User:ColorfulSmoke/List of sovereign states in the 2000s

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A

 * Afghanistan (Disputed between two governments)
 * 🇦🇫 Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
 * 🇦🇫 Islamic State of Afghanistan
 * 🇦🇱 Albania - Republic of Albania
 * 🇩🇿 Algeria - People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
 * 🇦🇩 Andorra - Principality of Andorra
 * 🇦🇴 Angola - Republic of Angola
 * '''🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda
 * 🇦🇷 Argentina - Argentine Republic
 * 🇦🇲 Armenia - Republic of Armenia
 * 🇦🇺 Australia - Commonwealth of Australia
 * 🇦🇹 Austria - Republic of Austria
 * 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan - Republic of Azerbaijan

B

 *  The Bahamas - Commonwealth of the Bahamas
 * 🇧🇭 Bahrain - State of Bahrain
 * 🇧🇩 Bangladesh - People's Republic of Bangladesh
 * '''🇧🇧 Barbados
 * 🇧🇾 Belarus - Republic of Belarus
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium
 * '''🇧🇿 Belize
 * 🇧🇯 Benin - Republic of Benin
 * 🇧🇹 Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan
 * 🇧🇴 Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia
 * '''🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * 🇧🇼 Botswana - Republic of Botswana
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil - Federative Republic of Brazil
 *  Brunei - State of Brunei Darussalam
 * 🇧🇬 Bulgaria - Republic of Bulgaria
 * '''🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
 * 🇧🇮 Burundi - Republic of Burundi

C

 * 🇰🇭 Cambodia - Kingdom of Cambodia
 * 🇨🇲 Cameroon - Republic of Cameroon
 * '''🇨🇦 Canada
 * 🇨🇻 Cape Verde - Republic of Cape Verde
 * '''🇨🇫 Central African Republic
 * 🇹🇩 Chad - Republic of Chad
 * 🇨🇱 Chile - Republic of Chile
 * 🇨🇳 China - People's Republic of China
 * 🇨🇴 Colombia - Republic of Colombia
 * 🇰🇲 Comoros - Federal Islamic Republic of Comoros
 * ''' Congo, Democratic Republic of the
 * ''' Congo, Republic of the
 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica
 * 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire - Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
 * 🇭🇷 Croatia - Republic of Croatia
 * 🇨🇺 Cuba - Republic of Cuba
 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus - Republic of Cyprus
 * '''🇨🇿 Czech Republic

D

 * 🇩🇰 Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark
 * 🇩🇯 Djibouti - Republic of Djibouti
 * 🇩🇲 Dominica - Commonwealth of Dominica
 * '''🇩🇴 Dominican Republic

E

 * 🇪🇨 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
 * 🇪🇪 Estonia - Republic of Estonia
 * 🇪🇹 Ethiopia - Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

F

 * 🇫🇯 Fiji - Republic of the Fiji Islands
 * 🇫🇮 Finland - Republic of Finland
 * 🇫🇷 France - French Republic

G

 * 🇬🇦 Gabon - Gabonese Republic
 *  The Gambia - Republic of the Gambia
 * ''' Georgia
 * 🇩🇪 Germany - Federal Republic of Germany
 * 🇬🇭 Ghana - Republic of Ghana
 * 🇬🇷 Greece - Hellenic Republic
 * '''🇬🇩 Grenada
 * 🇬🇹 Guatemala - Republic of Guatemala
 * 🇬🇳 Guinea - Republic of Guinea
 * 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau - Republic of Guinea-Bissau
 * 🇬🇾 Guyana - Co-operative Republic of Guyana

H

 * 🇭🇹 Haiti - Republic of Haiti
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras - Republic of Honduras
 * 🇭🇺 Hungary - Republic of Hungary

I

 * 🇮🇸 Iceland - Republic of Iceland
 * 🇮🇳 India - Republic of India
 * 🇮🇩 Indonesia - Republic of Indonesia
 * 🇮🇷 Iran - Islamic Republic of Iran
 * 🇮🇶 Iraq - Republic of Iraq
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland - Republic of Ireland
 * 🇮🇱 Israel - State of Israel
 * 🇮🇹 Italy - Italian Republic

J

 * '''🇯🇲 Jamaica
 * '''🇯🇵 Japan
 * 🇯🇴 Jordan - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

K

 * 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan - Republic of Kazakhstan
 * 🇰🇪 Kenya - Republic of Kenya
 * 🇰🇮 Kiribati - Republic of Kiribati
 *  Korea, North - Democratic People's Republic of Korea
 *  Korea, South - Republic of Korea
 * 🇰🇼 Kuwait - State of Kuwait
 * 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz Republic

L

 *  Laos - Lao People's Democratic Republic
 * 🇱🇻 Latvia - Republic of Latvia
 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon - Lebanese Republic
 * 🇱🇸 Lesotho - Kingdom of Lesotho
 * 🇱🇷 Liberia - Republic of Liberia
 * 🇱🇾 Libya - Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
 * 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein
 * 🇱🇹 Lithuania - Republic of Lithuania
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

M

 * 🇲🇰 Macedonia - Republic of Macedonia
 * 🇲🇬 Madagascar - Republic of Madagascar
 * 🇲🇼 Malawi - Republic of Malawi
 * '''🇲🇾 Malaysia
 * 🇲🇻 Maldives - Republic of Maldives
 * 🇲🇱 Mali - Republic of Mali
 * 🇲🇹 Malta - Republic of Malta
 * 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands - Republic of the Marshall Islands
 * 🇲🇷 Mauritania - Islamic Republic of Mauritania
 * 🇲🇺 Mauritius - Republic of Mauritius
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico - United Mexican States
 * 🇫🇲 Micronesia - Federated States of Micronesia
 * 🇲🇩 Moldova - Republic of Moldova
 * 🇲🇨 Monaco - Principality of Monaco
 * '''🇲🇳 Mongolia
 * 🇲🇦 Morocco - Kingdom of Morocco
 * 🇲🇿 Mozambique - Republic of Mozambique
 * 🇲🇲 Myanmar - Union of Myanmar

N

 * 🇳🇦 Namibia - Republic of Namibia
 * 🇳🇷 Nauru - Republic of Nauru
 * 🇳🇵 Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands - Kingdom of the Netherlands
 * '''🇳🇿 New Zealand
 * 🇳🇮 Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua
 * 🇳🇪 Niger - Republic of Niger
 * 🇳🇬 Nigeria - Federal Republic of Nigeria
 * 🇳🇴 Norway - Kingdom of Norway

O

 * 🇴🇲 Oman - Sultanate of Oman

P

 * 🇵🇰 Pakistan - Islamic Republic of Pakistan
 * 🇵🇼 Palau - Republic of Palau
 * 🇵🇦 Panama - Republic of Panama
 * 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea - Independent State of Papua New Guinea
 * 🇵🇾 Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay
 * 🇵🇪 Peru - Republic of Peru
 * 🇵🇭 Philippines - Republic of the Philippines
 * 🇵🇱 Poland - Republic of Poland
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal - Portuguese Republic

Q

 * 🇶🇦 Qatar - State of Qatar

R

 * '''🇷🇴 Romania
 * 🇷🇺 Russia - Russian Federation
 * 🇷🇼 Rwanda - Rwandan Republic

S

 * 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis - Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
 *  Saint Lucia
 * '''🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 * 🇼🇸 Samoa - Independent State of Samoa
 * 🇸🇲 San Marino - Most Serene Republic of San Marino
 *  São Tomé and Príncipe - Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
 * 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
 * 🇸🇳 Senegal - Republic of Senegal
 * 🇸🇨 Seychelles - Republic of Seychelles
 * 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone - Republic of Sierra Leone
 * 🇸🇬 Singapore - Republic of Singapore
 * 🇸🇰 Slovakia - Slovak Republic
 * 🇸🇮 Slovenia - Republic of Slovenia
 * '''🇸🇧 Solomon Islands
 * '''🇸🇴 Somalia
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa - Republic of South Africa
 * 🇪🇸 Spain - Kingdom of Spain
 * 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka - Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
 * 🇸🇩 Sudan - Republic of the Sudan
 * 🇸🇷 Suriname - Republic of Suriname
 * 🇸🇿 Swaziland - Kingdom of Swaziland
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland - Swiss Confederation
 *  Syria - Syrian Arab Republic

T

 * 🇹🇯 Tajikistan - Republic of Tajikistan
 * 🇹🇿 Tanzania - United Republic of Tanzania
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand
 * 🇹🇬 Togo - Togolese Republic
 * 🇹🇴 Tonga - Kingdom of Tonga
 * 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago - Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
 * 🇹🇳 Tunisia - Republic of Tunisia
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey - Republic of Turkey
 * ''' Turkmenistan
 * '''🇹🇻 Tuvalu

U

 * 🇺🇬 Uganda - Republic of Uganda
 * '''🇺🇦 Ukraine
 * '''🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
 * 🇺🇸 United States - United States of America
 * 🇺🇾 Uruguay - Eastern Republic of Uruguay
 * 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan - Republic of Uzbekistan

V

 * 🇻🇺 Vanuatu - Republic of Vanuatu
 * 🇻🇦 Vatican City - State of the Vatican City
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
 *  Vietnam - Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Y

 * 🇾🇪 Yemen - Republic of Yemen
 *  FR Yugoslavia - Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Z

 * 🇿🇲 Zambia - Republic of Zambia
 * 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe - Republic of Zimbabwe

Other states

 *  Abkhazia - Republic of Abkhazia
 *  Anjouan - State of Anjouan
 *  Chechen Republic of Ichkeria - Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (to February 6)
 * 🇺🇳 East Timor - United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
 *  Jubaland - State of Jubaland
 * 🇺🇳 Kosovo - United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
 *  Nagorno-Karabakh - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
 *  Northern Cyprus - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
 * ''' Palestine
 *  Sahrawi Republic - Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
 *  Somaliland - Republic of Somaliland
 *  South Ossetia - Republic of South Ossetia
 * 🇹🇼 Taiwan - Republic of China
 *  Transnistria - Transnistrian Moldovan Republic

Australia

 * 🇦🇺 Ashmore and Cartier Islands - Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Australian Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Christmas Island - Territory of Christmas Island (External territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (External territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Coral Sea Islands - Coral Sea Islands Territory (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Heard Island and McDonald Islands - Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island - Territory of Norfolk Island (External territory)

Denmark

 * 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands (Autonomous province)
 * 🇬🇱 Greenland (Autonomous province)

France

 * 🇫🇷 Bassas da India (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇫🇷 Clipperton Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇫🇷 Europa Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇵🇫 French Polynesia - Territory of French Polynesia (Overseas territory)
 *  French Southern and Antarctic Lands - Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Uninhabited overseas territory)
 * 🇫🇷 Glorioso Islands (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇫🇷 Juan de Nova Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇾🇹 Mayotte - Territorial Collectivity of Mayotte (Territorial collectivity)
 * 🇳🇨 New Caledonia (sui generis collectivity)
 * 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Territorial collectivity)
 * 🇫🇷 Tromelin Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna - Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands (Overseas territory)

Netherlands

 * 🇦🇼 Aruba (Overseas country)
 *  Netherlands Antilles (Overseas country)

New Zealand

 * 🇨🇰 Cook Islands (Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
 * 🇳🇺 Niue (Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
 * 🇳🇿 Ross Dependency (Uninhabited dependent territory)
 * 🇳🇿 Tokelau (Dependent territory)

Norway

 * 🇳🇴 Bouvet Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇳🇴 Peter I Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇳🇴 Queen Maud Land (Uninhabited possession)

United Kingdom

 *  Akrotiri and Dhekelia - Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Sovereign base areas administrated as a single dependent territory)
 * 🇦🇮 Anguilla (Dependent territory)
 * 🇧🇲 Bermuda (Self-governing dependent territory)
 *  British Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited dependent territory)
 * 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory (Uninhabited dependent territory)
 *  British Virgin Islands (Dependent territory)
 * 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands (Dependent territory)
 *  Falkland Islands (Dependent territory)
 * 🇬🇮 Gibraltar (Dependent territory)
 * 🇬🇬 Guernsey - Bailiwick of Guernsey (Crown dependency)
 * 🇮🇲 Isle of Man (Crown dependency)
 * 🇯🇪 Jersey - Bailiwick of Jersey (Crown dependency)
 * 🇲🇸 Montserrat (Dependent territory)
 *  Pitcairn Islands - Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands (Dependent territory)
 *  Saint Helena (Dependent territory with two dependencies)
 * Ascension Island
 * Tristan da Cunha
 *  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Dependent territory)
 * 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands (Dependent territory)

United States

 * 🇦🇸 American Samoa - Territory of American Samoa (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Baker Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇬🇺 Guam - Territory of Guam (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Howland Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Jarvis Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Johnston Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Kingman Reef (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Midway Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Navassa Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Palmyra Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Territory)
 *  United States Virgin Islands (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Wake Island (Uninhabited territory)

A

 * Afghanistan (Disputed between two governments until November 13)
 * 🇦🇫 Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (to November 13)
 * 🇦🇫 Islamic State of Afghanistan
 * 🇦🇱 Albania - Republic of Albania
 * 🇩🇿 Algeria - People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
 * 🇦🇩 Andorra - Principality of Andorra
 * 🇦🇴 Angola - Republic of Angola
 * '''🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda
 * 🇦🇷 Argentina - Argentine Republic
 * 🇦🇲 Armenia - Republic of Armenia
 * 🇦🇺 Australia - Commonwealth of Australia
 * 🇦🇹 Austria - Republic of Austria
 * 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan - Republic of Azerbaijan

B

 *  The Bahamas - Commonwealth of the Bahamas
 * 🇧🇭 Bahrain - State of Bahrain
 * 🇧🇩 Bangladesh - People's Republic of Bangladesh
 * '''🇧🇧 Barbados
 * 🇧🇾 Belarus - Republic of Belarus
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium
 * '''🇧🇿 Belize
 * 🇧🇯 Benin - Republic of Benin
 * 🇧🇹 Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan
 * 🇧🇴 Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia
 * '''🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * 🇧🇼 Botswana - Republic of Botswana
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil - Federative Republic of Brazil
 *  Brunei - State of Brunei Darussalam
 * 🇧🇬 Bulgaria - Republic of Bulgaria
 * '''🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
 * 🇧🇮 Burundi - Republic of Burundi

C

 * 🇰🇭 Cambodia - Kingdom of Cambodia
 * 🇨🇲 Cameroon - Republic of Cameroon
 * '''🇨🇦 Canada
 * 🇨🇻 Cape Verde - Republic of Cape Verde
 * '''🇨🇫 Central African Republic
 * 🇹🇩 Chad - Republic of Chad
 * 🇨🇱 Chile - Republic of Chile
 * 🇨🇳 China - People's Republic of China
 * 🇨🇴 Colombia - Republic of Colombia
 * 🇰🇲 Comoros
 * Federal Islamic Republic of Comoros (to December 23)
 * Union of the Comoros (from December 23)
 * ''' Congo, Democratic Republic of the
 * ''' Congo, Republic of the
 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica
 * 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire - Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
 * 🇭🇷 Croatia - Republic of Croatia
 * 🇨🇺 Cuba - Republic of Cuba
 * '''🇨🇼 Curaçao
 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus - Republic of Cyprus
 * '''🇨🇿 Czech Republic

D

 * 🇩🇰 Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark
 * 🇩🇯 Djibouti - Republic of Djibouti
 * 🇩🇲 Dominica - Commonwealth of Dominica
 * '''🇩🇴 Dominican Republic

E

 * 🇪🇨 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
 * 🇪🇪 Estonia - Republic of Estonia
 * 🇪🇹 Ethiopia - Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

F

 * 🇫🇯 Fiji - Republic of the Fiji Islands
 * 🇫🇮 Finland - Republic of Finland
 * 🇫🇷 France - French Republic

G

 * 🇬🇦 Gabon - Gabonese Republic
 *  The Gambia - Republic of the Gambia
 * ''' Georgia
 * 🇩🇪 Germany - Federal Republic of Germany
 * 🇬🇭 Ghana - Republic of Ghana
 * 🇬🇷 Greece - Hellenic Republic
 * '''🇬🇩 Grenada
 * 🇬🇹 Guatemala - Republic of Guatemala
 * 🇬🇳 Guinea - Republic of Guinea
 * 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau - Republic of Guinea-Bissau
 * 🇬🇾 Guyana - Co-operative Republic of Guyana

H

 * 🇭🇹 Haiti - Republic of Haiti
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras - Republic of Honduras
 * 🇭🇺 Hungary - Republic of Hungary

I

 * 🇮🇸 Iceland - Republic of Iceland
 * 🇮🇳 India - Republic of India
 * 🇮🇩 Indonesia - Republic of Indonesia
 * 🇮🇷 Iran - Islamic Republic of Iran
 * 🇮🇶 Iraq - Republic of Iraq
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland - Republic of Ireland
 * 🇮🇱 Israel - State of Israel
 * 🇮🇹 Italy - Italian Republic

J

 * '''🇯🇲 Jamaica
 * '''🇯🇵 Japan
 * 🇯🇴 Jordan - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

K

 * 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan - Republic of Kazakhstan
 * 🇰🇪 Kenya - Republic of Kenya
 * 🇰🇮 Kiribati - Republic of Kiribati
 *  Korea, North - Democratic People's Republic of Korea
 *  Korea, South - Republic of Korea
 * 🇰🇼 Kuwait - State of Kuwait
 * 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz Republic

L

 *  Laos - Lao People's Democratic Republic
 * 🇱🇻 Latvia - Republic of Latvia
 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon - Lebanese Republic
 * 🇱🇸 Lesotho - Kingdom of Lesotho
 * 🇱🇷 Liberia - Republic of Liberia
 * 🇱🇾 Libya - Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
 * 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein
 * 🇱🇹 Lithuania - Republic of Lithuania
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

M

 * 🇲🇰 Macedonia - Republic of Macedonia
 * 🇲🇬 Madagascar - Republic of Madagascar
 * 🇲🇼 Malawi - Republic of Malawi
 * '''🇲🇾 Malaysia
 * 🇲🇻 Maldives - Republic of Maldives
 * 🇲🇱 Mali - Republic of Mali
 * 🇲🇹 Malta - Republic of Malta
 * 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands - Republic of the Marshall Islands
 * 🇲🇷 Mauritania - Islamic Republic of Mauritania
 * 🇲🇺 Mauritius - Republic of Mauritius
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico - United Mexican States
 * 🇫🇲 Micronesia - Federated States of Micronesia
 * 🇲🇩 Moldova - Republic of Moldova
 * 🇲🇨 Monaco - Principality of Monaco
 * '''🇲🇳 Mongolia
 * 🇲🇦 Morocco - Kingdom of Morocco
 * 🇲🇿 Mozambique - Republic of Mozambique
 * 🇲🇲 Myanmar - Union of Myanmar

N

 * 🇳🇦 Namibia - Republic of Namibia
 * 🇳🇷 Nauru - Republic of Nauru
 * 🇳🇵 Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands - Kingdom of the Netherlands
 * '''🇳🇿 New Zealand
 * 🇳🇮 Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua
 * 🇳🇪 Niger - Republic of Niger
 * 🇳🇬 Nigeria - Federal Republic of Nigeria
 * 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands - Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
 * 🇳🇴 Norway - Kingdom of Norway

O

 * 🇴🇲 Oman - Sultanate of Oman

P

 * 🇵🇰 Pakistan - Islamic Republic of Pakistan
 * 🇵🇼 Palau - Republic of Palau
 * 🇵🇦 Panama - Republic of Panama
 * 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea - Independent State of Papua New Guinea
 * 🇵🇾 Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay
 * 🇵🇪 Peru - Republic of Peru
 * 🇵🇭 Philippines - Republic of the Philippines
 * 🇵🇱 Poland - Republic of Poland
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal - Portuguese Republic

Q

 * 🇶🇦 Qatar - State of Qatar

R

 * '''🇷🇴 Romania
 * 🇷🇺 Russia - Russian Federation
 * 🇷🇼 🇷🇼 Rwanda - Rwandan Republic

S

 * 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis - Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
 *  Saint Lucia
 * '''🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 * 🇼🇸 Samoa - Independent State of Samoa
 * 🇸🇲 San Marino - Most Serene Republic of San Marino
 *  São Tomé and Príncipe - Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
 * 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
 * 🇸🇳 Senegal - Republic of Senegal
 * 🇸🇨 Seychelles - Republic of Seychelles
 * 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone - Republic of Sierra Leone
 * 🇸🇬 Singapore - Republic of Singapore
 * 🇸🇰 Slovakia - Slovak Republic
 * 🇸🇮 Slovenia - Republic of Slovenia
 * '''🇸🇧 Solomon Islands
 * '''🇸🇴 Somalia
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa - Republic of South Africa
 * 🇪🇸 Spain - Kingdom of Spain
 * 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka - Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
 * 🇸🇩 Sudan - Republic of the Sudan
 * 🇸🇷 Suriname - Republic of Suriname
 * 🇸🇿 Swaziland - Kingdom of Swaziland
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland - Swiss Confederation
 *  Syria - Syrian Arab Republic

T

 * 🇹🇯 Tajikistan - Republic of Tajikistan
 * 🇹🇿 Tanzania - United Republic of Tanzania
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand
 * 🇹🇬 Togo - Togolese Republic
 * 🇹🇴 Tonga - Kingdom of Tonga
 * 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago - Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
 * 🇹🇳 Tunisia - Republic of Tunisia
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey - Republic of Turkey
 * ''' 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
 * '''🇹🇻 Tuvalu

U

 * 🇺🇬 Uganda - Republic of Uganda
 * '''🇺🇦 Ukraine
 * '''🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
 * 🇺🇸 United States - United States of America
 * 🇺🇾 Uruguay - Eastern Republic of Uruguay
 * 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan - Republic of Uzbekistan

V

 * 🇻🇺 Vanuatu - Republic of Vanuatu
 * 🇻🇦 Vatican City - State of the Vatican City
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
 *  Vietnam - Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Y

 * 🇾🇪 Yemen - Republic of Yemen
 *  FR Yugoslavia - Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Z

 * 🇿🇲 Zambia - Republic of Zambia
 * 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe - Republic of Zimbabwe

Other states

 *  Abkhazia - Republic of Abkhazia
 *  Anjouan - State of Anjouan
 * 🇺🇳 East Timor - United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
 *  Jubaland - State of Jubaland (to June 18)
 * 🇺🇳 Kosovo - United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
 *  Nagorno-Karabakh - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
 *  Northern Cyprus - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
 * ''' Palestine
 *  Sahrawi Republic - Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
 *  Somaliland - Republic of Somaliland
 *  South Ossetia - Republic of South Ossetia
 * 🇹🇼 Taiwan - Republic of China
 *  Transnistria - Transnistrian Moldovan Republic

Australia

 * 🇦🇺 Ashmore and Cartier Islands - Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Australian Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Christmas Island - Territory of Christmas Island (External territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (External territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Coral Sea Islands - Coral Sea Islands Territory (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Heard Island and McDonald Islands - Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island - Territory of Norfolk Island (External territory)

Denmark

 * 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands (Autonomous province)
 * 🇬🇱 Greenland (Autonomous province)

France

 * 🇫🇷 Bassas da India (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇫🇷 Clipperton Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇫🇷 Europa Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇵🇫 French Polynesia - Territory of French Polynesia (Overseas territory)
 *  French Southern and Antarctic Lands - Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Uninhabited overseas territory)
 * 🇫🇷 Glorioso Islands (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇫🇷 Juan de Nova Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇾🇹 Mayotte
 * Territorial Collectivity of Mayotte (to July 11, Territorial collectivity)
 * Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte (to July 11, Departmental collectivity)
 * 🇳🇨 New Caledonia (sui generis collectivity)
 * 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Territorial collectivity)
 * 🇫🇷 Tromelin Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna - Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands (Overseas territory)

Netherlands

 * 🇦🇼 Aruba (Overseas country)
 *  Netherlands Antilles (Overseas country)

New Zealand

 * 🇨🇰 Cook Islands (Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
 * 🇳🇺 Niue (Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
 * 🇳🇿 Ross Dependency (Uninhabited dependent territory)
 * 🇳🇿 Tokelau (Dependent territory)

Norway

 * 🇳🇴 Bouvet Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇳🇴 Peter I Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇳🇴 Queen Maud Land (Uninhabited possession)

United Kingdom

 *  Akrotiri and Dhekelia - Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Sovereign base areas administrated as a single dependent territory)
 * 🇦🇮 Anguilla (Dependent territory)
 * 🇧🇲 Bermuda (Self-governing dependent territory)
 *  British Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited dependent territory)
 * 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory (Uninhabited dependent territory)
 *  British Virgin Islands (Dependent territory)
 * 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands (Dependent territory)
 *  Falkland Islands (Dependent territory)
 * 🇬🇮 Gibraltar (Dependent territory)
 * 🇬🇬 Guernsey - Bailiwick of Guernsey (Crown dependency)
 * 🇮🇲 Isle of Man (Crown dependency)
 * 🇯🇪 Jersey - Bailiwick of Jersey (Crown dependency)
 * 🇲🇸 Montserrat (Dependent territory)
 *  Pitcairn Islands - Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands (Dependent territory)
 *  Saint Helena (Dependent territory with two dependencies)
 * Ascension Island
 * Tristan da Cunha
 *  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Dependent territory)
 * 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands (Dependent territory)

United States

 * 🇦🇸 American Samoa - Territory of American Samoa (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Baker Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇬🇺 Guam - Territory of Guam (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Howland Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Jarvis Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Johnston Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Kingman Reef (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Midway Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Navassa Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Palmyra Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Petrel Islands (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Serranilla Bank (Uninhabited territory)
 *  United States Virgin Islands (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Wake Island (Uninhabited territory)

A

 * 🇦🇫 🇦🇫 Afghanistan - Islamic State of Afghanistan
 * 🇦🇱 Albania - Republic of Albania
 * 🇩🇿 Algeria - People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
 * 🇦🇩 Andorra - Principality of Andorra
 * 🇦🇴 Angola - Republic of Angola
 * '''🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda
 * 🇦🇷 Argentina - Argentine Republic
 * 🇦🇲 Armenia - Republic of Armenia
 * 🇦🇺 Australia - Commonwealth of Australia
 * 🇦🇹 Austria - Republic of Austria
 * 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan - Republic of Azerbaijan

B

 *  The Bahamas - Commonwealth of the Bahamas
 * 🇧🇭 🇧🇭 Bahrain
 * State of Bahrain (to February 14)
 * Kingdom of Bahrain (from February 14)
 * 🇧🇩 Bangladesh - People's Republic of Bangladesh
 * '''🇧🇧 Barbados
 * 🇧🇾 Belarus - Republic of Belarus
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium
 * '''🇧🇿 Belize
 * 🇧🇯 Benin - Republic of Benin
 * 🇧🇹 Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan
 * 🇧🇴 Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia
 * '''🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * 🇧🇼 Botswana - Republic of Botswana
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil - Federative Republic of Brazil
 *  Brunei - State of Brunei Darussalam
 * 🇧🇬 Bulgaria - Republic of Bulgaria
 * '''🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
 * 🇧🇮 Burundi - Republic of Burundi

C

 * 🇰🇭 Cambodia - Kingdom of Cambodia
 * 🇨🇲 Cameroon - Republic of Cameroon
 * '''🇨🇦 Canada
 * 🇨🇻 Cape Verde - Republic of Cape Verde
 * '''🇨🇫 Central African Republic
 * 🇹🇩 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, Republic of the
 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica
 * 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire - Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
 * 🇭🇷 Croatia - Republic of Croatia
 * 🇨🇺 Cuba - Republic of Cuba
 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus - Republic of Cyprus
 * '''🇨🇿 Czech Republic

D

 * 🇩🇰 Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark
 * 🇩🇯 Djibouti - Republic of Djibouti
 * 🇩🇲 Dominica - Commonwealth of Dominica
 * '''🇩🇴 Dominican Republic

E

 * 🇪🇨 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
 * 🇪🇪 Estonia - Republic of Estonia
 * 🇪🇹 Ethiopia - Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

F

 * 🇫🇯 Fiji - Republic of the Fiji Islands
 * 🇫🇮 Finland - Republic of Finland
 * 🇫🇷 France - French Republic

G

 * 🇬🇦 Gabon - Gabonese Republic
 *  The Gambia - Republic of the Gambia
 * ''' Georgia
 * 🇩🇪 Germany - Federal Republic of Germany
 * 🇬🇭 Ghana - Republic of Ghana
 * 🇬🇷 Greece - Hellenic Republic
 * '''🇬🇩 Grenada
 * 🇬🇹 Guatemala - Republic of Guatemala
 * 🇬🇳 Guinea - Republic of Guinea
 * 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau - Republic of Guinea-Bissau
 * 🇬🇾 Guyana - Co-operative Republic of Guyana

H

 * 🇭🇹 Haiti - Republic of Haiti
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras - Republic of Honduras
 * 🇭🇺 Hungary - Republic of Hungary

I

 * 🇮🇸 Iceland - Republic of Iceland
 * 🇮🇳 India - Republic of India
 * 🇮🇩 Indonesia - Republic of Indonesia
 * 🇮🇷 Iran - Islamic Republic of Iran
 * 🇮🇶 Iraq - Republic of Iraq
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland - Republic of Ireland
 * 🇮🇱 Israel - State of Israel
 * 🇮🇹 Italy - Italian Republic

J

 * '''🇯🇲 Jamaica
 * '''🇯🇵 Japan
 * 🇯🇴 Jordan - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

K

 * 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan - Republic of Kazakhstan
 * 🇰🇪 Kenya - Republic of Kenya
 * 🇰🇮 Kiribati - Republic of Kiribati
 *  Korea, North - Democratic People's Republic of Korea
 *  Korea, South - Republic of Korea
 * 🇰🇼 Kuwait - State of Kuwait
 * 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz Republic

L

 *  Laos - Lao People's Democratic Republic
 * 🇱🇻 Latvia - Republic of Latvia
 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon - Lebanese Republic
 * 🇱🇸 Lesotho - Kingdom of Lesotho
 * 🇱🇷 Liberia - Republic of Liberia
 * 🇱🇾 Libya - Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
 * 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein
 * 🇱🇹 Lithuania - Republic of Lithuania
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

M

 * 🇲🇰 Macedonia - Republic of Macedonia
 * 🇲🇬 Madagascar - Republic of Madagascar
 * 🇲🇼 Malawi - Republic of Malawi
 * '''🇲🇾 Malaysia
 * 🇲🇻 Maldives - Republic of Maldives
 * 🇲🇱 Mali - Republic of Mali
 * 🇲🇹 Malta - Republic of Malta
 * 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands - Republic of the Marshall Islands
 * 🇲🇷 Mauritania - Islamic Republic of Mauritania
 * 🇲🇺 Mauritius - Republic of Mauritius
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico - United Mexican States
 * 🇫🇲 Micronesia - Federated States of Micronesia
 * 🇲🇩 Moldova - Republic of Moldova
 * 🇲🇨 Monaco - Principality of Monaco
 * '''🇲🇳 Mongolia
 * 🇲🇦 Morocco - Kingdom of Morocco
 * 🇲🇿 Mozambique - Republic of Mozambique
 * 🇲🇲 Myanmar - Union of Myanmar

N

 * 🇳🇦 Namibia - Republic of Namibia
 * 🇳🇷 Nauru - Republic of Nauru
 * 🇳🇵 Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands - Kingdom of the Netherlands
 * '''🇳🇿 New Zealand
 * 🇳🇮 Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua
 * 🇳🇪 Niger - Republic of Niger
 * 🇳🇬 Nigeria - Federal Republic of Nigeria
 * 🇳🇴 Norway - Kingdom of Norway

O

 * 🇴🇲 Oman - Sultanate of Oman

P

 * 🇵🇰 Pakistan - Islamic Republic of Pakistan
 * 🇵🇼 Palau - Republic of Palau
 * 🇵🇦 Panama - Republic of Panama
 * 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea - Independent State of Papua New Guinea
 * 🇵🇾 Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay
 * 🇵🇪 Peru - Republic of Peru
 * 🇵🇭 Philippines - Republic of the Philippines
 * 🇵🇱 Poland - Republic of Poland
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal - Portuguese Republic

Q

 * 🇶🇦 Qatar - State of Qatar

R

 * '''🇷🇴 Romania
 * 🇷🇺 Russia - Russian Federation
 * 🇷🇼 Rwanda - Rwandan Republic

S

 * 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis - Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
 * ''' 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia
 * '''🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 * 🇼🇸 Samoa - Independent State of Samoa
 * 🇸🇲 San Marino - Most Serene Republic of San Marino
 *  São Tomé and Príncipe - Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
 * 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
 * 🇸🇳 Senegal - Republic of Senegal
 * 🇸🇨 Seychelles - Republic of Seychelles
 * 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone - Republic of Sierra Leone
 * 🇸🇬 Singapore - Republic of Singapore
 * 🇸🇰 Slovakia - Slovak Republic
 * 🇸🇮 Slovenia - Republic of Slovenia
 * '''🇸🇧 Solomon Islands
 * '''🇸🇴 Somalia
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa - Republic of South Africa
 * 🇪🇸 Spain - Kingdom of Spain
 * 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka - Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
 * 🇸🇩 Sudan - Republic of the Sudan
 * 🇸🇷 Suriname - Republic of Suriname
 * 🇸🇿 Swaziland - Kingdom of Swaziland
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland - Swiss Confederation
 *  Syria - Syrian Arab Republic

T

 * 🇹🇯 Tajikistan - Republic of Tajikistan
 * 🇹🇿 Tanzania - United Republic of Tanzania
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand
 *  Timor-Leste - Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (from May 20)
 * 🇹🇬 Togo - Togolese Republic
 * 🇹🇴 Tonga - Kingdom of Tonga
 * 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago - Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
 * 🇹🇳 Tunisia - Republic of Tunisia
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey - Republic of Turkey
 * '''🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
 * '''🇹🇻 Tuvalu

U

 * 🇺🇬 Uganda - Republic of Uganda
 * '''🇺🇦 Ukraine
 * '''🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
 * 🇺🇸 United States - United States of America
 * 🇺🇾 Uruguay - Eastern Republic of Uruguay
 * 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan - Republic of Uzbekistan

V

 * 🇻🇺 Vanuatu - Republic of Vanuatu
 * 🇻🇦 Vatican City - State of the Vatican City
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
 *  Vietnam - Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Y

 * 🇾🇪 Yemen - Republic of Yemen
 *  FR Yugoslavia - Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Z

 * 🇿🇲 Zambia - Republic of Zambia
 * 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe - Republic of Zimbabwe

Other states

 *  Abkhazia - Republic of Abkhazia
 *  Anjouan - State of Anjouan (to April 14)
 * 🇺🇳 East Timor - United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (to May 20)
 * 🇺🇳 Kosovo - United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
 *  Nagorno-Karabakh - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
 *  Northern Cyprus - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
 * ''' Palestine
 *  Sahrawi Republic - Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
 *  Somaliland - Republic of Somaliland
 *  South Ossetia - Republic of South Ossetia
 * 🇹🇼 Taiwan - Republic of China
 *  Transnistria - Transnistrian Moldovan Republic

Australia

 * 🇦🇺 Ashmore and Cartier Islands - Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Australian Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Christmas Island - Territory of Christmas Island (External territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (External territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Coral Sea Islands - Coral Sea Islands Territory (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Heard Island and McDonald Islands - Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island - Territory of Norfolk Island (External territory)

Denmark

 * 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands (Autonomous province)
 * 🇬🇱 Greenland (Autonomous province)

France

 * 🇫🇷 Banc du Geyser (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇫🇷 Bassas da India (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇫🇷 Clipperton Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇫🇷 Europa Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇵🇫 French Polynesia - Territory of French Polynesia (Overseas territory)
 *  French Southern and Antarctic Lands - Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Uninhabited overseas territory)
 * 🇫🇷 Glorioso Islands (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇫🇷 Juan de Nova Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇾🇹 Mayotte - Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte (Departmental collectivity)
 * 🇳🇨 New Caledonia (sui generis collectivity)
 * 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Territorial collectivity)
 * 🇫🇷 Tromelin Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna - Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands (Overseas territory)

Netherlands

 * 🇦🇼 Aruba (Overseas country)
 *  Netherlands Antilles (Overseas country)

New Zealand

 * 🇨🇰 Cook Islands (Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
 * 🇳🇺 Niue (Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
 * 🇳🇿 Ross Dependency (Uninhabited dependent territory)
 * 🇳🇿 Tokelau (Dependent territory)

Norway

 * 🇳🇴 Bouvet Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇳🇴 Peter I Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇳🇴 Queen Maud Land (Uninhabited possession)

United Kingdom

 *  Akrotiri and Dhekelia - Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Sovereign base areas administrated as a single overseas territory)
 * 🇦🇮 Anguilla (Dependent territory to May 21, overseas territory from May 21)
 * 🇧🇲 Bermuda (Self-governing dependent territory to May 21, self-governing overseas territory from May 21)
 *  British Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited dependent territory to May 21, uninhabited overseas territory from May 21)
 * 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory (Uninhabited dependent territory to May 21, uninhabited overseas territory from May 21)
 *  British Virgin Islands (Dependent territory to May 21, overseas territory from May 21)
 * 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands (Dependent territory to May 21, overseas territory from May 21)
 *  Falkland Islands (Dependent territory to May 21, overseas territory from May 21)
 * 🇬🇮 Gibraltar (Dependent territory to May 21, overseas territory from May 21)
 * 🇬🇬 Guernsey - Bailiwick of Guernsey (Crown dependency)
 * 🇮🇲 Isle of Man (Crown dependency)
 * 🇯🇪 Jersey - Bailiwick of Jersey (Crown dependency)
 * 🇲🇸 Montserrat (Dependent territory to May 21, overseas territory from May 21)
 *  Pitcairn Islands - Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands (Dependent territory to May 21, overseas territory from May 21)
 *  Saint Helena (Dependent territory with two dependencies to May 21, overseas territory with two dependencies from May 21)
 * Ascension Island
 * Tristan da Cunha
 *  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Dependent territory to May 21, overseas territory from May 21)
 * 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands (Dependent territory to May 21, overseas territory from May 21)

United States

 * 🇦🇸 American Samoa - Territory of American Samoa (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Baker Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇬🇺 Guam - Territory of Guam (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Howland Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Jarvis Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Johnston Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Kingman Reef (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Midway Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Navassa Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Palmyra Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Petrel Islands (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Serranilla Bank (Uninhabited territory)
 *  United States Virgin Islands (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Wake Island (Uninhabited territory)

Internationally recognized sovereign states
In 2003, there were 192 states which were diplomatically recognized by a majority of sovereign states. United Nations member states are indicated by [UN].

A

 * 🇦🇫 Afghanistan - Islamic State of Afghanistan [UN]
 * 🇦🇱 Albania - Republic of Albania [UN]
 * 🇩🇿 Algeria - People's Democratic Republic of Algeria [UN]
 * 🇦🇩 Andorra - Principality of Andorra [UN]
 * 🇦🇴 Angola - Republic of Angola [UN]
 * 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda [UN]
 * 🇦🇷 Argentina - Argentine Republic [UN]
 * 🇦🇲 Armenia - Republic of Armenia [UN]
 * 🇦🇺 Australia - Commonwealth of Australia [UN]
 * 🇦🇹 Austria - Republic of Austria [UN]
 * 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan - Republic of Azerbaijan [UN]

B

 *  The Bahamas - Commonwealth of the Bahamas [UN]
 * 🇧🇭 Bahrain - Kingdom of Bahrain [UN]
 * 🇧🇩 Bangladesh - People's Republic of Bangladesh [UN]
 * 🇧🇧 Barbados [UN]
 * 🇧🇾 Belarus - Republic of Belarus [UN]
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium [UN]
 * 🇧🇿 Belize [UN]
 * 🇧🇯 Benin - Republic of Benin [UN]
 * 🇧🇹 Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan [UN]
 * 🇧🇴 Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia [UN]
 * 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina [UN]
 * 🇧🇼 Botswana - Republic of Botswana [UN]
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil - Federative Republic of Brazil [UN]
 *  Brunei - State of Brunei Darussalam [UN]
 * 🇧🇬 Bulgaria - Republic of Bulgaria [UN]
 * 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso [UN]
 * 🇧🇮 Burundi - Republic of Burundi [UN]

C

 * 🇰🇭 Cambodia - Kingdom of Cambodia [UN]
 * 🇨🇲 Cameroon - Republic of Cameroon [UN]
 * 🇨🇦 Canada [UN]
 * 🇨🇻 Cape Verde - Republic of Cape Verde [UN]
 * 🇨🇫 Central African Republic [UN]
 * 🇹🇩 Chad - Republic of Chad [UN]
 * 🇨🇱 Chile - Republic of Chile [UN]
 * 🇨🇳 China - People's Republic of China [UN]
 * 🇨🇴 Colombia - Republic of Colombia [UN]
 * 🇰🇲 Comoros - Union of the Comoros [UN]
 *  Congo, Democratic Republic of the [UN]
 *  Congo, Republic of the [UN]
 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica [UN]
 * 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire - Republic of Côte d'Ivoire [UN]
 * 🇭🇷 Croatia - Republic of Croatia [UN]
 * 🇨🇺 Cuba - Republic of Cuba [UN]
 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus - Republic of Cyprus [UN]
 * 🇨🇿 Czech Republic [UN]

D

 * 🇩🇰 Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark [UN]
 * 🇩🇯 Djibouti - Republic of Djibouti [UN]
 * 🇩🇲 Dominica - Commonwealth of Dominica [UN]
 * 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic [UN]

E

 * 🇪🇨 Ecuador - Republic of Ecuador [UN]
 * 🇪🇬 Egypt - Arab Republic of Egypt [UN]
 * 🇸🇻 El Salvador - Republic of El Salvador [UN]
 * 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea - Republic of Equatorial Guinea [UN]
 * 🇪🇷 Eritrea - State of Eritrea [UN]
 * 🇪🇪 Estonia - Republic of Estonia [UN]
 * 🇪🇹 Ethiopia - Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia [UN]

F

 * 🇫🇯 Fiji - Republic of the Fiji Islands [UN]
 * 🇫🇮 Finland - Republic of Finland [UN]
 * 🇫🇷 France - French Republic [UN]

G

 * 🇬🇦 Gabon - Gabonese Republic [UN]
 *  The Gambia - Republic of the Gambia [UN]
 *  Georgia [UN]
 * 🇩🇪 Germany - Federal Republic of Germany [UN]
 * 🇬🇭 Ghana - Republic of Ghana [UN]
 * 🇬🇷 Greece - Hellenic Republic [UN]
 * 🇬🇩 Grenada [UN]
 * 🇬🇹 Guatemala - Republic of Guatemala [UN]
 * 🇬🇳 Guinea - Republic of Guinea [UN]
 * 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau - Republic of Guinea-Bissau [UN]
 * 🇬🇾 Guyana - Co-operative Republic of Guyana [UN]

H

 * 🇭🇹 Haiti - Republic of Haiti [UN]
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras - Republic of Honduras [UN]
 * 🇭🇺 Hungary - Republic of Hungary [UN]

I

 * 🇮🇸 Iceland - Republic of Iceland [UN]
 * 🇮🇳 India - Republic of India [UN]
 * 🇮🇩 Indonesia - Republic of Indonesia [UN]
 * 🇮🇷 Iran - Islamic Republic of Iran [UN]
 * 🇮🇶 Iraq - Republic of Iraq [UN]
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland - Republic of Ireland [UN]
 * 🇮🇱 Israel - State of Israel [UN]
 * 🇮🇹 Italy - Italian Republic [UN]

J

 * 🇯🇲 Jamaica [UN]
 * 🇯🇵 Japan [UN]
 * 🇯🇴 Jordan - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan [UN]

K

 * 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan - Republic of Kazakhstan [UN]
 * 🇰🇪 Kenya - Republic of Kenya [UN]
 * 🇰🇮 Kiribati - Republic of Kiribati [UN]
 *  Korea, North - Democratic People's Republic of Korea [UN]
 *  Korea, South - Republic of Korea [UN]
 * 🇰🇼 Kuwait - State of Kuwait [UN]
 * 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz Republic [UN]

L

 *  Laos - Lao People's Democratic Republic [UN]
 * 🇱🇻 Latvia - Republic of Latvia [UN]
 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon - Lebanese Republic [UN]
 * 🇱🇸 Lesotho - Kingdom of Lesotho [UN]
 * 🇱🇷 Liberia - Republic of Liberia [UN]
 * 🇱🇾 Libya - Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya [UN]
 * 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein [UN]
 * 🇱🇹 Lithuania - Republic of Lithuania [UN]
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg [UN]

M

 * 🇲🇰 Macedonia - Republic of Macedonia [UN]
 * 🇲🇬 Madagascar - Republic of Madagascar [UN]
 * 🇲🇼 Malawi - Republic of Malawi [UN]
 * 🇲🇾 Malaysia [UN]
 * 🇲🇻 Maldives - Republic of Maldives [UN]
 * 🇲🇱 Mali - Republic of Mali [UN]
 * 🇲🇹 Malta - Republic of Malta [UN]
 * 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands - Republic of the Marshall Islands (In free association with the United States) [UN]
 * 🇲🇷 Mauritania - Islamic Republic of Mauritania [UN]
 * 🇲🇺 Mauritius - Republic of Mauritius [UN]
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico - United Mexican States [UN]
 * 🇫🇲 Micronesia - Federated States of Micronesia (In free association with the United States) [UN]
 * 🇲🇩 Moldova - Republic of Moldova [UN]
 * 🇲🇨 Monaco - Principality of Monaco [UN]
 * 🇲🇳 Mongolia [UN]
 * 🇲🇦 Morocco - Kingdom of Morocco [UN]
 * 🇲🇿 Mozambique - Republic of Mozambique [UN]
 * 🇲🇲 Myanmar - Union of Myanmar [UN]

N

 * 🇳🇦 Namibia - Republic of Namibia [UN]
 * 🇳🇷 Nauru - Republic of Nauru [UN]
 * 🇳🇵 Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal [UN]
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands - Kingdom of the Netherlands [UN]
 * 🇳🇿 New Zealand [UN]
 * 🇳🇮 Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua [UN]
 * 🇳🇪 Niger - Republic of Niger [UN]
 * 🇳🇬 Nigeria - Federal Republic of Nigeria [UN]
 * 🇳🇴 Norway - Kingdom of Norway [UN]

O

 * 🇴🇲 Oman - Sultanate of Oman [UN]

P

 * 🇵🇰 Pakistan - Islamic Republic of Pakistan [UN]
 * 🇵🇼 Palau - Republic of Palau (In free association with the United States) [UN]
 * 🇵🇦 Panama - Republic of Panama [UN]
 * 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea - Independent State of Papua New Guinea [UN]
 * 🇵🇾 Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay [UN]
 * 🇵🇪 Peru - Republic of Peru [UN]
 * 🇵🇭 Philippines - Republic of the Philippines [UN]
 * 🇵🇱 Poland - Republic of Poland [UN]
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal - Portuguese Republic [UN]

Q

 * 🇶🇦 Qatar - State of Qatar [UN]

R

 * 🇷🇴 Romania [UN]
 * 🇷🇺 Russia - Russian Federation [UN]
 * 🇷🇼 Rwanda [UN]
 * Rwandan Republic (to June 4)
 * Republic of Rwanda (from June 4)

S

 * 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis - Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis [UN]
 * 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia [UN]
 * 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [UN]
 * 🇼🇸 Samoa - Independent State of Samoa [UN]
 * 🇸🇲 San Marino - Most Serene Republic of San Marino [UN]
 *  São Tomé and Príncipe - Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe [UN]
 * 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [UN]
 * 🇸🇳 Senegal - Republic of Senegal [UN]
 * For Serbia and Montenegro, see Yugoslavia
 * 🇸🇨 Seychelles - Republic of Seychelles [UN]
 * 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone - Republic of Sierra Leone [UN]
 * 🇸🇬 Singapore - Republic of Singapore [UN]
 * 🇸🇰 Slovakia - Slovak Republic [UN]
 * 🇸🇮 Slovenia - Republic of Slovenia [UN]
 * 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands [UN]
 * 🇸🇴 Somalia [UN]
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa - Republic of South Africa [UN]
 * 🇪🇸 Spain - Kingdom of Spain [UN]
 * 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka - Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka [UN]
 * 🇸🇩 Sudan - Republic of the Sudan [UN]
 * 🇸🇷 Suriname - Republic of Suriname [UN]
 * 🇸🇿 Swaziland - Kingdom of Swaziland [UN]
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden [UN]
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland - Swiss Confederation [UN]
 *  Syria - Syrian Arab Republic [UN]

T

 * 🇹🇯 Tajikistan - Republic of Tajikistan [UN]
 * 🇹🇿 Tanzania - United Republic of Tanzania [UN]
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand [UN]
 *  Timor-Leste - Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste [UN]
 * 🇹🇬 Togo - Togolese Republic [UN]
 * 🇹🇴 Tonga - Kingdom of Tonga [UN]
 * 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago - Republic of Trinidad and Tobago [UN]
 * 🇹🇳 Tunisia - Republic of Tunisia [UN]
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey - Republic of Turkey [UN]
 * 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan [UN]
 * 🇹🇻 Tuvalu [UN]

U

 * 🇺🇬 Uganda - Republic of Uganda [UN]
 * 🇺🇦 Ukraine [UN]
 * 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates [UN]
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [UN]
 * 🇺🇸 United States - United States of America [UN]
 * 🇺🇾 Uruguay - Eastern Republic of Uruguay [UN]
 * 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan - Republic of Uzbekistan [UN]

V

 * 🇻🇺 Vanuatu - Republic of Vanuatu [UN]
 * 🇻🇦 Vatican City - State of the Vatican City [UN]
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela [UN]
 *  Vietnam - Socialist Republic of Vietnam [UN]

Y

 * 🇾🇪 Yemen - Republic of Yemen [UN]
 *  FR Yugoslavia (to February 4), Serbia and Montenegro (from February 4) [UN]
 * Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (to February 4)
 * State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (from February 4)

Z

 * 🇿🇲 Zambia - Republic of Zambia [UN]
 * 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe - Republic of Zimbabwe [UN]

Other states
In 2003, there were nine states which were not recognized as sovereign by a majority of countries.
 *  Abkhazia - Republic of Abkhazia
 * De facto independent state. Claimed by Georgia as the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia. Not recognized by any other state.
 * 🇺🇳 Kosovo - United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
 * Territory within Serbia under United Nations administration.
 *  Nagorno-Karabakh - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
 * De facto independent state. Not recognized by any other state. Claimed by Azerbaijan.
 *  Northern Cyprus - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
 * De facto independent state. Recognised only by Turkey. Claimed by Cyprus.
 * ''' Palestine
 * The Palestinian territories were partially controlled by Israel and partially under control of the Palestinian National Authority, a self governing entity which had diplomatic relations with several UN member states. The Palestinian Liberation Organization was an observer at the UN.
 *  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
 * De facto independent state recognized by several UN member states. The territories under its control, the so-called Free Zone, were claimed in whole by Morocco as part of its Southern Provinces. In turn, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic claimed the part of the Western Sahara to the west of the Moroccan Wall controlled by Morocco. Its government resided in exile in Algeria.
 *  Somaliland - Republic of Somaliland
 * De facto independent state. Not recognized by any other state. Claimed by Somalia.
 *  South Ossetia - Republic of South Ossetia
 * De facto independent state. Claimed by Georgia. Not recognized by any other state.
 * 🇹🇼 Taiwan - Republic of China
 * De facto independent state; de jure the Republic of China, a polity regarded by the People's Republic of China to be its defunct (and no longer legitimate) predecessor state. In addition to Taiwan, the Republic of China also governed part of the Spratly Islands and had not renounced claims over mainland China and Mongolia. The territory of the Republic of China was claimed by the People's Republic of China.
 *  Transnistria - Transnistrian Moldovan Republic
 * De facto independent state. Not recognized by any other state. Claimed by Moldova.

Australia

 * 🇦🇺 Ashmore and Cartier Islands - Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Australian Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇦🇺 🇨🇽 Christmas Island - Territory of Christmas Island (External territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (External territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Coral Sea Islands - Coral Sea Islands Territory (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Heard Island and McDonald Islands - Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island - Territory of Norfolk Island (External territory)

Denmark

 * 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands (Autonomous province)
 * 🇬🇱 Greenland (Autonomous province)

France

 * 🇫🇷 Banc du Geyser (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇫🇷 Bassas da India (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇫🇷 Clipperton Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇫🇷 Europa Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇵🇫 French Polynesia
 * Territory of French Polynesia (to March 28, Overseas territory)
 * French Polynesia (from March 28, Overseas collectivity)
 *  French Southern and Antarctic Lands - Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Uninhabited overseas territory)
 * 🇫🇷 Glorioso Islands (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇫🇷 Juan de Nova Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇾🇹 Mayotte - Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte (Departmental collectivity to March 28, overseas collectivity from March 28)
 * 🇳🇨 New Caledonia (sui generis collectivity)
 * 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Territorial collectivity to March 28, overseas collectivity from March 28)
 * 🇫🇷 Tromelin Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna - Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands (Overseas territory to March 28, overseas collectivity from March 28)

Netherlands

 * 🇦🇼 Aruba (Overseas country)
 *  Netherlands Antilles (Overseas country)

New Zealand

 * 🇨🇰 Cook Islands (Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
 * 🇳🇺 Niue (Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
 * 🇳🇿 Ross Dependency (Uninhabited dependent territory)
 * 🇳🇿 Tokelau (Dependent territory)

Norway

 * 🇳🇴 Bouvet Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇳🇴 Peter I Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇳🇴 Queen Maud Land (Uninhabited possession)

United Kingdom

 *  Akrotiri and Dhekelia - Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Sovereign base areas administrated as a single overseas territory)
 * 🇦🇮 Anguilla (Overseas territory)
 * 🇧🇲 Bermuda (Self-governing overseas territory)
 *  British Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited overseas territory)
 * 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory (Uninhabited overseas territory)
 *  British Virgin Islands (Overseas territory)
 * 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands (Overseas territory)
 *  Falkland Islands (Overseas territory)
 * 🇬🇮 Gibraltar (Overseas territory)
 * 🇬🇬 Guernsey - Bailiwick of Guernsey (Crown dependency)
 * 🇮🇲 Isle of Man (Crown dependency)
 * 🇯🇪 Jersey - Bailiwick of Jersey (Crown dependency)
 * 🇲🇸 Montserrat (Overseas territory)
 *  Pitcairn Islands - Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands (Overseas territory)
 *  Saint Helena (Overseas territory with two dependencies)
 * Ascension Island
 * Tristan da Cunha
 *  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Overseas territory)
 * 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands (Overseas territory)

United States

 * 🇦🇸 American Samoa - Territory of American Samoa (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Baker Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇬🇺 Guam - Territory of Guam (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Howland Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Jarvis Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Johnston Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Kingman Reef (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Midway Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Navassa Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Palmyra Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Petrel Islands (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Serranilla Bank (Uninhabited territory)
 *  United States Virgin Islands (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Wake Island (Uninhabited territory)

Internationally recognized sovereign states
In 2004, there were 192 states which were diplomatically recognized by a majority of sovereign states. United Nations member states are indicated by [UN].

A

 * 🇦🇫 🇦🇫 Afghanistan [UN]
 * Islamic State of Afghanistan (to January 4)
 * Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (from January 4)
 * 🇦🇱 Albania - Republic of Albania [UN]
 * 🇩🇿 Algeria - People's Democratic Republic of Algeria [UN]
 * 🇦🇩 Andorra - Principality of Andorra [UN]
 * 🇦🇴 Angola - Republic of Angola [UN]
 * 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda [UN]
 * 🇦🇷 Argentina - Argentine Republic [UN]
 * 🇦🇲 Armenia - Republic of Armenia [UN]
 * 🇦🇺 Australia - Commonwealth of Australia [UN]
 * 🇦🇹 Austria - Republic of Austria [UN]
 * 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan - Republic of Azerbaijan [UN]

B

 *  The Bahamas - Commonwealth of the Bahamas [UN]
 * 🇧🇭 Bahrain - Kingdom of Bahrain [UN]
 * 🇧🇩 Bangladesh - People's Republic of Bangladesh [UN]
 * 🇧🇧 Barbados [UN]
 * 🇧🇾 Belarus - Republic of Belarus [UN]
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium [UN]
 * 🇧🇿 Belize [UN]
 * 🇧🇯 Benin - Republic of Benin [UN]
 * 🇧🇹 Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan [UN]
 * 🇧🇴 Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia [UN]
 * 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina [UN]
 * 🇧🇼 Botswana - Republic of Botswana [UN]
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil - Federative Republic of Brazil [UN]
 *  Brunei - State of Brunei Darussalam [UN]
 * 🇧🇬 Bulgaria - Republic of Bulgaria [UN]
 * 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso [UN]
 * 🇧🇮 Burundi - Republic of Burundi [UN]

C

 * 🇰🇭 Cambodia - Kingdom of Cambodia [UN]
 * 🇨🇲 Cameroon - Republic of Cameroon [UN]
 * 🇨🇦 Canada [UN]
 * 🇨🇻 Cape Verde - Republic of Cape Verde [UN]
 * 🇨🇫 Central African Republic [UN]
 * 🇹🇩 Chad - Republic of Chad [UN]
 * 🇨🇱 Chile - Republic of Chile [UN]
 * 🇨🇳 China - People's Republic of China [UN]
 * 🇨🇴 Colombia - Republic of Colombia [UN]
 * 🇰🇲 Comoros - Union of the Comoros [UN]
 *  Congo, Democratic Republic of the [UN]
 *  Congo, Republic of the [UN]
 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica [UN]
 * 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire - Republic of Côte d'Ivoire [UN]
 * 🇭🇷 Croatia - Republic of Croatia [UN]
 * 🇨🇺 Cuba - Republic of Cuba [UN]
 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus - Republic of Cyprus [UN]
 * 🇨🇿 Czech Republic [UN]

D

 * 🇩🇰 Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark [UN]
 * 🇩🇯 Djibouti - Republic of Djibouti [UN]
 * 🇩🇲 Dominica - Commonwealth of Dominica [UN]
 * 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic [UN]

E

 * 🇪🇨 Ecuador - Republic of Ecuador [UN]
 * 🇪🇬 Egypt - Arab Republic of Egypt [UN]
 * 🇸🇻 El Salvador - Republic of El Salvador [UN]
 * 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea - Republic of Equatorial Guinea [UN]
 * 🇪🇷 Eritrea - State of Eritrea [UN]
 * 🇪🇪 Estonia - Republic of Estonia [UN]
 * 🇪🇹 Ethiopia - Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia [UN]

F

 * 🇫🇯 Fiji - Republic of the Fiji Islands [UN]
 * 🇫🇮 Finland - Republic of Finland [UN]
 * 🇫🇷 France - French Republic [UN]

G

 * 🇬🇦 Gabon - Gabonese Republic [UN]
 *  The Gambia - Republic of the Gambia [UN]
 *  Georgia [UN]
 * 🇩🇪 Germany - Federal Republic of Germany [UN]
 * 🇬🇭 Ghana - Republic of Ghana [UN]
 * 🇬🇷 Greece - Hellenic Republic [UN]
 * 🇬🇩 Grenada [UN]
 * 🇬🇹 Guatemala - Republic of Guatemala [UN]
 * 🇬🇳 Guinea - Republic of Guinea [UN]
 * 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau - Republic of Guinea-Bissau [UN]
 * 🇬🇾 Guyana - Co-operative Republic of Guyana [UN]

H

 * 🇭🇹 Haiti - Republic of Haiti [UN]
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras - Republic of Honduras [UN]
 * 🇭🇺 Hungary - Republic of Hungary [UN]

I

 * 🇮🇸 Iceland - Republic of Iceland [UN]
 * 🇮🇳 India - Republic of India [UN]
 * 🇮🇩 Indonesia - Republic of Indonesia [UN]
 * 🇮🇷 Iran - Islamic Republic of Iran [UN]
 * 🇮🇶 🇮🇶 Iraq - Republic of Iraq [UN]
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland - Republic of Ireland [UN]
 * 🇮🇱 Israel - State of Israel [UN]
 * 🇮🇹 Italy - Italian Republic [UN]

J

 * 🇯🇲 Jamaica [UN]
 * 🇯🇵 Japan [UN]
 * 🇯🇴 Jordan - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan [UN]

K

 * 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan - Republic of Kazakhstan [UN]
 * 🇰🇪 Kenya - Republic of Kenya [UN]
 * 🇰🇮 Kiribati - Republic of Kiribati [UN]
 *  Korea, North - Democratic People's Republic of Korea [UN]
 *  Korea, South - Republic of Korea [UN]
 * 🇰🇼 Kuwait - State of Kuwait [UN]
 * 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz Republic [UN]

L

 *  Laos - Lao People's Democratic Republic [UN]
 * 🇱🇻 Latvia - Republic of Latvia [UN]
 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon - Lebanese Republic [UN]
 * 🇱🇸 Lesotho - Kingdom of Lesotho [UN]
 * 🇱🇷 Liberia - Republic of Liberia [UN]
 * 🇱🇾 Libya - Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya [UN]
 * 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein [UN]
 * 🇱🇹 🇱🇹 Lithuania - Republic of Lithuania [UN]
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg [UN]

M

 * 🇲🇰 Macedonia - Republic of Macedonia [UN]
 * 🇲🇬 Madagascar - Republic of Madagascar [UN]
 * 🇲🇼 Malawi - Republic of Malawi [UN]
 * 🇲🇾 Malaysia [UN]
 * 🇲🇻 Maldives - Republic of Maldives [UN]
 * 🇲🇱 Mali - Republic of Mali [UN]
 * 🇲🇹 Malta - Republic of Malta [UN]
 * 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands - Republic of the Marshall Islands (In free association with the United States) [UN]
 * 🇲🇷 Mauritania - Islamic Republic of Mauritania [UN]
 * 🇲🇺 Mauritius - Republic of Mauritius [UN]
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico - United Mexican States [UN]
 * 🇫🇲 Micronesia - Federated States of Micronesia (In free association with the United States) [UN]
 * 🇲🇩 Moldova - Republic of Moldova [UN]
 * 🇲🇨 Monaco - Principality of Monaco [UN]
 * 🇲🇳 Mongolia [UN]
 * 🇲🇦 Morocco - Kingdom of Morocco [UN]
 * 🇲🇿 Mozambique - Republic of Mozambique [UN]
 * 🇲🇲 Myanmar - Union of Myanmar [UN]

N

 * 🇳🇦 Namibia - Republic of Namibia [UN]
 * 🇳🇷 Nauru - Republic of Nauru [UN]
 * 🇳🇵 Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal [UN]
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands - Kingdom of the Netherlands [UN]
 * 🇳🇿 New Zealand [UN]
 * 🇳🇮 Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua [UN]
 * 🇳🇪 Niger - Republic of Niger [UN]
 * 🇳🇬 Nigeria - Federal Republic of Nigeria [UN]
 * 🇳🇴 Norway - Kingdom of Norway [UN]

O

 * 🇴🇲 Oman - Sultanate of Oman [UN]

P

 * 🇵🇰 Pakistan - Islamic Republic of Pakistan [UN]
 * 🇵🇼 Palau - Republic of Palau (In free association with the United States) [UN]
 * 🇵🇦 Panama - Republic of Panama [UN]
 * 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea - Independent State of Papua New Guinea [UN]
 * 🇵🇾 Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay [UN]
 * 🇵🇪 Peru - Republic of Peru [UN]
 * 🇵🇭 Philippines - Republic of the Philippines [UN]
 * 🇵🇱 Poland - Republic of Poland [UN]
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal - Portuguese Republic [UN]

Q

 * 🇶🇦 Qatar - State of Qatar [UN]

R

 * 🇷🇴 Romania [UN]
 * 🇷🇺 Russia - Russian Federation [UN]
 * 🇷🇼 Rwanda - Republic of Rwanda [UN]

S

 * 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis - Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis [UN]
 * 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia [UN]
 * 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [UN]
 * 🇼🇸 Samoa - Independent State of Samoa [UN]
 * 🇸🇲 San Marino - Most Serene Republic of San Marino [UN]
 *  São Tomé and Príncipe - Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe [UN]
 * 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [UN]
 * 🇸🇳 Senegal - Republic of Senegal [UN]
 *  Serbia and Montenegro - State Union of Serbia and Montenegro [UN]
 * 🇸🇨 Seychelles - Republic of Seychelles [UN]
 * 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone - Republic of Sierra Leone [UN]
 * 🇸🇬 Singapore - Republic of Singapore [UN]
 * 🇸🇰 Slovakia - Slovak Republic [UN]
 * 🇸🇮 Slovenia - Republic of Slovenia [UN]
 * 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands [UN]
 * 🇸🇴 Somalia [UN]
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa - Republic of South Africa [UN]
 * 🇪🇸 Spain - Kingdom of Spain [UN]
 * 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka - Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka [UN]
 * 🇸🇩 Sudan - Republic of the Sudan [UN]
 * 🇸🇷 Suriname - Republic of Suriname [UN]
 * 🇸🇿 Swaziland - Kingdom of Swaziland [UN]
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden [UN]
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland - Swiss Confederation [UN]
 *  Syria - Syrian Arab Republic [UN]

T

 * 🇹🇯 Tajikistan - Republic of Tajikistan [UN]
 * 🇹🇿 Tanzania - United Republic of Tanzania [UN]
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand [UN]
 *  Timor-Leste - Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste [UN]
 * 🇹🇬 Togo - Togolese Republic [UN]
 * 🇹🇴 Tonga - Kingdom of Tonga [UN]
 * 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago - Republic of Trinidad and Tobago [UN]
 * 🇹🇳 Tunisia - Republic of Tunisia [UN]
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey - Republic of Turkey [UN]
 * 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan [UN]
 * 🇹🇻 Tuvalu [UN]

U

 * 🇺🇬 Uganda - Republic of Uganda [UN]
 * 🇺🇦 Ukraine [UN]
 * 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates [UN]
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [UN]
 * 🇺🇸 United States - United States of America [UN]
 * 🇺🇾 Uruguay - Eastern Republic of Uruguay [UN]
 * 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan - Republic of Uzbekistan [UN]

V

 * 🇻🇺 Vanuatu - Republic of Vanuatu [UN]
 * 🇻🇦 Vatican City - State of the Vatican City
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela [UN]
 *  Vietnam - Socialist Republic of Vietnam [UN]

Y

 * 🇾🇪 Yemen - Republic of Yemen [UN]

Z

 * 🇿🇲 Zambia - Republic of Zambia [UN]
 * 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe - Republic of Zimbabwe [UN]

Other states
In 2004, there were nine states which were not recognized as sovereign by a majority of countries.
 *  Abkhazia - Republic of Abkhazia
 * De facto independent state. Claimed by Georgia as the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia. Not recognized by any other state.
 * 🇺🇳 Kosovo - United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
 * Territory within Serbia under United Nations administration.
 *  Nagorno-Karabakh - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
 * De facto independent state. Not recognized by any other state. Claimed by Azerbaijan.
 *  Northern Cyprus - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
 * De facto independent state. Recognised only by Turkey. Claimed by Cyprus.
 * ''' Palestine
 * The Palestinian territories were partially controlled by Israel and partially under control of the Palestinian National Authority, a self governing entity which had diplomatic relations with several UN member states. The Palestinian Liberation Organization was an observer at the UN.
 *  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
 * De facto independent state recognized by several UN member states. The territories under its control, the so-called Free Zone, were claimed in whole by Morocco as part of its Southern Provinces. In turn, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic claimed the part of the Western Sahara to the west of the Moroccan Wall controlled by Morocco. Its government resided in exile in Algeria.
 *  Somaliland - Republic of Somaliland
 * De facto independent state. Not recognized by any other state. Claimed by Somalia.
 *  South Ossetia - Republic of South Ossetia
 * De facto independent state. Claimed by Georgia. Not recognized by any other state.
 * 🇹🇼 Taiwan - Republic of China
 * De facto independent state; de jure the Republic of China, a polity regarded by the People's Republic of China to be its defunct (and no longer legitimate) predecessor state. In addition to Taiwan, the Republic of China also governed part of the Spratly Islands and had not renounced claims over mainland China and Mongolia. The territory of the Republic of China was claimed by the People's Republic of China.
 *  Transnistria - Transnistrian Moldovan Republic
 * De facto independent state. Not recognized by any other state. Claimed by Moldova.

Australia

 * 🇦🇺 Ashmore and Cartier Islands - Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Australian Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇨🇽 Christmas Island - Territory of Christmas Island (External territory)
 * 🇦🇺 🇨🇨 Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (External territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Coral Sea Islands - Coral Sea Islands Territory (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Heard Island and McDonald Islands - Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island - Territory of Norfolk Island (External territory)

Denmark

 * 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands (Autonomous province)
 * 🇬🇱 Greenland (Autonomous province)

France

 * 🇫🇷 Banc du Geyser (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇫🇷 Bassas da India (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇫🇷 Clipperton Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇫🇷 Europa Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇵🇫 French Polynesia (Overseas collectivity to February 27, overseas country from February 27)
 *  French Southern and Antarctic Lands - Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Uninhabited overseas territory)
 * 🇫🇷 Glorioso Islands (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇫🇷 Juan de Nova Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇾🇹 Mayotte - Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte (Overseas collectivity)
 * 🇳🇨 New Caledonia (sui generis collectivity)
 * 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Overseas collectivity)
 * 🇫🇷 Tromelin Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna - Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands (Overseas collectivity)

Netherlands

 * 🇦🇼 Aruba (Overseas country)
 *  Netherlands Antilles (Overseas country)

New Zealand

 * 🇨🇰 Cook Islands (Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
 * 🇳🇺 Niue (Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
 * 🇳🇿 Ross Dependency (Uninhabited dependent territory)
 * 🇳🇿 Tokelau (Dependent territory)

Norway

 * 🇳🇴 Bouvet Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇳🇴 Peter I Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇳🇴 Queen Maud Land (Uninhabited possession)

United Kingdom

 *  Akrotiri and Dhekelia - Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Sovereign base areas administrated as a single overseas territory)
 * 🇦🇮 Anguilla (Overseas territory)
 * 🇧🇲 Bermuda (Self-governing overseas territory)
 *  British Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited overseas territory)
 * 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory (Uninhabited overseas territory)
 *  British Virgin Islands (Overseas territory)
 * 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands (Overseas territory)
 *  Falkland Islands (Overseas territory)
 * 🇬🇮 Gibraltar (Overseas territory)
 * 🇬🇬 Guernsey - Bailiwick of Guernsey (Crown dependency)
 * 🇮🇲 Isle of Man (Crown dependency)
 * 🇯🇪 Jersey - Bailiwick of Jersey (Crown dependency)
 * 🇲🇸 Montserrat (Overseas territory)
 *  Pitcairn Islands - Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands (Overseas territory)
 *  Saint Helena (Overseas territory)
 *  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Overseas territory)
 * 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands (Overseas territory)

United States

 * 🇦🇸 American Samoa - Territory of American Samoa (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Baker Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇬🇺 Guam - Territory of Guam (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Howland Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Jarvis Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Johnston Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Kingman Reef (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Midway Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Navassa Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands - Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Palmyra Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Petrel Islands (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Serranilla Bank (Uninhabited territory)
 *  United States Virgin Islands (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Wake Island (Uninhabited territory)

Internationally recognized sovereign states
In 2005, there were 192 states which were diplomatically recognized by a majority of sovereign states. United Nations member states are indicated by [UN].

A

 * 🇦🇫 Afghanistan - Islamic Republic of Afghanistan [UN]
 * 🇦🇱 Albania - Republic of Albania [UN]
 * 🇩🇿 Algeria - People's Democratic Republic of Algeria [UN]
 * 🇦🇩 Andorra - Principality of Andorra [UN]
 * 🇦🇴 Angola - Republic of Angola [UN]
 * 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda [UN]
 * 🇦🇷 Argentina - Argentine Republic [UN]
 * 🇦🇲 Armenia - Republic of Armenia [UN]
 * 🇦🇺 Australia - Commonwealth of Australia [UN]
 * 🇦🇹 Austria - Republic of Austria [UN]
 * 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan - Republic of Azerbaijan [UN]

B

 *  The Bahamas - Commonwealth of the Bahamas [UN]
 * 🇧🇭 Bahrain - Kingdom of Bahrain [UN]
 * 🇧🇩 Bangladesh - People's Republic of Bangladesh [UN]
 * 🇧🇧 Barbados [UN]
 * 🇧🇾 Belarus - Republic of Belarus [UN]
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium [UN]
 * 🇧🇿 Belize [UN]
 * 🇧🇯 Benin - Republic of Benin [UN]
 * 🇧🇹 Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan [UN]
 * 🇧🇴 Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia [UN]
 * 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina [UN]
 * 🇧🇼 Botswana - Republic of Botswana [UN]
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil - Federative Republic of Brazil [UN]
 *  Brunei - State of Brunei Darussalam [UN]
 * 🇧🇬 Bulgaria - Republic of Bulgaria [UN]
 * 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso [UN]
 * 🇧🇮 Burundi - Republic of Burundi [UN]

C

 * 🇰🇭 Cambodia - Kingdom of Cambodia [UN]
 * 🇨🇲 Cameroon - Republic of Cameroon [UN]
 * 🇨🇦 Canada [UN]
 * 🇨🇻 Cape Verde - Republic of Cape Verde [UN]
 * 🇨🇫 Central African Republic [UN]
 * 🇹🇩 Chad - Republic of Chad [UN]
 * 🇨🇱 Chile - Republic of Chile [UN]
 * 🇨🇳 China - People's Republic of China [UN]
 * 🇨🇴 Colombia - Republic of Colombia [UN]
 * 🇰🇲 Comoros - Union of the Comoros [UN]
 *  Congo, Democratic Republic of the [UN]
 *  Congo, Republic of the [UN]
 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica [UN]
 * 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire - Republic of Côte d'Ivoire [UN]
 * 🇭🇷 Croatia - Republic of Croatia [UN]
 * 🇨🇺 Cuba - Republic of Cuba [UN]
 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus - Republic of Cyprus [UN]
 * 🇨🇿 Czech Republic [UN]

D

 * 🇩🇰 Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark [UN]
 * 🇩🇯 Djibouti - Republic of Djibouti [UN]
 * 🇩🇲 Dominica - Commonwealth of Dominica [UN]
 * 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic [UN]

E

 * 🇪🇨 Ecuador - Republic of Ecuador [UN]
 * 🇪🇬 Egypt - Arab Republic of Egypt [UN]
 * 🇸🇻 El Salvador - Republic of El Salvador [UN]
 * 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea - Republic of Equatorial Guinea [UN]
 * 🇪🇷 Eritrea - State of Eritrea [UN]
 * 🇪🇪 Estonia - Republic of Estonia [UN]
 * 🇪🇹 Ethiopia - Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia [UN]

F

 * 🇫🇯 Fiji - Republic of the Fiji Islands [UN]
 * 🇫🇮 Finland - Republic of Finland [UN]
 * 🇫🇷 France - French Republic [UN]

G

 * 🇬🇦 Gabon - Gabonese Republic [UN]
 *  The Gambia - Republic of the Gambia [UN]
 *  Georgia [UN]
 * 🇩🇪 Germany - Federal Republic of Germany [UN]
 * 🇬🇭 Ghana - Republic of Ghana [UN]
 * 🇬🇷 Greece - Hellenic Republic [UN]
 * 🇬🇩 Grenada [UN]
 * 🇬🇹 Guatemala - Republic of Guatemala [UN]
 * 🇬🇳 Guinea - Republic of Guinea [UN]
 * 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau - Republic of Guinea-Bissau [UN]
 * 🇬🇾 Guyana - Co-operative Republic of Guyana [UN]

H

 * 🇭🇹 Haiti - Republic of Haiti [UN]
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras - Republic of Honduras [UN]
 * 🇭🇺 Hungary - Republic of Hungary [UN]

I

 * 🇮🇸 Iceland - Republic of Iceland [UN]
 * 🇮🇳 India - Republic of India [UN]
 * 🇮🇩 Indonesia - Republic of Indonesia [UN]
 * 🇮🇷 Iran - Islamic Republic of Iran [UN]
 * 🇮🇶 Iraq - Republic of Iraq [UN]
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland - Republic of Ireland [UN]
 * 🇮🇱 Israel - State of Israel [UN]
 * 🇮🇹 Italy - Italian Republic [UN]

J

 * 🇯🇲 Jamaica [UN]
 * 🇯🇵 Japan [UN]
 * 🇯🇴 Jordan - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan [UN]

K

 * 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan - Republic of Kazakhstan [UN]
 * 🇰🇪 Kenya - Republic of Kenya [UN]
 * 🇰🇮 Kiribati - Republic of Kiribati [UN]
 *  Korea, North - Democratic People's Republic of Korea [UN]
 *  Korea, South - Republic of Korea [UN]
 * 🇰🇼 Kuwait - State of Kuwait [UN]
 * 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz Republic [UN]

L

 *  Laos - Lao People's Democratic Republic [UN]
 * 🇱🇻 Latvia - Republic of Latvia [UN]
 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon - Lebanese Republic [UN]
 * 🇱🇸 Lesotho - Kingdom of Lesotho [UN]
 * 🇱🇷 Liberia - Republic of Liberia [UN]
 * 🇱🇾 Libya - Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya [UN]
 * 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein [UN]
 * 🇱🇹 Lithuania - Republic of Lithuania [UN]
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg [UN]

M

 * 🇲🇰 Macedonia - Republic of Macedonia [UN]
 * 🇲🇬 Madagascar - Republic of Madagascar [UN]
 * 🇲🇼 Malawi - Republic of Malawi [UN]
 * 🇲🇾 Malaysia [UN]
 * 🇲🇻 Maldives - Republic of Maldives [UN]
 * 🇲🇱 Mali - Republic of Mali [UN]
 * 🇲🇹 Malta - Republic of Malta [UN]
 * 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands - Republic of the Marshall Islands (In free association with the United States) [UN]
 * 🇲🇷 Mauritania - Islamic Republic of Mauritania [UN]
 * 🇲🇺 Mauritius - Republic of Mauritius [UN]
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico - United Mexican States [UN]
 * 🇫🇲 Micronesia - Federated States of Micronesia (In free association with the United States) [UN]
 * 🇲🇩 Moldova - Republic of Moldova [UN]
 * 🇲🇨 Monaco - Principality of Monaco [UN]
 * 🇲🇳 Mongolia [UN]
 * 🇲🇦 Morocco - Kingdom of Morocco [UN]
 * 🇲🇿 Mozambique - Republic of Mozambique [UN]
 * 🇲🇲 Myanmar - Union of Myanmar [UN]

N

 * 🇳🇦 Namibia - Republic of Namibia [UN]
 * 🇳🇷 Nauru - Republic of Nauru [UN]
 * 🇳🇵 Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal [UN]
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands - Kingdom of the Netherlands [UN]
 * 🇳🇿 New Zealand [UN]
 * 🇳🇮 Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua [UN]
 * 🇳🇪 Niger - Republic of Niger [UN]
 * 🇳🇬 Nigeria - Federal Republic of Nigeria [UN]
 * 🇳🇴 Norway - Kingdom of Norway [UN]

O

 * 🇴🇲 Oman - Sultanate of Oman [UN]

P

 * 🇵🇰 Pakistan - Islamic Republic of Pakistan [UN]
 * 🇵🇼 Palau - Republic of Palau (In free association with the United States) [UN]
 * 🇵🇦 Panama - Republic of Panama [UN]
 * 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea - Independent State of Papua New Guinea [UN]
 * 🇵🇾 Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay [UN]
 * 🇵🇪 Peru - Republic of Peru [UN]
 * 🇵🇭 Philippines - Republic of the Philippines [UN]
 * 🇵🇱 Poland - Republic of Poland [UN]
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal - Portuguese Republic [UN]

Q

 * 🇶🇦 Qatar - State of Qatar [UN]

R

 * 🇷🇴 Romania [UN]
 * 🇷🇺 Russia - Russian Federation [UN]
 * 🇷🇼 Rwanda - Republic of Rwanda [UN]

S

 * 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis - Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis [UN]
 * 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia [UN]
 * 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [UN]
 * 🇼🇸 Samoa - Independent State of Samoa [UN]
 * 🇸🇲 San Marino - Most Serene Republic of San Marino [UN]
 *  São Tomé and Príncipe - Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe [UN]
 * 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [UN]
 * 🇸🇳 Senegal - Republic of Senegal [UN]
 *  Serbia and Montenegro - State Union of Serbia and Montenegro [UN]
 * 🇸🇨 Seychelles - Republic of Seychelles [UN]
 * 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone - Republic of Sierra Leone [UN]
 * 🇸🇬 Singapore - Republic of Singapore [UN]
 * 🇸🇰 Slovakia - Slovak Republic [UN]
 * 🇸🇮 Slovenia - Republic of Slovenia [UN]
 * 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands [UN]
 * 🇸🇴 Somalia [UN]
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa - Republic of South Africa [UN]
 * 🇪🇸 Spain - Kingdom of Spain [UN]
 * 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka - Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka [UN]
 * 🇸🇩 Sudan - Republic of the Sudan [UN]
 * 🇸🇷 Suriname - Republic of Suriname [UN]
 * 🇸🇿 Swaziland - Kingdom of Swaziland [UN]
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden [UN]
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland - Swiss Confederation [UN]
 *  Syria - Syrian Arab Republic [UN]

T

 * 🇹🇯 Tajikistan - Republic of Tajikistan [UN]
 * 🇹🇿 Tanzania - United Republic of Tanzania [UN]
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand [UN]
 *  Timor-Leste - Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste [UN]
 * 🇹🇬 Togo - Togolese Republic [UN]
 * 🇹🇴 Tonga - Kingdom of Tonga [UN]
 * 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago - Republic of Trinidad and Tobago [UN]
 * 🇹🇳 Tunisia - Republic of Tunisia [UN]
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey - Republic of Turkey [UN]
 * 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan [UN]
 * 🇹🇻 Tuvalu [UN]

U

 * 🇺🇬 Uganda - Republic of Uganda [UN]
 * 🇺🇦 Ukraine [UN]
 * 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates [UN]
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [UN]
 * 🇺🇸 United States - United States of America [UN]
 * 🇺🇾 Uruguay - Eastern Republic of Uruguay [UN]
 * 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan - Republic of Uzbekistan [UN]

V

 * 🇻🇺 Vanuatu - Republic of Vanuatu [UN]
 * 🇻🇦 Vatican City - State of the Vatican City
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela [UN]
 *  Vietnam - Socialist Republic of Vietnam [UN]

Y

 * 🇾🇪 Yemen - Republic of Yemen [UN]

Z

 * 🇿🇲 Zambia - Republic of Zambia [UN]
 * 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe - Republic of Zimbabwe [UN]

Other states
In 2005, there were nine states which were not recognized as sovereign by a majority of countries.
 *  Abkhazia - Republic of Abkhazia
 * De facto independent state. Claimed by Georgia as the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia. Not recognized by any other state.
 * 🇺🇳 Kosovo - United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
 * Territory within Serbia under United Nations administration.
 *  Nagorno-Karabakh - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
 * De facto independent state. Not recognized by any other state. Claimed by Azerbaijan.
 *  Northern Cyprus - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
 * De facto independent state. Recognised only by Turkey. Claimed by Cyprus.
 * ''' Palestine
 * The Palestinian territories were partially controlled by Israel and partially under control of the Palestinian National Authority, a self governing entity which had diplomatic relations with several UN member states. The Palestinian Liberation Organization was an observer at the UN.
 *  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
 * De facto independent state recognized by several UN member states. The territories under its control, the so-called Free Zone, were claimed in whole by Morocco as part of its Southern Provinces. In turn, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic claimed the part of the Western Sahara to the west of the Moroccan Wall controlled by Morocco. Its government resided in exile in Algeria.
 *  Somaliland - Republic of Somaliland
 * De facto independent state. Not recognized by any other state. Claimed by Somalia.
 *  South Ossetia - Republic of South Ossetia
 * De facto independent state. Claimed by Georgia. Not recognized by any other state.
 * 🇹🇼 Taiwan - Republic of China
 * De facto independent state; de jure the Republic of China, a polity regarded by the People's Republic of China to be its defunct (and no longer legitimate) predecessor state. In addition to Taiwan, the Republic of China also governed part of the Spratly Islands and had not renounced claims over mainland China and Mongolia. The territory of the Republic of China was claimed by the People's Republic of China.
 *  Transnistria - Transnistrian Moldovan Republic
 * De facto independent state. Not recognized by any other state. Claimed by Moldova.

Australia

 * 🇦🇺 Ashmore and Cartier Islands - Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Australian Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇨🇽 Christmas Island - Territory of Christmas Island (External territory)
 * 🇨🇨 Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (External territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Coral Sea Islands - Coral Sea Islands Territory (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Heard Island and McDonald Islands - Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island - Territory of Norfolk Island (External territory)

Denmark

 * 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands (Autonomous province)
 * 🇬🇱 Greenland (Autonomous province)

France

 * 🇫🇷 Bassas da India (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇫🇷 Clipperton Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇫🇷 Europa Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇵🇫 French Polynesia (Overseas country)
 *  French Southern and Antarctic Lands - Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Uninhabited overseas territory)
 * 🇫🇷 Glorioso Islands (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇫🇷 Juan de Nova Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇾🇹 Mayotte - Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte (Overseas collectivity)
 * 🇳🇨 New Caledonia (sui generis collectivity)
 * 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Overseas collectivity)
 * 🇫🇷 Tromelin Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna - Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands (Overseas collectivity)

Netherlands

 * 🇦🇼 Aruba (Overseas country)
 *  Netherlands Antilles (Overseas country)

New Zealand

 * 🇨🇰 Cook Islands (Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
 * 🇳🇺 Niue (Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
 * 🇳🇿 Ross Dependency (Uninhabited dependent territory)
 * 🇳🇿 Tokelau (Dependent territory)

Norway

 * 🇳🇴 Bouvet Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇳🇴 Peter I Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇳🇴 Queen Maud Land (Uninhabited possession)

United Kingdom

 *  Akrotiri and Dhekelia - Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Sovereign base areas administrated as a single overseas territory)
 * 🇦🇮 Anguilla (Overseas territory)
 * 🇧🇲 Bermuda (Self-governing overseas territory)
 *  British Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited overseas territory)
 * 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory (Uninhabited overseas territory)
 *  British Virgin Islands (Overseas territory)
 * 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands (Overseas territory)
 *  Falkland Islands (Overseas territory)
 * 🇬🇮 Gibraltar (Overseas territory)
 * 🇬🇬 Guernsey - Bailiwick of Guernsey (Crown dependency)
 * 🇮🇲 Isle of Man (Crown dependency)
 * 🇯🇪 Jersey - Bailiwick of Jersey (Crown dependency)
 * 🇲🇸 Montserrat (Overseas territory)
 *  Pitcairn Islands - Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands (Overseas territory)
 *  Saint Helena (Overseas territory)
 *  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Overseas territory)
 * 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands (Overseas territory)

United States

 * 🇦🇸 American Samoa - Territory of American Samoa (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Baker Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇬🇺 Guam - Territory of Guam (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Howland Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Jarvis Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Johnston Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Kingman Reef (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Midway Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Navassa Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands - Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Palmyra Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Petrel Islands (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Serranilla Bank (Uninhabited territory)
 *  United States Virgin Islands (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Wake Island (Uninhabited territory)

Internationally recognized sovereign states
In 2006, there were 192 (later 193) states which were diplomatically recognized by a majority of sovereign states. United Nations member states are indicated by [UN].

A

 * 🇦🇫 Afghanistan - Islamic Republic of Afghanistan [UN]
 * 🇦🇱 Albania - Republic of Albania [UN]
 * 🇩🇿 Algeria - People's Democratic Republic of Algeria [UN]
 * 🇦🇩 Andorra - Principality of Andorra [UN]
 * 🇦🇴 Angola - Republic of Angola [UN]
 * 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda [UN]
 * 🇦🇷 Argentina - Argentine Republic [UN]
 * 🇦🇲 Armenia - Republic of Armenia [UN]
 * 🇦🇺 Australia - Commonwealth of Australia [UN]
 * 🇦🇹 Austria - Republic of Austria [UN]
 * 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan - Republic of Azerbaijan [UN]

B

 *  The Bahamas - Commonwealth of the Bahamas [UN]
 * 🇧🇭 Bahrain - Kingdom of Bahrain [UN]
 * 🇧🇩 Bangladesh - People's Republic of Bangladesh [UN]
 * 🇧🇧 Barbados [UN]
 * 🇧🇾 Belarus - Republic of Belarus [UN]
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium [UN]
 * 🇧🇿 Belize [UN]
 * 🇧🇯 Benin - Republic of Benin [UN]
 * 🇧🇹 Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan [UN]
 * 🇧🇴 Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia [UN]
 * 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina [UN]
 * 🇧🇼 Botswana - Republic of Botswana [UN]
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil - Federative Republic of Brazil [UN]
 *  Brunei - State of Brunei Darussalam [UN]
 * 🇧🇬 Bulgaria - Republic of Bulgaria [UN]
 * 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso [UN]
 * 🇧🇮 Burundi - Republic of Burundi [UN]

C

 * 🇰🇭 Cambodia - Kingdom of Cambodia [UN]
 * 🇨🇲 Cameroon - Republic of Cameroon [UN]
 * 🇨🇦 Canada [UN]
 * 🇨🇻 Cape Verde - Republic of Cape Verde [UN]
 * 🇨🇫 Central African Republic [UN]
 * 🇹🇩 Chad - Republic of Chad [UN]
 * 🇨🇱 Chile - Republic of Chile [UN]
 * 🇨🇳 China - People's Republic of China [UN]
 * 🇨🇴 Colombia - Republic of Colombia [UN]
 * 🇰🇲 Comoros - Union of the Comoros [UN]
 *  Congo, Democratic Republic of the [UN]
 *  Congo, Republic of the [UN]
 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica [UN]
 * 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire - Republic of Côte d'Ivoire [UN]
 * 🇭🇷 Croatia - Republic of Croatia [UN]
 * 🇨🇺 Cuba - Republic of Cuba [UN]
 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus - Republic of Cyprus [UN]
 * 🇨🇿 Czech Republic [UN]

D

 * 🇩🇰 Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark [UN]
 * 🇩🇯 Djibouti - Republic of Djibouti [UN]
 * 🇩🇲 Dominica - Commonwealth of Dominica [UN]
 * 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic [UN]

E

 * 🇪🇨 Ecuador - Republic of Ecuador [UN]
 * 🇪🇬 Egypt - Arab Republic of Egypt [UN]
 * 🇸🇻 El Salvador - Republic of El Salvador [UN]
 * 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea - Republic of Equatorial Guinea [UN]
 * 🇪🇷 Eritrea - State of Eritrea [UN]
 * 🇪🇪 Estonia - Republic of Estonia [UN]
 * 🇪🇹 Ethiopia - Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia [UN]

F

 * 🇫🇯 Fiji - Republic of the Fiji Islands [UN]
 * 🇫🇮 Finland - Republic of Finland [UN]
 * 🇫🇷 France - French Republic [UN]

G

 * 🇬🇦 Gabon - Gabonese Republic [UN]
 *  The Gambia - Republic of the Gambia [UN]
 *  Georgia [UN]
 * 🇩🇪 Germany - Federal Republic of Germany [UN]
 * 🇬🇭 Ghana - Republic of Ghana [UN]
 * 🇬🇷 Greece - Hellenic Republic [UN]
 * 🇬🇩 Grenada [UN]
 * 🇬🇹 Guatemala - Republic of Guatemala [UN]
 * 🇬🇳 Guinea - Republic of Guinea [UN]
 * 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau - Republic of Guinea-Bissau [UN]
 * 🇬🇾 Guyana - Co-operative Republic of Guyana [UN]

H

 * 🇭🇹 Haiti - Republic of Haiti [UN]
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras - Republic of Honduras [UN]
 * 🇭🇺 Hungary - Republic of Hungary [UN]

I

 * 🇮🇸 Iceland - Republic of Iceland [UN]
 * 🇮🇳 India - Republic of India [UN]
 * 🇮🇩 Indonesia - Republic of Indonesia [UN]
 * 🇮🇷 Iran - Islamic Republic of Iran [UN]
 * 🇮🇶 Iraq - Republic of Iraq [UN]
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland - Republic of Ireland [UN]
 * 🇮🇱 Israel - State of Israel [UN]
 * 🇮🇹 Italy - Italian Republic [UN]

J

 * 🇯🇲 Jamaica [UN]
 * 🇯🇵 Japan [UN]
 * 🇯🇴 Jordan - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan [UN]

K

 * 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan - Republic of Kazakhstan [UN]
 * 🇰🇪 Kenya - Republic of Kenya [UN]
 * 🇰🇮 Kiribati - Republic of Kiribati [UN]
 *  Korea, North - Democratic People's Republic of Korea [UN]
 *  Korea, South - Republic of Korea [UN]
 * 🇰🇼 Kuwait - State of Kuwait [UN]
 * 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz Republic [UN]

L

 *  Laos - Lao People's Democratic Republic [UN]
 * 🇱🇻 Latvia - Republic of Latvia [UN]
 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon - Lebanese Republic [UN]
 * 🇱🇸 🇱🇸 Lesotho - Kingdom of Lesotho [UN]
 * 🇱🇷 Liberia - Republic of Liberia [UN]
 * 🇱🇾 Libya - Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya [UN]
 * 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein [UN]
 * 🇱🇹 Lithuania - Republic of Lithuania [UN]
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg [UN]

M

 * 🇲🇰 Macedonia - Republic of Macedonia [UN]
 * 🇲🇬 Madagascar - Republic of Madagascar [UN]
 * 🇲🇼 Malawi - Republic of Malawi [UN]
 * 🇲🇾 Malaysia [UN]
 * 🇲🇻 Maldives - Republic of Maldives [UN]
 * 🇲🇱 Mali - Republic of Mali [UN]
 * 🇲🇹 Malta - Republic of Malta [UN]
 * 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands - Republic of the Marshall Islands (In free association with the United States) [UN]
 * 🇲🇷 Mauritania - Islamic Republic of Mauritania [UN]
 * 🇲🇺 Mauritius - Republic of Mauritius [UN]
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico - United Mexican States [UN]
 * 🇫🇲 Micronesia - Federated States of Micronesia (In free association with the United States) [UN]
 * 🇲🇩 Moldova - Republic of Moldova [UN]
 * 🇲🇨 Monaco - Principality of Monaco [UN]
 * 🇲🇳 Mongolia [UN]
 * 🇲🇪 Montenegro - Republic of Montenegro (from June 3) [UN from June 28]
 * 🇲🇦 Morocco - Kingdom of Morocco [UN]
 * 🇲🇿 Mozambique - Republic of Mozambique [UN]
 * 🇲🇲 Myanmar - Union of Myanmar [UN]

N

 * 🇳🇦 Namibia - Republic of Namibia [UN]
 * 🇳🇷 Nauru - Republic of Nauru [UN]
 * 🇳🇵 Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal [UN]
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands - Kingdom of the Netherlands [UN]
 * 🇳🇿 New Zealand [UN]
 * 🇳🇮 Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua [UN]
 * 🇳🇪 Niger - Republic of Niger [UN]
 * 🇳🇬 Nigeria - Federal Republic of Nigeria [UN]
 * 🇳🇴 Norway - Kingdom of Norway [UN]

O

 * 🇴🇲 Oman - Sultanate of Oman [UN]

P

 * 🇵🇰 Pakistan - Islamic Republic of Pakistan [UN]
 * 🇵🇼 Palau - Republic of Palau (In free association with the United States) [UN]
 * 🇵🇦 Panama - Republic of Panama [UN]
 * 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea - Independent State of Papua New Guinea [UN]
 * 🇵🇾 Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay [UN]
 * 🇵🇪 Peru - Republic of Peru [UN]
 * 🇵🇭 Philippines - Republic of the Philippines [UN]
 * 🇵🇱 Poland - Republic of Poland [UN]
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal - Portuguese Republic [UN]

Q

 * 🇶🇦 Qatar - State of Qatar [UN]

R

 * 🇷🇴 Romania [UN]
 * 🇷🇺 Russia - Russian Federation [UN]
 * 🇷🇼 Rwanda - Republic of Rwanda [UN]

S

 * 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis - Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis [UN]
 * 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia [UN]
 * 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [UN]
 * 🇼🇸 Samoa - Independent State of Samoa [UN]
 * 🇸🇲 San Marino - Most Serene Republic of San Marino [UN]
 *  São Tomé and Príncipe - Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe [UN]
 * 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [UN]
 * 🇸🇳 Senegal - Republic of Senegal [UN]
 * 🇷🇸 Serbia - Republic of Serbia (from June 5) [UN]
 *  Serbia and Montenegro - State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (to June 5) [UN]
 * 🇸🇨 Seychelles - Republic of Seychelles [UN]
 * 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone - Republic of Sierra Leone [UN]
 * 🇸🇬 Singapore - Republic of Singapore [UN]
 * 🇸🇰 Slovakia - Slovak Republic [UN]
 * 🇸🇮 Slovenia - Republic of Slovenia [UN]
 * 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands [UN]
 * 🇸🇴 Somalia [UN]
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa - Republic of South Africa [UN]
 * 🇪🇸 Spain - Kingdom of Spain [UN]
 * 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka - Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka [UN]
 * 🇸🇩 Sudan - Republic of the Sudan [UN]
 * 🇸🇷 Suriname - Republic of Suriname [UN]
 * 🇸🇿 Swaziland - Kingdom of Swaziland [UN]
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden [UN]
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland - Swiss Confederation [UN]
 *  Syria - Syrian Arab Republic [UN]

T

 * 🇹🇯 Tajikistan - Republic of Tajikistan [UN]
 * 🇹🇿 Tanzania - United Republic of Tanzania [UN]
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand [UN]
 *  Timor-Leste - Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste [UN]
 * 🇹🇬 Togo - Togolese Republic [UN]
 * 🇹🇴 Tonga - Kingdom of Tonga [UN]
 * 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago - Republic of Trinidad and Tobago [UN]
 * 🇹🇳 Tunisia - Republic of Tunisia [UN]
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey - Republic of Turkey [UN]
 * 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan [UN]
 * 🇹🇻 Tuvalu [UN]

U

 * 🇺🇬 Uganda - Republic of Uganda [UN]
 * 🇺🇦 Ukraine [UN]
 * 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates [UN]
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [UN]
 * 🇺🇸 United States - United States of America [UN]
 * 🇺🇾 Uruguay - Eastern Republic of Uruguay [UN]
 * 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan - Republic of Uzbekistan [UN]

V

 * 🇻🇺 Vanuatu - Republic of Vanuatu [UN]
 * 🇻🇦 Vatican City - State of the Vatican City
 * 🇻🇪 🇻🇪 Venezuela - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela [UN]
 *  Vietnam - Socialist Republic of Vietnam [UN]

Y

 * 🇾🇪 Yemen - Republic of Yemen [UN]

Z

 * 🇿🇲 Zambia - Republic of Zambia [UN]
 * 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe - Republic of Zimbabwe [UN]

Other states
In 2006, there were nine states which were not recognized as sovereign by a majority of countries.
 *  Abkhazia - Republic of Abkhazia
 * De facto independent state. Claimed by Georgia as the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia. Recognized by South Ossetia and Transnistria (from November 17).
 * 🇺🇳 Kosovo - United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
 * Territory within Serbia under United Nations administration.
 *  Nagorno-Karabakh - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
 * De facto independent state. Not recognized by any other state. Claimed by Azerbaijan.
 *  Northern Cyprus - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
 * De facto independent state. Recognised only by Turkey. Claimed by Cyprus.
 * ''' Palestine
 * The Palestinian territories were partially controlled by Israel and partially under control of the Palestinian National Authority, a self governing entity which had diplomatic relations with several UN member states. The Palestinian Liberation Organization was an observer at the UN.
 *  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
 * De facto independent state recognized by several UN member states. The territories under its control, the so-called Free Zone, were claimed in whole by Morocco as part of its Southern Provinces. In turn, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic claimed the part of the Western Sahara to the west of the Moroccan Wall controlled by Morocco. Its government resided in exile in Algeria.
 *  Somaliland - Republic of Somaliland
 * De facto independent state. Not recognized by any other state. Claimed by Somalia.
 *  South Ossetia - Republic of South Ossetia
 * De facto independent state. Claimed by Georgia. Recognized by Abkhazia and Transnistria (from November 17).
 * 🇹🇼 Taiwan - Republic of China
 * De facto independent state; de jure the Republic of China, a polity regarded by the People's Republic of China to be its defunct (and no longer legitimate) predecessor state. In addition to Taiwan, the Republic of China also governed part of the Spratly Islands and had not renounced claims over mainland China and Mongolia. The territory of the Republic of China was claimed by the People's Republic of China.
 *  Transnistria - Transnistrian Moldovan Republic
 * De facto independent state. Recognized only by Abkhazia and South Ossetia (from November 17). Claimed by Moldova.

Australia

 * 🇦🇺 Ashmore and Cartier Islands - Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Australian Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇨🇽 Christmas Island - Territory of Christmas Island (External territory)
 * 🇨🇨 Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (External territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Coral Sea Islands - Coral Sea Islands Territory (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Heard Island and McDonald Islands - Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island - Territory of Norfolk Island (External territory)

Denmark

 * 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands (Autonomous province)
 * 🇬🇱 Greenland (Autonomous province)

France

 * 🇫🇷 Bassas da India (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇫🇷 Clipperton Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇫🇷 Europa Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇵🇫 French Polynesia (Overseas country)
 *  French Southern and Antarctic Lands - Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Uninhabited overseas territory)
 * 🇫🇷 Glorioso Islands (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇫🇷 Juan de Nova Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇾🇹 Mayotte - Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte (Overseas collectivity)
 * 🇳🇨 New Caledonia (sui generis collectivity)
 * 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Overseas collectivity)
 * 🇫🇷 Tromelin Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna - Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands (Overseas collectivity)

Netherlands

 * 🇦🇼 Aruba (Overseas country)
 *  Netherlands Antilles (Overseas country)

New Zealand

 * 🇨🇰 Cook Islands (Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
 * 🇳🇺 Niue (Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
 * 🇳🇿 Ross Dependency (Uninhabited dependent territory)
 * 🇳🇿 Tokelau (Dependent territory)

Norway

 * 🇳🇴 Bouvet Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇳🇴 Peter I Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇳🇴 Queen Maud Land (Uninhabited possession)

United Kingdom

 *  Akrotiri and Dhekelia - Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Sovereign base areas administrated as a single overseas territory)
 * 🇦🇮 Anguilla (Overseas territory)
 * 🇧🇲 Bermuda (Self-governing overseas territory)
 *  British Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited overseas territory)
 * 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory (Uninhabited overseas territory)
 *  British Virgin Islands (Overseas territory)
 * 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands (Overseas territory)
 *  Falkland Islands (Overseas territory)
 * 🇬🇮 Gibraltar (Overseas territory)
 * 🇬🇬 Guernsey - Bailiwick of Guernsey (Crown dependency)
 * 🇮🇲 Isle of Man (Crown dependency)
 * 🇯🇪 Jersey - Bailiwick of Jersey (Crown dependency)
 * 🇲🇸 Montserrat (Overseas territory)
 *  Pitcairn Islands - Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands (Overseas territory)
 *  Saint Helena (Overseas territory)
 *  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Overseas territory)
 * 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands (Overseas territory)

United States

 * 🇦🇸 American Samoa - Territory of American Samoa (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Baker Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇬🇺 Guam - Territory of Guam (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Howland Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Jarvis Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Johnston Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Kingman Reef (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Midway Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Navassa Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands - Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Palmyra Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Petrel Islands (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Serranilla Bank (Uninhabited territory)
 *  United States Virgin Islands (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Wake Island (Uninhabited territory)

Internationally recognized sovereign states
In 2007, there were 193 states which were diplomatically recognized by a majority of sovereign states. United Nations member states are indicated by [UN].

A

 * 🇦🇫 Afghanistan - Islamic Republic of Afghanistan [UN]
 * 🇦🇱 Albania - Republic of Albania [UN]
 * 🇩🇿 Algeria - People's Democratic Republic of Algeria [UN]
 * 🇦🇩 Andorra - Principality of Andorra [UN]
 * 🇦🇴 Angola - Republic of Angola [UN]
 * 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda [UN]
 * 🇦🇷 Argentina - Argentine Republic [UN]
 * 🇦🇲 Armenia - Republic of Armenia [UN]
 * 🇦🇺 Australia - Commonwealth of Australia [UN]
 * 🇦🇹 Austria - Republic of Austria [UN]
 * 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan - Republic of Azerbaijan [UN]

B

 *  The Bahamas - Commonwealth of the Bahamas [UN]
 * 🇧🇭 Bahrain - Kingdom of Bahrain [UN]
 * 🇧🇩 Bangladesh - People's Republic of Bangladesh [UN]
 * 🇧🇧 Barbados [UN]
 * 🇧🇾 Belarus - Republic of Belarus [UN]
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium [UN]
 * 🇧🇿 Belize [UN]
 * 🇧🇯 Benin - Republic of Benin [UN]
 * 🇧🇹 Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan [UN]
 * 🇧🇴 Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia [UN]
 * 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina [UN]
 * 🇧🇼 Botswana - Republic of Botswana [UN]
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil - Federative Republic of Brazil [UN]
 *  Brunei - State of Brunei Darussalam [UN]
 * 🇧🇬 Bulgaria - Republic of Bulgaria [UN]
 * 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso [UN]
 * 🇧🇮 Burundi - Republic of Burundi [UN]

C

 * 🇰🇭 Cambodia - Kingdom of Cambodia [UN]
 * 🇨🇲 Cameroon - Republic of Cameroon [UN]
 * 🇨🇦 Canada [UN]
 * 🇨🇻 Cape Verde - Republic of Cape Verde [UN]
 * 🇨🇫 Central African Republic [UN]
 * 🇹🇩 Chad - Republic of Chad [UN]
 * 🇨🇱 Chile - Republic of Chile [UN]
 * 🇨🇳 China - People's Republic of China [UN]
 * 🇨🇴 Colombia - Republic of Colombia [UN]
 * 🇰🇲 Comoros - Union of the Comoros [UN]
 *  Congo, Democratic Republic of the [UN]
 *  Congo, Republic of the [UN]
 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica [UN]
 * 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire - Republic of Côte d'Ivoire [UN]
 * 🇭🇷 Croatia - Republic of Croatia [UN]
 * 🇨🇺 Cuba - Republic of Cuba [UN]
 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus - Republic of Cyprus [UN]
 * 🇨🇿 Czech Republic [UN]

D

 * 🇩🇰 Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark [UN]
 * 🇩🇯 Djibouti - Republic of Djibouti [UN]
 * 🇩🇲 Dominica - Commonwealth of Dominica [UN]
 * 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic [UN]

E

 * 🇪🇨 Ecuador - Republic of Ecuador [UN]
 * 🇪🇬 Egypt - Arab Republic of Egypt [UN]
 * 🇸🇻 El Salvador - Republic of El Salvador [UN]
 * 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea - Republic of Equatorial Guinea [UN]
 * 🇪🇷 Eritrea - State of Eritrea [UN]
 * 🇪🇪 Estonia - Republic of Estonia [UN]
 * 🇪🇹 Ethiopia - Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia [UN]

F

 * 🇫🇯 Fiji - Republic of the Fiji Islands [UN]
 * 🇫🇮 Finland - Republic of Finland [UN]
 * 🇫🇷 France - French Republic [UN]

G

 * 🇬🇦 Gabon - Gabonese Republic [UN]
 *  The Gambia - Republic of the Gambia [UN]
 *  Georgia [UN]
 * 🇩🇪 Germany - Federal Republic of Germany [UN]
 * 🇬🇭 Ghana - Republic of Ghana [UN]
 * 🇬🇷 Greece - Hellenic Republic [UN]
 * 🇬🇩 Grenada [UN]
 * 🇬🇹 Guatemala - Republic of Guatemala [UN]
 * 🇬🇳 Guinea - Republic of Guinea [UN]
 * 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau - Republic of Guinea-Bissau [UN]
 * 🇬🇾 Guyana - Co-operative Republic of Guyana [UN]

H

 * 🇭🇹 Haiti - Republic of Haiti [UN]
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras - Republic of Honduras [UN]
 * 🇭🇺 Hungary - Republic of Hungary [UN]

I

 * 🇮🇸 Iceland - Republic of Iceland [UN]
 * 🇮🇳 India - Republic of India [UN]
 * 🇮🇩 Indonesia - Republic of Indonesia [UN]
 * 🇮🇷 Iran - Islamic Republic of Iran [UN]
 * 🇮🇶 Iraq - Republic of Iraq [UN]
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland - Republic of Ireland [UN]
 * 🇮🇱 Israel - State of Israel [UN]
 * 🇮🇹 Italy - Italian Republic [UN]

J

 * 🇯🇲 Jamaica [UN]
 * 🇯🇵 Japan [UN]
 * 🇯🇴 Jordan - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan [UN]

K

 * 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan - Republic of Kazakhstan [UN]
 * 🇰🇪 Kenya - Republic of Kenya [UN]
 * 🇰🇮 Kiribati - Republic of Kiribati [UN]
 *  Korea, North - Democratic People's Republic of Korea [UN]
 *  Korea, South - Republic of Korea [UN]
 * 🇰🇼 Kuwait - State of Kuwait [UN]
 * 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz Republic [UN]

L

 *  Laos - Lao People's Democratic Republic [UN]
 * 🇱🇻 Latvia - Republic of Latvia [UN]
 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon - Lebanese Republic [UN]
 * 🇱🇸 Lesotho - Kingdom of Lesotho [UN]
 * 🇱🇷 Liberia - Republic of Liberia [UN]
 * 🇱🇾 Libya - Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya [UN]
 * 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein [UN]
 * 🇱🇹 Lithuania - Republic of Lithuania [UN]
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg [UN]

M

 * 🇲🇰 Macedonia - Republic of Macedonia [UN]
 * 🇲🇬 Madagascar - Republic of Madagascar [UN]
 * 🇲🇼 Malawi - Republic of Malawi [UN]
 * 🇲🇾 Malaysia [UN]
 * 🇲🇻 Maldives - Republic of Maldives [UN]
 * 🇲🇱 Mali - Republic of Mali [UN]
 * 🇲🇹 Malta - Republic of Malta [UN]
 * 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands - Republic of the Marshall Islands (In free association with the United States) [UN]
 * 🇲🇷 Mauritania - Islamic Republic of Mauritania [UN]
 * 🇲🇺 Mauritius - Republic of Mauritius [UN]
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico - United Mexican States [UN]
 * 🇫🇲 Micronesia - Federated States of Micronesia (In free association with the United States) [UN]
 * 🇲🇩 Moldova - Republic of Moldova [UN]
 * 🇲🇨 Monaco - Principality of Monaco [UN]
 * 🇲🇳 Mongolia [UN]
 * 🇲🇪 Montenegro [UN]
 * Republic of Montenegro (to October 22)
 * Montenegro (from October 22)
 * 🇲🇦 Morocco - Kingdom of Morocco [UN]
 * 🇲🇿 Mozambique - Republic of Mozambique [UN]
 * 🇲🇲 Myanmar - Union of Myanmar [UN]

N

 * 🇳🇦 Namibia - Republic of Namibia [UN]
 * 🇳🇷 Nauru - Republic of Nauru [UN]
 * 🇳🇵 Nepal [UN]
 * Kingdom of Nepal (to January 15)
 * State of Nepal (from January 15)
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands - Kingdom of the Netherlands [UN]
 * 🇳🇿 New Zealand [UN]
 * 🇳🇮 Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua [UN]
 * 🇳🇪 Niger - Republic of Niger [UN]
 * 🇳🇬 Nigeria - Federal Republic of Nigeria [UN]
 * 🇳🇴 Norway - Kingdom of Norway [UN]

O

 * 🇴🇲 Oman - Sultanate of Oman [UN]

P

 * 🇵🇰 Pakistan - Islamic Republic of Pakistan [UN]
 * 🇵🇼 Palau - Republic of Palau (In free association with the United States) [UN]
 * 🇵🇦 Panama - Republic of Panama [UN]
 * 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea - Independent State of Papua New Guinea [UN]
 * 🇵🇾 Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay [UN]
 * 🇵🇪 Peru - Republic of Peru [UN]
 * 🇵🇭 Philippines - Republic of the Philippines [UN]
 * 🇵🇱 Poland - Republic of Poland [UN]
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal - Portuguese Republic [UN]

Q

 * 🇶🇦 Qatar - State of Qatar [UN]

R

 * 🇷🇴 Romania [UN]
 * 🇷🇺 Russia - Russian Federation [UN]
 * 🇷🇼 Rwanda - Republic of Rwanda [UN]

S

 * 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis - Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis [UN]
 * 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia [UN]
 * 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [UN]
 * 🇼🇸 Samoa - Independent State of Samoa [UN]
 * 🇸🇲 San Marino - Most Serene Republic of San Marino [UN]
 *  São Tomé and Príncipe - Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe [UN]
 * 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [UN]
 * 🇸🇳 Senegal - Republic of Senegal [UN]
 * 🇷🇸 Serbia - Republic of Serbia [UN]
 * 🇸🇨 Seychelles - Republic of Seychelles [UN]
 * 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone - Republic of Sierra Leone [UN]
 * 🇸🇬 Singapore - Republic of Singapore [UN]
 * 🇸🇰 Slovakia - Slovak Republic [UN]
 * 🇸🇮 Slovenia - Republic of Slovenia [UN]
 * 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands [UN]
 * 🇸🇴 Somalia [UN]
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa - Republic of South Africa [UN]
 * 🇪🇸 Spain - Kingdom of Spain [UN]
 * 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka - Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka [UN]
 * 🇸🇩 Sudan - Republic of the Sudan [UN]
 * 🇸🇷 Suriname - Republic of Suriname [UN]
 * 🇸🇿 Swaziland - Kingdom of Swaziland [UN]
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden [UN]
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland - Swiss Confederation [UN]
 *  Syria - Syrian Arab Republic [UN]

T

 * 🇹🇯 Tajikistan - Republic of Tajikistan [UN]
 * 🇹🇿 Tanzania - United Republic of Tanzania [UN]
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand [UN]
 *  Timor-Leste - Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste [UN]
 * 🇹🇬 Togo - Togolese Republic [UN]
 * 🇹🇴 Tonga - Kingdom of Tonga [UN]
 * 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago - Republic of Trinidad and Tobago [UN]
 * 🇹🇳 Tunisia - Republic of Tunisia [UN]
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey - Republic of Turkey [UN]
 * 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan [UN]
 * 🇹🇻 Tuvalu [UN]

U

 * 🇺🇬 Uganda - Republic of Uganda [UN]
 * 🇺🇦 Ukraine [UN]
 * 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates [UN]
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [UN]
 * 🇺🇸 United States - United States of America [UN]
 * 🇺🇾 Uruguay - Eastern Republic of Uruguay [UN]
 * 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan - Republic of Uzbekistan [UN]

V

 * 🇻🇺 Vanuatu - Republic of Vanuatu [UN]
 * 🇻🇦 Vatican City - State of the Vatican City
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela [UN]
 *  Vietnam - Socialist Republic of Vietnam [UN]

Y

 * 🇾🇪 Yemen - Republic of Yemen [UN]

Z

 * 🇿🇲 Zambia - Republic of Zambia [UN]
 * 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe - Republic of Zimbabwe [UN]

Other states
In 2007, there were ten states which were not recognized as sovereign by a majority of countries.
 *  Abkhazia - Republic of Abkhazia
 * De facto independent state. Claimed by Georgia as the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia. Recognized by South Ossetia and Transnistria.
 *  Anjouan - Autonomous Island of Anjouan (from July)
 * De facto independent state. Not recognized by any other state. Claimed by the Comoros.
 * 🇺🇳 Kosovo - United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
 * Territory within Serbia under United Nations administration.
 *  Nagorno-Karabakh - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
 * De facto independent state. Not recognized by any other state. Claimed by Azerbaijan.
 *  Northern Cyprus - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
 * De facto independent state. Recognised only by Turkey. Claimed by Cyprus.
 * ''' Palestine
 * The Palestinian territories were partially controlled by Israel and partially under control of the Palestinian National Authority, a self governing entity which had diplomatic relations with several UN member states. The Palestinian Liberation Organization was an observer at the UN.
 *  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
 * De facto independent state recognized by several UN member states. The territories under its control, the so-called Free Zone, were claimed in whole by Morocco as part of its Southern Provinces. In turn, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic claimed the part of the Western Sahara to the west of the Moroccan Wall controlled by Morocco. Its government resided in exile in Algeria.
 *  Somaliland - Republic of Somaliland
 * De facto independent state. Not recognized by any other state. Claimed by Somalia.
 *  South Ossetia - Republic of South Ossetia
 * De facto independent state. Claimed by Georgia as the Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia (from April 13). Recognized by Abkhazia and Transnistria.
 * 🇹🇼 Taiwan - Republic of China
 * De facto independent state; de jure the Republic of China, a polity regarded by the People's Republic of China to be its defunct (and no longer legitimate) predecessor state. In addition to Taiwan, the Republic of China also governed part of the Spratly Islands and had not renounced claims over mainland China and Mongolia. The territory of the Republic of China was claimed by the People's Republic of China.
 *  Transnistria - Transnistrian Moldovan Republic
 * De facto independent state. Recognized only by Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Claimed by Moldova.

Australia

 * 🇦🇺 Ashmore and Cartier Islands - Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Australian Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇨🇽 Christmas Island - Territory of Christmas Island (External territory)
 * 🇨🇨 Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (External territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Coral Sea Islands - Coral Sea Islands Territory (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Heard Island and McDonald Islands - Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island - Territory of Norfolk Island (External territory)

Denmark

 * 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands (Autonomous province)
 * 🇬🇱 Greenland (Autonomous province)

France

 * 🇫🇷 Bassas da India (to February 21, uninhabited possession)
 * 🇫🇷 Clipperton Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇫🇷 Europa Island (to February 21, uninhabited possession)
 * 🇵🇫 French Polynesia (Overseas country)
 *  French Southern and Antarctic Lands - Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Uninhabited overseas territory)
 * 🇫🇷 Glorioso Islands (to February 21, uninhabited possession)
 * 🇫🇷 Juan de Nova Island (to February 21, uninhabited possession)
 * 🇾🇹 Mayotte - Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte (Overseas collectivity)
 * 🇳🇨 New Caledonia (sui generis collectivity)
 * 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy - Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy (from February 21, Overseas collectivity)
 *  Saint Martin - Collectivity of Saint Martin (from February 21, Overseas collectivity)
 * 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Overseas collectivity)
 * 🇫🇷 Tromelin Island (to February 21, uninhabited possession)
 * 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna - Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands (Overseas collectivity)

Netherlands

 * 🇦🇼 Aruba (Overseas country)
 *  Netherlands Antilles (Overseas country)

New Zealand

 * 🇨🇰 Cook Islands (Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
 * 🇳🇺 Niue (Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
 * 🇳🇿 Ross Dependency (Uninhabited dependent territory)
 * 🇳🇿 Tokelau (Dependent territory)

Norway

 * 🇳🇴 Bouvet Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇳🇴 Peter I Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇳🇴 Queen Maud Land (Uninhabited possession)

United Kingdom

 *  Akrotiri and Dhekelia - Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Sovereign base areas administrated as a single overseas territory)
 * 🇦🇮 Anguilla (Overseas territory)
 * 🇧🇲 Bermuda (Self-governing overseas territory)
 *  British Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited overseas territory)
 * 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory (Uninhabited overseas territory)
 *  British Virgin Islands (Overseas territory)
 * 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands (Overseas territory)
 *  Falkland Islands (Overseas territory)
 * 🇬🇮 Gibraltar (Overseas territory)
 * 🇬🇬 Guernsey - Bailiwick of Guernsey (Crown dependency)
 * 🇮🇲 Isle of Man (Crown dependency)
 * 🇯🇪 Jersey - Bailiwick of Jersey (Crown dependency)
 * 🇲🇸 Montserrat (Overseas territory)
 *  Pitcairn Islands - Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands (Overseas territory)
 *  Saint Helena (Overseas territory)
 *  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Overseas territory)
 * 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands (Overseas territory)

United States

 * 🇦🇸 American Samoa - Territory of American Samoa (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Baker Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇬🇺 Guam - Territory of Guam (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Howland Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Jarvis Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Johnston Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Kingman Reef (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Midway Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Navassa Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands - Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Palmyra Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Petrel Islands (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Serranilla Bank (Uninhabited territory)
 *  United States Virgin Islands (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Wake Island (Uninhabited territory)

Internationally recognized sovereign states
In 2008, there were 193 states which were diplomatically recognized by a majority of sovereign states. United Nations member states are indicated by [UN].

A

 * 🇦🇫 Afghanistan - Islamic Republic of Afghanistan [UN]
 * 🇦🇱 Albania - Republic of Albania [UN]
 * 🇩🇿 Algeria - People's Democratic Republic of Algeria [UN]
 * 🇦🇩 Andorra - Principality of Andorra [UN]
 * 🇦🇴 Angola - Republic of Angola [UN]
 * 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda [UN]
 * 🇦🇷 Argentina - Argentine Republic [UN]
 * 🇦🇲 Armenia - Republic of Armenia [UN]
 * 🇦🇺 Australia - Commonwealth of Australia [UN]
 * 🇦🇹 Austria - Republic of Austria [UN]
 * 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan - Republic of Azerbaijan [UN]

B

 *  The Bahamas - Commonwealth of the Bahamas [UN]
 * 🇧🇭 Bahrain - Kingdom of Bahrain [UN]
 * 🇧🇩 Bangladesh - People's Republic of Bangladesh [UN]
 * 🇧🇧 Barbados [UN]
 * 🇧🇾 Belarus - Republic of Belarus [UN]
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium [UN]
 * 🇧🇿 Belize [UN]
 * 🇧🇯 Benin - Republic of Benin [UN] Capital: Porto-Novo (official), Cotonou (seat of government)
 * 🇧🇹 Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan [UN]
 * 🇧🇴 Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia [UN] Capital: Sucre (official), La Paz (administrative)
 * 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina [UN]
 * 🇧🇼 Botswana - Republic of Botswana [UN]
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil - Federative Republic of Brazil [UN]
 *  Brunei - State of Brunei, Abode of Peace [UN]
 * 🇧🇬 Bulgaria - Republic of Bulgaria [UN]
 * 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso [UN]
 * 🇧🇮 Burundi - Republic of Burundi [UN]

C

 * 🇰🇭 Cambodia - Kingdom of Cambodia [UN]
 * 🇨🇲 Cameroon - Republic of Cameroon [UN]
 * 🇨🇦 Canada [UN]
 * 🇨🇻 Cape Verde - Republic of Cape Verde [UN]
 * 🇨🇫 Central African Republic [UN]
 * 🇹🇩 Chad - Republic of Chad [UN]
 * 🇨🇱 Chile - Republic of Chile [UN] Capital: Santiago (official), Valparaíso (legislative)
 * 🇨🇳 China - People's Republic of China [UN]
 * 🇨🇴 Colombia - Republic of Colombia [UN]
 * 🇰🇲 Comoros - Union of the Comoros [UN]
 *  Congo, Democratic Republic of the [UN]
 *  Congo, Republic of the [UN]
 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica [UN]
 * 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire - Republic of Côte d'Ivoire [UN] Capital: Yamoussoukro (official), Abidjan (seat of government)
 * 🇭🇷 Croatia - Republic of Croatia [UN]
 * 🇨🇺 Cuba - Republic of Cuba [UN]
 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus - Republic of Cyprus [UN]
 * 🇨🇿 Czech Republic [UN]

D

 * 🇩🇰 Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark [UN]
 * 🇩🇯 Djibouti - Republic of Djibouti [UN]
 * 🇩🇲 Dominica - Commonwealth of Dominica [UN]
 * 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic [UN]

E

 * 🇪🇨 Ecuador - Republic of Ecuador [UN]
 * 🇪🇬 Egypt - Arab Republic of Egypt [UN]
 * 🇸🇻 El Salvador - Republic of El Salvador [UN]
 * 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea - Republic of Equatorial Guinea [UN]
 * 🇪🇷 Eritrea - State of Eritrea [UN]
 * 🇪🇪 Estonia - Republic of Estonia [UN]
 * 🇪🇹 Ethiopia - Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia [UN]

F

 * 🇫🇯 Fiji - Republic of the Fiji Islands [UN]
 * 🇫🇮 Finland - Republic of Finland [UN]
 * 🇫🇷 France - French Republic [UN]

G

 * 🇬🇦 Gabon - Gabonese Republic [UN]
 *  The Gambia - Republic of the Gambia [UN]
 *  Georgia [UN]
 * 🇩🇪 Germany - Federal Republic of Germany [UN]
 * 🇬🇭 Ghana - Republic of Ghana [UN]
 * 🇬🇷 Greece - Hellenic Republic [UN]
 * 🇬🇩 Grenada [UN]
 * 🇬🇹 Guatemala - Republic of Guatemala [UN]
 * 🇬🇳 Guinea - Republic of Guinea [UN]
 * 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau - Republic of Guinea-Bissau [UN]
 * 🇬🇾 Guyana - Co-operative Republic of Guyana [UN]

H

 * 🇭🇹 Haiti - Republic of Haiti [UN]
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras - Republic of Honduras [UN]
 * 🇭🇺 Hungary - Republic of Hungary [UN]

I

 * 🇮🇸 Iceland - Republic of Iceland [UN]
 * 🇮🇳 India - Republic of India [UN]
 * 🇮🇩 Indonesia - Republic of Indonesia [UN]
 * 🇮🇷 Iran - Islamic Republic of Iran [UN]
 * 🇮🇶 🇮🇶 Iraq - Republic of Iraq [UN]
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland - Republic of Ireland [UN]
 * 🇮🇱 Israel - State of Israel [UN]
 * 🇮🇹 Italy - Italian Republic [UN]

J

 * 🇯🇲 Jamaica [UN]
 * 🇯🇵 Japan [UN]
 * 🇯🇴 Jordan - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan [UN]

K

 * 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan - Republic of Kazakhstan [UN]
 * 🇰🇪 Kenya - Republic of Kenya [UN]
 * 🇰🇮 Kiribati - Republic of Kiribati [UN]
 *  Korea, North - Democratic People's Republic of Korea [UN]
 *  Korea, South - Republic of Korea [UN]
 * 🇰🇼 Kuwait - State of Kuwait [UN]
 * 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz Republic [UN]

L

 *  Laos - Lao People's Democratic Republic [UN]
 * 🇱🇻 Latvia - Republic of Latvia [UN]
 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon - Lebanese Republic [UN]
 * 🇱🇸 Lesotho - Kingdom of Lesotho [UN]
 * 🇱🇷 Liberia - Republic of Liberia [UN]
 * 🇱🇾 Libya - Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya [UN]
 * 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein [UN]
 * 🇱🇹 Lithuania - Republic of Lithuania [UN]
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg [UN]

M

 * 🇲🇰 Macedonia - Republic of Macedonia [UN]
 * 🇲🇬 Madagascar - Republic of Madagascar [UN]
 * 🇲🇼 Malawi - Republic of Malawi [UN]
 * 🇲🇾 Malaysia [UN] Capital: Kuala Lumpur (official), Putrajaya (administrative)
 * 🇲🇻 Maldives - Republic of Maldives [UN]
 * 🇲🇱 Mali - Republic of Mali [UN]
 * 🇲🇹 Malta - Republic of Malta [UN]
 * 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands - Republic of the Marshall Islands (In free association with the United States) [UN]
 * 🇲🇷 Mauritania - Islamic Republic of Mauritania [UN]
 * 🇲🇺 Mauritius - Republic of Mauritius [UN]
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico - United Mexican States [UN]
 * 🇫🇲 Micronesia - Federated States of Micronesia (In free association with the United States) [UN]
 * 🇲🇩 Moldova - Republic of Moldova [UN]
 * 🇲🇨 Monaco - Principality of Monaco [UN]
 * 🇲🇳 Mongolia [UN]
 * 🇲🇪 Montenegro [UN]
 * 🇲🇦 Morocco - Kingdom of Morocco [UN]
 * 🇲🇿 Mozambique - Republic of Mozambique [UN]
 * 🇲🇲 Myanmar - Union of Myanmar [UN]

N

 * 🇳🇦 Namibia - Republic of Namibia [UN]
 * 🇳🇷 Nauru - Republic of Nauru [UN] Capital: Yaren (unofficial)
 * 🇳🇵 Nepal [UN]
 * State of Nepal (to May 28)
 * Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (from May 28)
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands - Kingdom of the Netherlands [UN] Capital: Amsterdam (official), The Hague (seat of government)
 * 🇳🇿 New Zealand [UN]
 * 🇳🇮 Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua [UN]
 * 🇳🇪 Niger - Republic of Niger [UN]
 * 🇳🇬 Nigeria - Federal Republic of Nigeria [UN]
 * 🇳🇴 Norway - Kingdom of Norway [UN]

O

 * 🇴🇲 Oman - Sultanate of Oman [UN]

P

 * 🇵🇰 Pakistan - Islamic Republic of Pakistan [UN]
 * 🇵🇼 Palau - Republic of Palau (In free association with the United States) [UN]
 * 🇵🇦 Panama - Republic of Panama [UN]
 * 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea - Independent State of Papua New Guinea [UN]
 * 🇵🇾 Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay [UN]
 * 🇵🇪 Peru - Republic of Peru [UN]
 * 🇵🇭 Philippines - Republic of the Philippines [UN]
 * 🇵🇱 Poland - Republic of Poland [UN]
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal - Portuguese Republic [UN]

Q

 * 🇶🇦 Qatar - State of Qatar [UN]

R

 * 🇷🇴 Romania [UN]
 * 🇷🇺 Russia - Russian Federation [UN]
 * 🇷🇼 Rwanda - Republic of Rwanda [UN]

S

 * 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis - Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis [UN]
 * 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia [UN]
 * 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [UN]
 * 🇼🇸 Samoa - Independent State of Samoa [UN]
 * 🇸🇲 San Marino - Most Serene Republic of San Marino [UN]
 *  São Tomé and Príncipe - Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe [UN]
 * 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [UN]
 * 🇸🇳 Senegal - Republic of Senegal [UN]
 * 🇷🇸 Serbia - Republic of Serbia [UN]
 * 🇸🇨 Seychelles - Republic of Seychelles [UN]
 * 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone - Republic of Sierra Leone [UN]
 * 🇸🇬 Singapore - Republic of Singapore [UN]
 * 🇸🇰 Slovakia - Slovak Republic [UN]
 * 🇸🇮 Slovenia - Republic of Slovenia [UN]
 * 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands [UN]
 * 🇸🇴 Somalia - Republic of Somalia [UN]
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa - Republic of South Africa [UN] Capital: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)
 * 🇪🇸 Spain - Kingdom of Spain [UN]
 * 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka - Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka [UN]
 * 🇸🇩 Sudan - Republic of the Sudan [UN]
 * 🇸🇷 Suriname - Republic of Suriname [UN]
 * 🇸🇿 Swaziland - Kingdom of Swaziland [UN] Capital: Mbabane (administrative), Lobamba (legislative)
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden [UN]
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland - Swiss Confederation [UN]
 *  Syria - Syrian Arab Republic [UN]

T

 * 🇹🇯 Tajikistan - Republic of Tajikistan [UN]
 * 🇹🇿 Tanzania - United Republic of Tanzania [UN] Capital: Dodoma (official), Dar es Salaam (seat of government)
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand [UN]
 *  Timor-Leste - Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste [UN]
 * 🇹🇬 Togo - Togolese Republic [UN]
 * 🇹🇴 Tonga - Kingdom of Tonga [UN]
 * 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago - Republic of Trinidad and Tobago [UN]
 * 🇹🇳 Tunisia - Republic of Tunisia [UN]
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey - Republic of Turkey [UN]
 * 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan [UN]
 * 🇹🇻 Tuvalu [UN]

U

 * 🇺🇬 Uganda - Republic of Uganda [UN]
 * 🇺🇦 Ukraine [UN]
 * 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates [UN]
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [UN]
 * 🇺🇸 United States - United States of America [UN]
 * 🇺🇾 Uruguay - Eastern Republic of Uruguay [UN]
 * 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan - Republic of Uzbekistan [UN]

V

 * 🇻🇺 Vanuatu - Republic of Vanuatu [UN]
 * 🇻🇦 Vatican City - State of the Vatican City
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela [UN]
 *  Vietnam - Socialist Republic of Vietnam [UN]

Y

 * 🇾🇪 Yemen - Republic of Yemen [UN]

Z

 * 🇿🇲 Zambia - Republic of Zambia [UN]
 * 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe - Republic of Zimbabwe [UN]

Other states
In 2008, there were eleven states which were not recognized as sovereign by a majority of countries.
 *  Abkhazia - Republic of Abkhazia
 * De facto independent state. Claimed by Georgia as the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia. Recognized by Nicaragua (from September 5), Russia (from August 25), South Ossetia, and Transnistria.
 *  Anjouan - Autonomous Island of Anjouan (to March 26)
 * De facto independent state. Not recognized by any other state. Claimed by the Comoros.
 *  Kosovo - Republic of Kosovo (from February 17)
 * De facto independent state. Recognized by several UN Member states and the Republic of China. Claimed by Serbia as the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija.
 *  Nagorno-Karabakh - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
 * De facto independent state. Not recognized by any other state. Claimed by Azerbaijan.
 *  Northern Cyprus - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
 * De facto independent state. Recognised only by Turkey. Claimed by Cyprus.
 *  Palestine Capital: Ramallah (administrative), Gaza City (administrative), Jerusalem (claimed)
 * The Palestinian territories were partially controlled by Israel and partially under control of the Palestinian National Authority, a self governing entity which had diplomatic relations with several UN member states. The Palestinian Liberation Organization was an observer at the UN.
 *  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Capital: Bir Lehlou (official), Rabouni (seat of government-in-exile), El Aaiún (claimed)
 * De facto independent state recognized by several UN member states. The territories under its control, the so-called Free Zone, were claimed in whole by Morocco as part of its Southern Provinces. In turn, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic claimed the part of the Western Sahara to the west of the Moroccan Wall controlled by Morocco. Its government resided in exile in Algeria.
 *  Somaliland - Republic of Somaliland
 * De facto independent state. Not recognized by any other state. Claimed by Somalia.
 *  South Ossetia - Republic of South Ossetia
 * De facto independent state. Claimed by Georgia as the Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia. Recognized by Abkhazia, Nicaragua (from September 5), Russia (from August 25), and Transnistria.
 * 🇹🇼 Taiwan - Republic of China
 * De facto independent state; de jure the Republic of China, a polity regarded by the People's Republic of China to be its defunct (and no longer legitimate) predecessor state. In addition to Taiwan, the Republic of China also governed part of the Spratly Islands and had not renounced claims over mainland China and Mongolia. The territory of the Republic of China was claimed by the People's Republic of China.
 *  Transnistria - Transnistrian Moldovan Republic
 * De facto independent state. Recognized only by Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Claimed by Moldova.

Australia

 * 🇦🇺 Ashmore and Cartier Islands - Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Australian Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇨🇽 Christmas Island - Territory of Christmas Island (External territory)
 * 🇨🇨 Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (External territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Coral Sea Islands - Coral Sea Islands Territory (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Heard Island and McDonald Islands - Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island - Territory of Norfolk Island (External territory)

Denmark

 * 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands (Autonomous province)
 * 🇬🇱 Greenland (Autonomous province)

France

 * 🇫🇷 Clipperton Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇵🇫 French Polynesia (Overseas country)
 *  French Southern and Antarctic Lands - Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Uninhabited overseas territory)
 * 🇾🇹 Mayotte - Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte (Overseas collectivity)
 * 🇳🇨 New Caledonia (sui generis collectivity)
 * 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy - Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy (Overseas collectivity)
 *  Saint Martin - Collectivity of Saint Martin (Overseas collectivity)
 * 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Overseas collectivity)
 * 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna - Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands (Overseas collectivity)

Netherlands

 * 🇦🇼 Aruba (Overseas country)
 *  Netherlands Antilles (Overseas country)

New Zealand

 * 🇨🇰 Cook Islands (Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
 * 🇳🇺 Niue (Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
 * 🇳🇿 Ross Dependency (Uninhabited dependent territory)
 * 🇳🇿 🇹🇰 Tokelau (Dependent territory)

Norway

 * 🇳🇴 Bouvet Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇳🇴 Peter I Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇳🇴 Queen Maud Land (Uninhabited possession)

United Kingdom

 *  Akrotiri and Dhekelia - Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Sovereign base areas administrated as a single overseas territory)
 * 🇦🇮 Anguilla (Overseas territory)
 * 🇧🇲 Bermuda (Self-governing overseas territory)
 *  British Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited overseas territory)
 * 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory (Uninhabited overseas territory)
 *  British Virgin Islands (Overseas territory)
 * 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands (Overseas territory)
 *  Falkland Islands (Overseas territory)
 * 🇬🇮 Gibraltar (Overseas territory)
 * 🇬🇬 Guernsey - Bailiwick of Guernsey (Crown dependency)
 * 🇮🇲 Isle of Man (Crown dependency)
 * 🇯🇪 Jersey - Bailiwick of Jersey (Crown dependency)
 * 🇲🇸 Montserrat (Overseas territory)
 *  Pitcairn Islands - Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands (Overseas territory)
 *  Saint Helena (Overseas territory)
 *  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Overseas territory)
 * 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands (Overseas territory)

United States

 * 🇦🇸 American Samoa - Territory of American Samoa (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Baker Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇬🇺 Guam - Territory of Guam (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Howland Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Jarvis Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Johnston Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Kingman Reef (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Midway Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Navassa Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands - Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Palmyra Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Petrel Islands (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Serranilla Bank (Uninhabited territory)
 *  United States Virgin Islands (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Wake Island (Uninhabited territory)

Internationally recognized sovereign states
In 2009, there were 193 states which were diplomatically recognized by a majority of sovereign states. United Nations member states are indicated by [UN].

A

 * 🇦🇫 Afghanistan - Islamic Republic of Afghanistan [UN]
 * 🇦🇱 Albania - Republic of Albania [UN]
 * 🇩🇿 Algeria - People's Democratic Republic of Algeria [UN]
 * 🇦🇩 Andorra - Principality of Andorra [UN]
 * 🇦🇴 Angola - Republic of Angola [UN]
 * 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda [UN]
 * 🇦🇷 Argentina - Argentine Republic [UN]
 * 🇦🇲 Armenia - Republic of Armenia [UN]
 * 🇦🇺 Australia - Commonwealth of Australia [UN]
 * 🇦🇹 Austria - Republic of Austria [UN]
 * 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan - Republic of Azerbaijan [UN]

B

 *  The Bahamas - Commonwealth of the Bahamas [UN]
 * 🇧🇭 Bahrain - Kingdom of Bahrain [UN]
 * 🇧🇩 Bangladesh - People's Republic of Bangladesh [UN]
 * 🇧🇧 Barbados [UN]
 * 🇧🇾 Belarus - Republic of Belarus [UN]
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium [UN]
 * 🇧🇿 Belize [UN]
 * 🇧🇯 Benin - Republic of Benin [UN] Capital: Porto-Novo (official), Cotonou (seat of government)
 * 🇧🇹 Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan [UN]
 * 🇧🇴 Bolivia [UN] Capital: Sucre (official), La Paz (administrative)
 * Republic of Bolivia (to March 18)
 * Plurinational State of Bolivia (from March 18)
 * 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina [UN]
 * 🇧🇼 Botswana - Republic of Botswana [UN]
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil - Federative Republic of Brazil [UN]
 *  Brunei - State of Brunei, Abode of Peace [UN]
 * 🇧🇬 Bulgaria - Republic of Bulgaria [UN]
 * 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso [UN]
 * 🇧🇮 Burundi - Republic of Burundi [UN]

C

 * 🇰🇭 Cambodia - Kingdom of Cambodia [UN]
 * 🇨🇲 Cameroon - Republic of Cameroon [UN]
 * 🇨🇦 Canada [UN]
 * 🇨🇻 Cape Verde - Republic of Cape Verde [UN]
 * 🇨🇫 Central African Republic [UN]
 * 🇹🇩 Chad - Republic of Chad [UN]
 * 🇨🇱 Chile - Republic of Chile [UN] Capital: Santiago (official), Valparaíso (legislative)
 * 🇨🇳 China - People's Republic of China [UN]
 * 🇨🇴 Colombia - Republic of Colombia [UN]
 * 🇰🇲 Comoros - Union of the Comoros [UN]
 *  Congo, Democratic Republic of the [UN]
 *  Congo, Republic of the [UN]
 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica [UN]
 * 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire - Republic of Côte d'Ivoire [UN] Capital: Yamoussoukro (official), Abidjan (seat of government)
 * 🇭🇷 Croatia - Republic of Croatia [UN]
 * 🇨🇺 Cuba - Republic of Cuba [UN]
 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus - Republic of Cyprus [UN]
 * 🇨🇿 Czech Republic [UN]

D

 * 🇩🇰 Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark [UN]
 * 🇩🇯 Djibouti - Republic of Djibouti [UN]
 * 🇩🇲 Dominica - Commonwealth of Dominica [UN]
 * 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic [UN]

E

 * 🇪🇨 Ecuador - Republic of Ecuador [UN]
 * 🇪🇬 Egypt - Arab Republic of Egypt [UN]
 * 🇸🇻 El Salvador - Republic of El Salvador [UN]
 * 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea - Republic of Equatorial Guinea [UN]
 * 🇪🇷 Eritrea - State of Eritrea [UN]
 * 🇪🇪 Estonia - Republic of Estonia [UN]
 * 🇪🇹 Ethiopia - Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia [UN]

F

 * 🇫🇯 Fiji - Republic of the Fiji Islands [UN]
 * 🇫🇮 Finland - Republic of Finland [UN]
 * 🇫🇷 France - French Republic [UN]

G

 * 🇬🇦 Gabon - Gabonese Republic [UN]
 *  The Gambia - Republic of the Gambia [UN]
 *  Georgia [UN]
 * 🇩🇪 Germany - Federal Republic of Germany [UN]
 * 🇬🇭 Ghana - Republic of Ghana [UN]
 * 🇬🇷 Greece - Hellenic Republic [UN]
 * 🇬🇩 Grenada [UN]
 * 🇬🇹 Guatemala - Republic of Guatemala [UN]
 * 🇬🇳 Guinea - Republic of Guinea [UN]
 * 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau - Republic of Guinea-Bissau [UN]
 * 🇬🇾 Guyana - Co-operative Republic of Guyana [UN]

H

 * 🇭🇹 Haiti - Republic of Haiti [UN]
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras - Republic of Honduras [UN]
 * 🇭🇺 Hungary - Republic of Hungary [UN]

I

 * 🇮🇸 Iceland - Republic of Iceland [UN]
 * 🇮🇳 India - Republic of India [UN]
 * 🇮🇩 Indonesia - Republic of Indonesia [UN]
 * 🇮🇷 Iran - Islamic Republic of Iran [UN]
 * 🇮🇶 Iraq - Republic of Iraq [UN]
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland - Republic of Ireland [UN]
 * 🇮🇱 Israel - State of Israel [UN]
 * 🇮🇹 Italy - Italian Republic [UN]

J

 * 🇯🇲 Jamaica [UN]
 * 🇯🇵 Japan [UN]
 * 🇯🇴 Jordan - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan [UN]

K

 * 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan - Republic of Kazakhstan [UN]
 * 🇰🇪 Kenya - Republic of Kenya [UN]
 * 🇰🇮 Kiribati - Republic of Kiribati [UN]
 *  Korea, North - Democratic People's Republic of Korea [UN]
 *  Korea, South - Republic of Korea [UN]
 * 🇰🇼 Kuwait - State of Kuwait [UN]
 * 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz Republic [UN]

L

 *  Laos - Lao People's Democratic Republic [UN]
 * 🇱🇻 Latvia - Republic of Latvia [UN]
 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon - Lebanese Republic [UN]
 * 🇱🇸 Lesotho - Kingdom of Lesotho [UN]
 * 🇱🇷 Liberia - Republic of Liberia [UN]
 * 🇱🇾 Libya - Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya [UN]
 * 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein [UN]
 * 🇱🇹 Lithuania - Republic of Lithuania [UN]
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg [UN]

M

 * 🇲🇰 Macedonia - Republic of Macedonia [UN]
 * 🇲🇬 Madagascar - Republic of Madagascar [UN]
 * 🇲🇼 Malawi - Republic of Malawi [UN]
 * 🇲🇾 Malaysia [UN] Capital: Kuala Lumpur (official), Putrajaya (administrative)
 * 🇲🇻 Maldives - Republic of Maldives [UN]
 * 🇲🇱 Mali - Republic of Mali [UN]
 * 🇲🇹 Malta - Republic of Malta [UN]
 * 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands - Republic of the Marshall Islands (In free association with the United States) [UN]
 * 🇲🇷 Mauritania - Islamic Republic of Mauritania [UN]
 * 🇲🇺 Mauritius - Republic of Mauritius [UN]
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico - United Mexican States [UN]
 * 🇫🇲 Micronesia - Federated States of Micronesia (In free association with the United States) [UN]
 * 🇲🇩 Moldova - Republic of Moldova [UN]
 * 🇲🇨 Monaco - Principality of Monaco [UN]
 * 🇲🇳 Mongolia [UN]
 * 🇲🇪 Montenegro [UN]
 * 🇲🇦 Morocco - Kingdom of Morocco [UN]
 * 🇲🇿 Mozambique - Republic of Mozambique [UN]
 * 🇲🇲 Myanmar - Union of Myanmar [UN]

N

 * 🇳🇦 Namibia - Republic of Namibia [UN]
 * 🇳🇷 Nauru - Republic of Nauru [UN] Capital: Yaren (unofficial)
 * 🇳🇵 Nepal - Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal [UN]
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands - Kingdom of the Netherlands [UN] Capital: Amsterdam (official), The Hague (seat of government)
 * 🇳🇿 New Zealand [UN]
 * 🇳🇮 Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua [UN]
 * 🇳🇪 Niger - Republic of Niger [UN]
 * 🇳🇬 Nigeria - Federal Republic of Nigeria [UN]
 * 🇳🇴 Norway - Kingdom of Norway [UN]

O

 * 🇴🇲 Oman - Sultanate of Oman [UN]

P

 * 🇵🇰 Pakistan - Islamic Republic of Pakistan [UN]
 * 🇵🇼 Palau - Republic of Palau (In free association with the United States) [UN]
 * 🇵🇦 Panama - Republic of Panama [UN]
 * 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea - Independent State of Papua New Guinea [UN]
 * 🇵🇾 Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay [UN]
 * 🇵🇪 Peru - Republic of Peru [UN]
 * 🇵🇭 Philippines - Republic of the Philippines [UN]
 * 🇵🇱 Poland - Republic of Poland [UN]
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal - Portuguese Republic [UN]

Q

 * 🇶🇦 Qatar - State of Qatar [UN]

R

 * 🇷🇴 Romania [UN]
 * 🇷🇺 Russia - Russian Federation [UN]
 * 🇷🇼 Rwanda - Republic of Rwanda [UN]

S

 * 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis - Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis [UN]
 * 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia [UN]
 * 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [UN]
 * 🇼🇸 Samoa - Independent State of Samoa [UN]
 * 🇸🇲 San Marino - Most Serene Republic of San Marino [UN]
 *  São Tomé and Príncipe - Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe [UN]
 * 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [UN]
 * 🇸🇳 Senegal - Republic of Senegal [UN]
 * 🇷🇸 Serbia - Republic of Serbia [UN]
 * 🇸🇨 Seychelles - Republic of Seychelles [UN]
 * 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone - Republic of Sierra Leone [UN]
 * 🇸🇬 Singapore - Republic of Singapore [UN]
 * 🇸🇰 Slovakia - Slovak Republic [UN]
 * 🇸🇮 Slovenia - Republic of Slovenia [UN]
 * 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands [UN]
 * 🇸🇴 Somalia - Republic of Somalia [UN]
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa - Republic of South Africa [UN] Capital: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)
 * 🇪🇸 Spain - Kingdom of Spain [UN]
 * 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka - Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka [UN]
 * 🇸🇩 Sudan - Republic of the Sudan [UN]
 * 🇸🇷 Suriname - Republic of Suriname [UN]
 * 🇸🇿 Swaziland - Kingdom of Swaziland [UN] Capital: Mbabane (administrative), Lobamba (legislative)
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden [UN]
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland - Swiss Confederation [UN]
 *  Syria - Syrian Arab Republic [UN]

T

 * 🇹🇯 Tajikistan - Republic of Tajikistan [UN]
 * 🇹🇿 Tanzania - United Republic of Tanzania [UN] Capital: Dodoma (official), Dar es Salaam (seat of government)
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand [UN]
 *  Timor-Leste - Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste [UN]
 * 🇹🇬 Togo - Togolese Republic [UN]
 * 🇹🇴 Tonga - Kingdom of Tonga [UN]
 * 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago - Republic of Trinidad and Tobago [UN]
 * 🇹🇳 Tunisia - Republic of Tunisia [UN]
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey - Republic of Turkey [UN]
 * 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan [UN]
 * 🇹🇻 Tuvalu [UN]

U

 * 🇺🇬 Uganda - Republic of Uganda [UN]
 * 🇺🇦 Ukraine [UN]
 * 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates [UN]
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [UN]
 * 🇺🇸 United States - United States of America [UN]
 * 🇺🇾 Uruguay - Oriental Republic of Uruguay [UN]
 * 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan - Republic of Uzbekistan [UN]

V

 * 🇻🇺 Vanuatu - Republic of Vanuatu [UN]
 * 🇻🇦 Vatican City - State of the Vatican City
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela [UN]
 *  Vietnam - Socialist Republic of Vietnam [UN]

Y

 * 🇾🇪 Yemen - Republic of Yemen [UN]

Z

 * 🇿🇲 Zambia - Republic of Zambia [UN]
 * 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe - Republic of Zimbabwe [UN]

Other states
In 2009, there were ten states which were not recognized as sovereign by a majority of countries.
 *  Abkhazia - Republic of Abkhazia
 * Self-governing entity. Claimed by Georgia as the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia. Recognized by Nicaragua, Russia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria.
 *  Kosovo - Republic of Kosovo
 * Self-governing entity. Recognized by 64 UN Member states and the Republic of China. Claimed by Serbia as the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija.
 *  Nagorno-Karabakh - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
 * Self-governing entity. Not recognized by any other state. Claimed by Azerbaijan.
 *  Northern Cyprus - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
 * Self-governing entity. Recognised only by Turkey. Claimed by Cyprus.
 *  Palestine Capital: Ramallah (administrative), Gaza City (administrative), Jerusalem (claimed)
 * The Palestinian territories were partially controlled by Israel and partially under control of the Palestinian National Authority, a self governing entity which had diplomatic relations with several UN member states. The Palestinian Liberation Organization was an observer at the UN.
 *  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Capital: Bir Lehlou (official), Rabouni (seat of government-in-exile), El Aaiún (claimed)
 * Self-governing entity recognized by 49 UN member states. The territories under its control, the so-called Free Zone, were claimed in whole by Morocco as part of its Southern Provinces. In turn, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic claimed the part of the Western Sahara to the west of the Moroccan Wall controlled by Morocco. Its government resided in exile in Algeria.
 *  Somaliland - Republic of Somaliland
 * Self-governing entity. Not recognized by any other state. Claimed by Somalia.
 *  South Ossetia - Republic of South Ossetia
 * Self-governing entity. Claimed by Georgia as the Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia. Recognized by Abkhazia, Nicaragua, Russia, and Transnistria.
 * 🇹🇼 Taiwan - Republic of China
 * De facto independent state; de jure the Republic of China, a polity regarded by the People's Republic of China to be its defunct (and no longer legitimate) predecessor state. In addition to Taiwan, the Republic of China also governed part of the Spratly Islands and had not renounced claims over mainland China and Mongolia. The territory of the Republic of China was claimed by the People's Republic of China.
 *  Transnistria - Transnistrian Moldovan Republic
 * Self-governing entity. Recognized only by Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Claimed by Moldova.

Australia

 * 🇦🇺 Ashmore and Cartier Islands - Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Australian Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇨🇽 Christmas Island - Territory of Christmas Island (External territory)
 * 🇨🇨 Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (External territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Coral Sea Islands - Coral Sea Islands Territory (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇦🇺 Heard Island and McDonald Islands - Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Uninhabited external territory)
 * 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island - Territory of Norfolk Island (External territory)

Denmark

 * 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands (Autonomous province)
 * 🇬🇱 Greenland (Autonomous province to June 21, Overseas country from June 21)

France

 * 🇫🇷 Clipperton Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇵🇫 French Polynesia (Overseas country)
 *  French Southern and Antarctic Lands - Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Uninhabited overseas territory)
 * 🇾🇹 Mayotte - Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte (Overseas collectivity)
 * 🇳🇨 New Caledonia (sui generis collectivity)
 * 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy - Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy (Overseas collectivity)
 *  Saint Martin - Collectivity of Saint Martin (Overseas collectivity)
 * 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon - (Overseas collectivity)
 * 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna - Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands (Overseas collectivity)

Netherlands

 * 🇦🇼 Aruba (Overseas country)
 *  Netherlands Antilles (Overseas country)

New Zealand

 * 🇨🇰 Cook Islands (Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
 * 🇳🇺 Niue (Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
 * 🇳🇿 Ross Dependency (Uninhabited dependent territory)
 * 🇳🇿 🇹🇰 Tokelau (Dependent territory)

Norway

 * 🇳🇴 Bouvet Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇳🇴 Peter I Island (Uninhabited possession)
 * 🇳🇴 Queen Maud Land (Uninhabited possession)

United Kingdom

 *  Akrotiri and Dhekelia - Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Sovereign base areas administrated as a single overseas territory)
 * 🇦🇮 Anguilla (Overseas territory)
 * 🇧🇲 Bermuda (Self-governing overseas territory)
 *  British Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited overseas territory)
 * 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory (Uninhabited overseas territory)
 *  British Virgin Islands (Overseas territory)
 * 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands (Overseas territory)
 *  Falkland Islands (Overseas territory, claimed by Argentina)
 * 🇬🇮 Gibraltar (Overseas territory)
 * 🇬🇬 Guernsey - Bailiwick of Guernsey (Crown dependency)
 * 🇮🇲 Isle of Man (Crown dependency)
 * 🇯🇪 Jersey - Bailiwick of Jersey (Crown dependency)
 * 🇲🇸 Montserrat (Overseas territory) Capital: Plymouth (official, abandoned), Brades (interim)
 *  Pitcairn Islands - Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands (Overseas territory)
 *  Saint Helena
 * Saint Helena and Dependencies (to September 1, Overseas territory)
 * Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (from September 1, Overseas territory)
 *  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Overseas territory)
 * 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands (Overseas territory)

United States

 * 🇦🇸 American Samoa - Territory of American Samoa (Territory) Capital: Pago Pago (official), Fagatogo (seat of government)
 * 🇺🇸 Baker Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇬🇺 Guam - Territory of Guam (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Howland Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Jarvis Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Johnston Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Kingman Reef (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Midway Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Navassa Island (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands - Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Palmyra Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Petrel Islands (Uninhabited territory)
 * 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Serranilla Bank (Uninhabited territory)
 *  United States Virgin Islands (Territory)
 * 🇺🇸 Wake Island (Uninhabited territory)