Important Countries With Their Capitals and Currencies 2023 [Updated]

The World has technically a total of 195 countries today out of which 193 are member states of the United Nations. The other two countries that are non-members are observer states i.e. Holy See and the State of Palestine. If you include dependent territories and self-declared nations, there are 249 countries. There are seven continents in the world, namely Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, North America, South America and Antarctica.

List of Important Countries with its Capitals and currencies is one of the important topics of General awareness that comes under the Static G.K section. Questions of around 2 to 3 marks are asked in the exam for SBI Clerk, SBI PO, IBPS Clerk, RBI Assistant and IBPS RRB Officer from this topic. In this era of competition, even 1 mark makes a huge difference. Usually, the capitals and currencies of those countries are asked in the exam that are in the news. Therefore, you just need to have a close watch on the current affairs section for this. It is ideal for learning all of them. However, you cannot learn all; at least try to memorize those which are essential and are in the news. This article is a continuity of the Static G.K series. In today’s article, I have come up with the List of Important Countries, their Capitals and Currencies.

Latest Update!

Barbados has now become a Republic! Barbados transitioned from a parliamentary constitutional hereditary monarchy to a parliamentary republic on November 30, 2021. With this new change, a ceremonial and indirectly elected president will serve as the head of state. 

List of Important Countries & Their Capitals With Currencies

Interesting Trivia

• The youngest country in the world is South Sudan. It was formed in 2011.
• The Kuwaiti Dinar is the strongest currency in the world.
• The Venezuelan Sovereign Bolívar is the weakest currency in the world today.
• Several countries, like Sri Lanka, Malaysia and The Netherlands have 2 recognized capitals.
• 8 African nations have decided to rename their currency to ‘Eco’ from CFA Franc. These nations are- Niger, Senegal, Benin, Togo, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast and Mali. This is yet to come into effect.
• 19 of 27 member European Union nations use the Euro (€)
• As of 2019, 1 rupee coins are the lowest denomination in use in India.
• The Rupee symbol (₹) was adopted by India on 15^th July 2010.
• Beijing (China) is the most populated capital city in the world.
• Australia is the first country to start using polymer banknotes.

This article will definitely help you in the General Awareness section of SBI Clerk, RBI Assistant and NABARD Grade A exam and more. You can also take free Full-Length Mock tests of all the Banking, teaching and SSC-related exams.

Understandably, you cannot learn about all the countries, their capitals, and currencies all at once. This is why it would be prudent if you revisit this article from time to time and revise it. I hope you found the above article useful. There are more coming your way. For any suggestions, query please feel free to comment below.

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