List of Countries, Capitals, Currencies, President, and Prime Minister of the world
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List of Countries Capital and Currencies 2022
A continent consists of more than 100 countries, and each continent has seven continents. Different currencies are used in these countries. Generally, we use the Indian rupee in India and the Afghani currency in Afghanistan. Here is a list of countries and their currencies. Currency exchange is required at airports for travelers from one country to another. In order for economic activities to function properly, the currency is used as a medium for exchanging goods and services. Every currency fluctuates in value against other currencies. Throughout the world, there are different exchange rates for different currencies.
What is currency?
Currencies are a means of exchanging money between individuals and entities. They differ from country to country, with their values fluctuating based on factors such as the country’s economic stability, political situation, and global market conditions. Currencies can take the form of physical notes or coins and are issued by national governments. They are universally accepted for various transactions, including the exchange of goods and services, tax payments, and settling debts.
Here is a list of countries, along with their capital and currency, along with their president and prime minister.
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Sr. No. | Country Name | Capital | Currency | President | Prime Minister |
1. | Afghanistan | Kabul | Afghani | Dr Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, | Inaugural Address |
2. | Albania | Tirana (Tirane) | Lek | Incumbent Bajram Begaj | Edi Rama |
3. | Algeria | Algiers | Dinar | Incumbent Abdelmadjid Tebboune | Aymen Benabderrahmane |
4. | Andorra | Andorra la Vella | Euro | – | Xavier Espot Zamora, |
5. | Angola | Luanda | New Kwanza | João Lourenço | – |
6. | Antigua and Barbuda | Saint John’s | East Caribbean dollar | – | Gaston Browne |
7. | Argentina | Buenos Aires | Peso | Alberto Fernández | – |
8. | Armenia | Yerevan | Dram | Vahagn Khachaturyan | Nikol Pashinyan |
9. | Australia | Canberra | Australian dollar | – | Anthony Albanese |
10. | Austria | Vienna | Euro (formerly schilling) |
Alexander Van der Bellen
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11. | Azerbaijan | Baku | Manat | Ilham Aliyev | Ali Asadov |
12. | The Bahamas | Nassau | Bahamian dollar | – | Philip Davis |
13. | Bahrain | Manama | Bahrain dinar | – | Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa |
14. | Bangladesh | Dhaka | Taka | Mohammad Shahabuddin | Sheikh Hasina |
15. | Barbados | Bridgetown | Barbados dollar | – | Mia Mottley |
16. | Belarus | Minsk | Belorussian ruble | Alexander Lukashenko | Roman Golovchenko |
17. | Belgium | Brussels | Euro (formerly Belgian franc) | – | Alexander De Croo |
18. | Belize | Belmopan | Belize dollar | – | Johnny Briceño |
19. | Benin | Porto-Novo | CFA Franc | Patrice Talon | – |
20. | Bhutan | Thimphu | Ngultrum | – | Lotay Tshering |
21. | Bolivia | La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial) | Boliviano | Luis Arce | – |
22. | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | Convertible Mark | – | – |
23. | Botswana | Gaborone | Pula | Mokgweetsi Masisi | |
24. | Brazil | Brasilia | Real | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | |
25. | Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | Brunei dollar | Hassanal Bolkiah | |
26. | Bulgaria | Sofia | Lev | Rumen Radev | Galab Donev |
27. | Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | CFA Franc | Captain Ibrahim Traore | Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla |
28. | Burundi | Gitega | Burundi franc | Évariste Ndayishimiye | Gervais Ndirakobuca |
29. | Cambodia | Phnom Penh | Riel | Hun Sen | |
30. | Cameroon | Yaounde | CFA Franc | Paul Biya | Joseph Ngute |
31. | Canada | Ottawa | Canadian dollar | Justin Trudeau | |
32. | Cape Verde | Praia | Cape Verdean escudo | José Maria Neves | Ulisses Correia e Silva |
33. | Central African Republic | Bangui | CFA Franc | Faustin-Archange Touadéra | Félix Moloua |
34. | Chad | N’Djamena | CFA Franc | Saleh Kebzabo | |
35. | Chile | Santiago | Chilean Peso | Gribiel boric Font | |
36. | China | Beijing | Chinese Yuan | Xi Jinping | |
37. | Colombia | Bogota | Colombian Peso | Gustavo Petro | |
38. | Comoros | Moroni | Franc | Azali Assoumani | |
39. | Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | CFA Franc | Denis Sassou Nguesso | Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde |
40. | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa | Congolese franc | Félix Tshisekedi | Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde |
41. | Costa Rica | San Jose | Colón | Rodrigo Chaves Robles | |
42. | Cote d’Ivoire | Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (de facto) | CFA Franc | Alassane Ouattara | – |
43. | Croatia | Zagreb | Croatian | Zoran Milanović | Andrej Plenković |
44. | Cuba | Havana | Cuban Peso | Miguel Díaz-Canel | Manuel Marrero Cruz |
45. | Cyprus | Nicosia | Euro | Nicos Anastasiades | Ünal Üstel |
46. | Czech Republic | Prague | Koruna | Miloš Zeman | Petr Fiala |
47. | Denmark | Copenhagen | Danish Krone | Mette Frederiksen | |
48. | Djibouti | Djibouti | Djiboutian franc | Ismaïl Omar Guelleh | Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed |
49. | Dominica | Roseau | East Caribbean dollar | Charles Savarin | Roosevelt Skerrit |
50. | Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | Dominican Peso | Luis Abinader | |
51. | East Timor (Timor-Leste) | Dili | U.S. dollar | José Manuel Ramos-Horta | Taur Matan Ruak |
52. | Ecuador | Quito | U.S. dollar | Guillermo Lasso | |
53. | Egypt | Cairo | Egyptian pound | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | Mostafa Madbouly |
54. | El Salvador | San Salvador | Colón; U.S. dollar | Nayib Bukele | |
55. | Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | CFA Franc | Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | Manuela Roka Botey |
56. | Eritrea | Asmara | Nakfa | Isaias Afwerki | |
57. | Estonia | Tallinn | Estonia Kroon; Euro | Alar Karis | Kaja Kallas |
58. | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | Birr | Sahle-Work Zewde | Abiy Ahmed |
59. | Fiji | Suva | Fiji dollar | Wiliame Katonivere | Sitiveni Rabuka |
60. | Finland | Helsinki | Euro (formerly markka) | Sauli Niinistö | Sanna Marin |
61. | France | Paris | Euro (formerly French franc) | Emmanuel Macron | Elisabeth Borne |
62. | Gabon | Libreville | CFA Franc | Ali Bongo Ondimba | Rose Christiane Raponda |
63. | The Gambia | Banjul | Dalasi | Adama Barrow | |
64. | Georgia | Tbilisi | Lari | Salome Zourabichvili | Irakli Garibashvili |
65. | Germany | Berlin | Euro (formerly Deutsche mark) | Frank-Walter Steinmeier | |
66. | Ghana | Accra | Cedi | Nana Akufo-Addo | |
67. | Greece | Athens | Euro (formerly drachma) | Katerina Sakellaropoulou | Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
68. | Grenada | Saint George’s | East Caribbean dollar | Keith Mitchell | |
69. | Guatemala | Guatemala City | Quetzal | Alejandro Giammattei | |
70. | Guinea | Conakry | Guinean franc | Bernard Goumou | |
71. | Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | CFA Franc | Umaro Sissoco Embaló | Nuno Gomes Nabiam |
72. | Guyana | Georgetown | Guyanese dollar | Irfaan Ali | Mark Phillips |
73. | Haiti | Port-au-Prince | Gourde | Jovenel Moïse | Ariel Henry |
74. | Honduras | Tegucigalpa | Lempira | Xiomara Castro | |
75. | Hungary | Budapest | Forint | Katalin Novák | Viktor Orbán |
76. | Iceland | Reykjavik | Icelandic króna | Guðni Th. Jóhannesson | Katrín Jakobsdóttir |
77. | India | New Delhi | Indian Rupee | Smt. Droupadi Murmu | Narendra Modi |
78. | Indonesia | Jakarta | Rupiah | Joko Widodo | |
79. | Iran | Tehran | Rial | Hassan Rouhani | |
80. | Iraq | Baghdad | Iraqi Dinar | Abdul Latif Rashid | Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani |
81. | Ireland | Dublin | Euro (formerly Irish pound [punt]) | Leo Varadkar | |
82. | Israel | Jerusalem* | Shekel | Reuven Rivlin | Yair Lapid |
83. | Italy | Rome | Euro (formerly lira) | Sergio Mattarella | Giorgia Meloni |
84. | Jamaica | Kingston | Jamaican dollar | Andrew Holness | |
85. | Japan | Tokyo | Yen | Fumio Kishida | |
86. | Jordan | Amman | Jordanian dinar | Bisher Al-Khasawneh | |
87. | Kazakhstan | Nur Sultan | Tenge | Kassym-Jomart Kemeluly Tokayev | Alikhan Smailov |
88. | Kenya | Nairobi | Kenya shilling | William Kipchirchir Samoei Arap Ruto | |
89. | Kiribati | Tarawa Atoll | Kiribati dollar | Taneti Maamau | |
90. | Korea, North | Pyongyang | Won | ||
91. | Korea, South | Seoul | Won | Yoon Suk-yeol | Han Duck-soo |
92. | Kosovo | Pristina | Euro (German Mark prior to 2002) | Vjosa Osmani | Albin Kurti |
93. | Kuwait | Kuwait City | Kuwaiti Dollar | Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | |
94. | Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | Som | Sadyr Japarov | Ulukbek Maripov |
95. | Laos | Vientiane | New Kip | Thongloun Sisoulith | Phankham Viphavanh |
96. | Latvia | Riga | Lats | Egils Levits | Krišjānis Kariņš |
97. | Lebanon | Beirut | Lebanese pound | Michel Aoun | |
98. | Lesotho | Maseru | Maluti |
Sam Matekane
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99. | Liberia | Monrovia | Liberian dollar | George Weah | |
100. | Libya | Tripoli | Libyan dinar | Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh | |
101. | Liechtenstein | Vaduz | Swiss franc | ||
102. | Lithuania | Vilnius | Litas | Gitanas Nausėda | Ingrida Šimonytė |
103. | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | Euro (formerly Luxembourg franc) | Xavier Bettel | |
104. | Macedonia | Skopje | Denar | Stevo Pendarovski | |
105. | Madagascar | Antananarivo | Malagasy Ariary | Andry Rajoelina | Christian Ntsay |
106. | Malawi | Lilongwe | Kwacha | Lazarus Chakwera | |
107. | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | Ringgit | Anwar Ibrahim | |
108. | Maldives | Male | Rufiyaa | Ibrahim Mohamed Solih | |
109. | Mali | Bamako | CFA Franc | Assimi Goïta | Choguel Kokalla Maïga |
110. | Malta | Valletta | Euro | George Vella | Robert Abela |
111. | Marshall Islands | Majuro | U.S. Dollar | David Kabua | |
112. | Mauritania | Nouakchott | Ouguiya | .Mohamed Ould Ghazouani | Mohamed Ould Bilal |
113. | Mauritius | Port Louis | Mauritian rupee | Prithvirajsing Roopun | Pravind Jugnauth |
114. | Mexico | Mexico City | Mexican peso | Andrés Manuel López Obrador | |
115. | Micronesia, | Palikir | U.S. Dollar | David W. Panuelo | |
116. | Moldova | Chisinau | Leu | Maia Sandu | Natalia Gavrilița |
117. | Monaco | Monte Carlo | Euro | ||
118. | Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | Togrog | Khaltmaagiin Battulga | |
119. | Montenegro | Podgorica | Euro | Milo Đukanović | Dritan Abazović |
120. | Morocco | Rabat | Dirham | Aziz Akhannouch | |
121. | Mozambique | Maputo | Metical | Filipe Nyusi | Adriano Maleiane |
122. | Myanmar (Burma) | Nay Pyi Taw | Kyat | ||
123. | Namibia | Windhoek | Namibian dollar | Hage Geingob | Saara Kuugongelwa |
124. | Nauru | no official capital; government offices in Yaren District | Australian dollar | Russ Joseph Kun | |
125. | Nepal | Kathmandu | Nepalese rupee | Bidhya Devi Bhandari | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
126. | Netherlands | Amsterdam; The Hague (seat of government) | Euro (formerly guilder) | Mark Rutte | |
127. | New Zealand | Wellington | New Zealand dollar | Chris Hipkins | |
128. | Nicaragua | Managua | Gold cordoba | Daniel Ortega | |
129. | Niger | Niamey | CFA Franc | Muhammadu Buhari | |
130. | Nigeria | Abuja | Naira | Muhammadu Buhari | |
131. | Norway | Oslo | Norwegian krone | Jonas Gahr Støre | |
132. | Oman | Muscat | Omani rial | Haitham bin Tariq | |
133. | Pakistan | Islamabad | Pakistani rupee | Arif Alvi | Shehbaz Sharif |
134. | Palau | Melekeok | U.S. dollar | Surangel S. Whipps Jr. | |
135. | Palestine | Ramallah, East Jerusalem | Palestine Pound | Mahmoud Abbas | Mohammad Shtayyeh |
136. | Panama | Panama City | Balboa; U.S. dollar | Laurentino Cortizo | |
137. | Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | Kina | Laurentino Cortizo | |
138. | Paraguay | Asuncion | Guaraní | Mario Abdo Benítez | |
139. | Peru | Lima | Nuevo sol (1991) | Dina Boluarte | |
140. | Philippines | Manila | Peso | Bongbong Marcos | |
141. | Poland | Warsaw | Zloty | Andrzej Duda | |
142. | Portugal | Lisbon | Euro (formerly escudo) | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa | António Costa |
143. | Qatar | Doha | Qatari riyal | Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz Al Thani | |
144. | Romania | Bucharest | Romanian Rupee | Klaus Iohannis | Nicolae Ciucă |
145. | Russia | Moscow | Ruble | Vladimir Putin | Mikhail Mishustin |
146. | Rwanda | Kigali | Rwandan franc | Paul Kagame | Édouard Ngirente |
147. | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | East Caribbean dollar | Timothy Harris | |
148. | Saint Lucia | Castries | East Caribbean dollar | Philip J. Pierre | |
149. | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | East Caribbean dollar | Ralph Gonsalves | |
150. | Samoa | Apia | Tuilaʻepa | ||
151. | San Marino | San Marino | Euro | ||
152. | Sao Tome and Principe | Sao Tome | Dobra | Carlos Vila Nova | Patrice Trovoada |
153. | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | Riyal | Mohammed bin Salman | |
154. | Senegal | Dakar | CFA Franc | Macky Sall | |
155. | Serbia | Belgrade | Serbian Dinar | Aleksandar Vučić | Ana Brnabić |
156. | Seychelles | Victoria | Seychelles rupee | Wavel Ramkalawan | |
157. | Sierra Leone | Freetown | Leone | Julius Maada Bio | |
158. | Singapore | Singapore | Singapore dollar | Halimah Yacob | Lee Hsien Loong |
159. | Slovakia | Bratislava | Euro | Zuzana Čaputová | Eduard Heger |
160. | Slovenia | Ljubljana | Slovenian tolar; euro (as of 1/1/07) | Borut Pahor(Natasa Pirc Musar- Elected) | Janez Janša |
161. | Solomon Islands | Honiara | Solomon Islands dollar | Manasseh Sogavare | |
162. | Somalia | Mogadishu | Somali shilling | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud | Mohamed Hussein Roble |
163. | South Africa | Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary) | Rand | Cyril Ramaphosa | |
164. | South Sudan | Juba | Sudanese Pound | Salva Kiir Mayardit | |
165. | Spain | Madrid | Euro (formerly peseta) | Pedro Sánchez | |
166. | Sri Lanka | Colombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative) | Sri Lankan rupee | Ranil Wickremesinghe | Dinesh Gunawardena |
167. | Sudan | Khartoum | Sudanese Pound | Vacant | |
168. | Suriname | Paramaribo | Surinamese dollar | Chan Santokhi | |
169. | Swaziland | Mbabane | Lilangeni | Cleopas Dlamini | |
170. | Sweden | Stockholm | Krona | Ulf Kristersson | |
171. | Switzerland | Berne | Swiss franc | Ignazio Cassis | |
172. | Syria | Damascus | Syrian pound | Bashar al-Assad | Hussein Arnous |
173. | Taiwan | Taipei | Taiwan dollar | Tsai Ing-wen | u Tseng-chang |
174. | Tajikistan | Dushanbe | somoni | Emomali Rahmon | Kokhir Rasulzoda |
175. | Tanzania | Dar es Salaam; Dodoma (legislative) | Tanzanian shilling | Samia Suluhu Hassan | Kassim Majaliwa |
176. | Thailand | Bangkok | Baht | Prayut Chan-o-cha | |
177. | Togo | Lome | CFA Franc | Faure Gnassingbé | Victoire Tomegah Dogbé |
178. | Tonga | Nuku’alofa | Pa’anga | Siaosi Sovaleni | |
179. | Trinidad and Tobago | Port-of-Spain | Trinidad and Tobago dollar | Paula-Mae Weekes | Keith Rowley |
180. | Tunisia | Tunis | Tunisian dinar | Kaïs Saïed | Najla Bouden |
181. | Turkey | Ankara | Turkish lira (YTL) | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | |
182. | Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | Manat | Serdar Berdimuhamedow | |
183. | Tuvalu | Vaiaku village, Funafuti province | Tuvaluan Dollar | Kausea Natano | |
184. | Uganda | Kampala | Ugandan new shilling | Yoweri Museveni | Robinah Nabbanja |
185. | Ukraine | Kiev | Hryvnia | Volodymyr Zelensky | Denys Shmyhal |
186. | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | U.A.E. Dirham | Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan | Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
187. | United Kingdom | London | Pound sterling | Rishi Sunak | |
188. | United States of America | Washington D.C. | Dollar | Joe Biden | |
189. | Uruguay | Montevideo | Uruguay peso | Luis Lacalle Pou | |
190. | Uzbekistan | Tashkent | Uzbekistani sum | Shavkat Mirziyoyev | Abdulla Aripov |
191. | Vanuatu | Port-Vila | Vatu | Tallis Obed Moses | Ishmael Kalsakau |
192. | Vatican City (Holy See) | Vatican City | Euro | Fernando Vérgez Alzaga | Pope |
193. | Venezuela | Caracas | Bolivar | Nicolás Maduro | |
194. | Vietnam | Hanoi | Dong | Nguyễn Xuân Phúc | Phạm Minh Chính |
195. | Yemen | Sanaa | Rial | Mahdi al-Mashat | Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed |
196. | Zambia | Lusaka | Kwacha | Hakainde Hichilema | |
197. | Zimbabwe | Harare | United States dollar | Emmerson Mnangagwa |