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Country Names In The Swahili Language – A List Of 194 Countries

Why not increase your vocabulary in Swahili by learning the names of the countries? 

This essential vocabulary will help you in many different situations and will also help improve your comprehension of the language. 

To make things easy for you, this post will tell you how to say the names of different countries in Swahili.

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List Of Country Names In Swahili


On the left, you have the English and on the right you have the Swahili. The countries are listed in alphabetical order.

EnglishSwahili
AfghanistanAfghanistan
AlbaniaAlbania
AlgeriaAlgeria
AndorraAndorra
AngolaAngola
Antigua and BarbudaAntigua na Barbuda
ArgentinaAjentina
Armenia Armenia
AustraliaAustralia
AustriaAustria
AzerbaijanAzerbaijan
BahamasBahamas
BahrainBahrain
BangladeshBangladesh
BarbadosBarbados
BelarusBelarus
BelgiumUbelgiji
BelizeBelize
BeninBenin
BhutanBhutan
BoliviaBolivia
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia na Herzegovina
BotswanaBotswana
BrazilBrazil
BruneiBrunei
BulgariaBulgaria
Burkina FasoBurkina Faso
BurundiBurundi
CambodiaKamboja
CameroonCameroon
CanadaKanada
Cape VerdeCabo Verde
Central African RepublicJamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
ChadChad
ChileChile
ChinaChina
ColombiaKolombia
Comoros Komori
Costa RicaKosta Rika
Côte d’Ivoire/Ivory CoastCote d’Ivoire
CroatiaKroatia
CubaKuba
CyprusKupro
Czechia/Czech Republic Ucheki/Jamhuri ya Czech
Democratic Republic of the CongoJamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo
DenmarkDenmark
DjiboutiJibuti
DominicaDominica
Dominican RepublicJamhuri ya Dominika
EcuadorEkuador
EgyptMisri
El SalvadorEl Salvador
Equatorial GuineaGuinea ya Ikweta
EritreaEritrea
EstoniaEstonia
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)Uswazi
EthiopiaEthiopia
FijiFiji
FinlandUfini
FranceUfaransa
GabonGabon
GambiaGambia
GeorgiaGeorgia
GermanyUjerumani
GhanaGhana
GreeceUgiriki 
GrenadaGrenada
GuatemalaGuatemala
GuineaGuinea
Guinea-BissauGuinea Bisau
GuyanaGuyana
HaitiHaiti
HondurasHonduras
HungaryHungaria
IcelandIceland
IndiaUhindi
Indonesia Indonesia
IranUajemi
IraqIraq
IrelandAyalandi
IsraelIsrael
ItalyItalia
JamaicaJamaika
JapanJapani
JordanYordani
KazakhstanKazakhstan
KenyaKenya
KiribatiKiribati 
KuwaitKuwait
KyrgyzstanKirgizia
LaosLaos
LatviaLatvia
LebanonLebanoni
LesothoLesotho
LiberiaLiberia
LibyaLibya
LiechtensteinLiechtenstein
LithuaniaLituanya
LuxembourgLuxemburg
MadagascarMadagaska
MalawiMalawi
MalaysiaMalaysia
MaldivesMaldivi
MaliMali
MaltaMalta
Marshall Islands Visiwa vya Marshall
MauritaniaMauritania
MauritiusMorisi
MexicoMexiko
MicronesiaMikronesia
MoldovaMoldova
MonacoMonako
MongoliaMongolia
MontenegroMontenegro
MoroccoMoroko
MozambiqueMsumbiji
Myanmar (formerly Burma)Myanmar
NamibiaNamibia
NauruNauru
NepalNepal
NetherlandsUholanzi
New ZealandNew Zealand
NicaraguaNikaragua
NigerNiger
NigeriaNigeria
North KoreaKorea Kaskazini 
North MacedoniaMasedonia Kaskazini
NorwayNorwei
OmanOmani
PakistanPakistan
PalauPalau
PalestinePalestina
PanamaPanama
Papua New GuineaPapua Guinea Mpya
ParaguayParaguay
PeruPeru
PhilippinesUfilipino
PolandPoland
PortugalUreno
QatarQatar
Republic of the CongoJamhuri ya Kongo
RomaniaRomania
RussiaUrusi
RwandaRwanda
Saint Kitts and NevisSaint Kitts na Nevis
Saint LuciaSaint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesSaint Vincent na Grenadini
SamoaSamoa
San MarinoSan Marino
São Tomé and PríncipeSão Tomé na Príncipe
Saudi ArabiaSaudia
SenegalSenegal
Serbia Serbia
SeychellesShelisheli 
Sierra LeoneSierra Leone
SingaporeSingapuri
SlovakiaSlovakia
SloveniaSlovenia
Solomon IslandsVisiwa vya Solomon
SomaliaSomalia 
South AfricaAfrika Kusini
South KoreaKorea Kusini
South SudanSudan Kusini
SpainUhispania
Sri LankaSri Lanka
SudanSudan
SurinameSurinam
SwedenUswidi
SwitzerlandUswisi
SyriaSyria
TajikistanTajikistan
TanzaniaTanzania
ThailandUthai
Timor-Leste/East TimorTimor ya Mashariki
TogoTogo
TongaTonga
Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad na Tobago
TunisiaTunisia
TurkeyUturuki
TurkmenistanTurkmenistan
TuvaluTuvalu
UgandaUganda
UkraineUkraine
United Arab Emirates Falme za Kiarabu
United KingdomUingereza
United States of AmericaMarekani 
UruguayUruguay
UzbekistanUzbekistan
VanuatuVanuatu
VenezuelaVenezuela
VietnamVietnam
YemenYemen
Zambia Zambia
ZimbabweZimbabwe

Thanks for reading this post on the country names in Swahili.

This new vocabulary should come in useful in a range of different situations and is essential to help you become fluent in Swahili.

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