List of sovereign states in the 1840s

This is a list of sovereign states 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.

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
 * Argentine Confederation – Argentine Confederation
 * 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
 * undefined – Benin Empire
 * 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
 * 🇨🇱Chile – Republic of Chile
 * China – Great Qing Empire
 * Comancheria
 * Costa Rica
 * Free State of Costa Rica (to August 31, 1847)
 * Republic of Costa Rica (from August 31, 1848)

D

 * Dahomey – Kingdom of Dahomey
 * Dar al Kuti – Sultanate of Dar Al Kuti
 * 🇩🇰 Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark
 * Flag of the Dominican Republic (up to 1844).svg → Dominican Republic – Dominican Republic (from February 27, 1844)

E

 * Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador
 * El Salvador – El Salvador
 * undefined – Ethiopian Empire

F

 * Fiji – Tui Viti
 * → →   France
 * Kingdom of France (to February 23, 1848)
 * French Republic (from February 23, 1848)
 * 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 (to August 26, 1849)
 * Empire of Haiti (from August 26, 1849)
 * Hamburg – Free city of Hamburg
 * Hanover – Kingdom of Hanover
 * → undefined – 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
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras – 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

 * 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein – 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
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg – 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
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico
 * Centralist Republic (to August 22, 1846)
 * Second Federal Republic (from August 22, 1846)
 * 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
 * Natalia – Natalia Republic (to May 12, 1843)
 * Nepal – Kingdom of Nepal
 * undefined – 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
 * → 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
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal – Kingdom of Portugal
 * Prussia – 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
 * Ryūkyū Kingdom – Kingdom of Ryūkyū

S
Capital: Coburg, Gotha Capital: Schleswig, Flensburg, Copenhagen
 * Samoa – Kingdom of Samoa
 * 🇸🇲 San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino
 * undefined – Kingdom of Sarawak (from September 24, 1841)
 * Sardinia – 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
 * Saxony – 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
 * 🇹🇭 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 (to September 12, 1848)
 * Swiss Confederation (from September 12, 1848)

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 – Republic of Venezuela

W

 * Waldeck-Pyrmont – Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
 * Welayta – Kingdom of Welayta
 * Württemberg – Kingdom of Württemberg

Z
Capital: kwaBulawayo, umGungundlovu, Ulundi
 * Zululand – Kingdom of the Zulus

States claiming sovereignty

 * Aceh – Sultanate of Aceh
 * Germany – German Empire (from March 28, 1848)
 * Goust – Republic of Goust
 * Hungary – Hungarian State (from April 14 – August 13, 1849)
 * Riogranda – Riograndense Republic
 * Rio Grande – Republic of the Rio Grande (from January 17 – November 6, 1840)
 * Tavolara – Kingdom of Tavolara
 * undefined – Republic of Texas
 * undefined – Republic of Yucatán (from March 16, 1841)