| Year | Capital before | Current Capital City | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Rio de Janeiro | Brasilia | 98%
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| 1912 | Kolkata | New Delhi | 97%
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| 1927 | Melbourne | Canberra | 95%
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| 1918 | St. Petersburg | Moscow | 95%
|
| 1976 | Lagos | Abuja | 93%
|
| 1949 | Nanjing | Beijing | 92%
|
| 1975 | Saigon | Hanoi | 90%
|
| 1998 | Almaty | Astana | 85%
|
| 1973 | Dar es salam | Dodoma | 83%
|
| 1934 | Kharkiv | Kyiv | 83%
|
| 1970 | Belize City | Belmopan | 81%
|
| 1982 | Colombo | Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte | 80%
|
| 2005 | Yangon | Naypyidaw | 76%
|
| 1990 | Aden | Sanaa | 75%
|
| 1962 | Taizz | Sanaa | 75%
|
| 1983 | Abidjan | Yamoussoukro | 71%
|
| 2018 | Bujumbura | Gitega | 68%
|
| 1940 | Kaunas | Vilnius | 64%
|
| 1967 | Rawalpindi | Islamabad | 63%
|
| 2026 | Malabo | Ciudad de la Paz | 59%
|
| 1930 | Samarkand | Tashkent | 59%
|
| 1915 | Grootfontein | Windhoek | 44%
|
| 1949 | Bukittinggi | Jakarta | 39%
|
| 2007 | Koror | Ngerulmud | 34%
|
| 1970 | Salala | Muscat | 29%
|
| 1920 | Vlora | Tirana | 29%
|
| 1989 | Kolonia | Palikir | 27%
|
| 1946 | Cetinje | Podgorica | 22%
|
| 1942 | Tulagi | Honiara | 20%
|
| 1960 | Zomba | Lilongwe | 19%
|
| 1974 | Boe | Bissau | 17%
|
| 1941 | Bolama | Bissau | 17%
|
| 1944 | Jabor | Majuro | 12%
|