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1. List of states[edit]

Short and formal names Membership within the UN System [Note 1]

Sovereignty dis-

pute [Note 2]

Further information on status and recognition of sovereignty [Note 4]

↓ UN member states or observer states ↓

Abkhazia → Abkhazia

Afghanistan – Islamic Republic of Afghanistan UN member state None

Albania – Republic of Albania UN member state None

Algeria – People's Democratic Republic of Al-geria

UN member state None

Andorra – Principality of Andorra


Andorra is a co-principality in which the office of head of state is jointly held ex officio by the French presi-dent and the bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Urgell,[2] who himself is appointed by the Holy See.

Angola – Republic of Angola UN member state None

Antigua and Barbuda UN member state NoneAntigua and Barbuda is a Commonwealth realm[Note

5] with 1 autonomous region, Barbuda.[Note 6][3]

Argentina – Argentine Republic[Note 7]


Argentina is a federation of 23 provinces and 1 autono-mous city. Argentina claims sovereignty over the Falk-land Islands and South Georgia and the South Sand-wich Islands, which are administered by the United Kingdom.[4] Argentina claimsArgentine Antarctica as part of its national territory, officially a department of the province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South At-lantic Islands, which overlaps with the claims of the UK and Chile.[Note 8][5]

Armenia – Republic of Armenia UN member stateNot recognized byPakistan[6][7]

Australia – Commonwealth of Australia UN member state None Australia is a Commonwealth realm[Note 5] and a federa-tion of 6 states and 10 territories. The external territo-


Sovereignty dis-

pute [Note 2]


ries of Australia are:

Ashmore and Cartier Islands

Australian Antarctic Territory[Note 8]

Christmas Island

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

Norfolk Island

Austria – Republic of Austria UN member state NoneMember of the EU.[Note 3] Austria is a federation of 9 states (Bundesländer).

Azerbaijan – Republic of Azerbaijan


Azerbaijan contains 2 autonomous re-gions, Nakhchivan and Nagorno-Karabakh(Dağlıq Qarabağ).[Note 6] In Nagorno-Karabakh, a de facto state has been established.

Bahamas, The – Commonwealth of The Ba-hamas

UN member state NoneThe Bahamas is a Commonwealth realm.[Note 5]

Bahrain – Kingdom of Bahrain UN member state None

Bangladesh – People's Republic of Bangladesh


Barbados UN member state None Barbados is a Commonwealth realm.[Note 5]

Belarus – Republic of Belarus UN member state None

Belgium – Kingdom of Belgium UN member state NoneMember of the EU.[Note 3] Belgium is a federation divided into linguistic communities and regions.

Belize UN member state None Belize is a Commonwealth realm.[Note 5]

Benin – Republic of Benin[Note 9] UN member state None

Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan UN member state None

Bolivia – Plurinational State of Bolivia UN member state None

Bosnia and Herzegovina


Bosnia and Herzegovina is a federation of 2 constituent units:

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Republika Srpska

and Brčko District, a self-governing administrative unit.

[Note 10]

Botswana – Republic of Botswana UN member state None


Sovereignty dis-

pute [Note 2]


Brazil – Federative Republic of Brazil UN member state None Brazil is a federation of 26 states and 1 federal district.

Brunei – Nation of Brunei, Abode of Peace UN member state NoneBrunei claims sovereignty over part of the Spratly Is-lands.[Note 11]

Bulgaria – Republic of Bulgaria UN member state None Member of the EU.[Note 3]

Burkina Faso[Note 12] UN member state None

Burma – Republic of the Union of Myanmar[Note

13][9]UN member state None

Burundi – Republic of Burundi UN member state None

Cambodia – Kingdom of Cambodia UN member state None

Cameroon – Republic of Cameroon UN member state None

Canada[Note 14]UN member state None

Canada is a Commonwealth realm[Note 5] and a federa-tion of 10 provinces and 3 territories.

Cape Verde – Republic of Cape Verde UN member state None

Central African Republic UN member state None

Chad – Republic of Chad UN member state None

Chile – Republic of Chile


Easter Island and the Juan Fernández Islands are "spe-cial territories" of Chile in the Valparaíso Region. Chile claims part of Antarctica as a commune in itsMagal-lanes and Antártica Chilena Region. Its claim overlaps with those of the UK and Argentina.[Note 8]

China – People's Republic of China[Note 15]

UN member stateClaimed by theRepublic of China

The People's Republic of China (PRC) contains five au-tonomous regions,Guangxi, Inner Mongo-lia, Ningxia, Xinjiang and Tibet.[Note 6] Additionally, it has sovereignty over the Special Administrative Regions of:

Hong Kong

Macau

China is not recognised by 22 UN member states and

the Holy See, which instead recognise Taiwan (the Re-

public of China).[Note 16]

China claims, but does not control, the de facto inde-

pendent Taiwan,[Note 17] and the Indian-controlled South

Tibet. India claims the Chinese-controlled Aksai Chin.

[Note 18] China has some control over the disputed Para-

cel[Note 19] andSpratly Islands.[Note 11]

China, Republic of → Taiwan

Colombia – Republic of ColombiaUN member state None

The Bajo Nuevo Bank and Serranilla Bank are under various claims by Honduras, Nicaragua, Jamaica, and the United States.[4]


Sovereignty dis-

pute [Note 2]


Comoros – Union of the ComorosUN member state None

Comoros is a federation of 3 islands, and claims May-otte, part of France, as a fourth.[Note 20][10] Comoros also disputes French sovereignty over Banc du Geyser.[4]

Congo, Democratic Republic of the[Note 21] UN member state None

Congo, Republic of the[Note 22] UN member state None

Cook Islands → Cook Islands

Costa Rica – Republic of Costa Rica UN member state None

Côte d'Ivoire – Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)


Croatia – Republic of Croatia UN member state None Member of the EU.[Note 3]

Cuba – Republic of Cuba UN member state None

Cyprus – Republic of Cyprus

UN member stateNot recognised byTurkey and Northern Cyprus

Member of the EU.[Note 3] The northeastern part of the is-land is the de facto state of Northern Cyprus. See For-eign relations of Cyprus and Cyprus dis-pute. Turkeyrefers to the Republic of Cyprus govern-ment as "The Greek Cypriot Administration of South Cyprus".[11]

Czech Republic[Note 23] UN member state None Member of the EU.[Note 3]

Democratic People's Republic of Korea → Korea, North

Democratic Republic of the Congo → Congo, Demo-cratic Republic of the

Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark


Member of the EU.[Note 3]

The Danish Realm also includes two self-governing ter-

ritories:

Faroe Islands (Føroyar/Færøerne)

Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat/Grønland)

Djibouti – Republic of Djibouti UN member state None

Dominica – Commonwealth of Dominica UN member state None

Dominican Republic UN member state None

East Timor – Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste[Note 24]


Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador UN member state None

Egypt – Arab Republic of Egypt UN member state None

El Salvador – Republic of El Salvador UN member state None

Equatorial Guinea – Republic of Equatorial Guinea


Eritrea – State of Eritrea UN member state None

Estonia – Republic of Estonia UN member state None Member of the EU.[Note 3]


Sovereignty dis-

pute [Note 2]


Ethiopia – Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

UN member state NoneEthiopia is a federation of 9 regions and 2 chartered cities.

Fiji – Republic of Fiji UN member state None Fiji contains 1 autonomous region, Rotuma.[Note 6][12][13]

Finland – Republic of Finland



Åland is a neutral and demilitarised au-

tonomous region of Finland.[Note 6][Note 25]

France – French Republic


Member of the EU.[Note 3] France contains 5 overseas re-gions/departments:French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Mar-tinique, Mayotte, and Réunion. France also includes the overseas territories of:

Clipperton Island

French Polynesia

New Caledonia

Saint Barthélemy

Saint Martin

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Wallis and Futuna

French Southern and Antarctic Lands (in-

cludes the Antarctic claim ofAdélie Land).[Note 8]

French sovereignty over Banc du Geyser, Bassas da

India, Europa Island,Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Is-

land, Mayotte, and Tromelin Island is disputed in part

by Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and the Co-

moros.[4]

Gabon – Gabonese Republic UN member state None

Gambia, The – Republic of the Gambia UN member state None

GeorgiaUN member state None

Georgia contains 2 autonomous regions, Ad-jara and Abkhazia.[Note 6] In Abkhaziaand South Ossetia, de facto states have been formed.

Germany – Federal Republic of Germany UN member state NoneMember of the EU.[Note 3] Germany is a federation of 16 federated states(Länder).

Ghana – Republic of Ghana UN member state None

Greece – Hellenic Republic UN member state None Member of the EU.[Note 3] Mount Athos is an autonomous part of Greece that is jointly governed by the multina-tional "Holy Community" on the mountain and a civil


Sovereignty dis-

pute [Note 2]


governor appointed by the Greek government.[14]

Grenada UN member state None Grenada is a Commonwealth realm.[Note 5]

Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala UN member state None

Guinea – Republic of Guinea[Note 26] UN member state None

Guinea-Bissau – Republic of Guinea-Bissau UN member state None

Guyana – Co-operative Republic of Guyana UN member state NoneAll land west of the Essequibo River is claimed by Venezuela.[4]

Haiti – Republic of Haiti UN member state None

Holy See → Vatican City

Honduras – Republic of Honduras UN member state None

Hungary UN member state None Member of the EU.[Note 3]

Iceland – Republic of Iceland UN member state None

India – Republic of India


India is a federation of 28 states and 7 union territories. Indian sovereignty overArunachal Pradesh is disputed by the People's Republic of China.[4] India claims sovereignty over the whole of Kashmir, but administers only part of it as the federated state of Jammu and Kashmir.[Note 18]

Indonesia – Republic of IndonesiaUN member state None

Indonesia has 5 provinces with official special auton-omy status: Aceh, Jakarta SCR, Yogyakarta SR, Papua, and West Papua.[Note 6]

Iran – Islamic Republic of Iran UN member state None

Iraq – Republic of Iraq UN member state NoneIraq is a federation[Note 20][15] of 18 governorates, 3 of which make up the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan.[Note 6]

Ireland[Note 27]



The Constitution of Ireland asserts the aspiration to-

wards creating a united Ireland by peaceful means.[16]

Israel – State of Israel

UN member stateNot recognised by 33 states

In 1967, Israel occupied the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, theWest Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan, and the Golan Heights from-Syria.[17] Israel annexed East Jerusalem[18] and the Golan Heights.[19] These areas are not internation-ally-recognised as being part of Israel.[4] Between 1982 and 2000, Israel occupied part of southern Lebanon, in what was known as theSecurity Zone.[20] Israel returned the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt as part of theIsrael–Egypt Peace Treaty.[21] Israel no longer has a permanent civil-ian or military presence in the Gaza Strip, following its unilateral disengagement, but is still considered the occupying power under international law.[22][23][24][25][26] Is-rael is not recognised as a state by 32 UN members (including most Arab states) and by the SADR.

Italy – Italian RepublicUN member state None

Member of the EU.[Note 3] Italy has 5 autonomous re-gions, Aosta Valley, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Sar-dinia, Sicily and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.[Note 6]

Ivory Coast → Côte d'Ivoire


Sovereignty dis-

pute [Note 2]


Jamaica UN member state None Jamaica is a Commonwealth realm.[Note 5]

Japan UN member state NoneJapan disputes Russian administration of the South Kuril Islands.

Jordan – Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan UN member state None

Kazakhstan – Republic of Kazakhstan UN member state None

Kenya – Republic of Kenya UN member state None

Kiribati – Republic of Kiribati UN member state None

Korea, North – Democratic People's Republic of Korea

UN member stateClaimed by South Korea

North Korea is not recognised by two UN mem-bers: Japan and South Korea.[Note 28][27]

Korea, South – Republic of KoreaUN member state

Claimed by North Korea

South Korea contains 1 autonomous region, Jeju-do.[Note 6][28] South Korea is not recognised by one UN mem-ber: North Korea.[Note 28]

Kosovo → Kosovo

Kuwait – State of Kuwait UN member state None

Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyz Republic UN member state None

Laos – Lao People's Democratic Republic UN member state None

Latvia – Republic of Latvia UN member state None Member of the EU.[Note 3]

Lebanon – Lebanese Republic UN member state None

Lesotho – Kingdom of Lesotho UN member state None

Liberia – Republic of Liberia UN member state None

Libya – State of Libya


Libya has one self-declared autonomous region:[29]

Cyrenaica

Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein UN member state None

Lithuania – Republic of Lithuania UN member state None Member of the EU.[Note 3]

Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg UN member state None Member of the EU.[Note 3]

Macedonia – Republic of Macedonia


Because of the Macedonia naming dispute, the country is referred to by the UN and a number of states and in-ternational organizations as "the former Yugoslav Re-public of Macedonia".

Madagascar – Republic of MadagascarUN member state None

Madagascar claims the French territories of Banc du Geyser, Juan de Nova Island, and the Glorioso Islands.[4]

Malawi – Republic of Malawi UN member state None

Malaysia UN member state NoneMalaysia is a federation of 13 states and 3 federal terri-tories. Malaysia claims part of the Spratly Islands.[Note 11]

Maldives – Republic of Maldives UN member state None

Mali – Republic of Mali UN member state None

Malta – Republic of Malta UN member state None Member of the EU.[Note 3]


Sovereignty dis-

pute [Note 2]


Marshall Islands – Republic of the Marshall Is-lands

UN member state NoneUnder Compact of Free Association with the United States.

Mauritania – Islamic Republic of Mauritania UN member state None

Mauritius – Republic of MauritiusUN member state None

Mauritius has an autonomous island, Rodrigues.[Note

6] Mauritius claims theBritish Indian Ocean Territory and the French island of Tromelin.[4]

Mexico – United Mexican States UN member state NoneMexico is a federation of 31 states and 1 federal dis-trict.

Micronesia, Federated States ofUN member state None

Under Compact of Free Association with the United States. The Federated States of Micronesia is a federa-tion of 4 states.

Moldova – Republic of MoldovaUN member state None

Moldova has the autonomous regions of Gagauzia and Transnistria, the latter of which has established a de facto state.

Monaco – Principality of Monaco UN member state None

Mongolia UN member state None

Montenegro UN member state None

Morocco – Kingdom of Morocco


Morocco claims sovereignty over Western Sahara and controls most of it, which is disputed by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. Morocco disputes Span-ishsovereignty over Ceuta, Melilla and the "Plazas de soberanía".[4]

Mozambique – Republic of Mozambique UN member state None

Myanmar → Burma

Nagorno-Karabakh → Nagorno-Karabakh

Namibia – Republic of Namibia UN member state None

Nauru – Republic of Nauru UN member state None

Nepal – Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal UN member state None Nepal is a federation composed of 14 zones.

Netherlands – Kingdom of the Netherlands UN member state None Member of the EU.[Note 3] The Kingdom of the Nether-lands consists of four constituent countries:

Netherlands

Aruba

Curaçao

Sint Maarten

The monarch and his ministers form the government of

the kingdom as well as the government of its con-

stituent country, the Netherlands. Following the dissolu-

tion of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010, Curaçao and

Sint Maarten have become constituent countries,


Sovereignty dis-

pute [Note 2]


which, alongside Aruba, enjoy considerable autonomy.

The other three islands (Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius)

becamespecial municipalities of the Netherlands.

The designation "Netherlands" can refer either to one of

the Kingdom's constituent countries or to the short

name for the Kingdom (e.g. in international organiza-

tions). The Kingdom of the Netherlands as a whole is a

member of the EU, but EU law applies only to parts

within Europe.

New Zealand


New Zealand is a Commonwealth realm,[Note 5] and has the dependent territories of:

Ross Dependency[Note 8]

Tokelau

The Tokelauan government claims sovereignty

over Swains Island, part ofAmerican Samoa, a territory

of the United States.[30] New Zealand does not recog-

nize the Tokelauan claim.[31]

New Zealand has responsibilities for (but no rights of

control over) two freelyassociated states:

Cook Islands

Niue

The Cook Islands and Niue have diplomatic relations

with 39 and 8 UN members respectively.[32][33][34] They

have full treaty-making capacity in the UN,[35] and are

members of some UN specialized agencies.

Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua


Claims the San Andrés archipelago, part of Colombian territorial waters

Nicaragua contains 2 autonomous regions, Atlántico

Sur and Atlántico Norte.[Note 6]


Sovereignty dis-

pute [Note 2]


Niger – Republic of Niger UN member state None

Nigeria – Federal Republic of Nigeria UN member state NoneNigeria is a federation of 36 states and 1 federal terri-tory.

Niue → Niue

Northern Cyprus → Northern Cyprus

North Korea → Korea, North

Norway – Kingdom of Norway


Svalbard is an integral part of Norway, but has a

special status due to theSvalbard Treaty.

Jan Mayen is an island that is an integral part of

Norway, althoughunincorporated.

Norway has the dependent territories of:

Bouvet Island

Peter I Island[Note 8]

Queen Maud Land[Note 8]

Oman – Sultanate of Oman UN member state None

Pakistan – Islamic Republic of Pakistan


Pakistan is a federation of 4 provinces, 1 capital terri-tory, and tribal regions. Pakistan disputes In-dian sovereignty over Kashmir. It exercises control over-some areas, but does not explicitly claim any part of it,[36][37] instead regarding it as a disputed territory.[38]

[39] The portions that it controls are divided into two poli-ties, administered separately from Pakistan proper:[Note

18]

Azad Kashmir

Gilgit–Baltistan

Palau – Republic of Palau UN member state NoneUnder Compact of Free Association with the United States.

Palestine – State of Palestine

UN observer state; member of UNESCO

Disputed by Is-rael

The declared State of Palestine has received diplomatic recognition from 134states.[40] The proclaimed state has no agreed territorial borders, or effective control on the territory that it proclaimed.[41] The Palestinian National Authority is an interim administrative body formed as a result of the Oslo Accords that exercises limited auton-omous jurisdiction within the Palestinian territories. In foreign relations, Palestine is represented by the Pales-tine Liberation Organization.[42] The State of Palestine is a member state of UNESCO,[43] and an observer state in the UN.

Panama – Republic of Panama UN member state None

Papua New Guinea – Independent State of Papua New Guinea

UN member state NonePapua New Guinea is a Commonwealth realm[Note 5] with 1 autonomous region,Bougainville.[Note 6]


Sovereignty dis-

pute [Note 2]


Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay UN member state None

Peru – Republic of Peru UN member state None

Philippines – Republic of the Philippines


The Philippines contains one autonomous region, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.[Note

6] There has been efforts to establish the Cordillera Ad-ministrative Region as an autonomous region as well, however in the last referendum of 1998, the people of the Cordillera region voted against the proposition. The Philippines administers Scarborough Shoal and some of theSpratly Islands,[Note 11] and claims sovereignty over Sabah, which is part ofMalaysia.[4]

Poland – Republic of Poland UN member state None Member of the EU.[Note 3]

Portugal – Portuguese Republic


Member of the EU.[Note 3] Portugal contains 2 autono-mous regions, Azores andMadeira.[Note 6] Portugal does not recognize Spanish sovereignty over Oliven-zaand Táliga.[4]

Pridnestrovie → Transnistria

Qatar – State of Qatar UN member state None

Republic of Korea → Korea, South

Republic of the Congo → Congo, Republic of the

Romania UN member state None Member of the EU.[Note 3]

Russia – Russian Federation


Russia is officially a federation of 83 federal sub-jects (republics, oblasts, krais, autonomous okrugs, fed-eral cities, and an autonomous oblast). Several of the federal subjects are ethnic republics.[Note 6] Sovereignty over the South Kuril Islands is disputed by Japan.

Rwanda – Republic of Rwanda UN member state None

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic → Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Saint Kitts and Nevis – Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis

UN member state NoneSaint Kitts and Nevis is a Commonwealth realm[Note

5] and is afederation[Note 20] of 14 parishes.

Saint Lucia UN member state None Saint Lucia is a Commonwealth realm.[Note 5]

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines UN member state NoneSaint Vincent and the Grenadines is a Commonwealth realm.[Note 5]

Samoa – Independent State of Samoa UN member state None

San Marino – Republic of San Marino UN member state None

São Tomé and Príncipe – Democratic Repub-lic of São Tomé and Príncipe

UN member state NoneSão Tomé and Príncipe contains 1 autonomous prov-ince, Príncipe.[Note 6]

Saudi Arabia – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia UN member state None

Senegal – Republic of Senegal UN member state None

Serbia – Republic of SerbiaUN member state None

Serbia contains 2 autonomous regions, Vojvod-ina and Kosovo and Metohija.[Note 6] Most of the latter is under the de facto control of the Republic of Kosovo.

Seychelles – Republic of Seychelles UN member state None Seychelles claims the British Indian Ocean Territory.[4]

Sierra Leone – Republic of Sierra Leone UN member state None


Sovereignty dis-

pute [Note 2]


Singapore – Republic of Singapore UN member state None

Slovakia – Slovak Republic UN member state None Member of the EU.[Note 3]

Slovenia – Republic of Slovenia UN member state None Member of the EU.[Note 3]

Solomon Islands UN member state None The Solomon Islands is a Commonwealth realm.[Note 5]

Somalia – Federal Republic of Somalia


Somalia is presently divided with its official govern-ment (TFG) controlling only part of the country. Punt-land and Galmudug have declared themselves as au-tonomous regions of Somalia (a claim that the TFG does not recognise),[44][need quotation to verify] while Soma-liland has formed an unrecognised de facto state.

Somaliland → Somaliland

South Africa – Republic of South Africa UN member state None

South Korea → Korea, South

South Ossetia → South Ossetia

South Sudan – Republic of South Sudan UN member state NoneSouth Sudan is a federation of 10 states. Dis-putes Abyei with the Republic of the Sudan.[4]

Spain – Kingdom of Spain


Member of the EU.[Note 3] Spain is divided into autono-mous communities and cities.[Note 6] Sovereignty over Ceuta, Isla de Alborán, Isla Perejil, Islas Chafari-nas, Melilla and Peñón de Alhucemas is disputed by Morocco. Sovereignty over Olivenza and Táliga is disputed by Portugal. Spain calls for sovereignty over Gibraltar.[4]

Sri Lanka – Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

UN member state NoneFormerly known as Ceylon.

Sudan – Republic of the Sudan UN member state NoneSudan is a federation of 17 states. Dis-putes Abyei and Kafia Kingi with South Sudan.

Sudan, South → South Sudan

Suriname – Republic of Suriname UN member state None

Swaziland – Kingdom of Swaziland UN member state None

Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden UN member state None Member of the EU.[Note 3]

Switzerland – Swiss Confederation UN member state None Switzerland is a federation of 26 cantons.

Syria – Syrian Arab Republic


Israel occupies the Golan Heights.[17]

The Syrian National Coalition, which is recognized as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people by 20 UN members, has established aninterim government to rule rebel controlled territory during the Syrian civil war.

Taiwan (Republic of China) → Taiwan

Tajikistan – Republic of Tajikistan UN member state NoneTajikistan contains 1 autonomous region, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province.[Note 6]

Tanzania – United Republic of Tanzania UN member state None Tanzania contains 1 autonomous region, Zanzibar.[Note 6]

Thailand – Kingdom of Thailand UN member state None

Timor-Leste → East Timor

Togo – Togolese Republic UN member state None


Sovereignty dis-

pute [Note 2]


Tonga – Kingdom of Tonga UN member state None

Transnistria → Transnistria

Trinidad and Tobago – Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

UN member state NoneTrinidad and Tobago contains 1 autonomous re-gion, Tobago.[Note 6]

Tunisia – Republic of Tunisia UN member state None

Turkey – Republic of Turkey UN member state None

Turkmenistan UN member state None

Tuvalu UN member state None Tuvalu is a Commonwealth realm.[Note 5]

Uganda – Republic of Uganda UN member state None

Ukraine UN member state None Ukraine contains 1 autonomous region, Crimea.[Note 6]

United Arab Emirates UN member state None The United Arab Emirates is a federation of 7 emirates.

United Kingdom – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

UN member state None Member of the EU.[Note 3] The United Kingdom is a Com-monwealth realm[Note 5]consisting of four countries: Eng-land, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The United Kingdom has the following overseas territories:

Akrotiri and Dhekelia

Anguilla

Bermuda

British Indian Ocean Territory (disputed

by Mauritius and Seychelles)[4]

British Virgin Islands

Cayman Islands

Falkland Islands (claimed by Argentina)[4]

Gibraltar (status disputed by Spain)

Montserrat

Pitcairn Islands

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da

Cunha

South Georgia and the South Sandwich

Islands

Turks and Caicos Islands

British Antarctic Territory[Note 8] (disputed

by Argentina and Chile)


Sovereignty dis-

pute [Note 2]


The British monarch has direct sovereignty over three

self-governing Crown dependencies:

Guernsey, with three dependencies:

Alderney

Herm

Sark

Isle of Man

Jersey

United States – United States of America UN member state None The United States is a federation of 50 states, 1 federal district, and the incorporated territory of Palmyra Atoll. The United States has sovereignty over the following inhabited possessions and commonwealths:

American Samoa (including Swains Is-

land, disputed by Tokelau)

Guam

Northern Mariana Islands

Puerto Rico

U.S. Virgin Islands

It also has sovereignty over several uninhabited territo-

ries:

Baker Island

Howland Island

Jarvis Island

Johnston Atoll

Kingman Reef

Midway Atoll

Navassa Island (claimed by Haiti)

Wake Island (claimed by the Marshall Islands)

The United States asserts claims to Colombian-con-


Sovereignty dis-

pute [Note 2]


trolled Bajo Nuevo Bank andSerranilla Bank.[4]

Three sovereign states have become associated

states of the United States under the Compact of Free

Association:

Marshall Islands – Republic of the Mar-

shall Islands

Micronesia – Federated States of Mi-

cronesia

Palau – Republic of Palau

Uruguay – Oriental Republic of Uruguay UN member state None

Uzbekistan – Republic of Uzbekistan UN member state NoneUzbekistan contains 1 autonomous region, Karakalpak-stan.[Note 6]

Vanuatu – Republic of Vanuatu UN member state None

Vatican City – Vatican City State

UN observer state; member of multiple UN specialized agen-ciesand the IAEA

None

Administered by the Holy See, a sovereign entity with diplomatic ties to 179 states.[45] The Holy See is a mem-ber of the IAEA, ITU, UPU, and WIPO and a permanent observer of the UN (in the category of "Non-member State")[42] andmultiple other UN System organizations. The Vatican City is governed by officials appointed by the Pope, who is the Bishop of the Archdiocese of Rome and ex officio sovereign of Vatican City. The Holy See also administers a number ofextraterritorial properties in Italy.

Venezuela – Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela UN member state NoneVenezuela is a federation of 23 states, 1 capital district, and federal dependencies.

Vietnam – Socialist Republic of Vietnam UN member state NoneVietnam claims sovereignty over the Paracel[Note

19] and Spratly Islands.[Note 11][4]

Yemen – Republic of Yemen UN member state None

Zambia – Republic of Zambia UN member state None

Zimbabwe – Republic of Zimbabwe UN member state None

↑ UN member states and observer states ↑

↓ Other states ↓

Abkhazia – Republic of Abkhazia

No membershipClaimed by Georgia

Recognised by Russia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Tuvalu,[46] Venezuela,[47] South Ossetia and Transnistria.[48] Claimed in whole by Georgia as the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia.

Cook Islands Member of multiple UN special-ized agencies

None A state in free association with New Zealand, the Cook Islands has relations with41 other states. The Cook Is-lands is a member of multiple UN agencies with full treaty making capacity.[35] It shares a head of state with New Zealand as well as having shared citizenship. While in practice the Cook Islands' status is considered


Sovereignty dis-

pute [Note 2]


to be equivalent to independence for international law purposes, it is not universally accepted as a sovereign state due to its constitutional link with New Zealand.[49]

Kosovo – Republic of Kosovo

Member of the IMF andWBGClaimed by Ser-bia

Kosovo unilaterally declared independence in 2008 and it has received diplomatic recognition from 106 UN member states and Taiwan. Pursuant toUnited Nations Security Council Resolution 1244, Kosovo is formally under the administration of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo. Serbia continues to maintain its sovereignty claim over Kosovo. Other UN member states and non UN member states continue to recognise Serbian sovereignty or have taken no posi-tion on the question. Kosovo is a member of theInterna-tional Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group. The Republic of Kosovo has de facto control over most of the territory, with limited control in North Kosovo.

Nagorno-Karabakh – Nagorno-Karabakh Re-public No membership

Claimed by Azerbaijan

A de facto independent state,[50][51][52] recognised only by Abkhazia,[53] South Ossetia[53] and Transnistria.[53]

[54] Claimed in whole by Azerbaijan.[55]

Niue

Member of multiple UN special-ized agencies

None

A state in free association with New Zealand, Niue has relations with nine other states. Niue is a member of multiple UN agencies with full treaty making capacity.[35] It shares a head of state with New Zealand as well as having shared citizenship. While in practice Niue's status is considered to be equivalent to independence for international law purposes, it is not universally ac-cepted as a sovereign state due to its constitutional link with New Zealand.[49]

Northern Cyprus – Turkish Republic of North-ern Cyprus

No membershipClaimed by Cyprus

Recognised only by Turkey. Under the name "Turkish Cypriot State", it is an observer state of the Organisa-tion of Islamic Cooperation and the Economic Coopera-tion Organization. In addition, the Nakhchivan Autono-mous Republic, which is a part of Azerbaijan, regards TRNC as sovereign but Azerbaijan has not followed suit.[citation needed] Northern Cyprus is claimed in whole by the Republic of Cyprus.[56]

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

No membershipClaimed by Mo-rocco

Recognised by 84 UN member states, 38 of which have since withdrawn or frozen their recognition. It is a founding member of the African Union and the Asian-African Strategic Partnership formed at the 2005 Asian-African Conference. The territories under its control, the so-called Free Zone, are claimed in whole by-Morocco as part of its Southern Provinces. In turn, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic claims the part of Western Sahara to the west of the Moroccan Wall-controlled by Morocco. Its government resides in exile in Tindouf, Algeria.

Somaliland – Republic of SomalilandNo membership

Claimed by So-malia

A de facto independent state,[50][57][58][59][60] not diplomati-cally recognised byany other state, claimed in whole by the Federal Republic of Somalia.[61]

South Ossetia – Republic of South Ossetia

No membershipClaimed by Georgia

A de facto independent state,[62] recognised by Russia, Nicaragua, Nauru, Venezuela,[47] Abkhazia and Transnistria.[48] Claimed in whole by Georgia as thePro-visional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia.[63]

Taiwan – Republic of China[Note 15] No membership Claimed by thePeople's Re-public of China

A state competing for recognition with the People's Re-public of China as the government of China since 1949. The Republic of China controls the island ofTaiwan and associated islands, Quemoy, Matsu, the Pratas and


Sovereignty dis-

pute [Note 2]


parts of theSpratly Islands,[Note 11] and has not renounced claims over its annexed territories on the mainland.[64] The Republic of China is recognised by 21 UN mem-ber states and the Holy See as of 2013. The territory of the Republic of China is claimed in whole by the Peo-ple's Republic of China.[Note 17] The Republic of China participates in international organizations under a variety of pseudonyms, most commonly "Chinese Taipei" and in the WTO it has full membership. The Re-public of China was a founding member of the UN and enjoyed membership from 1945 to 1971, with veto power in the security council. See China and the United Nations.

Transnistria – Pridnestrovian Moldavian Re-public No membership

Claimed by Moldova

A de facto independent state,[50] recognised only by Abkhazia and South Ossetia.[48] Claimed in whole by Moldova as the Territorial Unit of Transnistria.[65]

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