THE WORLD FACTBOOK
Reference Edition 2026
250 countries
Afghanistan
Kabul
Åland Islands
Mariehamn
Albania
Tirana
Algeria
Algiers
American Samoa
Pago Pago
Andorra
Andorra la Vella
Angola
Luanda
Anguilla
The Valley
Antarctica
Antarctic
Antigua and Barbuda
Saint John's
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Armenia
Yerevan
Aruba
Oranjestad
Australia
Canberra
Austria
Vienna
Azerbaijan
Baku
Bahamas
Nassau
Bahrain
Manama
Bangladesh
Dhaka
Barbados
Bridgetown
Belarus
Minsk
Belgium
Brussels
Belize
Belmopan
Benin
Porto-Novo
Bermuda
Hamilton
Bhutan
Thimphu
Bolivia
Sucre
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
Botswana
Gaborone
Bouvet Island
Antarctic
Brazil
Brasília
British Indian Ocean Territory
Diego Garcia
British Virgin Islands
Road Town
Brunei
Bandar Seri Begawan
Bulgaria
Sofia
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
Burundi
Gitega
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Cameroon
Yaoundé
Canada
Ottawa
Cape Verde
Praia
Caribbean Netherlands
Kralendijk
Cayman Islands
George Town
Central African Republic
Bangui
Chad
N'Djamena
Chile
Santiago
China
Beijing
Christmas Island
Flying Fish Cove
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
West Island
Colombia
Bogotá
Comoros
Moroni
Congo
Brazzaville
Cook Islands
Avarua
Costa Rica
San José
Croatia
Zagreb
Cuba
Havana
Curaçao
Willemstad
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
Falkland Islands
Stanley
Faroe Islands
Tórshavn
Fiji
Suva
Finland
Helsinki
France
Paris
French Guiana
Cayenne
French Polynesia
Papeetē
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Port-aux-Français
Gabon
Libreville
Gambia
Banjul
Georgia
Tbilisi
Germany
Berlin
Ghana
Accra
Gibraltar
Gibraltar
Greece
Athens
Greenland
Nuuk
Grenada
St. George's
Guadeloupe
Basse-Terre
Guam
Hagåtña
Guatemala
Guatemala City
Guernsey
St. Peter Port
Guinea
Conakry
Guinea-Bissau
Bissau
Guyana
Georgetown
Haiti
Port-au-Prince
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Antarctic
Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Hong Kong
City of Victoria
Hungary
Budapest
Iceland
Reykjavik
India
New Delhi
Indonesia
Jakarta
Iran
Tehran
Iraq
Baghdad
Ireland
Dublin
Isle of Man
Douglas
Israel
Jerusalem
Italy
Rome
Ivory Coast
Yamoussoukro
Jamaica
Kingston
Japan
Tokyo
Jersey
Saint Helier
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
Macau
Asia
Madagascar
Antananarivo
Malawi
Lilongwe
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Maldives
Malé
Mali
Bamako
Malta
Valletta
Marshall Islands
Majuro
Martinique
Fort-de-France
Mauritania
Nouakchott
Mauritius
Port Louis
Mayotte
Mamoudzou
Mexico
Mexico City
Micronesia
Palikir
Moldova
Chișinău
Monaco
Monaco
Mongolia
Ulan Bator
Montenegro
Podgorica
Montserrat
Plymouth
Morocco
Rabat
Mozambique
Maputo
Myanmar
Naypyidaw
Namibia
Windhoek
Nauru
Yaren
Nepal
Kathmandu
Netherlands
Amsterdam
New Caledonia
Nouméa
New Zealand
Wellington
Nicaragua
Managua
Niger
Niamey
Nigeria
Abuja
Niue
Alofi
Norfolk Island
Kingston
North Korea
Pyongyang
North Macedonia
Skopje
Northern Mariana Islands
Saipan
Norway
Oslo
Oman
Muscat
Pakistan
Islamabad
Palau
Ngerulmud
Palestine
Ramallah
Panama
Panama City
Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby
Paraguay
Asunción
Peru
Lima
Philippines
Manila
Pitcairn Islands
Adamstown
Poland
Warsaw
Portugal
Lisbon
Puerto Rico
San Juan
Qatar
Doha
Réunion
Saint-Denis
Romania
Bucharest
Russia
Moscow
Rwanda
Kigali
Saint Barthélemy
Gustavia
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Jamestown
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Basseterre
Saint Lucia
Castries
Saint Martin
Marigot
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint-Pierre
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
Sint Maarten
Philipsburg
Slovakia
Bratislava
Slovenia
Ljubljana
Solomon Islands
Honiara
Somalia
Mogadishu
South Africa
Pretoria
South Georgia
King Edward Point
South Korea
Seoul
South Sudan
Juba
Spain
Madrid
Sri Lanka
Colombo
Sudan
Khartoum
Suriname
Paramaribo
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Longyearbyen
Sweden
Stockholm
Switzerland
Bern
Syria
Damascus
Taiwan
Taipei
Tajikistan
Dushanbe
Tanzania
Dodoma
Thailand
Bangkok
Timor-Leste
Dili
Togo
Lomé
Tokelau
Fakaofo
Tonga
Nuku'alofa
Trinidad and Tobago
Port of Spain
Tunisia
Tunis
Türkiye
Ankara
Turkmenistan
Ashgabat
Turks and Caicos Islands
Cockburn Town
Tuvalu
Funafuti
Uganda
Kampala
Ukraine
Kyiv
United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom
London
United States
Washington D.C.
United States Minor Outlying Islands
Americas
United States Virgin Islands
Charlotte Amalie
Uruguay
Montevideo
Uzbekistan
Tashkent
Vanuatu
Port Vila
Vatican City
Vatican City
Venezuela
Caracas
Vietnam
Hanoi
Wallis and Futuna
Mata-Utu
Western Sahara
El Aaiún
Yemen
Sana'a
Zambia
Lusaka
Zimbabwe
Harare