Sovereign states

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* Afghanistan – Emirate of Afghanistan *

Agadez Agadez ( Air Tamajeq: ⴰⴶⴰⴷⴰⵣ, ''Agadaz''), formerly spelled Agadès, is the fifth largest city in Niger, with a population of 110,497 based on the 2012 census. The capital of Agadez Region, it lies in the Sahara desert, and is also ...

– Tenere Sultanate of Aïr *

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– Principality of Andorra *

Ankole Ankole ( Runyankore: ''Nkore''), was a traditional 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 Kingdom is located in the South-West ...

– Kingdom of Ankole *

Angoche Angoche is a district, city and municipality located in Nampula Province in north-eastern Mozambique. The district has limits in the North with Mogincual District, in the South with Larde District, to the east with the Indian Ocean and to the we ...

– Angoche Sultanate * – Argentine Republic * Aro – Aro Confederacy * – Asante Union * Aussa – Sultanate of Aussa * – Austro-Hungarian Empire

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* Baguirmi – Kingdom of Baguirmi * Bali – Kingdom of Bali *

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 Barotseland * – Kingdom of Belgium * – Benin Empire *

Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainou ...

– Kingdom of Bhutan * Biu – Biu Kingdom * – Republic of Bolivia * Bora Bora – Kingdom of Bora Bora * Bornu – Bornu Empire *

Brakna Brakna ( ar, ولاية البراكنة) is a region in south-west Mauritania. Its capital is Aleg. Other major cities/towns include Boghé. The region borders the Mauritanian regions of Tagant to the north-east, Assaba and Gorgol to the sou ...

– Brakna Emirate * → → **

Empire of Brazil The Empire of Brazil was a 19th-century state that broadly comprised the territories which form modern Brazil and (until 1828) Uruguay. Its government was a representative parliamentary constitutional monarchy under the rule of Emperors Dom ...

(to November 15, 1889) **

Republic of the United States of Brazil The First Brazilian Republic, also referred to as the Old Republic ( pt, República Velha ), officially the Republic of the United States of Brazil, refers to the period of Brazilian history from 1889 to 1930. The Old Republic began with the de ...

(from November 15, 1889) *

Brunei Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely surrounded by th ...

– Sultanate of Brunei (to 1888) *

Buganda Buganda is a Bantu kingdom within Uganda. The kingdom of the Baganda people, Buganda is the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day East Africa, consisting of Buganda's Central Region, including the Ugandan capital Kampala. The 14 mi ...

– Kingdom of Buganda * Bulgaria – Principality of Bulgaria * Bulungan (to 1880) *

Bunyoro Bunyoro or Bunyoro-Kitara is a Bantu kingdom in Western Uganda. It was one of the most powerful kingdoms in Central and East Africa from the 13th century to the 19th century. It is ruled by the King ('' Omukama'') of Bunyoro-Kitara. The curre ...

– Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara * Burma – Kingdom of Burma (to 1885) * Burundi – Kingdom of Burundi (to November 8, 1884) *

Busoga Busoga (Lusoga: Obwakyabazinga bwa Busoga) is a kingdom and one of four constitutional monarchies in present-day Uganda. The kingdom is a cultural institution which promotes popular participation and unity among the people of the region throu ...

– Kingdom of Busoga

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* – Dominion of Canada * Champasak – Kingdom of Champasak * – Republic of Chile * → – Great Qing * Chokwe – Chokwe Kingdom * Chukchi * Colombia **

United States of Colombia United States of Colombia () was the name adopted in 1863 by the for the Granadine Confederation, after years of civil war. Colombia became a federal state itself composed of nine "sovereign states.” It comprised the present-day nations ...

(to 1886) **

Republic of 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 Cari ...

(from 1886) * Congo ** International Association of the Congo (to July 1, 1885) **

Congo Free State ''(Work and Progress) , national_anthem = Vers l'avenir , capital = Vivi Boma , currency = Congo Free State franc , religion = Catholicism (''de facto'') , leader1 = Leop ...

(from July 1, 1885) * – Republic of Costa Rica

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Dagbon The Kingdom of Dagbon is one of the oldest and most organised traditional kingdoms in Ghana founded by the Dagomba people (Dagbamba) in the 11th century. During its rise, it comprised, at various points, the Northern, Upper West, Upper East and ...

– Kingdom of Dagbon *

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 * Dai Nam – Dai Nam Realm (to August 25, 1883) * – Kingdom of Denmark * Dhala *

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* – 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 ...

– El Salvador * – Ethiopian Empire

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Fadhli Fadhli ( ar, فضلي '), or the Fadhli Sultanate ( ar, السلطنة الفضلية '), was an independent sultanate on the southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula from the 17th century until 1967.

– Fadhli Sultanate (to 1888) * France – French Republic * Futa Jallon – Imamate of Futa Jallon

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* Garo – Kingdom of Garo (to 1883) * Gaza – Gaza Empire * Geledi – Geledi Sultanate * Gera – Kingdom of Gera (to 1887) * – German Empire * Gomma – Kingdom of Gomma (to 1886) * Gowa * 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 Hon ...

– Republic of Guatemala * Gumma – Kingdom of Gumma (to 1885) *

Gyaaman Gyaman (also spelled Jamang, Gyaaman) was a medieval Akan people state, located in what is now the Bono region of Ghana and Ivory Coast. Gyaman was founded by the Bono people, a branch of the Akan, in the late 15th century. The Bono then proceed ...

– State of Gyaaman

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* Ha'il – Emirate of Ha'il * – Republic of Haiti * Et harrar

Harar – Emirate of Harar (to 1887) * Hawaii – Kingdom of Hawaii * – Republic of Honduras * Huahine – Kingdom of Huahine * Hunza – State of Hunza

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* Igala – Igala Kingdom *

Igara The Igálá are one of the ethnic groups found in Nigeria. The Igala played significant roles in the formation of Nigeria having been made host to the capital of Nigeria at Lokoja in the past, with Lugard as the Governor. The Igala Kingdom expa ...

– Kingdom of Igara * Ilé-Ifẹ̀ – Ilé-Ifẹ̀ Kingdom * Isaaq – Isaaq Sultanate (to 1884) * Italy – Kingdom of Italy

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* Janjero – Kingdom of Janjero * – Empire of Japan * Jimma – Kingdom of Jimma (to 1884) * Johor – Sultanate of Johor (to December 11, 1885) * – Jolof Kingdom (to 1889) *

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* Kaffa – Kingdom of Kaffa * Kajara – Kajara Kingdom *

Kakongo Kakongo was a small kingdom located on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, in the modern-day Republic of the Congo and Cabinda Province, Angola. Along with its neighboring kingdoms of Ngoyo and Loango, Kakongo became an important political co ...

– Kingdom of Kakongo (to 1885) * Kano – Emirate of Kano * Kasanje – Jaga Kingdom *

Kathiri Kathiri ( ar, ٱلْكَثِيْرِي, al-Kathīrī), officially the Kathiri State of Seiyun ( ar, ٱلسَّلْطَنَة ٱلْكَثِيْرِيَّة - سَيْؤُوْن, al-Salṭanah al-Kathīrīyah - Sayʾūn), was a sultanate in the ...

* 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 (to 1880) * Kong – Kong Empire * Kongo – Kingdom of Kongo * → → → → → → Korea – Kingdom of Great Joseon * Koya Temne – Kingdom of Koya * Kuba – Kingdom of Kuba (to 1884)

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* Lafia Beri-Beri – Lafia Beri-Beri Kingdom * – Republic of Liberia * – Principality of Liechtenstein * Limmu-Ennarea – Kingdom of Limmu-Ennarea * Loango – Kingdom of Loango (to 1883) * Lower Yafa – Sultanate of Lower Yafa * Luba – Luba Empire (to 1889) * Lunda – Lunda Empire (to 1887) * – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

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* Maguindanao – Sultanate of Maguindanao * Mahra *

Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...

– Sultanate of Maldives (to 1887) *

Mangareva Mangareva is the central and largest island of the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia. It is surrounded by smaller islands: Taravai in the southwest, Aukena and Akamaru in the southeast, and islands in the north. Mangareva has a permanent p ...

– Kingdom of Mangareva (to February 21, 188a) *

Manipur Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of ...

– Kingdom of Manipur * Maravi – Kingdom of Maravi *

Matabeleland Matabeleland is a region located in southwestern Zimbabwe that is divided into three provinces: Matabeleland North, Bulawayo, and Matabeleland South. These provinces are in the west and south-west of Zimbabwe, between the Limpopo and Zambe ...

– Matabele Kingdom * Mbunda – Mbunda Kingdom * Merina – Kingdom of Imerina * – United Mexican States * – Principality of Monaco * – Principality of Montenegro * Moresnet – Neutral Moresnet * – Sultanate of Morocco *

Mossi Kingdoms The Mossi Kingdoms, sometimes referred to as the Mossi Empire, were a group of powerful kingdoms in modern-day Burkina Faso which dominated the region of the upper Volta river for hundreds of years. The largest Mossi kingdoms was that of Ouagad ...

– Mossi Empire *

Mthwakazi Mthwakazi is the traditional name of the proto-Ndebele people and Ndebele kingdom and is in the area of today's Zimbabwe. Mthwakazi is widely used to refer to inhabitants of Matebeleland Province in Zimbabwe. Etymology The word ''Matabele'' i ...

– Kingdom of Mthwakazi *

Muscat and Oman The Sultanate of Muscat and Oman ( ar, سلطنة مسقط وعمان, Salṭanat Masqaṭ wa-‘Umān), also known briefly as the State of Muscat and Oman () during the rule of Taimur bin Feisal, was a sovereign state that encompassed the pres ...

– Sultanate of Muscat and Oman *

Mutayr Mutayr () is an Arab tribe that originated in the northern Hejaz near Medina. The tribe mainly inhabits Saudi Arabia (Najd), Kuwait, Iraq, Morocco, and Tunisia. Genealogy Ahmad al-Qalqashandi who died in 1418 stated that al-Mutayr tribe belongs ...

– Emirate of Mutayr

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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 Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the coun ...

– Republic of Nicaragua * Norway – Kingdom of Norway (in personal union with Sweden)

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* * – Sublime Ottoman State * Oyo – Oyo Empire

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Pahang Pahang (; Jawi: , Pahang Hulu Malay: ''Paha'', Pahang Hilir Malay: ''Pahaeng'', Ulu Tembeling Malay: ''Pahaq)'' officially Pahang Darul Makmur with the Arabic honorific ''Darul Makmur'' (Jawi: , "The Abode of Tranquility") is a sultanate and ...

– Sultanate of Pahang (to 1888) * – Republic of Paraguay * Persia – Sublime State of Persia * – Peruvian Republic * Portugal – Kingdom of Portugal

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* Qu'aiti – Qu'aiti Sultanate of Shihr and Mukalla (to 1888)

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* → Raiatea – Kingdom of Raiatea (to 19 March 1888) *

Rapa Nui Easter Island ( rap, Rapa Nui; es, Isla de Pascua) is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. The island is most famous for its nearly ...

– Kingdom of Rapa Nui (to September 9, 1888) * Rarotonga – Kingdom of Rarotonga (to 1888) * Red Nation * Romania **

United Principalities of Romania The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia ( ro, Principatele Unite ale Moldovei și Țării Românești), commonly called United Principalities, was the personal union of the Principality of Moldavia and the Principality of Wallachia, f ...

(to March 15, 1881) **

Kingdom of Romania The Kingdom of Romania ( ro, Regatul României) was a constitutional monarchy that existed in Romania from 13 March ( O.S.) / 25 March 1881 with the crowning of prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen as King Carol I (thus beginning the Romanian ...

(from March 15, 1881) * → Russia – 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 (to 1885)

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Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands ( Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands ( Manono and Apolima); ...

– Kingdom of Samoa * – Most Serene Republic of San Marino * – Kingdom of Sarawak *

Selangor Selangor (; ), also known by its Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 Malaysian states. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east, Negeri Sem ...

– Sultanate of Selangor * → Serbia **

Principality of Serbia The Principality of Serbia ( sr-Cyrl, Књажество Србија, Knjažestvo Srbija) was an autonomous state in the Balkans that came into existence as a result of the Serbian Revolution, which lasted between 1804 and 1817. Its creation wa ...

(to March 6, 1882) **

Kingdom of Serbia The Kingdom of Serbia ( sr-cyr, Краљевина Србија, Kraljevina Srbija) was a country located in the Balkans which was created when the ruler of the Principality of Serbia, Milan I, was proclaimed king in 1882. Since 1817, the Prin ...

(from March 6, 1882) * Setul Mambang Segara – Kingdom of Setul Mambang Segara * – Kingdom of Siam * Sokoto – Sokoto Caliphate * Spain – Kingdom of Spain * Sulu – Sultanate of Sulu * – Kingdom of Sweden (in personal union with Norway) * – Swiss Confederation

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* Tagant – Emirate of Tagant * Tahiti – Kingdom of Tahiti (to June 29, 1880) * – Kingdom of Tonga * Toucouleur – Toucouleur Empire * Trarza – Emirate of Trarza * Tunis – Beylik of Tunis

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* – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland * – United States of America *

Upper Aulaqi Sultanate The Upper Aulaqi Sultanate ( ar, سلطنة العوالق العليا ') was a state in the British Aden Protectorate and the Federation of South Arabia. Its capital was Nisab. History The Lower Aulaqi sultans separated from the Upper Aulaq ...

Upper Aulaqi Sheikhdom The Upper Aulaqi Sheikhdom ( ') was a state in the British Aden Protectorate, the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, and its successor, the Federation of South Arabia. Its capital was Sa'id. The area of the former state is now central part ...

Upper Yafa Upper Yafa or Upper Yafa'i ( ar, يافع العليا ''),'' officially State of Upper Yafa ( ar, دولة يافع العليا '')'', was a military alliance in the British Aden Protectorate and the Protectorate of South Arabia. It was rul ...

– State of Upper Yafa * – Eastern Republic of Uruguay

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* – United States of Venezuela

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* Wadai – Wadai Empire * Wahidi Balhaf * Wahidi Haban * Wajoq * Wassoulou – Wassoulou Empire * Welayta – Kingdom of Welayta

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* Yeke – Yeke Kingdom

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* Zabarma – Zabarma Emirate * – Sultanate of Zanzibar (to February 17, 1885) * Zululand – Kingdom of Zulu (to 1887)

States claiming sovereignty

* Aceh – Sultanate of Aceh * → Counani – Republic of Independent Guiana *

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribb ...

– Republic of Cuba * Franceville – Independent Commune of Franceville (from August 9, 1889) * Goshen – State of Goshen (from October 24, 1882, to August 6, 1883) *

Goust Goust is a French hamlet in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department of southwestern France. At some point in the 19th century, folklore began to describe it as an independent Republic. Noted for its centenarians, one pensioner was reported to hav ...

– Republic of Goust * Mindanao – Sultanate of Maguindanao * →

Stellaland The Republic of Stellaland ( nl, Republiek Stellaland) was, from 1882 to 1883, a Boer republic located in an area of British Bechuanaland (now in South Africa's North West Province), west of the Transvaal. After unification with the neighbouri ...

– Republic of Stellaland (from July 26, 1882, to September 30, 1885) * – South African Republic (from August 3, 1881) *

Upingtonia Lijdensrust, officially the Republic of Lijdensrust, was a short-lived Boer republic in the area of present-day Namibia. Declared on 20 October 1885, it was originally named Upingtonia, but changed its name soon after as the reason for its orig ...

– Republic of Upingtonia (from October 20, 1885, to June 1887) {{DEFAULTSORT:Sovereign states in the 1880s 1880s-related lists