List of countries in the 1860s

Sovereign states

A
 Afghanistan – Emirate of Afghanistan
  →  Andorra – Principality of Andorra
  Anhalt – Duchy of Anhalt 
  Anhalt-Bernburg – Duchy of Anhalt-Bernburg 
  Anhalt-Dessau – Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau 
  Ankole – Kingdom of Ankole
  Annam – Empire of Annam
 Anziku – Anziku Kingdom
  → 
 Argentine Confederation 
 Argentine Republic 
 Aro – Aro Confederacy
  – Asante Union
  →  Austria / Austria-Hungary
 Austrian Empire 
 Austro-Hungarian Empire 

B
  – Grand Duchy of Baden
 Baguirmi – Kingdom of Baguirmi
 Bambara – Bambara Empire
 Baol – Kingdom of Baol
 Basutoland – Kingdom of Basutoland 
  – Kingdom of Bavaria
  – Kingdom of Belgium
  – Benin Empire
 Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan
  – Bolivian Republic
  Bora Bora – Kingdom of Bora Bora
 Bornu – Bornu Empire
  – Empire of Brazil
  – Free Hanseatic City of Bremen 
  – Sultanate of Brunei
  – Duchy of Brunswick 
  Buganda – Kingdom of Buganda
  Bukhara – Emirate of Bukhara
  Bunyoro – Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara
  Burma – Kingdom of Burma
 Burundi – Kingdom of Burundi

C
  Cambodia – Kingdom of Cambodia 
  →  Canada – Dominion of Canada 
 Cayor – Kingdom of Cayor
  Central Italy – United Provinces of Central Italy 
  – Republic of Chile
  – Great Qing
  Colombia – United States of Colombia 


  – Republic of Costa Rica
  Couto Misto 

D
 Dahomey – Kingdom of Dahomey
  – Kingdom of Denmark
  →   – Dominican Republic 

E
  →  – Republic of Ecuador
  →  →  El Salvador – El Salvador
  – Ethiopian Empire

F
 Fante – Fante Confederacy 
 Fiji – Tui Viti
  France – Empire of the French
  Frankfurt – Free City of Frankfurt 
 Futa Jallon – Imamate of Futa Jallon
 Futa Toro – Imamate of Futa Toro

G
 Garo – Kingdom of Garo
 Gera – Kingdom of Gera
 Gomma – Kingdom of Gomma
  Granadine Confederation – Granadine Confederation (renamed New Granada on July 18, 1861)
  Greece – Kingdom of Greece
  Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala
 Gumma – Kingdom of Gumma

H
  Ha'il – Emirate of Ha'il
  – Republic of Haiti
  – Free City of Hamburg 
  – Kingdom of Hanover 
  – 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 
  Holstein – Duchy of Holstein 
  – Republic of Honduras
  Huahine – Kingdom of Huahine

I
  Italy – Kingdom of Italy 

J
 Janjero – Kingdom of Janjero
  Japan
 Tokugawa shogunate 
 Empire of Japan 
 Jimma – Kingdom of Jimma
  Johor – Sultanate of Johor
  – Jolof Kingdom

K
 Kaabu – Kingdom of Kaabu 
 Kabulistan – Kingdom of Kabul
 Kaffa – Kingdom of Kaffa
  Kashgaria – Kingdom of Kashgaria 
 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 
 Loango – Kingdom of Loango
 Luba – Luba Empire
  Lübeck – Free City of Lübeck (Lubeck) 
 Lunda – Lunda Empire
  – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

M
  Maldives – Sultanate of Maldives
 Manipur – Kingdom of Manipur
 Massina – Massina Empire 
 Matabeleland – Matabele Kingdom
  Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 
  Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 
  →  → 
 Republic of Mexico 
 Mexican Empire 
 United Mexican States 
 Mindanao – Sultanate of Maguindanao
  – Principality of Monaco
  Montenegro – Principality of Montenegro
  – Sultanate of Morocco
  Muscat and Oman – Sultanate of Muscat and Oman

N
  Nassau – Duchy of Nassau 
  Negeri Sembilan – Negeri Sembilan
  Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal
  – Kingdom of The Netherlands
  New Granada – United States of New Granada 
  Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua
  North German Confederation – North German Confederation 
  Norway – Kingdom of Norway (in personal union with Sweden)

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
  Perak – Sultanate of Perak
  Persia – Persian Empire
  – Peruvian Republic
  Portugal – Kingdom of Portugal
  – Kingdom of Prussia 

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 
  Romania - United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
  – Russian Empire
 Rwanda – Kingdom of Rwanda
  – Kingdom of Ryūkyū

S
 Samoa – Kingdom of Samoa
  →  – 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-Lauenburg – Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg, also Duchy of Lauenburg
  Saxe-Meiningen – Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen 
  Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 
  Saxony – 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
  – 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
  →  – 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 
 United States of Venezuela 

W
  Waldeck-Pyrmont – Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont 
 Welayta – Kingdom of Welayta
  – Kingdom of Württemberg

Y
 Yeke – Yeke Kingdom

Z
  – Sultanate of Zanzibar 
 Zululand – Kingdom of the Zulus

Non-sovereign territories
United Kingdom
  – Cape of Good Hope

States claiming sovereignty
  Aceh – Sultanate of Aceh
  Alabama – Republic of Alabama (from January 11 to February 4, 1861)
  Araucanía and Patagonia – Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia (from November 17, 1860)
 Arkansas – Republic of Arkansas (from May 6 to May 18, 1861)
  Buenos Aires – State of Buenos Aires
  →  →  →  →  →  – Confederate States of America (from February 4, 1861 to May 5, 1865)
  Cuba – Republic of Cuba (from October 10, 1868)
 Ezo – Republic of Ezo (from December 15, 1868 to June 27, 1869)
  Florida – Republic of Florida (from January 10 to February 4, 1861)
 Goust – Republic of Goust
  Louisiana – Republic of Louisiana (from January 26 to February 4, 1861)
  Mindanao – Sultanate of Maguindanao
  – Republic of Manitobah (from June 1867 to 1868)
  – Republic of Mississippi (from January 9 to February 1, 1861)
  North Carolina – Republic of North Carolina (from May 20 to May 21, 1861)
  Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth (from January 22, 1863 to June 18, 1864)
  →  South Carolina – Republic of South Carolina (from December 20, 1860 to February 8, 1861)
 Taiping Heavenly Kingdom - Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace (to July 1864)
  Tennessee - Republic of Tennessee (from June 8 to July 2, 1861)
  Tavolara – Kingdom of Tavolara
  Texas – Republic of Texas (from February 1 to March 2, 1861)
  Virginia – Republic of Virginia (from April 17 to May 7, 1861)

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