List of countries in the 1850s

## Sovereign states
### A
*  Afghanistan –  
*  –  
* Angoche –  
*  Anhalt-Bernburg –  
*  Anhalt-Dessau –  
*  Ankole –  
*  Annam –  
* Anziku –  
*  –   
* Aro –  
*  –  
* Aussa –  
*  –  

### B
*  –  
* Baguirmi – Kingdom of Baguirmi 
* Bamana – Bambara Empire 
* Baol – Kingdom of Baol 
*  Barotseland – 
* Basutoland – Kingdom of Basutoland
* Baté Empire – Baté Empire 
*  – Kingdom of Bavaria 
*  – Kingdom of Belgium 
*  – Benin Empire 
* Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan 
*  Bohemia – Kingdom of Bohemia 
*  →  Bolivia – Bolivian Republic 
*  Bora Bora – Kingdom of Bora Bora
*  Bornu – Bornu Empire 
*  –  
*  – 
*  British India - Indian Empire 
*  – Sultanate of Brunei
*  – Duchy of Brunswick
*  Buganda – Kingdom of Buganda
*  Bukhara – Emirate of Bukhara
* Bundu - State of Bundu 
*  Bunyoro – Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara
*  Burma – Kingdom of Burma
* Burundi – Kingdom of Burundi

### C
*  Cambodia – Kingdom of Cambodia
* Cayor – Kingdom of Cayor
*  Central Italy – United Provinces of Central Italy 
*  – Republic of Chile
* China – Great Qing Empire
Cook Islands  Rarotonga
*  – Republic of Costa Rica
*  Couto Misto
*  Croatia – Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg) 

### D
* Dahomey – Kingdom of Dahomey
* Dendi – Dendi Kingdom
*  – Kingdom of Denmark
*  – Dominican Republic

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

### F
* Fiji – Tui Viti
* Finland – Grand Duchy of Finland
*  France
** French Republic 
** French Empire 
*  Frankfurt – Free City of Frankfurt
* Futa Jallon – Imamate of Futa Jallon
* Futa Toro – Imamate of Futa Toro

### G
*  Garhwal – Garhwal Kingdom
* Garo – Kingdom of Garo
* Gaza – Gaza Empire
* Gera – Kingdom of Gera
* Gomma – Kingdom of Gomma
*  Granadine Confederation – Granadine Confederation 
*  Greece – Kingdom of Greece
*  →  →  Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala
* Gumma – Kingdom of Gumma
* Gyaaman – State of Gyaaman

### H
*  Ha'il – Emirate of Ha'il
*  →  Haiti
** Empire of Haiti 
** Republic of Haiti 
*  – Free city of Hamburg
*  – Kingdom of Hanover
*  Hawaii – 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
*  Hohenzollern-Hechingen – Principality of Hohenzollern-Hechingen 
*  Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen – Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 
*  Holstein – Duchy of Holstein
*  – Republic of Honduras
*  Huahine – Kingdom of Huahine
*  Hungary – Kingdom of Hungary
*  Huraa – Huraa dynasty
*  (princely state of British India)

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

### K
* Kaabu – Kingdom of Kaabu
* Kabulistan – Kingdom of Kabul 
* Kaffa – Kingdom of Kaffa
*  Kathiri – Kathiri Sultanate of Seiyun in Hadramaut
* 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-Detmoldt
* Loango – Kingdom of Loango
*  Lombardy-Venetia – Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia
* Luba – Luba Empire
*  Lubeck – Free City of Lubeck
* Lunda – Lunda Empire
*  – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

### M
* Maldives – Sultanate of Maldives
*  Mangareva – Kingdom of Mangareva
* Manipur – Kingdom of Manipur
*  Maryland – State of Maryland in Africa 
* Massina – Massina Empire
* Matabeleland – Matabele Kingdom
*  Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
*  Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
*  – Republic of Mexico
* Mindanao – Sultanate of Maguindanao
*  Modena – Duchies of Modena and Reggio
*  Moldavia - Principality of Moldavia
*  – Principality of Monaco
*  →  Montenegro
** Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro 
** Principality of Montenegro 
*  – Sultanate of Morocco
*  Muscat and Oman – Sultanate of Muscat and Oman 

### N
*  Nassau – Duchy of Nassau
*  Negeri Sembilan – Negeri Sembilan
*  Nejd – Emirate of Nejd
*  Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal
*  – Kingdom of the Netherlands
*  New Granada – Republic of New Granada (renamed Granadine Confederation on May 22, 1858)
*  →  →  Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua
*  Norway – Kingdom of Norway (in personal union with Sweden)
* Nri – Kingdom of Nri

### 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
*  – Duchy of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla 
*  Perak – Sultanate of Perak
*  Persia – Sublime State of Persia
*  – Peruvian Republic
*  Portugal – Kingdom of Portugal
*  – Kingdom of Prussia

### Q
*  Qu'aiti – Qu'aiti Sultanate of Shihr and Muqalla in Hadramaut

### 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
*  →  – Russian Empire
* Rwanda – Kingdom of Rwanda
*  – Kingdom of Ryūkyū

### S
* Samoa – Kingdom of Samoa
*  San Marino – 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-Meiningen – Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
*  Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
*  – 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
South African Republic  Transvaal
*  – 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 
*  Tuscany – Grand Duchy of Tuscany
*  – 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
*  – Kingdom of Württemberg

### Y
*  Yeke – Yeke Kingdom 

### Z
* Zululand – Sublime State of Persia
## Non-sovereign territories
### Oldenburg
*  Lordship of In- and Kniphausen, protectorate of Oldenburg to 1854.

### United Kingdom
*  – Cape of Good Hope

## States claiming sovereignty
*  Aceh – Sultanate of Aceh
*  Germany – German Empire 
* Goust – Republic of Goust
*  State of Buenos Aires 
*  Taiping Heavenly Kingdom - Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace 
*  Tavolara – Kingdom of Tavolara

## References