Countries That Start With A

11 countries Places Checked 9 Oct 2026

Countries that start with A: there are 11, namely Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan. This page counts the 193 United Nations member states plus the two UN observer states, and gives each country's capital, region, population and size.

Eleven countries begin with A, and they span almost every corner of the map. Algeria and Angola are in Africa, Argentina is in South America, and Australia has Canberra as its capital. Small Andorra, with Andorra la Vella, sits in southern Europe.

Austria and Australia are a classic mix up, since only a few letters separate them. Albania, Armenia and Azerbaijan add more European and Asian options. Many capitals also start with A even when the country does not, including Athens, Amsterdam, Accra and Ankara.

Countries starting with A: 11
Most people: Argentina 44.5 million
Largest by area: Australia 7,692,024 km²

Countries that start with A

Country	Capital	Region	Population	Area
Afghanistan	Kabul	Southern Asia	37.2 million	652,230 km²
Albania	Tirana	Southeast Europe	2.9 million	28,748 km²
Algeria	Algiers	Northern Africa	42.2 million	2,381,741 km²
Andorra	Andorra la Vella	Southern Europe	77,006	468 km²
Angola	Luanda	Middle Africa	30.8 million	1,246,700 km²
Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's	Caribbean	96,286	442 km²
Argentina	Buenos Aires	South America	44.5 million	2,780,400 km²
Armenia	Yerevan	Western Asia	3.1 million	29,743 km²
Australia	Canberra	Australia and New Zealand	25.0 million	7,692,024 km²
Austria	Vienna	Central Europe	8.8 million	83,871 km²
Azerbaijan	Baku	Western Asia	10.2 million	86,600 km²

Their official names

Afghanistan: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Albania: Republic of Albania
Algeria: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Andorra: Principality of Andorra
Angola: Republic of Angola
Argentina: Argentine Republic
Armenia: Republic of Armenia
Australia: Commonwealth of Australia
Austria: Republic of Austria
Azerbaijan: Republic of Azerbaijan

Capital cities that start with A

Capital	Country
Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates
Abuja	Nigeria
Accra	Ghana
Addis Ababa	Ethiopia
Algiers	Algeria
Amman	Jordan
Amsterdam	Netherlands
Andorra la Vella	Andorra
Ankara	Türkiye
Antananarivo	Madagascar
Apia	Samoa
Ashgabat	Turkmenistan
Asmara	Eritrea
Astana	Kazakhstan
Asunción	Paraguay
Athens	Greece

Countries that end with A

Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Canada
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Czechia
Dominica
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guyana
India
Indonesia
Jamaica
Kenya
Latvia
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Malaysia
Malta
Mauritania
Micronesia
Moldova
Mongolia
Namibia
Nicaragua
Nigeria
North Korea
North Macedonia
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Samoa
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Syria
Tanzania
Tonga
Tunisia
Uganda
Venezuela
Zambia

Big cities that start with A

City	Country	Population
Ahmedabad	India	6.4 million
Abidjan	Ivory Coast	6.3 million
Alexandria	Egypt	5.3 million
Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	3.9 million
Ankara	Turkey	3.5 million
Abuja	Nigeria	2.7 million
Algiers	Algeria	2.4 million
Aleppo	Syria	2.1 million
Al Mawsil al Jadidah	Iraq	2.1 million
Al Basrah al Qadimah	Iraq	2.0 million
Almaty	Kazakhstan	2.0 million
Accra	Ghana	2.0 million

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Questions people ask

How many countries start with A?

11 countries start with A: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan.

Which country that starts with A has the most people?

Argentina, with about 44.5 million people in the GeoNames count.

What is the biggest country that starts with A?

By land area, Australia is the largest at about 7,692,024 square kilometres.

What capital cities start with A?

Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Abuja (Nigeria), Accra (Ghana), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Algiers (Algeria), Amman (Jordan).

Source: the 193 United Nations member states plus the two UN observer states (Vatican City and Palestine). Capitals, regions and land areas come from the open mledoze countries dataset; populations from the GeoNames database. Country names use common English short forms.

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