Sovereign states
A
*
Afghanistan – Emirate of Afghanistan
* →
Andorra – Principality of Andorra
*
Anhalt – Duchy of Anhalt
*
Anhalt-Bernburg
Anhalt-Bernburg was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire and a duchy of the German Confederation ruled by the House of Ascania with its residence at Bernburg in present-day Saxony-Anhalt. It emerged as a subdivision from the Principality of ...
– Duchy of Anhalt-Bernburg
*
Anhalt-Dessau – Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau
*
Ankole
Ankole (Nkore language, Runyankore: ''Nkore''), was a traditional Bantu peoples, Bantu kingdom in Uganda and lasted from the 15th century until 1967. The kingdom was located in south-western Uganda, east of Lake Edward.
History
Ankole Realm, K ...
– Kingdom of Ankole
*
Annam – Empire of Annam
*
Anziku – Anziku Kingdom
* →
**
Argentine Confederation
The Argentine Confederation (Spanish: ''Confederación Argentina'') was the last predecessor state of modern Argentina; its name is still one of the official names of the country according to the Argentine Constitution, Article 35. It was the name ...
**Argentine Republic
*
Aro – Aro Confederacy
* – Asante Union
* →
Austria /
Austria-Hungary
**Austrian Empire
**Austro-Hungarian Empire
B
* – Grand Duchy of Baden
*
Baguirmi – Kingdom of Baguirmi
*
Bambara – Bambara Empire
*
Baol
The Kingdom of Baol or Bawol in central Senegal was one of the kingdoms that arose from the split-up of the Empire of Jolof (Diolof) in 1555. The ruler ( Teigne or Teen) reigned from a capital in Diourbel.
The Kingdom encompassed a strip of l ...
– Kingdom of Baol
*
Basutoland
Basutoland was a British Crown colony that existed from 1884 to 1966 in present-day Lesotho. Though the Basotho (then known as Basuto) and their territory had been under British control starting in 1868 (and ruled by Cape Colony from 1871), th ...
– Kingdom of Basutoland
* – Kingdom of Bavaria
* – Kingdom of Belgium
* – Benin Empire
*
Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan
* – Bolivian Republic
*
Bora Bora – Kingdom of Bora Bora
*
Bornu – Bornu Empire
* – Empire of Brazil
* – Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
* – Sultanate of Brunei
* – Duchy of Brunswick
*
Buganda
Buganda is a Bantu peoples, Bantu kingdom within Uganda. The kingdom of the Baganda, Baganda people, Buganda is the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day East Africa, consisting of Buganda's Districts of Uganda, Central Region, inclu ...
– Kingdom of Buganda
*
Bukhara
Bukhara (Uzbek language, Uzbek: /, ; tg, Бухоро, ) is the List of cities in Uzbekistan, seventh-largest city in Uzbekistan, with a population of 280,187 , and the capital of Bukhara Region.
People have inhabited the region around Bukhara ...
– Emirate of Bukhara
*
Bunyoro – Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara
*
Burma – Kingdom of Burma
*
Burundi
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...
– Kingdom of Burundi
C
*
Cambodia – Kingdom of Cambodia
* →
Canada – Dominion of Canada
*
Cayor – Kingdom of Cayor
*
Central Italy – United Provinces of Central Italy
* – Republic of Chile
* – Great Qing
*
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
– United States of Colombia
*
*
* – Republic of Costa Rica
*
Couto Misto
D
*
Dahomey
The Kingdom of Dahomey () was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a region ...
– Kingdom of Dahomey
* – Kingdom of Denmark
* → – Dominican Republic
E
* → – Republic of Ecuador
* → →
El Salvador
El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...
– El Salvador
* – Ethiopian Empire
F
*
Fante – Fante Confederacy
*
Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
– Tui Viti
*
France – Empire of the French
*
Frankfurt – Free City of Frankfurt
*
Futa Jallon – Imamate of Futa Jallon
*
Futa Toro – Imamate of Futa Toro
G
*
Garo – Kingdom of Garo
*
Gera – Kingdom of Gera
*
Gomma – Kingdom of Gomma
*
Granadine Confederation
The Granadine Confederation ( es, Confederación Granadina) was a short-lived federal republic established in 1858 as a result of a constitutional change replacing the Republic of New Granada. It consisted of the present-day nations of Colombia an ...
– Granadine Confederation (renamed New Granada on July 18, 1861)
*
Greece – Kingdom of Greece
*
Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...
– Republic of Guatemala
*
Gumma – Kingdom of Gumma
H
*
Ha'il – Emirate of Ha'il
* – Republic of Haiti
* – Free City of Hamburg
* – Kingdom of Hanover
* – Kingdom of Hawaii
*
Hesse-Darmstadt – Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine
*
Hesse-Homburg – Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg
*
Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) – Electorate of Hesse
*
Holstein – Duchy of Holstein
* → – Republic of Honduras
*
Huahine – Kingdom of Huahine
I
*
Ionian Islands – United States of the Ionian Islands
*
Italy – Kingdom of Italy
J
*
Janjero – Kingdom of Janjero
*
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
**Tokugawa shogunate
**Empire of Japan
*
Jimma
Jimma () is the largest city in southwestern Oromia Region, Ethiopia. It is a special zone of the Oromia Region and is surrounded by Jimma Zone. It has a latitude and longitude of . Prior to the 2007 census, Jimma was reorganized administrative ...
– Kingdom of Jimma
*
Johor – Sultanate of Johor
* – Jolof Kingdom
K
*
Kaabu
The Kaabu Empire (1537–1867), also written Gabu, Ngabou, and N'Gabu, was an empire in the Senegambia region centered within modern northeastern Guinea-Bissau, larger parts of today's Gambia; extending into Koussanar, Koumpentoum, regions ...
– Kingdom of Kaabu
*
Kabulistan – Kingdom of Kabul
*
Kaffa – Kingdom of Kaffa
*
Kashgaria – Kingdom of Kashgaria
*
Kénédougou – Kénédougou Kingdom
*
Khasso Khasso or Xaaso was a West African kingdom of the 17th to 19th centuries, occupying territory in what is today Senegal and the Kayes Region of Mali. Over two thousand years ago, it was part of Serer territory. From the 17th to 19th centuries, its c ...
– Kingdom of Khasso
*
Khiva
Khiva ( uz, Xiva/, خىۋا; fa, خیوه, ; alternative or historical names include ''Kheeva'', ''Khorasam'', ''Khoresm'', ''Khwarezm'', ''Khwarizm'', ''Khwarazm'', ''Chorezm'', ar, خوارزم and fa, خوارزم) is a district-level city ...
– Khanate of Khiva
*
Kokand
Kokand ( uz, Qo‘qon/Қўқон/قوقان, ; russian: Кока́нд; fa, خوقند, Xuqand; Chagatai: خوقند, ''Xuqand''; ky, Кокон, Kokon; tg, Хӯқанд, Xöqand) is a city in Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan, at the sou ...
– Khanate of Kokand
*
Kong – Kong Empire
*
Kongo
Congo or The Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa:
* Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, capital Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire, sometimes referred to a ...
– Kingdom of Kongo
*
Korea – Kingdom of Great Joseon
*
Koya Temne
The Kingdom of Kquoja or Koya or Koya Temne, or the Temne Kingdom (1505–1896), was a pre-colonial African state in the north of present-day Sierra Leone.
The kingdom was founded by the Temne people, Temne ethnic group in or around 1505 by mi ...
– Kingdom of Koya
L
* – Republic of Liberia
* – Principality of Liechtenstein
*
Limburg – Duchy of Limburg
*
Limmu-Ennarea – Kingdom of Limmu-Ennarea
*
Lippe – Principality of Lippe
*
Loango – Kingdom of Loango
*
Luba – Luba Empire
*
Lübeck – Free City of Lübeck (Lubeck)
*
Lunda – Lunda Empire
* – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
M
*
Maldives – Sultanate of Maldives
*
Manipur – Kingdom of Manipur
*
Massina – Massina Empire
*
Matabeleland – Matabele Kingdom
*
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a duchy in northern Germany created in 1701, when Frederick William and Adolphus Frederick II divided the Duchy of Mecklenburg between Schwerin and Strelitz. Ruled by the successors of the Nikloting Hous ...
– Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
*
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a duchy in northern Germany consisting of the eastern fifth of the historic Mecklenburg region, roughly corresponding with the present-day Mecklenburg-Strelitz district (the former Lordship of Stargard), ...
– Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
* → →
**Republic of Mexico
**Mexican Empire
**United Mexican States
*
Mindanao – Sultanate of Maguindanao
* – Principality of Monaco
*
Montenegro – Principality of Montenegro
* – Sultanate of Morocco
*
Muscat and Oman – Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
N
*
Nassau
Nassau may refer to:
Places Bahamas
*Nassau, Bahamas, capital city of the Bahamas, on the island of New Providence
Canada
*Nassau District, renamed Home District, regional division in Upper Canada from 1788 to 1792
*Nassau Street (Winnipeg), ...
– Duchy of Nassau
*
Negeri Sembilan
Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Nogoghi Sombilan'', ''Nismilan'') is a state in Malaysia which lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It borders Selangor on the north, Pahang in the east, and Malacca and Johor to the s ...
– Negeri Sembilan
*
Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal
* – Kingdom of The Netherlands
*
New Granada New Granada may refer to various former national denominations for the present-day country of Colombia.
*New Kingdom of Granada, from 1538 to 1717
*Viceroyalty of New Granada, from 1717 to 1810, re-established from 1816 to 1819
*United Provinces of ...
– United States of New Granada
*
Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua
*
North German Confederation – North German Confederation
*
Norway – Kingdom of Norway (in personal union with Sweden)
O
*
Oldenburg Oldenburg may also refer to:
Places
*Mount Oldenburg, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica
*Oldenburg (city), an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany
**Oldenburg (district), a district historically in Oldenburg Free State and now in Lower Saxony
*Olde ...
– Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
* – Republic of Orange Free State
* – Sublime Ottoman State
*
Ouaddai – Ouaddai Empire
*
Oyo Oyo can refer to:
Places Nigeria
* Oyo Empire, a former Yoruba state that covered parts of Nigeria and Benin, or the capital city
* Oyo State, a present-day state of Nigeria named after the Oyo Empire
* Oyo, Oyo State, a city founded in the 18 ...
– Oyo Empire
P
*
Pahang – Sultanate of Pahang
* – States of the Church
* – Republic of Paraguay
*
Perak
Perak () is a state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, and Selangor to the south. Thailand's ...
– Sultanate of Perak
*
Persia – Persian Empire
* – Peruvian Republic
*
Portugal – Kingdom of Portugal
* – Kingdom of Prussia
R
*
Raiatea – Kingdom of Raiatea
*
Rapa Nui – Kingdom of Rapa Nui
*
Rarotonga
Rarotonga is the largest and most populous of the Cook Islands. The island is volcanic, with an area of , and is home to almost 75% of the country's population, with 13,007 of a total population of 17,434. The Cook Islands' Parliament buildings a ...
– Kingdom of Rarotonga
*
Reuss Elder Line
The Principality of Reuss-Greiz (german: Fürstentum Reuß-Greiz), called the Principality of the Reuss Elder Line (german: Fürstentum Reuß älterer Linie) after 1848, was a sovereign state in modern Germany, ruled by members of the House of ...
– Principality of Reuss Elder Line
*
Reuss Junior Line – Principality of Reuss Junior Line
*
Romania - United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
* – Russian Empire
*
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
– Kingdom of Rwanda
* – Kingdom of Ryūkyū
S
*
Samoa – Kingdom of Samoa
* → – Most Serene Republic of San Marino
* – Kingdom of Sarawak
* – Kingdom of Sardinia
*
Saxe-Altenburg – Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg
*
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (german: Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha), or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (german: Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, links=no ), was an Ernestine, Thuringian duchy ruled by a branch of the House of Wettin, consisting of territories in the present-d ...
– Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
*
Saxe-Lauenburg – Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg, also Duchy of Lauenburg
*
Saxe-Meiningen – Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
*
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
*
Saxony – Kingdom of Saxony
*
Schaumburg-Lippe – Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe
*
Schleswig – Duchy of Schleswig
*
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
*
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
*
Selangor – Sultanate of Selangor
*
Serbia – Principality of Serbia
* – Kingdom of Siam
*
Sikkim – Chogyalate of Sikkim
*
Sokoto – Sokoto Caliphate
* – Kingdom of Spain
*
Sulu
Sulu (), officially the Province of Sulu (Tausug language, Tausūg: ''Wilāya sin Lupa' Sūg''; tl, Lalawigan ng Sulu), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province of the Philippines in the Sulu Archipelago and part of the Bangsamoro, Bangsamor ...
– Sultanate of Sulu
* – Kingdom of Sweden (in personal union with Norway)
* – Swiss Confederation
T
*
Tahiti – Kingdom of Tahiti
*
Tonga – Tu'i Tonga
*
Toro – Toro Kingdom
*
Toucouleur – Toucouleur Empire
* – South African Republic
* → – Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
U
* – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
* → → → → – United States of America
* – Eastern Republic of Uruguay
V
* →
**Republic of Venezuela
**United States of Venezuela
W
*
Waldeck-Pyrmont – Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
*
Welayta – Kingdom of Welayta
* – Kingdom of Württemberg
Y
*
Yeke – Yeke Kingdom
Z
* – Sultanate of Zanzibar
*
Zululand – Kingdom of the Zulus
Non-sovereign territories
United Kingdom
* – Cape of Good Hope
States claiming sovereignty
*
Aceh
Aceh ( ), officially the Aceh Province ( ace, Nanggroë Acèh; id, Provinsi Aceh) is the westernmost province of Indonesia. It is located on the northernmost of Sumatra island, with Banda Aceh being its capital and largest city. Granted a s ...
– Sultanate of Aceh
*
Alabama – Republic of Alabama (from January 11 to February 4, 1861)
*
Araucanía and Patagonia – Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia (from November 17, 1860)
*Arkansas – Republic of Arkansas (from May 6 to May 18, 1861)
*
Buenos Aires – State of Buenos Aires
* → → → → → – Confederate States of America (from February 4, 1861 to May 5, 1865)
*
Cuba – Republic of Cuba (from October 10, 1868)
*
Ezo – Republic of Ezo (from December 15, 1868 to June 27, 1869)
*
Florida – Republic of Florida (from January 10 to February 4, 1861)
*
Goust – Republic of Goust
*
Louisiana – Republic of Louisiana (from January 26 to February 4, 1861)
*
Mindanao – Sultanate of Maguindanao
* – Republic of Manitobah (from June 1867 to 1868)
* – Republic of Mississippi (from January 9 to February 1, 1861)
*
North Carolina – Republic of North Carolina (from May 20 to May 21, 1861)
*
Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth (from January 22, 1863 to June 18, 1864)
* →
South Carolina – Republic of South Carolina (from December 20, 1860 to February 8, 1861)
*
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom - Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace (to July 1864)
*
Tennessee - Republic of Tennessee (from June 8 to July 2, 1861)
*
Tavolara
Tavolara is a small island off the northeast coast of Sardinia, Italy. The island is a limestone massif long and wide, with steep cliffs except at its ends. Its highest point, Monte Cannone, is above sea level. A cove and beach can be foun ...
– Kingdom of Tavolara
*
Texas – Republic of Texas (from February 1 to March 2, 1861)
*
Virginia – Republic of Virginia (from April 17 to May 7, 1861)
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