| Year | Country | Former Capital | Current Capital | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Russia | Saint Petersburg | Moscow | 93%
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| 1868 | Japan | Kyoto | Tokyo | 91%
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| 1960 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | Brasília | 90%
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| 1595 | Poland | Kraków | Warsaw | 88%
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| 1975 | Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh City | Hanoi | 87%
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| 1923 | Turkey | Istanbul | Ankara | 85%
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| 1991 | Nigeria | Lagos | Abuja | 84%
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| 1800 | United States | Philadelphia | Washington, D.C. | 82%
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| 1857 | Canada | Toronto | Ottawa | 82%
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| 1927 | Australia | Melbourne | Canberra | 81%
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| 1865 | New Zealand | Auckland | Wellington | 78%
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| 1982 | Sri Lanka | Colombo | Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte | 78%
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| 1967 | Pakistan | Karachi | Islamabad | 76%
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| 1898 | Bolivia | Sucre | La Paz | 76%
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| 1421 | China | Nanjing | Beijing | 73%
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| 1996 | Tanzania | Dar Es Salaam | Dodoma | 72%
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| 1999 | Germany | Bonn | Berlin | 70%
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| 1911 | India | Kolkata | New Delhi | 70%
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| 2005 | Myanmar | Yangon | Naypyidaw | 70%
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| 1998 | Kazakhstan | Almaty | Nur-Sultan | 66%
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| 1961 | Belize | Belize City | Belmopan | 66%
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| 1671 | Morocco | Marrakesh | Rabat | 64%
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| 1983 | Ivory Coast | Abidjan | Yamoussoukro | 60%
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| 2019 | Burundi | Bujumbura | Gitega | 46%
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| 1944 | Lithuania | Kaunas | Vilnius | 40%
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| 1812 | Finland | Turku | Helsinki | 37%
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| 1776 | Afghanistan | Kandahar | Kabul | 36%
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| 1436 | Sweden | Uppsala | Stockholm | 34%
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| 1936 | Uzbekistan | Samarkand | Tashkent | 30%
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| 1779 | Iran | Mashhad | Tehran | 25%
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| 2006 | Palau | Koror City | Ngerulmud | 24%
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| 1902 | Senegal | Saint-Louis | Dakar | 16%
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| 1935 | Zambia | Livingstone | Lusaka | 15%
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| 1949 | Indonesia | Yogyakarta | Jakarta | 15%
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| 1962 | Uganda | Entebbe | Kampala | 13%
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| 1975 | Laos | Luang Prabang | Vientiane | 13%
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| 1989 | F. S. Micronesia | Kolonia | Palikir | 7%
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| 1920 | D. R. Congo | Boma | Kinshasa | 6%
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| 1818 | Saudi Arabia | Diriyah | Riyadh | 4%
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| 1975 | Malawi | Zomba | Lilongwe | 4%
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| 1941 | Guinea-Bissau | Bolama | Bissau | 3%
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| 1965 | Botswana | Mafikeng | Gaborone | 3%
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