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
 Baté Empire – Baté 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
 Kénédougou – Kénédougou 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 Africaofficial name in quotes near bottom of page  
 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 Ryūkyū

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 Württemberg

Y
  Yeke – Yeke Kingdom 

Z
 Zululand – Sublime State of Persia
Non-sovereign territories
Oldenburg
  Lordship of In- and Kniphausen, protectorate of Oldenburg to 1854.

United Kingdom
  – Cape of Good Hope

States claiming sovereignty
  Aceh – Sultanate of Aceh
  Germany – German Empire 
 Goust – Republic of Goust
  State of Buenos Aires 
  Taiping Heavenly Kingdom - Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace 
  Tavolara – Kingdom of Tavolara

References

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