This is a list of sovereign states, giving an overview of states around the world with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty.
The list is divided into two parts. It is arranged alphabetically, and contains 203 entries, as of 2010:
- The internationally recognized sovereign states section lists all 193 widely recognised sovereign states, including all member states of the United Nations, plus Vatican City.
- The other states section lists ten states which have de facto sovereignty or independence, but are not widely recognised diplomatically by other states.
Compiling a list such as this can be a difficult and controversial process, as there is no definition that is binding on all the members of the community of nations concerning the criteria for statehood. For more information on the criteria used to determine the contents of this list, please see the "criteria for inclusion" section below.
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Internationally recognized sovereign states
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Aoģánistán – Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Albania – Republic of Albania
Algeria – People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Andorra – Principality of Andorra
Angola – Republic of Angola
Argentina – Argentine Republic
Armenia – Republic of Armenia
Australia – Commonwealth of Australia
Austria – Republic of Austria
Azerbaijan – Republic of Azerbaijan
Bahamas – Commonwealth of The Bahamas
Bahrain – Kingdom of Bahrain
Bangladesh – People's Republic of Bangladesh
Belarus – Republic of Belarus
Belgium – Kingdom of Belgium
Benin – Republic of Benin
Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan
Bolivia – Plurinational State of Bolivia
Botswana – Republic of Botswana
Brazil – Federative Republic of Brazil
Brunei – State of Brunei, Abode of Peace
Bulgaria – Republic of Bulgaria
Burma – Union of Myanmar
Burundi – Republic of Burundi
Cambodia – Kingdom of Cambodia
Cameroon – Republic of Cameroon
Cape Verde – Republic of Cape Verde
Chad – Republic of Chad
Chile – Republic of Chile
China – People's Republic of China
Colombia – Republic of Colombia
Comoros – Union of the Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Congo-Kinshasa)
Congo, Republic of the (Congo-Brazzaville)
Costa Rica – Republic of Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire – Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Croatia – Republic of Croatia
Cuba – Republic of Cuba
Cyprus – Republic of Cyprus
Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark
- Template:Wp/brh/Country data Faroe Islands (Føroyar/Færøerne)
- Template:Wp/brh/Country data Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat/Grønland)
Djibouti – Republic of Djibouti
Dominica – Commonwealth of Dominica
East Timor – Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador
Egypt – Arab Republic of Egypt
El Salvador – Republic of El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea – Republic of Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea – State of Eritrea
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Estonia – Republic of Estonia
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Ethiopia – Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Fiji – Republic of the Fiji Islands
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Finland – Republic of Finland
Template:Wp/brh/Country data France – French Republic
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Gabon – Gabonese Republic
Template:Wp/brh/Country data The Gambia – Republic of The Gambia
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Georgia
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Germany – Federal Republic of Germany
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Ghana – Republic of Ghana
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Greece – Hellenic Republic
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Grenada
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Guinea – Republic of Guinea
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Guinea-Bissau – Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Guyana – Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Haiti – Republic of Haiti
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Honduras – Republic of Honduras
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Hungary – Republic of Hungary
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Iceland – Republic of Iceland
Template:Wp/brh/Country data India – Republic of India
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Indonesia – Republic of Indonesia
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Iran – Islamic Republic of Iran
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Iraq – Republic of Iraq
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Ireland
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Israel – State of Israel
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Italy – Italian Republic
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Jamaica
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Japan
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Jordan – Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Kazakhstan – Republic of Kazakhstan
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Kenya – Republic of Kenya
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Kiribati – Republic of Kiribati
Template:Wp/brh/Country data North Korea – Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Template:Wp/brh/Country data South Korea – Republic of Korea
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Kuwait – State of Kuwait
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyz Republic
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Laos – Lao People's Democratic Republic
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Latvia – Republic of Latvia
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Lebanon – Lebanese Republic
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Lesotho – Kingdom of Lesotho
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Liberia – Republic of Liberia
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Libya – Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Lithuania – Republic of Lithuania
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Macedonia – Republic of Macedonia
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Madagascar – Republic of Madagascar
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Malawi – Republic of Malawi
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Malaysia
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Maldives – Republic of Maldives
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Mali – Republic of Mali
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Malta – Republic of Malta
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Marshall Islands – Republic of the Marshall Islands
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Mauritania – Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Mauritius – Republic of Mauritius
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Mexico – United Mexican States
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Micronesia, Federated States of
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Moldova – Republic of Moldova
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Monaco – Principality of Monaco
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Mongolia
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Montenegro
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Morocco – Kingdom of Morocco
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Mozambique – Republic of Mozambique
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Namibia – Republic of Namibia
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Nauru – Republic of Nauru
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Nepal – Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Kingdom of the Netherlands – Kingdom of the Netherlands
Template:Wp/brh/Country data New Zealand
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Niger – Republic of Niger
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Nigeria – Federal Republic of Nigeria
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Norway – Kingdom of Norway
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Oman – Sultanate of Oman
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Pakistan – Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Palau – Republic of Palau
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Panama – Republic of Panama
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Papua New Guinea – Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Peru – Republic of Peru
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Philippines – Republic of the Philippines
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Poland – Republic of Poland
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Portugal – Portuguese Republic
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Qatar – State of Qatar
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Romania
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Russia – Russian Federation
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Rwanda – Republic of Rwanda
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Saint Kitts and Nevis – Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Saint Lucia
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Samoa – Independent State of Samoa
Template:Wp/brh/Country data San Marino – Republic of San Marino
Template:Wp/brh/Country data São Tomé and Príncipe – Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Saudi Arabia – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Senegal – Republic of Senegal
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Serbia – Republic of Serbia
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Seychelles – Republic of Seychelles
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Sierra Leone – Republic of Sierra Leone
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Singapore – Republic of Singapore
Slovakia – Slovak Republic
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Slovenia – Republic of Slovenia
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Solomon Islands
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Somalia – Republic of Somalia
Template:Wp/brh/Country data South Africa – Republic of South Africa
Spain – Kingdom of Spain
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Sri Lanka – Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Sudan – Republic of the Sudan
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Suriname – Republic of Suriname
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Swaziland – Kingdom of Swaziland
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Switzerland – Swiss Confederation
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Syria – Syrian Arab Republic
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Tajikistan – Republic of Tajikistan
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Tanzania – United Republic of Tanzania
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Thailand – Kingdom of Thailand
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Togo – Togolese Republic
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Tonga – Kingdom of Tonga
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Trinidad and Tobago – Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Tunisia – Republic of Tunisia
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Turkey – Republic of Turkey
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Turkmenistan
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Tuvalu
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Uganda – Republic of Uganda
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Ukraine
Template:Wp/brh/Country data United Arab Emirates
Template:Wp/brh/Country data United Kingdom – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
British Indian Ocean Territory (disputed by Mauritius and Seychelles)
- [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Cayman Islands
- Template:Wp/brh/Country data Falkland Islands (disputed by Argentina
- Template:Wp/brh/Country data Gibraltar (disputed by Spain)
- Template:Wp/brh/Country data South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (disputed by Argentina)
British Antarctic Territory (disputed by Argentina and Chile)
The British monarch has direct sovereignty over three self-governing Crown dependencies:
- Template:Wp/brh/Country data Guernsey, with three dependencies:
Template:Wp/brh/Country data United States – United States of America
American Samoa (including Swains Island, disputed by Tokelau)
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Uruguay – Eastern Republic of Uruguay
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Uzbekistan – Republic of Uzbekistan
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Vanuatu – Republic of Vanuatu
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Vatican City – State of the Vatican City
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Venezuela – Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Vietnam – Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Yemen – Republic of Yemen
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Zambia – Republic of Zambia
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Zimbabwe – Republic of Zimbabwe
Other states
editThis annex lists states that claim sovereignty and have control over (part of) their claimed territories, but due to disputes over their legitimacy, do not have normal diplomatic relations with the majority of sovereign states. None of the states in this annex list are UN member states. Entities considered to be micronations are not included.
Abkhazia – Republic of Abkhazia
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Kosovo – Republic of Kosovo
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Nagorno-Karabakh – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Northern Cyprus – Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Palestine - Palestine
Template:Wp/brh/Country data SADR – Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Somaliland – Republic of Somaliland
Template:Wp/brh/Country data South Ossetia – Republic of South Ossetia
Taiwan – Republic of China
Template:Wp/brh/Country data Transnistria – Transnistrian Moldovan Republic (Pridnestrovie, Trans-Dniester)