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Albania
Capital CityTirana
CurrencyAlbanian Lek (L, ALL)
Official LanguagesAlbanian
Algeria
Capital CityAlgiers
CurrencyAlgerian dinar (د.ج, DZD)
Official LanguagesArabic and Tamazight (Berber)
Andorra
Capital CityAndorra la Vella
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesCatalan
Angola
Capital CityLuanda
CurrencyAngolan kwanza (Kz, AOA)
Official LanguagesPortuguese
Antigua and Barbuda
Capital CitySaint John's
CurrencyEastern Caribbean dollar ($, XCD)
Official LanguagesAntiguan and Barbudan Creole and English
Argentina
Capital CityBuenos Aires
CurrencyArgentine peso ($, ARS)
Official LanguagesSpanish
Armenia
Capital CityYerevan
CurrencyArmenian dram (֏, AMD)
Official LanguagesArmenian
Aruba
Capital CityOranjestad
CurrencyAruban florin (ƒ, AWG)
Official LanguagesDutch and Papiamento
Australia
Capital CityCanberra
CurrencyAustralian dollar ($, AUD)
Official LanguagesEnglish
Austria
Capital CityVienna
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesGerman
Azerbaijan
Capital CityBaku
CurrencyAzerbaijani manat (₼, AZN)
Official LanguagesAzerbaijani
Bahamas
Capital CityNassau
CurrencyBahamian dollar ($, BSD)
Official LanguagesEnglish
Bahrain
Capital CityManama
CurrencyBahraini dinar (.د.ب, BHD)
Official LanguagesArabic and English
Bangladesh
Capital CityDhaka
CurrencyBangladeshi taka (৳, BDT)
Official LanguagesBengali
Barbados
Capital CityBridgetown
CurrencyBarbadian dollar ($, BBD)
Official LanguagesEnglish and Bajan Creole
Belarus
Capital CityMinsk
CurrencyBelarusian ruble (Br, BYN)
Official LanguagesBelarusian and Russian
Belgium
Capital CityBrussels
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesDutch, French and German
Belize
Capital CityBelmopan
CurrencyBelize dollar ($, BZD)
Official LanguagesEnglish
Benin
Capital CityPorto-Novo
CurrencyWest African CFA franc (Fr, XOF)
Official LanguagesFrench
Bhutan
Capital CityThimphu
CurrencyBhutanese ngultrum (Nu., BTN)
Official LanguagesDzongkha
Bolivia
Capital CityLa Paz
CurrencyBolivian boliviano (Bs, BOB)
Official Languagesindigenous languages and Spanish
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Capital CitySarajevo
CurrencyBosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark (KM, BAM)
Official LanguagesCroatian, Bosnian and Serbian
Botswana
Capital CityGaborone
CurrencyBotswana pula (P, BWP)
Official LanguagesTswana and English
Brazil
Capital CityBrasília
CurrencyReal (R$, BRL)
Official LanguagesPortuguese
Brunei
Capital CityBandar Seri Begawan
CurrencyBrunei dollar ($, BND)
Official LanguagesMalay
Bulgaria
Capital CitySofia
CurrencyBulgarian lev (лв., BGN)
Official LanguagesBulgarian
Burkina Faso
Capital CityOuagadougou
CurrencyWest African CFA franc (Fr, XOF)
Official LanguagesFrench
Burundi
Capital CityGitega
CurrencyBurundian franc (Fr, BIF)
Official LanguagesKirundi and French
Cambodia
Capital CityPhnom Penh
CurrencyCambodian riel (៛, KHR)
Official LanguagesKhmer
Cameroon
Capital CityYaoundé
CurrencyCentral African CFA franc (FCFA, XAF)
Official LanguagesEnglish and French
Canada
Capital CityOttawa
CurrencyCanadian dollar ($, CAD)
Official LanguagesFrench and English
Cape Verde
Capital CityPraia
CurrencyCape Verdean escudo (Esc, CVE)
Official LanguagesPortuguese
Central African Republic
Capital CityBangui
CurrencyCentral African CFA franc (FCFA, XAF)
Official LanguagesSango and French
Chad
Capital CityN'Djamena
CurrencyCentral African CFA franc (FCFA, XAF)
Official LanguagesFrench and Arabic
Chile
Capital CitySantiago
CurrencyChilean peso ($, CLP)
Official LanguagesSpanish
China
Capital CityBeijing
CurrencyChinese yuan (¥, CNY)
Official LanguagesMandarin (Putonghua)
Colombia
Capital CityBogota
CurrencyColombian peso ($, COP)
Official LanguagesSpanish
Comoros
Capital CityMoroni
CurrencyComorian franc (Fr, KMF)
Official LanguagesComorian, French and Arabic
Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)
Capital CityBrazzaville
CurrencyCentral African CFA franc (FCFA, XAF)
Official LanguagesFrench
Costa Rica
Capital CitySan José
CurrencyCosta Rican colón (₡, CRC)
Official LanguagesSpanish
Côte d'Ivoire
Capital CityYamoussoukro
CurrencyWest African CFA franc (Fr, XOF)
Official LanguagesFrench
Croatia
Capital CityZagreb
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesCroatian
Cuba
Capital CityHavana
CurrencyCuban peso ($, CUP)
Official LanguagesSpanish
Cyprus
Capital CityNicosia
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesGreek and Turkish
Czech Republic
Capital CityPrague
CurrencyCzech koruna (Kč, CZK)
Official LanguagesCzech
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Capital CityKinshasa
CurrencyCongolese franc (Fr, CDF)
Official LanguagesFrench
Denmark
Capital CityCopenhagen
CurrencyDanish krone (kr., DKK)
Official LanguagesDanish
Djibouti
Capital CityDjibouti
CurrencyDjiboutian franc (Fr, DJF)
Official LanguagesFrench and Arabic
Dominica
Capital CityRoseau
CurrencyEastern Caribbean dollar ($, XCD)
Official LanguagesEnglish, Dominican Creole and French
Dominican Republic
Capital CitySanto Domingo
CurrencyDominican peso (RD$, DOP)
Official LanguagesSpanish
Ecuador
Capital CityQuito
CurrencyUnited States Dollar ($, USD)
Official LanguagesSpanish
Egypt
Capital CityCairo
CurrencyEgyptian pound (£, EGP)
Official LanguagesArabic
El Salvador
Capital CitySan Salvador
CurrencyUnited States Dollar ($, USD)
Official LanguagesSpanish
Equatorial Guinea
Capital CityMalabo
CurrencyCentral African CFA franc (FCFA, XAF)
Official LanguagesFrench, Portuguese and Spanish
Eritrea
Capital CityAsmara
CurrencyEritrean nakfa (Nfk, ERN)
Official LanguagesTigrinya, Dahlik and Tigre
Estonia
Capital CityTallinn
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesEstonian
Eswatini
Capital CityMbabane (executive) Lobamba (legislative)
CurrencySwazi lilangeni (L, SZL)
Official LanguagesSwazi and English
Ethiopia
Capital CityAddis Ababa
CurrencyEthiopian birr (Br, ETB)
Official LanguagesAmharic
Fiji
Capital CitySuva
CurrencyFijian dollar ($, FJD)
Official LanguagesFiji Hindi, English and Fijian
Finland
Capital CityHelsinki
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesFinnish and Swedish
France
Capital CityParis
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesFrench
Gabon
Capital CityLibreville
CurrencyCentral African CFA franc (FCFA, XAF)
Official LanguagesFrench
Gambia
Capital CityBanjul
CurrencyGambian dalasi (D, GMD)
Official LanguagesEnglish
Georgia
Capital CityTbilisi
CurrencyGeorgian Lari (₾, GEL)
Official LanguagesGeorgian
Germany
Capital CityBerlin
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesGerman
Ghana
Capital CityAccra
CurrencyGhanaian cedi (₵, GHS)
Official LanguagesEnglish
Greece
Capital CityAthens
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesGreek
Grenada
Capital CitySaint George's
CurrencyEastern Caribbean dollar ($, XCD)
Official LanguagesEnglish
Guatemala
Capital CityGuatemala City
CurrencyGuatemalan quetzal (Q, GTQ)
Official LanguagesSpanish
Guinea
Capital CityConakry
CurrencyGuinean franc (Fr, GNF)
Official LanguagesFrench
Guinea-Bissau
Capital CityBissau
CurrencyWest African CFA franc (Fr, XOF)
Official LanguagesPortuguese
Guyana
Capital CityGeorgetown
CurrencyGuyanese dollar ($, GYD)
Official LanguagesEnglish
Haiti
Capital CityPort-au-Prince
CurrencyHaitian gourde (G, HTG)
Official LanguagesFrench and Haitian Creole
Honduras
Capital CityTegucigalpa
CurrencyHonduran lempira (L, HNL)
Official LanguagesSpanish
Hong Kong
Capital CityHong Kong
CurrencyHong Kong dollar ($, HKD)
Official LanguagesCantonese and English
Hungary
Capital CityBudapest
CurrencyHungarian forint (Ft, HUF)
Official LanguagesHungarian
Iceland
Capital CityReykjavík
CurrencyIcelandic krona (kr, ISK)
Official LanguagesIcelandic
India
Capital CityNew Delhi
CurrencyIndian rupee (₹, INR)
Official LanguagesEnglish, Hindi and 22 regional languages
Indonesia
Capital CityJakarta
CurrencyIndonesian rupiah (Rp, IDR)
Official LanguagesIndonesian
Iran
Capital CityTehran
CurrencyIranian rial (﷼, IRR)
Official LanguagesPersian
Ireland
Capital CityDublin
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesEnglish
Israel
Capital CityJerusalem
CurrencyIsraeli new shekel (₪, ILS)
Official LanguagesHebrew, Arabic and English
Italy
Capital CityRome
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesItalian
Jamaica
Capital CityKingston
CurrencyJamaican dollar ($, JMD)
Official LanguagesEnglish
Japan
Capital CityTokyo
CurrencyJapanese yen (¥, JPY)
Official LanguagesJapanese
Jordan
Capital CityAmman
CurrencyJordanian dinar (د.ا, JOD)
Official LanguagesModern Standard Arabic and Arabic
Kazakhstan
Capital CityNur-Sultan
CurrencyKazakhstani tenge (₸, KZT)
Official LanguagesKazakh and Russian
Kenya
Capital CityNairobi
CurrencyKenyan shilling (KSh, KES)
Official LanguagesSwahili and English
Kiribati
Capital CityTarawa
CurrencyAustralian dollar ($, AUD)
Official LanguagesKiribati and English
Kosovo
Capital CityPristina
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesAlbanian and Serbian
Kuwait
Capital CityKuwait City
CurrencyKuwaiti dinar (د.ك, KWD)
Official LanguagesArabic
Kyrgyzstan
Capital CityBishkek
CurrencyKyrgyzstani som (С̲, KGS)
Official LanguagesKyrgyz and Russian
Laos
Capital CityVientiane
CurrencyLao kip (₭, LAK)
Official LanguagesLao
Latvia
Capital CityRiga
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesLatvian
Lebanon
Capital CityBeirut
CurrencyLebanese pound (ل.ل, LBP)
Official LanguagesArabic
Lesotho
Capital CityMaseru
CurrencyLesotho loti (L, LSL)
Official LanguagesSethoso and English
Liberia
Capital CityMonrovia
CurrencyLiberian dollar ($, LRD)
Official LanguagesEnglish
Libya
Capital CityTripoli
CurrencyLibyan dinar (ل.د, LYD)
Official LanguagesArabic
Liechtenstein
Capital CityVaduz
CurrencySwiss franc (Fr, CHF)
Official LanguagesGerman
Lithuania
Capital CityVilnius
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesLithuanian
Luxembourg
Capital CityLuxembourg City
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesFrench, German and Luxembourgish
Macau
Capital CityMacau
CurrencyMacanese pataca (MOP$, MOP)
Official LanguagesPortuguese and Chinese
Madagascar
Capital CityAntananarivo
CurrencyMalagasy ariary (Ar, MGA)
Official LanguagesMalagasy and French
Malawi
Capital CityLilongwe
CurrencyMalawian kwacha (MK, MWK)
Official LanguagesEnglish
Malaysia
Capital CityKuala Lumpur
CurrencyMalaysian ringgit (RM, MYR)
Official LanguagesMalay
Maldives
Capital CityMalé
CurrencyMaldivian rufiyaa (.ރ, MVR)
Official LanguagesDhivehi
Mali
Capital CityBamako
CurrencyWest African CFA franc (Fr, XOF)
Official LanguagesFrench
Malta
Capital CityValletta
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesEnglish and Maltese
Marshall Islands
Capital CityMajuro
CurrencyUnited States Dollar ($, USD)
Official LanguagesMarshallese and English
Mauritania
Capital CityNouakchott
CurrencyMauritanian ouguiya (UM, MRU)
Official LanguagesArabic and French
Mauritius
Capital CityPort Louis
CurrencyMauritian rupee (¢, MUR)
Official LanguagesEnglish, Mauritian Creole and French
Mexico
Capital CityMexico City
CurrencyMexican peso ($, MXN)
Official LanguagesSpanish
Micronesia
Capital CityPalikir
CurrencyUnited States Dollar ($, USD)
Official LanguagesEnglish
Moldova
Capital CityChișinău
CurrencyMoldovan leu (L, MDL)
Official LanguagesRomanian
Monaco
Capital CityMonaco
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesFrench
Mongolia
Capital CityUlaanbaatar
CurrencyMongolian tögrög (₮, MNT)
Official LanguagesMongolian
Montenegro
Capital CityPodgorica
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesCroatian, Albanian, Bosnian and Serbian
Morocco
Capital CityRabat
CurrencyMoroccan dirham (DH, MAD)
Official LanguagesArabic
Mozambique
Capital CityMaputo
CurrencyMozambican metical (MT, MZN)
Official LanguagesPortuguese
Myanmar
Capital CityNaypyitaw
CurrencyMyanmar kyat (Ks, MMK)
Official LanguagesBurmese
Namibia
Capital CityWindhoek
CurrencyNamibian dollar ($, NAD)
Official LanguagesEnglish
Nauru
Capital CityYaren
CurrencyAustralian dollar ($, AUD)
Official LanguagesNauruan and English
Nepal
Capital CityKathmandu
CurrencyNepalese rupee (रू, NPR)
Official LanguagesNepali
Netherlands
Capital CityAmsterdam
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesDutch (official language), English and Frisian (official language in Frisia)
New Zealand
Capital CityWellington
CurrencyNew Zealand dollar ($, NZD)
Official LanguagesEnglish and Māori
Nicaragua
Capital CityManagua
CurrencyNicaraguan córdoba (C$, NIO)
Official LanguagesSpanish and English
Niger
Capital CityNiamey
CurrencyWest African CFA franc (Fr, XOF)
Official LanguagesFrench
Nigeria
Capital CityAbuja
CurrencyNigerian naira (₦, NGN)
Official LanguagesEnglish
North Korea
Capital CityPyongyang
CurrencyNorth Korean won (₩, KPW)
Official LanguagesKorean
North Macedonia
Capital CitySkopje
CurrencyMacedonian denar (ден, MKD)
Official LanguagesMacedonian and Albanian
Norway
Capital CityOslo
CurrencyNorwegian krone (kr, NOK)
Official LanguagesNorwegian
Oman
Capital CityMuscat
CurrencyOmani rial (ر.ع., OMR)
Official LanguagesArabic
Pakistan
Capital CityIslamabad
CurrencyPakistani rupee (₨., PKR)
Official LanguagesUrdu, English and Punjabi
Palau
Capital CityNgerulmud
CurrencyUnited States Dollar ($, USD)
Official LanguagesPalauan and English
Panama
Capital CityPanama City
CurrencyUnited States Dollar ($, USD)
Official LanguagesSpanish
Papua New Guinea
Capital CityPort Moresby
CurrencyPapua New Guinean kina (K, PGK)
Official LanguagesPNG Sign Language, Hiri Motu and English
Paraguay
Capital CityAsunción
CurrencyParaguayan guaraní (₲, PYG)
Official LanguagesGuaraní and Spanish
Peru
Capital CityLima
CurrencyPeruvian sol (S/., PEN)
Official LanguagesSpanish, Quechua and Aymara
Philippines
Capital CityManila
CurrencyPhilippine peso (₱, PHP)
Official LanguagesFilipino and English
Poland
Capital CityWarsaw
CurrencyPolish złoty (zł, PLN)
Official LanguagesPolish
Portugal
Capital CityLisbon
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesPortuguese
Puerto Rico
Capital CitySan Juan
CurrencyUnited States Dollar ($, USD)
Official LanguagesSpanish and English
Qatar
Capital CityDoha
CurrencyQatari riyal (ر.ق, QAR)
Official LanguagesArabic
Romania
Capital CityBucharest
CurrencyRomanian leu (L, RON)
Official LanguagesRomanian
Russia
Capital CityMoscow
CurrencyRussian ruble (₽, RUB)
Official LanguagesRussian
Rwanda
Capital CityKigali
CurrencyRwandan franc (Fr, RWF)
Official LanguagesFrench and English
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Capital CityBasseterre
CurrencyEastern Caribbean dollar ($, XCD)
Official LanguagesSaint Kitts Creole and English
Saint Lucia
Capital CityCastries
CurrencyEastern Caribbean dollar ($, XCD)
Official LanguagesFrench, Saint Lucian Creole and English
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Capital CityKingstown
CurrencyEastern Caribbean dollar ($, XCD)
Official LanguagesEnglish
Samoa
Capital CityApia
CurrencySamoan tālā (T, WST)
Official LanguagesEnglish and Samoan
San Marino
Capital CitySan Marino
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesItalian
Sao Tome and Principe
Capital CitySão Tomé
CurrencySão Tomé and Príncipe dobra (Db, STN)
Official LanguagesPortuguese
Saudi Arabia
Capital CityRiyadh
CurrencySaudi riyal (﷼, SAR)
Official LanguagesArabic
Senegal
Capital CityDakar
CurrencyWest African CFA franc (Fr, XOF)
Official LanguagesFrench
Serbia
Capital CityBelgrade
CurrencySerbian dinar (din, RSD)
Official LanguagesSerbian
Seychelles
Capital CityVictoria
CurrencySeychellois rupee (₨, SCR)
Official LanguagesFrench and English
Sierra Leone
Capital CityFreetown
CurrencySierra Leonean leone (Le, SLL)
Official LanguagesKrio and English
Singapore
Capital CitySingapore
CurrencySingapore dollar (S$, SGD)
Official LanguagesEnglish, Malay, Mandarin and Tamil
Slovakia
Capital CityBratislava
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesSlovak
Slovenia
Capital CityLjubljana
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesSlovenian, Italian and Hungarian
Solomon Islands
Capital CityHoniara
CurrencySolomon Islands dollar ($, SBD)
Official LanguagesEnglish
Somalia
Capital CityMogadishu
CurrencySomali shilling (Sh, SOS)
Official LanguagesSomali and Arabic
South Africa
Capital CityPretoria (executive), Bloemfontein (judicial), and Cape Town (legislative)
CurrencySouth African Rand (R, ZAR)
Official LanguagesEnglish and 10 other official languages
South Korea
Capital CitySeoul
CurrencySouth Korean won (₩, KRW)
Official LanguagesKorean
Spain
Capital CityMadrid
CurrencyEuro (€, EUR)
Official LanguagesSpanish, Catalan, Basque and Galician
Sri Lanka
Capital CitySri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative) Colombo (executive and judicial)
CurrencySri Lankan rupee (Rs, LKR)
Official LanguagesSinhala, Tamil and English
Sudan
Capital CityKhartoum
CurrencySudanese pound (ج.س., SDG)
Official LanguagesArabic & English
Suriname
Capital CityParamaribo
CurrencySurinamese dollar ($, SRD)
Official LanguagesDutch
Sweden
Capital CityStockholm
CurrencySwedish krona (kr, SEK)
Official LanguagesSwedish
Switzerland
Capital CityBern
CurrencySwiss franc (Fr, CHF)
Official LanguagesGerman (Swiss-German), Romansh, French and Italian
Syria
Capital CityDamascus
CurrencySyrian pound (£, SYP)
Official LanguagesArabic
Taiwan
Capital CityTaipei
CurrencyNew Taiwan dollar (NT$, TWD)
Official LanguagesMandarin Chinese
Tajikistan
Capital CityDushanbe
CurrencyTajikistani somoni (с., TJS)
Official LanguagesTajik
Tanzania
Capital CityDodoma
CurrencyTanzanian shilling (Sh, TZS)
Official LanguagesEnglish and Swahili
Thailand
Capital CityBangkok
CurrencyThai baht (฿, THB)
Official LanguagesThai
Timor-Leste
Capital CityDili
CurrencyUnited States Dollar ($, USD)
Official LanguagesTetum and Portuguese
Togo
Capital CityLomé
CurrencyWest African CFA franc (Fr, XOF)
Official LanguagesEwe, Kabiye and French
Tonga
Capital CityNukuʻalofa
CurrencyTongan paʻanga (T$, TOP)
Official LanguagesEnglish and Tongan
Tunisia
Capital CityTunis
CurrencyTunisian dinar (د.ت, TND)
Official LanguagesArabic, English and French
Turkey
Capital CityAnkara
CurrencyTurkish lira (₺, TRY)
Official LanguagesTurkish
Turkmenistan
Capital CityAshgabat
CurrencyTurkmenistan manat (m., TMT)
Official LanguagesTurkmen
Tuvalu
Capital CityFunafuti
CurrencyAustralian dollar ($, AUD)
Official LanguagesTuvaluan and English
Uganda
Capital CityKampala
CurrencyUgandan shilling (Sh, UGX)
Official LanguagesEnglish and Swahili
Ukraine
Capital CityKyiv
CurrencyUkrainian hryvnia (₴, UAH)
Official LanguagesUkrainian
United Arab Emirates
Capital CityAbu Dhabi
CurrencyUnited Arab Emirates dirham (د.إ, AED)
Official LanguagesArabic
United Kingdom
Capital CityLondon
CurrencyPound sterling (£, GBP)
Official LanguagesEnglish
United States
Capital CityWashington, D.C.
CurrencyUnited States Dollar ($, USD)
Official LanguagesEnglish
Uruguay
Capital CityMontevideo
CurrencyUruguayan peso ($U, UYU)
Official LanguagesSpanish
Uzbekistan
Capital CityTashkent
CurrencyUzbekistani soʻm (Sʻ, UZS)
Official LanguagesUzbek
Venezuela
Capital CityCaracas
CurrencyVenezuelan bolívar soberano (Bs.S., VES)
Official LanguagesSpanish
Vietnam
Capital CityHanoi
CurrencyVietnamese đồng (₫, VND)
Official LanguagesVietnamese
Yemen
Capital CitySanaa & Aden (capital-in-exile)
CurrencyYemeni rial (﷼, YER)
Official LanguagesArabic
Zambia
Capital CityLusaka
CurrencyZambian kwacha (ZK, ZMW)
Official LanguagesEnglish
Zimbabwe
Capital CityHarare
CurrencyZimbabwean gold (ZiG, ZiG)
Official LanguagesShona, Ndebele and English