List of countries in the 1850s

Sovereign states
A
Afghanistan -
-
Angoche -
Anhalt-Bernburg -
Anhalt-Dessau -
Ankole -
Annam -
Anziku -
-
Aro -
-
Aussa -
-
B
-
Baguirmi - Kingdom of Baguirmi
Bamana - Bambara Empire
Baol - Kingdom of Baol
Barotseland -
Basutoland - Kingdom of Basutoland
Bate Empire - Bate Empire
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Benin Empire
Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan
Bohemia - Kingdom of Bohemia
- Bolivia - Bolivian Republic
Bora Bora - Kingdom of Bora Bora
Bornu - Bornu Empire
-
-
British India - Indian Empire
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Duchy of Brunswick
Buganda - Kingdom of Buganda
Bukhara - Emirate of Bukhara
Bundu - State of Bundu
Bunyoro - Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara
Burma - Kingdom of Burma
Burundi - Kingdom of Burundi
C
Cambodia - Kingdom of Cambodia
Cayor - Kingdom of Cayor
Central Italy - United Provinces of Central Italy
- Republic of Chile
China - Great Qing Empire
Cook Islands Rarotonga
- Republic of Costa Rica
Couto Misto
Croatia - Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)
D
Dahomey - Kingdom of Dahomey
Dendi - Dendi Kingdom
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Dominican Republic
E
- Republic of Ecuador
El Salvador - El Salvador
- Ethiopian Empire
F
Fiji - Tui Viti
Finland - Grand Duchy of Finland
France
French Republic
French Empire
Frankfurt - Free City of Frankfurt
Futa Jallon - Imamate of Futa Jallon
Futa Toro - Imamate of Futa Toro
G
Garhwal - Garhwal Kingdom
Garo - Kingdom of Garo
Gaza - Gaza Empire
Gera - Kingdom of Gera
Gomma - Kingdom of Gomma
Granadine Confederation - Granadine Confederation
Greece - Kingdom of Greece
- - Guatemala - Republic of Guatemala
Gumma - Kingdom of Gumma
Gyaaman - State of Gyaaman
H
Ha'il - Emirate of Ha'il
- Haiti
Empire of Haiti
Republic of Haiti
- Free city of Hamburg
- Kingdom of Hanover
Hawaii - Kingdom of Hawaii
Hesse-Darmstadt - Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine
Hesse-Homburg - Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg
Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) - Electorate of Hesse
Hohenzollern-Hechingen - Principality of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen - Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Holstein - Duchy of Holstein
- Republic of Honduras
Huahine - Kingdom of Huahine
Hungary - Kingdom of Hungary
Huraa - Huraa dynasty
(princely state of British India)
J
Janjero - Kingdom of Janjero
Japan - Tokugawa shogunate
Jimma - Kingdom of Jimma
Johor - Johor Sultanate
- Jolof Kingdom
K
Kaabu - Kingdom of Kaabu
Kabulistan - Kingdom of Kabul
Kaffa - Kingdom of Kaffa
Kathiri - Kathiri Sultanate of Seiyun in Hadramaut
Kenedougou - Kenedougou Kingdom
Khasso - Kingdom of Khasso
Khiva - Khanate of Khiva
Kokand - Khanate of Kokand
Kong - Kong Empire
Kongo - Kingdom of Kongo
- Korea - Kingdom of Great Joseon
Koya Temne - Kingdom of Koya
L
- Republic of Liberia
- - Principality of Liechtenstein
Limburg - Duchy of Limburg
Limmu-Ennarea - Kingdom of Limmu-Ennarea
Lippe - Principality of Lippe-Detmoldt
Loango - Kingdom of Loango
Lombardy-Venetia - Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia
Luba - Luba Empire
Lubeck - Free City of Lubeck
Lunda - Lunda Empire
- Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
M
Maldives - Sultanate of Maldives
Mangareva - Kingdom of Mangareva
Manipur - Kingdom of Manipur
Maryland - State of Maryland in Africa
Massina - Massina Empire
Matabeleland - Matabele Kingdom
Mecklenburg-Schwerin - Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mecklenburg-Strelitz - Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Republic of Mexico
Mindanao - Sultanate of Maguindanao
Modena - Duchies of Modena and Reggio
Moldavia - Principality of Moldavia
- Principality of Monaco
- Montenegro
Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro
Principality of Montenegro
- Sultanate of Morocco
Muscat and Oman - Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
N
Nassau - Duchy of Nassau
Negeri Sembilan - Negeri Sembilan
Nejd - Emirate of Nejd
Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
New Granada - Republic of New Granada (renamed Granadine Confederation on May 22, 1858)
- - Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua
Norway - Kingdom of Norway (in personal union with Sweden)
Nri - Kingdom of Nri
O
Oldenburg - Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
- Republic of Orange Free State
- Sublime Ottoman State
Ouaddai - Ouaddai Empire
Oyo - Oyo Empire
P
Pahang - Sultanate of Pahang
- States of the Church
- Republic of Paraguay
- Duchy of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla
Perak - Sultanate of Perak
Persia - Sublime State of Persia
- Peruvian Republic
Portugal - Kingdom of Portugal
- Kingdom of Prussia
Q
Qu'aiti - Qu'aiti Sultanate of Shihr and Muqalla in Hadramaut
R
Raiatea - Kingdom of Raiatea
Rapa Nui - Kingdom of Rapa Nui
Rarotonga - Kingdom of Rarotonga
Reuss Elder Line - Principality of Reuss Elder Line
Reuss Junior Line - Principality of Reuss Junior Line
- - Russian Empire
Rwanda - Kingdom of Rwanda
- Kingdom of Ryukyu
S
Samoa - Kingdom of Samoa
San Marino - Most Serene Republic of San Marino
- Kingdom of Sarawak
- Kingdom of Sardinia
Saxe-Altenburg - Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha - Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Saxe-Meiningen - Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach - Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Kingdom of Saxony
Schaumburg-Lippe - Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe
Schleswig - Duchy of Schleswig
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt - Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen - Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Selangor - Sultanate of Selangor
Serbia - Principality of Serbia
- Kingdom of Siam
Sikkim - Chogyalate of Sikkim
Sokoto - Sokoto Caliphate
South African Republic Transvaal
- Kingdom of Spain
Sulu - Sultanate of Sulu
- Kingdom of Sweden (in personal union with Norway)
- Swiss Confederation
T
Tahiti - Kingdom of Tahiti
Tonga - Tu'i Tonga
Toro - Toro Kingdom
Toucouleur - Toucouleur Empire
- South African Republic
Tuscany - Grand Duchy of Tuscany
- Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
U
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- - United States of America
United States of the Ionian Islands - United States of the Ionian Islands
- Eastern Republic of Uruguay
V
- - - Republic of Venezuela
W
Waldeck-Pyrmont - Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Welayta - Kingdom of Welayta
- Kingdom of Wurttemberg
Y
Yeke - Yeke Kingdom
Z
Zululand - Sublime State of Persia
Non-sovereign territories
Oldenburg
Lordship of In- and Kniphausen, protectorate of Oldenburg to 1854.