COUNTRY | CAPITAL
| CURRENCY (ABBREVIATION) | COLLECTIVE NAME |
AFGHANISTAN | Kabol or Kabul | Afghani (AFA) | Afghan Jawid Hamkar |
ALBANIA | Tirane | Lek (ALL) | Albanians |
ALDERNEY
Channel Island British Crown Dependency | St. Anne | Alderney/British Pound | |
ALGERIA | Algiers (El Djazair) | Algerian Dinar (DZD) | Algerians |
AMERICAN SAMOA | Pago Pago | US Dollar (USD) | |
ANDORRA | Andorra La Vella Timomi md. Salim | Andorran Peseta (ADP) Euro (EUR) formerly French Franc (FRF) Richard Rigby Spanish Peseta (ESP)
| Andorran |
ANGOLA | Luanda | Kwanza (AOA) **(since 1.12.1999) | Angolans Brits van Zyl Angolians Richard Williams |
** Kwanza reajustado (AOR) 1.7.1995 to 30.11.1999 : New Kwanza AON (25.09.1990 to 30.06.1995) : Kwanza (AOK) (8.1.1977 to 24.09.1995)
|
ANGUILLA | The Valley | East Caribbean Dollar (XCD) | |
ANTARTICA
(Continent rather than Country) | N/A Thanks to Lindsey Nussbaum for pointing this out. | Norwegian Krone (NOK) | |
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA | St. Johns | East Caribbean Dollar (XCD) | |
ARGENTINA | Buenos Aires | Austral (ARA) Argentinian Neuvo Peso (ARS) replaces Peso (ARP) | Argentinians |
ARMENIA | Jerevan | Dram (AMD) former currency Russian Ruble (RUR) | Armenians |
ARUBA | Oranjestad | Aruban Guilder/Florin (AWG) | |
AUSTRALIA | Canberra | Australian Dollar (AUD) | Australians |
AUSTRIA | Vienna | Euro – 01.01.2002formerly Schilling (ATS) | Austrians |
AZERBAIJAN | Baku | Azerbaijani Manat (AZM) (former currency Russian Ruble (RUR) | Azerbaijani – Anon |
BAHAMAS | Nassau | Bahamian Dollar (BSD) | Bahamians Liz Andrew |
BAHRAIN | Al-Manamah | Bahraini Dinar (BHD) | Bahraini (Leah Siron) |
BANGLADESH | Dhaka (Dacca) | Taka (BDT) | Bangladeshi **** Christine Bengali (Leah Siron) |
****
My husband is from Bangladesh. He and his compatriots refer to themselves as Bangladeshi which is their political name. The majority of Bangladeshis are ethnically Bengali. One also finds Bengalis in India (such as the state of West Bengal). |
BARBADOS | Bridgetown | Barbados Dollar (BBD) | Barbadians Liz Andrew Bajans Ben Scadden |
BELARUS (formerly Byelorussia) | Minsk | Belarusian Rouble (BYR) (former currency Russian Ruble (RUR) | Belarusians Anon and Obianuju Nwabunike |
BELGIUM | Brussels | Euro – 01.01.2002formerly
Belgian Franc (BEF) | Belgians |
BELIZE | Belmopan | Belize Dollar (BZD) | Belizians Yomi Akin |
BENIN | Porto-Novo and Cotonou | Franc de la Communauté financière africaine (XAF) | Beninoise Yomi Akin |
BERMUDA | Hamilton | Bermudian Dollar (BMD) | Bermudians Yomi Akin |
BHUTAN | Thimphu | Ngultrum and Indian Rupee (BTN & INR) | Bhutanese Yomi Akin |
BOLIVIA | La Paz and Sucre | Boliviano (BOB)
Bolivian Peso (BOP) | Bolivians |
BOSNIA & HERZEGOWINA | Sarajevo | Bosnian Dinar (BAD) | Bosnian Yomi Akin |
BOTSWANA | Gaborone | Pula (BWP) | Motswana (singular) Batswana (plural) Obianuju Nwabunike |
BOUVET ISLAND | | Norwegian Krone (NOK) | |
BRAZIL | Brasilia | Real (R$)(plural Reais) Rogerio Fernando Pereira Prior to 1994 Cruzeiro Real (BRR) | Brazilians |
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY | Diego Garcia | Pound Sterling (GBP) Seychelles Rupee (SCR) | |
BRUNEI | Bandar Seri Begawan | Brunei Dollar (BND) | Bruneian Yomi Akin |
BULGARIA | Sofia (Sofija) | Lev (BGL) | Bulgarian |
BURKINA FASO | Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso Franc (BFF) | Burkinabes Obianuju Nwabunike |
BURMA (Now MYANMAR) | Yangon (Rangoon) | Kyat (MMK formerly BUK) | Burmese |
BURUNDI | Bujumbura | Burundi Franc (BIF) | Burundians Yomi Akin |
BYELORUSSIA (now BELARUS) | | | |