| Africa | Algeria – Algiers | 
| Africa | Angola – Luanda | 
| Africa | Benin – Porto-Novo (seat of government at Cotonou) | 
| Africa | Botswana – Gaborone | 
| Africa | Burkina Faso – Ouagadougou | 
| Africa | Burundi – Bujumbura | 
| Africa | Cameroon – Yaoundé | 
| Africa | Cape Verde – Praia | 
| Africa | Central African Republic – Bangui | 
| Africa | Chad – N'Djamena | 
| Africa | Comoros – Moroni | 
| Africa | Congo, Democratic Republic of (also known as Congo-Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire) – Kinshasa | 
| Africa | Congo, Republic of (also known as Congo-Brazzaville) – Brazzaville | 
| Africa | Côte d'Ivoire (commonly known as Ivory Coast) – Yamoussoukro (seat of government at Abidjan) | 
| Africa | Djibouti – Djibouti | 
| Africa | Egypt – Cairo | 
| Africa | Equatorial Guinea – Malabo | 
| Africa | Eritrea – Asmara | 
| Africa | Ethiopia – Addis Ababa | 
| Africa | Gabon – Libreville | 
| Africa | Gambia – Banjul | 
| Africa | Ghana – Accra | 
| Africa | Guinea – Conakry | 
| Africa | Guinea-Bissau – Bissau | 
| Africa | Kenya – Nairobi | 
| Africa | Lesotho – Maseru | 
| Africa | Liberia – Monrovia | 
| Africa | Libya – Tripoli | 
| Africa | Madagascar – Antananarivo | 
| Africa | Malawi – Lilongwe | 
| Africa | Mali – Bamako | 
| Africa | Mauritania – Nouakchott | 
| Africa | Mauritius – Port Louis | 
| Africa | Mayotte (overseas territory of France) – Mamoudzou | 
| Africa | Morocco – Rabat | 
| Africa | Mozambique – Maputo | 
| Africa | Namibia – Windhoek | 
| Africa | Niger – Niamey | 
| Africa | Nigeria – Abuja | 
| Africa | Réunion (overseas department of France) – Saint-Denis | 
| Africa | Rwanda – Kigali | 
| Africa | Saint Helena (overseas territory of the United Kingdom) – Jamestown | 
| Africa | Sao Tome and Principe – São Tomé | 
| Africa | Senegal – Dakar | 
| Africa | Seychelles – Victoria | 
| Africa | Sierra Leone – Freetown | 
| Africa | Somalia – Mogadishu | 
| Africa | South Africa – Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial) | 
| Africa | Sudan – Khartoum | 
| Africa | Swaziland – Mbabane (administrative), Lobamba (royal and legislative) | 
| Africa | Tanzania – Dodoma (seat of government at Dar es Salaam) | 
| Africa | Togo – Lomé | 
| Africa | Tunisia – Tunis | 
| Africa | Uganda – Kampala | 
| Africa | Western Sahara – El Aaiún (unofficial) | 
| Africa | Zambia – Lusaka | 
| Africa | Zimbabwe – Harare | 
| Asia | Afghanistan – Kabul | 
| Asia | Armenia[2] – Yerevan | 
| Asia | Azerbaijan[2] – Baku | 
| Asia | Bahrain – Manama | 
| Asia | Bangladesh – Dhaka | 
| Asia | Bhutan – Thimphu | 
| Asia | British Indian Ocean Territory[3] (overseas territory of the United Kingdom) | 
| Asia | Brunei – Bandar Seri Begawan | 
| Asia | Cambodia – Phnom Penh | 
| Asia | China, People's Republic of – Beijing | 
| Asia | China, Republic of (commonly known as Taiwan) – Taipei | 
| Asia | Christmas Island[4] (overseas territory of Australia) | 
| Asia | Cocos (Keeling) Islands[4] (overseas territory of Australia) | 
| Asia | Cyprus[2] – Nicosia | 
| Asia | Georgia[2] – Tbilisi | 
| Asia | Hong Kong (special administrative region of the People's Republic of China) | 
| Asia | India – New Delhi | 
| Asia | Indonesia – Jakarta | 
| Asia | Iran – Tehran | 
| Asia | Iraq – Baghdad | 
| Asia | Israel – Jerusalem | 
| Asia | Japan – Tokyo | 
| Asia | Jordan – Amman | 
| Asia | Kazakhstan – Astana | 
| Asia | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (commonly known as North Korea) – Pyongyang | 
| Asia | Korea, Republic of (commonly known as South Korea) – Seoul | 
| Asia | Kuwait – Kuwait City | 
| Asia | Kyrgyzstan – Bishkek | 
| Asia | Laos – Vientiane | 
| Asia | Lebanon – Beirut | 
| Asia | Macau (special administrative region of the People's Republic of China) | 
| Asia | Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur (seat of government at Putrajaya) | 
| Asia | Maldives – Malé | 
| Asia | Mongolia – Ulaanbaatar | 
| Asia | Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) – Naypyidaw | 
| Asia | Nepal – Kathmandu | 
| Asia | Oman – Muscat | 
| Asia | Pakistan – Islamabad | 
| Asia | Palestinian territories (collectively the territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) | 
| Asia | Philippines – Manila | 
| Asia | Qatar – Doha | 
| Asia | Saudi Arabia – Riyadh | 
| Asia | Singapore – Singapore[5] | 
| Asia | Sri Lanka – Sri Jayawardenepura | 
| Asia | Syria – Damascus | 
| Asia | Tajikistan – Dushanbe | 
| Asia | Thailand – Bangkok | 
| Asia | Timor-Leste (commonly known as East Timor) – Dili | 
| Asia | Turkey[2] – Ankara | 
| Asia | Turkmenistan – Ashgabat | 
| Asia | United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi | 
| Asia | Uzbekistan – Tashkent | 
| Asia | Vietnam – Hanoi | 
| Asia | Yemen – Sana'a | 
| Europe | Albania – Tirana | 
| Europe | Andorra – Andorra la Vella | 
| Europe | Austria – Vienna | 
| Europe | Belarus – Minsk | 
| Europe | Belgium – Brussels | 
| Europe | Bosnia and Herzegovina – Sarajevo | 
| Europe | Bulgaria – Sofia | 
| Europe | Croatia – Zagreb | 
| Europe | Czech Republic – Prague | 
| Europe | Denmark – Copenhagen | 
| Europe | Estonia – Tallinn | 
| Europe | Faroe Islands (overseas territory of Denmark) – Tórshavn | 
| Europe | Finland – Helsinki | 
| Europe | France – Paris | 
| Europe | Germany – Berlin | 
| Europe | Gibraltar (overseas territory of the United Kingdom) – Gibraltar[5] | 
| Europe | Greece – Athens | 
| Europe | Guernsey (British crown dependency) – Saint Peter Port | 
| Europe | Hungary – Budapest | 
| Europe | Iceland – Reykjavík | 
| Europe | Ireland – Dublin | 
| Europe | Isle of Man (British crown dependency) – Douglas | 
| Europe | Italy – Rome | 
| Europe | Jersey (British crown dependency) – Saint Helier | 
| Europe | Latvia – Riga | 
| Europe | Liechtenstein – Vaduz | 
| Europe | Lithuania – Vilnius | 
| Europe | Luxembourg – Luxembourg | 
| Europe | Macedonia – Skopje | 
| Europe | Malta – Valletta | 
| Europe | Moldova – Chişinău | 
| Europe | Monaco – Monaco[5] | 
| Europe | Montenegro – Podgorica | 
| Europe | Netherlands – Amsterdam (seat of government at The Hague) | 
| Europe | Norway – Oslo | 
| Europe | Poland – Warsaw | 
| Europe | Portugal – Lisbon | 
| Europe | Romania – Bucharest | 
| Europe | Russia[6] – Moscow | 
| Europe | San Marino – San Marino | 
| Europe | Serbia – Belgrade | 
| Europe | Slovakia – Bratislava | 
| Europe | Slovenia – Ljubljana | 
| Europe | Spain – Madrid | 
| Europe | Sweden – Stockholm | 
| Europe | Switzerland – Berne | 
| Europe | Ukraine – Kiev | 
| Europe | United Kingdom – London | 
| Europe | Vatican City – Vatican City[5] | 
| North America | Anguilla (overseas territory of the United Kingdom) – The Valley | 
| North America | Antigua and Barbuda – Saint John's | 
| North America | Aruba (overseas country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands) – Oranjestad | 
| North America | Bahamas – Nassau | 
| North America | Barbados – Bridgetown | 
| North America | Belize – Belmopan | 
| North America | Bermuda (overseas territory of the United Kingdom) – Hamilton | 
| North America | British Virgin Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom) – Road Town | 
| North America | Canada – Ottawa | 
| North America | Cayman Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom) – George Town | 
| North America | Clipperton Island (overseas territory of France) | 
| North America | Costa Rica – San José | 
| North America | Cuba – Havana | 
| North America | Dominica – Roseau | 
| North America | Dominican Republic – Santo Domingo | 
| North America | El Salvador – San Salvador | 
| North America | Greenland (overseas territory of Denmark) – Nuuk | 
| North America | Grenada – Saint George's | 
| North America | Guadeloupe (overseas department of France) – Basse-Terre | 
| North America | Guatemala – Guatemala City | 
| North America | Haiti – Port-au-Prince | 
| North America | Honduras – Tegucigalpa | 
| North America | Jamaica – Kingston | 
| North America | Martinique (overseas department of France) – Fort-de-France | 
| North America | Mexico – Mexico City | 
| North America | Montserrat (overseas territory of the United Kingdom) – Plymouth (seat of government at Brades) | 
| North America | Navassa Island (overseas territory of the United States) | 
| North America | Netherlands Antilles (overseas country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands) – Willemstad | 
| North America | Nicaragua – Managua | 
| North America | Panama – Panama City | 
| North America | Puerto Rico (overseas territory of the United States) – San Juan | 
| North America | Saint Barthelemy (overseas territory of France) – Gustavia | 
| North America | Saint Kitts and Nevis – Basseterre | 
| North America | Saint Lucia – Castries | 
| North America | Saint Martin (overseas territory of France) – Marigot | 
| North America | Saint Pierre and Miquelon (overseas territory of France) – Saint-Pierre | 
| North America | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Kingstown | 
| North America | Trinidad and Tobago – Port of Spain | 
| North America | Turks and Caicos Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom) – Cockburn Town | 
| North America | United States – Washington, D.C. | 
| North America | United States Virgin Islands (overseas territory of the United States) – Charlotte Amalie | 
| South America | Argentina – Buenos Aires | 
| South America | Bolivia – Sucre (seat of government at La Paz) | 
| South America | Brazil – Brasília | 
| South America | Chile – Santiago | 
| South America | Colombia – Bogotá | 
| South America | Ecuador – Quito | 
| South America | Falkland Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom) – Stanley | 
| South America | French Guiana (overseas department of France) – Cayenne | 
| South America | Guyana – Georgetown | 
| South America | Paraguay – Asunción | 
| South America | Peru – Lima | 
| South America | Suriname – Paramaribo | 
| South America | Uruguay – Montevideo | 
| South America | Venezuela – Caracas | 
| Oceania | American Samoa (overseas territory of the United States) – Pago Pago (seat of government at Fagatogo) | 
| Oceania | Australia – Canberra | 
| Oceania | Baker Island (overseas territory of the United States) | 
| Oceania | Cook Islands (territory in free association with New Zealand) – Avarua | 
| Oceania | Fiji – Suva | 
| Oceania | French Polynesia (overseas territory of France) – Papeete | 
| Oceania | Guam (overseas territory of the United States) – Hagåtña | 
| Oceania | Howland Island (overseas territory of the United States) | 
| Oceania | Jarvis Island (overseas territory of the United States) | 
| Oceania | Johnston Atoll (overseas territory of the United States) | 
| Oceania | Kingman Reef (overseas territory of the United States) | 
| Oceania | Kiribati – South Tarawa | 
| Oceania | Marshall Islands – Majuro | 
| Oceania | Micronesia – Palikir | 
| Oceania | Midway Atoll (overseas territory of the United States) | 
| Oceania | Nauru – no official capital (seat of government at Yaren) | 
| Oceania | New Caledonia (overseas territory of France) – Nouméa | 
| Oceania | New Zealand – Wellington | 
| Oceania | Niue (territory in free association with New Zealand) – Alofi | 
| Oceania | Norfolk Island (overseas territory of Australia) – Kingston | 
| Oceania | Northern Mariana Islands (overseas territory of the United States) – Saipan | 
| Oceania | Palau – Melekeok | 
| Oceania | Palmyra Atoll (overseas territory of the United States) | 
| Oceania | Papua New Guinea – Port Moresby | 
| Oceania | Pitcairn Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom) – Adamstown | 
| Oceania | Samoa – Apia | 
| Oceania | Solomon Islands – Honiara | 
| Oceania | Tokelau (overseas territory of New Zealand) – no official capital (each atoll has its own administrative centre) | 
| Oceania | Tonga – Nuku'alofa | 
| Oceania | Tuvalu – Funafuti | 
| Oceania | Vanuatu – Port Vila | 
| Oceania | Wake Island (overseas territory of the United States) | 
| Oceania | Wallis and Futuna (overseas territory of France) – Mata-Utu | 
| Antarctica | Bouvet Island (overseas territory of Norway) | 
| Antarctica | French Southern Territories (overseas territory of France) | 
| Antarctica | Heard Island and McDonald Islands (overseas territory of Australia) | 
| Antarctica | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands[7] (overseas territory of the United Kingdom) |