Random Capital
Draw a random national capital and reveal which country it belongs to, or switch to quiz mode and test yourself with four multiple-choice options and a running score.
Drawing a capital…
How the pool and the quiz are built
This page draws from all 193 UN member states with a recorded capital -- the same 193-country pool as the main generator, filtered down to entries where the capital field isn't empty. In quiz mode, the correct country is drawn first with the site's standard crypto-secure random integer, then three distinct wrong answers are drawn from the rest of the pool without replacement, and all four options are shuffled before you see them -- so the correct choice's position never hints at the answer.
Five most populous capitals' countries
Computed live from the same pool this page draws from:
- 1. 🇮🇳 New Delhi -- India
- 2. 🇨🇳 Beijing -- China
- 3. 🇺🇸 Washington D.C. -- United States
- 4. 🇮🇩 Jakarta -- Indonesia
- 5. 🇵🇰 Islamabad -- Pakistan
What counts as a capital here
Capital city names come from the same cited country dataset used across this site (see the About page for the exact source and licence). Some countries -- South Africa -- carry more than one recorded capital; this tool treats all of them as the answer together rather than silently dropping one, since picking a single "true" capital in those cases is itself a judgment call this site would rather not make quietly.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do all 193 UN member states have a recorded capital in this pool?
Yes -- every UN member state in the underlying dataset has at least one recorded capital, so this page's pool is the full 193. (A handful of non-independent territories elsewhere on this site, like Antarctica or the US Minor Outlying Islands, have no capital on file -- but none of those are UN members, so they never reach this pool.)
Why do some countries list more than one capital?
1 countries in this pool have more than one capital city on file -- South Africa. This usually reflects a country splitting seats of government (legislative vs. judicial vs. administrative) across cities; the tool shows every listed capital together rather than picking one for you.
How does quiz mode pick the three wrong answers?
The same unbiased draw-without-replacement used everywhere on this site: three distinct countries are drawn from the remaining pool (excluding the correct answer), then all four choices are shuffled with a true Fisher-Yates shuffle before display, so the correct answer's position on screen is never predictable.
Is my quiz score saved?
No -- the score only exists in this browser tab's memory for the current session. Reloading the page or switching modes resets it to 0/0. Nothing about your quiz performance is sent anywhere or stored.
Can the same capital repeat back-to-back?
The tool always excludes the just-shown capital's country from the very next draw, so you won't see the identical question twice in a row -- but beyond that one exclusion, every draw is independent, so a capital could still reappear a few rounds later.
Every result here is drawn live in your browser with cryptographically-secure randomness -- nothing is predetermined, saved, or replayable. See the Terms.