List of state leaders in 1205

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1205.

Africa

China (Jin dynasty) - Emperor Zhangzong (1190–1208)
China (Southern Song dynasty) - Emperor Ningzong (1194–1224)
Japan (Kamakura period)
- Monarch – Emperor Tsuchimikado (1198–1210)
- Kamakura shogunate - Minamoto no Sanetomo (1203–1219)
- Shikken -
  1. Hōjō Tokimasa, Regent (1203–1205)
  2. Hōjō Yoshitoki, Regent (1205–1224)
Kara-Khitan Khanate (Western Liao) - Yeluu Zhilugu (1178–1211)
Khmer Empire – Jayavarman VII (Mahaparamasangata?) (1181–1220?)
Korea (Goryeo Kingdom)
- Monarch – Huijong (1204–1211)
- de facto - Choe Chung-heon (1196–1219)
Western Xia – Emperor Huanzong (1193–1206)

Kingdom of Aragon – Peter II (1196–1213)
Bulgarian Empire – Kaloyan, Tsar of Bulgaria (1197–1207)
Kingdom of Castile – Alfonso VIII (1158–1214)
Kingdom of Denmark – Valdemar II (1202–1241)
Despotate of Epirus – Michael I Ducas, Despot of Epirus (1205–1215)
Kingdom of England – John (1199–1216)
Kingdom of France – Philip II (1180–1223)
Holy Roman Empire – Philip of Swabia, King of Germany (1198–1208)
- Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen – Hartwig of Uthlede (Hartwig II) (1185–1190 and 1192–1207)
- County of Holland – William I (1203–1222)
Kingdom of Hungary –
1. Ladislaus III (1204–1205)
2. Andrew II (1205–1235)
Kingdom of the Isles – Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson (1187–1226)
Kingdom of Norway – Inge II (1204–1217)
Kingdom of Portugal – Sancho I (1185–1211)
Kingdom of Scotland – William the Lion (1165–1214)
Kingdom of Sweden – Sverker II (1196–1208)
Kingdom of Thessalonica – Boniface (1204–1207)
- Marquisate of Bodonitsa – Guy Pallavicini (1205–1237)

Abbasid Caliphate – An-Nasir, Caliph of Baghdad (1180–1225)
Almohad Caliphate – Muhammad al-Nasir (1199–1213)
Ayyubid Sultanate – Al-Adil I, Sultan of Egypt (1200–1218)
Kingdom of Cyprus –
1. Amalric I (1194–1205)
2. Hugh I (1205–1218)
Sultanate of Rûm