Capitals / Difficulty
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The hardest capitals, with tricky choices: sound-alikes, larger cities and former capitals.
A round asks about ten of these 95, in a new order, each with four choices, some of them deliberately tricky.
The 95 capitals
| Country | Capital | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Andorra | Andorra la Vella | 82,904 (2025) |
| Angola | Luanda | 39.0 million (2025) |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Saint John's | 94,209 (2025) |
| Armenia | Yerevan | 3.1 million (2025) |
| Azerbaijan | Baku | 10.2 million (2025) |
| Bahrain | Manama | 1.6 million (2025) |
| Belarus | Minsk | 9.1 million (2025) |
| Belize | Belmopan | 422,924 (2025) |
| Benin | Porto-Novo (official capital, legislative capital (parliament)) Cotonou (seat of government) Porto-Novo is the official capital (National Assembly); the government sits in Cotonou. | 14.8 million (2025) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 3.1 million (2025) |
| Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 466,330 (2025) |
| Bulgaria | Sofia | 6.4 million (2025) |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | 24.1 million (2025) |
| Burundi | Gitega (official capital, seat of government) Gitega became the political capital in 2019 (law of 2019 transferring the capital); Bujumbura remains the economic capital. | 14.4 million (2025) |
| Cabo Verde | Praia | 527,326 (2025) |
| Cameroon | Yaoundé | 29.9 million (2025) |
| Central African Republic | Bangui | 5.5 million (2025) |
| Chad | N'Djamena | 21.0 million (2025) |
| Comoros | Moroni | 882,847 (2025) |
| Djibouti | Djibouti | 1.2 million (2025) |
| Dominica | Roseau | 65,871 (2025) |
| Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | 11.5 million (2025) |
| DR Congo | Kinshasa | 113 million (2025) |
| El Salvador | San Salvador | 6.4 million (2025) |
| Eritrea | Asmara | 3.6 million (2025) |
| Estonia | Tallinn | 1.4 million (2025) |
| Eswatini | Mbabane (administrative capital, executive capital) Lobamba (royal capital, legislative capital (parliament)) Mbabane is the administrative (executive) capital; Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital. | 1.3 million (2025) |
| Gabon | Libreville | 2.6 million (2025) |
| Gambia | Banjul | 2.8 million (2025) |
| Grenada | St. George's | 117,303 (2025) |
| Guinea | Conakry | 15.1 million (2025) |
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | 2.2 million (2025) |
| Haiti | Port-au-Prince | 11.9 million (2025) |
| Iraq | Baghdad | 47.0 million (2025) |
| Jordan | Amman | 11.5 million (2025) |
| Kuwait | Kuwait City | 4.9 million (2025) |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 7.3 million (2025) |
| Laos | Vientiane | 7.9 million (2025) |
| Latvia | Riga | 1.8 million (2025) |
| Lesotho | Maseru | 2.4 million (2025) |
| Liberia | Monrovia | 5.7 million (2025) |
| Libya | Tripoli | 7.5 million (2025) |
| Liechtenstein | Vaduz | 41,024 (2025) |
| Lithuania | Vilnius | 2.9 million (2025) |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 686,970 (2025) |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo | 32.7 million (2025) |
| Malawi | Lilongwe | 22.2 million (2025) |
| Maldives | Malé | 529,676 (2025) |
| Mali | Bamako | 25.2 million (2025) |
| Malta | Valletta | 579,704 (2025) |
| Marshall Islands | Majuro | 36,282 (2025) |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott | 5.3 million (2025) |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | 1.2 million (2025) |
| Micronesia | Palikir | 113,683 (2025) |
| Moldova | Chișinău | 2.4 million (2025) |
| Monaco | Monaco | 38,341 (2025) |
| Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 3.6 million (2025) |
| Montenegro | Podgorica | 623,129 (2025) |
| Mozambique | Maputo | 35.6 million (2025) |
| Myanmar | Naypyidaw Naypyidaw has been the capital since 2005-2006; Yangon (Rangoon) is the former capital and largest city. Natural Earth still marks Yangon. | 54.9 million (2025) |
| Namibia | Windhoek | 3.1 million (2025) |
| Nauru | Yaren District (de facto capital, seat of government) Nauru has no official capital; Yaren district is the seat of government. | 12,025 (2025) |
| Nicaragua | Managua | 7.0 million (2025) |
| Niger | Niamey | 27.9 million (2025) |
| North Macedonia | Skopje | 1.8 million (2025) |
| Oman | Muscat | 5.5 million (2025) |
| Palau | Ngerulmud Ngerulmud (in Melekeok State) has been the seat of government since 2006; Natural Earth labels the point Melekeok. | 17,663 (2025) |
| Qatar | Doha | 3.0 million (2025) |
| Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | 6.5 million (2025) |
| Rwanda | Kigali | 14.6 million (2025) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | 46,922 (2025) |
| Saint Lucia | Castries | 180,149 (2025) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | 99,924 (2025) |
| San Marino | San Marino | 34,109 (2025) |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé | 240,254 (2025) |
| Serbia | Belgrade | 6.5 million (2025) |
| Seychelles | Victoria | 122,730 (2025) |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown | 8.8 million (2025) |
| Slovakia | Bratislava | 5.4 million (2025) |
| Slovenia | Ljubljana | 2.1 million (2025) |
| South Sudan | Juba | 12.2 million (2025) |
| Sudan | Khartoum | 51.7 million (2025) |
| Suriname | Paramaribo | 639,850 (2025) |
| Syria | Damascus | 25.6 million (2025) |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe | 10.8 million (2025) |
| Timor-Leste | Dili | 1.4 million (2025) |
| Togo | Lomé | 8.6 million (2025) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | 1.4 million (2025) |
| Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | 7.6 million (2025) |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 11.5 million (2025) |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 37.1 million (2025) |
| Vatican City | Vatican City | 882 (2024) |
| Venezuela | Caracas | 28.5 million (2025) |
| Yemen | Sanaa (constitutional capital) Aden (seat of government, de facto capital) Sanaa is the constitutional capital (controlled by the Houthi movement since 2014-2015); the internationally recognised government declared Aden the temporary capital in 2015. | 41.8 million (2025) |
| Zimbabwe | Harare | 17.0 million (2025) |
Population and area: The World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0). Capitals: Wikidata (CC0), checked against Natural Earth.
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