List of sovereign states in 1949

Sovereign states by year
List of sovereign states in 1948	Events of 1949	List of sovereign states in 1950

Internationally recognized sovereign states

A

• Afghanistan – Kingdom of Afghanistan, UN member State
• Albania – People's Republic of Albania
•  Andorra – Principality of Andorra
•  Argentina – Argentine Republic, UN member State
•  Australia – Commonwealth of Australia, UN member State

B

•  Belgium – Kingdom of Belgium, UN member State
•  Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan (from August 8)
•  Bolivia – Republic of Bolivia, UN member State
•  Brazil – Republic of the United States of Brazil, UN member State
• Bulgaria – People's Republic of Bulgaria
•  Burma – Union of Burma, UN member State

C

•  Canada – Dominion of Canada, UN member State
• Ceylon – Dominion of Ceylon
•  Chile – Republic of Chile, UN member State
• China, People's Republic of – People's Republic of China (from 1 October)
• China, Republic of – Republic of China, UN member State
•  Colombia – Republic of Colombia, UN member State
•  Costa Rica – Republic of Costa Rica, UN member State
•  Cuba – Republic of Cuba, UN member State
•  Czechoslovakia – Czechoslovak Republic, UN member State

D

•  Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark, UN member State
•  Dominican Republic, UN member State

E

•  Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador, UN member State
•  Egypt – Kingdom of Egypt, UN member State
•  El Salvador – Republic of El Salvador, UN member State
•  Ethiopia – Ethiopian Empire, UN member State

F

•  Finland – Republic of Finland
• France – French Republic, UN member State

G

•  East Germany – German Democratic Republic (from October 7)
•  West Germany – Federal Republic of Germany (from May 23)
•  Greece – Kingdom of Greece, UN member State
•  Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala, UN member State

H

•  Haiti – Republic of Haiti, UN member State
•  Honduras – Republic of Honduras, UN member State
•  Hungary
  • Republic of Hungary (to August 20)
  • People's Republic of Hungary (from August 20)

I

•  Iceland – Republic of Iceland, UN member State
• India – Union of India, UN member State
• Indonesia – Republic of the United States of Indonesia (from December 27)
• Iran – Imperial State of Iran, UN member State
•  Iraq – Kingdom of Iraq, UN member State
•  Ireland – Republic of Ireland
•  Israel – State of Israel, (from May 11) UN member State
•  Italy – Italian Republic

K

•  Korea, North – Democratic People's Republic of Korea
•  Korea, South – Republic of Korea, (from 1949) Permanent observer at UN

L

•  Lebanon – Lebanese Republic, UN member State
•  Liberia – Republic of Liberia, UN member State
•  Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein
•  Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, UN member State

M

•  Mexico – United Mexican States, UN member State
•  Monaco – Principality of Monaco
•  Mongolia – Mongolian People's Republic

N

• Nepal – Kingdom of Nepal
•  Netherlands – Kingdom of the Netherlands, UN member State
• New Zealand – Dominion of New Zealand, UN member State
•  Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua, UN member State
•  Norway – Kingdom of Norway, UN member State

P

• Pakistan – Dominion of Pakistan, UN member State
•  Panama – Republic of Panama, UN member State
•  Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay, UN member State
•  Peru – Peruvian Republic, UN member State
•  Philippines – Republic of the Philippines, UN member State
• Poland – Republic of Poland, UN member State
•  Portugal – Portuguese Republic

R

• Romania – Romanian People's Republic

S

•  San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino
•  Saudi Arabia – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, UN member State
•  Sikkim – Kingdom of Sikkim
•  South Africa – Union of South Africa, UN member State
•  Soviet Union – Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, UN member State
•  Spain – Spanish State
•  Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden, UN member State
•   Switzerland – Swiss Confederation, Permanent observer at UN
•  Syria – Syrian Republic, UN member State

T

•  Thailand – Kingdom of Thailand, UN member State
• Transjordan (to April 3), Jordan (from April 3)
  • Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan (to April 3)
  • Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (from April 3)
•  Trieste – Free Territory of Trieste
• Tripura – Kingdom of Tripura (to September 9)
•  Turkey – Republic of Turkey, UN member State

U

•  United Kingdom – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, UN member State
•  United States – United States of America, UN member State
•  Uruguay – Eastern Republic of Uruguay, UN member State

V

•   Vatican City – Vatican City State
•  Venezuela – United States of Venezuela, UN member State

Y

• Yemen – Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, UN member State
•  Yugoslavia – Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, UN member State

Occupied states

• Austria – Republic of Austria
• Estonia – Republic of Estonia
•  Germany (to October 7)
• Japan
• Latvia – Republic of Latvia
• Lithuania – Republic of Lithuania

Other states

•  China, People's Republic of (from October 1)
• East Turkestan – East Turkestan Republic (to October 20)
•  Indonesia – Republic of Indonesia (to December 27)
•  Tibet
•  Vietnam – Democratic Republic of Vietnam

Non-sovereign territories

Australia

• Australian Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited external territory)
• Heard Island and McDonald Islands – Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Uninhabited external territory)
• Norfolk Island – Territory of Norfolk Island (External territory)
•  Papua – Territory of Papua (External territory, to November 6)

Belgium

•  Belgian Congo (Colony)

Condominiums

• Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian condominium)
•  Canton and Enderbury Islands (Anglo-American condominium)
•  New Hebrides (Anglo-French condominium)
• Pheasant Island (Franco-Spanish condominium)

Denmark

•  Faroe Islands (Autonomous province)
• Greenland (Possession)

France

• Adélie Land (Overseas territory)
• Clipperton Island (Uninhabited possession)
• Cambodia – Kingdom of Cambodia (Autonomous associated state, from November 8)
• Comoros – Territory of the Comoros (Overseas territory)
• Fezzan (Occupied territory, to November 21)
•  French Equatorial Africa (Overseas territory)
• French India – French Establishments in India (Overseas territory)
•  French Indochina (Federation of protectorates, to November 8)
• French Oceania – French Settlements in Oceania (Overseas territory)
•  French Somaliland – Territory of French Somaliland (Overseas territory)
•  French West Africa (Overseas territory)
• Laos – Kingdom of Laos (Autonomous associated state, from July 19)
• Madagascar (Overseas territory)
•  Morocco – Sultanate of Morocco (de jure sovereign state under French and Spanish protectorate)^[1][2]
•  New Caledonia – Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies (Overseas territory)
•  Saar (Protectorate)
•  Saint Pierre and Miquelon – Territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Overseas territory)
• Tunisia – Tunisian Realm (Protectorate)
• Vietnam – State of Vietnam (Autonomous associated state, from June 14)

India

•  Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan (Independent state under Treaty of Punakha, to August 8)

International

• Tangier – City of Tangier (City under international administration, de jure part of the Sultanate of Morocco)
• West Berlin (Occupied territory governed by France, the United Kingdom, and the United States, from May 23)

League of Nations mandates

• South-West Africa (Administered by South Africa)

Netherlands

• Bangka Belitung and Riau – Bangka Belitung and Riau Federation (Autonomous state, to December 27)
• Banjar – Territory of Banjar (Autonomous state, to December 27)
• Central Java (Autonomous state, from March 2 to December 27)
• Dayak Besar (Autonomous state, to December 27)
• East Indonesia (Autonomous state, to December 27)
• East Java (Autonomous state, to December 27)
• East Kalimantan – Federation of East Kalimantan (Autonomous state, to December 27)
• East Sumatra – State of East Sumatra (Autonomous state, to December 27)
• Madura – State of Madura (Autonomous state, to December 27)
• Netherlands Antilles (Colony)
• Netherlands New Guinea (Colony)
• Southeast Kalimantan – Federation of Southeast Kalimantan (Autonomous state, to December 27)
• South Sumatra – State of South Sumatra (Autonomous state, to December 27)
• Surinam (Colony)
• West Java – Sundanese State (Autonomous state, to December 27)
• West Kalimantan – Special Territory of West Kalimantan (Autonomous state, to December 27)

New Zealand

• Cook Islands (Dependent territory)
• Niue Island (Dependent territory)
• Ross Dependency (Uninhabited dependent territory)
• Tokelau Islands (Dependent territory)

Norway

• Bouvet Island (Uninhabited possession)
• Peter I Island (Uninhabited possession)
• Queen Maud Land (Uninhabited possession)

Portugal

•  Portuguese Cape Verde (Colony)
• Macau (Colony)
• Portuguese East Africa (Colony)
•  Portuguese Guinea (Colony)
• Portuguese India – Portuguese State of India (Colony)
•  Portuguese Timor (Colony)
• Portuguese West Africa (Colony)
• São João Baptista de Ajudá – Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá (Possession)
• São Tomé and Príncipe (Colony)

Spain

•  Spanish Guinea (Colony)
• Spanish Morocco (Part of the Sultanate of Morocco, de jure sovereign state under French and Spanish protectorate)^[1][2]
• Spanish West Africa (Colony)
• Canary Islands (Archipielago)

United Kingdom

•  Aden – Aden Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate)
•  Bahama Islands (Crown colony)
• Bahrain – State of Bahrain (Protectorate)
•  Barbados (Crown colony)
• Basutoland – Territory of Basutoland (Crown colony)
• Bechuanaland – Bechuanaland Protectorate (Protectorate)
•  Bermuda (Crown colony)
•  British Guiana (Crown colony)
•  British Honduras (Crown colony)
• British Leeward Islands – Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands (Crown colony)
• British Somaliland – British Somaliland Protectorate (Protectorate)
• British Western Pacific Territories (Crown colony)
• British Windward Islands – Federal Colony of the Windward Islands (Crown colony)
• Brunei – State of Brunei (Protectorate)
• Cyprus (Crown colony)
• Cyrenaica
  • Cyrenaica (Occupied territory, to March 1)
  • Emirate of Cyrenaica (Protectorate, from March 1 to November 21)
• Eritrea (Occupied territory)
•  Falkland Islands (Crown colony)
• Gambia – Gambia Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate)
•  Gibraltar (Crown colony)
•  Gold Coast (Crown colony)
•  Guernsey – Bailiwick of Guernsey (Crown dependency)
•  Hong Kong (Crown colony)
• Isle of Man (Crown dependency)
• Italian Somaliland (Occupied territory, to November)
•  Jamaica (Crown colony)
•  Jersey – Bailiwick of Jersey (Crown dependency)
•  Kenya – Kenya Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate)
•  Kuwait – State of Kuwait (Protectorate)
• Malaya – Federation of Malaya (Crown colony)
• Maldive Islands – Sultanate of the Maldive Islands (Protectorate)
• Malta (Crown colony)
•  Mauritius (Crown colony)
• Muscat and Oman – Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (State under the informal protection)
• Newfoundland – Dominion of Newfoundland (Crown colony, to April 1)
•  Nigeria – Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria (Crown colony and protectorate)
• North Borneo (Crown colony)
•  Northern Rhodesia – Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia (Protectorate)
•  Nyasaland – Nyasaland Protectorate (Protectorate)
• Qatar – State of Qatar (Protectorate)
•  Saint Helena (Crown colony)
•  Sarawak (Crown colony)
• Seychelles (Crown colony)
• Sierra Leone – Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate)
•  Singapore (Crown colony)
•  Southern Rhodesia – Colony of Southern Rhodesia (Crown colony)
• Suez Canal Zone (Crown colony)
• Swaziland – Swaziland Protectorate (Protectorate)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (Crown colony)
• Tripolitania (Occupied territory, to November 21)
• Trucial States (Protectorate)
•  Uganda (Crown colony)
• Zanzibar – Sultanate of Zanzibar (Protectorate)

United Nations trust territories

• British Cameroons (Administered by the United Kingdom)
• British Togoland (Administered by the United Kingdom)
• French Cameroons (Administered by France)
• French Togoland (Administered by France)
• Libya (Administered by France and the United Kingdom, from November 21)
  • Cyrenaica (Administered by the United Kingdom)
  • Fezzan (Administered by France)
  • Tripolitania (Administered by the United Kingdom)
• Nauru (Administered by Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom)
• New Guinea – Territory of New Guinea (Administered by Australia, to November 6)
• Papua and New Guinea – Territory of Papua and New Guinea (Administered by Australia, from November 6)
• Ruanda-Urundi (Administered by Belgium)
• Somalia – Trust Territory of Somalia (Administered by Italy, from November)
•  Tanganyika (Administered by the United Kingdom)
• Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Administered by the United States)
•  Western Samoa (Administered by New Zealand)

United States

• Alaska – Alaska Territory (Territory)
• American Samoa – Territory of American Samoa (Territory)
• Baker Island (Uninhabited territory)
• Bonin Islands (Occupied territory)
• Corn Islands (Territory)
• Guam – Territory of Guam (Unincorporated territory)
• Hawaii – Territory of Hawaii (Unincorporated territory)
• Howland Island (Uninhabited territory)
• Jarvis Island (Uninhabited territory)
• Johnston Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
• Kingman Reef (Uninhabited territory)
• Midway Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
• Navassa Island (Uninhabited territory)
• Palmyra Atoll (Unincorporated organized territory)
•  Panama Canal Zone (Territory)
• Petrel Islands (Uninhabited territory)
•  Puerto Rico (Territory)
• Quita Sueno Bank (Uninhabited territory)
• Roncador Bank (Uninhabited territory)
• Ryukyu Islands – United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (Occupied territory)
• Serrana Bank (Uninhabited territory)
• Serranilla Bank (Uninhabited territory)
• Swan Islands (Uninhabited territory)
•  United States Virgin Islands (Territory)
• Volcano Islands (Occupied territory)
• Wake Island (Uninhabited territory)

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