# List of sovereign states in the 1840s

"none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]] This is a list of sovereign states in the 1840s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1840 and 31 December 1849. 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

* Abdelkader – Emirate of Abdelkader (to 1847) Capital: Tagdemt
* 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 – Argentine Confederation Capital: Buenos Aires
* 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 Capital: Brussels
* Benin – Benin Empire 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
* Chile – Republic of Chile Capital: Santiago
* China – Great Qing Empire Capital: Beijing
* Comancheria
* Costa Rica Capital: San Jose
** Free State of Costa Rica (to August 31, 1847)
** Republic of Costa Rica (from August 31, 1848)

### D

* Dahomey – Kingdom of Dahomey Capital: Abomey
* Dar al Kuti – Sultanate of Dar Al Kuti Capital: N'Délé
* Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark Capital: Copenhagen
* → Dominican Republic – Dominican Republic (from February 27, 1844) Capital: Santo Domingo

### E

* Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador Capital: Quito
* El Salvador – El Salvador Capital: San Salvador
* Ethiopia – Ethiopian Empire Capital: Addis Ababa

### F

* Fiji – Tui Viti Capital: Suva
* → → France Capital: Paris
** Kingdom of France (to February 23, 1848)
** French Republic (from February 23, 1848)
* 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
* Greece – Kingdom of Greece Capital: Athens
* → Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala Capital: Guatemala City
* Gumma – Kingdom of Gumma

### H

* → Haiti Capital: Port-au-Prince
** Republic of Haiti (to August 26, 1849)
** Empire of Haiti (from August 26, 1849)
* Hamburg – Free city of Hamburg Capital: 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
* Holstein – Duchy of Holstein Capital: Glückstadt
* Honduras – Republic of Honduras Capital: Tegucigalpa
* Hyderabad State – State of Hyderabad Capital: Hyderabad

### J

* Jabal Shammar – Emirate of Jabal Shammar 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

### 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: Médine
* 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 Great Joseon Capital: Hanseong
* Koya Temne – Kingdom of Koya Capital: Cape Mount

### L

* Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein Capital: Vaduz
* Limburg – Duchy of Limburg
* Limmu-Ennarea – Kingdom of Limmu-Ennarea Capital: Saqqa
* Lippe – Principality of Lippe-Detmoldt Capital: Detmold
* Loango – Kingdom of Loango Capital: Buali
* Luba – Luba Empire Capital: Mwibele
* 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 Capital: Bulawayo
* Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Capital: Schwerin
* Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Capital: Neustrelitz
* → Mexico Capital: Mexico City
** Centralist Republic (to August 22, 1846)
** Second Federal Republic (from August 22, 1846)
* 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
* Natalia – Natalia Republic Capital: Pietermaritzburg (to May 12, 1843)
* Nepal – Kingdom of Nepal Capital: Kathmandu
* Netherlands – Kingdom of the Netherlands Capital: Amsterdam
* New Granada – Republic of New Granada Capital: Santa Fé de Bogotá
* Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua Capital: Managua
* Norway – Kingdom of Norway (in personal union with Sweden) Capital: Oslo

### O

* Oldenburg – Grand Duchy of Oldenburg Capital: Oldenburg (city)
* → 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 Capital: Lima
** Foundational Period of the Republic (to August 16, 1842)
** Military Anarchy (from August 16, 1842 to April 20, 1845)
** Guano era (from April 20, 1845)
* Portugal – Kingdom of Portugal Capital: Lisbon
* 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
* 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
* Sarawak – Kingdom of Sarawak (from September 24, 1841) Capital: Kuching
* 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
* 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 Capital: Bern
** Swiss Confederation (to September 12, 1848)
** Swiss Confederation (from September 12, 1848)

### 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 – Republic of Venezuela 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 Capital: Kutaraja
* Germany – German Empire (from March 28, 1848) Capital: Frankfurt
* Goust – Republic of Goust Capital: Goust
* Hungary – Hungarian State (from April 14 – August 13, 1849) Capital: Buda
* Riogranda – Riograndense Republic Capital: Piratini
* Rio Grande – Republic of the Rio Grande (from January 17 – November 6, 1840) Capital: Laredo
* Tavolara – Kingdom of Tavolara Capital: Tavolara
* Texas – Republic of Texas Capital: Austin
* Yucátan – Republic of Yucatán (from March 16, 1841) Capital: Mérida