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