List of sovereign states in the 1830s

This is a list of sovereign states in the 1830s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1830 and 31 December 1839. 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.

A

 * 🇦🇩 Andorra – 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
 * → Argentina
 * United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (to January 4, 1831)
 * Argentine Confederation (from January 4, 1831)
 * Aro – Aro Confederacy
 * undefined – Asante Union
 * undefined – Austrian Empire

B

 * Baden – Grand Duchy of Baden
 * Baguirmi – Kingdom of Baguirmi
 * Bambara – Bambara Empire
 * Baol – Kingdom of Baol
 * Basutoland – Kingdom of Basutoland
 * undefined – Kingdom of Bavaria
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium – Kingdom of Belgium (from October 4, 1830)
 * Benin – Kingdom of Benin
 * 🇧🇹 bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan
 * Bolivia – Bolivian Republic (to October 28, 1836, from August 25, 1839)
 * Bornu – Bornu Empire
 * undefined – Empire of Brazil
 * Bremen – Free City of Bremen
 * Brunei – Sultanate of Brunei
 * Brunswick – 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
 * Central America – Federal Republic of Central America (to May 31, 1838) Capital: Guatemala City (to 1834), San Salvador (from 1834 to 1838)
 * 🇨🇱Chile – Republic of Chile
 * China – Great Qing
 * Costa Rica – Republic of Costa Rica (from November 14, 1838)

D

 * Dahomey – Kingdom of Dahomey
 * Dar al Kuti – Sultanate of Dar Al Kuti (from 1830)
 * 🇩🇰 Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark

E

 * Ecuador
 * State of Ecuador (from May 13, 1830 to August 8, 1835)
 * Republic of Ecuador (from August 8, 1835)
 * El Salvador – El Salvador (from May 31, 1838)
 * undefined – Ethiopian Empire

F

 * Fiji – Tui Viti
 * 🇫🇷 France
 * Kingdom of France (to 26 July 1830)
 * France (from 7 August 1830)
 * 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
 * Gran Colombia – Republic of Colombia (to November 19, 1831)
 * Greece – Kingdom of Greece (from February 6, 1832)
 * Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala (from 1839)
 * Gumma – Kingdom of Gumma

H

 * 🇭🇹 Haiti – Republic of Haiti
 * Hamburg – Free city of Hamburg
 * Hanover – Kingdom of Hanover
 * Hawaii – 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
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras (from 1838)
 * Holstein – Duchy of Holstein

J

 * Jabal Shammar – Emirate of Jabal Shammar (from 1836)
 * Janjero – Kingdom of Janjero
 * Japan – Tokugawa shogunate
 * Jimma – Kingdom of Jimma
 * Johor – Johor Sultanate
 * – Jolof Kingdom
 * Juliana Republic – Juliana Republic (from July 24 to November 15, 1839)

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 Joseon
 * Koya Temne – Kingdom of Koya

L

 * 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein
 * Limburg – Duchy of Limburg (from April 19, 1839)
 * 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
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

M

 * Maldives – Sultanate of Maldives
 * Manipur – Kingdom of Manipur
 * Massina – Massina Empire
 * Matabeleland – Matabele Kingdom (from 1837)
 * Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 * Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico
 * Mexican Republic (to October 23, 1835)
 * Centralist Republic (from October 23, 1835)
 * Mindanao – Sultanate of Maguindanao
 * Modena – Duchies of Modena and Reggio
 * Moldavia – Principality of Moldavia
 * 🇲🇨 Monaco – Principality of Monaco
 * Montenegro – Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro
 * 🇲🇦 Morocco – Sultanate of Morocco

N

 * Nassau – Duchy of Nassau
 * Nepal – Kingdom of Nepal
 * undefined
 * United Kingdom of the Netherlands (to April 19, 1839)
 * Kingdom of the Netherlands (from April 19, 1839)
 * New Granada – Republic of New Granada (from October 20, 1831)
 * Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua (from April 30, 1838)
 * 🇳🇴 Norway – Kingdom of Norway (in personal union with Sweden)

O

 * Oldenburg – Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
 * Ottoman Empire – Sublime Ottoman State
 * Ouaddai – Ouaddai Empire
 * Oyo – Oyo Empire

P

 * Pahang – Sultanate of Pahang
 * Papal States – States of the Church
 * 🇵🇾 Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay
 * undefined – Duchy of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla
 * Perak – Sultanate of Perak
 * Persia – Persian Empire
 * Peru – Peruvian Republic (to October 28, 1836, from August 25, 1839)
 * 🇵🇪 Peru, North – Republic of North Peru (from August 11 to October 28, 1836)
 * Peru, South – Republic of South Peru (from March 17 to October 28, 1836)
 * Peru-Bolivian Confederation (from October 28, 1836 to August 25, 1839)
 * Poland – Congress Poland during November Uprising (from November 29, 1830 to October 5, 1831)
 * Portugal – Kingdom of Portugal
 * Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves (to 1834)
 * Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves (from 1834)
 * Prussia – Kingdom of Prussia
 * Sikh Empire Flag.png 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
 * Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf – Principality of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf
 * Russia – Russian Empire
 * Rwanda – Kingdom of Rwanda
 * Ryūkyū Kingdom – Kingdom of Ryūkyū

S

 * Samoa – Kingdom of Samoa
 * 🇸🇲 San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino
 * 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 Capital: Belgrade, Kragujevac  (to 1838)
 * 🇹🇭 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

T

 * Kingdom of Tahiti – 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

 * undefined – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
 * 🇺🇸 United States – United States of America
 * United States of the Ionian Islands – United States of the Ionian Islands
 * 🇺🇾 Uruguay – Eastern Republic of Uruguay

V

 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela – State of Venezuela (from January 13, 1830)

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
 * Goust – Republic of Goust
 * Greece – Hellenic Republic (to June 18, 1832)
 * Natalia – Natalia Republic (from October 12, 1839)
 * Republic of Indian Stream – Republic of Indian Stream (from July 9 to 1835)
 * Muskogee – State of Muskogee (to 1832)
 * Riograndense Republic (from September 11, 1836)
 * Soran – Soran Emirate (to 1835)
 * Tavolara – Kingdom of Tavolara (from 1836)
 * Republic of Texas – Republic of Texas, from March 2, 1836 (several capitals). Sovereignty disputed by Mexico.