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World Capitals Quiz

There are 196 nations on Earth. Can you name their capital cities?
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Last updated: August 17, 2024
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First submittedJuly 22, 2011
Times taken4,486,458
Average score45.4%
Rating5.00
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Europe
Albania
Tirana
Andorra
Andorra la Vella
Austria
Vienna
Belarus
Minsk
Belgium
Brussels
Bosnia &
Herzegovina
Sarajevo
Bulgaria
Sofia
Croatia
Zagreb
Czech Republic
Prague
Denmark
Copenhagen
Estonia
Tallinn
Finland
Helsinki
France
Paris
Germany
Berlin
Greece
Athens
Hungary
Budapest
Iceland
Reykjavík
Ireland
Dublin
Italy
Rome
Kosovo
Pristina
Latvia
Riga
Liechtenstein
Vaduz
Lithuania
Vilnius
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Malta
Valletta
Moldova
Chișinău
Monaco
Monaco
Montenegro
Podgorica
Netherlands
Amsterdam
North Macedonia
Skopje
Norway
Oslo
Poland
Warsaw
Portugal
Lisbon
Romania
Bucharest
Russia
Moscow
San Marino
San Marino
Serbia
Belgrade
Slovakia
Bratislava
Slovenia
Ljubljana
Spain
Madrid
Sweden
Stockholm
Switzerland
Bern
Ukraine
Kyiv
United Kingdom
London
Vatican City
Vatican City
 
 
North America
Antigua &
Barbuda
Saint John's
Bahamas
Nassau
Barbados
Bridgetown
Belize
Belmopan
Canada
Ottawa
Costa Rica
San José
Cuba
Havana
Dominica
Roseau
Dominican
Republic
Santo Domingo
El Salvador
San Salvador
Grenada
Saint George's
Guatemala
Guatemala City
Haiti
Port-au-Prince
Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Jamaica
Kingston
Mexico
Mexico City
Nicaragua
Managua
Panama
Panama City
St. Kitts & Nevis
Basseterre
St. Lucia
Castries
St. Vincent & the
Grenadines
Kingstown
Trinidad &
Tobago
Port-of-Spain
United States
Washington D.C.
Asia
Afghanistan
Kabul
Armenia
Yerevan
Azerbaijan
Baku
Bahrain
Manama
Bangladesh
Dhaka
Bhutan
Thimphu
Brunei
Bandar Seri
Begawan
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
China
Beijing
Cyprus
Nicosia
East Timor
Dili
Georgia
Tbilisi
India
New Delhi
Indonesia
Jakarta
Iran
Tehran
Iraq
Baghdad
Israel
Jerusalem
Japan
Tokyo
Jordan
Amman
Kazakhstan
Astana
Kuwait
Kuwait City
Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek
Laos
Vientiane
Lebanon
Beirut
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Maldives
Malé
Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar
Myanmar
Naypyidaw
Nepal
Kathmandu
North Korea
Pyongyang
Oman
Muscat
Pakistan
Islamabad
Philippines
Manila
Qatar
Doha
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Singapore
Singapore
South Korea
Seoul
Sri Lanka
Sri
Jayawardenepura
Kotte
Syria
Damascus
Taiwan
Taipei
Tajikistan
Dushanbe
Thailand
Bangkok
Turkey
Ankara
Turkmenistan
Ashgabat
United Arab
Emirates
Abu Dhabi
Uzbekistan
Tashkent
Vietnam
Hanoi
Yemen
Sana'a
 
 
Oceania
Australia
Canberra
Fiji
Suva
Kiribati
South Tarawa
Marshall Islands
Majuro
Micronesia
(Fed. States)
Palikir
Nauru
Yaren
New Zealand
Wellington
Palau
Ngerulmud
Papua New
Guinea
Port Moresby
Samoa
Apia
Solomon Islands
Honiara
Tonga
Nukuʻalofa
Tuvalu
Funafuti
Vanuatu
Port Vila
South America
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Bolivia
La Paz / Sucre
Brazil
Brasília
Chile
Santiago
Colombia
Bogotá
Ecuador
Quito
Guyana
Georgetown
Paraguay
Asunción
Peru
Lima
Suriname
Paramaribo
Uruguay
Montevideo
Venezuela
Caracas
 
 
Africa
Algeria
Algiers
Angola
Luanda
Benin
Porto-Novo /
Cotonou
Botswana
Gaborone
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
Burundi
Gitega
Cameroon
Yaoundé
Cape Verde
Praia
Central African
Republic
Bangui
Chad
N'Djamena
Comoros
Moroni
Congo
(Dem. Rep.)
Kinshasa
Congo
(Rep. of.)
Brazzaville
Djibouti
Djibouti
Egypt
Cairo
Equatorial
Guinea
Malabo
Eritrea
Asmara
Eswatini
Mbabane
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Gabon
Libreville
Gambia
Banjul
Ghana
Accra
Guinea
Conakry
Guinea-Bissau
Bissau
Ivory Coast
Yamoussoukro
Kenya
Nairobi
Lesotho
Maseru
Liberia
Monrovia
Libya
Tripoli
Madagascar
Antananarivo
Malawi
Lilongwe
Mali
Bamako
Mauritania
Nouakchott
Mauritius
Port Louis
Morocco
Rabat
Mozambique
Maputo
Namibia
Windhoek
Niger
Niamey
Nigeria
Abuja
Rwanda
Kigali
São Tomé &
Principe
São Tomé
Senegal
Dakar
Seychelles
Victoria
Sierra Leone
Freetown
Somalia
Mogadishu
South Africa
Pretoria / Cape Town
/ Bloemfontein
South Sudan
Juba
Sudan
Khartoum
Tanzania
Dodoma
Togo
Lomé
Tunisia
Tunis
Uganda
Kampala
Zambia
Lusaka
Zimbabwe
Harare
101 Recent Comments
+111
Level ∞
Aug 17, 2024
Nusantara is the new capital of Indonesia!!!! We'll gradually be updating all our quizzes.

Edit, the next morning:

Or is it... Information on the internet is scarce to non-existent. Wikipedia changed the capital to Nusantara so I followed suit. But maybe some key ceremony didn't take place? Because Wikipedia says that in the SAME ARTICLE where says that Nusantara is the capital. Which is it? Why are there no sources anywhere? We'll allow Jakarta as a type in for that answer for the time being. Hopefully this gets cleared up in the next few days. What a mess and I apologize.

Further edit:

We are reverting back to Jakarta. I should not have made the change and I apologize again. Wikipedia led me astray but I should have held out for official sources. If and when the official decree is made, I will change the quiz but no stats will be reset.

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Level 23
Mar 23, 2024
Bujumbura should be accepted for Burundi
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Level 48
Apr 11, 2024
why?
+14
Level 66
Apr 16, 2024
The capital used to be Bujumbura, but it's currently Gitega
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Level 25
Mar 31, 2024
the only struggles on this quiz is mainly african capitals and some asian ones otherwise they're pretty easy to remember (except honiara for me for whatever reason)
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Level 25
Jan 11, 2025
Now that you wrote it you will probably remember that one best
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Level 48
Apr 7, 2024
I typed "Accra" and "San Jose" and for some reason they weren't accepted. I thought I got it completely wrong.
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Level 48
Apr 11, 2024
GG. Did it while hiding the table and missed three, but had enough time to write them back
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Level 52
Apr 17, 2024
I tried to sing all of the capitals using yakko’s world instrumental (including the de-facto Cotonou with Bloemfontein and Cape Town)

I did it first try woo!

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Level 23
Apr 24, 2024
I love this quiz so much, even though i still struggle to crank up my number. Tel Aviv and Colombo for example are considered capitals in my country. I know the admin has some odd ideas at times, like adding Crimea to Russia instead of to Ukraine. This is a difficult quiz for non-Americans, what with different spelling and all. But fun to do.
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Level 44
Apr 24, 2024
nooooooo last three attempts 194 194 and 195 :( when can I get all of them
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Level 56
Apr 30, 2024
I finally got them all. I had to google Burundi's capital
+14
Level 84
Jan 12, 2025
So you didn't get them all.
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Level 54
Jan 28, 2025
Gitega, no longer Bujumbura
+1
Level 35
May 6, 2024
Here's to Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego for upping my African capital game!
+3
Level 48
May 6, 2024
120/196, starting to get better, but need a bit more practice.
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Level 49
May 12, 2024
FINALLY ALL 196 YESSSSSS!!! Hopefully I still keep this score 5 years later xDD
+1
Level 92
Aug 17, 2024
Might have to do it again…
+2
Level 58
May 23, 2024
178/196, not bad for an american :3 although palestine, western sahara, kurdistan, somaliland, and many others should be on this list... even if you're only adhering to the UN's recognized countries, palestine is more recognized than taiwan
+4
Level 84
Aug 18, 2024
Recognition is just one criterion to be a country. Population and territory control are also considered, though all this is of course arbitrary.
+2
Level 43
Sep 14, 2024
All quizzes are to Jetpunk standards, and the Jetpunk Countries of the World quiz does not include those
+1
Level 33
May 23, 2024
Damn it Kazakhstan, pick a capital city and stick with it!
+4
Level 54
Jan 28, 2025
They haven't changed their capital name in over 25 years...
+9
Level 55
May 29, 2024
Colombo should also count for Sri Lanka as it is an administrative capital, sort of like Cape Town, Pretoria and Bloemfointein for South Africa.
+1
Level 54
Jan 4, 2025
Yes but imagine if the capital of Minnesota was "twin cities" instead of St. Paul, its the part with the law makers that matters
+3
Level 54
Jul 13, 2024
when this quiz gets updated for nusangara next month, can you please add a map. this quiz isnt much harder without a map, but its weird that it doesnt have it

edit: nevermind theres a featured quiz with a map

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Level 74
Jul 15, 2024
New high score of 177, incremental learning mode really helped I was able to raise it by over 10
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Level 70
Aug 2, 2024
Is there going to be a mass point reset for quizzes involving capitals on Aug 17 of this year once Indonesia changes its capital to Nusantara?
+1
Level ∞
Aug 17, 2024
Shoot. I said we weren't going to but we did. Sorry!
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Level 72
Aug 17, 2024
As I'm sure you've figured out by now, the capital has not been moved yet as the new city is still under construction (although I believe inaugurating the city was the original plan). They merely held a ceremony in Nusantara celebrating their independence day.
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Level 74
Aug 3, 2024
Just missed Yaren and Honiara this time. I thought of Yaren earlier but I decided to save it for later and not distract myself since I was trying to do them in order and I knew I was gonna forget it lol
+2
Level 15
Aug 5, 2024
Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can comment now cause I did the 15 levels.... yay
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Level 71
Aug 17, 2024
You're gonna be so sad to find out that the quiz was just reset today
+3
Level 71
Aug 17, 2024
My world is shattered
+7
Level 69
Aug 17, 2024
Over 200 takes, record time of just over 4 minutes... gone ... thanks a lot Nusantara!! 🙃
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Level 27
Aug 17, 2024
Nusantara is apparently some jungle turned urban city on Borneo contrary to Jakarta's location in the island of Java–I'm not ready to adjust to typing "Nusantara." I'm probably going to type Jakarta so many times mistaking it for Indonesia's capital.
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Level 58
Aug 17, 2024
Jakarta is still the capital of Indonesia...Nusantara is the future/planned capital, but not in effect yet, according to sources - so is it justified to not accept Jakarta anymore in the quiz?
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Level 27
Aug 17, 2024
It was scheduled to become the new capital at the start of August 17, 2024, Indonesian time. It has already become the capital.
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Level 75
Aug 17, 2024
It was scheduled, but was called off.

The change in capital was supposed to happen alongside the country's independence day celebrations in Nusantara. However, the independence day celebrations in Nusantara was downsized due to infrastructure-related concerns and was jointly hosted in Jakarta. The inauguration of Nusantara as the country's new capital did not take place either.

All things concerned, Jetpunk's decision to swap the capital quiz seems quite premature, when the presidential decree for the change of capital hasn't come into effect either.

+2
Level ∞
Aug 17, 2024
Which sources? Where are you guys getting any of this info?
+3
Level ∞
Aug 17, 2024
I finally found an AP News source that the schedule decree had not taken place. Why not, I wonder?

The English-language Wikipedia article for Indonesia still wrongly lists Nusantara as the capital.

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Level 57
Aug 17, 2024
That one person who has just stumbled across jetpunk capitals for the first time seeing the average score is 141 : 🤯🥴

Adios Jakarta 🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩

Hello Nusantara 🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩

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Level 67
Aug 17, 2024
I came to ask about the reset, "is this for Nusantara?"

Answer = yes. Thanks for the sticky comment at the top to tell me!

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Level 93
Aug 17, 2024
Not enough time.
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Level 90
Aug 17, 2024
I would accept both. Nusantara will be completed in 2045...
+4
Level 91
Aug 18, 2024
Damned optimist
+1
Level 91
Aug 17, 2024
3 minutes left
+6
Level 17
Aug 17, 2024
bruh
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Level 54
Aug 17, 2024
nusantara just doesn't hit like jakarta does 💔
+6
Level 58
Aug 17, 2024
Palestine capital is Ramallah and please accept Beograd as Belgrade
+3
Level 71
Aug 18, 2024
Palestine is not recognized by the Jetpunk community. If you have any complaints, ask Quizmaster. I doubt they will refer to your changes, though.
+11
Level 90
Aug 18, 2024
Palestine is recognised by plenty of people in the Jetpunk community. Myself included.
+1
Level 32
Aug 19, 2024
and where do you place its borders?
+2
Level 19
Nov 29, 2024
from the river to the sea
+1
Level 28
Mar 21, 2025
Palestine was here before Israel. To be impartial to the conflict over there, both Palestine and Israel should be listed. Perhaps because the original capital of Palestine was Jerusalem, they have not listed it. Ramallah is its present administrative capital.
+1
Level 66
Aug 17, 2024
Isn't Nur-Sultan the capital of Kazakhstan?
+7
Level 89
Aug 17, 2024
It was changed back to Astana in 2022
+3
Level 47
Aug 17, 2024
I was never expecting Indonesia to change its capital.
+2
Level 43
Aug 18, 2024
What can i say? overpopulation, and dutch genes (if you know what i mean)
+2
Level 67
Aug 18, 2024
Also the land under Jakarta is sinking
+1
Level 50
Aug 17, 2024
YOU ADD AN UPDATE FOR NUSANTARA, BUT IT STILL DISPLAYS JAKARTA AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH
+3
Level 67
Aug 19, 2024
JAKARTAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH?
+4
Level 56
Aug 19, 2024
It seems Indonesia didn't change its capital.
+1
Level 39
Aug 18, 2024
Super confusing, Nusantara being the new capital for Indonesia...
+3
Level 85
Aug 18, 2024
From what I can see, it was scheduled to change over to Nusantara on the 17th, but has been delayed as the infrastructure is not ready yet.
+1
Level 78
Aug 25, 2024
According to Wikipedia (and other sources), the planned city of Nusantara is scheduled to be completed by 2045. Considering the project started only in 2022, it would indeed be way too early to make it the capital now.
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Level 82
Aug 18, 2024
I don't think you should accept Kingstown for the capital of Jamaica. I know it's close to Kingston, but it is different.
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Level 66
Dec 27, 2024
agreed!
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Level 32
Aug 19, 2024
It's pretty annoying that entering Kingston would also input Kingstown.

It's two different spellings, two different cities, two different countries.

What's the point of robbing the victory from us?

Just leave it as a normal answer... which it is

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Level 66
Dec 27, 2024
I agree!
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Level 48
Aug 20, 2024
change the capital of sri lanka to colombo, have mentioned it more than once
+2
Level 64
Aug 20, 2024
I could see adding Colombo as an option, but there's no reason to change it and remove Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.
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Level 48
Aug 21, 2024
yep that's what i mean, adding colombo as an option, otherwise it makes no sense
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Level 46
Sep 1, 2024
195/196, didn’t know how to spell the Myanmar (Burma) capital!
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Level 43
Sep 14, 2024
I feel like whenever I take this quiz I miss something really obvious like ankara
+1
Level 71
Oct 1, 2024
Same, I missed South Africa which literally has 3 possible answers
+1
Level 71
Oct 1, 2024
Man I tried D'Jamena and N'Jamena and of course it was N'Djamena... I need to work on my spelling
+2
Level 43
Oct 25, 2024
I got a new high score yay, 159/196 to 186/196. Also how do 58% of people get Valletta

Plus spell check appears if you type "yay" in the comments

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Level 55
Oct 27, 2024
It took me forever to spell Tegucigalpa... but anyway I got 100%!! Yay (it was torture but I did it in 8:28 while scrolling through YouTube lol)
+2
Level 33
Oct 27, 2024
is 9:56 a solid time? after over a 100 try outs
+2
Level 19
Nov 29, 2024
Jerusalem is not recognized as the capital of Israel, besides by Zionists. Tel Aviv is the capital of the apartheid state.
+3
Level 58
Nov 30, 2024
Jerusalem is the official capital, misinformation
+1
Level 19
Feb 19, 2025
Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine
+1
Level 25
Dec 1, 2024
You know Nauru does not really have an official capital?
+2
Level 30
Dec 18, 2024
Nor does Switzerland, but no one objects to Berne being listed as official.
+1
Level 25
Dec 1, 2024
Also Sri Lanka's capital now can also be Colombo
+1
Level 66
Dec 27, 2024
Kiribati's capital is Tarawa, not South Tarawa (most populated city).
+1
Level 45
Dec 28, 2024
finally got it!
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Level 28
Jan 13, 2025
Yay
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Level 32
Jan 13, 2025
Hello! I'm Indonesian and I'm thanking you for sticking with Jakarta as Indonesia's capital city! It is true that Nusantara will be our new capital city, but it's not official yet until our president inform it's decision which we call Keppres or Keputusan Presiden (The President's Decree). Until then, Jakarta's still the capital city.

In other words, Jakarta is Indonesia's de jure capital city, while Nusantara is its de facto.

I'll give you the source (in Indonesian): https://www.komdigi.go.id/berita/pengumuman/detail/hoaks-presiden-jokowi-batalkan-keppres-ikn-jakarta-tetap-menjadi-ibu-kota

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Level 16
Jan 26, 2025
Could you accept "Colombo" for the capital of Sri Lanka? In the German version of the quiz, both are possible.
+1
Level 26
Feb 8, 2025
hi, please correct Kazakhstan's capital! since 2022 it's again Almaty, not Astana
+4
Level 57
Feb 26, 2025
Quick google search says Astana is the capital
+4
Level 55
Feb 8, 2025
please separate Kingstown (St. Vincent and the Grenadines) and Kingston (Jamaica) from being a single guess, its pretty annoying when trying to practice, let people guess them apart. Thank You
+1
Level 38
Feb 27, 2025
New best time! 100% in 6:50. I have already mastered the country flags with 3:54, so this is my next goal.
+1
Level 41
Mar 9, 2025
Colombo should be accepted as the capital of Sri Lanka
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Level 42
Mar 12, 2025
When i was a teenager I struck out with this one girl, and I’d take this quiz repeatedly and try to memorize all of the capitals to take my mind off of it.

I still think of her whenever I miss South Tarawa.

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Level 45
Mar 14, 2025
Colombo should work for Sri Lanka and Lobamba should work for Eswatini.
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Level 43
Apr 9, 2025
got 166, but could have gotten closer to 190 if i had more time. didnt know the capitals of some small caribbean islands or burundi, and couldnt spell the capital of suraname.

also i always rememberthat burundis capital is bujumbura.

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Level 55
Apr 11, 2025
I finally studied africa! 196/196!!!!!
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Level 34
Apr 24, 2025
Finally I only have 10 left. I started learning 2 months ago when I only knew 40. Now I know 186. Hopefully I'll get them all in a few days. Some of the African and Oceanian ones can be a bit challenging, but overall it's not that difficult. Just takes some practice.