List of countries in the 1880s

Sovereign states

A
  Andorra – Principality of Andorra
  Ankole – Kingdom of Ankole
  – Argentine Republic
 Aro – Aro Confederacy
  – Asante Union
  – Austro-Hungarian Empire
 Azande Empire
 Annam
 Afghanistan

B
 Baguirmi – Kingdom of Baguirmi
  – Kingdom of Belgium
  – Benin Empire
 Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan
  – Republic of Bolivia
  Bora Bora – Kingdom of Bora Bora
  Bornu – Bornu Empire
  →  → 
 Empire of Brazil (to November 15, 1889)
 Republic of the United States of Brazil (from November 15, 1889)
  – Sultanate of Brunei
  Buganda – Kingdom of Buganda
  Bulgaria – Principality of Bulgaria
  Bunyoro – Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara
  Burma – Kingdom of Burma (to 1885)
 Burundi – Kingdom of Burundi (to November 8, 1884)
 Kingdom of Bali

C
  – Dominion of Canada
  – Republic of Chile
  →  – Great Qing
  Colombia
 United States of Colombia (to 1886)
 Republic of Colombia (from 1886)
  – Congo Free State (from July 1, 1885)
Cook Islands  Rarotonga
  – Republic of Costa Rica
 State of Chitral
 [independent in all but name] Chukchi
 Kingdom of Champasak
 Chokwe Kingdom

D
 Dahomey – Kingdom of Dahomey
  Dai Nam – Dai Nam Realm (to August 25, 1883)
  – Kingdom of Denmark
  – Dominican Republic

E
  – Republic of Ecuador
  El Salvador – El Salvador
  – Ethiopian Empire
 Eastern Bolivian Guarani (Chiriguanos)Apiaguaiki Tumpa Battle of Kuruyuki.

F
  France – French Republic
  Futa Jallon – Imamate of Futa Jallon
 Futa Toro – Imamate of Futa Toro

G
 Garo – Kingdom of Garo (to 1883)
 Gera – Kingdom of Gera (to 1887)
  – German Empire
 Gomma – Kingdom of Gomma (to 1886)
  Goshen – State of Goshen (from October 24, 1882 to August 6, 1883)
  Greece – Kingdom of Greece
  Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala
 Gumma – Kingdom of Gumma (to 1885)
 Gaza Empire
 Geledi Sultanate
 Gyaman

H
  Ha'il – Emirate of Ha'il
  – Republic of Haiti
 –Emirate of Harar
  Hawaii – Kingdom of Hawaii
  – Republic of Honduras
  Huahine – Kingdom of Huahine
 Hunza

I
  Italy – Kingdom of Italy

J
 Janjero – Kingdom of Janjero
  – Empire of Japan
 Jimma – Kingdom of Jimma (to 1884)
  Johor – Sultanate of Johor (to December 11, 1885)
  – Jolof Kingdom (to 1889)
 Jarawa tribe

K
 Kaffa – Kingdom of Kaffa
 Kénédougou – Kénédougou Kingdom
 Khasso – Kingdom of Khasso (to 1880)
 Kong – Kong Empire
  Kongo – Kingdom of Kongo
  →  →  →  →  →  →  Korea – Kingdom of Great Joseon
 Koya Temne – Kingdom of Koya
 Kakongo

L
  – Republic of Liberia
  – Principality of Liechtenstein
 Limmu-Ennarea – Kingdom of Limmu-Ennarea
 Loango – Kingdom of Loango (to 1883)
 Luba – Luba Empire (to 1889)
 Lunda – Lunda Empire (to 1887)
  – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

M
  Maldives – Sultanate of Maldives (to 1887)
 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
 Mbunda Kingdom
 Neutral Moresnet

N
  Negeri Sembilan – Negeri Sembilan
  Nepal – Kingdom of Nepal
  – Kingdom of The Netherlands
  →  Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua
  Norway – Kingdom of Norway (in personal union with Sweden)
 Nagar

O

  – Sublime Ottoman State
 Ouaddai – Ouaddai Empire
 Oyo – Oyo Empire

P
  Pahang – Sultanate of Pahang (to 1888)
  – Republic of Paraguay
  Persia – Sublime State of Persia
  – Peruvian Republic
  Portugal – Kingdom of Portugal
 Pohnpei

R
  →  Raiatea – Kingdom of Raiatea (to 19 March 1888)
  Rapa Nui – Kingdom of Rapa Nui (to September 9, 1888)
  Rarotonga – Kingdom of Rarotonga (to 1888)
  Romania
 United Principalities of Romania (to March 15, 1881)
 Kingdom of Romania (from March 15, 1881)
  →  Russia – Russian Empire
 Rumbati kingdom of West Papua
 Red Nation
 Republic of Independent Guiana

S
 Samoa – Kingdom of Samoa
  – Most Serene Republic of San Marino
  – Kingdom of Sarawak
  Selangor – Sultanate of Selangor
  →  Serbia
 Principality of Serbia (to March 6, 1882)
 Kingdom of Serbia (from March 6, 1882)
  – Kingdom of Siam
 Sikkim – Chogyalate of Sikkim
  Sokoto – Sokoto Caliphate
  Spain – Kingdom of Spain
  Sulu – Sultanate of Sulu
  – Kingdom of Sweden (in personal union with Norway)
  – Swiss Confederation
 Swat
 Saloum
 Senussi Order

T
  Tahiti – Kingdom of Tahiti (to June 29, 1880)
  – Kingdom of Tonga
 Toucouleur – Toucouleur Empire
  Tunis – Beylik of Tunis

U
  – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
  – United States of America
  – Eastern Republic of Uruguay

V
  – United States of Venezuela
 Prisoner in the Vatican

W
  Wassoulou – Wassoulou Empire
 Welayta – Kingdom of Welayta
 Wangkathaa peoples
 Sultanate of Wadai

Y
 Yeke – Yeke Kingdom

Z
  – Sultanate of Zanzibar (to February 17, 1885)
  – Kingdom of Zulu (to 1887)

States claiming sovereignty
  Aceh – Sultanate of Aceh
  Cuba – Republic of Cuba
  Franceville – Independent Commune of Franceville (from August 9, 1889)
 Goust – Republic of Goust
  Mindanao – Sultanate of Maguindanao
  →  Stellaland – Republic of Stellaland (from July 26, 1882 to September 30, 1885)
  – South African Republic (from August 3, 1881)

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