List of sovereign states in 1861
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Sovereign states
Political map of the world in 1861
A
- Afghanistan – Emirate of Afghanistan
Andorra – Principality of Andorra
Anhalt-Bernburg – Duchy of Anhalt-Bernburg
Anhalt-Dessau – Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau
Ankole – Kingdom of Ankole
Annam – Empire of Annam- Anziku – Anziku Kingdom
Argentina
- Argentine Confederation (to December 17)
- Argentine Republic (from December 17)
Aro – Aro Confederacy
Ashanti – Asante Union
Austria – Austrian Empire
B
Baden – Grand Duchy of Baden- Baguirmi – Kingdom of Baguirmi
- Bambara – Bambara Empire (to March 10)
- Baol – Kingdom of Baol
- Basutoland – Kingdom of Basutoland
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Bavaria – Kingdom of Bavaria
Belgium – Kingdom of Belgium
Benin – Benin Empire- Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan
Bolivia – Bolivian Republic
Bora Bora – Kingdom of Bora Bora- Bornu – Bornu Empire
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Brazil – Empire of Brazil- Bremen – Free City of Bremen
Brunei – Sultanate of Brunei
Brunswick – Duchy of Brunswick
Buganda – Kingdom of Buganda
Bukhara – Emirate of Bukhara
Bunyoro – Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara.svg.png)
Burma – Kingdom of Burma- Burundi – Kingdom of Burundi
C
- Cambodia – Kingdom of Cambodia
- Cayor – Kingdom of Cayor
Chile – Republic of Chile- China – Great Qing Empire
Colombia – United States of Colombia (from September 20)
Cook Islands 
Rarotonga
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Costa Rica – Republic of Costa Rica
Couto Misto
D
- Dahomey – Kingdom of Dahomey
Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark
Dominican Republic – Dominican Republic (to 1861)
E
Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador
El Salvador – El Salvador
Ethiopia – Ethiopian Empire
F
- Fiji – Tui Viti
France – Empire of the French
Frankfurt – Free City of Frankfurt- Futa Jallon – Imamate of Futa Jallon
- Futa Toro – Imamate of Futa Toro
G
- Garo – Kingdom of Garo
- Gera – Kingdom of Gera
- Gomma – Kingdom of Gomma
Granadine Confederation – Granadine Confederation (renamed New Granada on July 18).svg.png)
Greece – Kingdom of Greece.svg.png)
Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala- Gumma – Kingdom of Gumma
H
Ha'il – Emirate of Ha'il.svg.png)
Haiti – Republic of Haiti
Hamburg – Free City of Hamburg
Hanover – Kingdom of Hanover
Hawaii – Kingdom of Hawaii
Hesse-Darmstadt – Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine
Hesse-Homburg – Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg
Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) – Electorate of Hesse
Holstein – Duchy of Holstein
Honduras – Republic of Honduras
Huahine – Kingdom of Huahine
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Italy – Kingdom of Italy (from March 17)
J
- Janjero – Kingdom of Janjero
Japan – Tokugawa shogunate- Jimma – Kingdom of Jimma
Johor – Sultanate of Johor- Jolof – Jolof Kingdom
K
- Kaabu – Kingdom of Kaabu
- Kabulistan – Kingdom of Kabul
- Kaffa – Kingdom of Kaffa
- Kénédougou – Kénédougou Kingdom
- Khasso – Kingdom of Khasso
Khiva – Khanate of Khiva- Kokand – Khanate of Kokand
- Kong – Kong Empire
Kongo – Kingdom of Kongo
Korea – Kingdom of Joseon- Koya Temne – Kingdom of Koya
L
Liberia – Republic of Liberia.svg.png)
Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein.png)
Limburg – Duchy of Limburg- Limmu-Ennarea – Kingdom of Limmu-Ennarea
Lippe – Principality of Lippe- Loango – Kingdom of Loango
- Luba – Luba Empire
Lubeck – Free City of Lubeck- Lunda – Lunda Empire
Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
M
- Maldives – Sultanate of Maldives
- Manipur – Kingdom of Manipur
- Massina – Massina Empire
- Matabeleland – Matabele Kingdom
Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin- Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Menton and Roquebrune – Free Cities of Menton and Roquebrune (annexed to France in 1861).svg.png)
Mexico – Republic of Mexico- Mindanao – Sultanate of Maguindanao (to 1861)
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Monaco – Principality of Monaco
Montenegro – Principality of Montenegro
Morocco – Sultanate of Morocco
Muscat and Oman – Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
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Nassau – Duchy of Nassau
Negeri Sembilan – Negeri Sembilan.svg.png)
Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal
Netherlands – Kingdom of The Netherlands
New Granada – United States of New Granada (July 18 to September 20).svg.png)
Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua
Norway – Kingdom of Norway (in personal union with Sweden)
O
Oldenburg – Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
Orange Free State – Republic of Orange Free State
Ottoman Empire – Sublime Ottoman State- Ouaddai – Ouaddai Empire
- Oyo – Oyo Empire
P
Pahang – Sultanate of Pahang.svg.png)
Papal States – States of the Church.svg.png)
Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay
Perak – Sultanate of Perak
Persia – Persian Empire.svg.png)
Peru – Peruvian Republic.svg.png)
Portugal – Kingdom of Portugal.svg.png)
Prussia – Kingdom of Prussia
R
Raiatea – Kingdom of Raiatea- Rapa Nui – Kingdom of Rapa Nui
Rarotonga – Kingdom of Rarotonga
Reuss Elder Line – Principality of Reuss Elder Line
Reuss Junior Line – Principality of Reuss Junior Line
Russia – Russian Empire- Rwanda – Kingdom of Rwanda
Ryūkyū Kingdom – Kingdom of Ryūkyū
S
- Samoa – Kingdom of Samoa
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San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino.svg.png)
Sarawak – Kingdom of Sarawak- Sardinia – Kingdom of Sardinia (to March 17)
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Saxe-Altenburg – Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg.svg.png)
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha – Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha- Saxe-Lauenburg – Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg, also Duchy of Lauenburg
- Saxe-Meiningen – Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
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Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.svg.png)
Saxony – Kingdom of Saxony- Schaumburg-Lippe – Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe
Schleswig – Duchy of Schleswig
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Selangor – Sultanate of Selangor
Serbia – Principality of Serbia
Siam – Kingdom of Siam- Sikkim – Chogyalate of Sikkim
Sokoto – Sokoto Caliphate
South Africa – South African Republic.svg.png)
Spain – Kingdom of Spain
Sulu – Sultanate of Sulu.svg.png)
Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden (in personal union with Norway)
Switzerland – Swiss Confederation
T
Tahiti – Kingdom of Tahiti- Tonga – Tu'i Tonga
Toro – Toro Kingdom- Toucouleur – Toucouleur Empire
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Two Sicilies – Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (to February 12)
U
United Kingdom – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
United States – United States of America
United States of the Ionian Islands – United States of the Ionian Islands
Uruguay – Eastern Republic of Uruguay
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Venezuela – Republic of Venezuela
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Waldeck-Pyrmont – Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont- Welayta – Kingdom of Welayta
Württemberg – Kingdom of Württemberg
Y
- Yeke – Yeke Kingdom
Z
States claiming sovereignty
Aceh – Sultanate of Aceh
Alabama – Republic of Alabama (from January 11 to February 4)
Araucania and Patagonia – Kingdom of Araucania and Patagoniato
Arkansas – Republic of Arkansas (from May 6 to May 18).svg.png)
Confederate States of America – Confederate States of America (from February 4).svg.png)
Florida – Republic Florida (from January 10 to February 4).svg.png)
Louisiana – Republic of Louisiana (from January 26 to February 4).svg.png)
Mississippi – Republic of Mississippi (from January 9 to February 8).svg.png)
North Carolina – North Carolina (from May 20 to May 21).svg.png)
South Carolina – Republic of South Carolina (to February 8)- State of Buenos Aires (to December 7)
- Taiping Heavenly Kingdom - Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace
Tennessee - Republic of Tennessee (from June 8 to July 2)
Texas – Republic of Texas (from February 1 to March 2).png)
Virginia – Republic of Virginia (from April 17 to May 7)
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