THE COUNTRIES OF THE GLOBE
What is a country? A nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory.
How to become a country?
1. A nation is eligible - a sovereign state, customary international law actually does specify minimum standards for statehood. You must have a
defined territory. You must have a permanent population. You must have a government.
2. It is independent - Once an entity has established itself as a de facto state, it will benefit from territorial integrity and certain guarantees of
sovereignty.
3. It is recognized - International recognition is what gives a country legitimacy in the international community. Recognition is quite complicated
because it combines international law and international politics.
4. Join the club - Since its founding in 1945, membership in the United Nations has become the gold standard of international legitimacy. When you
are admitted to the U.N, that’s a form of approval. It’s like a stamp [that says] you are now a full member of the international community.
NORTH AMERICA
COUNTRIES CAPITAL TOURISM TAGLINES
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA St. Johns
BAHAMAS Nassau
BARBADOS Bridgetown
BELIZE Belmopan
CANADA Ottawa
COSTA RICA San Jose
CUBA Havana
DOMINICA Roseau
DOMINICA REPUBLIC Santo Domingo
EL SALVADOR San Salvador
GRENADA St. Georges
GUATEMALA Guatemala City
HAITI Port-au-prince
HONDURAS Tegucigalpa
JAMAICA Kingston
MEXICO Mexico City
NICARAGUA Mamanagua
PANAMA Panama City
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS Basseterre
SAINT LUCIA Castries
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Kingstown
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Port of Spain
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA) Washington, D.C
In this part of the world, there are two countries with very high standards of living, the United States and Canada. Their large cities are often included in
the lists of the best places to live in, but among the capitals, the first one is Canadian Ottawa, followed by Washington, D.C.
Of course, such travel destinations as New York, Los Angeles, Miami, San Francisco, Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, are always ranked as the most
popular among tourists in North America, but the top visited capital cities are Mexico City, Washington, D.C., and San Jose in Costa Rica.
SOUTH AMERICA
COUNTRIES CAPITALS TOURISM TAGLINES
ARGENTINA Buenos Aires
BOLIVIA Sucre (de jure,)
La Paz ( seat government)
BRAZIL Brasilia
CHILE Santiago
COLOMBIA Bogotá
ECUADOR Quito
GUYANA Georgetown
PARAGUAY Asunción
PERU Lima
SURINAME Paramaribo
URUGUAY Montevideo
VENEZUELA Caracas
The South American continent is characterized by substantial inequality in the economic development of countries. And the capital cities
here often have higher standards of living compared to other towns. The best places to live in are Montevideo, Buenos Aires, and Santiago.
The most visited by tourists is the Peruvian capital, Lima, as the main gate to the legendary Machu Picchu, followed by Buenos Aires and
Montevideo.
EUROPE
COUNTRIES CAPITALS TOURISM TAGLINES
ALBANIA Tirana
ANDORRA Andorra la Vella
ARMENIA Yerevan
AUSTRIA Vienna
AZERBAIJAN Baku
BELARUS Minsk
BELGUIM Brussels
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Sarajevo
BULGARIA Sofia
CROATIA Zagreb
CYPRUS Nicosia
CZECH REPUBLIC Prague
DENMARK Copenhagen
ESTONIA Tallinn
FINLAND Helsinki
FRANCE Paris
GEORGIA Tbilisi
GERMANY Berlin
GREECE Athens
HUNGARY Budapest
ICELAND Raykjavik
IRELAND Dublin
ITALY Rome
KAZAKHSTAN Nur- Sultan
KOSOVO Pristina
LATVIA Riga
LIECHTENSTEIN Vaduz
LITHUANIA Vilnius
LUXEMBOURG Luxembourg (City)
MALTA Valleta
MOLDOVA Chisinau
MONACO Monaco
MONTENEGRO Podgorica
NETHERLANDS Amsterdam
NORTH MACEDONIA Skopje
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
TURKEY Ankara
UKRAINE Kyiv (also known Kiev)
UNITED KINGDOM (UK) London
VATICAN CITY (HOLY SEE) Vatican City
The countries' principal cities in Europe have always been among the best places to live. The top-rated capitals by the life quality in Europe are Vienna,
Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Berlin.
As for travel, the most visited in this region are the British London and the French Paris, followed by Amsterdam and Rome. For those who seek for a
more affordable travel spot with no less gorgeous architecture and tourist attractions, but with the low cost of living and prices, will be interesting to visit
such capital cities like Lisbon, Prague, Budapest.
AFRICA
COUNTRIES CAPITALS TOURISM TAGLINES
ALGERIA Algiers
ANGOLA Luanda
BENIN Porto - Novo
BOTSWANA Gaborone
BURKINA FASO Ouagadougou
BURUNDI Gitega
CABO VERDE Praia
CAMEROON Yaounde
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Bangui
CHAD N’ Djamena
COMOROS Moroni
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC Kinshasa
REPUBLIC OF THE
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE Brazzaville
COTE D’IVOIRE Yamoussoukro
DJIBOUTI Djibouti (City)
EGYPT Cairo
EQUATORIAL GUINEA Malabo (de jure)
Oyala (seat of government)
ERITREA Asmara
ESTAWINI Mbabane(administrative)
(Foremerly Swaziland) Lobamba (Legislative,royal)
ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa
GABON Libreville
GAMBIA Banjul
GHANA Accra
GUNIEA 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 Kigala
SAO TOME & PRINCIPE São Tomé
SENEGAL Dakar
SEYCHELLES Victoria
SIERRA LEONE Freetown
SOMALIA Mogadishu
SOUTH AFRICA Pretoria( Administrative)
Cape Town (Legislative)
Bloemfontein( Judicial)
SOUTH SUDAN Juba
SUDAN Khartoum
TANZANIA Dodoma
TOGO Lomé
TUNISIA Tunis
UGANDA Kampala
ZAMBIA Lusaka
ZIMBABWE Harare
As less economically developed, many countries of the African continent have the lowest level of life quality in the world. Two capital cities, Cape Town
and Pretoria in South Africa are considered the best places to live in this region.
The most visited cities by tourists are Cape Town, Cairo, and Tunis. These travel destinations are popular among those who are seeking for vibrant
colors, ancient monuments, natural attractions, and exotic wildlife along with beautiful beaches. Less known, but also very exciting, are such capitals like
Nairobi, Dakar, Port Louis, and Antananarivo.
ASIA
COUNTRIES CAPITALS TOURISM TAGLINES
AFGHANISTAN Kabul
ARMENIA Yerevan
AZERBAIJAN Baku
BAHRAIN Manama
BANGLADESH Dhaka
BHUTAN Thimphu
BRUNEI Bandar Seri Begawan
CAMBODIA Phonm 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
KRYGYZTAN Bishkek
LAOS Vientiane
LEBANON Beirut
MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur
MALDIVES Male
MONGOLIA Ulaanbaatar
MYANMAR(Formerly Burma) Naypyidaw
NEPAL Kathmandu
NORTH KOREA Pyongyang
OMAN Muscat
PAKISTAN Islamabad
PALESTINE East Jerusalem
PHILIPPINES Manila
QATAR Doha
RUSSIA 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
Because of the difference in economic development level of countries in Asia, their capital cities vary greatly in their standard of living. The most
comfortable places to live are Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul.
Such capitals like Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and Seoul are among the top of the world's most popular places for travel. Although the local
towns are very affordable for tourists, except for such expensive destinations as Tokyo and Singapore, there are a lot of cheap but exciting and pleasant
places with unique charm, for example, Hanoi, Kathmandu, Delhi, Bangkok, Jakarta and Manila.
AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA
COUNTRIES CAPITALS TOURISM TAGLINES
AUSTRALIA Canberra
FIJI Suva
KIRIBATI Tarawa
MARSHALL ISLANDS Majuro
MICRONESIA Palikir
NAURU Yaren District (de facto)
NEW ZEALAND Wellington
PALAU Ngerulmud
PAPUA NEW GUNIEA Port Moresby
SAMOA Apia
SOLOMON ISLANDS Honiara
TONGA Nuku’Alofa
TUVALU Funafuti
VANUATU Port Vila
Among the independent countries in AUTRALIA & OCEANIA can be distinguished Australia and New Zealand having the highest living conditions and
economic level. Many of their cities, including the capitals Canberra and Wellington, are ranked as the best places to live in the world.
Because of the vast number of natural wonders, this continent is a popular travel destination. But the majority of tourists do not choose the capital cities
for their holidays, but such busy spots as Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, and also some islands of Oceania.
