Here is a complete list of Countries, Currency, Capital for CBSE UGC NET Exam preparation. This list will not only tell you what is the currency of a particular country but also tell you the capital of that country.
This list will not only tell you what is the currency of a particular country but also tell you the capital of that country. In CBSE UGC NET exams, one question is asked sometimes whether it is currency or capital of a country.
Now remembering this list will help you improve your marks in any competitive exam. Also, it is very helpful for candidates who want to increase their general knowledge (GK).
List of Countries, their Capital, and Currency
The list given here is the a to z of all countries in the world. In this list of countries, capital and currency, a total of 197 countries are given. However, as per many sources, the total number of countries in the world ranges from 189 to 205. Here you will find countries names along with capital and currency used.
If a candidate is not able to remember this, then he/she can remember only big/important countries names, their currency, and capitals. It is given alphabetically to help the candidates easily find what they are looking for.
|
Sr. No. |
Country |
Currency |
Capital |
|
1 |
Afghanistan |
Afghani |
Kabul |
|
2 |
Albania |
Lek |
Tirane |
|
3 |
Algeria |
Dinar |
Algiers |
|
4 |
Andorra |
Euro |
Andorra la Vella |
|
5 |
Angola |
New Kwanza |
Luanda |
|
6 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
East Caribbean dollar |
Saint John’s |
|
7 |
Argentina |
Peso |
Buenos Aires |
|
8 |
Armenia |
Dram |
Yerevan |
|
9 |
Australia |
Australian dollar |
Canberra |
|
10 |
Austria |
Euro |
Vienna |
|
11 |
Azerbaijan |
Manat |
Baku |
|
12 |
The Bahamas |
Bahamian dollar |
Nassau |
|
13 |
Bahrain |
Bahrain dinar |
Manama |
|
14 |
Bangladesh |
Taka |
Dhaka |
|
15 |
Barbados |
Barbados dollar |
Bridgetown |
|
16 |
Belarus |
Belorussian ruble |
Minsk |
|
17 |
Belgium |
Euro (formerly Belgian franc) |
Brussels |
|
18 |
Belize |
Belize dollar |
Belmopan |
|
19 |
Benin |
CFA Franc |
Porto-Novo |
|
20 |
Bhutan |
Ngultrum |
Thimphu |
|
21 |
Bolivia |
Boliviano |
La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial) |
|
22 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Marka |
Sarajevo |
|
23 |
Botswana |
Pula |
Gaborone |
|
24 |
Brazil |
Real |
Brasilia |
|
25 |
Brunei |
Brunei dollar |
Bandar Seri Begawan |
|
26 |
Bulgaria |
Lev |
Sofia |
|
27 |
Burkina Faso |
CFA Franc |
Ouagadougou |
|
28 |
Burundi |
Burundi franc |
Bujumbura |
|
29 |
Cambodia |
Riel |
Phnom Penh |
|
30 |
Cameroon |
CFA Franc |
Yaounde |
|
31 |
Canada |
Canadian dollar |
Ottawa |
|
32 |
Cape Verde |
Cape Verdean escudo |
Praia |
|
33 |
Central African Republic |
CFA Franc |
Bangui |
|
34 |
Chad |
CFA Franc |
N’Djamena |
|
35 |
Chile |
Chilean Peso |
Santiago |
|
36 |
China |
Yuan/Renminbi |
Beijing |
|
37 |
Colombia |
Colombian Peso |
Bogota |
|
38 |
Comoros |
Franc |
Moroni |
|
39 |
Congo, Republic of the |
CFA Franc |
Brazzaville |
|
40 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
Congolese franc |
Kinshasa |
|
41 |
Costa Rica |
Colón |
San Jose |
|
42 |
Cote d’Ivoire |
CFA Franc |
Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (de facto) |
|
43 |
Croatia |
Kuna |
Zagreb |
|
44 |
Cuba |
Cuban Peso |
Havana |
|
45 |
Cyprus |
Cyprus pound |
Nicosia |
|
46 |
Czech Republic |
Koruna |
Prague |
|
47 |
Denmark |
Krone |
Copenhagen |
|
48 |
Djibouti |
Djibouti franc |
Djibouti |
|
49 |
Dominica |
East Caribbean dollar |
Roseau |
|
50 |
Dominican Republic |
Dominican Peso |
Santo Domingo |
|
51 |
East Timor (Timor-Leste) |
U.S. dollar |
Dili |
|
52 |
Ecuador |
U.S. dollar |
Quito |
|
53 |
Egypt |
Egyptian pound |
Cairo |
|
54 |
El Salvador |
Colón; U.S. dollar |
San Salvador |
|
55 |
Equatorial Guinea |
CFA Franc |
Malabo |
|
56 |
Eritrea |
Nakfa |
Asmara |
|
57 |
Estonia |
Kroon |
Tallinn |
|
58 |
Ethiopia |
Birr |
Addis Ababa |
|
59 |
Fiji |
Fiji dollar |
Suva |
|
60 |
Finland |
Euro (formerly markka) |
Helsinki |
|
61 |
France |
Euro (formerly French franc) |
Paris |
|
62 |
Gabon |
CFA Franc |
Libreville |
|
63 |
The Gambia |
Dalasi |
Banjul |
|
64 |
Georgia |
Lari |
Tbilisi |
|
65 |
Germany |
Euro (formerly Deutsche mark) |
Berlin |
|
66 |
Ghana |
Cedi |
Accra |
|
67 |
Greece |
Euro (formerly drachma) |
Athens |
|
68 |
Grenada |
East Caribbean dollar |
Saint George’s |
|
69 |
Guatemala |
Quetzal |
Guatemala City |
|
70 |
Guinea |
Guinean franc |
Conakry |
|
71 |
Guinea-Bissau |
CFA Franc |
Bissau |
|
72 |
Guyana |
Guyanese dollar |
Georgetown |
|
73 |
Haiti |
Gourde |
Port-au-Prince |
|
74 |
Honduras |
Lempira |
Tegucigalpa |
|
75 |
Hungary |
Forint |
Budapest |
|
76 |
Iceland |
Icelandic króna |
Reykjavik |
|
77 |
India |
Rupee |
New Delhi |
|
78 |
Indonesia |
Rupiah |
Jakarta |
|
79 |
Iran |
Rial |
Tehran |
|
80 |
Iraq |
Iraqi Dinar |
Baghdad |
|
81 |
Ireland |
Euro (formerly Irish pound [punt]) |
Dublin |
|
82 |
Israel |
Shekel |
Jerusalem(#) |
|
83 |
Italy |
Euro (formerly known as lira) |
Rome |
|
84 |
Jamaica |
Jamaican dollar |
Kingston |
|
85 |
Japan |
Yen |
Tokyo |
|
86 |
Jordan |
Jordanian dinar |
Amman |
|
87 |
Kazakhstan |
Tenge |
Astana |
|
88 |
Kenya |
Kenya shilling |
Nairobi |
|
89 |
Kiribati |
Australian dollar |
Tarawa Atoll |
|
90 |
North Korea |
Won |
Pyongyang |
|
91 |
South Korea |
Won |
Seoul |
|
92 |
Kosovo |
Euro (German Mark prior to 2002) |
Pristina |
|
93 |
Kuwait |
Kuwaiti dinar |
Kuwait City |
|
94 |
Kyrgyzstan |
Som |
Bishkek |
|
95 |
Laos |
New Kip |
Vientiane |
|
96 |
Latvia |
Lats |
Riga |
|
97 |
Lebanon |
Lebanese pound |
Beirut |
|
98 |
Lesotho |
Maluti |
Maseru |
|
99 |
Liberia |
Liberian dollar |
Monrovia |
|
100 |
Libya |
Libyan dinar |
Tripoli |
|
101 |
Liechtenstein |
Swiss franc |
Vaduz |
|
102 |
Lithuania |
Litas |
Vilnius |
|
103 |
Luxembourg |
Euro (formerly Luxembourg franc) |
Luxembourg |
|
104 |
Macedonia |
Denar |
Skopje |
|
105 |
Madagascar |
Malagasy franc |
Antananarivo |
|
106 |
Malawi |
Kwacha |
Lilongwe |
|
107 |
Malaysia |
Ringgit |
Kuala Lumpur |
|
108 |
Maldives |
Rufiya |
Male |
|
109 |
Mali |
CFA Franc |
Bamako |
|
110 |
Malta |
Maltese lira |
Valletta |
|
111 |
Marshall Islands |
U.S. Dollar |
Majuro |
|
112 |
Mauritania |
Ouguiya |
Nouakchott |
|
113 |
Mauritius |
Mauritian rupee |
Port Louis |
|
114 |
Mexico |
Mexican peso |
Mexico City |
|
115 |
Micronesia, Federated States of |
U.S. Dollar |
Palikir |
|
116 |
Moldova |
Leu |
Chisinau |
|
117 |
Monaco |
Euro |
Monaco |
|
118 |
Mongolia |
Tugrik |
Ulaanbaatar |
|
119 |
Montenegro |
Euro |
Podgorica |
|
120 |
Morocco |
Dirham |
Rabat |
|
121 |
Mozambique |
Metical |
Maputo |
|
122 |
Myanmar (Burma) |
Kyat |
Rangoon (Yangon); Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw (administrative) |
|
123 |
Namibia |
Namibian dollar |
Windhoek |
|
124 |
Nauru |
Australian dollar |
no official capital; government offices in Yaren District |
|
125 |
Nepal |
Nepalese rupee |
Kathmandu |
|
126 |
Netherlands |
Euro (formerly guilder) |
Amsterdam; The Hague (seat of government) |
|
127 |
New Zealand |
New Zealand dollar |
Wellington |
|
128 |
Nicaragua |
Gold cordoba |
Managua |
|
129 |
Niger |
CFA Franc |
Niamey |
|
130 |
Nigeria |
Naira |
Abuja |
|
131 |
Norway |
Norwegian krone |
Oslo |
|
132 |
Oman |
Omani rial |
Muscat |
|
133 |
Pakistan |
Pakistani rupee |
Islamabad |
|
134 |
Palau |
U.S. dollar |
Melekeok |
|
135 |
Panama |
balboa; U.S. dollar |
Panama City |
|
136 |
Papua New Guinea |
Kina |
Port Moresby |
|
137 |
Paraguay |
Guaraní |
Asuncion |
|
138 |
Peru |
Nuevo sol (1991) |
Lima |
|
139 |
Philippines |
Peso |
Manila |
|
140 |
Poland |
Zloty |
Warsaw |
|
141 |
Portugal |
Euro (formerly escudo) |
Lisbon |
|
142 |
Qatar |
Qatari riyal |
Doha |
|
143 |
Romania |
Leu |
Bucharest |
|
144 |
Russia |
Ruble |
Moscow |
|
145 |
Rwanda |
Rwanda franc |
Kigali |
|
146 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
East Caribbean dollar |
Basseterre |
|
147 |
Saint Lucia |
East Caribbean dollar |
Castries |
|
148 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
East Caribbean dollar |
Kingstown |
|
149 |
Samoa |
Tala |
Apia |
|
150 |
San Marino |
Euro |
San Marino |
|
151 |
Sao Tome and Principe |
Dobra |
Sao Tome |
|
152 |
Saudi Arabia |
Riyal |
Riyadh |
|
153 |
Senegal |
CFA Franc |
Dakar |
|
154 |
Serbia |
Yugoslav new dinar. In Kosovo both the euro and the Yugoslav dinar are legal |
Belgrade |
|
155 |
Seychelles |
Seychelles rupee |
Victoria |
|
156 |
Sierra Leone |
Leone |
Freetown |
|
157 |
Singapore |
Singapore dollar |
Singapore |
|
158 |
Slovakia |
Koruna |
Bratislava |
|
159 |
Slovenia |
Slovenian tolar; euro (as of 1/1/07) |
Ljubljana |
|
160 |
Solomon Islands |
Solomon Islands dollar |
Honiara |
|
161 |
Somalia |
Somali shilling |
Mogadishu |
|
162 |
South Africa |
Rand |
Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary) |
|
163 |
South Sudan |
Sudanese Pound |
Juba |
|
164 |
Spain |
Euro (formerly peseta) |
Madrid |
|
165 |
Sri Lanka |
Sri Lanka rupee |
Colombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative) |
|
166 |
Sudan |
Dinar |
Khartoum |
|
167 |
Suriname |
Surinamese dollar |
Paramaribo |
|
168 |
Swaziland |
Lilangeni |
Mbabane |
|
169 |
Sweden |
Krona |
Stockholm |
|
170 |
Switzerland |
Swiss franc |
Bern |
|
171 |
Syria |
Syrian pound |
Damascus |
|
172 |
Taiwan |
Taiwan dollar |
Taipei |
|
173 |
Tajikistan |
somoni |
Dushanbe |
|
174 |
Tanzania |
Tanzanian shilling |
Dar es Salaam; Dodoma (legislative) |
|
175 |
Thailand |
baht |
Bangkok |
|
176 |
Togo |
CFA Franc |
Lome |
|
177 |
Tonga |
Pa’anga |
Nuku’alofa |
|
178 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Trinidad and Tobago dollar |
Port-of-Spain |
|
179 |
Tunisia |
Tunisian dinar |
Tunis |
|
180 |
Turkey |
Turkish lira (YTL) |
Ankara |
|
181 |
Turkmenistan |
Manat |
Ashgabat |
|
182 |
Tuvalu |
Australian dollar |
Vaiaku village, Funafuti province |
|
183 |
Uganda |
Ugandan new shilling |
Kampala |
|
184 |
Ukraine |
Hryvna |
Kyiv |
|
185 |
United Arab Emirates |
U.A.E. dirham |
Abu Dhabi |
|
186 |
United Kingdom |
Pound sterling |
London |
|
187 |
United States of America |
dollar |
Washington D.C. |
|
188 |
Uruguay |
Uruguay peso |
Montevideo |
|
189 |
Uzbekistan |
Uzbekistani sum |
Tashkent |
|
190 |
Vanuatu |
Vatu |
Port-Vila |
|
191 |
Vatican City (Holy See) |
Euro |
Vatican City |
|
192 |
Venezuela |
Bolivar |
Caracas |
|
193 |
Vietnam |
Dong |
Hanoi |
|
194 |
Yemen |
Rial |
Sanaa |
|
195 |
Zambia |
Kwacha |
Lusaka |
|
196 |
Zimbabwe |
Zimbabwean dollar |
Harare |