AD
Principality of Andorra
Andorra la Vella
French franc and Spanish peseta
Catalan
65,000
AE
United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
UAE dirham
Arabic
1.9 million
AF
Islamic State of Afghanistan
K&257;bul
Afghani
Persian and Pashtu
21.5 million
AG
Antigua and Barbuda
St. John's
Eastern Caribbean dollar
English
AL
Republic of Albania
Tirana
New lek
Albanian
3.5 million
AM
Republic of Armenia
Yerevan
Dram
Armenian
3.6 million
AO
Republic of Angola
Luanda
Readjusted kwanza
Portuguese
11.5 million
AQ
Antarctica
None
N/AP
AR
Argentine Republic
Buenos Aires
Argentine peso
Spanish
35 million
AT
Republic of Austria
Vienna
Schilling
German
8 million
AU
Commonwealth of Australia
Canberra
Australian dollar
18.3 million
AZ
Republic of Azerbaijan
Baku
Manat
Azerbaijani
7.6 million
BA
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
Bosnian dinar
Serbo-Croat
BB
Barbados
Bridgetown
Barbados dollar
300,000
BD
People's Republic of Bangladesh
Dhaka
Taka
Bengali
123.1 million
BE
Kingdom of Belgium
Brussels
Belgian franc
Flemish, French and German
10.1 million
BF
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
Franc de la Communauté financière africaine
French
10.6 million
BG
Republic of Bulgaria
Sofia
Lev
Bulgarian
8.7 million
BH
State of Bahrain
Manama
Bahrain dinar
600,000
BI
Republic of Burundi
Bujumbura
Burundi franc
French and Kirundi
6.6 million
BJ
Republic of Benin
Porto-Novo
5.6 million
BN
Sultanate of Brunei
Bandar Seri Begawan
Brunei dollar
Malay
BO
Republic of Bolivia
Sucre (official); La Paz (administrative)
Boliviano
Spanish, Aymará and Quechua
BR
Federative Republic of Brazil
Brasília
Real
164.4 million
BS
Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Nassau
Bahamian dollar
BT
Kingdom of Bhutan
Thimphu
Ngultrum
Dzongkha
1.7 million
BW
Republic of Botswana
Gaborone
Pula
1.5 million
BY
Republic of Belorussia
Minsk
Belorussian rubel
Belorussian
BZ
Belize
Belmopan
Belizean dollar
200,000
CA
Canada
Ottawa
Canadian dollar
English and French
29.8 million
CF
Central African Republic
Bangui
Franc de la Coopération financière en Afrique centrale
3.4 million
CG
Republic of the Congo
Brazzaville
Franc de la Coopération financière en Afrique
2.7 million
CH
Swiss Confederation
Berne (Bern)
Swiss franc
French, German and Italian
7.3 million
CI
Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
Yamoussoukro
14.7 million
CL
Republic of Chile
Santiago
Chilean peso
14.5 million
CM
Republic of Cameroon
Yaoundé
Franc de la Coopération financière en Afrique central
13.6 million
CN
People's Republic of China
Beijing
Renminbi (People's Bank dollar), usually called the yuan
Mandarin
1.2 billion
CO
Republic of Colombia
Bogotá
Colombian peso
35.7 million
CR
Republic of Costa Rica
San José
Costa Rican colón
CU
Republic of Cuba
Havana
Cuban peso
11.1 million
CV
Republic of Cape Verde
Praia
Cape Verde escudo
400,000
CY
Republic of Cyprus
Nicosia
Cyprus pound (Turkish lira in TRNC)
Greek and Turkish
800,000
CZ
Czech Republic
Prague
Czech koruna
Czech
10.3 million
DE
Federal Republic of Germany
Berlin (parliament and government still in Bonn)
Deutsche Mark
81.8 million
DJ
Republic of Djibouti
Djibouti
Djibouti franc
Arabic and French
DK
Kingdom of Denmark
Copenhagen (Koebenhavn)
Danish krone
Danish
5.2 million
DM
Commonwealth of Dominica
Roseau
71,000
DO
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic peso
DZ
Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
Algiers
Algerian dinar
28.6 million
EC
Republic of Ecuador
Quito
Sucre
11.7 million
EE
Republic of Estonia
Tallinn
Kroon
Estonian
EG
Arab Republic of Egypt
Cairo
Egyptian pound
64.2 million
ER
State of Eritrea
Asmara
Ethiopian birr (replaced by Nakfa in November 1997)
Tigrinya
ES
Kingdom of Spain
Madrid
Spanish peseta
Spanish, Galician, Basque and Catalan
39.7 million
ET
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Ethiopian birr
Amharic
56.7 million
FI
Republic of Finland
Helsinki
Markka
Finnish and Swedish
5.1 million
FJ
Republic of Fiji
Suva
Fiji dollar
FM
Federated States of Micronesia
Palikir (Pohnpei island)
United States dollar
104,000
FR
French Republic
Paris
French franc
58.2 million
GA
Gabonese Republic
Libreville
1.4 million
GB
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
London
Pound sterling
58.4 million
GD
Grenada
St. George's
92,000
GE
Republic of Georgia
Tbilisi
Lari
Georgian
5.5 million
GH
Republic of Ghana
Accra
Cedi
18 million
GM
Republic of The Gambia
Banjul
Dalasi
1.2 million
GN
Republic of Guinea
Conakry
Franc guinéen (Guinea franc)
6.9 million
GQ
Republic of Equatorial Guinea
Malabo
GR
Hellenic Republic
Athens
Drachma
Greek
10.5 million
GT
Republic of Guatemala
Guatemala City
Quetzal
10.9 million
GW
Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Bissau
Guinea peso
1.1 million
GY
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Georgetown
Guyana dollar
HK
Hong Kong
Victoria
Hong Kong dollar
Chinese and English
5.9 million
HN
Republic of Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Lempira
5.8 million
HR
Republic of Croatia
Zagreb
Kuna
Croatian
4.5 million
HT
Republic of Haiti
Port-au-Prince
Gourde
French and French Creole
HU
Republic of Hungary
Budapest
Forint
Hungarian
ID
Republic of Indonesia
Jakarta
Rupiah
Bahasa Indonesia
200.6 million
IE
Republic of Ireland
Dublin
Punt
Irish and English
IL
State of Israel
Jerusalem (not recognized by international community)
New Israeli shekel
Hebrew and Arabic
IN
Republic of India
New Delhi
Indian rupee
Hindi and English
953 million
IQ
Republic of Iraq
Baghdad
Iraqi dinar
21 million
IR
Islamic Republic of Iran
Tehran
Iranian rial
Farsi (Persian)
68.7 million
IS
Republic of Iceland
Reykjavík
Icelandic króna
Icelandic
IT
Italian Republic
Rome
Italian lira
Italian
57.2 million
JM
Jamaica
Kingston
Jamaican dollar
2.5 million
JO
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Amman
Jordanian dinar
5.7 million
JP
Japan
Tokyo
Yen
Japanese
125.4 million
KE
Republic of Kenya
Nairobi
Kenya shilling
Swahili and English
29.1 million
KG
Kyrgyz Republic
Bishkek
Som
Kyrgyz
4.8 million
KH
Kingdom of Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Riel
Khmer
KI
Republic of Kiribati
Bairiki (Tarawa Atoll)
77,000
KM
Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros
Moroni
Comoros franc
700,000
KN
Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis
Basseterre
41,000
KP
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Pyongyang
North Korean won
Korean
24.3 million
KR
Republic of Korea
Seoul
South Korean won
45.4 million
KW
State of Kuwait
Kuwait City
Kuwaiti dinar
KZ
Republic of Kazakhstan
Akmola
Tenge
Kazakh
17.2 million
LA
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Vientiane
New kip
Laotian
5 million
LB
Republic of Lebanon
Beirut
Lebanese pound
3.1 million
LC
Saint Lucia
Castries
141,000
LI
Principality of Liechtenstein
Vaduz
31,000
LK
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Colombo
Sri Lanka rupee
Sinhala, Tamil and English
18.6 million
LR
Republic of Liberia
Monrovia
Liberian dollar
LS
Kingdom of Lesotho
Maseru
Loti
English and Sesotho
2.1 million
LT
Republic of Lithuania
Vilnius
Litas
Lithuanian
3.7 million
LU
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Luxembourg franc. The Belgian franc is also legal tender
French, German and Letzebuergisch
LV
Republic of Latvia
Riga
Lat
Latvian
LY
Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahariyah
Tripoli/Benghazi
Libyan dinar
MA
Kingdom of Morocco
Rabat
Moroccan dirham
27.6 million
MC
Principality of Monaco
Monaco
MD
Republic of Moldavia
Chisinau
Leu
Romanian
4.4 million
MG
Republic of Madagascar
Antananarivo
Franc malagache (Malagasy franc)
French and Malagasy
15.2 million
MH
Republic of the Marshall Islands
Delap district
Marshallese and English
54,000
MK
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Skopje
Macedonian denar
Macedonian
2.2 million
ML
Republic of Mali
Bamako
MM
Union of Burma
Yangon (Rangoon)
Kyat
Burmese
47.5 million
MN
Mongolia
Ulan Bator
Tugrik (togrog)
Khalka Mongol
MR
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Nouakchott
Ouguiya
2.3 million
MT
Republic of Malta
Valletta
Maltese lira
English and Maltese
MU
Mauritius
Port Louis
Mauritian rupee
MV
Republic of Maldives
Male
Rufiyaa (Maldivian rupee)
Dhivehi (Maldivian)
MW
Republic of Malawi
Lilongwe
Malawi kwacha
11.4 million
MX
United States of Mexico
Mexico City
Mexican peso
95.5 million
MY
Federation of Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Ringgit (Malaysian dollar)
English and Bahara Malay
20.6 million
MZ
Republic of Mozambique
Maputo
Metical
16.5 million
NA
Republic of Namibia
Windhoek
Namibian dollar at par with South African rand
1.6 million
NE
Republic of Niger
Niamey
9.5 million
NG
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Abuja
Naira
115 million
NI
Republic of Nicaragua
Managua
Córdoba oro
4.6 million
NL
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Amsterdam, The Hague
Netherlands gulden (guilder) or florin
Dutch
15.6 million
NO
Kingdom of Norway
Oslo
Norwegian krone
Norwegian
NP
Kingdom of Nepal
Kathmandu
Nepalese rupee
Nepali
22.5 million
NR
Republic of Nauru
No official capital
Nauruan
11,000
NZ
Dominion of New Zealand
Wellington
New Zealand dollar
English and Maori
OM
Sultanate of Oman
Muscat
Omani rial
PA
Republic of Panama
Panama City
Balboa
PE
Republic of Peru
Lima
Nuevo sol (new sol)
Spanish and Quechua
24.2 million
PG
Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby
Kina
PH
Republic of the Philippines
Manila
Philippine peso
English and Filipino
69 million
PK
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Islamabad
Pakistani rupee
Urdu
144.5 million
PL
Republic of Poland
Warsaw
Zloty
Polish
38.4 million
PT
Republic of Portugal
Lisbon
Portuguese escudo
9.8 million
PW
Republic of Palau
Koror
Belauan and English
16,500
PY
Republic of Paraguay
Asunción
Guaraní
QA
State of Qatar
Doha
Qatar riyal
RO
Romania
Bucharest
22.8 million
RU
Russian Federation
Moscow
Rouble; o=official; m=market
Russian
146.7 million
RW
Republic of Rwanda
Kigali
Franc Rwandais (Rwanda franc)
French and Rwandan
8.2 million
SA
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Saudi riyal
18.4 million
SB
Solomon Islands
Honiara
Solomon Islands dollar
SC
Republic of the Seychelles
Seychelles rupee
Seselwa (French Creole)
74,000
SD
Republic of Sudan
Khartoum
Sudanese pound or dinar
28.9 million
SE
Kingdom of Sweden
Stockholm
Swedish krona
Swedish
8.8 million
SG
Republic of Singapore
Singapore
Singapore dollar
Malay, English, Mandarin Chinese and Tamil
2.9 million
SI
Republic of Slovenia
Ljubljana
Tolar (from October 1991)
Slovene
SL
Republic of Sierra Leone
Freetown
Leone
SM
Republic of San Marino
San Marino
Lira (the Italian lira is also legal)
25,000
SN
Republic of Senegal
Dakar
8.5 million
SO
Somali Democratic Republic
Mogadishu
Somali shilling
Arabic and Somali
SQ
Slovak Republic
Bratislava
Koruna
Slovak
5.4 million
SR
Republic of Surinam
Paramaribo
Surinam gulden (guilder) or florin
ST
Democratic Republic of S&atilde;o Tomé and Príncipe
S&atilde;o Tomé
Dobra
125,000
SV
Republic of El Salvador
San Salvador
Salvadorean colón
SY
Syrian Arab Republic
Damascus
Syrian pound
SZ
Kingdom of Swaziland
Mbabane
Lilangeni
English and Swazi
900,000
TD
Republic of Chad
N'Djamena
6.5 million
TG
Togolese Republic
Lomé
4.3 million
TH
Kingdom of Thailand
Bangkok
Baht
Thai
59.4 million
TJ
Republic of Tajikistan
Dushanbe
Tajik rouble (replaced Russian rouble in May 1995, at rate of 1 Tajik rouble = 100 Russian roubles)
Tajik
6.3 million
TM
Turkmenistan
Ashgabat
Turkmen
4.2 million
TN
Republic of Tunisia
Tunis
Tunisian dinar
9.1 million
TO
Kingdom of Tonga
Nuku'alofa
Pa'anga (Tongan dollar)
English and Tongan
98,000
TR
Republic of Turkey
Ankara
Turkish lira
Turkish
63.1 million
TT
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Port-of-Spain
Trinidad and Tobago dollar
1.3 million
TV
Tuvalu
Fongafale, on Funafuti Atoll
Australian dollar and Tuvaluan dollar
9,000
TW
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Taipei
New Taiwan dollar
Mandarin Chinese
21.1 million
TZ
United Republic of Tanzania
Dodoma
Tanzanian shilling
English and Swahili
30.5 million
UA
Ukraine
Kiev
Hryvnia
Ukrainian
51.3 million
UG
Republic of Uganda
Kampala
New Uganda shilling
22 million
US
United States of America
Washington D.C.
265.8 million
UY
Eastern Republic of Uruguay
Montevideo
Uruguayan peso
3.2 million
UZ
Republic of Uzbekistan
Tashkent
Som coupon
Uzbek
23.3 million
VA
State of the Vatican City
Vatican City
Lira and Italian lira
Italian and Latin
1,000
VC
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Kingstown
111,000
VE
Republic of Venezuela
Caracas
Bolivar
Spanish and Amerindian languages
22.3 million
VN
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Hanoi
Dông
Vietnamese
76.2 million
VU
Republic of Vanuatu
Port-Vila
Vatu
Bislama, English and French
WS
Independent State of Samoa
Apia
Tala
English and Samoan
YE
Republic of Yemen
Sana'a
Rial (North Yemen) and dinar (South Yemen) are both legal tender throughout Yemen
15.1 million
YU
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Belgrade
New Yugoslav dinar
Serbo-croat
ZA
Republic of South Africa
Pretoria
Rand
Afrikaans and English
42.4 million
ZM
Republic of Zambia
Lusaka
Zambian kwacha
9.7 million
ZR
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kinshasa
Congolese franc
45.3 million
ZW
Republic of Zimbabwe
Harare
Zimbabwe dollar