List of Sovereign States

The following is a list of the 197 states that are internationally-recognized by the majority of other states. They are organized by continent.

Africa

• People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
• Republic of Angola
• Republic of Benin
• Republic of Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Republic of Burundi
• Republic of Cameroon
• Republic of Cape Verde
• Central African Republic
• Republic of Chad
• Union of the Comoros
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Republic of the Congo
• Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
• Republic of Djibouti
• Arab Republic of Egypt
• Republic of Equatorial Guinea
• State of Eritrea
• Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
• Gabonese Republic
• Republic of The Gambia
• Republic of Ghana
• Republic of Guinea
• Republic of Guinea-Bissau
• Republic of Kenya
• Kingdom of Lesotho
• Republic of Liberia
• Republic of Libya
• Republic of Madagascar
• Republic of Malawi
• Republic of Mali
• Islamic Republic of Mauritania
• Republic of Mauritius
• Kingdom of Morocco
• Republic of Mozambique
• Republic of Namibia
• Republic of Niger
• Federal Republic of Nigeria
• Republic of Rwanda
• Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
• Republic of Senegal
• Republic of Seychelles
• Republic of Sierra Leone
• Somali Republic
• Republic of South Africa
• Republic of South Sudan
• Republic of Sudan
• Kingdom of Swaziland
• United Republic of Tanzania
• Togolese Republic
• Tunisian Republic
• Republic of Uganda
• Republic of Zambia
• Republic of Zimbabwe

Asia

• Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
• Republic of Armenia
• Republic of Azerbaijan
• Kingdom of Bahrain
• People's Republic of Bangladesh
• Kingdom of Bhutan
• State of Brunei, Abode of Peace
• Kingdom of Cambodia
• People's Republic of China
• Georgian Republic
• Republic of India
• Republic of Indonesia
• Islamic Republic of Iran
• Republic of Iraq
• State of Israel
• State of Japan
• The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
• Republic of Kazakhstan
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea
• Republic of Korea
• State of Kuwait
• Kyrgyz Republic
• Lao People's Democratic Republic
• Lebanese Republic
• Malaysia
• Republic of Maldives
• Mongolia
• Republic of The Union of Myanmar
• Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
• Sultanate of Oman
• Islamic Republic of Pakistan
• Republic of the Philippines
• State of Qatar
• Russian Federation
• Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Republic of Singapore
• Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
• Syrian Arab Republic
• Republic of Tajikistan
• Kingdom of Thailand
• Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
• Republic of Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• United Arab Emirates
• Republic of Uzbekistan
• Socialist Republic of Vietnam
• Republic of Yemen

Australia and Oceania

• Commonwealth of Australia
• Republic of the Fiji Islands
• Republic of Kiribati
• Republic of the Marshall Islands
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Republic of Nauru
• New Zealand
• Republic of Palau
• State of Papua New Guinea
• State of Samoa
• Solomon Islands
• Kingdom of Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Republic of Vanuatu

Europe

• Republic of Albania
• Principality of Andorra
• Republic of Armenia
• Republic of Austria
• Republic of Azerbaijan
• Republic of Belarus
• Kingdom of Belgium
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Republic of Bulgaria
• Republic of Croatia
• Republic of Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Kingdom of Denmark
• Republic of Estonia
• Republic of Finland
• French Republic
• Georgia
• Federal Republic of Germany
• Hellenic Republic (Greece)
• Republic of Hungary
• Republic of Iceland
• Ireland
• Italian Republic
• Republic of Latvia
• Principality of Liechtenstein
• Republic of Lithuania
• Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
• Republic of Macedonia
• Republic of Malta
• Republic of Moldova
• Principality of Monaco
• Montenegro
• Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Kingdom of Norway
• Republic of Poland
• Portuguese Republic
• Romania
• Republic of San Marino
• Republic of Serbia
• Slovak Republic
• Republic of Slovenia
• Kingdom of Spain
• Kingdom of Sweden
• Swiss Confederation
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• State of Vatican City

North America

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Commonwealth of the Bahamas
• Barbados
• Belize
• Canada
• Republic of Costa Rica
• Republic of Cuba
• Commonwealth of Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• Republic of El Salvador
• Grenada
• Republic of Guatemala
• Republic of Haiti
• Republic of Honduras
• Jamaica
• United Mexican States
• Republic of Nicaragua
• Republic of Panama
• Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
• United States of America

South America

• Argentine Republic
• State of Bolivia
• Federative Republic of Brazil
• Republic of Chile
• Republic of Colombia
• Republic of Ecuador
• Republic of Guyana
• Republic of Paraguay
• Republic of Peru
• Republic of Suriname
• Republic of Uruguay
• Republic of Venezuela