| Year | Capital before | Current Capital City | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Rio de Janeiro | Brasilia | 99%
|
| 1918 | St. Petersburg | Moscow | 96%
|
| 1976 | Lagos | Abuja | 95%
|
| 1927 | Melbourne | Canberra | 95%
|
| 1912 | Kolkata | New Delhi | 94%
|
| 1949 | Nanjing | Beijing | 93%
|
| 1998 | Almaty | Astana | 88%
|
| 1975 | Saigon | Hanoi | 88%
|
| 1973 | Dar es salam | Dodoma | 85%
|
| 1970 | Belize City | Belmopan | 84%
|
| 1934 | Kharkiv | Kyiv | 83%
|
| 1982 | Colombo | Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte | 80%
|
| 2005 | Yangon | Naypyidaw | 78%
|
| 1990 | Aden | Sanaa | 73%
|
| 1962 | Taizz | Sanaa | 73%
|
| 1983 | Abidjan | Yamoussoukro | 73%
|
| 2018 | Bujumbura | Gitega | 64%
|
| 1940 | Kaunas | Vilnius | 64%
|
| 2026 | Malabo | Ciudad de la Paz | 60%
|
| 1967 | Rawalpindi | Islamabad | 60%
|
| 1930 | Samarkand | Tashkent | 59%
|
| 1915 | Grootfontein | Windhoek | 44%
|
| 1949 | Bukittinggi | Jakarta | 36%
|
| 2007 | Koror | Ngerulmud | 33%
|
| 1970 | Salala | Muscat | 26%
|
| 1920 | Vlora | Tirana | 26%
|
| 1989 | Kolonia | Palikir | 22%
|
| 1946 | Cetinje | Podgorica | 22%
|
| 1942 | Tulagi | Honiara | 15%
|
| 1974 | Boe | Bissau | 14%
|
| 1941 | Bolama | Bissau | 14%
|
| 1960 | Zomba | Lilongwe | 14%
|
| 1944 | Jabor | Majuro | 9%
|