List of state leaders in 1495

Africa

Empire of Ethiopia - Na'od (1494–1508)
- Adal Sultanate - Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din (1488–1518)
Kongo - João I (1470–1509)
Songhai Empire - Askia Mohammad I (1493–1528)

Ahmadnagar Sultanate - Ahmad Shah I, Nizam of Ahmadnagar (1490–1509)
Arakan - Tsalenggathu, King of Arakan (1494–1501)
Ava Kingdom (Burma) - Minhkaung II (1481–1502)
Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam) - Rama T'ibodi II (1491–1529)
Bahmani Sultanate - Muhammad Shah IV (1482–1518)
Sultanate of Bengal - Aladdin Husain Shah (1494–1518)
Berar Sultanate - Fath-Allah 'Imad ul-Mulk (1490–1504)
Sultanate of Bidar - Qasim Shah I (1492–1504)
Bijapur Sultanate - Yusuf Adil Shah (1490–1510)
Cambodia - Sri Sukonthor, King of Cambodia (1486–1512)
Ceylon - Parakramabahu VIII, King of Kotte (1484–1508)
Chiang Mai - Müang Kaeo, King of Chiang Mai (1495–1526)
China (Ming Dynasty) - Hongzhi Emperor (1487–1505)
Japan (Muromachi period)
- Monarch - Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1464–1500)
- Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Yoshizumi (1494–1508)
Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Yeonsangun (1494–1506)
Majapahit - Brawijaya VI, Emperor of Majapahit (1478–1498)
Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Shin (1477–1526)

Kingdom of Aragon - Ferdinand II (1479–1516)
Crown of Castile - Isabella I (1474–1504)
Crimean Khanate - Meñli I Giray (1478–1515)
Kingdom of Denmark and Norway - Hans, King of Denmark and Norway (1481–1513)
- Duchy of Schleswig - Frederick I (1490–1533) and John I (1481–1513) in condominial rule
England and Wales - Henry VII, King of England (1485–1509)
Kingdom of France - Charles VIII (1483–1498)
Holy Roman Empire - Maximilian I (1486–1519)
- Kingdom of Bohemia - Vladislav II (1471–1516)
- Burgundy - Philip IV, the Fair, Duke of Burgundy (1482–1506)
- Duchy of Holstein - Frederick I (1490–1533) and John I (1481–1513) in condominial rule
Kingdom of Hungary - Ulászló II (1490–1516)
Grand Duchy of Lithuania - Alexander Jagiellon (1492–1506)
Ottoman (Turkish) Empire - Beyazid II, Ottoman Sultan (1481–1512)
Kingdom of Poland - John I Olbracht (1492–1501)
Kingdom of Portugal -
1. John II (1477–1495)
2. Manuel I (1495–1521)
Grand Duchy of Moscow - Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow (1462–1505)
Kingdom of Scotland - James IV (1488–1513)
Kingdom of Sweden - Sten Sture the Elder, Regent of Sweden (1470–1497), (1501–1503)
Republic of Venice - Agostino Barbarigo, Doge of Venice (1486–1501)