List of central banks

This is a list of central banks.

Central banks by alphabetical order

This is a list of central banks. Countries that are only partially recognized internationally are marked with an asterisk (*).

Major central banks by currency allocation percentage of worldwide foreign exchange reserves

Source: World Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves, International Monetary Fund[1]

Former central banking jurisdictions

• Amsterdam – Bank of Amsterdam (1609–1791)[2]
• Barcelona – Taula de canvi de Barcelona (1401–1714)[2]
• British East Africa – East African Currency Board (1919–1966)
• Independent State of Croatia – Croatian State Bank (Hrvatska Državna Banka, 1941–1945)
• Czechoslovakia – National Bank of Czechoslovakia (1926–1939 and 1945–1950) and State Bank of Czechoslovakia (1950–1992)
• Frankfurt – Frankfurter Bank (1854–1875)
• Genoa – Bank of Saint George (1407–1805)[2]
• German Democratic Republic – Deutsche Notenbank (1948–1968) and Staatsbank der DDR (1968–1990)
• Hamburg – Hamburger Bank (1619–1875)[2]
• 🇯🇵 Japan – Bank of Chōsen (1909–1950)
• Manchukuo – Central Bank of Manchou (1932–1945)
• Nazi Germany – Bank of Issue in Poland (1940–1945)
• Prussia – Prussian Royal Bank (1765–1846) and Bank of Prussia (1847–1875)
• Kingdom of Sardinia – Banca Nazionale negli Stati Sardi (1849–1861), itself formed through the merger of Banca di Genova (1846–1849) and Banca di Torino (1847–1849)
• South Vietnam – National Bank of Vietnam (1954–1975)
• Kingdom of Naples – Banco di Napoli, under different names from 1463 to final end of central banking role in 1926[2]
• Tuscany – Banca di Firenze (1816–1893), renamed National Tuscan Bank from 1857
• USSR – People's Bank (1917–1922) and Gosbank (1922–1991)
• Republic of Venice – Banco del Giro (1524–1806)[2]
• Yugoslavia – National Bank of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1920–1929), National Bank of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–1941), and National Bank of Yugoslavia (1946–2003)

See also

• Central banks and currencies of Africa
• Central banks and currencies of the Caribbean
• Central banks and currencies of Central America and South America
• Central banks and currencies of Europe
• List of currencies
• List of financial supervisory authorities by country
• Bank for International Settlements – an international organisation which fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks.

External links

• Centralbanksguide.com: Central Banks of the World website
• BIS.org: Bank for International Settlements−BIS.org: List of Central banks of the World — with links to websites.