List of sovereign states
List of states

List of sovereign states

Section Title: List of states
Table Section Text: None

Common and formal names	Membership within the UN System	Sovereignty dispute	Further information on status and recognition of sovereignty

↓ UN member states and observer states ↓

Abkhazia → Abkhazia

Afghanistan – Islamic Republic of Afghanistan	UN member state	None

Albania – Republic of Albania	UN member state	None

Algeria – People's Democratic Republic of Algeria	UN member state	None

Andorra – Principality of Andorra	UN member state	None	Andorra is a co-principality in which the office of head of state is jointly held ex officio by the French president and the bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Urgell, who himself is appointed by the Holy See.

Angola – Republic of Angola	UN member state	None

Antigua and Barbuda	UN member state	None	Antigua and Barbuda is a Commonwealth realm with 1 autonomous region, Barbuda.

Argentina – Argentine Republic	UN member state	None	Argentina is a federation of 23 provinces and 1 autonomous city.

Armenia – Republic of Armenia	UN member state	Not recognised by Pakistan.	Armenia is not recognised by Pakistan due to the dispute over Artsakh.

Artsakh → Artsakh

Australia – Commonwealth of Australia	UN member state	None	Australia is a Commonwealth realm and a federation of six states and 10 territories. The external territories of Australia are: Ashmore and Cartier Islands Australian Antarctic Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Coral Sea Islands Territory Heard Island and McDonald Islands Norfolk Island

Austria – Republic of Austria	UN member state	None	Member of the European Union. Austria is a federation of nine states.

Azerbaijan – Republic of Azerbaijan	UN member state	None	Azerbaijan contains one autonomous region, Nakhchivan The de facto state of Artsakh has been established in the southwest of Azerbaijan.

Bahamas, The – Commonwealth of The Bahamas	UN member state	None	The Bahamas is a Commonwealth realm.

Bahrain – Kingdom of Bahrain	UN member state	None

Bangladesh – People's Republic of Bangladesh	UN member state	None

Barbados	UN member state	None	Barbados is a Commonwealth realm.

Belarus – Republic of Belarus	UN member state	None

Belgium – Kingdom of Belgium	UN member state	None	Member of the EU. Belgium is a federation divided into linguistic communities and regions.

Belize	UN member state	None	Belize is a Commonwealth realm.

Benin – Republic of Benin	UN member state	None

Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan	UN member state	None

Bolivia – Plurinational State of Bolivia	UN member state	None

Bosnia and Herzegovina	UN member state	None	Bosnia and Herzegovina is a federation of two constituent units: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Republika Srpska and Brčko District, a self-governing administrative unit.

Botswana – Republic of Botswana	UN member state	None

Brazil – Federative Republic of Brazil	UN member state	None	Brazil is a federation of 26 states and 1 federal district.

Brunei – Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace	UN member state	None

Bulgaria – Republic of Bulgaria	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.

Burkina Faso	UN member state	None

Burma → Myanmar

Burundi – Republic of Burundi	UN member state	None

Cambodia – Kingdom of Cambodia	UN member state	None

Cameroon – Republic of Cameroon	UN member state	None

Canada	UN member state	None	Canada is a Commonwealth realm and a federation of 10 provinces and 3 territories.

Cape Verde – Republic of Cabo Verde	UN member state	None

Central African Republic	UN member state	None

Chad – Republic of Chad	UN member state	None

Chile – Republic of Chile	UN member state	None

China – People's Republic of China	UN member state	Partially unrecognised. Claimed by the Republic of China	China contains five autonomous regions, Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Tibet, and Xinjiang. Additionally, it has sovereignty over the Special Administrative Regions of: Hong Kong Macau China claims, but does not control Taiwan, which is governed by a rival administration (the Republic of China) that claims all of China as its territory.

China, Republic of → Taiwan

Colombia – Republic of Colombia	UN member state	None

Comoros – Union of the Comoros	UN member state	None	Comoros is a federation of 3 islands.

Congo, Democratic Republic of the	UN member state	None

Congo, Republic of the	UN member state	None

Cook Islands → Cook Islands

Costa Rica – Republic of Costa Rica	UN member state	None

Côte d'Ivoire → Ivory Coast

Croatia – Republic of Croatia	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.

Cuba – Republic of Cuba	UN member state	None

Cyprus – Republic of Cyprus	UN member state	Not recognised by Turkey	Member of the EU. The northeastern part of the island is the de facto state of Northern Cyprus.

Czech Republic	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.

Democratic People's Republic of Korea → Korea, North

Democratic Republic of the Congo → Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark	UN member state	None	Member of the EU. The Kingdom of Denmark includes 2 self-governing territories: Faroe Islands Greenland The continental territory of Denmark, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland form the three constituent countries of the Kingdom.

Djibouti – Republic of Djibouti	UN member state	None

Dominica – Commonwealth of Dominica	UN member state	None

Dominican Republic	UN member state	None

East Timor – Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste	UN member state	None

Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador	UN member state	None

Egypt – Arab Republic of Egypt	UN member state	None

El Salvador – Republic of El Salvador	UN member state	None

Equatorial Guinea – Republic of Equatorial Guinea	UN member state	None

Eritrea – State of Eritrea	UN member state	None

Estonia – Republic of Estonia	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.

Eswatini – Kingdom of Eswatini	UN member state	None

Ethiopia – Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia	UN member state	None	Ethiopia is a federation of nine regions and two chartered cities.

Fiji – Republic of Fiji	UN member state	None	Fiji contains 1 autonomous region, Rotuma.

Finland – Republic of Finland	UN member state	None	Member of the EU. Åland is a neutral and demilitarised autonomous region of Finland.

France – French Republic	UN member state	None	Member of the EU. France contains five overseas regions/departments: French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, and Réunion.

Gabon – Gabonese Republic	UN member state	None

Gambia, The – Republic of The Gambia	UN member state	None

Georgia	UN member state	None	Georgia contains two autonomous republics, Adjara and Abkhazia. In Abkhazia and South Ossetia, de facto states have been formed.

Germany – Federal Republic of Germany	UN member state	None	Member of the EU. Germany is a federation of 16 federated states.

Ghana – Republic of Ghana	UN member state	None

Greece – Hellenic Republic	UN member state	None	Member of the EU. Greece contains one autonomous area, Mount Athos.

Grenada	UN member state	None	Grenada is a Commonwealth realm.

Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala	UN member state	None

Guinea – Republic of Guinea	UN member state	None

Guinea-Bissau – Republic of Guinea-Bissau	UN member state	None

Guyana – Co-operative Republic of Guyana	UN member state	None

Haiti – Republic of Haiti	UN member state	None

Holy See → Vatican City

Honduras – Republic of Honduras	UN member state	None

Hungary	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.

Iceland	UN member state	None

India – Republic of India	UN member state	None	India is a federation of 29 states and seven union territories.

Indonesia – Republic of Indonesia	UN member state	None	Indonesia has five autonomous provinces, Aceh, Jakarta, Papua, West Papua, and Yogyakarta.

Iran – Islamic Republic of Iran	UN member state	None

Iraq – Republic of Iraq	UN member state	None	Iraq is a federation of 19 governorates, five of which make up the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan.

Ireland	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.

Israel – State of Israel	UN member state	Partially unrecognised	Israel exerts strong control over the territory claimed by Palestine. Israel annexed East Jerusalem, an annexation not recognised by the international community.

Italy – Italian Republic	UN member state	None	Member of the EU. Italy has 5 autonomous regions, Aosta Valley, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Sardinia, Sicily and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.

Ivory Coast – Republic of Côte d'Ivoire	UN member state	None

Jamaica	UN member state	None	Jamaica is a Commonwealth realm.

Japan	UN member state	None

Jordan – Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan	UN member state	None

Kazakhstan – Republic of Kazakhstan	UN member state	None

Kenya – Republic of Kenya	UN member state	None

Kiribati – Republic of Kiribati	UN member state	None

Korea, North – Democratic People's Republic of Korea	UN member state	Claimed by South Korea	North Korea is not recognised by three UN members, France, Japan, and South Korea, the last of which claims to be the sole legitimate government of Korea.

Korea, South – Republic of Korea	UN member state	Claimed by North Korea	South Korea has 1 autonomous region, Jejudo. South Korea is not recognised by North Korea, which claims to be the sole legitimate government of Korea.

Kosovo → Kosovo

Kuwait – State of Kuwait	UN member state	None

Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyz Republic	UN member state	None

Laos – Lao People's Democratic Republic	UN member state	None

Latvia – Republic of Latvia	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.

Lebanon – Lebanese Republic	UN member state	None

Lesotho – Kingdom of Lesotho	UN member state	None

Liberia – Republic of Liberia	UN member state	None

Libya – State of Libya	UN member state	None

Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein	UN member state	None

Lithuania – Republic of Lithuania	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.

Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.

Macedonia → North Macedonia

Madagascar – Republic of Madagascar	UN member state	None

Malawi – Republic of Malawi	UN member state	None

Malaysia	UN member state	None	Malaysia is a federation of 13 states and three federal territories.

Maldives – Republic of Maldives	UN member state	None

Mali – Republic of Mali	UN member state	None

Malta – Republic of Malta	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.

Marshall Islands – Republic of the Marshall Islands	UN member state	None	Under Compact of Free Association with the United States.

Mauritania – Islamic Republic of Mauritania	UN member state	None

Mauritius – Republic of Mauritius	UN member state	None	Mauritius has an autonomous island, Rodrigues.

Mexico – United Mexican States	UN member state	None	Mexico is a federation of 31 states and one autonomous city.

Federated States of Micronesia	UN member state	None	Under Compact of Free Association with the United States. The Federated States of Micronesia is a federation of four states.

Moldova – Republic of Moldova	UN member state	None	Moldova has the autonomous regions of Gagauzia and Transnistria, the latter of which has established a de facto state.

Monaco – Principality of Monaco	UN member state	None

Mongolia	UN member state	None

Montenegro	UN member state	None

Morocco – Kingdom of Morocco	UN member state	None	Part of the Moroccan-claimed Western Sahara is controlled by the partially recognised Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

Mozambique – Republic of Mozambique	UN member state	None

Myanmar – Republic of the Union of Myanmar	UN member state	None

Nagorno-Karabakh → Artsakh

Namibia – Republic of Namibia	UN member state	None

Nauru – Republic of Nauru	UN member state	None

Nepal – Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal	UN member state	None	Nepal is a federation composed of 14 zones.

Netherlands – Kingdom of the Netherlands	UN member state	None	Member of the EU. The Kingdom of the Netherlands includes four areas with substantial autonomy: Aruba Curaçao Netherlands Sint Maarten The continental part of the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten form the four constituent countries of the Kingdom.

New Zealand	UN member state	None	New Zealand is a Commonwealth realm, and has the dependent territories of: Ross Dependency Tokelau New Zealand has responsibilities for (but no rights of control over) two freely associated states: Cook Islands Niue The Cook Islands and Niue have diplomatic relations with 49 and 18 UN members respectively.

Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua	UN member state	None	Nicaragua contains two autonomous regions, Atlántico Sur and Atlántico Norte.

Niger – Republic of Niger	UN member state	None

Nigeria – Federal Republic of Nigeria	UN member state	None	Nigeria is a federation of 36 states and 1 federal territory.

Niue → Niue

North Korea → Korea, North

North Macedonia – Republic of North Macedonia	UN member state	None

Northern Cyprus → Northern Cyprus

Norway – Kingdom of Norway	UN member state	None	Svalbard is an integral part of Norway, but has a special status due to the Svalbard Treaty. Jan Mayen is an island that is an integral part of Norway, although unincorporated.

Oman – Sultanate of Oman	UN member state	None

Pakistan – Islamic Republic of Pakistan	UN member state	None	Pakistan is a federation of four provinces and 1 capital territory. Pakistan exercises control over certain portions of Kashmir, but has not officially annexed any of it, instead regarding it as a disputed territory.

Palau – Republic of Palau	UN member state	None	Under Compact of Free Association with the United States.

Palestine – State of Palestine	UN observer state; member of 2 UN specialized agencies	Partially unrecognised. Disputed by Israel	The State of Palestine, declared in 1988, is not recognised as a state by Israel and has received diplomatic recognition from 137 states.

Panama – Republic of Panama	UN member state	None

Papua New Guinea – Independent State of Papua New Guinea	UN member state	None	Papua New Guinea is a Commonwealth realm with 1 autonomous region, Bougainville.

Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay	UN member state	None

Peru – Republic of Peru	UN member state	None

Philippines – Republic of the Philippines	UN member state	None	The Philippines contains one autonomous region, Bangsamoro.

Poland – Republic of Poland	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.

Portugal – Portuguese Republic	UN member state	None	Member of the EU. Portugal contains two autonomous regions, the Azores and Madeira.

Pridnestrovie → Transnistria

Qatar – State of Qatar	UN member state	None

Republic of Korea → Korea, South

Republic of the Congo → Congo, Republic of the

Romania	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.

Russia – Russian Federation	UN member state	None	Russia is a federation of 85 federal subjects (republics, oblasts, krais, autonomous okrugs, federal cities, and an autonomous oblast). Several of the federal subjects are ethnic republics.

Rwanda – Republic of Rwanda	UN member state	None

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic → Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Saint Kitts and Nevis – Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis	UN member state	None	Saint Kitts and Nevis is a Commonwealth realm and is a federation of two islands, St. Kitts and Nevis.

Saint Lucia	UN member state	None	Saint Lucia is a Commonwealth realm.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	UN member state	None	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a Commonwealth realm.

Samoa – Independent State of Samoa	UN member state	None

San Marino – Republic of San Marino	UN member state	None

São Tomé and Príncipe – Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe	UN member state	None	São Tomé and Príncipe contains 1 autonomous province, Príncipe.

Saudi Arabia – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	UN member state	None

Senegal – Republic of Senegal	UN member state	None

Serbia – Republic of Serbia	UN member state	None	Serbia contains two autonomous regions, Vojvodina and Kosovo and Metohija. The latter is under the de facto control of the Republic of Kosovo.

Seychelles – Republic of Seychelles	UN member state	None

Sierra Leone – Republic of Sierra Leone	UN member state	None

Singapore – Republic of Singapore	UN member state	None

Slovakia – Slovak Republic	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.

Slovenia – Republic of Slovenia	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.

Solomon Islands	UN member state	None	The Solomon Islands is a Commonwealth realm.

Somalia – Federal Republic of Somalia	UN member state	None	Somalia has two self-declared autonomous regions, Puntland and Galmudug, while the territory of Somaliland has formed an unrecognised de facto state.

Somaliland → Somaliland

South Africa – Republic of South Africa	UN member state	None

South Korea → Korea, South

South Ossetia → South Ossetia

South Sudan – Republic of South Sudan	UN member state	None	South Sudan is a federation of 32 states. The Abyei Area is a zone with "special administrative status" established by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005.

Spain – Kingdom of Spain	UN member state	None	Member of the EU. Spain is divided into 17 autonomous communities and 2 special autonomous cities.

Sri Lanka – Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka	UN member state	None

Sudan – Republic of the Sudan	UN member state	None	Sudan is a federation of 18 states. The Abyei Area is a zone with "special administrative status" established by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005.

Sudan, South → South Sudan

Suriname – Republic of Suriname	UN member state	None

Swaziland → Eswatini

Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.

Switzerland – Swiss Confederation	UN member state	None	Switzerland is a federation of 26 cantons.

Syria – Syrian Arab Republic	UN member state	None	The Syrian National Coalition, which is recognised as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people by 20 UN members, has established an interim government to rule rebel controlled territory during the Syrian civil war.

Taiwan (Republic of China) → Taiwan

Tajikistan – Republic of Tajikistan	UN member state	None	Tajikistan contains 1 autonomous region, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province.

Tanzania – United Republic of Tanzania	UN member state	None	Tanzania contains 1 autonomous region, Zanzibar.

Thailand – Kingdom of Thailand	UN member state	None

The Bahamas → Bahamas, The

The Gambia → Gambia, The

Timor-Leste → East Timor

Togo – Togolese Republic	UN member state	None

Tonga – Kingdom of Tonga	UN member state	None

Transnistria → Transnistria

Trinidad and Tobago – Republic of Trinidad and Tobago	UN member state	None	Trinidad and Tobago contains 1 autonomous region, Tobago.

Tunisia – Republic of Tunisia	UN member state	None

Turkey – Republic of Turkey	UN member state	None

Turkmenistan	UN member state	None

Tuvalu	UN member state	None	Tuvalu is a Commonwealth realm.

Uganda – Republic of Uganda	UN member state	None

Ukraine	UN member state	None	Ukraine claims Crimea as an autonomous republic, however it has been annexed by Russia.

United Arab Emirates	UN member state	None	The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven emirates.

United Kingdom – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	UN member state	None	Member of the EU. The United Kingdom is a Commonwealth realm consisting of four constituent countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.

United States – United States of America	UN member state	None	The United States is a federation of 50 states with shared sovereignty, 1 federal district, and 1 incorporated territory. Additionally, the Federal government of the United States has sovereignty over 15 unincorporated territories.

Uruguay – Oriental Republic of Uruguay	UN member state	None

Uzbekistan – Republic of Uzbekistan	UN member state	None	Uzbekistan contains 1 autonomous region, Karakalpakstan.

Vanuatu – Republic of Vanuatu	UN member state	None

Vatican City – Vatican City State	UN observer state under the designation of "Holy See"; member of three UN specialized agencies and the IAEA	None	Administered by the Holy See, a sovereign entity with diplomatic relations to 183 states. This figure consists of 180 UN member states, the Cook Islands, the Republic of China (Taiwan), and the State of Palestine.

Venezuela – Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela	UN member state	None	Venezuela is a federation of 23 states, 1 capital district, and federal dependencies.

Vietnam – Socialist Republic of Vietnam	UN member state	None

Yemen – Republic of Yemen	UN member state	None

Zambia – Republic of Zambia	UN member state	None

Zimbabwe – Republic of Zimbabwe	UN member state	None

↑ UN member states and observer states ↑

↓ Other states ↓

Abkhazia – Republic of Abkhazia	No membership	Claimed by Georgia	Recognised by Russia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Artsakh, South Ossetia and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by Georgia as the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia.

Artsakh – Republic of Artsakh	No membership	Claimed by Azerbaijan	A de facto independent state, recognised only by Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by Azerbaijan.

Cook Islands	Member of eight UN specialized agencies	None (See political status)	A state in free association with New Zealand, the Cook Islands maintains diplomatic relations with 52 states. The Cook Islands is a member of multiple UN agencies with full treaty making capacity.

Kosovo – Republic of Kosovo	Member of two UN specialized agencies	Claimed by Serbia	Pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244, Kosovo was placed under the administration of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo in 1999.

Niue	Member of five UN specialized agencies	None (See political status)	A state in free association with New Zealand, Niue maintains diplomatic relations with 20 states. Niue is a member of multiple UN agencies with full treaty making capacity.

Northern Cyprus – Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	No membership	Claimed by the Republic of Cyprus	Recognised only by Turkey. Under the name "Turkish Cypriot State", it is an observer state of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the Economic Cooperation Organization.

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	No membership	Claimed by Morocco	Recognised at some stage by 84 UN member states, 40 of which have since withdrawn or frozen their recognition. It is a founding member of the African Union and the Asian–African Strategic Partnership formed at the 2005 Asian–African Conference.

Somaliland – Republic of Somaliland	No membership	Claimed by Somalia	A de facto independent state, not diplomatically recognised by any other state, claimed in whole by the Federal Republic of Somalia.

South Ossetia – Republic of South Ossetia–the State of Alania	No membership	Claimed by Georgia	A de facto independent state, recognised by Russia, Nicaragua, Nauru, Syria, Venezuela, Abkhazia, Artsakh and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by Georgia as the Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia.

Taiwan – Republic of China	Former UN member (as Republic of China, 1945–1971) Observer in one UN specialized agency under the name "Chinese Taipei"	Claimed by the People's Republic of China	A state competing (nominally) for recognition with the People's Republic of China (PRC) as the government of China since 1949. The Republic of China (ROC) controls the island of Taiwan and associated islands, Quemoy, Matsu, the Pratas and parts of the Spratly Islands, and has not renounced claims over its annexed territories on the mainland.

Transnistria – Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic	No membership	Claimed by Moldova	A de facto independent state, recognised only by Abkhazia, Artsakh and South Ossetia. Claimed in whole by Moldova as the Transnistria autonomous territorial unit.

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East Timor is one of the sovereign states.

final_sentence: East Timor is one of the sovereign states.