List of sovereign states in the 1870s

A

 * Andorra – Principality of Andorra
 * Ankole – Kingdom of Ankole
 * Annam – Empire of Annam
 * Anziku – Anziku Kingdom (to 1875)
 * 🇦🇷 Argentina – Argentine Republic
 * Aro – Aro Confederacy
 * undefined – Asante Union
 * Austria-Hungary – Austro-Hungarian Empire
 * Afghanistan – Emirate of Afghanistan

B

 * Baden – Grand Duchy of Baden (to January 18, 1871)
 * Baguirmi – Kingdom of Baguirmi
 * Baol – Kingdom of Baol
 * undefined – Kingdom of Bavaria (to January 18, 1871)
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium – Kingdom of Belgium
 * undefined – Benin Empire
 * Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan
 * 🇧🇴 Bolivia – Republic of Bolivia
 * Bora Bora – Kingdom of Bora Bora
 * Bornu – Bornu Empire
 * undefined – Empire of Brazil
 * Brunei – Sultanate of Brunei
 * Buganda – Kingdom of Buganda
 * Bulgaria – Principality of Bulgaria (from 1878)
 * Bukhara – Emirate of Bukhara (to 1873)
 * Bunyoro – Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara
 * Burma – Kingdom of Burma
 * Burundi – Kingdom of Burundi

C
Cook Islands Rarotonga
 * 🇨🇦 Canada – Dominion of Canada
 * Cayor – Kingdom of Cayor (to 1879)
 * 🇨🇱 Chile – Republic of Chile
 * Qing dynasty – Great Qing Empire
 * Colombia – United States of Colombia
 * 🇨🇷 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
 * undefined – Ethiopian Empire

F

 * Fante – Fante Confederacy (to 1874)
 * Fiji – Kingdom of Fiji (to October 10, 1874)
 * 🇫🇷 France
 * Empire of the French (to September 4, 1870)
 * French Republic (from September 4, 1870)
 * Futa Jallon – Imamate of Futa Jallon
 * Futa Toro – Imamate of Futa Toro

G

 * Garo – Kingdom of Garo
 * Gera – Kingdom of Gera
 * undefined – German Empire (from January 18, 1871)
 * Gomma – Kingdom of Gomma
 * Greece – Kingdom of Greece
 * → Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala
 * Gumma – Kingdom of Gumma

H

 * Ha'il – Emirate of Ha'il
 * 🇭🇹 Haiti – Republic of Haiti
 * undefined – Kingdom of Hawaii
 * Hesse-Darmstadt – Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine (to January 18, 1871)
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras – Republic of Honduras
 * Huahine – Kingdom of Huahine

I

 * Italy – Kingdom of Italy

J

 * Janjero – Kingdom of Janjero
 * undefined – Empire of Japan
 * Jimma – Kingdom of Jimma
 * Johor – Sultanate of Johor
 * – Jolof Kingdom

K

 * Kabulistan – Kingdom of Kabul (to October 12, 1879)
 * Kaffa – Kingdom of Kaffa
 * Kashgaria – Kingdom of Kashgaria (to December 28, 1877)
 * Kénédougou – Kénédougou Kingdom
 * Khasso – Kingdom of Khasso
 * Khiva – Khanate of Khiva (to August 12, 1873)
 * Kokand – Khanate of Kokand (to February 19, 1876)
 * Kong – Kong Empire
 * Kongo – Kingdom of Kongo
 * Korea – Kingdom of Joseon
 * Koya Temne – Kingdom of Koya

L

 * 🇱🇷 Liberia – Republic of Liberia
 * 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein
 * Limmu-Ennarea – Kingdom of Limmu-Ennarea
 * Loango – Kingdom of Loango
 * Luba – Luba Empire
 * Lunda – Lunda Empire
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

M

 * Maldives – Sultanate of Maldives
 * Manipur – Kingdom of Manipur
 * Matabeleland – Matabele Kingdom
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico
 * Restored Republic (to January 10, 1876)
 * Porfiriato (from January 10, 1876)
 * 🇲🇨 Monaco – Principality of Monaco
 * undefined – Principality of Montenegro
 * 🇲🇦 Morocco – Sultanate of Morocco
 * Muscat and Oman – Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (to 1870 and from January 30, 1871)

N

 * Negeri Sembilan – Negeri Sembilan
 * Nepal – Kingdom of Nepal
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands – Kingdom of The Netherlands
 * → Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua
 * North German Confederation – North German Confederation (to January 18, 1871)
 * 🇳🇴 Norway – Kingdom of Norway (in personal union with Sweden)

O

 * Oman – Imamate of Oman (from 1870 [renamed Muscat and Oman on January 30, 1871])
 * Orange Free State
 * Ottoman Empire – Sublime Ottoman State
 * Ouaddai – Ouaddai Empire
 * Oyo – Oyo Empire

P

 * Pahang – Sultanate of Pahang
 * Papal States – States of the Church (to September 20, 1870)
 * 🇵🇾 Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay
 * Perak – Sultanate of Perak (to January 20, 1874)
 * Persia – Persian Empire
 * 🇵🇪 Peru – Peruvian Republic
 * Portugal – Kingdom of Portugal

R

 * Raiatea – Kingdom of Raiatea
 * Rapa Nui – Kingdom of Rapa Nui
 * Rarotonga – Kingdom of Rarotonga
 * Romania – United Principalities of Romania (from 1878)
 * undefined – Russian Empire
 * Rwanda – Kingdom of Rwanda
 * Ryūkyū Kingdom – Kingdom of Ryūkyū (to March 13, 1879)

S
South African Republic Transvaal
 * Samoa – Kingdom of Samoa
 * 🇸🇲 San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino
 * → undefined – Kingdom of Sarawak
 * Selangor – Sultanate of Selangor
 * Serbia – Principality of Serbia (from 1878)
 * 🇹🇭 Siam – Kingdom of Siam
 * Sikkim – Chogyalate of Sikkim
 * Sokoto – Sokoto Caliphate
 * 🇪🇸 → 🇪🇸 → 🇪🇸 Spain
 * Kingdom of Spain (to February 11, 1873)
 * Spanish Republic (from February 11, 1873, to December 29, 1874)
 * Kingdom of Spain (from December 29, 1874)
 * → Sulu – Sultanate of Sulu
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden (in personal union with Norway)
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland – Swiss Confederation

T

 * Tahiti – Kingdom of Tahiti
 * Tonga – Kingdom of Tonga
 * Toro – Toro Kingdom (to 1876)
 * Toucouleur – Toucouleur Empire
 * → →  undefined – South African Republic (to April 12, 1877)
 * Tunis – Beylik of Tunis (from October 25, 1871)

U

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

V

 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela – United States of Venezuela

W

 * Wassoulou – Wassoulou Empire (from 1878)
 * Welayta – Kingdom of Welayta
 * Württemberg – Kingdom of Württemberg (to January 18, 1871)

Y

 * Yeke – Yeke Kingdom

Z

 * – Sultanate of Zanzibar
 * Zululand – Kingdom of the Zulus (to July 4, 1879)

United Kingdom

 * → Cape Colony – Cape of Good Hope

States claiming sovereignty

 * Aceh – Sultanate of Aceh
 * Cuba – Republic of Cuba
 * Goust – Republic of Goust
 * Lado – Lado District
 * Mindanao – Sultanate of Maguindanao
 * Paris – Paris Commune (from March 18 to May 28, 1871)
 * Tavolara – Kingdom of Tavolara