Geography
Click a country on the globe or find it by name to open its fact sheet: capital, population, area, official languages, currency, neighbouring countries and local time, with links to its map, encyclopedia article, TV, radio and webcams. Countries and territories: 249.
All countries and territories — capital, population, area (249)
| Country | Capital | Population | Area, km² |
|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan | Kabul | 41,454,761 (2023) | 652,230 |
 Åland Islands | Mariehamn | 30,836 (2025) | 1,583 |
 Albania | Tirana | 2,811,655 (2023) | 28,748 |
 Algeria | Algiers | 45,600,000 (2026) | 2,381,741 |
 American Samoa | Pago Pago | 49,710 (2020) | 199 |
 Andorra | Andorra la Vella | 89,752 (2026) | 468 |
 Angola | Luanda | 36,749,906 (2023) | 1,246,700 |
 Anguilla | The Valley | 19,079 (2023) | 91 |
| Antarctica | — | 4,400 (2009) | 13,720,000 |
 Antigua & Barbuda | Սենթ Ջոնս | 101,489 (2023) | 440 |
 Argentina | Buenos Aires | 47,327,407 (2022) | 2,780,400 |
 Armenia | Yerevan | 2,930,450 (2017) | 29,743 |
 Aruba | Oranjestad | 106,739 (2022) | 179 |
 Australia | Canberra | 27,614,411 (2025) | 7,692,024 |
 Austria | Vienna | 8,979,894 (2022) | 83,879 |
 Azerbaijan | Baku | 10,180,770 (2023) | 86,600 |
 Bahamas | Nassau | 399,440 (2023) | 13,878 |
 Bahrain | Manama | 2,700,000 (2026) | 786 |
 Bangladesh | Dhaka | 175,686,899 (2025) | 147,570 |
 Barbados | Bridgetown | 303,431 (2023) | 439 |
 Belarus | Minsk | 9,056,080 (2026) | 207,597 |
 Belgium | Brussels | 11,825,551 (2025) | 30,688 |
 Belize | Belmopan | 411,106 (2023) | 22,966 |
 Benin | Porto-Novo | 14,111,034 (2023) | 114,763 |
 Bermuda | Hamilton | 65,024 (2013) | 53 |
 Bhutan | Thimphu | 796,682 (2025) | 38,394 |
 Bolivia | Sucre, La Paz | 12,244,159 (2023) | 1,098,581 |
 Bosnia & Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 3,816,459 (2022) | 10 |
 Botswana | Gaborone | 2,480,244 (2023) | 581,737 |
 Bouvet Island | — | — | 49 |
 Brazil | Brasília | 214,211,951 (2026) | 8,515,767 |
 British Indian Ocean Territory | Diego Garcia | 3,000 (2018) | 60 |
 British Virgin Islands | Road Town | 39,369 (2023) | 151 |
 Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 458,949 (2023) | 5,765 |
 Bulgaria | Sofia | 6,423,207 (2025) | 110,994 |
 Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | 23,025,776 (2023) | 274,200 |
 Burundi | Gitega | 13,689,450 (2023) | 27,834 |
 Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 17,423,880 (2023) | 181,035 |
 Cameroon | Yaoundé | 28,372,687 (2023) | 475,442 |
 Canada | Ottawa | 40,000,000 (2023) | 9,984,670 |
 Cape Verde | Praia | 555,988 (2020) | 4,033 |
| Caribbean Netherlands | — | 29,418 (2023) | 322 |
 Cayman Islands | George Town | 88,833 (2024) | 264 |
 Central African Republic | Bangui | 5,152,421 (2023) | 622,984 |
 Chad | N'Djamena | 19,319,064 (2023) | 1,284,000 |
 Chile | Santiago | 19,458,000 (2021) | 756,102 |
 China | Beijing | 1,404,890,000 (2025) | 9,596,961 |
 Christmas Island | Flying Fish Cove | 1,692 (2021) | 135 |
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands | West Island | 602 (2021) | 14 |
 Colombia | Bogotá | 52,321,152 (2023) | 1,141,748 |
 Comoros | Moroni | 900,000 (2026) | 2,034 |
 Congo - Brazzaville | Brazzaville | 6,278,845 (2024) | 342,000 |
 Congo - Kinshasa | Kinshasa | 105,789,731 (2023) | 2,344,858 |
 Cook Islands | Avarua | 14,222 (2023) | 240 |
 Costa Rica | San José | 5,265,575 (2024) | 51,180 |
 Côte d’Ivoire | Yamoussoukro | 31,165,654 (2023) | 322,463 |
 Croatia | Zagreb | 3,871,833 (2021) | 56,594 |
 Cuba | Havana | 10,985,974 (2023) | 109,884 |
 Curaçao | Willemstad | 152,849 (2023) | 444 |
 Cyprus | Nicosia | 1,344,976 (2023) | 9,242 |
 Czechia | Prague | 10,909,500 (2025) | 78,871 |
 Denmark | Copenhagen | 5,822,863 (2020) | 42,925 |
 Djibouti | Djibouti | 1,000,000 (2026) | 23,200 |
 Dominica | Roseau | 74,656 (2023) | 751 |
 Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | 10,760,028 (2022) | 48,671 |
 Ecuador | Quito | 16,938,986 (2022) | 257,204 |
 Egypt | Cairo | 114,500,000 (2026) | 1,010,408 |
 El Salvador | San Salvador | 6,029,976 (2024) | 21,041 |
 Equatorial Guinea | Ciudad de la Paz | 1,847,549 (2023) | 28,051 |
 Eritrea | Asmara | 3,497,000 (2019) | 117,600 |
 Estonia | Tallinn | 1,369,995 (2025) | 45,335 |
 Eswatini | Lobamba, Mbabane | 1,230,506 (2023) | 17,364 |
 Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 128,691,692 (2023) | 1,104,300 |
 Falkland Islands | Stanley | 4,550 (2018) | 12,200 |
 Faroe Islands | Tórshavn | 54,149 (2023) | 1,399 |
 Fiji | Suva | 926,276 (2018) | 18,274 |
 Finland | Helsinki | 5,652,881 (2025) | 338,478 |
 France | Paris | 68,605,616 (2025) | 643,801 |
 French Guiana | Cayenne | 293,996 (2023) | 83,534 |
 French Polynesia | Papeete | 278,786 (2022) | 4,167 |
 French Southern Territories | Port-aux-Français | 140 | 7,829 |
 Gabon | Libreville | 2,300,000 (2023) | 267,667 |
 Gambia | Banjul | 2,639,916 (2021) | 11,300 |
 Georgia | Tbilisi | 3,929,581 (2024) | 69,700 |
 Germany | Berlin | 83,467,117 (2025) | 357,588 |
 Ghana | Accra | 32,833,031 (2021) | 238,535 |
 Gibraltar | Gibraltar | 34,003 (2020) | 6.84 |
 Greece | Athens | 10,566,531 (2022) | 131,957 |
 Greenland | Nuuk | 56,542 (2025) | 2,166,086 |
 Grenada | St. George's | 114,299 (2023) | 348 |
 Guadeloupe | Basse-Terre | 384,160 (2023) | 1,628 |
 Guam | Hagåtña | 153,836 (2020) | 544 |
 Guatemala | Guatemala City | 17,263,239 (2018) | 108,889 |
 Guernsey | Saint Peter Port | 67,787 (2024) | 78 |
 Guinea | Conakry | 17,521,167 (2025) | 245,857 |
 Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | 1,861,283 (2017) | 36,125 |
 Guyana | Georgetown | 878,674 (2022) | 214,970 |
 Haiti | Port-au-Prince | 10,981,229 (2017) | 27,750 |
 Heard & McDonald Islands | — | — | 368 |
 Honduras | Tegucigalpa | 11,002,356 (2025) | 112,492 |
 Hong Kong SAR China | — | 7,413,070 (2021) | 2,755 |
 Hungary | Budapest | 9,489,000 (2025) | 93,011 |
 Iceland | Reykjavík | 376,248 (2022) | 103,004 |
 India | New Delhi | 1,326,093,247 (2020) | 3,287,263 |
 Indonesia | Jakarta | 275,439,000 (2021) | 1,904,570 |
 Iran | Tehran | 92,417,700 (2025) | 1,648,195 |
 Iraq | Baghdad | 43,500,000 (2026) | 437,072 |
 Ireland | Dublin | 5,149,139 (2022) | 69,797 |
 Isle of Man | Douglas | 84,523 (2024) | 572 |
 Israel | Jerusalem | 9,840,000 (2023) | 20,770 |
 Italy | Rome | 58,850,717 (2023) | 302,068 |
| Jamaica | Kingston | 2,734,093 (2019) | 10,992 |
 Japan | Tokyo | 123,802,000 (2024) | 377,974 |
 Jersey | Saint Helier | 103,267 (2021) | 118 |
 Jordan | Amman | 11,300,000 (2026) | 89,341 |
 Kazakhstan | Astana | 20,139,914 (2024) | 2,724,900 |
 Kenya | Nairobi | 47,564,296 (2019) | 581,309 |
 Kiribati | South Tarawa | 134,518 (2024) | 811 |
 Kuwait | Kuwait City | 4,300,000 (2026) | 17,818 |
 Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 7,281,800 (2025) | 199,951 |
 Laos | Vientiane | 6,858,160 (2017) | 236,800 |
 Latvia | Riga | 1,845,096 (2026) | 64,594 |
 Lebanon | Beirut | 5,300,000 (2026) | 10,452 |
 Lesotho | Maseru | 2,233,339 (2017) | 30,355 |
 Liberia | Monrovia | 5,214,030 (2021) | 111,369 |
 Libya | Tripoli | 7,100,000 (2026) | 1,759,541 |
 Liechtenstein | Vaduz | 38,020 (2019) | 160 |
 Lithuania | Vilnius | 2,860,002 (2023) | 65,300 |
 Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 690,959 (2026) | 2,593 |
 Macao SAR China | — | 682,100 (2021) | 115 |
 Madagascar | Antananarivo | 31,964,956 (2024) | 587,295 |
 Malawi | Lilongwe | 17,563,749 (2018) | 118,484 |
 Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 34,231,700 (2025) | 330,803 |
 Maldives | Malé | 436,330 (2017) | 298 |
 Mali | Bamako | 22,395,489 (2022) | 1,240,192 |
 Malta | Valletta | 553,214 (2023) | 316 |
 Marshall Islands | Majuro | 54,366 (2023) | 181 |
 Martinique | Fort-de-France | 360,630 (2023) | 1,128 |
 Mauritania | Nouakchott | 4,900,000 (2026) | 1,030,700 |
 Mauritius | Port Louis | 1,264,613 (2017) | 2,040 |
 Mayotte | Dzaoudzi, Mamoudzou | 320,901 (2024) | 374 |
 Mexico | Mexico City | 132,274,416 (2024) | 1,972,550 |
 Micronesia | Palikir | 75,817 (2023) | 702 |
 Moldova | Chișinău | 2,409,207 (2024) | 33,844 |
 Monaco | Monaco | 38,857 (2025) | 2.08 |
 Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 3,409,939 (2021) | 1,564,116 |
 Montenegro | Podgorica | 617,213 (2022) | 13,883 |
 Montserrat | Plymouth, Brades | 5,440 (2023) | 102 |
 Morocco | Rabat | 38,300,000 (2026) | 446,550 |
 Mozambique | Maputo | 29,668,834 (2017) | 801,590 |
 Myanmar (Burma) | Naypyidaw | 53,370,609 (2017) | 676,577 |
 Namibia | Windhoek | 2,533,794 (2017) | 825,615 |
 Nauru | Yaren District | 13,650 (2017) | 21 |
 Nepal | Kathmandu | 29,164,578 (2021) | 147,181 |
 Netherlands | Amsterdam | 17,100,715 (2013) | 42,201 |
 New Caledonia | Nouméa | 278,500 (2017) | 18,576 |
 New Zealand | Wellington | 5,307,800 (2024) | 268,021 |
 Nicaragua | Managua | 7,005,764 (2025) | 120,340 |
 Niger | Niamey | 21,477,348 (2017) | 1,267,000 |
 Nigeria | Abuja | 211,400,708 (2021) | 923,768 |
 Niue | Alofi | 1,821 (2025) | 260 |
 Norfolk Island | Kingston | 2,188 (2021) | 34.6 |
 North Korea | Pyongyang | 26,418,204 (2023) | 120,540 |
 North Macedonia | Skopje | 1,836,713 (2021) | 25,713 |
 Northern Mariana Islands | Saipan | 51,475 (2022) | 464 |
 Norway | Oslo | 5,627,400 (2026) | 385,207 |
 Oman | Muscat | 5,100,000 (2026) | 309,500 |
 Pakistan | Islamabad | 223,773,700 (2021) | 881,913 |
 Palau | Ngerulmud | 21,729 (2017) | 466 |
 Palestinian Territories | Ramallah, East Jerusalem | 5,400,000 (2026) | 6,020 |
 Panama | Panama City | 4,570,133 (2025) | 74,177 |
 Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | 8,935,000 (2020) | 462,840 |
 Paraguay | Asunción | 6,811,297 (2017) | 406,756 |
 Peru | Lima | 34,157,732 (2025) | 1,285,216 |
 Philippines | Manila | 112,729,484 (2024) | 343,448 |
 Pitcairn Islands | Adamstown | 50 (2019) | 47 |
 Poland | Warsaw | 37,563,071 (2024) | 312,683 |
 Portugal | Lisbon | 10,347,892 (2021) | 92,225 |
 Puerto Rico | San Juan | 3,285,874 (2020) | 9,104 |
 Qatar | Doha | 2,639,211 (2017) | 11,437 |
 Réunion | Saint-Denis | 889,679 (2023) | 2,512 |
 Romania | Bucharest | 19,053,815 (2022) | 238,397 |
 Russia | Moscow | 146,119,928 (2025) | 17,075,400 |
 Rwanda | Kigali | 14,569,341 (2025) | 26,338 |
 Samoa | Apia | 200,010 (2021) | 2,842 |
 San Marino | San Marino | 34,167 (2026) | 61.2 |
 São Tomé & Príncipe | São Tomé | 204,327 (2017) | 1,001 |
 Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 33,000,000 (2018) | 2,250,000 |
 Senegal | Dakar | 18,100,000 (2026) | 196,722 |
 Serbia | Belgrade | 6,605,168 (2024) | 88,499 |
 Seychelles | Victoria | 119,773 (2023) | 459 |
 Sierra Leone | Freetown | 7,557,212 (2017) | 71,740 |
 Singapore | Singapore | 5,866,139 (2021) | 719 |
 Sint Maarten | Philipsburg | 43,847 (2020) | 34 |
 Slovakia | Bratislava | 5,409,407 (2025) | 49,034 |
 Slovenia | Ljubljana | 2,116,972 (2022) | 20,271 |
 Solomon Islands | Honiara | 611,343 (2017) | 28,400 |
 Somalia | Mogadishu | 18,100,000 (2026) | 637,657 |
 South Africa | Cape Town, Pretoria, Bloemfontein | 62,027,503 (2022) | 1,221,037 |
 South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands | King Edward Point | 35 (2019) | 4,066 |
 South Korea | Seoul | 51,628,117 (2022) | 100,295 |
 South Sudan | Juba | 12,575,714 (2017) | 644,329 |
 Spain | Madrid | 48,592,909 (2024) | 505,990 |
 Sri Lanka | Colombo, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | 22,037,000 (2023) | 65,610 |
 St. Barthélemy | Gustavia | 10,124 (2018) | 24 |
 St. Helena | Jamestown | 5,633 (2016) | 394 |
 St. Kitts & Nevis | Basseterre | 46,922 (2025) | 269 |
 St. Lucia | Castries | 167,591 (2023) | 617 |
 St. Martin | Marigot | 32,358 (2020) | 53.2 |
 St. Pierre & Miquelon | Saint-Pierre | 5,974 (2019) | 242 |
 St. Vincent & Grenadines | Kingstown | 109,296 (2023) | 389 |
 Sudan | Khartoum | 48,945,000 (2025) | 1,886,068 |
 Suriname | Paramaribo | 563,402 (2017) | 163,270 |
 Svalbard & Jan Mayen | — | 2,905 (2022) | 61,399 |
 Sweden | Stockholm | 10,609,460 (2025) | 447,425 |
 Switzerland | Bern | 9,104,063 (2025) | 41,291 |
 Syria | Damascus | 23,000,000 (2026) | 185,180 |
 Taiwan | Taipei | 23,262,544 (2026) | 36,193 |
 Tajikistan | Dushanbe | 9,504,000 (2021) | 143,100 |
 Tanzania | Dodoma | 61,741,120 (2022) | 947,303 |
 Thailand | Bangkok | 66,188,503 (2017) | 513,120 |
 Timor-Leste | Dili | 1,400,638 (2024) | 14,919 |
 Togo | Lomé | 12,400,000 (2026) | 56,785 |
 Tokelau | — | 1,499 (2016) | 10 |
 Tonga | Nukuʻalofa | 105,697 (2020) | 749 |
 Trinidad & Tobago | Port of Spain | 1,369,125 (2017) | 5,128 |
 Tunisia | Tunis | 37,100,000 (2026) | 163,610 |
 Türkiye | Ankara | 85,372,377 (2023) | 783,562 |
 Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | 6,117,933 (2021) | 491,210 |
 Turks & Caicos Islands | Cockburn Town | 44,542 (2020) | 417 |
 Tuvalu | Funafuti | 10,643 (2022) | 25.14 |
 U.S. Outlying Islands | — | 190 (2010) | 34.2 |
 U.S. Virgin Islands | Charlotte Amalie | 104,917 (2023) | 346 |
 Uganda | Kampala | 47,123,531 (2021) | 241,038 |
 Ukraine | Kyiv | 41,167,335 (2022) | 603,550 |
 United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 10,100,000 (2026) | 83,600 |
 United Kingdom | London | 67,326,569 (2021) | 242,495 |
 United States | Washington, D.C. | 340,110,988 (2024) | 9,826,675 |
 Uruguay | Montevideo | 3,444,263 (2023) | 176,215 |
 Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 34,915,100 (2021) | 448,978 |
 Vanuatu | Port Vila | 300,019 (2020) | 12,190 |
 Vatican City | Vatican City | 882 (2024) | 0.49 |
 Venezuela | Caracas | 31,250,306 (2024) | 912,050 |
 Vietnam | Hanoi | 96,208,984 (2019) | 331,690 |
 Wallis & Futuna | Mata-Utu | 11,558 (2018) | 274 |
| Western Sahara | — | 612,000 (2021) | 266,000 |
 Yemen | Sanaa, Aden | 34,400,000 (2026) | 455,503 |
 Zambia | Lusaka | 19,610,769 (2022) | 752,618 |
 Zimbabwe | Harare | 15,178,979 (2022) | 390,757 |
Resources for learning geography
Maps and images of the Earth
- OpenStreetMapInternational
A detailed world map made by volunteers: streets, buildings, trails and rivers; free and open.
- Google EarthUSA
A 3D globe with satellite imagery: fly to any place on Earth right in your browser; free.
- NASA WorldviewUSA
Fresh satellite images of the whole Earth from NASA: fires, hurricanes, dust storms and ice, in near real time.
- David Rumsey Map CollectionUSA
A huge collection of historical maps and atlases from many centuries in high resolution; free to view online.
- WindyCzechia
Animated weather maps of the whole world: wind, rain, temperature and waves, plus thousands of webcams.
Quizzes and games
- SeterraSweden
A geography trainer: countries, capitals, flags, rivers and mountains on the map; free, in many languages.
- Lizard PointCanada
Map quizzes: find a country, region or capital with a click; free, in English.
- WorldleFrance
A daily game: guess the country from its outline in six tries; free.
Statistics and data on countries
- Our World in DataUK
Clear charts and maps on population, health, education, energy and climate for every country; open data.
- GapminderSweden
Animated charts showing how the world changes: income, health and population of countries over two centuries.
- World Bank Open DataInternational
Thousands of indicators for every country: population, economy, education and health; free.
- UN statistics (UNdata)International
United Nations statistics on the world’s countries in one place: population, economy and environment.
Geographical societies and agencies
- Russian Geographical SocietyRussia
Expeditions, popular science materials, competitions and the annual Geography Dictation open to everyone; in Russian.
- Statistical Committee of ArmeniaArmenia
Official statistics of Armenia: population, censuses, economy and regions; in Armenian, Russian and English.
Country data: Wikidata (public domain) and the Unicode CLDR; flags: Wikimedia Commons. Population is the latest value in Wikidata, with the year in brackets. Updated on October 23, 2026. Found a mistake? Write to us on WhatsApp.