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Capitals of Europe

Europe has 45 countries. Their capitals are listed below A to Z, with flag and population; the largest country by area is Russia, capital Moscow. Special cases with more than one capital or a separate seat of government: Netherlands. Above the list: a ten-question quiz.

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Quiz: Capitals of Europe

All 45 capitals of Europe

CountryCapitalPopulationArea
AlbaniaTirana2.4 million28,748 km²
AndorraAndorra la Vella81,900468 km²
AustriaVienna9.2 million83,871 km²
BelarusMinsk9.1 million207,600 km²
BelgiumBrussels11.9 million30,528 km²
Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo3.2 million51,209 km²
BulgariaSofia6.4 million110,879 km²
CroatiaZagreb3.9 million56,594 km²
CyprusNicosia1.4 million9,251 km²
CzechiaPrague10.9 million78,865 km²
DenmarkCopenhagen6 million43,094 km²
EstoniaTallinn1.4 million45,227 km²
FinlandHelsinki5.6 million338,424 km²
FranceParis68.6 million551,695 km²
GermanyBerlin83.5 million357,114 km²
GreeceAthens10.4 million131,990 km²
HungaryBudapest9.6 million93,028 km²
IcelandReykjavík386,500103,000 km²
IrelandDublin5.4 million70,273 km²
ItalyRome59 million301,336 km²
LatviaRiga1.9 million64,559 km²
LiechtensteinVaduz40,500160 km²
LithuaniaVilnius2.9 million65,300 km²
LuxembourgLuxembourg677,0002,586 km²
MaltaValletta568,800316 km²
MoldovaChișinău2.4 million33,846 km²
MonacoMonaco38,6002 km²
MontenegroPodgorica623,50013,812 km²
NetherlandsAmsterdam *18 million41,850 km²
North MacedoniaSkopje1.8 million25,713 km²
NorwayOslo5.6 million323,802 km²
PolandWarsaw36.6 million312,679 km²
PortugalLisbon10.7 million92,090 km²
RomaniaBucharest19.1 million238,391 km²
RussiaMoscow143.7 million17,098,242 km²
San MarinoSan Marino34,00061 km²
SerbiaBelgrade6.6 million88,361 km²
SlovakiaBratislava5.4 million49,037 km²
SloveniaLjubljana2.1 million20,273 km²
SpainMadrid48.8 million505,992 km²
SwedenStockholm10.6 million450,295 km²
SwitzerlandBern9 million41,284 km²
UkraineKyiv37.9 million603,500 km²
United KingdomLondon69.3 million242,900 km²
Vatican CityVatican City9000 km²
  • * Netherlands: Amsterdam is the capital; government and parliament sit in The Hague.

What people also ask

How many capitals are there in Europe?
45 countries, so 45 capitals – a few countries have more than one or keep the government elsewhere.
What is the capital of the Netherlands?
Amsterdam is the capital; government and parliament sit in The Hague.

Country data: mledoze/countries (ODbL); population: World Bank, 2024. Flags: flag-icons (MIT). Flag facts, look-alikes and riddles: the Quible app.