List of sovereign states in 1949
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| List of sovereign states in 1948 | Events of 1949 | List of sovereign states in 1950 |
Internationally recognized sovereign states [edit]
A [edit]
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 [edit]
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 [edit]
Canada - Dominion of Canada, UN member State
Ceylon - Dominion of Ceylon
Chile - Republic of Chile, UN member State
China - 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 [edit]
Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark, UN member State
Dominican Republic, UN member State
E [edit]
Ecuador - Republic of Ecuador, UN member State
Egypt - Kingdom of Egypt, UN member State
El Salvador - Republic of El Salvador, UN member State
Ethiopia - Empire of Ethiopia, UN member State
F [edit]
G [edit]
Germany, East - German Democratic Republic (from October 7)- Germany, West - Federal Republic of Germany (from May 23)
Greece - Kingdom of Greece, UN member State
Guatemala - Republic of Guatemala, UN member State
H [edit]
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 [edit]
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
J [edit]
- For Jordan, see Transjordan.
K [edit]
Korea, North - Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Korea, South - Republic of Korea
L [edit]
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 [edit]
Mexico - United Mexican States, UN member State
Monaco - Principality of Monaco
Mongolia - Mongolian People's Republic
N [edit]
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 [edit]
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 [edit]
Romania - Romanian People's Republic
S [edit]
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
Syria - Syrian Republic, UN member State
T [edit]
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 [edit]
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 [edit]
Vatican City - State of the Vatican City
Venezuela - United States of Venezuela, UN member State
Y [edit]
Yemen - Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, UN member State
Yugoslavia - Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, UN member State
Occupied states [edit]
Austria - Republic of Austria
Estonia - Republic of Estonia
Germany (to October 7)
Japan
Latvia - Republic of Latvia
Lithuania - Republic of Lithuania
Other states [edit]
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 [edit]
Australia [edit]
- 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 [edit]
Belgian Congo (Colony)
Condominiums [edit]
- Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian condominium)
Canton and Enderbury Islands (Anglo-American condominium)
New Hebrides (Anglo-French condominium)
Denmark [edit]
Faroe Islands (Autonomous province)- Greenland (Possession)
France [edit]
- Adélie Land (Overseas territory)
- Clipperton Island (Uninhabited possession)
Cambodia - Kingdom of Cambodia (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 (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 (Associated state, from June 14)
India [edit]
- Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan (Protectorate, to August 8)
International [edit]
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 [edit]
- South-West Africa (Administered by South Africa)
Netherlands [edit]
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 [edit]
- Cook Islands (Dependent territory)
- Niue Island (Dependent territory)
- Ross Dependency (Uninhabited dependent territory)
- Tokelau Islands (Dependent territory)
Norway [edit]
- Bouvet Island (Uninhabited possession)
- Peter I Island (Uninhabited possession)
- Queen Maud Land (Uninhabited possession)
Portugal [edit]
- Cape Verde Islands (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 [edit]
- 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)
United Kingdom [edit]
Aden - Aden Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate)
Bahama Islands (Crown colony)
Bahrain - Sheikdom 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, Abode of Peace (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 - Sheikdom 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 (Protectorate)- 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 - Sheikdom 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 [edit]
- British Togoland (Administered by the United Kingdom)
Cameroons - British Cameroons (Administered by the United Kingdom)- Cameroun (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 [edit]
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)
References [edit]
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