
Ireland	Dublin	5,068,050	English, Irish
Italy	Rome	62,246,674	Italian; German
Jamaica	Kingston	2,930,050	English, Jamaican Creole
Japan	Tokyo	127,368,088	Japanese
Jordan	Amman	6,508,887	Arabic, English
Kazakhstan	Astana	17,948,816	Kazak, Russian
Kenya	Nairobi	45,010,056	English, Swahili
Kiribati	Tarawa	104,488	English, I-Kiribati
Korea, North	Pyongyang	24,589,122	Korean
Korea, South	Seoul	49,039,986	Korean
Kosovo	Pristina	1,859,203	Albanian, Serbian
Kuwait	Kuwait	2,646,314	Arabic, English
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	5,604,212	Kyrgyz, Russian
Laos	Vientiane	6,803,699	Lao, French, English
Latvia	Riga	2,165,165	Latvian, Russian
Lebanon	Beirut	5,882,562	Arabic, French, English
Lesotho	Maseru	1,942,008	English, Sesotho
Liberia	Monrovia	4,092,310	English
Libya	Tripoli	6,244,174	Arabic, Italian
Liechtenstein	Vaduz	37,313	German, Alemannic
Lithuania	Vilnius	3,505,738	Lithuanian, Russian
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	520,672	Luxermbourgish, French
Macedonia	Skopje	2,091,719	Macedonian, Albanian
Madagascar	Antananarivo	23,201,926	Malagasy and French
Malawi	Lilongwe	16,777,547	Chichewa, Chinyanja
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	30,073,353	Bahasa Melayu, English
Maldives	Malé	393,595	Maldivian Dhiveh
Mali	Bamako	16,455,903	French, Bambara, other languages
Malta	Valletta	412,655	Maltese and English
Marshall Islands	Majuro	70,983	Marshese
Mauritania	Nouakchott	3,516,806	Hassaniya Arabic, Pulaar
Mauritius	Port Louis	1,331,155	Creole
Mexico	Mexico City	112,468,855	Spanish, various Mayan
Micronesia	Palikir	105,681	English, Chukese
Moldova	Chisinau	3,538,288	Moldovan, Russian
Monaco	Monaco	30,508	French, English
Mongolia	Ulaan Baatar	2,953,190	Mongolian, Turkic, Russian
Montenegro	Podgorica	650,036	Serbian/Montenegrin
Morocco	Rabat	31,627,428	Arabic, Berber, French
Mozambique	Maputo	24,692,144	Portuguese, Emakhuwa
Namibia	Windhoek	2,182,852	English, Afrikaan, German
Nauru	Yaren	9,488	Nauruan, English
Nepal	Kathmandu	30,986,975	Nepali, Maithal
Netherlands	Amsterdam	16,877,351	Dutch, Frisian
New Zealand	Wellington	4,401,916	English, Maori
Nicaragua	Managua	5,848,641	Spanish
Niger	Niamey	17,466,172	French, Hausa, Djerma
Nigeria	Abuja	177,155,754	English, Hausa
Norway	Oslo	5,147,792	Norwegian
Oman	Muscat	3,219,775	Arabic, English
Pakistan	Islamabad	196,174,380	Urdu, English
Palau	Melekeok	21,186	Palauan, English
Palestine	Jerusalem	12,369,281*	Arabic, Hebrew
Panama	Panama City	3,608,431	Spanish, English
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	6,552,730	Tok Pisin, other languages
Paraguay	Asunción	6,703,860	Spanish, Guaraní
Peru	Lima	30,147,935	Spanish, Quéchua
Philippines	Manila	107,668,231	Filipino, English
Poland	Warsaw	38,346,279	Polish
Portugal	Lisbon	10,813,834	Portuguese, Mirandese
Qatar	Doha	2,123,160	Arabic; English
Romania	Bucharest	21,729,871	Romanian, Hungarian
Russia	Moscow	142,470,272	Russian, others
Rwanda	Kigali	12,337,138	Kinyarwanda, French
St. Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	51,538	English
St. Lucia	Castries	163,362	English, French patois
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	103,537	English, French patois
Samoa	Apia	196,628	Samoan, English
San Marino	San Marino	32,742	Italian
São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	190,428	Portuguese
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	27,345,986	Arabic
Senegal	Dakar	13,635,927	French, Wolof
Serbia	Belgrade	7,209,764	Serbian, Romanian
Seychelles	Victoria	97,000	Seselwa Creole,English, French
Sierra Leone	Freetown	5,743,725	English, Mende
Singapore	Singapore	5,567,301	Mandarin, English
Slovakia	Bratislava	5,443,583	Slovak, Hungarian
Slovenia	Ljubljana	1,988,292	Slovenian
Solomon Islands	Honiara	609,883	English, Melanesian pidgin
Somalia	Mogadishu	10,428,043	Somali, Arabic, English
South Africa	Pretoria	48,375,645	IsiZulu, IsiXhosa
South Sudan, Republic of	Juba	11,562,695	English
Spain	Madrid	47,737,941	Castilian Spanish
Sri Lanka	Colombo	21,866,445	Sinhala, Tamil
Sudan	Khartoum	35,482,233	Arabic, Nubian
Suriname	Paramaribo	573,311	Dutch, Surinamese
Swaziland	Mbabane	1,419,623	English
Sweden	Stockholm	9,723,809	Swedish
Switzerland	Bern	8,061,516	German, French
Syria	Damascus	17,951,639	Arabic, Kurdish
Taiwan	Taipei	23,359,928	Chinese, Taiwanese
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	8,051,512	Tajik
Tanzania	Dar es Salaam	49,639,138	Swahili, English, Arabic
Thailand	Bangkok	67,741,401	Thai, English
Togo	Lomé	7,351,374	French
Tonga	Nuku'alofa	106,440	Tongan, English
Trinidad and Tobago	Port-of-Spain	1,223,916	English, various languages
Tunisia	Tunis	10,937,521	Arabic, French
Turkey	Ankara	81,619,392	Turkish, Kurdish
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	5,171,943	Turkmen, Russian
Tuvalu	Funafuti	10,782	Tuvaluan, English
Uganda	Kampala	35,918,915	English
Ukraine	Kyiv (Kiev)	44,291,413	Ukrainian, Russian
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	5,628,805	Arabic, Persian
United Kingdom	London	63,742,977	English, Welsh
United States	Washington, DC	318,892,103	English, Spanish
Uruguay	Montevideo	3,332,972	Spanish, Portunol
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	28,929,716	Uzbek, Russian
Vanuatu	Port Vila	266,937	Bislama, other languages
Vatican City	Vatican City	1,000	Italian, Latin
Venezuela	Caracas	28,868,486	Spanish
Vietnam	Hanoi	93,421,835	Vietnamese, English
Western Sahara (part of Morocco)	-	522,928	Hassaniya Arabic
Yemen	Sanaá	26,052,966	Arabic
Zambia	Lusaka	14,638,505	English, about 70 languages
Zimbabwe	Harare	13,771,721	English, Shona, Ndebele

* The population of Palestine includes both Palestinians and non-Palestinians.

Sources:
www.cia.gov
www.factmonster.com
www.aljazeera.net
www.alencyclopedia.net
www.britannica.com

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