Countries that start with J
There are 3 countries whose name begins with the letter J.
- By region: 1 in the Americas and 2 in Asia.
- Japan has the most people (122.4 million) and Jamaica the fewest (2,833,403).
- Japan is the largest by area (377,975 km²) and Jamaica the smallest (10,991 km²).
Capital cities that start with J
4 national capitals begin with J — all in countries whose names start with a different letter.
- Jakarta — capital of Indonesia
- Jerusalem — capital of Israel
- Jerusalem — capital of Palestine
- Juba — capital of South Sudan
Countries are listed under their common English short name, so Côte d’Ivoire appears as Ivory Coast and Czechia as Czech Republic. The full A–Z list shows every country on one page.