Countries That Start With L

9 countries Places Checked 9 Oct 2026

Countries that start with L: there are 9, namely Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg. 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.

Nine countries begin with L, and Europe takes the most. Latvia and Lithuania are Baltic neighbours, Liechtenstein is tiny and alpine, and Luxembourg has a capital with the same name. Laos sits in South-Eastern Asia with Vientiane.

Africa gives Lesotho, Liberia and Libya, three easily mixed up names. Lebanon rounds out the set. Capitals starting with L include Lisbon, London, Lima, Ljubljana and Lusaka. Liechtenstein is a strong spelling bee word for older students.

Countries starting with L: 9
Most people: Laos 7.1 million
Largest by area: Libya 1,759,540 km²

Countries that start with L

Country	Capital	Region	Population	Area
Laos	Vientiane	South-Eastern Asia	7.1 million	236,800 km²
Latvia	Riga	Northern Europe	1.9 million	64,559 km²
Lebanon	Beirut	Western Asia	6.8 million	10,452 km²
Lesotho	Maseru	Southern Africa	2.1 million	30,355 km²
Liberia	Monrovia	Western Africa	4.8 million	111,369 km²
Libya	Tripoli	Northern Africa	6.7 million	1,759,540 km²
Liechtenstein	Vaduz	Western Europe	37,910	160 km²
Lithuania	Vilnius	Northern Europe	2.8 million	65,300 km²
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Western Europe	607,728	2,586 km²

Their official names

Laos: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Latvia: Republic of Latvia
Lebanon: Lebanese Republic
Lesotho: Kingdom of Lesotho
Liberia: Republic of Liberia
Libya: State of Libya
Liechtenstein: Principality of Liechtenstein
Lithuania: Republic of Lithuania
Luxembourg: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Capital cities that start with L

Capital	Country
Libreville	Gabon
Lilongwe	Malawi
Lima	Peru
Lisbon	Portugal
Ljubljana	Slovenia
Lobamba	Eswatini
Lomé	Togo
London	United Kingdom
Luanda	Angola
Lusaka	Zambia
Luxembourg	Luxembourg

Countries that end with L

Brazil
Israel
Nepal
Portugal
Senegal

Big cities that start with L

City	Country	Population
Lagos	Nigeria	15.4 million
Lahore	Pakistan	13.0 million
London	United Kingdom	9.0 million
Lima	Peru	7.7 million
Los Angeles	United States	3.8 million
Luliang	China	3.3 million
Lanzhou	China	3.0 million
Luanda	Angola	2.8 million
Linyi	China	2.7 million
Lucknow	India	2.5 million
Lubumbashi	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2.2 million
Lusaka	Zambia	2.2 million

More cities that start with L

Questions people ask

How many countries start with L?

9 countries start with L: Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg.

Which country that starts with L has the most people?

Laos, with about 7.1 million people in the GeoNames count.

What is the biggest country that starts with L?

By land area, Libya is the largest at about 1,759,540 square kilometres.

What capital cities start with L?

Libreville (Gabon), Lilongwe (Malawi), Lima (Peru), Lisbon (Portugal), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Lobamba (Eswatini).

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.

See every letter on one page: countries A to Z