World Capitals Quiz

There are 196 nations on Earth. Can you name their capital cities?

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First submitted	July 22, 2011
Times taken	4,807,228
Average score	42.9%
Rating	5.00

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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

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101 Recent Comments

+117

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.

Level 76

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?

Level ∞

Aug 17, 2024

Shoot. I said we weren't going to but we did. Sorry!

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.

Level 77

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

Level 15

Aug 5, 2024

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can comment now cause I did the 15 levels.... yay

Level 75

Aug 17, 2024

You're gonna be so sad to find out that the quiz was just reset today

Level 74

Aug 17, 2024

My world is shattered

Level 69

Aug 17, 2024

Over 200 takes, record time of just over 4 minutes... gone ... thanks a lot Nusantara!! 🙃

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.

Level 59

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?

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.

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.

Level ∞

Aug 17, 2024

Which sources? Where are you guys getting any of this info?

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.

Level 60

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 🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩

Level 68

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!

Level 93

Aug 17, 2024

Not enough time.

Level 92

Aug 17, 2024

I would accept both. Nusantara will be completed in 2045...

Level 92

Aug 18, 2024

Damned optimist

Level 98

Aug 17, 2024

3 minutes left

Level 17

Aug 17, 2024

bruh

+11

Level 54

Aug 17, 2024

nusantara just doesn't hit like jakarta does 💔

Level 59

Aug 17, 2024

Palestine capital is Ramallah and please accept Beograd as Belgrade

Level 74

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.

+15

Level 91

Aug 18, 2024

Palestine is recognised by plenty of people in the Jetpunk community. Myself included.

Level 32

Aug 19, 2024

and where do you place its borders?

Level 21

Nov 29, 2024

from the river to the sea

Level 23

Oct 19, 2025

FINALLYYY

Level 35

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.

Level 23

Oct 19, 2025

yess

Level 69

Aug 17, 2024

Isn't Nur-Sultan the capital of Kazakhstan?

Level 91

Aug 17, 2024

It was changed back to Astana in 2022

Level 47

Aug 17, 2024

I was never expecting Indonesia to change its capital.

Level 45

Aug 18, 2024

What can i say? overpopulation, and dutch genes (if you know what i mean)

Level 68

Aug 18, 2024

Also the land under Jakarta is sinking

Level 53

Aug 17, 2024

YOU ADD AN UPDATE FOR NUSANTARA, BUT IT STILL DISPLAYS JAKARTA AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH

Level 68

Aug 19, 2024

JAKARTAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH?

Level 56

Aug 19, 2024

It seems Indonesia didn't change its capital.

Level 39

Aug 18, 2024

Super confusing, Nusantara being the new capital for Indonesia...

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.

Level 79

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.

+11

Level 86

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.

Level 68

Dec 27, 2024

agreed!

+10

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

Level 68

Dec 27, 2024

I agree!

Level 49

Aug 20, 2024

change the capital of sri lanka to colombo, have mentioned it more than once

Level 63

Aug 20, 2024

I could see adding Colombo as an option, but there's no reason to change it and remove Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.

Level 49

Aug 21, 2024

yep that's what i mean, adding colombo as an option, otherwise it makes no sense

Level 46

Sep 1, 2024

195/196, didn’t know how to spell the Myanmar (Burma) capital!

Level 46

Sep 14, 2024

I feel like whenever I take this quiz I miss something really obvious like ankara

Level 75

Oct 1, 2024

Same, I missed South Africa which literally has 3 possible answers

Level 75

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

Level 46

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

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)

Level 39

Oct 27, 2024

is 9:56 a solid time? after over a 100 try outs

Level 21

Nov 29, 2024

Jerusalem is not recognized as the capital of Israel, besides by Zionists. Tel Aviv is the capital of the apartheid state.

Level 65

Nov 30, 2024

Jerusalem is the official capital, misinformation

Level 21

Feb 19, 2025

Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine

Level 58

May 18, 2025

Ramallah is the capital of Palestine.

Level 53

Sep 26, 2025

@kirbykart Actually, Ramallah and Jerusalem are both the Capital of Palestine with Jerusalem being the Proclaimed Capital (De Jure) and Ramallah being the acting Capital (De Facto)

Level 53

Sep 26, 2025

@watermelonsage Jerusalem is the Capital of the official by Israel which also has more effective Control over the City. While Palestine Officially Proclaimed Jerusalem as their capital but due to lack of Recognition and effective control; Ramallah is the acting Capital in a De Jure-De Facto Situation, which is a little Similar to Bolivia (with Sucre being the Capital by Law and La Paz operating as the Capital for most of the government).

Level 35

Oct 24, 2025

except it's forbidden by international law

the US is the only country that recognizes this claim. Jerusalem isn't even fully de jure Israel territory

Level 27

Dec 1, 2024

You know Nauru does not really have an official capital?

Level 31

Dec 18, 2024

Nor does Switzerland, but no one objects to Berne being listed as official.

Level 27

Dec 1, 2024

Also Sri Lanka's capital now can also be Colombo

Level 68

Dec 27, 2024

Kiribati's capital is Tarawa, not South Tarawa (most populated city).

Level 49

Dec 28, 2024

finally got it!

Level 28

Jan 13, 2025

Yay

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

Level 18

Jan 26, 2025

Could you accept "Colombo" for the capital of Sri Lanka? In the German version of the quiz, both are possible.

Level 25

Feb 8, 2025

hi, please correct Kazakhstan's capital! since 2022 it's again Almaty, not Astana

Level 57

Feb 26, 2025

Quick google search says Astana is the capital

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

Level 40

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.

Level 43

Mar 9, 2025

Colombo should be accepted as the capital of Sri Lanka

Level 47

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.

Level 45

Mar 14, 2025

Colombo should work for Sri Lanka and Lobamba should work for Eswatini.

Level 47

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.

Level 58

May 18, 2025

Before 2019 Burundi's capital was Bujumbura.

Level 59

Apr 11, 2025

I finally studied africa! 196/196!!!!!

Level 41

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.

Level 46

May 13, 2025

After aroudn 2-3 days I managed to improve my score from 40 something (I wasn't trying) to 195. For some reason I always forget Palikir.

Level 62

Jun 3, 2025

I always struggle with St. Lucia for some reason, i get stuck there for 1 minute and then i magically remember. I remember at the beginning my Achilles' heel was Serbia for whatever reason...

Level 29

Jun 5, 2025

I got most of them right but I got distracted by someone and did not get all of them right😓

Level 41

Jun 26, 2025

Finally beat it! When should I get my certificate in the mail?

Level 44

Jul 1, 2025

I can't type fast enough. Frustrating..

Level 44

Jul 3, 2025

Typed faster, one finger at a time. LOL

Got em all on the 2nd attempt.

Level 48

Jul 7, 2025

Jetpunk is so nerdy. Walk up to a random person and no way over half would say, "The capital of Slovenia is Ljubljana." 🤓👆

Level 48

Jul 8, 2025

sample bias lol the average person who couldn't care less wouldn't do this quiz

Level 28

Jul 8, 2025

i am amazed that some people can type and think so fast, for me it was definitely too little time.

great quiz

Level 28

Jul 8, 2025

100% finally with 13min needed

Level 48

Jul 8, 2025

178... when am I going to get 196 lol

Level 48

Jul 12, 2025

still only 191 :( ts is so hard

Level 26

Aug 2, 2025

Tel Aviv is the capital of Israel NOT Jerusalem... the ONLY country in the world that recognises this is the USA. With whats going on at the moment this is extremely offensive and needs to be changed.

Level 27

Sep 18, 2025

jetpunk has israel complaint? can i buy the movie rights to this unique and thrilling story

Level 27

Sep 18, 2025

"Tana" should become a standard accepted type-in for Antananarivo, everyone in Madagascar calls the city "Tana". It's like shortening Addis Ababa to "Addis" or how JP allows "Ouaga" for Ouagadougou

Level 20

Sep 25, 2025

Why isn't there Kutaisi as well for Georgia?

Level 23

Oct 19, 2025

Israel isnt a thing bro

Level 94

Oct 31, 2025

You can hate Israel all you want but it is very much a real country.

Level 35

Oct 24, 2025

Absolutely shameful to include Taiwan but not Palestine. Only 12 countries recognize Taiwan whereas 157 countries recognize Palestine.

Also ridiculous to put Jerusalem as Israel's capital eventough it is forbidden by international law.