List of countries in the 1870s

Sovereign states
A
Andorra - Principality of Andorra
Ankole - Kingdom of Ankole
Annam - Empire of Annam
Anziku - Anziku Kingdom (to 1875)
- Argentine Republic
Aro - Aro Confederacy
- Asante Union
- Austro-Hungarian Empire
Afghanistan - Emirate of Afghanistan
B
- Grand Duchy of Baden (to January 18, 1871)
Baguirmi - Kingdom of Baguirmi
Baol - Kingdom of Baol
- Kingdom of Bavaria (to January 18, 1871)
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Benin Empire
Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan
- Republic of Bolivia
Bora Bora - Kingdom of Bora Bora
Bornu - Bornu Empire
- Empire of Brazil
- Sultanate of Brunei
Buganda - Kingdom of Buganda
Bulgaria - Principality of Bulgaria (from 1878)
Bukhara - Emirate of Bukhara (to 1873)
Bunyoro - Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara
Burma - Kingdom of Burma
Burundi - Kingdom of Burundi
C
- Dominion of Canada
Cayor - Kingdom of Cayor (to 1879)
- Republic of Chile
- Great Qing Empire
Colombia - United States of Colombia
Cook Islands Rarotonga
- Republic of Costa Rica
D
Dahomey - Kingdom of Dahomey
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Dominican Republic
E
- Republic of Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Ethiopian Empire
F
Fante - Fante Confederacy (to 1874)
Fiji - Kingdom of Fiji (to October 10, 1874)
France
Empire of the French (to September 4, 1870)
French Republic (from September 4, 1870)
Futa Jallon - Imamate of Futa Jallon
Futa Toro - Imamate of Futa Toro
G
Garo - Kingdom of Garo
Gera - Kingdom of Gera
- German Empire (from January 18, 1871)
Gomma - Kingdom of Gomma
Greece - Kingdom of Greece
- Guatemala - Republic of Guatemala
Gumma - Kingdom of Gumma
H
Ha'il - Emirate of Ha'il
- Republic of Haiti
- Kingdom of Hawaii
Hesse-Darmstadt - Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine (to January 18, 1871)
- Republic of Honduras
Huahine - Kingdom of Huahine
I
Italy - Kingdom of Italy
J
Janjero - Kingdom of Janjero
- Empire of Japan
Jimma - Kingdom of Jimma
Johor - Sultanate of Johor
- Jolof Kingdom
K
Kabulistan - Kingdom of Kabul (to October 12, 1879)
Kaffa - Kingdom of Kaffa
Kashgaria - Kingdom of Kashgaria (to December 28, 1877)
Kenedougou - Kenedougou Kingdom
Khasso - Kingdom of Khasso
Khiva - Khanate of Khiva (to August 12, 1873)
Kokand - Khanate of Kokand (to February 19, 1876)
Kong - Kong Empire
Kongo - Kingdom of Kongo
Korea - Kingdom of Joseon
Koya Temne - Kingdom of Koya
L
- Republic of Liberia
- Principality of Liechtenstein
Limmu-Ennarea - Kingdom of Limmu-Ennarea
Loango - Kingdom of Loango
Luba - Luba Empire
Lunda - Lunda Empire
- Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
M
Maldives - Sultanate of Maldives
Manipur - Kingdom of Manipur
Matabeleland - Matabele Kingdom
- United Mexican States
- Principality of Monaco
- Principality of Montenegro
- Sultanate of Morocco
Muscat and Oman - Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (to 1870 and from January 30, 1871)
N
Negeri Sembilan - Negeri Sembilan
Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal
- Kingdom of The Netherlands
- Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua
North German Confederation - North German Confederation (to January 18, 1871)
Norway - Kingdom of Norway (in personal union with Sweden)
O
Oman - Imamate of Oman (from 1870 [renamed Muscat and Oman on January 30, 1871])
- Sublime Ottoman State
Ouaddai - Ouaddai Empire
Oyo - Oyo Empire
P
Pahang - Sultanate of Pahang
- States of the Church (to September 20, 1870)
- Republic of Paraguay
Perak - Sultanate of Perak (to January 20, 1874)
Persia - Persian Empire
- Peruvian Republic
Portugal - Kingdom of Portugal
R
Raiatea - Kingdom of Raiatea
Rapa Nui - Kingdom of Rapa Nui
Rarotonga - Kingdom of Rarotonga
Romania - United Principalities of Romania (from 1878)
- Russian Empire
Rwanda - Kingdom of Rwanda
- Kingdom of Ryukyu (to March 13, 1879)
S
Samoa - Kingdom of Samoa
- Most Serene Republic of San Marino
- - Kingdom of Sarawak
Selangor - Sultanate of Selangor
Serbia - Principality of Serbia (from 1878
- Kingdom of Siam
Sikkim - Chogyalate of Sikkim
Sokoto - Sokoto Caliphate
South African Republic Transvaal
- - Spain
Kingdom of Spain (to February 11, 1873)
Spanish Republic (from February 11, 1873 to December 29, 1874)
Kingdom of Spain (from December 29, 1874)
- Sulu - Sultanate of Sulu
- Kingdom of Sweden (in personal union with Norway)
- Swiss Confederation
T
Tahiti - Kingdom of Tahiti
Tonga - Kingdom of Tonga
Toro - Toro Kingdom (to 1876)
Toucouleur - Toucouleur Empire
- - - South African Republic (to April 12, 1877)
Tunis - Beylik of Tunis (from October 25, 1871)
U
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- - United States of America
- Eastern Republic of Uruguay
V
- United States of Venezuela
W
Wassoulou - Wassoulou Empire (from 1878)
Welayta - Kingdom of Welayta
- Kingdom of Wurttemberg (to January 18, 1871)
Y
Yeke - Yeke Kingdom
Z
- Sultanate of Zanzibar
Zululand - Kingdom of the Zulus (to July 4, 1879)
Non-sovereign territories
United Kingdom
- - Cape of Good Hope
States claiming sovereignty
Aceh - Sultanate of Aceh
Cuba - Republic of Cuba
Goust - Republic of Goust
Lado - Lado District
Mindanao - Sultanate of Maguindanao
Paris - Paris Commune
Tavolara - Kingdom of Tavolara
Lists of countries in the 19th century