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)
 Kénédougou – Kénédougou 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 Ryūkyū (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 Württemberg (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

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