Capital Cities Quiz — Test Your World Knowledge
We name a country, you pick its capital city. Ten questions across every continent — how many can you get right?
About the Capital Cities Quiz
The Capital Cities Quiz is a free online game that tests how well you really know the capitals of the world. We name a country and you choose its capital city from four options — no sign-up, no downloads, just quick, replayable rounds you can play on your phone or desktop. Each round mixes the capitals almost everyone knows, like Paris, Tokyo and Cairo, with the ones that catch people out, like Canberra, Ottawa, Astana and Naypyidaw.
Whether you're a student revising for geography, a pub-quiz regular sharpening up, or just someone who loves maps and travel, this world capitals game is an easy way to learn and remember. Your best score is stored on your device, so you can keep playing to beat it. Below the quiz you'll also find a complete reference list of all 195 countries and their capital cities, plus fun facts and answers to the questions people ask most about world capitals.
How to play
- Press start and read the country shown at the top of the card.
- Pick the correct capital city from the four answer choices.
- You get instant feedback — correct answers turn green, wrong ones red.
- Answer all ten questions to see your final score out of ten.
- Play again for a fresh set of countries and try to beat your best score.
Did you know? 10 facts about capital cities
- Canberra was purpose-built as Australia's capital as a compromise between the rival cities of Sydney and Melbourne.
- South Africa has three capital cities: Pretoria (executive), Bloemfontein (judicial) and Cape Town (legislative).
- Bolivia has two capitals — Sucre is the constitutional capital, while La Paz is the seat of government.
- Brasília was built from scratch in the interior and became Brazil's capital in 1960, replacing Rio de Janeiro.
- Wellington is the southernmost capital city of any sovereign country, while Reykjavík is the northernmost.
- Nigeria moved its capital from Lagos to the purpose-built city of Abuja in 1991.
- Vatican City is both a country and a capital — the smallest in the world by area and population.
- Ottawa was chosen as Canada's capital by Queen Victoria in 1857, ahead of larger rivals.
- Kazakhstan's capital has been renamed more than once and is today known as Astana.
- Naypyidaw became Myanmar's capital in 2006, replacing the much larger city of Yangon.
List of all countries and their capital cities
A complete reference of 195 countries and their capitals. Use it to revise before you play — click any country to open its full profile.
- 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
- Bahamas — Nassau
- Bahrain — Manama
- Bangladesh — Dhaka
- Barbados — Bridgetown
- Belarus — Minsk
- Belgium — Brussels
- Belize — Belmopan
- Benin — Porto-Novo
- Bhutan — Thimphu
- Bolivia — Sucre
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — Sarajevo
- Botswana — Gaborone
- Brazil — Brasília
- Brunei — Bandar Seri Begawan
- Bulgaria — Sofia
- Burkina Faso — Ouagadougou
- Burundi — Gitega
- Cambodia — Phnom Penh
- Cameroon — Yaoundé
- Canada — Ottawa
- Cape Verde — Praia
- Central African Republic — Bangui
- Chad — N'Djamena
- Chile — Santiago
- China — Beijing
- Colombia — Bogotá
- Comoros — Moroni
- Costa Rica — San José
- Croatia — Zagreb
- Cuba — Havana
- Cyprus — Nicosia
- Czechia — Prague
- Denmark — Copenhagen
- Djibouti — Djibouti
- Dominica — Roseau
- Dominican Republic — Santo Domingo
- DR Congo — Kinshasa
- Ecuador — Quito
- Egypt — Cairo
- El Salvador — San Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea — Malabo
- Eritrea — Asmara
- Estonia — Tallinn
- Eswatini — Lobamba
- Ethiopia — Addis Ababa
- Fiji — Suva
- Finland — Helsinki
- France — Paris
- Gabon — Libreville
- Gambia — Banjul
- Georgia — Tbilisi
- Germany — Berlin
- Ghana — Accra
- Greece — Athens
- Grenada — St. George's
- Guatemala — Guatemala City
- Guinea — Conakry
- Guinea-Bissau — Bissau
- Guyana — Georgetown
- Haiti — Port-au-Prince
- Honduras — Tegucigalpa
- Hungary — Budapest
- Iceland — Reykjavik
- India — New Delhi
- Indonesia — Jakarta
- Iran — Tehran
- Iraq — Baghdad
- Ireland — Dublin
- Israel — Jerusalem
- Italy — Rome
- Ivory Coast — Yamoussoukro
- Jamaica — Kingston
- Japan — Tokyo
- Jordan — Amman
- Kazakhstan — Astana
- Kenya — Nairobi
- Kiribati — South Tarawa
- Kosovo — Pristina
- Kuwait — Kuwait City
- Kyrgyzstan — Bishkek
- Laos — Vientiane
- Latvia — Riga
- Lebanon — Beirut
- Lesotho — Maseru
- Liberia — Monrovia
- Libya — Tripoli
- Liechtenstein — Vaduz
- Lithuania — Vilnius
- Luxembourg — Luxembourg
- Madagascar — Antananarivo
- Malawi — Lilongwe
- Malaysia — Kuala Lumpur
- Maldives — Malé
- Mali — Bamako
- Malta — Valletta
- Marshall Islands — Majuro
- Mauritania — Nouakchott
- Mauritius — Port Louis
- Mexico — Mexico City
- Micronesia — Palikir
- Moldova — Chișinău
- Monaco — Monaco
- Mongolia — Ulan Bator
- Montenegro — Podgorica
- Morocco — Rabat
- Mozambique — Maputo
- Myanmar — Naypyidaw
- Namibia — Windhoek
- Nauru — Yaren
- Nepal — Kathmandu
- Netherlands — Amsterdam
- New Zealand — Wellington
- Nicaragua — Managua
- Niger — Niamey
- Nigeria — Abuja
- North Korea — Pyongyang
- North Macedonia — Skopje
- Norway — Oslo
- Oman — Muscat
- Pakistan — Islamabad
- Palau — Ngerulmud
- Panama — Panama City
- Papua New Guinea — Port Moresby
- Paraguay — Asunción
- Peru — Lima
- Philippines — Manila
- Poland — Warsaw
- Portugal — Lisbon
- Qatar — Doha
- Republic of the Congo — Brazzaville
- Romania — Bucharest
- Russia — Moscow
- Rwanda — Kigali
- Saint Kitts and Nevis — Basseterre
- Saint Lucia — Castries
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — Kingstown
- Samoa — Apia
- San Marino — City of San Marino
- São Tomé and Príncipe — São Tomé
- Saudi Arabia — Riyadh
- Senegal — Dakar
- Serbia — Belgrade
- Seychelles — Victoria
- Sierra Leone — Freetown
- Singapore — Singapore
- Slovakia — Bratislava
- Slovenia — Ljubljana
- Solomon Islands — Honiara
- Somalia — Mogadishu
- South Africa — Pretoria
- South Korea — Seoul
- South Sudan — Juba
- Spain — Madrid
- Sri Lanka — Colombo
- Sudan — Khartoum
- Suriname — Paramaribo
- Sweden — Stockholm
- Switzerland — Bern
- Syria — Damascus
- Tajikistan — Dushanbe
- Tanzania — Dodoma
- Thailand — Bangkok
- Timor-Leste — Dili
- Togo — Lomé
- Tonga — Nuku'alofa
- Trinidad and Tobago — Port of Spain
- Tunisia — Tunis
- Türkiye — Ankara
- Turkmenistan — Ashgabat
- Tuvalu — Funafuti
- Uganda — Kampala
- Ukraine — Kyiv
- United Arab Emirates — Abu Dhabi
- United Kingdom — London
- United States — Washington D.C.
- Uruguay — Montevideo
- Uzbekistan — Tashkent
- Vanuatu — Port Vila
- Vatican City — Vatican City
- Venezuela — Caracas
- Vietnam — Hanoi
- Yemen — Sana'a
- Zambia — Lusaka
- Zimbabwe — Harare
Frequently asked questions
What is the capital of Australia?
The capital of Australia is Canberra, not Sydney or Melbourne. It was purpose-built as a compromise between the two larger rival cities.
What is the capital of Brazil?
The capital of Brazil is Brasília, a planned city inaugurated in 1960. Rio de Janeiro was the previous capital.
What is the capital of Canada?
The capital of Canada is Ottawa, in the province of Ontario. Toronto and Montreal are larger, but Ottawa is the seat of government.
What is the hardest capital city to remember?
People often find capitals like Canberra (Australia), Astana (Kazakhstan) and Naypyidaw (Myanmar) the trickiest, because they aren't the country's largest or best-known city.
How many capital cities are there in the world?
There are around 195 capital cities — roughly one for each sovereign country — though a few nations, such as South Africa and Bolivia, officially have more than one.