Countries That Start With G

11 countries Places Checked 9 Oct 2026

Countries that start with G: there are 11, namely Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana. 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 G, and Africa claims five of them: Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau. Germany and Greece cover Europe, and Georgia sits in Western Asia.

The G names are full of near twins. Guinea and Guinea-Bissau are neighbours with similar names, and Guyana sounds a lot like Ghana. Two capitals also share their letter, Guatemala City and Georgetown. Grenada in the Caribbean is easy to confuse with the Spanish city of Granada, so spelling matters.

Countries starting with G: 11
Most people: Germany 82.9 million
Largest by area: Germany 357,114 km²

Countries that start with G

Country	Capital	Region	Population	Area
Gabon	Libreville	Middle Africa	2.1 million	267,668 km²
Gambia	Banjul	Western Africa	2.3 million	10,689 km²
Georgia	Tbilisi	Western Asia	3.7 million	69,700 km²
Germany	Berlin	Western Europe	82.9 million	357,114 km²
Ghana	Accra	Western Africa	29.8 million	238,533 km²
Greece	Athens	Southern Europe	10.7 million	131,990 km²
Grenada	St. George's	Caribbean	111,454	344 km²
Guatemala	Guatemala City	Central America	17.2 million	108,889 km²
Guinea	Conakry	Western Africa	12.4 million	245,857 km²
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	Western Africa	1.9 million	36,125 km²
Guyana	Georgetown	South America	779,004	214,969 km²

Their official names

Gabon: Gabonese Republic
Gambia: Republic of the Gambia
Germany: Federal Republic of Germany
Ghana: Republic of Ghana
Greece: Hellenic Republic
Guatemala: Republic of Guatemala
Guinea: Republic of Guinea
Guinea-Bissau: Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Guyana: Co-operative Republic of Guyana

Capital cities that start with G

Capital	Country
Gaborone	Botswana
Georgetown	Guyana
Gitega	Burundi
Guatemala City	Guatemala

Countries that end with G

Luxembourg

Big cities that start with G

City	Country	Population
Guangzhou	China	16.1 million
Giza	Egypt	4.4 million
Guiyang	China	3.0 million
Guayaquil	Ecuador	2.7 million
Gazipur	Bangladesh	2.7 million
Gujranwala	Pakistan	2.5 million
Gaziantep	Turkey	2.2 million
Ganzhou	China	2.0 million
Guilin	China	1.6 million
Goiania	Brazil	1.5 million
Gwangju	South Korea	1.4 million
Guadalajara	Mexico	1.4 million

More cities that start with G

Questions people ask

How many countries start with G?

11 countries start with G: Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana.

Which country that starts with G has the most people?

Germany, with about 82.9 million people in the GeoNames count.

What is the biggest country that starts with G?

By land area, Germany is the largest at about 357,114 square kilometres.

What capital cities start with G?

Gaborone (Botswana), Georgetown (Guyana), Gitega (Burundi), Guatemala City (Guatemala).

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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