List of sovereign states in 1868
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Sovereign states
A
Andorra – Principality of Andorra
Ankole – Kingdom of Ankole- Annam – Empire of Annam
- Anziku – Anziku Kingdom
Argentina – Argentine Republic
Aro – Aro Confederacy
Ashanti – Asante Union
Austria-Hungary – Austro-Hungarian Empire
B
Baden – Grand Duchy of Baden- Baguirmi – Kingdom of Baguirmi
- Baol – Kingdom of Baol
- Basutoland – Kingdom of Basutoland (to 1868)
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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
Brunei – Sultanate of Brunei
Buganda – Kingdom of Buganda
Bukhara – Emirate of Bukhara
Bunyoro – Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara.svg.png)
Burma – Kingdom of Burma- Burundi – Kingdom of Burundi
C
Canada – Dominion of Canada- Cayor – Kingdom of Cayor
Chile – Republic of Chile.png)
China – Great Qing Empire
Colombia – United States of Colombia
Cook Islands 
Rarotonga
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Costa Rica – Republic of Costa Rica
Couto Misto (to June 23)
D
- Dahomey – Kingdom of Dahomey
Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark
Dominican Republic – Dominican Republic
E
Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador.svg.png)
El Salvador – El Salvador
Ethiopia – Ethiopian Empire
F
- Fante – Fante Confederacy (from 1868)
- Fiji – Kingdom of Fiji
- Futa Jallon – Imamate of Fouta Djallon
- Futa Toro – Imamate of Futa Toro
France – Empire of the French
G
- Garo – Kingdom of Garo
- Gera – Kingdom of Gera
- Gomma – Kingdom of Gomma
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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
Hawaii – Kingdom of Hawaii
Hesse-Darmstadt – Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine
Honduras – Republic of Honduras
Huahine – Kingdom of Huahine
I
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Italy – Kingdom of Italy
J
- Janjero – Kingdom of Janjero
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Japan
- Tokugawa shogunate (to January 3)
- Empire of Japan (from January 3)
- Jimma – Kingdom of Jimma
Johor – Sultanate of Johor- Jolof – Jolof Kingdom
K
- Kabulistan – Kingdom of Kabul
- Kaffa – Kingdom of Kaffa
Kashgaria – Kingdom of Kashgaria- 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- Limmu-Ennarea – Kingdom of Limmu-Ennarea
- Loango – Kingdom of Loango
- Luba – Luba Empire
- Lunda – Lunda Empire
Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
M
Maldives – Sultanate of Maldives- Manipur – Kingdom of Manipur
- Massina – Massina Empire (to 1868)
- Matabeleland – Matabele Kingdom
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Mexico – United Mexican States.svg.png)
Monaco – Principality of Monaco
Montenegro – Principality of Montenegro
Morocco – Sultanate of Morocco
Muscat and Oman – Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
N
Negeri Sembilan – Negeri Sembilan.svg.png)
Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal
Netherlands – Kingdom of The Netherlands.svg.png)
Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua
North German Confederation – North German Confederation
Norway – Kingdom of Norway (in personal union with Sweden)
O
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
R
Raiatea – Kingdom of Raiatea- Rapa Nui – Kingdom of Rapa Nui
Rarotonga – Kingdom of Rarotonga
Russia – Russian Empire- Rwanda – Kingdom of Rwanda
Ryūkyū Kingdom – Kingdom of Ryūkyū
S
- Samoa – Kingdom of Samoa
San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino.svg.png)
Sarawak – Kingdom of Sarawak
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 – Kingdom of Tonga
Toro – Toro Kingdom- Toucouleur – Toucouleur Empire
U
United Kingdom – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
United States – United States of America
Uruguay – Eastern Republic of Uruguay
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Venezuela – United States of Venezuela
W
- Welayta – Kingdom of Welayta
Württemberg – Kingdom of Württemberg
Y
- Yeke – Yeke Kingdom
Z
States claiming sovereignty
Aceh – Sultanate of Aceh
Cuba – Republic of Cuba (from October 10)
Ezo – Republic of Ezo (from December 15)- Goust – Republic of Goust
Mindanao – Sultanate of Maguindanao
Tavolara – Kingdom of Tavolara
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