📖 Country Facts

Capital City: Kabul

Population: 42M

Facts: Has beautiful mountain ranges — part of the Hindu Kush.

Capital City: Tirana

Population: 2.8M

Facts: Has over 750,000 bunkers built during the Cold War!

Capital City: Algiers

Population: 45M

Facts: Largest country in Africa by area!

Capital City: Andorra la Vella

Population: 80K

Facts: A tiny country between France and Spain in the Pyrenees.

Capital City: Luanda

Population: 36M

Facts: Home to giant sable antelopes found nowhere else.

Capital City: No capital (no countries!)

Population: ~1K–4K scientists

Facts: The coldest, windiest and driest continent — and a giant desert made of ice!

Capital City: St. John's

Population: 100K

Facts: Has 365 beaches — one for each day of the year!

Capital City: Buenos Aires

Population: 46M

Facts: Invented the tango dance!

Capital City: Yerevan

Population: 3M

Facts: One of the oldest civilizations in the world!

Capital City: Canberra

Population: 26M

Facts: Has more kangaroos than people!

Capital City: Vienna

Population: 9.1M

Facts: Birthplace of Mozart and the waltz!

Capital City: Baku

Population: 10M

Facts: Known as the 'Land of Fire' due to natural gas flames.

Capital City: Nassau

Population: 400K

Facts: Has over 700 islands and cays!

Capital City: Manama

Population: 1.5M

Facts: An archipelago of 33 islands in the Persian Gulf.

Capital City: Dhaka

Population: 173M

Facts: The Sundarbans has the largest mangrove forest in the world!

Capital City: Bridgetown

Population: 288K

Facts: Birthplace of rum!

Capital City: Minsk

Population: 9.4M

Facts: Has Europe's last primeval forest — Białowieża.

Capital City: Brussels

Population: 11.6M

Facts: Famous for chocolate, waffles, and comic strips!

Capital City: Belmopan

Population: 410K

Facts: Has the second-largest barrier reef in the world.

Capital City: Porto-Novo

Population: 13M

Facts: Birthplace of the Voodoo religion.

Capital City: Thimphu

Population: 788K

Facts: Measures Gross National Happiness instead of GDP!

Capital City: Sucre

Population: 12M

Facts: Has the world's largest salt flat — Salar de Uyuni!

Capital City: Sarajevo

Population: 3.2M

Facts: Has a beautiful Old Bridge in Mostar from 1566.

Capital City: Gaborone

Population: 2.6M

Facts: Has one of the world's largest inland deltas — the Okavango!

Capital City: Brasília

Population: 216M

Facts: The Amazon Rainforest produces 20% of the world's oxygen!

Capital City: Bandar Seri Begawan

Population: 450K

Facts: One of the richest countries in the world per person.

Capital City: Sofia

Population: 6.5M

Facts: Invented the Cyrillic alphabet!

Capital City: Ouagadougou

Population: 23M

Facts: Its name means 'Land of Honest People'.

Capital City: Gitega

Population: 13M

Facts: One of the smallest countries in Africa.

Capital City: Praia

Population: 600K

Facts: A group of volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean.

Capital City: Phnom Penh

Population: 17M

Facts: Angkor Wat is the world's largest religious monument!

Capital City: Yaoundé

Population: 28M

Facts: Known as 'Africa in miniature' for its diversity.

Capital City: Ottawa

Population: 39M

Facts: Has more lakes than all other countries combined!

Capital City: Bangui

Population: 5.5M

Facts: Home to lowland gorillas and forest elephants.

Capital City: N'Djamena

Population: 17M

Facts: Lake Chad has shrunk by 90% since the 1960s!

Capital City: Santiago

Population: 19M

Facts: The driest place on Earth — the Atacama Desert — is here.

Capital City: Beijing

Population: 1.4B

Facts: The Great Wall is over 13,000 miles long!

Capital City: Bogotá

Population: 52M

Facts: The world's top emerald producer!

Capital City: Moroni

Population: 900K

Facts: Known as the 'Perfume Islands' for its fragrant plants.

Capital City: Brazzaville

Population: 6M

Facts: Has vast tropical rainforests.

Capital City: San José

Population: 5.2M

Facts: Has no army — it was abolished in 1948!

Capital City: Zagreb

Population: 3.9M

Facts: Has over 1,000 islands along its coast!

Capital City: Havana

Population: 11M

Facts: Famous for its colorful vintage cars from the 1950s.

Capital City: Nicosia

Population: 1.3M

Facts: The last divided capital city in the world.

Capital City: Prague

Population: 10.8M

Facts: Prague Castle is the largest ancient castle complex!

Capital City: Copenhagen

Population: 5.9M

Facts: Home to LEGO — the name means 'play well' in Danish!

Capital City: Djibouti

Population: 1M

Facts: One of the hottest countries on Earth!

Capital City: Roseau

Population: 72K

Facts: Called the 'Nature Isle of the Caribbean'.

Capital City: Santo Domingo

Population: 11M

Facts: Has the oldest European settlement in the Americas.

Capital City: Kinshasa

Population: 102M

Facts: The Congo River is the deepest river in the world!

Capital City: Quito

Population: 18M

Facts: Named after the equator which runs through it!

Capital City: Cairo

Population: 104M

Facts: Home to the Great Pyramids — over 4,500 years old!

Capital City: San Salvador

Population: 6.3M

Facts: The smallest and most densely populated country in Central America.

Capital City: Malabo

Population: 1.7M

Facts: The only African country where Spanish is official.

Capital City: Asmara

Population: 3.6M

Facts: Its capital has beautiful Art Deco architecture.

Capital City: Tallinn

Population: 1.3M

Facts: One of the most digitally advanced countries — e-Residency!

Capital City: Mbabane

Population: 1.2M

Facts: One of the last absolute monarchies in the world.

Capital City: Addis Ababa

Population: 126M

Facts: Uses its own calendar — 7 years behind the rest of the world!

Capital City: Stanley

Population: 3.7K

Facts: Has more penguins than people — about a million seabirds call it home!

Capital City: Suva

Population: 930K

Facts: Made up of 333 islands, but only 110 are inhabited!

Capital City: Helsinki

Population: 5.6M

Facts: Has over 180,000 lakes — the 'Land of a Thousand Lakes'!

Capital City: Paris

Population: 68M

Facts: The Eiffel Tower was supposed to be temporary!

Capital City: Libreville

Population: 2.4M

Facts: About 80% of the country is covered in rainforest.

Capital City: Banjul

Population: 2.7M

Facts: The smallest country in mainland Africa.

Capital City: Tbilisi

Population: 3.7M

Facts: One of the oldest wine-making countries — 8,000 years!

Capital City: Berlin

Population: 84M

Facts: Has over 1,500 different types of sausages!

Capital City: Accra

Population: 33M

Facts: Was called the Gold Coast and produces lots of cocoa!

Capital City: Athens

Population: 10.4M

Facts: Birthplace of democracy and the Olympic Games!

Capital City: Nuuk

Population: 57K

Facts: The world's largest island — and about 80% of it is covered in ice!

Capital City: St. George's

Population: 125K

Facts: Known as the 'Spice Isle' for its nutmeg.

Capital City: Guatemala City

Population: 18M

Facts: Home to ancient Mayan ruins like Tikal!

Capital City: Conakry

Population: 14M

Facts: Has some of the largest bauxite reserves in the world.

Capital City: Bissau

Population: 2.1M

Facts: An archipelago of 88 islands off its coast!

Capital City: Georgetown

Population: 810K

Facts: The only English-speaking country in South America.

Capital City: Port-au-Prince

Population: 12M

Facts: The first Black republic, independent since 1804!

Capital City: Tegucigalpa

Population: 10M

Facts: Home to the ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Capital City: Budapest

Population: 9.7M

Facts: Invented the Rubik's Cube!

Capital City: Reykjavik

Population: 380K

Facts: Has no mosquitoes and runs on geothermal energy!

Capital City: New Delhi

Population: 1.4B

Facts: Has the most languages spoken — over 780!

Capital City: Jakarta

Population: 278M

Facts: Made up of over 17,000 islands!

Capital City: Tehran

Population: 87M

Facts: Was once the center of the mighty Persian Empire.

Capital City: Baghdad

Population: 43M

Facts: Ancient Mesopotamia — the 'cradle of civilization' — was here.

Capital City: Dublin

Population: 5.1M

Facts: Halloween originated from an ancient Irish festival!

Capital City: Jerusalem

Population: 9.4M

Facts: The Dead Sea is the lowest point on Earth!

Capital City: Rome

Population: 59M

Facts: Has 58 UNESCO World Heritage Sites — the most of any country!

Capital City: Yamoussoukro

Population: 28M

Facts: World's largest producer of cocoa beans!

Capital City: Kingston

Population: 3M

Facts: Birthplace of reggae music and Bob Marley!

Capital City: Tokyo

Population: 125M

Facts: Has more than 6,800 islands and invented sushi!

Capital City: Amman

Population: 11M

Facts: Petra is carved directly into pink sandstone cliffs!

Capital City: Astana

Population: 20M

Facts: The largest landlocked country in the world.

Capital City: Nairobi

Population: 54M

Facts: Home to the Great Wildebeest Migration!

Capital City: Tarawa

Population: 130K

Facts: The only country in all four hemispheres!

Capital City: Pristina

Population: 1.8M

Facts: One of Europe's youngest countries, declared independence in 2008.

Capital City: Kuwait City

Population: 4.3M

Facts: Has some of the hottest summers on Earth!

Capital City: Bishkek

Population: 7M

Facts: Over 90% of the country is mountains.

Capital City: Vientiane

Population: 7.6M

Facts: Called the 'Land of a Million Elephants'.

Capital City: Riga

Population: 1.8M

Facts: Has one of the widest waterfalls in Europe — Ventas Rumba.

Capital City: Beirut

Population: 5.5M

Facts: Home to some of the oldest cedars in the world.

Capital City: Maseru

Population: 2.3M

Facts: Entirely surrounded by South Africa — the only country like this!

Capital City: Monrovia

Population: 5.3M

Facts: Founded by freed American slaves.

Capital City: Tripoli

Population: 7M

Facts: About 90% of the country is desert!

Capital City: Vaduz

Population: 39K

Facts: The last remnant of the Holy Roman Empire!

Capital City: Vilnius

Population: 2.8M

Facts: Was once one of the largest countries in Europe!

Capital City: Luxembourg City

Population: 660K

Facts: One of the smallest but richest countries in the world.

Capital City: Antananarivo

Population: 29M

Facts: Home to lemurs found nowhere else on Earth!

Capital City: Lilongwe

Population: 20M

Facts: Lake Malawi has more fish species than any other lake!

Capital City: Kuala Lumpur

Population: 33M

Facts: The Petronas Towers were once the world's tallest buildings!

Capital City: Malé

Population: 520K

Facts: The lowest country on Earth — average elevation is just 1.5m!

Capital City: Bamako

Population: 22M

Facts: Timbuktu was once a great center of learning.

Capital City: Valletta

Population: 520K

Facts: Has temples older than the Egyptian pyramids!

Capital City: Majuro

Population: 42K

Facts: Made up of 29 coral atolls and 5 islands.

Capital City: Nouakchott

Population: 4.9M

Facts: Has the Richat Structure — the 'Eye of the Sahara'.

Capital City: Port Louis

Population: 1.3M

Facts: Home of the now-extinct dodo bird.

Capital City: Mexico City

Population: 129M

Facts: Mexico City is sinking about 10 inches per year!

Capital City: Palikir

Population: 115K

Facts: Uses giant stone discs as traditional money!

Capital City: Chișinău

Population: 2.6M

Facts: Has the world's largest wine cellar — Mileștii Mici.

Capital City: Monaco

Population: 40K

Facts: The second smallest country — smaller than Central Park!

Capital City: Ulaanbaatar

Population: 3.4M

Facts: The least densely populated country in the world.

Capital City: Podgorica

Population: 620K

Facts: Its name means 'Black Mountain'.

Capital City: Rabat

Population: 37M

Facts: Has both Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines!

Capital City: Maputo

Population: 33M

Facts: Its flag features an AK-47 rifle.

Capital City: Naypyidaw

Population: 54M

Facts: Has over 2,000 ancient temples in Bagan!

Capital City: Windhoek

Population: 2.6M

Facts: The Namib Desert is the oldest desert in the world!

Capital City: Yaren

Population: 11K

Facts: The smallest island nation in the world!

Capital City: Kathmandu

Population: 30M

Facts: Home to Mount Everest — the tallest mountain on Earth!

Capital City: Amsterdam

Population: 17.7M

Facts: About a third of the country is below sea level!

Capital City: Wellington

Population: 5.1M

Facts: Was the first country to give women the right to vote!

Capital City: Managua

Population: 7M

Facts: Has the largest lake in Central America.

Capital City: Niamey

Population: 26M

Facts: Named after the Niger River.

Capital City: Abuja

Population: 224M

Facts: The most populous country in Africa!

Capital City: Pyongyang

Population: 26M

Facts: One of the most isolated countries in the world.

Capital City: Skopje

Population: 1.8M

Facts: Home to Lake Ohrid — one of Europe's oldest lakes.

Capital City: Oslo

Population: 5.5M

Facts: Invented the cheese slicer and the paper clip!

Capital City: Muscat

Population: 4.6M

Facts: Has stunning fjords and desert landscapes.

Capital City: Islamabad

Population: 231M

Facts: K2 — the second tallest mountain — is here!

Capital City: Ngerulmud

Population: 18K

Facts: Has a lake full of golden jellyfish that don't sting!

Capital City: Ramallah (administrative)

Population: 5.4M

Facts: Made up of two separated areas — the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

Capital City: Panama City

Population: 4.4M

Facts: The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans!

Capital City: Port Moresby

Population: 10M

Facts: Has over 800 languages — the most of any country!

Capital City: Asunción

Population: 7.4M

Facts: Its flag has different designs on each side!

Capital City: Lima

Population: 34M

Facts: Home to Machu Picchu — the lost city of the Incas!

Capital City: Manila

Population: 115M

Facts: Made up of over 7,600 islands!

Capital City: Warsaw

Population: 37M

Facts: Has 17 Nobel Prize winners!

Capital City: Lisbon

Population: 10.3M

Facts: The oldest country in Europe with the same borders since 1139!

Capital City: San Juan

Population: 3.2M

Facts: A Caribbean island and U.S. territory home to the only tropical rainforest in the U.S. National Forest System.

Capital City: Doha

Population: 2.7M

Facts: One of the richest countries per person in the world.

Capital City: Bucharest

Population: 19M

Facts: Home to Dracula's castle in Transylvania!

Capital City: Moscow

Population: 144M

Facts: The largest country in the world — spans 11 time zones!

Capital City: Kigali

Population: 14M

Facts: Known as the 'Land of a Thousand Hills'.

Capital City: Basseterre

Population: 48K

Facts: The smallest country in the Americas!

Capital City: Castries

Population: 180K

Facts: Famous for its twin volcanic peaks, the Pitons.

Capital City: Kingstown

Population: 110K

Facts: Pirates of the Caribbean was filmed here!

Capital City: Apia

Population: 220K

Facts: Known as the 'Cradle of Polynesia'.

Capital City: San Marino

Population: 34K

Facts: The oldest republic in the world, founded in 301 AD!

Capital City: São Tomé

Population: 230K

Facts: The smallest country in Africa.

Capital City: Riyadh

Population: 36M

Facts: Has no permanent rivers — the largest country without one!

Capital City: Dakar

Population: 17M

Facts: The Dakar Rally used to end here!

Capital City: Belgrade

Population: 6.6M

Facts: Nikola Tesla was born here!

Capital City: Victoria

Population: 100K

Facts: Has the world's smallest capital city!

Capital City: Freetown

Population: 8.6M

Facts: Its name means 'Lion Mountains'.

Capital City: Singapore

Population: 5.9M

Facts: A tiny city-state that's one of the cleanest in the world!

Capital City: Bratislava

Population: 5.4M

Facts: Has more castles per capita than any other country!

Capital City: Ljubljana

Population: 2.1M

Facts: Over 60% of the country is covered in forest!

Capital City: Honiara

Population: 720K

Facts: Has an active underwater volcano!

Capital City: Mogadishu

Population: 18M

Facts: Has the longest coastline in mainland Africa.

Capital City: Pretoria

Population: 60M

Facts: Has three capital cities and 11 official languages!

Capital City: Seoul

Population: 52M

Facts: Created K-pop and Taekwondo!

Capital City: Juba

Population: 11M

Facts: The world's newest country, formed in 2011.

Capital City: Madrid

Population: 48M

Facts: Has the world's oldest restaurant — Sobrino de Botín (1725)!

Capital City: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

Population: 22M

Facts: Known as the 'Pearl of the Indian Ocean'.

Capital City: Khartoum

Population: 46M

Facts: Has more pyramids than Egypt!

Capital City: Paramaribo

Population: 620K

Facts: Over 90% of the country is tropical rainforest.

Capital City: Stockholm

Population: 10.5M

Facts: Invented dynamite, the zipper, and Spotify!

Capital City: Bern

Population: 8.8M

Facts: Has enough nuclear bunkers to shelter its entire population!

Capital City: Damascus

Population: 22M

Facts: Damascus is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities!

Capital City: Taipei

Population: 23.5M

Facts: An island famous for night markets, bubble tea, and Taipei 101 — once the world's tallest building.

Capital City: Dushanbe

Population: 10M

Facts: Over 90% of the country is mountainous!

Capital City: Dodoma

Population: 65M

Facts: Home to Mount Kilimanjaro — Africa's tallest peak!

Capital City: Bangkok

Population: 72M

Facts: Known as the 'Land of Smiles'!

Capital City: Dili

Population: 1.4M

Facts: One of the newest countries — independent since 2002.

Capital City: Lomé

Population: 8.8M

Facts: One of the narrowest countries in Africa.

Capital City: Nuku'alofa

Population: 107K

Facts: The only Pacific island monarchy!

Capital City: Port of Spain

Population: 1.5M

Facts: Home to the world's largest natural asphalt lake!

Capital City: Tunis

Population: 12M

Facts: Star Wars was filmed in the Tunisian desert!

Capital City: Ankara

Population: 85M

Facts: Straddles two continents — Europe and Asia!

Capital City: Ashgabat

Population: 6.4M

Facts: Has a flaming gas crater called 'The Door to Hell'!

Capital City: Funafuti

Population: 12K

Facts: One of the smallest and most remote countries on Earth.

Capital City: Kampala

Population: 48M

Facts: Home to half the world's mountain gorillas.

Capital City: Kyiv

Population: 37M

Facts: Has the deepest metro station in the world — Arsenalna!

Capital City: Abu Dhabi

Population: 10M

Facts: Has the world's tallest building — the Burj Khalifa!

Capital City: London

Population: 67M

Facts: The Queen had two birthdays — her actual one and an official one!

Capital City: Washington, D.C.

Population: 334M

Facts: Has 50 states and put humans on the Moon!

Capital City: Montevideo

Population: 3.4M

Facts: Hosted the first-ever FIFA World Cup in 1930!

Capital City: Tashkent

Population: 35M

Facts: Home to the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand.

Capital City: Port Vila

Population: 320K

Facts: Home to an active volcano where you can send postcards!

Capital City: Vatican City

Population: 800

Facts: The smallest country in the world!

Capital City: Caracas

Population: 28M

Facts: Angel Falls is the tallest waterfall in the world!

Capital City: Hanoi

Population: 100M

Facts: Ha Long Bay has thousands of limestone islands!

Capital City: El Aaiún (claimed)

Population: 600K

Facts: A long, sandy stretch along Africa's Atlantic coast whose status is still disputed.

Capital City: Sana'a

Population: 34M

Facts: Socotra Island has alien-looking dragon blood trees!

Capital City: Lusaka

Population: 20M

Facts: Victoria Falls is called 'The Smoke That Thunders'.

Capital City: Harare

Population: 16M

Facts: Named after the ancient stone city Great Zimbabwe.