The following list consists of countries that to the present send delegates to the global beauty pageant, Miss Universe. 32 of the current delegations have won at least once in history, since the first edition in 1952.
The following list consists of countries and territories that have not sent a delegate to the pageant for the three previous years (since 2004), but participated at least once in the past:
| Country |
Reason |
Last competed |
 Alaska |
competes in the Miss USA pageant since 1959 |
1958 |
 Austria |
- |
2004 |
 Bermuda |
- |
1997 |
 Bonaire |
- |
1999 |
 Bophuthatswana |
name no longer exists, unrecognized illegal "independent" homeland of South Africa; reintegrated into South Africa in 1994 |
1979 |
 Botswana |
- |
2004 |
 British Virgin Islands |
- |
2002 |
 Burma |
contest banned |
1961 |
 Ceylon |
replaced by  Sri Lanka in 1973 |
1970 |
 Commonwealth of Independent States |
- |
1992 |
 Cook Islands |
- |
1999 |
 Cuba |
contest banned |
1967 |
 Czechoslovakia |
split into  Czech Republic and  Slovak Republic in 1993 |
1992 |
 Dahomey |
name no longer exists, now known as Benin |
1962 |
 Dominica |
- |
1985 |
 England |
replaced by the  United Kingdom in 1991, excluding 2000 |
1990 |
 Fiji |
- |
1981 |
 French Guiana |
- |
1984 |
 Gambia |
- |
1986 |
 Gibraltar |
- |
1990 |
| Great Britain |
replaced by England, Scotland and Wales until 1991, after replaced by United Kingdom in 2005 |
2000 |
 Greenland |
competed by Danish sponsors between 1987 - 1990, but is unlikely to do so anymore |
1990 |
 Grenada |
- |
1964 |
.svg/22px-Flag_of_Guadeloupe_(local).svg.png) Guadeloupe |
- |
1984 |
 Haiti |
- |
1989 |
 Hawaii |
competes in the Miss USA pageant since 1960 |
1959 |
 Holland |
replaced by the Netherlands in 1991 |
1990 |
 Hong Kong |
- |
2000 |
 Iraq |
- |
1972 |
 Ivory Coast |
- |
1986 |
 Jordan |
contest banned due to uproar among citizens |
1960 |
 Lesotho |
- |
1978 |
 Liberia |
- |
1977 |
 Luxembourg |
- |
1994 |
 Madagascar |
- |
1961 |
 Malaya |
name no longer exists, now known as  Malaysia |
1962 |
 Malta |
- |
2001 |
 Martinique |
- |
1984 |
 Micronesia |
UN Trust Territory under US administration; split into the Marshall Islands (independent 1986), Federated States of Micronesia (independent 1986), Palau (independent 1994) and the Northern Marianas (US commonwealth) |
1975 |
 Morocco |
contest banned due to personal interviews about politics |
1978 |
 New Caledonia |
- |
1982 |
 New Hebrides |
- |
1978 |
 Okinawa |
under US administration from 1945 until it reverted to  Japan in 1972 |
1968 |
 Papua New Guinea |
- |
1986 |
 Portugal |
- |
2002 |
.svg/22px-Flag_of_Réunion_(Local).svg.png) Réunion |
competes in Miss France pageant since 1987 |
1986 |
 Rhodesia and Nyasaland |
split into  Zambia ,  Zimbabwe and  Malawi |
1961 |
 Samoa or Western Samoa |
- |
1986 |
 Scotland |
replaced by the United Kingdom in 1991, excluding 2000 |
1990 |
 Senegal |
- |
1987 |
 Serbia and Montenegro |
split into  Serbia and  Montenegro in 2006 |
2006 |
 Seychelles |
- |
1995 |
 Soviet Union or USSR |
name no longer exists, split into 15 countries |
1991 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
- |
1981 |
 Suriname |
- |
1999 |
 Swaziland |
- |
1994 |
 Tahiti |
competes in Miss France pageant since 1987 |
1985 |
 Taiwan |
- |
2004 |
 Transkei |
name no longer exists, unrecognized illegal "independent" homeland of South Africa; reintegrated into South Africa in 1994 |
1983 |
 Trinidad |
replaced by Trinidad and Tobago in 1966 |
1964 |
 Tunisia |
- |
1971 |
 Wales |
replaced by the United Kingdom in 1991, excluding 2000 |
1990 |
 West Indies |
competed as Kingston,  Jamaica in 1954, while competed as Port of Spain, Trinidad in 1955 and 1958 |
1958 |
 Yugoslavia |
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was dissolved in April 1992 and has subsequently been replaced in the pageant by the previous member states  Croatia and  Slovenia, remaining only the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. On June 2006 Montenegro and Serbia declaired their independence and joined the pageant independently in 2007. FYR Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina have not yet entered the pageant. |
2002 |
 Zaire |
name no longer exists, now known as the Congo Democratic Republic |
1986 |
| Zimbabwe |
- |
2001 |
The list does not include homesickness and withdrawals for personal reasons.
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Algeria
Cyprus
Egypt
Guam
Indonesia
Nicaragua
Russia
South Africa
Syria
Turkey
