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Every country in the world on one zoomable map. Tap or click a country to see its flag, capital, population, area, official languages and currency, and switch capitals, rivers and mountains on or off. Zoom in to see every name, capital, river and mountain: where labels would overlap, some only appear as you get closer.

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About the world

The world has 197 countries, home to about 8.11 billion people across 134,113,487 km² (51,781,486 sq mi).

The largest country by area is Russia, at 17,098,242 km², about 13% of the total; the smallest is Vatican City, at 0.44 km².

India has the most people, about 1.42 billion (17% of the total), and Vatican City the fewest, about 1,000. The most densely populated is Monaco, with about 16,024 people per km².

46 of the 197 countries are landlocked: Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Czech Republic, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Niger, North Macedonia, Palestine, Paraguay, Rwanda, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, South Sudan, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Countries of the world and their capitals

All 197 countries, with each capital, population and area. Sort by any column, or select a name to show it on the map.

The world: countries, capitals, population and area. Select a column heading to sort; select a name to show it on the map.
Kabul49,474,805652,230
Tirana2,551,83728,748
Algiers47,735,6852,381,740
Andorra la Vella85,370468
Luanda38,984,7961,246,700
Saint John's102,634443
Buenos Aires45,418,0982,780,400
Yerevan2,963,83729,743
Canberra27,490,9217,741,220
Vienna9,174,39083,871
Baku10,694,37086,600
Nassau415,30613,880
Manama1,566,888760
Dhaka174,370,536148,460
Bridgetown304,139430
Minsk9,460,972207,600
Brussels11,960,17030,528
Belmopan421,96022,966
Porto-Novo15,186,090112,622
Thimphu892,87738,394
La Paz12,436,1031,098,581
Sarajevo3,653,49951,197
Gaborone2,521,534581,730
Brasília221,359,3878,515,770
Bandar Seri Begawan491,9005,765
Sofia6,737,997110,879
Ouagadougou23,490,300274,200
Gitega13,590,10227,830
Praia611,0144,033
Phnom Penh17,230,333181,035
Yaoundé31,518,954475,440
Ottawa39,187,1559,984,670
Bangui5,750,570622,984
N'Djamena19,674,0041,284,000
Santiago19,091,343756,102
Beijing1,407,181,2099,596,960
Bogotá49,842,2981,138,910
Moroni911,7072,235
Brazzaville6,097,665342,000
San José5,304,93251,100
Zagreb4,071,20856,594
Havana10,059,519110,860
Nicosia1,332,2939,251
Prague10,838,70378,867
Kinshasa119,038,8252,344,858
Copenhagen6,051,49143,094
Djibouti1,013,70323,200
Roseau74,661751
Santo Domingo10,899,29248,670
Quito18,479,841283,561
Cairo112,870,4571,001,450
San Salvador6,334,72321,041
Malabo1,795,83428,051
Asmara6,416,435117,600
Tallinn1,340,47845,228
Lobamba1,137,26817,364
Addis Ababa121,372,6321,104,300
Suva951,61118,274
Helsinki5,550,449338,145
Paris68,512,806643,801
Libreville2,513,738267,667
Banjul2,523,32711,300
Tbilisi4,900,96169,700
Berlin84,012,284357,022
Accra35,336,133238,533
Athens10,424,536131,957
St. George's114,621344
Guatemala City18,255,216108,889
Conakry14,374,590245,857
Bissau2,132,32536,125
Georgetown794,099214,969
Port-au-Prince11,898,81227,750
Tegucigalpa9,529,188112,090
Budapest9,855,74593,028
Reykjavik364,036103,000
New Delhi1,419,316,9333,287,263
Jakarta283,587,0971,904,569
Tehran89,177,3571,648,195
Baghdad42,917,742438,317
Dublin5,233,46170,273
Jerusalem9,402,61721,937
Rome60,924,851301,340
Yamoussoukro31,855,971322,463
Kingston2,938,50310,991
Tokyo123,201,945377,915
Amman11,312,50789,342
Astana20,432,6622,724,900
Nairobi55,751,717580,367
South Tarawa116,545811
Pristina1,977,09310,887
Kuwait City3,172,51117,818
Bishkek6,219,751199,951
Vientiane7,953,556236,800
Riga1,888,43964,589
Beirut5,364,48210,400
Maseru2,222,96230,355
Monrovia5,563,541111,369
Tripoli7,361,2631,759,540
Vaduz40,547160
Vilnius2,815,68765,300
Luxembourg City671,2542,586
Antananarivo31,345,040587,041
Lilongwe21,763,309118,484
Kuala Lumpur34,905,275329,847
Malé388,858298
Bamako22,634,4231,240,192
Valletta521,828316
Majuro82,011181
Nouakchott5,202,1091,030,700
Port Louis1,311,3752,040
Mexico City130,739,9271,964,375
Palikir99,603702
Chișinău3,578,93033,851
Monaco32,0472
Ulan Bator3,281,6761,564,116
Podgorica599,84913,812
Rabat37,387,585716,550
Maputo34,206,144799,380
Naypyidaw57,931,718676,578
Windhoek2,852,777824,292
Yaren9,93021
Kathmandu31,334,402147,181
Amsterdam17,833,88541,543
Wellington5,161,211268,838
Managua6,739,380130,370
Niamey27,322,5551,267,000
Abuja244,344,065923,768
Pyongyang26,402,841120,538
Skopje2,137,55625,713
Oslo5,509,733323,802
Muscat3,969,824309,500
Islamabad257,047,044796,095
Ngerulmud21,947459
Ramallah5,495,2066,220
Panama City4,536,00875,420
Port Moresby10,273,996462,840
Asunción7,604,044406,752
Lima32,768,6141,285,216
Manila118,277,063300,000
Warsaw38,746,310312,685
Lisbon10,194,27792,090
Doha2,568,42611,586
Bucharest18,148,155238,391
Moscow140,134,27917,098,242
Kigali13,623,30226,338
Basseterre55,434261
Castries168,462616
Kingstown100,647389
Apia210,2232,831
City of San Marino35,29161
São Tomé223,561964
Riyadh36,544,4312,149,690
Dakar18,847,519196,722
Belgrade6,652,21277,474
Victoria98,187455
Freetown9,331,20371,740
Singapore6,080,545719
Bratislava5,563,64949,035
Ljubljana2,097,89320,273
Honiara738,77428,896
Mogadishu20,324,160637,657
Pretoria61,089,9261,219,090
Seoul51,486,34399,720
Juba12,703,714644,329
Madrid47,280,433505,370
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte22,050,56165,610
Khartoum50,467,2781,861,484
Paramaribo653,605163,820
Stockholm10,643,745450,295
Bern8,925,74141,277
Damascus24,261,882187,437
Taipei23,600,77635,980
Dushanbe10,593,876144,100
Dodoma69,145,464947,300
Bangkok70,025,248513,120
Dili1,404,78514,874
Lomé9,143,43956,785
Nuku'alofa104,519747
Port of Spain1,410,1705,128
Tunis11,962,995163,610
Ankara84,625,585783,562
Ashgabat5,744,151488,100
Funafuti11,82426
Kampala50,863,850241,038
Kyiv35,661,826603,550
Abu Dhabi10,093,59383,600
London68,751,311243,610
Washington, D.C.338,016,2599,833,517
Montevideo3,449,444176,215
Tashkent37,015,151447,400
Port Vila318,00712,189
Vatican City1,0000.44
Caracas31,755,435912,050
Hanoi106,688,169331,210
Sana'a34,505,496527,968
Lusaka22,021,971752,618
Harare17,472,752390,757

The map counts 197 countries: the 193 UN members, Vatican City, Palestine, Kosovo and Taiwan, as in all our quizzes. Territories such as Greenland and Puerto Rico are shown in grey.

Sources

  • Capitals and official languages: national constitutions and government sources.
  • Currencies: the ISO 4217 currency list and national central banks, checked October 2026.
  • Borders, coastlines, rivers and mountains: official sources. Disputed borders are shown as they are commonly drawn, which is not an endorsement of any claim.
  • Population and area: CIA World Factbook (2024 and 2025 estimates; total area including inland water), which capitals and languages were also checked against.