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 
*  →  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