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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: January 12, 2026
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First submittedJuly 22, 2011
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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
Ciudad de la Paz
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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100 Recent Comments
+123
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.

+7
Level 17
Aug 17, 2024
bruh
+18
Level 54
Aug 17, 2024
nusantara just doesn't hit like jakarta does 💔
+12
Level 59
Aug 17, 2024
Palestine capital is Ramallah and please accept Beograd as Belgrade
+9
Level 77
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.
+28
Level 92
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?
+12
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.
+2
Level 42
Mar 26, 2026
Palestine was the english colony where modern day Israel is. Then that land was granted independence and became Israel. Technically, Palestine was never a country.
+4
Level 44
Feb 8, 2026
Palestine is NOT a real country
+4
Level 42
Mar 24, 2026
palestine isnt a country
+1
Level 70
Aug 17, 2024
Isn't Nur-Sultan the capital of Kazakhstan?
+12
Level 93
Aug 17, 2024
It was changed back to Astana in 2022
+3
Level 49
Aug 17, 2024
I was never expecting Indonesia to change its capital.
+2
Level 46
Aug 18, 2024
What can i say? overpopulation, and dutch genes (if you know what i mean)
+2
Level 68
Aug 18, 2024
Also the land under Jakarta is sinking
+1
Level 55
Aug 17, 2024
YOU ADD AN UPDATE FOR NUSANTARA, BUT IT STILL DISPLAYS JAKARTA AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH
+4
Level 68
Aug 19, 2024
JAKARTAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH?
+4
Level 57
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 87
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 80
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.
+20
Level 88
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.
+1
Level 68
Dec 27, 2024
agreed!
+19
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

+1
Level 68
Dec 27, 2024
I agree!
+1
Level 49
Aug 20, 2024
change the capital of sri lanka to colombo, have mentioned it more than once
+2
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.
+2
Level 49
Aug 21, 2024
yep that's what i mean, adding colombo as an option, otherwise it makes no sense
+1
Level 46
Sep 1, 2024
195/196, didn’t know how to spell the Myanmar (Burma) capital!
+3
Level 47
Sep 14, 2024
I feel like whenever I take this quiz I miss something really obvious like ankara
+1
Level 76
Oct 1, 2024
Same, I missed South Africa which literally has 3 possible answers
+1
Level 76
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
+3
Level 47
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

+1
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 39
Oct 27, 2024
is 9:56 a solid time? after over a 100 try outs
+1
Level 28
Dec 1, 2024
You know Nauru does not really have an official capital?
+4
Level 31
Dec 18, 2024
Nor does Switzerland, but no one objects to Berne being listed as official.
+1
Level 28
Dec 1, 2024
Also Sri Lanka's capital now can also be Colombo
+2
Level 68
Dec 27, 2024
Kiribati's capital is Tarawa, not South Tarawa (most populated city).
+1
Level 50
Dec 28, 2024
finally got it!
+1
Level 29
Jan 13, 2025
Yay
+1
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

+1
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.
+1
Level 25
Feb 8, 2025
hi, please correct Kazakhstan's capital! since 2022 it's again Almaty, not Astana
+9
Level 57
Feb 26, 2025
Quick google search says Astana is the capital
+10
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 41
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 46
Mar 9, 2025
Colombo should be accepted as the capital of Sri Lanka
+7
Level 53
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.

+1
Level 46
Mar 14, 2025
Colombo should work for Sri Lanka and Lobamba should work for Eswatini.
+1
Level 49
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.

+1
Level 58
May 18, 2025
Before 2019 Burundi's capital was Bujumbura.
+1
Level 61
Apr 11, 2025
I finally studied africa! 196/196!!!!!
+1
Level 42
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.
+2
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.
+2
Level 63
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...
+1
Level 34
Jun 5, 2025
I got most of them right but I got distracted by someone and did not get all of them right😓
+2
Level 41
Jun 26, 2025
Finally beat it! When should I get my certificate in the mail?
+2
Level 44
Jul 1, 2025
I can't type fast enough. Frustrating..
+1
Level 44
Jul 3, 2025
Typed faster, one finger at a time. LOL

Got em all on the 2nd attempt.

+3
Level 47
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." 🤓👆
+6
Level 50
Jul 8, 2025
sample bias lol the average person who couldn't care less wouldn't do this quiz
+1
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

+2
Level 28
Jul 8, 2025
100% finally with 13min needed
+1
Level 50
Jul 8, 2025
178... when am I going to get 196 lol
+1
Level 50
Jul 12, 2025
still only 191 :( ts is so hard
+4
Level 32
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.
+6
Level 27
Sep 18, 2025
jetpunk has israel complaint? can i buy the movie rights to this unique and thrilling story
+4
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
+1
Level 46
Jan 9, 2026
Just right the name, it's not that hard.
+3
Level 74
Jan 11, 2026
The irony...
+1
Level 59
Jan 28, 2026
lol
+1
Level 36
Sep 25, 2025
Why isn't there Kutaisi as well for Georgia?
+1
Level 58
Jan 8, 2026
Why? A quick Wikipedia search seems to tell me that it was the seat of Parliament for a brief time, but is no longer.
+1
Level 22
Dec 24, 2025
i told my tanzanian friend that tanzania(dodoma) was going to be my last capital memorized, sadly it was my third last, also, has anyone other than me noticed that tokyo is an anagram of kyoto, japans old capital?
+1
Level 34
Dec 25, 2025
Capitals……………………
+1
Level 34
Dec 25, 2025
So hard at 96
+1
Level 31
Dec 29, 2025
I'm 136 in!! I already know all Europe and America's capital cities, now I just have to study Asia a bit more, and Africa and Oceania a lot more.
+23
Level 74
Jan 4, 2026
Equatorial Guinea has officially moved its capital to Ciudad de la Paz.
+5
Level 57
Jan 6, 2026
Seconding this and looking forward to seeing it changed! I found this out from the Sweeper podcast, who have said that the new capital is the only capital with no top flight football teams!
+2
Level 74
Jan 11, 2026
Not the only, but it's certainly one of the few.

A good idea for a JetPunk quiz...

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Level 22
Jan 12, 2026
This caught me off guard! I didn’t know it had changed, thought I was spelling Malabo wrong 😑😭
+5
Level 50
Jan 6, 2026
New Capital from Äquatorialguinea is Ciudad de la paz
+8
Level 56
Jan 6, 2026
Equatorial Guinea just officially changed its capital to Ciudad de La Paz so I think you need to update.
+6
Level 70
Jan 9, 2026
Equatorial Guinea changed its capital
+6
Level 60
Jan 10, 2026
Please update Equatorial Guinea!!
+8
Level 57
Jan 10, 2026
Equatorial Guinea changed its capital city as of the 02/01/2026 (2nd of Jan for Americans) from Malabo to Ciudad De La Paz.
+6
Level 51
Jan 12, 2026
Welcome Ciudad De La Paz!
+1
Level 51
Jan 27, 2026
I'm never going to get this memorized if I keep guessing La Paz instead of Sucre for Bolivia
+2
Level 29
Jan 20, 2026
lol I am not good with naming capitals only countries :3
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Level 55
Feb 2, 2026
I wrote "Malabo" several times, and I was wondering f it had a different spelling that I couldn't remember. IT was only at the end that "Ciudad de la Paz" appeared.

I had no idea that Equatorial Guinea had changed its capital. I suupose that it is easier now, as "La paz" can be used for this country and for Bolivia.

Anyway, thank you for having kept with the Change. Cheers!

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Level 45
Feb 13, 2026
GG, took about 2 days of memo from the beginning, but now I know

flags and capitals of all countries

capitals of us states

us state flags next

+1
Level 52
Mar 3, 2026
finally got all 196, 8:13
+1
Level 37
Mar 12, 2026
I only need to learn Africa but I don't know how to go about it, but the rest I'm happy I can do
+1
Level 42
Apr 4, 2026
you should make a countries by capitals quiz on a map
+1
Level 15
Apr 14, 2026
Finaly done after like 20 attempts! Difficult challenge but worth learning all those capitals. In the end i was struggling to remember Maseru (Lesotho) and Gitega (Burundi).

There are great capital names i didn´t know like Tashkent, Mogadishu, South Tarawa and Addis Ababa.

Some capitals i struggled with were the capitals of Sri Lanka (by far), Brunei and Myanmar.

It can be done even for idiots like me, don´t give up!

+1
Level 45
Apr 23, 2026
What a way to find out Equatorial Guinea got a new capital! lol it was the only one I had left for 5 minutes and was so confused
+1
Level 28
Apr 25, 2026
same here, i kept typing malabo like a madman.
+1
Level 22
May 8, 2026
Anyone have any tips / mnemonics etc. for capitals Africa / North America / Oceania?

Got Europe, South America and Asia down!