List of countries in 1901
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Lists of Countries by Year: List of countries in 1900 – Events of 1901 – List of countries in 1902
Contents: | Sovereign states: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S U V - Unrecognized States Dependent territories: Australia - China - Denmark - France - Germany - Italy - Japan Mexico - Netherlands - Ottoman - Portugal - Russia - Siam - Spain - UK - USA Occupied Ottoman Territories - Other territories - See Also - Notes |
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[edit] Independent states
[edit] A
- Abyssinia - Empire of Abyssinia[1]
- Andorra - Principality of Andorra
- Argentina - Argentine Republic[2]
- Australia - Commonwealth of Australia (Independent dominion in the British Empire.)
Established on January 1 from the colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. - Austria-Hungary - Austro-Hungarian Empire[3]
[edit] B
- Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium
- Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia
- Brazil - Republic of the United States of Brazil
[edit] C
- Canada - Dominion of Canada (Independent dominion in the British Empire)
- Chile - Republic of Chile
- China - Empire of the Great Qing
- Colombia - Republic of Colombia
- Congo Free State - Congo Free State (Privately owned by King Leopold II of Belgium)
- Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica
- Crete - Republic of Crete
[edit] D
- Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark
- Dhala - Emirate of Dhala
- Dominican Republic - Dominican Republic
[edit] E
- Ecuador - Republic of Ecuador
- El Salvador - Republic of El Salvador
[edit] F
- France - French Republic
[edit] G
[edit] H
[edit] I
- Italy - Kingdom of Italy
[edit] J
- Japan - Empire of Japan
[edit] K
[edit] L
- Liberia - Republic of Liberia
- Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
[edit] M
- Mexico - United Mexican States
- Monaco - Principality of Monaco
- Montenegro - Principality of Montenegro
- Morocco - Kingdom of Morocco
[edit] N
- Netherlands - Kingdom of The Netherlands.
- Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua
[edit] O
- Orange Free State - Republic of the Orange Free State
- Ottoman Empire - Sublime Ottoman State[4]
- Ouaddai - Ouaddai Empire[5]
[edit] P
- Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay
- Persia - Persian Empire[6]
- Peru - Peruvian Republic
- Portugal - Kingdom of Portugal
[edit] R
[edit] S
- San Marino - Most Serene Republic of San Marino
- Serbia - Kingdom of Serbia
- Siam - Kingdom of Siam
- Sokoto - Sokoto Caliphate
- South Africa - South African Republic[8]
- Spain - Kingdom of Spain
- Sweden-Norway (Personal Union)
- Switzerland - Swiss Confederation
[edit] U
- United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- United States - United States of America
- Uruguay - Oriental Republic of Uruguay[9]
[edit] V
- Venezuela - United States of Venezuela
[edit] Unrecognized States
- Aro Confederacy - Aro Confederacy (Nominally within Southern Nigeria)
- Aceh - Sultanate of Aceh (In rebellion against the Dutch East Indies)
- Philippine Republic - Philippine Republic (In opposition to the American occupation of the Philippines)
Dissolved on April 1. - Swaziland - Kingdom of Swaziland (Nominally a protectorate of South Africa, but not actually under its administration.)
[edit] Dependent Territories
[edit] Australia
- Norfolk Island (External territory)
Transfered from the United Kingdom on January 1.
[edit] China
- Inner Mongolia (Under Chinese suzerainty, but not integrated into China proper)
- Manchuria (Under Chinese suzerainty, but not integrated into China proper)
- Outer Mongolia (Under Chinese suzerainty, but not integrated into China proper)
- Tibet (Under Chinese suzerainty, but not integrated into China proper)
[edit] Denmark
- Danish West Indies (Colony)
- Greenland (Colony)
- Iceland (Dependency)
[edit] France
- Algeria (Colonial possession) [10]
- Comoros (Protectorate)
- Chad - Military Territory of Chad (Colony)
- Dahomey (Colony)
- French Congo (Colony)
- French Guiana (Colony)
- French India - French Establishments in India (Colony)
- French Indochina (Federation of colonies)
- Annam (Protectorate)
- Cambodia (Protectorate)
- Cochinchina (Protectorate)
- Laos (Protectorate)
- Tonkin (Protectorate)
- French Somaliland (Colony)
- French West Africa (Federation of colonies)
- French Guinea (Colony)
- French Sudan (Colony)
- Ivory Coast (Colony)
- Senegal (Colony)
- Guadeloupe (Colony)
- Madagascar (Colony)
- Martinique (Colony)
- New Caledonia (Colony)
- Oceania Settlements in Oceania (Colony)
- Réunion (Colony)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Colony)
- Tunisia (Protectorate)
- Wallis and Futuna - Protectorate of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (Protectorate)
[edit] Germany
- German East Africa (Colony)
- German New Guinea (Protectorate)
- German Marshall Islands (Protectorate)
- German North-West Africa (Colony)
Renamed Kamerun on January 1 - German Samoa (Protectorate)
- German South-West Africa (Colony)
- Kamerun (Colony)
From January 1, previously known as German North-West Africa - Togoland (Protectorate)
[edit] Italy
- Eritrea (Colony)
- Italian Somaliland (Colony)
[edit] Japan
- Taiwan (Colony)
[edit] Mexico
- Clipperton Island (Uninhabited territory claimed by France)
[edit] Netherlands
- Curaçao - Curaçao and Dependencies (Possession)
- Dutch East Indies (Colony)
- Dutch Guiana (Colony)
[edit] Ottoman Empire
- Bulgaria Principality of Bulgaria (Autonomous Vassal)
- Samos - Principality of Samos (Autonomous Vassal)
[edit] Portugal
- Cape Verde (Crown colony)
- Kongo - Kingdom of Kongo (Vassal)
- Macau (Colony)
- Portuguese East Africa (Crown colony)
- Portuguese Guinea (Colony)
- Portuguese India - Portuguese State of India (Colony)[15]
- Portuguese Timor (Colony)
- Portuguese West Africa (Crown colony)
- São João Baptista de Ajudá - Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá (Colony)
- São Tomé and Príncipe (Crown colony)
[edit] Russia
- Bukhara - Emirate of Bukhara (Protectorate)
- Finland - Grand Duchy of Finland (Autonomous grand duchy)
- Khiva - Khanate of Khiva (Protectorate)
- Poland - Kingdom of Poland (Vassal and puppet state)
[edit] Siam
- Kedah - State of Kedah, Abode of Peace (Vassal)
- Kelantan - State of Kedah, Blissful Abode (Vassal)
- Pattani - Kingdom of Pattani (Vassal)
- Perlis - State of Perlis, Land of Dreams (Vassal)
- Terengganu - State of Terengganu, Abode of Faith (Vassal)
[edit] Spain
- Annobón (Colony)
- Fernando Pó (Colony)[16]
- Río Muni (Colony)
- Spanish North Africa (Possession)
- Río de Oro (Possession)
- Spanish West Africa (Possession)
[edit] United Kingdom
[edit] A
- Aden Protectorate (Informal collection of protectorates)
- Alawi - Alawi Sheikhdom (Protectorate)
- Aqrabi - Aqrabi Sheikdom (Protectorate)
- Audhali - Audhali Sultanate (Protectorate)
- Beihan - Emirate of Beihan (Protectorate)
- Dathina - Dathina Sheikdom (Protectorate)[17]
- Fadhli - Fadhli Sultanate (Protectorate)
- Haushabi - Haushabi Sultanate (Protectorate)
- Kathiri - Kathiri State of Seiyun in Hadhramaut (Protectorate)
- Lahej - Sultanate of Lahej (Protectorate)
- Lower Aulaqi - Lower Aulaqi Sultanate (Protectorate)
- Lower Yafa - Sultanate of Lower Yafa (Protectorate)
- Mahra - Mahra Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra (Protectorate)
- Qu'aiti - Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut (Protectorate)
- Shaib - Sheikhdom of Shaib (Protectorate)
- Upper Aulaqi Sheikhdom (Protectorate)
- Upper Aulaqi Sultanate (Protectorate)
- Upper Yafa (Protectorate)
- Wahidi Balhaf - Wahidi Sultanate of Balhaf (Protectorate)
- Wahidi Bir Ali - Wahidi Wilayah of Bir Ali (Protectorate)
- Wahidi Haban - Wahidi Sultanate of Haban (Protectorate)
- Afghanistan - Emirate of Afghanistan (Protectorate)
- Ascension Island (Possession)
[edit] B
- Bahama Islands (Crown colony)
- Bahrain (Protectorate)
- Barbados (Crown Colony)
- Basutoland (Protectorate)
- Bechuanaland - Bechuanaland Protectorate (Protectorate)
- Tati Concessions Land (Colony)
- Bermuda (Crown Colony)
- Bhutan (State with ambiguous level of sovereignty, foreign affairs controlled by the United Kingdom)[18]
- British Central Africa - British Central Africa Protectorate (Protectorate)
- British East Africa - British East Africa Protectorate (Protectorate)
- British Guiana (Colony)
- British Honduras (Crown Colony)
- British Leeward Islands - Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands (Federation of colonies)
- Antigua (Colony)
- British Virgin Islands (Colony)
- Dominica (Colony)
- Montserrat (Colony)
- Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (Colony)
- British New Guinea (Colony)
- British Solomon Islands - British Solomon Islands Protectorate (Protectorate)
- British Somaliland (Colony)
- British Windward Islands - Federal Colony of the Windward Islands (Federation of colonies)
- Saint Lucia (Colony)
- Saint Vincent (Colony)
- Grenada (Colony)
- Brunei - State of Brunei, Abode of Peace (Protectorate)[19]
[edit] C
- Cape Colony (Self-governing colony)
- Ceylon (Crown colony)
- Cook Islands - Cook Islands Federation (Protectorate)
Transfered to New Zealand on June 11.
[edit] F
- Falkland Islands (Colony)
- Federated Malay States (Protectorate)
- Fiji (Colony)
[edit] G
- Gambia (Crown colony)
- Gambia Colony (Colony)
- Gambia Protectorate (Protectorate)
- Gibraltar (Crown colony)
- Gilbert and Ellice Islands (Protectorate)
- Gold Coast (Colony)
- Graham Land (Uninhabited region of Antarctica)
- Guernsey - Bailiwick of Guernsey (Crown Dependency)
[edit] H
- Hong Kong (Colony)
[edit] I
- India - Indian Empire (Colony containing hundreds of indirectly ruled princely states, the highest ranking of which are listed below)
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- Alwar (Princely state)
- Bahawalpur (Princely state)
- Banswara (Princely state)
- Baroda (Princely state)
- Bharatpur (Princely state)
- Bhopal (Princely state)
- Bikaner (Princely state)
- Bundi (Princely state)
- Cochin (Princely state)
- Datia (Princely state)
- Dewas Junior (Princely state)
- Dewas Senior (Princely state)
- Dhar (Princely state)
- Dholpur (Princely state)
- Dungarpur (Princely state)
- Gwalior (Princely state)
- Hyderabad and Berar (Princely state)
- Idar (Princely state)
- Indore (Princely state)
- Jaipur (Princely state)
- Jaisalmer (Princely state)
- Jammu and Kashmir (Princely state)
- Jodhpur (Princely state)
- Kalat (Princely state)
- Karauli (Princely state)
- Khayrpur (Princely state)
- Kishangarh (Princely state)
- Kolhapur (Princely state)
- Kotah (Princely state)
- Kutch (Princely state)
- Mewar (Princely state)
- Mysore (Princely state)
- Orchha (Princely state)
- Patiala (Princely state)
- Pratapgarh (Princely state)
- Rewa (Princely state)
- Rampur (Princely state)
- Sikkim (Princely state)
- Tonk (Princely state)
- Travancore (Princely state)
- Sirohi (Princely state)
- Isle of Man (Crown dependency)
[edit] J
- Jamaica (Colony)
- Jersey - Bailiwick of Jersey (Crown dependecy)
- Johor - State of Johor, Abode of Dignity (Protectorate)
[edit] L
- Lagos (Colony)
- Lagos Colony (Colony)
- Lagos Protectorate (Protectorate)
[edit] M
- Maldive Islands - Sultanate of the Maldive Islands (Protectorate)
- Malta (Colony)
- Mashonaland (Protectorate)
United with Matabeleland on January 24 to form Southern Rhodesia. - Matabeleland (Protectorate)
United with Mashonaland on January 24 to form Southern Rhodesia. - Mauritius (Colony)
- Muscat and Oman Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (Protectorate)
[edit] N
- Natal - Colony of Natal (Self governing Colony)
- Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal (Protectorate)
- New South Wales - New South Wales (Colony)
Incorporated into Australia on January 1- Norfolk Island (Colony)
Transferred to Australia on January 1.
- Norfolk Island (Colony)
- New Zealand (Colony)
- Cook Islands (Colony)
Transferred from United Kingdom on June 11.
- Cook Islands (Colony)
- North Borneo - (Protectorate)
- North-Eastern Rhodesia (Protectorate)
- North-Western Rhodesia (Protectorate)
- Northern Nigeria - British Northern Nigeria Protectorate (Protectorate)
[edit] P
- Pitcairn Island (Colony)
- Phoenix Islands (Colony)
[edit] Q
- Queensland (Colony)
Incorporated into Australia on January 1
[edit] S
- Savage Island (Protectorate)
Incorporated into the Cook Islands on June 11. - Saint Helena (Colony)
- Sarawak - Kingdom of Sarawak (Protectorate)
- Seychelles - The Seychelles (Crown colony)
- Sierra Leone (Colony)
- Sierra Leone Colony (Colony)
- Sierra Leone Protectorate (Protectorate)
- South Australia (Colony)
Incorporated into Australia on January 1 - South Orkney Islands (Uninhabited Antarctic territory)
- South Shetland Islands (Uninhabited Antarctic territory)
- Southern Nigeria - British Southern Nigeria Protectorate (Protectorate)
- Southern Rhodesia (Colony)
United from Mashonaland and Matabeleland on January 24. - Straits Settlements (Colony)
- Christmas Island (Colony)
- Cocos Islands (Colony)
[edit] T
- Tasmania (Colony)
Incorporated into Australia on January 1. - Tonga - Kingdom of Tonga (Protectorate)
- Trinidad and Tobago (Colony)
- Tristan da Cunha (Colony)
- Trucial States (Collection of protectorates)
- Abu Dhabi - Sheikdom of Abu Dhabi (Protectorate)
- Ajman - Sheikdom of Ajman (Protectorate)
- Dibba - Sheikdom of Dibba (Protectorate)
- Dubai - Sheikdom of Dubai (Protectorate)
- Hamriyah - Sheikdom of Hamriyah
- Sharjah - Sheikdom of Sharjah (Protectorate)
- Umm al-Quwain - Sheikdom of Umm al-Quwain (Protectorate)
[edit] U
- Union Islands (Colony)
- Uganda (Protectorate)
[edit] V
- Victoria (Colony) Incorporated into Australia on January 1.
- Victoria Land (Uninhabited Antarctic territory)
[edit] W
- Western Australia (Colony)
Incorporated into Australia on January 1.
[edit] Z
- Zanzibar - Sultanate of Zanzibar (Protectorate)
[edit] United States
- Alaska - District of Alaska (Territory)
- American Samoa (Unincorporated territory)
- Cuba (Territory)
- Guam (Unincorporated territory)
- Middlebrook Island (Uninhabited territory)
- Philippines - The Philippines (Territory)
- Puerto Rico (Territory)
- Swains Island (Semi-independent settlement under American sovereignty and claimed by the United Kingdom)
- Wake Island (Uninhabited territory)
[edit] Occupied Ottoman Territories
- Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Condominium of the United Kingdom and Egypt)[21]
- Bosnia-Herzegovina (Under Austro-Hungarian occupation)
- Cyprus (Administered by the United Kingdom, formally under Ottoman suzerainty)
- Eastern Rumelia (Autonomous province under Bulgarian control)
- Egypt - Khediviate of Egypt (Virtually independent province under British occupation)
- Kuwait - Sheikdom of Kuwait (Territory with a British protectorate treaty)
- Novi Pazar - Sanjak of Novi Pazar (Under Austro-Hungarian occupation)
[edit] Other territories and entities
- Holy See (Sovereign entity without territory, conducted relations with several states)
- Moresnet - Neutral Moresnet (Small strip of neutral territory between Germany and Belgium)
- New Hebrides (Neutral territory governed by a Joint Anglo-French Naval Commission)
- Sovereign Military Order of Malta - Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta (Sovereign entity without territory, recognized by several states)
[edit] See also
- List of countries
- Countries by year
- List of sovereign states in 1901
- List of state leaders in 1901
- 1901
[edit] Notes
- ^ Also known as Ethiopia.
- ^ Sometimes styled as the Argentine Nation
- ^ Official long name was The Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of St. Stephen.
- ^ Also known as the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Empire
- ^ Sometimes spelled Wadai
- ^ Also known as the Kingdom of Persia.
- ^ At the time, "Rumania" was the standard spelling in English. The form Roumania was also used.
- ^ Also known as Transvaal
- ^ Sometimes translated as the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, or the Republic East of the Uruguay.
- ^ French Algeria was officially composed of several departments, all of which were integral parts of the French state.
- ^ Also known as Ndzuwani.
- ^ Also known as Ngazidja
- ^ Also known as Maore and Mawuti.
- ^ Also known as Mwali.
- ^ Sometimes called Goa or Goa and Dependencies, after its most important city.
- ^ Also spelled Fernando Poo
- ^ Sometimes known as the Dathina Confederation
- ^ Sometimes spelled Bhootan.
- ^ Sometimes known as Brunei Darussalam
- ^ Also known as the Ashanti Empire, the Ashanti Union, or Asanteman.
- ^ This was the flag of the Governor General. The flags of Egypt and the United Kingdom were also used in the territory.