Sovereign states

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* Andorra – Principality of Andorra *

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 (to 1875) * – Argentine Republic * Aro – Aro Confederacy * – Asante Union * – Austro-Hungarian Empire * Afghanistan – Emirate of Afghanistan

B

* – Grand Duchy of Baden (to January 18, 1871) * Baguirmi – Kingdom of Baguirmi *

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 * – Kingdom of Bavaria (to January 18, 1871) * – Kingdom of Belgium * – Benin Empire * Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan * – Republic of Bolivia * Bora Bora – Kingdom of Bora Bora * Bornu – Bornu Empire * – Empire of Brazil * – Sultanate of Brunei *

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 * Bulgaria – Principality of Bulgaria (from 1878) *

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 (to 1873) * 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

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* – Dominion of Canada * Cayor – Kingdom of Cayor (to 1879) * – Republic of Chile * – Great Qing Empire *

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 Cook Islands

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 ...

* – Republic of Costa Rica

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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

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* – Republic of Ecuador * – El Salvador * – Ethiopian Empire

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* Fante – Fante Confederacy (to 1874) *

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 ...

– Kingdom of Fiji (to October 10, 1874) * France **Empire of the French (to September 4, 1870) **French Republic (from September 4, 1870) * Futa Jallon – Imamate of Futa Jallon * Futa Toro – Imamate of Futa Toro

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* Garo – Kingdom of Garo * Gera – Kingdom of Gera * – German Empire (from January 18, 1871) * Gomma – Kingdom of Gomma * 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 * – Kingdom of Hawaii * Hesse-Darmstadt – Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine (to January 18, 1871) * – Republic of Honduras * Huahine – Kingdom of Huahine

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* Italy – Kingdom of Italy

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* Janjero – Kingdom of Janjero * – 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

* Kabulistan – Kingdom of Kabul (to October 12, 1879) * Kaffa – Kingdom of Kaffa * Kashgaria – Kingdom of Kashgaria (to December 28, 1877) * 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 (to August 12, 1873) *

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 (to February 19, 1876) * 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 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

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* – Republic of Liberia * – Principality of Liechtenstein * Limmu-Ennarea – Kingdom of Limmu-Ennarea * Loango – Kingdom of Loango * Luba – Luba Empire * Lunda – Lunda Empire * – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

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* Maldives – Sultanate of Maldives * Manipur – Kingdom of Manipur * Matabeleland – Matabele Kingdom * – United Mexican States * – Principality of Monaco * – Principality of Montenegro * – Sultanate of Morocco * Muscat and Oman – Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (to 1870 and from January 30, 1871)

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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 * → Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua * North German Confederation – North German Confederation (to January 18, 1871) * Norway – Kingdom of Norway (in personal union with Sweden)

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* Oman – Imamate of Oman (from 1870 enamed Muscat and Oman on January 30, 1871 * * – 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

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* Pahang – Sultanate of Pahang * – States of the Church (to September 20, 1870) * – 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 (to January 20, 1874) * Persia – Persian Empire * – Peruvian Republic * Portugal – Kingdom of Portugal

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* Raiatea – Kingdom of Raiatea * Rapa Nui – Kingdom of Rapa Nui *

– Kingdom of Rarotonga * Romania – United Principalities of Romania (from 1878) * – 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 (to March 13, 1879)

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* Samoa – Kingdom of Samoa * – Most Serene Republic of San Marino * → – Kingdom of Sarawak * Selangor – Sultanate of Selangor * Serbia – Principality of Serbia (from 1878 * – Kingdom of Siam * Sikkim – Chogyalate of Sikkim * Sokoto – Sokoto Caliphate South African Republic

Transvaal Transvaal is a historical geographic term associated with land north of (''i.e.'', beyond) the Vaal River in South Africa. A number of states and administrative divisions have carried the name Transvaal. * South African Republic (1856–1902; af, ...

* → → Spain ** Kingdom of Spain (to February 11, 1873) **

Spanish Republic The Spanish Republic (), commonly known as the Second Spanish Republic (), was the form of government in Spain from 1931 to 1939. The Republic was proclaimed on 14 April 1931, after the deposition of King Alfonso XIII, and was dissolved on 1 A ...

(from February 11, 1873, to December 29, 1874) ** Kingdom of Spain (from December 29, 1874) * →

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

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* Tahiti – Kingdom of Tahiti * Tonga – Kingdom of Tonga * Toro – Toro Kingdom (to 1876) * Toucouleur – Toucouleur Empire * → → – South African Republic (to April 12, 1877) * Tunis – Beylik of Tunis (from October 25, 1871)

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* – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland * → – United States of America * – Eastern Republic of Uruguay

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* – United States of Venezuela

W

* Wassoulou – Wassoulou Empire (from 1878) * Welayta – Kingdom of Welayta * – Kingdom of Württemberg (to January 18, 1871)

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* Yeke – Yeke Kingdom

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* – Sultanate of Zanzibar * Zululand – Kingdom of the Zulus (to July 4, 1879)

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 * Cuba – Republic of Cuba * Goust – Republic of Goust * Lado – Lado District * Mindanao – Sultanate of Maguindanao * Paris – Paris Commune *

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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Sovereign states in the 1870s 1870s-related lists