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# Countries and Capitals ### The Design Ladder This document lists the countries and capitals of the world while illustrating the correct flags for each. The document is divided into continents, and is accompanied by a breakdown of "country insights" for each. The insights showcase interesting fact...

# Countries and Capitals ### The Design Ladder This document lists the countries and capitals of the world while illustrating the correct flags for each. The document is divided into continents, and is accompanied by a breakdown of "country insights" for each. The insights showcase interesting facts about countries and continents: ## Country Insights ### Largest Country by Land Area - Russia ### Smallest Country by Land Area - Vatican City ### Most Populous Country - India ### Least Populous Country - Vatican City ### Longest Coastline - Canada ### Highest Mountain - Mount Everest (located in Nepal and China) ### Deepest Point on Earth - Challenger Deep (located in the Mariana Trench) ### Longest River - Nile River (Africa) ### Largest Forest Area - Russia ### Longest Railway Network - United States ### Largest Producer of Oil - United States ### Largest Producer of Coffee - Brazil ### Largest Producer of Rice - China ### Largest Producer of Wheat - China ### Largest Democracy - India ### Tallest Waterfall - Angel Falls (Venezuela) ### Largest Barrier Reef - Great Barrier Reef (Australia) ### Largest Desert - Sahara Desert (Africa) ### Largest Archipelago - Indonesia ### Most Polluted Country in the World - Chad ### World's Largest Island Country - Indonesia ### Largest Landlocked Country in the World - Kazakhstan ### Total Number of Countries in the World - There are **195** countries in the world today. This total comprises **193** countries that are Member States of the United Nations and **2** non-member observer states: The Holy See and the State of Palestine. ## Continent Insights ### Largest Continent (Land Area & Population) - Asia ### Second Largest Continent & Second Most Populous - Africa ### Third Largest Continent by Land Area - North America ### Fourth Largest Continent - South America (Home to the Amazon Rainforest, the world's largest tropical rainforest) ### Southernmost Continent - Antarctica (Known as the coldest, driest and windiest continent) ### Second Smallest Continent - Europe (Third most populous continent after Asia and Africa) ### Smallest Continent - Oceania (Made up of thousands of islands throughout the Central and South Pacific Ocean) ## Africa This continent is broken down into a table of countries, capitals and their respective flags. | Country | Capital | Flags | |---|---|---|---| | Algeria | Algiers | 🇩🇿 | | Angola | Luanda | 🇦🇴 | | Botswana | Gaborone | 🇧🇼 | | Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | 🇧🇫 | | Burundi | Gitega | 🇧🇮 | | Cabo Verde | Praia | 🇨🇻 | | Cameroon | Yaounde | 🇨🇲 | | Central African Republic | Bangui | 🇨🇫 | | Chad | N'Djamena | 🇹🇩 | | Comoros | Moroni | 🇰🇲 | | Congo Republic | Brazzaville | 🇨🇬 | | Congo | Kinshasa | 🇨🇩 | | Cote d'Ivoire | Yamoussoukro | 🇨🇮 | | Djibouti | Djibouti | 🇩🇯 | | Egypt | Cairo | 🇪🇬 | | Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | 🇬🇶 | | Eritrea | Asmara | 🇪🇷 | | Eswatini (Swaziland) | Mbabane | 🇸🇿 | | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 🇪🇹 | | Gabon | Libreville | 🇬🇦 | | Gambia | Banjul | 🇬🇲 | | Ghana | Accra | 🇬🇭 | | Guinea | Conakry | 🇬🇳 | | Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | 🇬🇼 | | 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 | 🇷🇼 | | Sao Tome and Principe | Sao Tome | 🇸🇹 | | Senegal | Dakar | 🇸🇳 | | Seychelles | Victoria | 🇸🇨 | | Sierra Leone | Free Town | 🇸🇱 | | Somalia | Mogadishu | 🇸🇴 | | South Sudan | Juba | 🇸🇸 | | Sudan | Khartoum | 🇸🇩 | | Tanzania | Dodoma | 🇹🇿 | | Togo | Lome | 🇹🇬 | | Tunisia | Tunis | 🇹🇳 | | Uganda | Kampala | 🇺🇬 | | Zambia | Lusaka | 🇿🇲 | | Zimbabwe | Harare | 🇿🇼 | ## Antarctica - Antarctica is not officially divided into countries and does not have a permanent population. - It is governed by the Antarctic Treaty System, which is an international agreement that regulates human activity on the continent. - The treaty has been signed by numerous countries, but none of them have sovereignty over Antarctica. - The countries with territorial claims in Antarctica are: - 1. Argentina - 2. Australia - 3. Chile - 4. France - 5. New Zealand - 6. Norway - 7. United Kingdom ## Asia This continent is broken down into a table of countries, capitals and their respective flags. | Country | Capital | Flags | |---|---|---| | Afghanistan | Kabul | 🇦🇫 | | Armenia | Yerevan | 🇦🇲 | | Azerbaijan | Baku | 🇦🇿 | | Bahrain | Manama | 🇧🇭 | | Bangladesh | Dhaka | 🇧🇩 | | Bhutan | Thimphu | 🇧🇹 | | Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 🇧🇳 | | Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 🇰🇭 | | China | Beijing | 🇨🇳 | | Cyprus | Nicosia | 🇨🇾 | | Georgia | Tbilisi | 🇬🇪 | | India | New Delhi | 🇮🇳 | | Indonesia | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 | | Iran | Tehran | 🇮🇷 | | Iraq | Baghdad | 🇮🇶 | | Israel | Jerusalem | 🇮🇱 | | Japan | Tokyo | 🇯🇵 | | Jordan | Amman | 🇯🇴 | | Kazakhstan | Nur-Sultan | 🇰🇿 | | Kuwait | Kuwait City | 🇰🇼 | | Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 🇰🇬 | | Laos | Vientiane | 🇱🇦 | | Lebanon | Beirut | 🇱🇧 | | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 | | Maldives | Male | 🇲🇻 | | Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 🇲🇳 | | Myanmar (Burma) | Naypyidaw | 🇲🇲 | | Nepal | Kathmandu | 🇳🇵 | | North Korea | Pyongyang | 🇰🇵 | | Oman | Muscat | 🇴🇲 | | Pakistan | Islamabad | 🇵🇰 | | Palestine | Jerusalem (East) | 🇵🇸 | | Philippines | Manila | 🇵🇭 | | Qatar | Doha | 🇶🇦 | | Russia (Asia + Europe) | Moscow | 🇷🇺 | | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 🇸🇦 | | Singapore | Singapore | 🇸🇬 | | South Korea | Seoul | 🇰🇷 | | Sri Lanka | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | 🇱🇰 | | Syria | Damascus | 🇸🇾 | | Taiwan | Taipei | 🇹🇼 | | Tajikistan | Dushanbe | 🇹🇯 | | Thailand | Bangkok | 🇹🇭 | | Timor-Leste | Dili | 🇹🇱 | | Turkey | Ankara | 🇹🇷 | | Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | 🇹🇲 | | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 🇦🇪 | | Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 🇺🇿 | | Vietnam | Hanoi | 🇻🇳 | | Yemen | Sana'a | 🇾🇪 | ## Europe This continent is broken down into a table of countries, capitals and their respective flags. | Country | Capital | Flags | |---|---|---| | Albania | Tirana | 🇦🇱 | | Andorra | Andorra La Vella | 🇦🇩 | | Austria | Vienna | 🇦🇹 | | Belarus | Minsk | 🇧🇾 | | Belgium | Brussels | 🇧🇪 | | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 🇧🇦 | | Bulgaria | Sofia | 🇧🇬 | | Croatia | Zagreb | 🇭🇷 | | Czech Republic | Prague | 🇨🇿 | | Denmark | Copenhagen | 🇩🇰 | | Estonia | Tallinn | 🇪🇪 | | Finland | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 | | France | Paris | 🇫🇷 | | Germany | Berlin | 🇩🇪 | | Greece | Athens | 🇬🇷 | | Vatican | Vatican City | 🇻🇦 | | Hungary | Budapest | 🇭🇺 | | Iceland | Reykjavik | 🇮🇸 | | Ireland | Dublin | 🇮🇪 | | Italy | Rome | 🇮🇹 | | Latvia | Riga | 🇱🇻 | | Liechtenstein | Vaduz | 🇱🇮 | | Lithuania | Vilnius | 🇱🇹 | | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 🇱🇺 | | Macedonia | Skopje | 🇲🇰 | | Malta | Valletta | 🇲🇹 | | Moldova | Chisinau | 🇲🇩 | | Monaco | Monaco | 🇲🇨 | | Montenegro | Podgorica | 🇲🇪 | | Netherlands | Amsterdam | 🇳🇱 | | 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 | 🇬🇧 | ## North America This continent is broken down into a table of countries, capitals and their respective flags. | Country | Capital | Flags | |---|---|---| | Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's | 🇦🇬 | | Bahamas | Nassau | 🇧🇸 | | Barbados | Bridgetown | 🇧🇧 | | Belize | Belmopan | 🇧🇿 | | Canada | Ottawa | 🇨🇦 | | Costa Rica | San Jose | 🇨🇷 | | Cuba | Havana | 🇨🇺 | | Dominica | Roseau | 🇩🇲 | | Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 | | El Salvador | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 | | Grenada | St. George's | 🇬🇩 | | Guatemala | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 | | Haiti | Port-au-Prince | 🇭🇹 | | Honduras | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 | | Jamaica | Kingston | 🇯🇲 | | Mexico | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 | | Nicaragua | Managua | 🇳🇮 | | Panama | Panama City | 🇵🇦 | | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | 🇰🇳 | | Saint Lucia | Castries | 🇱🇨 | | St. Vincent & Grenadines | Kingstown | 🇻🇨 | | Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | 🇹🇹 | | United States of America | Washington | 🇺🇸 | ## Oceania This continent is broken down into a table of countries, capitals and their respective flags. | Country | Capital | Flags | |---|---|---| | Australia | Canberra | 🇦🇺 | | Fiji | Suva | 🇫🇯 | | Kiribati | South Tarawa | 🇰🇮 | | Marshall Islands | Majuro | 🇲🇭 | | Micronesia | Palikir | 🇫🇲 | | Nauru | No official capital | 🇳🇷 | | New Zealand | Wellington | 🇳🇿 | | Palau | Ngerulmud | 🇵🇼 | | Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | 🇵🇬 | | Samoa | Apia | 🇼🇸 | | Solomon Islands | Honiara | 🇸🇧 | | Tonga | Nuku'alofa | 🇹🇴 | | Tuvalu | Funafuti Atoll | 🇹🇻 | | Vanuatu | Port-Vila | 🇻🇺 | ## South America This continent is broken down into a table of countries, capitals and their respective flags. | Country | Capital | Flags | |---|---|---| | Argentina | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 | | Bolivia | Sucre | 🇧🇴 | | Brazil | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 | | Chile | Santiago | 🇨🇱 | | Colombia | Bogotá | 🇨🇴 | | Ecuador | Quito | 🇪🇨 | | Falkland Islands (UK) | Stanley | Falkland_Islands | | French Guiana (France) | Cayenne | 🇫🇷 | | Guyana | Georgetown | 🇬🇾 | | Paraguay | Asunción | 🇵🇾 | | Peru | Lima | 🇵🇪 | | Suriname | Paramaribo | 🇸🇷 | | Uruguay | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 | | Venezuela | Caracas | 🇻🇪 |