# List of sovereign states in the 1830s

This is a list of sovereign states in the 1830s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1830 and 31 December 1839. It contains entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty. It includes widely recognized sovereign states, entities which were de facto sovereign but which were not widely recognized by other states.
* Sovereign states
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* P
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* Y
* Other entities
* See also
* Notes

## Sovereign states
### A

* Andorra – Principality of Andorra Capital: Andorra la Vella
* Anhalt-Bernburg – Duchy of Anhalt-Bernburg Capital: Bernburg
* Anhalt-Dessau – Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau Capital: Dessau
* Anhalt-Köthen – Duchy of Anhalt-Köthen Capital: Köthen
* Ankole – Kingdom of Ankole
* Annam – Empire of Annam Capital: Huế
* Anziku – Anziku Kingdom Capital: Monsol
* → Argentina Capital: Buenos Aires
** United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (to January 4, 1831)
** Argentine Confederation (from January 4, 1831)
* Aro – Aro Confederacy Capital: Arochukwu
* Ashanti – Asante Union Capital: Kumasi
* Austria – Austrian Empire Capital: Vienna

### B

* Baden – Grand Duchy of Baden Capital: Karlsruhe
* Baguirmi – Kingdom of Baguirmi Capital: Massenya
* Bambara – Bambara Empire Capital: Ségou
* Baol – Kingdom of Baol Capital: Diourbel
* Basutoland – Kingdom of Basutoland Capital: Maseru
* Bavaria – Kingdom of Bavaria Capital: Munich
* Belgium – Kingdom of Belgium (from October 4, 1830) Capital: Brussels
* Benin – Kingdom of Benin Capital: Benin City
* Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan Capital: Thimphu
* Bolivia – Bolivian Republic (to October 28, 1836, from August 25, 1839) Capital: Sucre
* Bornu – Bornu Empire Capital: Ngazargamu
* Brazil – Empire of Brazil Capital: Rio de Janeiro
* Bremen – Free City of Bremen
* Brunei – Sultanate of Brunei Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan
* Brunswick – Duchy of Brunswick Capital: Braunschweig
* Buganda – Kingdom of Buganda Capital: Mengo
* Bukhara – Emirate of Bukhara Capital: Bukhara
* Bunyoro – Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara Capital: Hoima
* Burma – Kingdom of Burma Capital: Ava
* Burundi – Kingdom of Burundi Capital: Bujumbura

### C

* Cambodia – Kingdom of Cambodia Capital: Oudong
* Cayor – Kingdom of Cayor Capital: Mboul
* Central America – Federal Republic of Central America (to May 31, 1838) Capital: Guatemala City (to 1834), San Salvador (from 1834 to 1838)
* Chile – Republic of Chile Capital: Santiago
* China – Great Qing Capital: Beijing
* Costa Rica – Republic of Costa Rica (from November 14, 1838) Capital: San Jose

### D

* Dahomey – Kingdom of Dahomey Capital: Abomey
* Dar al Kuti – Sultanate of Dar Al Kuti (from 1830) Capital: N'Délé
* Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark Capital: Copenhagen

### E

* Ecuador Capital: Quito
** State of Ecuador (from May 13, 1830 to August 8, 1835)
** Republic of Ecuador (from August 8, 1835)
* El Salvador – El Salvador (from May 31, 1838) Capital: San Salvador
* Ethiopia – Ethiopian Empire Capital: Addis Ababa

### F

* Fiji – Tui Viti Capital: Suva
* France Capital: Paris
** Kingdom of France (to 26 July 1830)
** France (from 7 August 1830)
* Frankfurt – Free City of Frankfurt Capital: Frankfurt am Main
* Futa Jallon – Imamate of Futa Jallon Capital: Timbo
* Futa Toro – Imamate of Futa Toro Capital: Orefonde

### G

* Garo – Kingdom of Garo
* Gomma – Kingdom of Gomma Capital: Agaro
* Gran Colombia – Republic of Colombia (to November 19, 1831) Capital: Bogota
* Greece – Kingdom of Greece (from February 6, 1832) Capital: Athens
* Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala (from 1839) Capital: Guatemala City
* Gumma – Kingdom of Gumma

### H

* Haiti – Republic of Haiti Capital: Port-au-Prince
* Hamburg – Free city of Hamburg
* Hanover – Kingdom of Hanover Capital: Hanover
* Hawaii – Kingdom of Hawaii Capital: Lāhainā
* Hesse-Darmstadt – Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine Capital: Darmstadt
* Hesse-Homburg – Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg Capital: Bad Homburg
* Hesse-Kassel – Electorate of Hesse Capital: Kassel
* Hohenzollern-Hechingen – Principality of Hohenzollern-Hechingen Capital: Hechingen
* Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen – Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Capital: Sigmaringen
* Honduras (from 1838)
* Holstein – Duchy of Holstein Capital: Glückstadt

### J

* Jabal Shammar – Emirate of Jabal Shammar (from 1836) Capital: Ha'il
* Janjero – Kingdom of Janjero Capital: Fofa
* Japan – Tokugawa shogunate Capital: Edo
* Jimma – Kingdom of Jimma Capital: Jimma
* Johor – Johor Sultanate Capital: Tanjung Puteri
* Jolof – Jolof Kingdom Capital: Linguère
* Juliana Republic – Juliana Republic (from July 24 to November 15, 1839) Capital: Laguna, Santa Catarina

### K

* Kaabu – Kingdom of Kaabu Capital: Kansala
* Kabul – Emirate of Kabul Capital: Kabul
* Kaffa – Kingdom of Kaffa Capital: Anderaccha
* Kénédougou – Kénédougou Kingdom Capital: Sikasso
* Khasso – Kingdom of Khasso Capital: Medina
* Khiva – Khanate of Khiva Capital: Khiva
* Kokand – Khanate of Kokand Capital: Kokand
* Kong – Kong Empire Capital: Kong
* Kongo – Kingdom of Kongo Capital: São Salvador
* Korea – Kingdom of Joseon Capital: Hanseong
* Koya Temne – Kingdom of Koya Capital: Cape Mount

### L

* Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein Capital: Vaduz
* Limburg – Duchy of Limburg (from April 19, 1839)
* Limmu-Ennarea – Kingdom of Limmu-Ennarea Capital: Saqqa
* Lippe – Principality of Lippe-Detmoldt Capital: Detmold
* Loango – Kingdom of Loango Capital: Buali
* Luba – Luba Empire
* Lübeck – Free City of Lübeck Capital: Lübeck
* Lunda – Lunda Empire
* Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Capital: Luxembourg City

### M

* Maldives – Sultanate of Maldives Capital: Male
* Manipur – Kingdom of Manipur Capital: Imphal
* Massina – Massina Empire Capital: Hamdullahi
* Matabeleland – Matabele Kingdom (from 1837) Capital: Bulawayo
* Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Capital: Schwerin
* Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Capital: Neustrelitz
* → Mexico Capital: Mexico City
** Mexican Republic (to October 23, 1835)
** Centralist Republic (from October 23, 1835)
* Mindanao – Sultanate of Maguindanao Capital: Cotabato City
* Modena – Duchies of Modena and Reggio Capital: Modena
* Moldavia – Principality of Moldavia Capital: Iași
* Monaco – Principality of Monaco Capital: Monaco City
* Montenegro – Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro Capital: Cetinje
* Morocco – Sultanate of Morocco Capital: Fes

### N

* Nassau – Duchy of Nassau Capital: Wiesbaden
* Nepal – Kingdom of Nepal Capital: Kathmandu
* Netherlands Capital: Amsterdam
** United Kingdom of the Netherlands (to April 19, 1839)
** Kingdom of the Netherlands (from April 19, 1839)
* New Granada – Republic of New Granada (from October 20, 1831) Capital: Santa Fé de Bogotá
* Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua (from April 30, 1838) Capital: Managua
* Norway – Kingdom of Norway (in personal union with Sweden) Capital: Oslo

### O

* Oldenburg – Grand Duchy of Oldenburg Capital: Oldenburg
* Ottoman Empire – Sublime Ottoman State Capital: Constantinople
* Ouaddai – Ouaddai Empire Capital: Abeche
* Oyo – Oyo Empire Capital: Oyo Ile

### P

* Pahang – Sultanate of Pahang Capital: Kuantan
* Papal States – States of the Church Capital: Rome
* Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay Capital: Asuncion
* Parma – Duchy of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla Capital: Parma
* Perak – Sultanate of Perak Capital: Ipoh
* Persia – Persian Empire Capital: Tehran
* Peru – Peruvian Republic (to October 28, 1836, from August 25, 1839) Capital: Lima
* Peru, North – Republic of North Peru (from August 11 to October 28, 1836) Capital: Lima
* Peru, South – Republic of South Peru (from March 17 to October 28, 1836) Capital: Tacna
* Peru-Bolivian Confederation (from October 28, 1836 to August 25, 1839) Capital: Tacna
* Poland – Congress Poland during November Uprising (from November 29, 1830 to October 5, 1831)
* Portugal – Kingdom of Portugal Capital: Lisbon
** Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves (to 1834)
** Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves (from 1834)
* Prussia – Kingdom of Prussia Capital: Berlin
* Punjab – Sikh Empire Capital: Lahore

### R

* Rapa Nui – Kingdom of Rapa Nui
* Reuss Elder Line – Principality of Reuss Elder Line Capital: Greiz
* Reuss Junior Line – Principality of Reuss Junior Line Capital: Gera
* Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf – Principality of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf Capital: Ebersdorf
* Russia – Russian Empire Capital: St. Petersburg
* Rwanda – Kingdom of Rwanda Capital: Nyanza, Rwanda
* Ryūkyū Kingdom – Kingdom of Ryūkyū Capital: Shuri

### S

* Samoa – Kingdom of Samoa Capital: Apia
* San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino Capital: San Marino
* Sardinia – Kingdom of Sardinia Capital: Turin
* Saxe-Altenburg – Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg Capital: Altenburg
* Saxe-Coburg-Gotha – Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Capital: Coburg, Gotha
* Saxe-Meiningen – Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen Capital: Meiningen
* Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Capital: Weimar
* Saxony – Kingdom of Saxony Capital: Dresden
* Schaumburg-Lippe – Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe Capital: Bückeburg
* Schleswig – Duchy of Schleswig Capital: Schleswig, Flensburg, Copenhagen
* Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Capital: Rudolstadt
* Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Capital: Sondershausen
* Selangor – Sultanate of Selangor Capital: Shah Alam
* Serbia – Principality of Serbia Capital: Belgrade, Kragujevac (to 1838)
* Siam – Kingdom of Siam Capital: Bangkok
* Sikkim – Chogyalate of Sikkim Capital: Gangtok
* Sokoto – Sokoto Caliphate Capital: Sokoto
* Spain – Kingdom of Spain Capital: Madrid
* Sulu – Sultanate of Sulu Capital: Astana Putih
* Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden (in personal union with Norway) Capital: Stockholm
* Switzerland – Swiss Confederation Capital: Bern

### T

* Tahiti – Kingdom of Tahiti Capital: Papeete
* Tonga – Tu'i Tonga Capital: Nuku'alofa
* Toro – Toro Kingdom
* Toucouleur – Toucouleur Empire Capital: Segou
* Tuscany – Grand Duchy of Tuscany Capital: Florence
* Two Sicilies – Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Capital: Naples

### U

* United Kingdom – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Capital: London
* United States – United States of America Capital: Washington D.C.
* United States of the Ionian Islands – United States of the Ionian Islands Capital: Corfu
* Uruguay – Eastern Republic of Uruguay Capital: Montevideo

### V

* Venezuela – State of Venezuela (from January 13, 1830) Capital: Caracas

### W

* → Waldeck-Pyrmont – Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont Capital: Arolsen
* Welayta – Kingdom of Welayta Capital: Sodo
* Württemberg – Kingdom of Württemberg Capital: Stuttgart

### Z

* Zululand – Kingdom of the Zulus Capital: kwaBulawayo, umGungundlovu, Ulundi

## States claiming sovereignty

* Aceh – Sultanate of Aceh
* Goust – Republic of Goust
* Greece – Hellenic Republic (to June 18, 1832)
* Natalia – Natalia Republic (from October 12, 1839) Capital: Pietermaritzburg
* Republic of Indian Stream – Republic of Indian Stream (from July 9 to 1835)
* Muskogee – State of Muskogee (to 1832)
* Riograndense Republic (from September 11, 1836)
* Soran – Soran Emirate (to 1835)
* Tavolara – Kingdom of Tavolara (from 1836)
* Texas – Republic of Texas, from March 2, 1836 (several capitals). Sovereignty disputed by Mexico.