Countries that start with Y
There is one country whose name begins with the letter Y.
- Yemen is the only country in our directory whose English short name starts with Y. Its capital is Sanaa and it has about 43.0 million people.
Capital cities that start with Y
4 national capitals begin with Y — all in countries whose names start with a different letter.
- Yamoussoukro — capital of Ivory Coast
- Yaounde — capital of Cameroon
- Yaren — capital of Nauru
- Yerevan — capital of Armenia
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.