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[edit] Types of political entities included

On this list are 245 entities of the following types:

193 states with general international recognition:
- 192 member states of the United Nations (UN).
- 1 state with general international recognition but not UN membership, governed by the Holy See (a UN permanent observer): Vatican City.
8 states lacking general international recognition, none of which are UN members, that may be defined as states in the body of customary international law and drawing on the precedent of the Montevideo Convention:
- 1 state, no longer a UN member since late 1971, recognized by 23 UN member states and the Holy See (Vatican City), and currently with de facto international relations with many others, the Republic of China (commonly referred to as Taiwan).
- 1 state, member of the African Union and the Asian-African Strategic Partnership formed at the 2005 Asian-African Conference, recognized by 46 UN member states but never admitted to the UN itself, with most of its claimed territory under Moroccan de facto administration, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in Western Sahara.
- 1 de facto independent state, diplomatically recognized by no UN member states except Turkey, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.^[1]
- 5 de facto independent states, namely Abkhazia (Georgia),^[2] Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan),^[3] Transnistria (Moldova),^[4] Somaliland (Somalia),^[5] and South Ossetia (Georgia),^[6] none recognized by any UN member states.
38 inhabited dependent territories:
- 3 external territories of Australia (Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island).
- 2 overseas countries in the Kingdom of Denmark (Faroe Islands and Greenland).
- 7 overseas territories of France:^[7]
  - 1 sui generis (unique) community (New Caledonia).
  - 6 overseas collectivities:
    - 1 overseas country (French Polynesia)
    - 1 departmental collectivity (Mayotte)
    - 1 territorial collectivity (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)
    - 2 collectivities (Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin)
    - 1 territory (Wallis and Futuna)
- 2 overseas countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Aruba and Netherlands Antilles).
- 3 dependent territories of New Zealand:
  - 2 states in free association with New Zealand (Cook Islands and Niue).
  - 1 overseas territory (Tokelau).
- 16 British dependencies:
  - 13 overseas territories of the United Kingdom (Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena (and its dependencies Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha), Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia).
  - 3 Crown dependencies (Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man).
- 5 unincorporated territories of the United States:
  - 2 commonwealths (Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico).
  - 2 organized territories (Guam and U.S. Virgin Islands).
  - 1 de facto organized territory lacking an Organic Act (American Samoa).
6 special entities recognized by international treaty or agreement (Åland in Finland, Svalbard in Norway, Kosovo in Serbia, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, as well as the 2 special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China - Hong Kong and Macau).

In the Annex to the list of countries, an outline is given on the entities not included in this list. This includes distinct political and legal entities which are countries but are considered integral parts of a sovereign state, notably the constituent countries of the United Kingdom and the Länder of Germany.

[edit] Key of country names

Bahrain (bold) - States with general international recognition.
Abkhazia (bold and italic) - States lacking general international recognition.
Cayman Islands (unbold) - Other non-state countries.

[edit] List of countries

[edit] A

Abkhazia – Republic of Abkhazia
Afghanistan – Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Akrotiri and Dhekelia – Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK overseas territory)
Åland – Åland Islands (Autonomous province of Finland)
Albania – Republic of Albania
Algeria – People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
American Samoa – Territory of American Samoa (US territory)
Andorra – Principality of Andorra
Angola – Republic of Angola
Anguilla (UK overseas territory)
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina – Argentine Republic
Armenia – Republic of Armenia
Aruba (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Ascension Island (Dependency of the UK overseas territory of Saint Helena)
Australia – Commonwealth of Australia
Austria – Republic of Austria
Azerbaijan – Republic of Azerbaijan^[8]

[edit] B

Bahamas, The – Commonwealth of The Bahamas
Bahrain – Kingdom of Bahrain
Bangladesh – People's Republic of Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus – Republic of Belarus
Belgium – Kingdom of Belgium
Belize
Benin – Republic of Benin
Bermuda (UK overseas territory)
Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan
Bolivia – Republic of Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina^[9]
Botswana – Republic of Botswana
Brazil – Federative Republic of Brazil
Brunei – Negara Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria – Republic of Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
For "Burma", see Myanmar
Burundi – Republic of Burundi

[edit] C

Cambodia – Kingdom of Cambodia
Cameroon – Republic of Cameroon
Canada^[10]
Cape Verde – Republic of Cape Verde
Cayman Islands (UK overseas territory)
Central African Republic^[11]
Chad – Republic of Chad
Chile – Republic of Chile
China – People's Republic of China^[12]
For "Republic of China", see Taiwan
Christmas Island – Territory of Christmas Island (Australian overseas territory)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands – Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australian overseas territory)
Colombia – Republic of Colombia
Comoros – Union of the Comoros
Congo – Democratic Republic of the Congo^[13]
Congo – Republic of the Congo^[14]
Cook Islands (Associated state of New Zealand)
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^[15]
Czech Republic^[16]

[edit] D

Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark
For "Dhekelia", see Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Djibouti – Republic of Djibouti
Dominica – Commonwealth of Dominica
Dominican Republic

[edit] E

East Timor – Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
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

[edit] F

Falkland Islands (UK overseas territory)^[17]
Faroe Islands (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of Denmark)
Fiji – Republic of the Fiji Islands
Finland – Republic of Finland
France – French Republic
French Polynesia (French overseas collectivity)

[edit] G

Gabon – Gabonese Republic
Gambia, The – Republic of The Gambia
Georgia^[18]
Germany – Federal Republic of Germany
Ghana – Republic of Ghana
Gibraltar (UK overseas territory)
Greece – Hellenic Republic
Greenland (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of Denmark)
Grenada
Guam – Territory of Guam (US organized territory)
Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala
Guernsey – Bailiwick of Guernsey (British Crown dependency)^[19]
Guinea – Republic of Guinea
Guinea-Bissau – Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Guyana – Co-operative Republic of Guyana

[edit] H

Haiti – Republic of Haiti
Honduras – Republic of Honduras
Hong Kong – Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (Area of special sovereignty)^[20]
Hungary – Republic of Hungary

[edit] 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^[21]
Isle of Man (British Crown dependency)
Israel – State of Israel
Italy – Italian Republic
For "Ivory Coast", see Côte d'Ivoire

[edit] J

Jamaica
Japan
Jersey – Bailiwick of Jersey (British Crown dependency)
Jordan – Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

[edit] K

Kazakhstan – Republic of Kazakhstan
Kenya – Republic of Kenya
Kiribati – Republic of Kiribati
Korea, North – Democratic People's Republic of Korea^[22]
Korea, South – Republic of Korea^[23]
Kosovo^[24]
Kuwait – State of Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyz Republic^[25]

[edit] L

Laos – Lao People's Democratic Republic
Latvia – Republic of Latvia
Lebanon – Republic of Lebanon
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

[edit] M

Macao – Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (Area of special sovereignty)^[26]
Macedonia – Republic of Macedonia^[27]
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
Mayotte – Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte (French overseas collectivity)
Mexico – United Mexican States
Micronesia – Federated States of Micronesia
Moldova – Republic of Moldova^[28]
Monaco – Principality of Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro – Republic of Montenegro
Montserrat (UK overseas territory)
Morocco – Kingdom of Morocco^[29]
Mozambique – Republic of Mozambique
Myanmar – Union of Myanmar

[edit] N

Nagorno-Karabakh – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic^[3]
Namibia – Republic of Namibia
Nauru – Republic of Nauru
Nepal – State of Nepal
Netherlands – Kingdom of the Netherlands^[30]
Netherlands Antilles (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
New Caledonia – Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies (French community sui generis)
New Zealand
Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua
Niger – Republic of Niger
Nigeria – Federal Republic of Nigeria
Niue (Associated state of New Zealand)
Norfolk Island – Territory of Norfolk Island (Australian overseas territory)
Northern Cyprus – Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus^[1]
Northern Mariana Islands – Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US commonwealth)
For "North Korea", see Korea, North
Norway – Kingdom of Norway

[edit] O

Oman – Sultanate of Oman

[edit] P

Pakistan – Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Palau – Republic of Palau
Palestine – Occupied Palestinian Territories^[31]
Panama – Republic of Panama
Papua Niugini – Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay
For "People's Republic of China", see China
Peru – Republic of Peru
Philippines – Republic of the Philippines
Pitcairn Islands – Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands (UK overseas territory)
Poland – Republic of Poland
Portugal – Portuguese Republic
For "Pridnestrovie", see Transnistria
Puerto Rico – Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (US commonwealth)

[edit] Q

Qatar – State of Qatar

[edit] R

Romania
Russia – Russian Federation
Rwanda – Republic of Rwanda

[edit] S

Saint Barthélemy – Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy (French overseas collectivity)
Saint Helena (UK overseas territory)
Saint Kitts and Nevis – Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Martin – Collectivity of Saint Martin (French overseas collectivity)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon – Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (French overseas collectivity)
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
Serbia – Republic of Serbia^[32]
Seychelles – Republic of Seychelles
Sierra Leone – Republic of Sierra Leone
Singapore – Republic of Singapore
Slovakia – Slovak Republic
Slovenia – Republic of Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia^[33]
South Africa – Republic of South Africa
For "South Korea", see Korea, South
South Ossetia – Republic of South Ossetia^[6]
Spain – Kingdom of Spain
Sri Lanka – Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Sudan – Republic of the Sudan
Suriname – Republic of Suriname
Svalbard (Territory of Norway)^[34]
Swaziland – Kingdom of Swaziland
Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden
Switzerland – Swiss Confederation
Syria – Syrian Arab Republic

[edit] T

Taiwan – Republic of China^[35]
Tajikistan – Republic of Tajikistan
Tanzania – United Republic of Tanzania
Thailand – Kingdom of Thailand
For "Timor-Leste", see East Timor
Togo – Togolese Republic
Tokelau (Overseas territory of New Zealand)
Tonga – Kingdom of Tonga
Transnistria - Transnistrian Moldovan Republic^[4]
Trinidad and Tobago – Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Tristan da Cunha (Dependency of the UK overseas territory of Saint Helena)
Tunisia – Tunisian Republic
Turkey – Republic of Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK overseas territory)
Tuvalu

[edit] 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

[edit] V

Vanuatu – Republic of Vanuatu
Vatican City – State of the Vatican City
Venezuela – Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Vietnam – Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Virgin Islands, British – British Virgin Islands (UK overseas territory)
Virgin Islands, United States – United States Virgin Islands (US organized territory)