List of countries in the 1840s

This is a list of countries in the 1840s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1840 and 31 December 1849. It contains entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty. It includes widely recognized sovereign states, entities which were de facto sovereign but which were not widely recognized by other states.

Sovereign states

A
  – Principality of Andorra 
  Anhalt-Bernburg – Duchy of Anhalt-Bernburg 
  Anhalt-Dessau – Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau 
  Anhalt-Köthen – Duchy of Anhalt-Köthen 
  Ankole – Kingdom of Ankole
  Annam – Empire of Annam 
 Anziku – Anziku Kingdom 
  – Argentine Confederation 
 Aro – Aro Confederacy 
  – Asante Union 
  – Austrian Empire 

B
 Baden – 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 
  Bolivia – Bolivian Republic  
  Bornu – Bornu Empire 
  – Empire of Brazil 
  Bremen – Free City of Bremen
  Brunei – 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 
 Cayor – Kingdom of Cayor 
 Chile – Republic of Chile 
 China – Great Qing Empire 
 Comancheria
     Costa Rica 
 Free State of Costa Rica 
 Republic of Costa Rica 

D
 Dahomey – Kingdom of Dahomey 
 Dar al Kuti – Sultanate of Dar Al Kuti 
  Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark 
 24px →  Dominican Republic – Dominican Republic  

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

F
 Fiji – Tui Viti 
  →  →   France  
 Kingdom of France 
 French Republic 
  Frankfurt – Free City of Frankfurt 
 Futa Jallon – Imamate of Futa Jallon 
 Futa Toro – Imamate of Futa Toro 

G
 Garo – Kingdom of Garo
 Gomma – Kingdom of Gomma 
  Greece – Kingdom of Greece
  Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala 
 Gumma – Kingdom of Gumma

H
  →  Haiti 
 Republic of Haiti 
 Empire of Haiti 
  – Free city of Hamburg
  Hanover – Kingdom of Hanover 
  →  – Kingdom of Hawaii 
  Hesse-Darmstadt – Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine 
  Hesse-Homburg – Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg 
  Hesse-Kassel – Electorate of Hesse 
  Hohenzollern-Hechingen – Principality of Hohenzollern-Hechingen 
  Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen – Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 
  Holstein – Duchy of Holstein 
  – Republic of Honduras 
  Hyderabad State – State of Hyderabad 

J
  Jabal Shammar – Emirate of Jabal Shammar 
 Janjero – Kingdom of Janjero 
  Japan – Tokugawa shogunate 
 Jimma – Kingdom of Jimma 
 Johor – Johor Sultanate 
  – Jolof Kingdom 

K
 Kaabu – Kingdom of Kaabu 
 Kabul – Emirate of Kabul 
 Kaffa – Kingdom of Kaffa 
 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
  – Principality of Liechtenstein 
  Limburg – Duchy of Limburg
 Limmu-Ennarea – Kingdom of Limmu-Ennarea 
  Lippe – Principality of Lippe-Detmoldt 
  Loango – Kingdom of Loango 
 Luba – Luba Empire
  Lübeck – Free City of Lübeck 
 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 

 Centralist Republic 
 Second Federal Republic 
  Mindanao – Sultanate of Maguindanao 
  Modena – Duchies of Modena and Reggio 
  Moldavia – Principality of Moldavia 
  – Principality of Monaco 
  Montenegro – Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro 
  – Sultanate of Morocco 

N
  Nassau – Duchy of Nassau 
  Natalia – Natalia Republic  
  Nepal – Kingdom of Nepal 
  – Kingdom of the Netherlands 
  New Granada – Republic of New Granada 
  Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua
  Norway – Kingdom of Norway (in personal union with Sweden) 

O
  Oldenburg – Grand Duchy of Oldenburg 
  →  – 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 – Persian Empire 
  Peru – Peruvian Republic  
   Portugal – Kingdom of Portugal 
  – Kingdom of Prussia 
  Punjab – Sikh Empire 

R
 Rapa Nui – Kingdom of Rapa Nui
  Reuss Elder Line – Principality of Reuss Elder Line 
  Reuss Junior Line – Principality of Reuss Junior Line 
  Russia – Russian Empire 
 Rwanda – Kingdom of Rwanda 
  – Kingdom of Ryūkyū 

S
 Samoa – Kingdom of Samoa 
  – Most Serene Republic of San Marino 
  – Kingdom of Sarawak  
  Sardinia – Kingdom of Sardinia 
  Saxe-Altenburg – Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg 
  Saxe-Coburg-Gotha – Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Capital: Coburg, Gotha
  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  Capital: Schleswig, Flensburg, Copenhagen
  Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 
  Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 
  Selangor – Sultanate of Selangor 
  Serbia – Principality of Serbia 
  Siam – Kingdom of Siam 
 Sikkim – Chogyalate of Sikkim 
  Sokoto – Sokoto Caliphate 
  Spain – Kingdom of Spain 
  Sulu – Sultanate of Sulu 
  Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden (in personal union with Norway) 
  Switzerland 
 Swiss Confederation 
 Swiss Confederation 

T
  →  – Kingdom of Tahiti 
 Tonga – Tu'i Tonga 
  Toro – Toro Kingdom
 Toucouleur – Toucouleur Empire 
  Tuscany – Grand Duchy of Tuscany 
  Two Sicilies – 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 
  Württemberg – Kingdom of Württemberg 

Z
 Zululand – Kingdom of the Zulus Capital: kwaBulawayo, umGungundlovu, Ulundi

States claiming sovereignty
  Aceh – Sultanate of Aceh
  Germany – German Empire 
 Goust – Republic of Goust
  Hungary – Hungarian State 
  Riogranda – Riograndense Republic
  Rio Grande – Republic of the Rio Grande 
  Tavolara – Kingdom of Tavolara
  – Republic of Texas
  – Republic of Yucatán 

1840s
Category:1840s