# List of countries by date of recognition of the United States

This is a list of nations by when they recognized the United States.

## List

| State | Date | Notes |
| Morocco | June 23, 1777 | Morocco implicitly recognized the United States in 1777, after Sultan Mohammed III signed a decree granting American ships protection and free access to Moroccan ports. The Sultan previously expressed his desire to be a "friend of the Americans". Morocco formally recognized the United States on June 23, 1786, when a treaty of peace and friendship was signed. |
| France | February 6, 1778 | Treaty of peace and trade signed by the Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes on the behalf of King Louis XVI. Louis XVI previously stated that he recognized the sovereignty of the United States on December 6, 1777 but he had not signed the treaty. |
| The Netherlands | April 19, 1782 | The first official acknowledgement of the sovereignty of the United States of America was on November 16, 1776, when the first foreign salute was given to the American Flag. The gun salute was given to the vessel USS Andrew Doria in Fort Orange on the Dutch island of St. Eustatius. This event is known as the 'first salute' |
| Portugal | February 15, 1783 | Diplomatic relations only began in 1791 following the Revolutionary War. |
| Spain | February 20, 1783 | On September 4, 1776, Luis de Unzaga y Amézaga recognised the United States as a nation in his correspondence with General Lee, addressing him with the title "General of the United States of America". This term was transmitted to Joseph Reed and George Washington. |
| Sweden | April 3, 1783 | Officially in 1783 with "The Swedish-American Treaty of Amity and Commerce". Unofficially the Swedish king Gustav III was the first head of state to recognise USA in 1777 and expressed his excitement about "this new republic" in October 1786. |
| Ragusa | July 7, 1783 | de facto recognition |
| Venice | August 1783 | |
| Great Britain | September 3, 1783 | Signing of the Treaty of Paris of 1783, ending the American Revolutionary War and recognizing U.S. independence. |
| Papal States | December 15, 1784 | |
| Prussia | September 18, 1785 | |
| Mysore | 11 June, 1788 | Thomas Jefferson's letter to Robert Montgomer recognizes relations the embassy of Tipu Sultan. |
| Hamburg | June 17, 1790 | |
| Genoa | October 25, 1791 | |
| Denmark-Norway | June 9, 1792 | |
| Bremen | May 28, 1794 | |
| Tuscany | May 29, 1794 | Exact date of recognition unknown, but occurred between May 29, 1794 and December 7, 1796. |
| Tunisia | March 28, 1795 | Some time in mid-1795. |
| Algeria | September, 1795 | September 5, 1795. |
| Naples | May 20, 1796 | |
| Tripolitania | November 4, 1796 | |
| Austria | 1797 | Month and day unspecified |
| Piedmont-Sardinia | 1802 | Month and day unspecified |
| Russian Empire | October 28, 1803 | |
| Mecklenburg-Schwerin | January 22, 1816 | |
| Gran Colombia | June 19, 1822 | As ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary on behalf of Gran Colombia Credentials are presented by Manuel Torres who established diplomatic relations with the United States and in turn is received as the first ambassador of Colombia by U.S. President James Monroe on June 19, 1822. This act represented the first U.S. recognition of a former Spanish colony's independence. |
| Mexico | December 12, 1822 | |
| Württemberg | November 21, 1825 | |
| Hawaii | December 23, 1826 | |
| Hesse | May 14, 1829 | |
| Switzerland | November 30, 1829 | |
| Oldenburg | December 2, 1829 | |
| Hanover | January 8, 1830 | |
| Ottoman Empire | February 11, 1830 | |
| Baden | July 13, 1832 | |
| Bavaria | July 4, 1833 | |
| Oman | September 21, 1833 | |
| Republic of Texas | March 3, 1837 | |
| China | June 16, 1844 | |
| Nassau | May 27, 1846 | |
| Brunswick | April 5, 1848 | |
| Parma | June 1850 | |
| Iran | June 28, 1850 | |
| Schaumburg-Lippe | June 16, 1852 | |
| Mecklenburg-Strelitz | December 2, 1853 | |
| Japan | March 31, 1854 | Perry Expedition |
| Ryukyu | July 11, 1854 | |
| Italy | April 11, 1861 | |
| Orange Free State | December 22, 1871 | |
| Serbia | October 14, 1881 | |
| Korea | May 22, 1882 | |
| Abyssinia (Ethiopia) | December 27, 1903 | |
| Montenegro | October 30, 1905 | |
| Yugoslavia | February 10, 1919 | |
| Poland | May 2, 1919 | |
| Afghanistan | July 26, 1921 | |
| Albania | July 28, 1922 | |
| Canada | February 18, 1927 | |
| South Africa | November 5, 1929 | |
| Iraq | January 9, 1930 | |
| Soviet Union | November 16, 1933 | |
| Philippines | July 4, 1946 | |
| Pakistan | August 15, 1947 | |
| South Korea | January 1, 1949 | |
| Taiwan | December 19, 1949 | |
| South Vietnam | February 7, 1950 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | April 7, 1992 | |
| Slovenia | April 7, 1992 | |
| North Macedonia | February 9, 1994 | |
| Vietnam | January 28, 1995 | |
| Serbia and Montenegro | November 12, 2000 | |
| East Timor | May 20, 2002 | |
| Kosovo | February 18, 2008 | |
| South Sudan | July 9, 2011 | |
| Cook Islands | September 25, 2023 | |
| Niue | September 25, 2023 | |