List of countries and dependencies and their capitals in native languages

• In bold: Internationally recognized sovereign states
• * The 193 member states of the United Nations
• * Vatican City, which is generally recognized as a sovereign state
• In bold italics: States with limited recognition and associated states not members of the United Nations
• * De facto sovereign states with partial international recognition, such as the State of Palestine, the Republic of Kosovo and Taiwan
• * De facto sovereign states lacking general international recognition
• * Cook Islands and Niue, two associated states of New Zealand without UN membership
• In italics: Non-sovereign territories that are recognized by the UN as part of some member state
• * Dependent territories
• * Special territories recognized by international treaty
• * Other territories often regarded as separate geographical territories even though they are integral parts of their mother countries

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