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

Former central banking jurisdictions

 * Amsterdam – Bank of Amsterdam (1609–1791)
 * Barcelona – Taula de canvi de Barcelona (1401–1714)
 * 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)
 * German Democratic Republic – Deutsche Notenbank (1948–1968) and Staatsbank der DDR (1968–1990)
 * Hamburg – Hamburger Bank (1619–1875)
 * 🇯🇵 Japan - Bank of Korea (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
 * 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)
 * 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)