The full list of the names of countries of the world and their capitals in alphabetical order and all names of continents on planet earth.
How many countries are there in the world today? The answer simply is 196. Some say there are 195 recognized sovereign nations in the world because Taiwan isn’t recognized by most countries as one.
How many continents are there in the world? The answer is seven and the list of the continents of the world includes: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Australia/Oceania and Antarctica.
For a country to be called a nation, it must be sovereign state, have its own defined territory and boundary in a continent and have its own form of government structure with laid down rules and regulation guiding its citizens.
Below is a table showing the alphabetical list of countries in the world and their capitals
| Country | Capital city |
|---|---|
| A | |
| Afghanistan | Kabul |
| Albania | Tirana |
| Algeria | Algiers |
| Andorra | Andorra la Vella |
| Angola | Luanda |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Saint John’s |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires |
| Armenia | Yerevan |
| Australia | Canberra |
| Austria | Vienna |
| Azerbaijan | Baku |
| B | |
| Bahamas | Nassau |
| Bahrain | Manama |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka |
| Barbados | Bridgetown |
| Belarus | Minsk |
| Belgium | Brussels |
| Belize | Belmopan |
| Benin | Porto-Novo |
| Bhutan | Thimphu |
| Bolivia | La Paz (administrative), Sucre (judicial) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo |
| Botswana | Gaborone |
| Brazil | Brasilia |
| Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan |
| Bulgaria | Sofia |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou |
| Burundi | Bujumbura |
| C | |
| Cabo Verde | Praia |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh |
| Cameroon | Yaounde |
| Canada | Ottawa |
| Central African Republic | Bangui |
| Chad | N’Djamena |
| Chile | Santiago |
| China | Beijing |
| Colombia | Bogotá |
| Comoros | Moroni |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa |
| Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville |
| Costa Rica | San Jose |
| Cote d’Ivoire | Yamoussoukro |
| Croatia | Zagreb |
| Cuba | Havana |
| Cyprus | Nicosia |
| Czech Republic | Prague |
| D | |
| Denmark | Copenhagen |
| Djibouti | Djibouti (city) |
| Dominica | Roseau |
| Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo |
| E | |
| Ecuador | Quito |
| Egypt | Cairo |
| El Salvador | San Salvador |
| Equatorial Guinea | Malabo |
| Eritrea | Asmara |
| Estonia | Tallinn |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa |
| F | |
| Fiji | Suva |
| Finland | Helsinki |
| France | Paris |
| G | |
| Gabon | Libreville |
| Gambia | Banjul |
| Georgia | Tbilisi |
| Germany | Berlin |
| Ghana | Accra |
| Greece | Athens |
| Grenada | Saint George’s |
| Guatemala | Guatemala City |
| Guinea | Conakry |
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau |
| Guyana | Georgetown |
| H | |
| Haiti | Port-au-Prince |
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa |
| Hungary | Budapest |
| I | |
| Iceland | Reykjavik |
| India | New Delhi |
| Indonesia | Jakarta |
| Iran | Tehran |
| Iraq | Baghdad |
| Ireland | Dublin |
| Israel | Jerusalem |
| Italy | Rome |
| J | |
| Jamaica | Kingston |
| Japan | Tokyo |
| Jordan | Amman |
| K | |
| Kazakhstan | Astana |
| Kenya | Nairobi |
| Kiribati | South Tarawa |
| Kosovo | Pristina |
| Kuwait | Kuwait City |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek |
| L | |
| Laos | Vientiane |
| Latvia | Riga |
| Lebanon | Beirut |
| Lesotho | Maseru |
| Liberia | Monrovia |
| Libya | Tripoli |
| Liechtenstein | Vaduz |
| Lithuania | Vilnius |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg |