विश्व के देश
'''<code>विश्व केरो देश</code>'''

नीचें देलो गेलौ सूची मँ दुनिया भर के संप्रभु राज्यो के वर्णन मिलै छै । एकरा मँ देश केरौ स्थिति आरू ओकरो संप्रभुता के मान्यता के बारे मँ जानकारी देलो गेलो छै।

206 सूचीबद्ध राज्यो क संयुक्त राष्ट्र प्रणाली के भीतर सदस्यता के आधार पर तीन श्रेणियो मँ विभाजित करलो जाबै सकै छै : 193 संयुक्त राष्ट्र सदस्य राज्य, [1] 2 संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासभा गैर-सदस्य पर्यवेक्षक राज्य आरू 11 अन्य राज्य। संप्रभुता विवाद कॉलम वू राज्य सिनी क इंगित करै छै जेकरा लगाँ निर्विवाद संप्रभुता छै (188 राज्य, जेकरा मँ स 187 संयुक्त राष्ट्र सदस्य राज्य आरू 1 संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासभा गैर-सदस्य पर्यवेक्षक राज्य छै), विवादित संप्रभुता वाला राज्य (16 राज्य, जेकरा मँ सँ 6 संयुक्त राष्ट्र सदस्य राज्य छेकै, 1 संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासभा गैर-सदस्य पर्यवेक्षक राज्य, आरू 9 वास्तविक राज्य), आरू एगो विशेष राजनीतिक स्थिति वाला राज्य (2 राज्य, दूनो न्यूजीलैंड के साथ स्वतंत्र सहयोग मँ)।

== List of states ==
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="background:white; text-align:left;"
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! style="width:325pt;"|Common and formal names
! style="width:130pt;"|Membership within the [[United Nations System|UN System]]{{Efn|This column indicates whether or not a state is a member of the [[United Nations]].<ref name="unms"/> It also indicates which non-member states participate in the [[United Nations System]] through membership in the [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] or one of the [[List of specialized agencies of the United Nations|specialized agencies of the United Nations]]. All United Nations members belong to at least one specialized agency and are parties to the statute of the [[International Court of Justice]].}}
! style="width:130pt;"|Sovereignty dispute{{Efn|This column indicates whether or not a state is the subject of a major sovereignty dispute. Only states whose entire sovereignty is disputed by another state are listed.}}
! class="unsortable" |Further information on status and recognition of sovereignty{{Efn|Information is included on:
* The extent to which a state's sovereignty is recognised internationally. More information can be found at [[List of states with limited recognition]],
* Membership in the [[European Union]],{{Efn|name="EU"}} where applicable,
* Any [[Dependent territory#Summary by country|dependencies]], if applicable, which are generally not part of the territory of the sovereign state,
* [[Federation|federal structure]] of the state, where applicable. More information can be found at [[Federated state]],
* Any [[List of autonomous areas by country|autonomous areas]] inside the territory of the sovereign state,
* Any situations where one person is the Head of State of more than one state,
* Any [[Government in exile|governments in exile]] recognised by at least one state.}}
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|<span style="display:none">A AAA</span>
|<span style="display:none">A AAA</span>
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|style="text-align:center;"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>↓ [[Member states of the United Nations|UN member states]] and [[United Nations General Assembly observers#Present non-member observers|General Assembly observer states]] ↓
|<span style="display:none">A AAA</span>
|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>
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|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''Abkhazia → [[#Abkhazia|See Abkhazia listing]]''
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Afghanistan"></span>'''{{Noflag|[[Afghanistan]]}}'''<!--Please leave this alone, consensus is WP:NPOV requires the name of the country here to simply be Afghanistan, without a flag. The situation is explained in the further information column.-->
|<span style="display:none">A</span> [[Member states of the United Nations|UN member state]]
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}The ''de facto'' ruling government, the {{Flag|Afghanistan|name=Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan}}, has [[Recognition of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan|not been recognised by any state]]. The United Nations continues to recognise the {{Flag|Islamic Republic of Afghanistan}} as the government of Afghanistan.<ref name="akhund2">{{Cite news|date=7 September 2021|title=Taliban announce new government for Afghanistan|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58479750}}</ref><ref name="UN_Seats_Denied">{{Cite news|date=1 December 2021|title=U.N. Seats Denied, for Now, to Afghanistan's Taliban and Myanmar's Junta|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/01/world/americas/united-nations-taliban-myanmar.html}}</ref>
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Albania"></span>'''{{Flag|Albania}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Albania
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Algeria"></span>'''{{Flag|Algeria}}'''&nbsp;– People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Andorra"></span>'''{{Flag|Andorra}}'''&nbsp;– Principality of Andorra
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Andorra is a [[Coregency#Co-principality|co-principality]] in which the office of head of state is jointly held ''ex officio'' by the [[President of France|French president]] and the bishop of the Roman Catholic [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Urgell|diocese of Urgell]],<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/992562.stm#leaders |title=Andorra country profile |work=BBC News |access-date=8 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215064605/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/992562.stm#leaders |archive-date=15 February 2009 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> who himself is appointed with approval from the [[Holy See]].
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Angola"></span>'''{{Flag|Angola}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Angola
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Antigua and Barbuda"></span>'''{{Flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}'''
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Antigua and Barbuda is a [[Commonwealth realm]]{{Efn|name="realm"|Commonwealth realm refers to any member state of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] whose head of state is King [[Charles III]]. Each realm is separate, independent, and a sovereign state; see [[Commonwealth realm#Relationship of the realms|Relationship of the realms]].}} with one autonomous region, [[Barbuda]].{{Efn|name="autonomous"|For more information on divisions with a high degree of autonomy, see [[List of autonomous areas by country]].<ref>{{Cite web
 |author       = Government of Antigua and Barbuda
 |title        = Chapter 44: The Barbuda Local Government Act
 |work         = Laws of Antigua and Barbuda
 |url          = http://www.laws.gov.ag/acts/chapters/cap-44.pdf
 |access-date   = 10 November 2010
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110706071022/http://www.laws.gov.ag/acts/chapters/cap-44.pdf
 |archive-date = 6 July 2011
 |url-status   = dead
 |df           = dmy-all
}}</ref>}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Argentina"></span>'''{{Flag|Argentina}}'''&nbsp;– Argentine Republic{{Efn|The Argentine Constitution (Art. 35) recognises the following denominations for Argentina: "United Provinces of the Río de la Plata", "Argentine Republic" and "Argentine Confederation"; furthermore, it establishes the usage of "Argentine Nation" for purposes of legislation.}}
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Argentina is a [[federation]] of [[Provinces of Argentina|23 provinces and one autonomous city]].{{Efn|name="ArgentineAntarctica"|Argentina's [[Territorial claims in Antarctica|claimed]] Antarctic territory of ''[[Argentine Antarctica]]'' (''Antártida Argentina'') is one of five constituent [[Departments of Argentina|departments]] of the province [[Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina|Tierra del Fuego]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.patagonia-argentina.com/en/tierradelfuego/|title=Tierra del Fuego and Antarctica|website=Patagonia-Argentina|access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref>}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Armenia"></span>'''{{Flag|Armenia}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Armenia
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
| style="background:#fcc;"|Not recognised by [[#Pakistan|Pakistan]].
{{Extent}}Armenia is [[Armenia–Pakistan relations|not recognised]] by Pakistan due to [[Nagorno-Karabakh conflict|the dispute]] over [[#Artsakh|Artsakh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.foreignaffairscommittee.org/includes/content_files/Report%2021%20-%20Visit%20to%20Azerbaijan.pdf|title=Pakistan Worldview, Report 21, Visit to Azerbaijan|publisher=Senate of Pakistan Foreign Relations Committee|date=2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219074354/http://foreignaffairscommittee.org/includes/content_files/Report%2021%20-%20Visit%20to%20Azerbaijan.pdf|archive-date=19 February 2009}}</ref><ref>[http://www.today.az/news/politics/30102.html Nilufer Bakhtiyar: "For Azerbaijan Pakistan does not recognise Armenia as a country"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813064453/http://www.today.az/news/politics/30102.html |date=13 August 2011 }} 13 September 2006 [14:03] – Today.Az</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.az/articles/armenia/86325|title=Pakistan the only country not recognizing Armenia – envoy|publisher=News.Az|date=5 February 2014|access-date=17 February 2014|quote=We are the only country not recognizing Armenia as a state.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223095734/http://news.az/articles/armenia/86325|archive-date=23 February 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''Artsakh → [[#Artsakh|See Artsakh listing]]''
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Australia"></span>'''{{Flag|Australia}}'''&nbsp;– Commonwealth of Australia
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Australia is a [[Commonwealth realm]]{{Efn|name="realm"}} and a [[federation]] of both [[States and territories of Australia|states and territories]]. There are six states, three internal territories, six external territories and one [[Territorial claims in Antarctica|claimed]] Antarctic external territory. The external territories of Australia are:

* {{Noflag|[[Ashmore and Cartier Islands]]}}
* {{Flag|Christmas Island}}
* {{Flag|Cocos (Keeling) Islands}}
* {{Noflag|[[Coral Sea Islands Territory]]}}
* {{Noflag|[[Heard Island and McDonald Islands]]}}
* {{Flag|Norfolk Island}}
* ''{{Noflag|[[Australian Antarctic Territory]]}}''
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Austria"></span>'''{{Flag|Austria}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Austria
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Member of the [[European Union]].{{Efn|The member states of the [[European Union]] have transferred part of their sovereignty in the form of legislative, executive, and judicial powers to the institutions of the EU, which is an example of [[supranational union]]. The EU has 27 member states.<ref>[http://europa.eu/abc/european_countries/eu_members/index_en.htm Europa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518074450/http://europa.eu/abc/european_countries/eu_members/index_en.htm |date=18 May 2011 }}, retrieved 28 February 2011</ref>|name="EU"}} Austria is a [[federation]] of [[States of Austria|nine states]].
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Azerbaijan"></span>'''{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Azerbaijan
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Azerbaijan contains one autonomous region, [[Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic|Nakhchivan]] {{Efn|name="autonomous"}} The de facto state of [[#Artsakh|Artsakh]] has been established in the southwest of Azerbaijan.
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Bahamas"></span>'''{{Flag|Bahamas|name=Bahamas, The}}'''&nbsp;– Commonwealth of The Bahamas<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bahamas, The {{!}} The Commonwealth|url=http://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/bahamas|website=thecommonwealth.org|date=15 August 2013|access-date=12 March 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309082734/http://www.thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/bahamas|archive-date=9 March 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}The Bahamas is a [[Commonwealth realm]].{{Efn|name="realm"}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Bahrain"></span>'''{{Flag|Bahrain}}'''&nbsp;– Kingdom of Bahrain
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Bangladesh"></span>'''{{Flag|Bangladesh}}'''&nbsp;– People's Republic of Bangladesh
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Barbados"></span>'''{{Flag|Barbados}}'''
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Belarus"></span>'''{{Flag|Belarus}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Belarus
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Many states [[International reactions to the 2020 Belarusian presidential election and protests|rescinded their recognition]] of President [[Alexander Lukashenko]] following the disputed [[2020 Belarusian presidential election|2020 election]]. Lithuania currently recognizes [[Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya]]'s [[Coordination Council (Belarus)|Coordination Council]] as the legitimate government of Belarus.<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania |author1-link=Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Lithuania) |title=Lithuanian Foreign Ministry's statement on the situation in Belarus |url=https://www.mfa.lt/default/en/news/lithuanian-foreign-ministrys-statement-on-the-situation-in-belarus |access-date=14 March 2022 |date=23 September 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Belgium"></span>'''{{Flag|Belgium}}'''&nbsp;– Kingdom of Belgium
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Member of the EU.{{Efn|name="EU"}} Belgium is a [[federation]] of [[Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium|three linguistic communities and three regions]].
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Belize"></span>'''{{Flag|Belize}}'''
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Belize is a [[Commonwealth realm]].{{Efn|name="realm"}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Benin"></span>'''{{Flag|Benin}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Benin
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Bhutan"></span>'''{{Flag|Bhutan}}'''&nbsp;– Kingdom of Bhutan
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Bolivia"></span>'''{{Flag|Bolivia}}'''&nbsp;– Plurinational State of Bolivia
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Bosnia and Herzegovina"></span>'''{{Flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}'''
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Bosnia and Herzegovina has two constituent ''entities'':

* {{Noflag|[[Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]}}
* {{Flag|Republika Srpska}}

and [[Brčko District]], a self-governing administrative ''district''.<ref name="Stjepanović2015">{{Cite journal |title=Dual Substate Citizenship as Institutional Innovation: The Case of Bosnia's Brčko District |journal=Nationalism and Ethnic Politics |date=2015 |pages=382–383 |first=Dejan |last=Stjepanović |volume=21 |issue=4 |doi=10.1080/13537113.2015.1095043 |s2cid=146578107 |issn=1353-7113 |eissn=1557-2986 |oclc=5927465455 }}</ref>
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Botswana"></span>'''{{Flag|Botswana}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Botswana
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Brazil"></span>'''{{Flag|Brazil}}'''&nbsp;– Federative Republic of Brazil
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Brazil is a [[federation]] of [[States of Brazil|26 states and one federal district]].
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Brunei"></span>'''{{Flag|Brunei}}'''&nbsp;– Brunei Darussalam
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Bulgaria"></span>'''{{Flag|Bulgaria}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Bulgaria
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Member of the EU.{{Efn|name="EU"}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Burkina Faso"></span>'''{{Flag|Burkina Faso}}'''
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''Burma → [[#Myanmar|See Myanmar listing]]''
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Burundi"></span>'''{{Flag|Burundi}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Burundi
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Cambodia"></span>'''{{Flag|Cambodia}}'''&nbsp;– Kingdom of Cambodia
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Cameroon"></span>'''{{Flag|Cameroon}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Cameroon
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Canada"></span>'''{{Flag|Canada}}'''{{Efn|The legal name for Canada is the sole word; an officially sanctioned, though disused, name is Dominion of Canada (which includes its legal title); see: [[Name of Canada]], [[Dominion]].}}
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Canada is a [[Commonwealth realm]]{{Efn|name="realm"}} and a [[Canadian federalism|federation]] of [[Provinces and territories of Canada|ten provinces and three territories]].
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Cape Verde"></span>'''{{Flag|Cape Verde}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Cabo Verde{{Efn|The government of Cape Verde declared "Cabo Verde" to be the official English name of the country in 2013.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/12/131212-maps-cabo-verde-cartography-science-cape-verde-africa/|title=Cape Verde Gets New Name: 5 Things to Know About How Maps Change|author=Tanya Basu|magazine=[[National Geographic]]|date=14 December 2013|access-date=8 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020000546/https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/12/131212-maps-cabo-verde-cartography-science-cape-verde-africa/|archive-date=20 October 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>}}
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Central African Republic"></span>'''{{Flag|Central African Republic}}'''
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Chad"></span>'''{{Flag|Chad}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Chad
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Chile"></span>'''{{Flag|Chile}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Chile
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}} Chile has one special territory, [[Easter Island]]. {{Efn|name="ChileanAntarctic"|Chile's [[Territorial claims in Antarctica|claimed]] Antarctic territory of the ''[[Chilean Antarctic Territory|Chilean Antarctic]]'' (''Antártica Chilena'') is a [[Communes of Chile|commune]] of the [[Antártica Chilena Province]] of the [[Magallanes Region]].}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="China"></span>'''{{Flag|China}}'''&nbsp;– People's Republic of China{{Efn|name="ChinaTaiwan"|The [[China|People's Republic of China]] (PRC) is commonly referred to as "China", while the [[Taiwan|Republic of China]] (ROC) is commonly referred to as "Taiwan". The ROC is also occasionally known diplomatically as [[Chinese Taipei]], or by another [[Abbreviation of Republic of China|alternative name]].}}
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
| style="background:#fcc;" |[[Foreign relations of China#International recognition of the People's Republic of China|Partially unrecognised]]. {{Claimedby|ROC}}
{{Extent}}China contains five autonomous regions, [[Guangxi]], [[Inner Mongolia]], [[Ningxia]], [[Tibet Autonomous Region|Tibet]], and [[Xinjiang]].{{Efn|name="autonomous"}} Additionally, it has sovereignty over the [[Special administrative regions of China|Special Administrative Regions]] of:

* {{Flag|Hong Kong}}
* {{Flag|Macao}}

China claims, but does not control [[#Taiwan|Taiwan]], which is governed by a rival administration (the Republic of China) that claims all of China as its territory.{{Efn|name="TAI2"|In 1949, the Republic of China government led by the [[Kuomintang]] (KMT) lost the [[Chinese Civil War]] to the [[Chinese Communist Party]] (CCP) and set up a provisional capital in [[Taipei]]. The CCP established the PRC. As such, the [[Political status of Taiwan|political status of the ROC and legal status of Taiwan]] (alongside the [[Free area of the Republic of China|territories]] under ROC jurisdiction) are in dispute. In 1971, the United Nations gave the [[China and the United Nations|China seat]] to the PRC. In the view of the United Nations, no member of the organisation withdrew as a consequence of this but the ROC representatives declared that they were withdrawing. Most states recognise the PRC to be the [[One-China policy|sole legitimate representative]] of all China, and the UN classifies Taiwan as "[[Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China|Taiwan, Province of China]]". The ROC has de facto relations with most sovereign states. A significant political movement within Taiwan advocates [[Taiwan independence movement|Taiwan independence]].}}

China is not recognised by [[Foreign relations of China#Countries that have no diplomatic relations with the PRC|{{Numrec|Republic of China|link=N|N=1}}]] UN member states and [[Vatican City]], which, with the exception of Bhutan, all recognise the Republic of China (Taiwan) instead.{{Efn|See also [[Dates of establishment of diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China]] and [[Foreign relations of China]].}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''China, Republic of → [[#Taiwan|See Taiwan listing]]''
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Colombia"></span>'''{{Flag|Colombia}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Colombia
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Comoros"></span>'''{{Flag|Comoros}}'''&nbsp;– Union of the Comoros
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Comoros is a [[federation]] of [[Autonomous islands of Comoros|three islands]].{{Efn|name="federal"|More information on more or less [[Federation|federal]] structures can be found at a [[List of federations]].<ref>Constitution of Comoros, Art. 1.</ref>}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Congo, Democratic Republic of the"></span>'''{{Flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo|name=Congo, Democratic Republic of the}}'''{{Efn|Also known as Congo-Kinshasa. Formerly referred to as [[Zaire]], its official name from 1971 to 1997.}}
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Congo, Republic of the"></span>'''{{Flag|Republic of the Congo|name=Congo, Republic of the}}'''{{Efn|Also known as Congo-Brazzaville.}}
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''Cook Islands → [[#Cook Islands|See Cook Islands listing]]''
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Costa Rica"></span>'''{{Flag|Costa Rica}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Costa Rica
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''Côte d'Ivoire → [[#Ivory Coast|See Ivory Coast listing]]''
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Croatia"></span>'''{{Flag|Croatia}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Croatia
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Member of the EU.{{Efn|name="EU"}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Cuba"></span>'''{{Flag|Cuba}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Cuba
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Cyprus"></span>'''{{Flag|Cyprus}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Cyprus
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
| style="background:#fcc;" |Not recognised by [[#Turkey|Turkey]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/07/07/kakouris.cyprus/|publisher=CNN|title=Cyprus is not at peace with Turkey|author=Andreas S. Kakouris|date=9 July 2010|access-date=17 May 2014|quote=Turkey stands alone in violation of the will of the international community. It is the only country to recognize the "TRNC" and is the only country that does not recognize the Republic of Cyprus and its government.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518074323/http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/07/07/kakouris.cyprus/|archive-date=18 May 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><!-- and [[#Northern Cyprus|Northern Cyprus]]{{cn|date=17 May 2014}} -->
{{Extent}}Member of the EU.{{Efn|name="EU"}} The northeastern part of the island is the de facto state of [[#Northern Cyprus|Northern Cyprus]].

Cyprus is not recognised by [[#Turkey|Turkey]] due to the [[Cyprus dispute]], with Turkey recognising [[#Northern Cyprus|Northern Cyprus]].
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Czech Republic"></span>'''{{Flag|Czech Republic}}'''{{Efn|An official short name in English has been adopted by the Czech government, "''Czechia''". This variant remains uncommon, but has been adopted by several companies and organisations including the United Nations. See [[Name of the Czech Republic]].}}
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Member of the EU.{{Efn|name="EU"}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''Democratic People's Republic of Korea → [[#Korea North|See Korea, North listing]]''
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''Democratic Republic of the Congo → [[#Congo, Democratic Republic of the|See Congo, Democratic Republic of the listing]]''
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Denmark"></span>'''{{Flag|Denmark}}'''&nbsp;– Kingdom of Denmark
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Member of the EU.{{Efn|name="EU"}} The [[Realm of Denmark|Kingdom of Denmark]] includes 2 self-governing territories:
* {{Flag|Faroe Islands}}
* {{Flag|Greenland}}

The metropolitan territory of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland form the three constituent countries of the Kingdom.{{Efn|The designation "Denmark" can refer either to metropolitan Denmark or to the entire Danish Realm (for example in international organizations).}} The Kingdom of Denmark as a whole is a member of the EU, but EU law (in most cases) does not apply to the Faroe Islands and Greenland. See [[Greenland and the European Union]], and [[Faroe Islands and the European Union]] for more information.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stm.dk/_p_12710.html |title=Home Rule Act of the Faroe Islands : No. 137 of March 23, 1948 |website=Statsministeriat |location=Copenhagen |access-date=20 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910005827/http://www.stm.dk/_p_12710.html |archive-date=10 September 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stm.dk/_p_12712.html |title=The Greenland Home Rule Act : Act No. 577 of 29 November 1978 |website=Statsministeriat |location=Copenhagen |access-date=20 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214060548/http://www.stm.dk/_p_12712.html |archive-date=14 February 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Djibouti"></span>'''{{Flag|Djibouti}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Djibouti
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Dominica"></span>'''{{Flag|Dominica}}'''&nbsp;– Commonwealth of Dominica
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Dominican Republic"></span>'''{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}'''
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="East Timor"></span>'''{{Flag|East Timor}}'''&nbsp;– Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste{{Efn|The government of East Timor uses "Timor-Leste" as the official English name of the country.}}
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Ecuador"></span>'''{{Flag|Ecuador}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Ecuador
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Egypt"></span>'''{{Flag|Egypt}}'''&nbsp;– Arab Republic of Egypt
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="El Salvador"></span>'''{{Flag|El Salvador}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of El Salvador
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Equatorial Guinea"></span>'''{{Flag|Equatorial Guinea}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Equatorial Guinea
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Eritrea"></span>'''{{Flag|Eritrea}}'''&nbsp;– State of Eritrea
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Estonia"></span>'''{{Flag|Estonia}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Estonia
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Member of the EU.{{Efn|name="EU"}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Eswatini"></span>'''{{Flag|Eswatini}}'''&nbsp;– Kingdom of Eswatini{{Efn|Formerly referred to as the Kingdom of Swaziland, its official name until 2018.}}
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Ethiopia"></span>'''{{Flag|Ethiopia}}'''&nbsp;– Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Ethiopia is a [[federation]] of [[Regions of Ethiopia|eleven regions and two chartered cities]].
<!--The European Union is not a sovereign state and should not be included-->
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Fiji"></span>'''{{Flag|Fiji}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Fiji
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Fiji contains one autonomous region, [[Rotuma]].{{Efn|name="autonomous"}}<ref>{{Cite book
 | title = Laws of Fiji
 | place = Suva, Fiji
 | publisher = Government of Fiji
 | year = 1927
 | edition = 1978
 | chapter = Rotuma Act
 | chapter-url = http://www.itc.gov.fj/lawnet/fiji_act/cap122.html
 | access-date = 10 July 2010
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621140255/http://www.itc.gov.fj/lawnet/fiji_act/cap122.html |archive-date=21 June 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web
 |author       = Government of Fiji, Office of the Prime Minister
 |title        = Chapter 122: Rotuma Act
 |work         = Laws of Fiji
 |publisher    = [[University of the South Pacific]]
 |year         = 1978
 |url          = http://www.paclii.org/fj/legis/consol_act/ra103/
 |access-date   = 10 November 2010
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110301163146/http://www.paclii.org/fj/legis/consol_act/ra103/
 |archive-date = 1 March 2011
 |url-status   = live
 |df           = dmy-all
}}</ref>
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Finland"></span>'''{{Flag|Finland}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Finland
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Member of the EU.{{Efn|name="EU"}}

* {{Flag|Åland}} is a neutral and demilitarised autonomous region of Finland.{{Efn|name="autonomous"}}{{Efn|[[Åland]] was demilitarised by the [[Treaty of Paris (1856)|Treaty of Paris]] in 1856, which was later affirmed by the [[League of Nations]] in 1921, and in a somewhat different context reaffirmed in the treaty on Finland's admission to the European Union in 1995.}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="France"></span>'''{{Flag|France}}'''&nbsp;– French Republic
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Member of the EU.{{Efn|name="EU"}} France contains five [[Overseas department and region|overseas regions/departments]]; [[French Guiana]], [[Guadeloupe]], [[Martinique]], [[Mayotte]], and [[Réunion]]. France also includes the [[Overseas France|overseas territories]] of:

* {{Noflag|[[Clipperton Island]]}}
* {{Flag|French Polynesia}}
* {{Flag|New Caledonia}}
* {{Noflag|[[Saint Barthélemy]]}}
* {{Noflag|[[Collectivity of Saint Martin|Saint Martin]]}}
* {{Noflag|[[Saint Pierre and Miquelon]]}}
* {{Noflag|[[Wallis and Futuna]]}}
* {{Flag|French Southern and Antarctic Lands}}{{Efn|name="Adélie"|France's [[Territorial claims in Antarctica|claimed]] Antarctic territory of ''[[Adélie Land]]'' (''Terre Adélie'') is one of five constituent districts of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Gabon"></span>'''{{Flag|Gabon}}'''&nbsp;– Gabonese Republic
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Gambia"></span>'''{{Flag|Gambia|name=Gambia, The}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of The Gambia<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Gambia profile|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13376517|website=BBC News|access-date=12 March 2018|date=14 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311064543/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13376517|archive-date=11 March 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Georgia"></span>'''{{Flag|Georgia (country)|name=Georgia}}'''
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Georgia contains two autonomous republics, [[Adjara]] and [[Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia|Abkhazia]].{{Efn|name="autonomous"}} In [[#Abkhazia|Abkhazia]] and [[#South Ossetia|South Ossetia]], ''de facto'' states have been formed.
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Germany"></span>'''{{Flag|Germany}}'''&nbsp;– Federal Republic of Germany
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Member of the EU.{{Efn|name="EU"}} Germany is a [[federation]] of [[States of Germany|16 states]].
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Ghana"></span>'''{{Flag|Ghana}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Ghana
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Greece"></span>'''{{Flag|Greece}}'''&nbsp;– Hellenic Republic
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Member of the EU.{{Efn|name="EU"}} Greece contains one autonomous area, [[Mount Athos]].<ref>Constitution of Greece, Art. 105.</ref>
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Grenada"></span>'''{{Flag|Grenada}}'''
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Grenada is a [[Commonwealth realm]].{{Efn|name="realm"}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Guatemala"></span>'''{{Flag|Guatemala}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Guatemala
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Guinea"></span>'''{{Flag|Guinea}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Guinea{{Efn|Also known as Guinea-Conakry.}}
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Guinea-Bissau"></span>'''{{Flag|Guinea-Bissau}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Guinea-Bissau
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Guyana"></span>'''{{Flag|Guyana}}'''&nbsp;– Co-operative Republic of Guyana
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Haiti"></span>'''{{Flag|Haiti}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Haiti
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''Holland → [[#Netherlands|See the Netherlands listing]]''
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''Holy See → [[#Vatican City|See Vatican City listing]]''
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Honduras"></span>'''{{Flag|Honduras}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Honduras
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Hungary"></span>'''{{Flag|Hungary}}'''
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Member of the EU.{{Efn|name="EU"}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Iceland"></span>'''{{Flag|Iceland}}'''{{Efn|name="Republic"|While sometimes referred to as the "Republic of Iceland"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/281235/Iceland|title=Iceland - Culture, History, & People|access-date=2 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718220132/https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/281235/Iceland|archive-date=18 July 2011|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/ungegn/docs/26th-gegn-docs/WP/WP54_UNGEGN%20WG%20Country%20Names%20Document%202011.pdf |title=Working Paper No. 54 : UNGEGN list of country names (Prepared by the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names) |location=Vienna |date=May 2011 |access-date=2 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811023432/https://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/ungegn/docs/26th-gegn-docs/WP/WP54_UNGEGN%20WG%20Country%20Names%20Document%202011.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2011 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all |website=unstats.un.org }}</ref> and sometimes its counterpart ''Lýðveldið Ísland'' in Icelandic, the official name of the country is simply "Iceland".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=54970|title=Hvert er formlegt heiti landsins okkar?|access-date=2 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722022935/http://visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=54970|archive-date=22 July 2011|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> One example of the former is the name of the [[Constitution of Iceland]], which in Icelandic is ''Stjórnarskrá lýðveldisins Íslands'' and literally means "the Constitution of the republic of Iceland". However, note that in this usage "republic" is not capitalised.}} – Republic of Iceland
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="India"></span>'''{{Flag|India}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of India
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}India is a [[federation]] of [[States and territories of India|28 states and eight union territories]].
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Indonesia"></span>'''{{Flag|Indonesia}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Indonesia
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Indonesia has eight autonomous [[Provinces of Indonesia|provinces]], [[Aceh]], [[Jakarta]], [[Central Papua]], [[Highland Papua]], [[Papua (province)|Papua]], [[South Papua]], [[West Papua (province)|West Papua]], and [[Special Region of Yogyakarta|Yogyakarta]].{{Efn|name="autonomous"}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Iran"></span>'''{{Flag|Iran}}'''&nbsp;– Islamic Republic of Iran
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Iraq"></span>'''{{Flag|Iraq}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Iraq
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Iraq is a [[federation]]{{Efn|name="federal"}}<ref>[http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/20704/11332732681iraqi_constitution_en.pdf/iraqi_constitution_en.pdf Iraqi constitution] {{Webarchive|url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160518175432/http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/20704/11332732681iraqi_constitution_en.pdf/iraqi_constitution_en.pdf |date=18 May 2016 }}</ref> of [[Governorates of Iraq|19 governorates]], four of which make up the autonomous [[Kurdistan Region]].{{Efn|name="autonomous"}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Ireland"></span>'''{{Flag|Ireland}}'''{{Efn|"Ireland" is the official name of the country in English. "Republic of Ireland" (the official ''description'' in English) and "Éire" (the official name in Irish) have sometimes been used unofficially to distinguish the state from the larger [[Ireland|island of Ireland]], however, this is officially deprecated.<ref>{{Cite journal |journal=Journal of British Studies |volume=46 |pages=72–90 |number=1 |date=January 2007 |publisher=Cambridge University Press on behalf of The North American Conference on British Studies |doi=10.1086/508399 |jstor=10.1086/508399 |title=The Irish Free State/Éire/Republic of Ireland/Ireland: "A Country by Any Other Name"? |last=Daly |first=Mary E. |doi-access=free }}</ref> See [[names of the Irish state]].}}
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Member of the EU.{{Efn|name="EU"}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Israel"></span>'''{{Flag|Israel}}'''&nbsp;– State of Israel
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
| style="background:#fcc;" |[[International recognition of Israel|Partially unrecognised]]
{{Extent}}Israel exerts strong control over the territory claimed by [[#Palestine|Palestine]]. It has annexed [[East Jerusalem]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.knesset.gov.il/laws/special/eng/basic10_eng.htm|title=Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel|website=www.knesset.gov.il|access-date=7 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905144734/http://www.knesset.gov.il/laws/special/eng/basic10_eng.htm|archive-date=5 September 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> an act not recognised by the international community.<ref name=dis>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2070.html |title=Disputes: International |publisher=CIA World Factbook |access-date=8 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514215411/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2070.html |archive-date=14 May 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Israel has [[West Bank Areas in the Oslo II Accord|varying levels of control]] over the rest of the [[West Bank]], and although it ended its [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan|permanent civilian or military presence]] in the [[Gaza Strip]], it is still considered to be the occupying power under international law.<ref>{{Cite web
 |last         = Bell
 |first        = Abraham
 |title        = International Law and Gaza: The Assault on Israel's Right to Self-Defense
 |work         = Jerusalem Issue Brief, Vol. 7, No. 29
 |publisher    = Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
 |date         = 28 January 2008
 |url          = http://www.jcpa.org/brief/brief005-3.htm
 |access-date   = 16 July 2010
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20100621082606/http://jcpa.org/brief/brief005-3.htm
 |archive-date = 21 June 2010
 |url-status   = live
 |df           = dmy-all
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web
 | last = Salih
 | first = Zak M.
 | title = Panelists Disagree Over Gaza's Occupation Status
 | publisher = [[University of Virginia School of Law]]
 | date = 17 November 2005
 | url = http://www.law.virginia.edu/html/news/2005_fall/gaza.htm
 | access-date = 16 July 2010
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200844/http://www.law.virginia.edu/html/news/2005_fall/gaza.htm
 | archive-date = 3 March 2016
 | url-status = dead
 | df = dmy-all
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web
 |title        = Israel: 'Disengagement' Will Not End Gaza Occupation
 |publisher    = Human Rights Watch
 |date         = 29 October 2004
 |url          = https://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2004/10/29/isrlpa9577.htm
 |access-date   = 16 July 2010
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20081101210931/http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/10/29/isrlpa9577.htm
 |archive-date = 1 November 2008
 |url-status   = live
 |df           = dmy-all
}}</ref><ref name=occ>{{Cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hYiIWVlpFzEC&pg=PA429|page=429|first=Andrew|last=Sanger|title=The Contemporary Law of Blockade and the Gaza Freedom Flotilla|journal=Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law 2010|volume=13|editor=M.N. Schmitt |editor2=Louise Arimatsu |editor3=Tim McCormack|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|date=2011|isbn=978-90-6704-811-8|quote=It is this direct external control over Gaza and indirect control over life within Gaza that has led the United Nations, the UN General Assembly, the UN Fact Finding Mission to Gaza, International human rights organisations, US Government websites, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office and a significant number of legal commentators, to reject the argument that Gaza is no longer occupied.|doi=10.1007/978-90-6704-811-8_14|series=Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law}}<br />* {{Cite book|title=International Law and the Classification of Conflicts|editor=Elizabeth Wilmshurst|first=Iain|last=Scobbie|author-link=Iain Scobbie|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2012|isbn=978-0-19-965775-9|page=295|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GM90Xp03uuEC&pg=PA295|quote=Even after the accession to power of Hamas, Israel's claim that it no longer occupies Gaza has not been accepted by UN bodies, most States, nor the majority of academic commentators because of its exclusive control of its border with Gaza and crossing points including the effective control it exerted over the Rafah crossing until at least May 2011, its control of Gaza's maritime zones and airspace which constitute what Aronson terms the 'security envelope' around Gaza, as well as its ability to intervene forcibly at will in Gaza.}}<br />* {{Cite book|title=Prefiguring Peace: Israeli-Palestinian Peacebuilding Partnerships|first=Michelle|last= Gawerc|publisher=Lexington Books|date=2012|isbn=9780739166109|page=44|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hka8FZ4UdWUC&pg=PA44|quote= In other words, while Israel maintained that its occupation of Gaza ended with its unilateral disengagement Palestinians – as well as many human right organizations and international bodies – argued that Gaza was by all intents and purposes still occupied.}}</ref> 
Israel is not recognised as a state by [[International recognition of Israel|28 UN members]] and the [[#SADR|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]]. The [[Palestine Liberation Organization]], recognised by a majority of UN member states as the representative of the Palestinian people, [[Israel–Palestine Liberation Organization letters of recognition|recognised Israel in 1993]]. 

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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Italy"></span>'''{{Flag|Italy}}'''&nbsp;– Italian Republic
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Member of the EU.{{Efn|name="EU"}} [[Italy]] has 5 autonomous regions, [[Aosta Valley]], [[Friuli-Venezia Giulia]], [[Sardinia]], [[Sicily]] and [[Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol]].{{Efn|name="autonomous"}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Ivory Coast"></span>'''{{Flag|Ivory Coast}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Côte d'Ivoire{{Efn|The government of Ivory Coast uses "Côte d'Ivoire" as the official English name of the country.}}
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Jamaica"></span>'''{{Flag|Jamaica}}'''
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Jamaica is a [[Commonwealth realm]].{{Efn|name="realm"}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Japan"></span>'''{{Flag|Japan}}'''
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-

|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Jordan"></span>'''{{Flag|Jordan}}'''&nbsp;– Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Kazakhstan"></span>'''{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Kazakhstan
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Kenya"></span>'''{{Flag|Kenya}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Kenya
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Kiribati"></span>'''{{Flag|Kiribati}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Kiribati
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Korea North"></span>'''{{Flag|North Korea|name=Korea, North}}'''&nbsp;– Democratic People's Republic of Korea
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
| style="background:#fcc;" |{{Claimedby|SKOREA}}
{{Extent}}North Korea is not recognised by three UN members, [[#France|France]], [[#Japan|Japan]], and [[#Korea South|South Korea]], the last of which claims to be the sole legitimate government of [[Korea]].<ref>{{Cite web
 |url          = http://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~worldjpn/documents/texts/docs/19650622.T1E.html
 |title        = Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea
 |access-date   = 27 October 2008
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090313123054/http://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~worldjpn/documents/texts/docs/19650622.T1E.html
 |archive-date = 13 March 2009
 |url-status   = live
 |df           = dmy-all
}}</ref>
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Korea South"></span>'''{{Flag|South Korea|name=Korea, South}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Korea
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
| style="background:#fcc;" |{{Claimedby|NKOREA}}
{{Extent}}South Korea has one autonomous region, [[Jeju Island|Jejudo]].{{Efn|name="autonomous"}}<ref>{{Cite web|author=Keun Min|title=Greetings|publisher=Jeju Special Self-Governing Province|url=http://english.jeju.go.kr/contents/index.php?mid=02|access-date=10 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502123553/http://english.jeju.go.kr/contents/index.php?mid=02|archive-date=2 May 2013|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
South Korea is not recognised by [[#Korea North|North Korea]], which claims to be the sole legitimate government of [[Korea]].
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|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''Kosovo → [[#Kosovo|See Kosovo listing]]''
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Kuwait"></span>'''{{Flag|Kuwait}}'''&nbsp;– State of Kuwait
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Kyrgyzstan"></span>'''{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}'''&nbsp;– Kyrgyz Republic
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Laos"></span>'''{{Flag|Laos}}'''&nbsp;– Lao People's Democratic Republic
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Latvia"></span>'''{{Flag|Latvia}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Latvia
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Member of the EU.{{Efn|name="EU"}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Lebanon"></span>'''{{Flag|Lebanon}}'''&nbsp;– Lebanese Republic
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Lesotho"></span>'''{{Flag|Lesotho}}'''&nbsp;– Kingdom of Lesotho
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Liberia"></span>'''{{Flag|Liberia}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Liberia
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Libya"></span>'''{{Flag|Libya}}'''&nbsp;– State of Libya
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Liechtenstein"></span>'''{{Flag|Liechtenstein}}'''&nbsp;– Principality of Liechtenstein
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Lithuania"></span>'''{{Flag|Lithuania}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Lithuania
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Member of the EU.{{Efn|name="EU"}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Luxembourg"></span>'''{{Flag|Luxembourg}}'''&nbsp;– Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Member of the EU.{{Efn|name="EU"}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''Macedonia → [[#North Macedonia|See North Macedonia listing]]''
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Madagascar"></span>'''{{Flag|Madagascar}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Madagascar
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Malawi"></span>'''{{Flag|Malawi}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Malawi
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Malaysia"></span>'''{{Flag|Malaysia}}'''&nbsp;
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Malaysia is a [[federation]] of [[States and federal territories of Malaysia|13 states and three federal territories]].
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Maldives"></span>'''{{Flag|Maldives}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Maldives
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Mali"></span>'''{{Flag|Mali}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Mali
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Malta"></span>'''{{Flag|Malta}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Malta
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Member of the EU.{{Efn|name="EU"}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Marshall Islands"></span>'''{{Flag|Marshall Islands}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of the Marshall Islands
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Under [[Compact of Free Association]] with the [[#United States|United States]].
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Mauritania"></span>'''{{Flag|Mauritania}}'''&nbsp;– Islamic Republic of Mauritania
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Mauritius"></span>'''{{Flag|Mauritius}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Mauritius
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Mauritius has an autonomous island, [[Rodrigues]].{{Efn|name="autonomous"}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Mexico"></span>'''{{Flag|Mexico}}'''&nbsp;– United Mexican States
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Mexico is a [[federation]] of [[Political divisions of Mexico|31 states and one autonomous city]].
The [[Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities]] have de facto autonomy.
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Micronesia"></span>'''{{Flag|Federated States of Micronesia|name=Micronesia, Federated States of}}'''
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Under [[Compact of Free Association]] with the [[#United States|United States]]. The Federated States of Micronesia is a [[federation]] of [[Administrative divisions of the Federated States of Micronesia|four states]].
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Moldova"></span>'''{{Flag|Moldova}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Moldova
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Moldova has the [[Autonomous territorial unit|autonomous regions]] of [[Gagauzia]] and the [[Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester|Left Bank of the Dniester]]. The latter and a city [[Bender, Moldova|Bender]] (Tighina), is under the de facto control of [[#Transnistria|Transnistria]].
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Monaco"></span>'''{{Flag|Monaco}}'''&nbsp;– Principality of Monaco
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Mongolia"></span>'''{{Flag|Mongolia}}'''
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Montenegro"></span>'''{{Flag|Montenegro}}'''
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Morocco"></span>'''{{Flag|Morocco}}'''&nbsp;– Kingdom of Morocco
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Part of the Moroccan-claimed [[Western Sahara]] is controlled by the partially recognised [[#SADR|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]].
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Mozambique"></span>'''{{Flag|Mozambique}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Mozambique
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Myanmar"></span>'''{{Flag|Myanmar}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of the Union of Myanmar{{Efn|The country's official name of Myanmar, adopted in 1989, has been mixed and controversial, with the former name Burma still being used in many cases. See [[Names of Myanmar]].}}
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}[[Wa State]] is a de facto autonomous state within Myanmar. The United Nations has not recognized the {{Lang|la|de facto}} ruling government of Myanmar, the [[State Administration Council]].<ref name="UN_Seats_Denied" /> <!--France has only begun the process of recognizing the NUG by passing a bill in the Senate-->
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''Nagorno-Karabakh → [[#Artsakh|See Artsakh listing]]''
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Namibia"></span>'''{{Flag|Namibia}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Namibia
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Nauru"></span>'''{{Flag|Nauru}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Nauru
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Nepal"></span>'''{{Flag|Nepal}}'''&nbsp;– Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Nepal is a [[federation]] composed of [[Provinces of Nepal|7 provinces]].
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Netherlands"></span>'''{{Flag|Kingdom of the Netherlands|name=Netherlands}}'''&nbsp;– Kingdom of the Netherlands
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Member of the EU.{{Efn|name="EU"}} The [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]] includes four areas with substantial autonomy:

* {{Flag|Aruba}}
* {{Flag|Curaçao}}
* {{Flag|Netherlands}}
* {{Flag|Sint Maarten}}

Metropolitan Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten form the four constituent countries of the Kingdom. Three overseas parts of the Netherlands ([[Bonaire]], [[Saba (island)|Saba]] and [[Sint Eustatius]]) are [[Caribbean Netherlands|special municipalities]] of metropolitan Netherlands.{{Efn|The designation "Netherlands" can refer either to metropolitan [[Netherlands]] or to the entire [[Kingdom of the Netherlands|Kingdom]] (e.g. in international organizations).}} The Kingdom of the Netherlands as a whole is a member of the EU, but EU law only wholly applies to parts within Europe.
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="New Zealand"></span>'''{{Flag|New Zealand}}'''
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}New Zealand is a [[Commonwealth realm]],{{Efn|name="realm"}} and has one dependent territory and one [[Territorial claims in Antarctica|claimed]] Antarctic dependent territory:

* {{Flag|Tokelau}}
* ''{{Noflag|[[Ross Dependency]]}}''

The [[New Zealand Government]] acts for the entire [[Realm of New Zealand]] in all international contexts, which has responsibilities for (but no rights of control over) two freely [[associated state]]s:

* {{Flag|Cook Islands}}
* {{Flag|Niue}}

The Cook Islands and Niue have diplomatic relations with {{Numrel|CK|alt2= |}} and {{Numrel|Niue|alt2= |}} UN members respectively.<ref>{{Cite web
 |author       = Federal Foreign Office of Germany
 |title        = Beziehungen zu Deutschland
 |publisher    = Government of Germany
 |date         = November 2009
 |url          = http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/diplo/de/Laenderinformationen/Cookinseln/Bilateral.html
 |access-date   = 16 July 2010
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20100723070259/http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/diplo/de/Laenderinformationen/Cookinseln/Bilateral.html
 |archive-date = 23 July 2010
 |url-status   = live
 |df           = dmy-all
}} For more information, see [[Foreign relations of the Cook Islands]].</ref><ref>{{Cite web
 |author=Republic of Nauru Permanent Mission to the United Nations
 |title=Foreign Affairs
 |publisher=United Nations
 |url=http://www.un.int/nauru/foreignaffairs.html
 |access-date=16 July 2010
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004083335/http://www.un.int/nauru/foreignaffairs.html
 |archive-date=4 October 2014
}}</ref> They have full treaty-making capacity in the UN,<ref name="untreaty1">{{Cite web |url=http://untreaty.un.org/cod/repertory/art102/english/rep_supp8_vol6-art102_e_advance.pdf |title=Article 102, Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs, Supplement No. 8, Volume VI (1989–1994) |website=untreaty.un.org |access-date=15 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403031600/http://untreaty.un.org/cod/repertory/art102/english/rep_supp8_vol6-art102_e_advance.pdf |archive-date=3 April 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> and are members of some [[List of specialized agencies of the United Nations|UN specialized agencies]].
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Nicaragua"></span>'''{{Flag|Nicaragua}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Nicaragua
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Nicaragua contains two autonomous regions, [[Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur|Atlántico Sur]] and [[Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte|Atlántico Norte]].{{Efn|name="autonomous"}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Niger"></span>'''{{Flag|Niger}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of the Niger
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Nigeria"></span>'''{{Flag|Nigeria}}'''&nbsp;– Federal Republic of Nigeria
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Nigeria is a [[federation]] of [[States of Nigeria|36 states and one federal territory]].
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''Niue → [[#Niue|See Niue listing]]''
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''North Korea → [[#Korea North|See Korea, North listing]]''
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="North Macedonia"></span>'''{{Flag|North Macedonia}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of North Macedonia{{Efn|Formerly known constitutionally as the "Republic of Macedonia" from 1991 to 2019 and under the international designation of "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (FYROM) from 1993 to 2019 due to the [[Macedonia naming dispute]] with [[Greece]]. Following the [[Prespa agreement]] going into effect in February 2019, the country was renamed "North Macedonia".}}
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''Northern Cyprus → [[#Northern Cyprus|See Northern Cyprus listing]]''
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Norway"></span>'''{{Flag|Norway}}'''&nbsp;– Kingdom of Norway
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Norway has two [[unincorporated area]]s in Europe:

* {{Noflag|[[Svalbard]]}} is an integral part of Norway, but has a special status due to the [[Svalbard Treaty]].
* {{Noflag|[[Jan Mayen]]}} is an uninhabited island that is an integral part of Norway, although unincorporated.

Norway has one [[Dependencies of Norway|dependent territory]] and two [[Territorial claims in Antarctica|claimed]] Antarctic dependent territories in the [[Southern Hemisphere]]:

* {{Noflag|[[Bouvet Island]]}}
* ''{{Noflag|[[Peter I Island]]}}''
* ''{{Noflag|[[Queen Maud Land]]}}''
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Oman"></span>'''{{Flag|Oman}}'''&nbsp;– Sultanate of Oman
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Pakistan"></span>'''{{Flag|Pakistan}}'''&nbsp;– Islamic Republic of Pakistan
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Pakistan is a [[federation]] of [[Subdivisions of Pakistan|four provinces and one capital territory]]. Pakistan exercises control over certain portions of [[Kashmir]], but has not officially annexed any of it,<ref>Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 1.</ref><ref>{{Cite news
 |author       = Aslam, Tasnim
 |title        = Pakistan Does Not Claim Kashmir As An Integral Part...
 |url          = http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?233374
 |newspaper    = Outlook India
 |publisher    = The Outlook Group
 |date         = 11 December 2006
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20111213213928/http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?233374
 |archive-date = 13 December 2011
 |url-status   = live
 |df           = dmy-all
 |access-date  = 27 February 2011
}}</ref> instead regarding it as a disputed territory.<ref>{{Cite book
 | last = Williams
 | first = Kristen P.
 | title = Despite nationalist conflicts: theory and practice of maintaining world peace
 | publisher = Greenwood Publishing Group
 | year = 2001
 | pages = 154–155
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=OYmurpH3ahsC
 | isbn = 978-0-275-96934-9}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book
 | last = Pruthi
 | first = R.K.
 | title = An Encyclopaedic Survey Of Global Terrorism In 21St Century
 | publisher = Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd.
 | year = 2001
 | pages = 120–121
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=C3yDkKDbZ3YC
 | isbn = 978-81-261-1091-9}}</ref> The portions that it controls are divided into two territories, administered separately from Pakistan proper:

* {{Flag|Azad Kashmir}}
* {{Flag|Gilgit-Baltistan}}

Azad Kashmir describes itself as a "self-governing state under Pakistani control", while Gilgit-Baltistan is described in its governance order as a group of "areas" with self-government.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://home.ajk.gov.pk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&catid=14 |title=Azad Kashmir Day |access-date=2014-07-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812174212/http://home.ajk.gov.pk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&catid=14 |archive-date=12 August 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="gbtribune.files.wordpress.com">{{Cite web |url=http://gbtribune.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/self-governance-order-2009.pdf |title=To Be Published In The Next Issue Of The |access-date=28 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905063539/http://gbtribune.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/self-governance-order-2009.pdf |archive-date=5 September 2014 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="AJ&KHistory">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ajk.gov.pk/history.php|title=AJ&K History|access-date=6 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106174235/http://www.ajk.gov.pk/history.php|archive-date=6 January 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> These territories are not usually regarded as sovereign, as they do not fulfil the criteria set out by the declarative theory of statehood (for example, their current laws do not allow them to engage independently in relations with other states). Several state functions of these territories (such as foreign affairs and defence) are performed by Pakistan.<ref name="gbtribune.files.wordpress.com"/><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z-aRAwAAQBAJ&q=azad+kashmir+gilgit+baltistan&pg=PA1100|title=Political Handbook of the World 2014|access-date=5 October 2014|isbn=9781483333281|last1=Lansford|first1=Tom|date=2014-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ajkassembly.gok.pk/AJK_Interim_Constitution_Act_1974.pdf# |title=The Azad Jammu And Kashmir Interim Constitution Act, 1974 |format=PDF |access-date=28 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013171853/http://www.ajkassembly.gok.pk/AJK_Interim_Constitution_Act_1974.pdf |archive-date=13 October 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Palau"></span>'''{{Flag|Palau}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Palau
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Under [[Compact of Free Association]] with the [[#United States|United States]].
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Palestine"></span>'''{{Flag|Palestine}}'''&nbsp;– State of Palestine
| style="background:#ddf;" |<span style="display:none">A</span> [[United Nations General Assembly observers#Present non-member observers|UN General Assembly observer state]]; member of two [[List of specialized agencies of the United Nations|UN specialized agencies]]<!-- {{cn|date=April 2021}} -- it appears that the convention on this page is to keep details and citations to the last column, which is where the details and citations for this claim can be found -->
| style="background:#fcc;" | [[International recognition of the State of Palestine|Partially unrecognised]].
{{Extent}}The State of Palestine, declared in 1988, is not recognised as a state by Israel but has received diplomatic recognition from {{Numrec|Palestine}} states.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Palestine Liberation Organization|title=Road For Palestinian Statehood: Recognition and Admission|url=http://www.nad-plo.org/etemplate.php?id=5|publisher=Negotiations Affairs Department|access-date=28 July 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818214013/http://www.nad-plo.org/etemplate.php?id=5|archive-date=18 August 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The proclaimed state has no agreed territorial borders, or effective control over much of the territory that it proclaimed.<ref>See the following on statehood criteria:
* {{Cite web|author=Mendes, Errol|title=Statehood and Palestine for the purposes of Article 12 (3) of the ICC Statute|url=http://uclalawforum.com/media/background/gaza/2010-03-30_Mendes-Memo.pdf|pages=28, 33|date=30 March 2010|access-date=17 April 2011|postscript=:|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831190057/http://uclalawforum.com/media/background/gaza/2010-03-30_Mendes-Memo.pdf|archive-date=31 August 2011|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}} "...the Palestinian State also meets the traditional criteria under the Montevideo Convention..."; "...the fact that a majority of states have recognised Palestine as a State should easily fulfil the requisite state practice".
* {{Cite journal|author=McKinney, Kathryn M.|title=The Legal Effects of the Israeli-PLO Declaration ofPrinciples: Steps Toward Statehood for Palestine|url=http://lawpublications.seattleu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1438&context=sulr&sei-redir=1#search=%22palestine+%22constitutive+theory%22+statehood%22|journal=Seattle University Law Review|volume=18|issue=93|year=1994|page=97|publisher=Seattle University|access-date=17 April 2011|postscript=:|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722063030/http://lawpublications.seattleu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1438&context=sulr&sei-redir=1#search=%22palestine+%22constitutive+theory%22+statehood%22|archive-date=22 July 2011|df=dmy-all}} "It is possible, however, to argue for Palestinian statehood based on the constitutive theory".
* {{Cite journal|author=McDonald, Avril|title=Operation Cast Lead: Drawing the Battle Lines of the Legal Dispute|url=https://litigation-essentials.lexisnexis.com/webcd/app?action=DocumentDisplay&crawlid=1&doctype=cite&docid=16+Hum.+Rts.+Br.+25&srctype=smi&srcid=3B15&key=74ccae52ba220673512e7784449388f0|journal=Human Rights Brief|volume=25|date=Spring 2009|publisher=Washington College of Law, Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law|access-date=17 April 2011|postscript=:|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329201731/https://litigation-essentials.lexisnexis.com/webcd/app?action=DocumentDisplay&crawlid=1&doctype=cite&docid=16+Hum.+Rts.+Br.+25&srctype=smi&srcid=3B15&key=74ccae52ba220673512e7784449388f0|archive-date=29 March 2012|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}} "Whether one applies the criteria of statehood set out in the Montevideo Convention or the more widely accepted constitutive theory of statehood, Palestine might be considered a state."</ref> The [[Palestinian National Authority]] is an interim administrative body formed as a result of the [[Oslo Accords]] that exercises limited autonomous jurisdiction within the [[Palestinian territories]]. In foreign relations, Palestine is represented by the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]].<ref name="unnms"/> The State of Palestine is a member state of UNESCO,<ref>{{Cite web|author=United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|title=Arab States: Palestine|url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/worldwide/arab-states/palestine/|publisher=United Nations|access-date=3 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104131813/http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/worldwide/arab-states/palestine/|archive-date=4 January 2012|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> UNIDO and other international organizations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Palestinians: Background and U.S. Relations|url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL34074.pdf|pages=40–41|date=18 March 2021}}</ref>
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Panama"></span>'''{{Flag|Panama}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Panama
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Papua New Guinea"></span>'''{{Flag|Papua New Guinea}}'''&nbsp;– Independent State of Papua New Guinea
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Papua New Guinea is a [[Commonwealth realm]]{{Efn|name="realm"}} with one autonomous region, [[Autonomous Region of Bougainville|Bougainville]].{{Efn|name="autonomous"}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Paraguay"></span>'''{{Flag|Paraguay}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Paraguay
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Peru"></span>'''{{Flag|Peru}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Peru
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Philippines"></span>'''{{Flag|Philippines}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of the Philippines
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}The Philippines contains one autonomous region, [[Bangsamoro]].{{Efn|name="autonomous"}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Poland"></span>'''{{Flag|Poland}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Poland
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Member of the EU.{{Efn|name="EU"}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Portugal"></span>'''{{Flag|Portugal}}'''&nbsp;– Portuguese Republic
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Member of the EU.{{Efn|name="EU"}} Portugal contains two autonomous regions, [[Azores|the Azores]] and [[Madeira]].{{Efn|name="autonomous"}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''Pridnestrovie → [[#Transnistria|See Transnistria listing]]''
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Qatar"></span>'''{{Flag|Qatar}}'''&nbsp;– State of Qatar
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''Republic of Korea → [[#Korea South|See Korea, South listing]]''
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|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''Republic of the Congo → [[#Congo, Republic of the|See Congo, Republic of the listing]]''
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Romania"></span>'''{{Flag|Romania}}'''
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Member of the EU.{{Efn|name="EU"}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Russia"></span>'''{{Flag|Russia}}'''&nbsp;– Russian Federation
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Russia is a [[federation]] of 83&nbsp; internationally recognised [[Federal subjects of Russia|federal subjects]] (republics, oblasts, krais, autonomous okrugs, federal cities, and an autonomous oblast). Several of the federal subjects are ethnic republics.{{Efn|name="autonomous"}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Rwanda"></span>'''{{Flag|Rwanda}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Rwanda
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic → [[#SADR|See Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic listing]]''
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Saint Kitts and Nevis"></span>'''{{Flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}'''&nbsp;– Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Saint Kitts and Nevis is a [[Commonwealth realm]]{{Efn|name="realm"}} and is a [[federation]]{{Efn|name="federal"}} of two islands, [[St. Kitts]] and [[Nevis]].
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Saint Lucia"></span>'''{{Flag|Saint Lucia}}'''
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Saint Lucia is a [[Commonwealth realm]].{{Efn|name="realm"}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"></span>'''{{Flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}'''
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a [[Commonwealth realm]].{{Efn|name="realm"}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Samoa"></span>'''{{Flag|Samoa}}'''&nbsp;– Independent State of Samoa
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="San Marino"></span>'''{{Flag|San Marino}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of San Marino
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="São Tomé and Príncipe"></span>'''{{Flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}}'''&nbsp;– Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}São Tomé and Príncipe contains one autonomous province, [[Príncipe]].{{Efn|name="autonomous"}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Saudi Arabia"></span>'''{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}'''&nbsp;– Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Senegal"></span>'''{{Flag|Senegal}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Senegal
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Serbia"></span>'''{{Flag|Serbia}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Serbia
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Serbia contains two autonomous regions, [[Vojvodina]] and [[Kosovo and Metohija]].{{Efn|name="autonomous"}} The latter is under the de facto control of [[#Kosovo|Kosovo]].
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Seychelles"></span>'''{{Flag|Seychelles}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Seychelles
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Sierra Leone"></span>'''{{Flag|Sierra Leone}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Sierra Leone
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Singapore"></span>'''{{Flag|Singapore}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Singapore
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Slovakia"></span>'''{{Flag|Slovakia}}'''&nbsp;– Slovak Republic
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Member of the EU.{{Efn|name="EU"}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Slovenia"></span>'''{{Flag|Slovenia}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Slovenia
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Member of the EU.{{Efn|name="EU"}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Solomon Islands"></span>'''{{Flag|Solomon Islands}}'''
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Solomon Islands is a [[Commonwealth realm]].{{Efn|name="realm"}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Somalia"></span>'''{{Flag|Somalia}}'''&nbsp;– Federal Republic of Somalia
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Somalia is a federation of [[States and regions of Somalia|six states]]. Two, [[Puntland]] and [[Galmudug]], have self-declared autonomy, while one, [[#Somaliland|Somaliland]], is de facto independent.
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|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''Somaliland → [[#Somaliland|See Somaliland listing]]''
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="South Africa"></span>'''{{Flag|South Africa}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of South Africa
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''South Korea → [[#Korea South|See Korea, South listing]]''
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|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''South Ossetia → [[#South Ossetia|See South Ossetia listing]]''
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="South Sudan"></span>'''{{Flag|South Sudan}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of South Sudan
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}South Sudan is a [[federation]] of [[States of South Sudan|10 states and three administrative areas]].

* The [[Abyei|Abyei Area]] is a zone with "special administrative status" established by the [[Comprehensive Peace Agreement]] in 2005. It is ''de jure'' a condominium of South Sudan and Sudan, but de facto administered by two competing administrations and the United Nations.<ref name=UNISFA2017>{{Cite web|url=https://unisfa.unmissions.org/statement-unisfa-recent-spate-attacks-abyei|title=Statement from UNISFA on the recent spate of attacks in Abyei|website=UNmissions.org|date=18 October 2017|access-date=12 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213022254/https://unisfa.unmissions.org/statement-unisfa-recent-spate-attacks-abyei|archive-date=13 February 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=AbyeiName>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/ArticleView/mid/519/articleId/17103/Abyei-Administration-Area-Changes-Name.aspx|title=Abyei Administration Area Changes Name|website=Gurtong.net|date=29 July 2015|access-date=12 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213022037/http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/ArticleView/mid/519/articleId/17103/Abyei-Administration-Area-Changes-Name.aspx|archive-date=13 February 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Spain"></span>'''{{Flag|Spain}}'''&nbsp;– Kingdom of Spain
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Member of the EU.{{Efn|name="EU"}} Spain is divided into [[Autonomous communities of Spain|17 autonomous communities and two special autonomous cities]].{{Efn|name="autonomous"}}{{Efn|name="Plazas"|Spain holds several small overseas territories scattered along the Mediterranean coast bordering [[Morocco]], known as the [[plazas de soberanía]].}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Sri Lanka"></span>'''{{Flag|Sri Lanka}}'''&nbsp;– Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka{{Efn|Formerly known as [[Dominion of Ceylon|Ceylon]] until 1972.}}
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Sudan"></span>'''{{Flag|Sudan}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of the Sudan
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Sudan is a [[federation]] of [[States of Sudan|18 states]].

* The [[Abyei|Abyei Area]] is a zone with "special administrative status" established by the [[Comprehensive Peace Agreement]] in 2005. It is ''de jure'' a condominium of South Sudan and Sudan, but de facto administered by two competing administrations and the United Nations.<ref name=UNISFA2017/><ref name=AbyeiName/>
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|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''Sudan, South → [[#South Sudan|See South Sudan listing]]''
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Suriname"></span>'''{{Flag|Suriname}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Suriname
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''Swaziland → [[#Eswatini|See Eswatini listing]]''
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Sweden"></span>'''{{Flag|Sweden}}'''&nbsp;– Kingdom of Sweden
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Member of the EU.{{Efn|name="EU"}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Switzerland"></span>'''{{Flag|Switzerland}}'''&nbsp;– Swiss Confederation
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Switzerland is a [[federation]] of [[Cantons of Switzerland|26 cantons]].
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Syria"></span>'''{{Flag|Syria}}'''&nbsp;– Syrian Arab Republic
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}The [[National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces|Syrian National Coalition]], which is [[International recognition of the Syrian National Coalition|recognised]] as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people by 20 UN members, has established an [[Syrian Interim Government|interim government]] to rule rebel controlled territory during the [[Syrian civil war]].
Syria has one self-declared autonomous region: [[Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria|Rojava]].
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|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''Taiwan (Republic of China) → [[#Taiwan|See Taiwan listing]]''
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Tajikistan"></span>'''{{Flag|Tajikistan}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Tajikistan
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Tajikistan contains one autonomous region, [[Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province]].{{Efn|name="autonomous"}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Tanzania"></span>'''{{Flag|Tanzania}}'''&nbsp;– United Republic of Tanzania
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Tanzania contains one autonomous region, [[Zanzibar]].{{Efn|name="autonomous"}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Thailand"></span>'''{{Flag|Thailand}}'''&nbsp;– Kingdom of Thailand
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''The Bahamas → [[#Bahamas|See Bahamas, The listing]]''
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|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''The Gambia → [[#Gambia|See Gambia, The listing]]''
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|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''Timor-Leste → [[#East Timor|See East Timor listing]]''
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Togo"></span>'''{{Flag|Togo}}'''&nbsp;– Togolese Republic
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Tonga"></span>'''{{Flag|Tonga}}'''&nbsp;– Kingdom of Tonga
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''Transnistria → [[#Transnistria|See Transnistria listing]]''
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Trinidad and Tobago"></span>'''{{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Trinidad and Tobago contains one autonomous region, [[Tobago]].{{Efn|name="autonomous"}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Tunisia"></span>'''{{Flag|Tunisia}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Tunisia
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Turkey"></span>'''{{Flag|Turkey}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Türkiye
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Turkmenistan"></span>'''{{Flag|Turkmenistan}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Turkmenistan
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Tuvalu"></span>'''{{Flag|Tuvalu}}'''
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Tuvalu is a [[Commonwealth realm]].{{Efn|name="realm"}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Uganda"></span>'''{{Flag|Uganda}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Uganda
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Ukraine"></span>'''{{Flag|Ukraine}}'''
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Ukraine contains one autonomous region, the [[Autonomous Republic of Crimea]],{{Efn|name="autonomous"}} which is under the control of [[#Russia|Russia]]. Five other areas of Ukraine are under full or partial Russian control, including [[Donetsk Oblast|Donetsk]], [[Kherson Oblast|Kherson]], [[Luhansk Oblast|Luhansk]], [[Sevastopol]], and [[Zaporizhzhia Oblast|Zaporizhzhia]].
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="United Arab Emirates"></span>'''{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}'''
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}The United Arab Emirates is a [[federation]] of [[Emirates of the United Arab Emirates|seven emirates]].
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="United Kingdom"></span>'''{{Flag|United Kingdom}}'''&nbsp;– United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}The United Kingdom is a [[Commonwealth realm]]{{Efn|name="realm"||group=}} consisting of [[Countries of the United Kingdom|four constituent countries]]; [[England]], [[Northern Ireland]], [[Scotland]], and [[Wales]]. The United Kingdom has the following 13 [[British Overseas Territories|overseas territories]] and one [[Territorial claims in Antarctica|claimed]] Antarctic dependent territory:

* {{Noflag|[[Akrotiri and Dhekelia]]}}
* {{Flag|Anguilla}}
* {{Flag|Bermuda}}
* {{Flag|British Indian Ocean Territory}}
* {{Flag|British Virgin Islands}}
* {{Flag|Cayman Islands}}
* {{Flag|Falkland Islands}}
* {{Flag|Gibraltar}}
* {{Flag|Montserrat}}
* {{Flag|Pitcairn Islands}}
* {{Noflag|[[Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]]}}
* {{Flag|South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands}}
* {{Flag|Turks and Caicos Islands}}
* ''{{Flag|British Antarctic Territory}}''

The [[The Crown|British monarch]] also has direct sovereignty over three self-governing [[Crown Dependencies]]:

* {{Flag|Bailiwick of Guernsey|name=Guernsey}}
* {{Flag|Isle of Man}}
* {{Flag|Jersey}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="United States"></span>'''{{Flag|United States}}'''&nbsp;– United States of America
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}The United States is a [[federation]] of [[Political divisions of the United States#States and their subdivisions|50 states]], one [[Washington, D.C.|federal district]], and one [[Palmyra Atoll|incorporated territory]]. Additionally, the [[Federal government of the United States]] has sovereignty over 13 [[unincorporated territories]]. Of these territories, the following five are inhabited possessions:

* {{Flag|American Samoa}}
* {{Flag|Guam}}
* {{Flag|Northern Mariana Islands}}
* {{Flag|Puerto Rico}}
* {{Flag|U.S. Virgin Islands}}

It also has sovereignty over several uninhabited territories:

* [[Baker Island]]
* [[Howland Island]]
* [[Jarvis Island]]
* [[Johnston Atoll]]
* [[Kingman Reef]]
* [[Midway Atoll]]
* [[Navassa Island]]
* [[Wake Island]]

It also disputes sovereignty over the following two territories:

* ''[[Bajo Nuevo Bank]]''
* ''[[Serranilla Bank]]''

Three sovereign states have become [[associated state]]s of the United States under the [[Compact of Free Association]]:

* {{Flag|Marshall Islands}} – Republic of the Marshall Islands
* {{Flag|Federated States of Micronesia|name=Micronesia}} – Federated States of Micronesia
* {{Flag|Palau}} – Republic of Palau
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Uruguay"></span>'''{{Flag|Uruguay}}'''&nbsp;– Oriental Republic of Uruguay
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Uzbekistan"></span>'''{{Flag|Uzbekistan}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Uzbekistan
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Uzbekistan contains one autonomous region, [[Karakalpakstan]].{{Efn|name="autonomous"}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Vanuatu"></span>'''{{Flag|Vanuatu}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Vanuatu
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Vatican City"></span>'''{{Flag|Vatican City}}'''&nbsp;– Vatican City State
| style="background:#ddf;" |<span style="display:none">A</span> [[United Nations General Assembly observers#Present non-member observers|UN General Assembly observer state]] under the designation of "[[Holy See]]"; member of three [[List of specialized agencies of the United Nations|UN specialized agencies]]
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Administered by the [[Holy See]], a sovereign entity with diplomatic relations to {{Numrec|Holy See|N=3||states}}. This figure consists of {{Numrec|Holy See|link=N}} UN member states, the Cook Islands, the Republic of China (Taiwan), and the State of Palestine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/documents/rc_seg-st_20010123_holy-see-relations_en.html|title=Bilateral relations of the Holy See|publisher=Holy See website|access-date=5 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709142833/https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/documents/rc_seg-st_20010123_holy-see-relations_en.html|archive-date=9 July 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In addition, the European Union and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta maintain diplomatic relations with the Holy See. The Holy See is a member of three [[List of specialized agencies of the United Nations|UN specialized agencies]] ([[International Telecommunication Union|ITU]], [[Universal Postal Union|UPU]], and [[World Intellectual Property Organization|WIPO]]) and the [[International Atomic Energy Agency|IAEA]], as well as being a permanent observer of the UN (in the category of "Non-member State")<ref name="unnms">{{Cite web|title=Non-member States and Entities |url=https://www.un.org/en/members/nonmembers.shtml |publisher=United Nations |access-date=30 August 2010 |date=29 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509204646/http://www.un.org/en/members/nonmembers.shtml |archive-date=9 May 2009 }}</ref> and [[Foreign relations of the Holy See#Participation in international organizations|multiple other UN System organizations]]. The Vatican City is governed by officials appointed by the [[Pope]], who is the Bishop of the Diocese of Rome and ''[[Ex officio member|ex officio]]'' sovereign of Vatican City.
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Venezuela"></span>'''{{Flag|Venezuela}}'''&nbsp;– Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}Venezuela is a [[federation]] of [[States of Venezuela|23 states]], [[Administrative divisions of Venezuela|one capital district, and federal dependencies]].
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Vietnam"></span>'''{{Flag|Vietnam}}'''&nbsp;– Socialist Republic of Vietnam
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"colspan="4"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>''Western Sahara → [[#SADR|See Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic listing]]''
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Yemen"></span>'''{{Flag|Yemen}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Yemen
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Zambia"></span>'''{{Flag|Zambia}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Zambia
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Zimbabwe"></span>'''{{Flag|Zimbabwe}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Zimbabwe
|<span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None
{{Extent}}
|- style="background:Lightgrey;"
|style="text-align:center;"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>↑ [[Member states of the United Nations|UN member states]] and [[United Nations General Assembly observers#Present non-member observers|General Assembly observer states]] ↑
|<span style="display:none">A ZZZ</span>
|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>
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|- style="background:Darkgrey;"
|style="text-align:center;"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>
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|<span style="display:none">B</span>
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|- style="background:Lightgrey;"
|style="text-align:center;"|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>↓ Other states ↓
|<span style="display:none">D AAA</span>
|<span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>
|{{Anchor|Other states}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Abkhazia"></span>'''{{Flag|Abkhazia}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Abkhazia
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" |<span style="display:none">D</span> No membership
| style="background:#fcc;" |{{Claimedby|GEORGIA}}
{{Extent}}[[International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia|Recognised by]] Russia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Syria, Venezuela, Artsakh, South Ossetia and Transnistria.<ref name=ASOTREC>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsru.com/russia/17nov2006/aup.html|date=17 November 2006|access-date=5 June 2011|script-title=ru:Абхазия, Южная Осетия и Приднестровье признали независимость друг друга и призвали всех к этому же|publisher=newsru.com|language=ru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416050525/http://www.newsru.com/russia/17nov2006/aup.html|archive-date=16 April 2009|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Claimed in whole by [[#Georgia|Georgia]] as the [[Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia|Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia]].
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Artsakh"></span>'''{{Flag|Republic of Artsakh|name=Artsakh}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Artsakh{{Efn|Formerly known as the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, its official name from 1991 to 2017}}
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" |<span style="display:none">D</span> No membership
| style="background:#fcc;" |{{Claimedby|AZERBAIJAN}}
{{Extent}}A de facto independent state,<ref name=montevideo/><ref>{{Cite book|author=Krüger, Heiko|title=The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: A Legal Analysis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7JDCQu-Us8sC&pg=PA55|page=55|publisher=Springer|year=2010|isbn=978-3-642-11787-9}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=Nikoghosyan, Hovhannes|title=Kosovo ruling implications for Armenia and Azerbaijan|url=http://www.huliq.com/1/803-kosovo-ruling-implications-armenia-and-azerbaijan|newspaper=HULIQ.com|publisher=Hareyan Publishing, LLC|date=August 2010|access-date=17 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123044441/http://www.huliq.com/1/803-kosovo-ruling-implications-armenia-and-azerbaijan|archive-date=23 November 2011|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Foreign relations of Artsakh|recognised only by]] [[Abkhazia]],<ref name="NKRrecognition">[http://ararat-online.ru/news/984-2025-vice-spiker-parlamenta-abxazii-vybory-v-nkr-sootvetstvuyut-vsem-mezhdunarodnym-standartam.html Вице-спикер парламента Абхазии: Выборы в НКР соответствуют всем международным стандартам] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811164310/http://ararat-online.ru/news/984-2025-vice-spiker-parlamenta-abxazii-vybory-v-nkr-sootvetstvuyut-vsem-mezhdunarodnym-standartam.html |date=11 August 2011 }}: "Абхазия, Южная Осетия, НКР и Приднестровье уже давно признали независимость друг друга и очень тесно сотрудничают между собой", – сказал вице-спикер парламента Абхазии. ... "...Абхазия признала независимость Нагорно-Карабахской Республики..." – сказал он."</ref> [[South Ossetia]]<ref name="NKRrecognition"/> and [[Transnistria]].<ref name="NKRrecognition"/><ref name="transgovt">{{Cite web|url=http://pridnestrovie.net/foreignpolicy_full.html |title=In detail: The foreign policy of Pridnestrovie |publisher=Pridnestrovie |date=26 May 2010 |access-date=29 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511144044/http://pridnestrovie.net/foreignpolicy_full.html |archive-date=11 May 2008 }}</ref> Claimed in whole by [[#Azerbaijan|Azerbaijan]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/3658938.stm Regions and territories: Nagorno-Karabakh] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823113424/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/3658938.stm |date=23 August 2007 }} (17 January 2006). BBC News. Retrieved 17 January 2006.</ref>
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Cook Islands"></span>'''{{Flag|Cook Islands}}'''
| style="background:#e2efda;" |<span style="display:none">D</span> Member of eight [[List of specialized agencies of the United Nations|UN specialized agencies]]
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None<br /><small>(See [[Political status of the Cook Islands and Niue|political status]])</small>
{{Extent}}A state in [[Associated state|free association]] with [[#New Zealand|New Zealand]], {{Numrel|CK|alt2=the Cook Islands maintains |diplomatic relations with|other states|O=Y}}. The Cook Islands is a member of [[List of specialized agencies of the United Nations|multiple UN agencies]] with full treaty making capacity.<ref name="untreaty1"/> It shares a [[Monarchy of New Zealand|head of state]] with New Zealand as well as having [[New Zealand nationality law|shared citizenship]].
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Kosovo"></span>'''{{Flag|Kosovo}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Kosovo
| style="background:#e2efda;" |<span style="display:none">D</span> Member of two [[List of specialized agencies of the United Nations|UN specialized agencies]]
| style="background:#fcc;" |{{Claimedby|SERBIA}}
{{Extent}}Pursuant to [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244]], Kosovo was placed under the administration of the [[United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo]] in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|title=United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo|url=https://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/missions/unmik/|website=UN|access-date=8 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225015010/http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/missions/unmik/|archive-date=25 December 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Kosovo [[2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|declared independence in 2008]], and it has {{Numrec|Kosovo|received diplomatic recognition from|UN member states}} and the [[Republic of China]], while 18 states have recognized Kosovo only to later withdraw their recognition.<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.rs/sr/index.php/pres-servis/saopstenja/22340--18-k-sl03032020?lang=lat ''"Sijera Leone je 18. država koja je povukla priznanje tzv. Kosova"'' − http://www.mfa.gov.rs/]</ref> Serbia continues to maintain its sovereignty claim over Kosovo. Other UN member states and non UN member states continue to recognise Serbian sovereignty or have taken no position on the question. Kosovo is a member of the [[International Monetary Fund]] and the [[World Bank Group]]. The Republic of Kosovo has de facto control over most of the territory, with limited control in [[North Kosovo]].
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Niue"></span>'''{{Flag|Niue}}'''
| style="background:#e2efda;"|<span style="display:none">D</span> Member of five [[List of specialized agencies of the United Nations|UN specialized agencies]]
|<span style="display:none">A</span> None<br /><small>(See [[Political status of the Cook Islands and Niue|political status]])</small>
{{Extent}}A state in [[Associated state|free association]] with [[#New Zealand|New Zealand]], {{Numrel|Niue|alt2=Niue maintains |diplomatic relations with|other states|O=Y}}. Niue is a member of [[List of specialized agencies of the United Nations|multiple UN agencies]] with full treaty making capacity.<ref name="untreaty1"/> It shares a [[Monarchy of New Zealand|head of state]] with New Zealand as well as having [[New Zealand nationality law|shared citizenship]].
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Northern Cyprus"></span>'''{{Flag|Northern Cyprus}}'''&nbsp;– Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" |<span style="display:none">D</span> No membership
| style="background:#fcc;" |{{Claimedby|CYPRUS}}
{{Extent}} [[Foreign relations of Northern Cyprus|Recognised only by]] [[#Turkey|Turkey]]. Under the name "Turkish Cypriot State", it is an observer state of the [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation]] and the [[Economic Cooperation Organization]]. Northern Cyprus is claimed in whole by the [[#Cyprus|Republic of Cyprus]].<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cyprus/ The World Factbook|Cyprus]  (10 January 2006). Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 17 January 2006.</ref>
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="SADR"></span>'''{{Flag|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}}'''
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" |<span style="display:none">D</span> No membership
| style="background:#fcc;" |{{Claimedby|MOROCCO}}
{{Extent}}Recognised at some stage by {{Numrec|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic||UN member states}}, {{Numrec|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic|W=Y|link=N}} of which have since withdrawn or frozen their recognition. It is a founding member of the [[African Union]] and the Asian–African Strategic Partnership formed at the 2005 [[Asian–African Conference]]. The territories under its control, the so-called [[Free Zone (region)|Free Zone]], are claimed in whole by [[#Morocco|Morocco]] as part of its [[Southern Provinces]]. In turn, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic claims the part of [[Western Sahara]] to the west of the [[Moroccan Western Sahara Wall|Moroccan Wall]] controlled by Morocco. Its government resides in exile in [[Tindouf]], [[#Algeria|Algeria]].
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Somaliland"></span>'''{{Flag|Somaliland}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of Somaliland
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" |<span style="display:none">D</span> No membership
| style="background:#fcc;" |{{Claimedby|SOMALIA}}
{{Extent}}A de facto independent state,<ref name=montevideo>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4PwmeRG9QsUC|last1=Ker-Lindsay|first1=James|title=The Foreign Policy of Counter Secession: Preventing the Recognition of Contested States|page=53|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2012|quote=In addition to the four cases of contested statehood described above, there are three other territories that have unilaterally declared independence and are generally regarded as having met the Montevideo criteria for statehood but have not been recognized by any states: Transnistria, Nagorny Karabakh, and Somaliland.|access-date=24 September 2013|df=dmy-all|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009041217/http://books.google.com/books?id=4PwmeRG9QsUC|archive-date=9 October 2013|url-status=live|isbn=9780199698394}}</ref><ref name=FailureofStates>{{Cite journal|url=http://minnjil.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/kreuterweb-pdf.pdf|last1=Kreuter|first1=Aaron|title=Self-Determination, Sovereignty, and the Failure of States: Somaliland and the Case for Justified Secession|journal=[[Minnesota Journal of International Law]]|volume=19:2|pages=380–381|publisher=[[University of Minnesota Law School]]|year=2010|quote=Considering each of these factors, Somaliland has a colorable argument that it meets the theoretical requirements of statehood. ... On these bases, Somaliland appears to have a strong claim to statehood.|access-date=24 September 2013|df=dmy-all|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927082111/http://minnjil.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/kreuterweb-pdf.pdf|archive-date=27 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=AfricaReport>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.operationspaix.net/IMG/pdf/ICG_Somaliland_AU_Leadership_2006-05-23_.pdf|author=International Crisis Group|title=Somaliland: Time for African Union leadership|journal=[[The Africa Report]]|issue=110|pages=10–13|publisher=[[Jeune Afrique|Groupe Jeune Afrique]]|date=23 May 2006|access-date=19 April 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720022321/http://www.operationspaix.net/IMG/pdf/ICG_Somaliland_AU_Leadership_2006-05-23_.pdf|archive-date=20 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=PolSomaliland>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.somalilandtimes.net/sl/2009/403/P200.pdf|last1=Mesfin|first1=Berouk|title=The political development of Somaliland and its conflict with Puntland|journal=ISS Paper|issue=200|page=8|publisher=[[Institute for Security Studies]]|date=September 2009|access-date=19 April 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123043040/http://www.somalilandtimes.net/sl/2009/403/P200.pdf|archive-date=23 November 2011|df=dmy}}</ref><ref name=StrangeCase>{{Cite journal|url=http://yalejournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/083206arieff.pdf|last1=Arieff|first1=Alexis|title=De Facto Statehood? The Strange Case of Somaliland|journal=[[Yale Journal of International Affairs]]|issue=Spring/Summer 2008|pages=1–79|publisher=International Affairs Council at Yale|access-date=17 April 2011|df=dmy-all|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213214545/http://yalejournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/083206arieff.pdf|archive-date=13 December 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Foreign relations of Somaliland|not diplomatically recognised by]] any other state, claimed in whole by the [[#Somalia|Federal Republic of Somalia]].<ref name="Somalilandprofile">{{Cite web|title=Somaliland profile|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14115069|website=[[BBC News]]|date=14 December 2017|access-date=27 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423054426/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14115069|archive-date=23 April 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="South Ossetia"></span>'''{{Flag|South Ossetia}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of South Ossetia–the State of Alania
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" |<span style="display:none">D</span> No membership
| style="background:#fcc;" |{{Claimedby|GEORGIA}}
{{Extent}}A de facto independent state,<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Jansen, Dinah|title=The Conflict between Self-Determination and Territorial Integrity: the South Ossetian Paradigm|url=https://es.scribd.com/document/31659924/The-Conflict-between-Self-Determination-and-Territorial-Integrity-The-South-Ossetian-Paradigm|journal=Geopolitics Vs. Global Governance: Reinterpreting International Security|pages=222–242|year=2009|publisher=Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, University of Dalhousie|isbn=978-1-896440-61-3|access-date=14 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819063355/https://es.scribd.com/document/31659924/The-Conflict-between-Self-Determination-and-Territorial-Integrity-The-South-Ossetian-Paradigm|archive-date=19 August 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia|recognised by]] Russia, Nicaragua, Nauru, Syria, Venezuela, Abkhazia, Artsakh, and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by [[#Georgia|Georgia]] as the [[Provisional Administration of South Ossetia]].<ref name="cnnAbSO">{{Cite news|title=Russia condemned for recognizing rebel regions|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/26/russia.vote.georgia/index.html|newspaper=CNN.com|publisher=Cable News Network|date=26 August 2008|access-date=26 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829045537/http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/26/russia.vote.georgia/index.html|archive-date=29 August 2008|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|<span id="Taiwan"></span>'''{{Flag|Republic of China|name=Taiwan}}'''&nbsp;– Republic of China{{Efn|name="ChinaTaiwan"}}
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" |<span style="display:none">D</span> No membership, former membership until 1971
| style="background:#fcc;" |[[Foreign relations of Taiwan|Partially unrecognised]]. {{Claimedby|PRC}}
{{Extent}}A state competing (nominally) for recognition with the [[China|People's Republic of China]] (PRC) as the government of China since 1949. The Republic of China (ROC) controls the island of [[Geography of Taiwan|Taiwan]], [[Penghu]], [[Kinmen]], the [[Matsu Islands]], and [[Pratas Island]], as well as [[Taiping Island]] and [[Zhongzhou Reef]] of the [[Spratly Islands]], and has not renounced claims over its annexed territories on the [[Mainland China|mainland]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ma refers to China as ROC territory in magazine interview |work=[[Taipei Times]] |date=8 October 2008 |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2008/10/08/2003425320 |access-date=13 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603213128/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2008/10/08/2003425320 |archive-date=3 June 2009 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The ROC is recognised by {{Numrec|Republic of China|asof=E|alt=UN member states and the Holy See as of}}, none of which recognise the PRC. Additionally, one UN member ([[Bhutan]]) has [[Foreign relations of Taiwan#Relations with neither the ROC nor the PRC|refrained from recognising]] either the ROC or the PRC.

In addition to these relations, the ROC also maintains unofficial relations<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ey.gov.tw/state/News_Content3.aspx?n=A88B8E342A02AD0A&s=F1B6AD3B065E43D8|script-title=zh:中華民國國情介紹|date=22 March 2017|website=2.16.886.101.20003}}</ref> with 58 UN member states, one [[List of states with limited recognition|self-declared state]] ([[Somaliland]]), three territories ([[Guam]], [[Hong Kong]], and [[Macau]]), and the [[European Union]] via its [[Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office|representative offices and consulates]] under the [[One China]] principle. Taiwan has the 31st-largest diplomatic network in the world with 110 offices.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=van der Wees |first1=Gerrit |title=Is Taiwan's International Space Expanding or Contracting? |url=https://thediplomat.com/2021/12/is-taiwans-international-space-expanding-or-contracting/ |website=thediplomat.com |publisher=The Diplomat |access-date=16 December 2021}}</ref>

The territory of the ROC is claimed in whole by the PRC.{{Efn|name="TAI2"}} The ROC [[Foreign relations of Taiwan#Relations with international organizations|participates in international organizations]] under a variety of pseudonyms, most commonly "[[Chinese Taipei]]" and in the [[World Trade Organization|WTO]] it has full membership under the designation of "Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu". The ROC was a founding member of the UN and enjoyed membership from 1945 to 1971, with veto power in the [[United Nations Security Council|UN Security Council]]. See [[China and the United Nations]].
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{{Extent}}A de facto independent state,<ref name=montevideo/> [[Foreign relations of Transnistria|recognised only by]] Abkhazia, Artsakh and South Ossetia.<ref name=ASOTREC /> Claimed in whole by [[#Moldova|Moldova]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18286268 Regions and territories: Trans-Dniester]</ref>
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विश्व केरो देश

नीचें देलो गेलौ सूची मँ दुनिया भर के संप्रभु राज्यो के वर्णन मिलै छै । एकरा मँ देश केरौ स्थिति आरू ओकरो संप्रभुता के मान्यता के बारे मँ जानकारी देलो गेलो छै।

206 सूचीबद्ध राज्यो क संयुक्त राष्ट्र प्रणाली के भीतर सदस्यता के आधार पर तीन श्रेणियो मँ विभाजित करलो जाबै सकै छै : 193 संयुक्त राष्ट्र सदस्य राज्य, [1] 2 संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासभा गैर-सदस्य पर्यवेक्षक राज्य आरू 11 अन्य राज्य। संप्रभुता विवाद कॉलम वू राज्य सिनी क इंगित करै छै जेकरा लगाँ निर्विवाद संप्रभुता छै (188 राज्य, जेकरा मँ स 187 संयुक्त राष्ट्र सदस्य राज्य आरू 1 संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासभा गैर-सदस्य पर्यवेक्षक राज्य छै), विवादित संप्रभुता वाला राज्य (16 राज्य, जेकरा मँ सँ 6 संयुक्त राष्ट्र सदस्य राज्य छेकै, 1 संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासभा गैर-सदस्य पर्यवेक्षक राज्य, आरू 9 वास्तविक राज्य), आरू एगो विशेष राजनीतिक स्थिति वाला राज्य (2 राज्य, दूनो न्यूजीलैंड के साथ स्वतंत्र सहयोग मँ)।

 List of states 
Common and formal namesMembership within the UN SystemSovereignty disputeFurther information on status and recognition of sovereigntyA AAAA AAAA AAAZZZ↓ UN member states and General Assembly observer states ↓A AAAZZZZZZAbkhazia → See Abkhazia listingA UN member stateA None
The de facto ruling government, the , has not been recognised by any state. The United Nations continues to recognise the  as the government of Afghanistan. – Republic of AlbaniaA UN member stateA None – People's Democratic Republic of AlgeriaA UN member stateA None – Principality of AndorraA UN member stateA None
Andorra is a co-principality in which the office of head of state is jointly held ex officio by the French president and the bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Urgell, who himself is appointed with approval from the Holy See. – Republic of AngolaA UN member stateA NoneA UN member stateA None
Antigua and Barbuda is a Commonwealth realm with one autonomous region, Barbuda. – Argentine RepublicA UN member stateA None
Argentina is a federation of 23 provinces and one autonomous city. – Republic of ArmeniaA UN member stateNot recognised by Pakistan.
Armenia is not recognised by Pakistan due to the dispute over Artsakh.Nilufer Bakhtiyar: "For Azerbaijan Pakistan does not recognise Armenia as a country"  13 September 2006 [14:03] – Today.AzZZZArtsakh → See Artsakh listing – Commonwealth of AustraliaA UN member stateA None
Australia is a Commonwealth realm and a federation of both states and territories. There are six states, three internal territories, six external territories and one claimed Antarctic external territory. The external territories of Australia are:

 
 
 
 
 
 
  – Republic of AustriaA UN member stateA None
Member of the European Union. Austria is a federation of nine states. – Republic of AzerbaijanA UN member stateA None
Azerbaijan contains one autonomous region, Nakhchivan  The de facto state of Artsakh has been established in the southwest of Azerbaijan. – Commonwealth of The BahamasA UN member stateA None
The Bahamas is a Commonwealth realm. – Kingdom of BahrainA UN member stateA None – People's Republic of BangladeshA UN member stateA NoneA UN member stateA None – Republic of BelarusA UN member stateA None
Many states rescinded their recognition of President Alexander Lukashenko following the disputed 2020 election. Lithuania currently recognizes Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's Coordination Council as the legitimate government of Belarus. – Kingdom of BelgiumA UN member stateA None
Member of the EU. Belgium is a federation of three linguistic communities and three regions.A UN member stateA None
Belize is a Commonwealth realm. – Republic of BeninA UN member stateA None – Kingdom of BhutanA UN member stateA None – Plurinational State of BoliviaA UN member stateA NoneA UN member stateA None
Bosnia and Herzegovina has two constituent entities:

 
 

and Brčko District, a self-governing administrative district. – Republic of BotswanaA UN member stateA None – Federative Republic of BrazilA UN member stateA None
Brazil is a federation of 26 states and one federal district. – Brunei DarussalamA UN member stateA None – Republic of BulgariaA UN member stateA None
Member of the EU.A UN member stateA NoneZZZBurma → See Myanmar listing – Republic of BurundiA UN member stateA None – Kingdom of CambodiaA UN member stateA None – Republic of CameroonA UN member stateA NoneA UN member stateA None
Canada is a Commonwealth realm and a federation of ten provinces and three territories. – Republic of Cabo VerdeA UN member stateA NoneA UN member stateA None – Republic of ChadA UN member stateA None – Republic of ChileA UN member stateA None
 Chile has one special territory, Easter Island.  – People's Republic of ChinaA UN member statePartially unrecognised. 
China contains five autonomous regions, Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Tibet, and Xinjiang. Additionally, it has sovereignty over the Special Administrative Regions of:

 
 

China claims, but does not control Taiwan, which is governed by a rival administration (the Republic of China) that claims all of China as its territory.

China is not recognised by  UN member states and Vatican City, which, with the exception of Bhutan, all recognise the Republic of China (Taiwan) instead.ZZZChina, Republic of → See Taiwan listing – Republic of ColombiaA UN member stateA None – Union of the ComorosA UN member stateA None
Comoros is a federation of three islands.A UN member stateA NoneA UN member stateA NoneZZZCook Islands → See Cook Islands listing – Republic of Costa RicaA UN member stateA NoneZZZCôte d'Ivoire → See Ivory Coast listing – Republic of CroatiaA UN member stateA None
Member of the EU. – Republic of CubaA UN member stateA None – Republic of CyprusA UN member stateNot recognised by Turkey
Member of the EU. The northeastern part of the island is the de facto state of Northern Cyprus.

Cyprus is not recognised by Turkey due to the Cyprus dispute, with Turkey recognising Northern Cyprus.A UN member stateA None
Member of the EU.ZZZDemocratic People's Republic of Korea → See Korea, North listingZZZDemocratic Republic of the Congo → See Congo, Democratic Republic of the listing – Kingdom of DenmarkA UN member stateA None
Member of the EU. The Kingdom of Denmark includes 2 self-governing territories:
 
 

The metropolitan territory of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland form the three constituent countries of the Kingdom. The Kingdom of Denmark as a whole is a member of the EU, but EU law (in most cases) does not apply to the Faroe Islands and Greenland. See Greenland and the European Union, and Faroe Islands and the European Union for more information. – Republic of DjiboutiA UN member stateA None – Commonwealth of DominicaA UN member stateA NoneA UN member stateA None – Democratic Republic of Timor-LesteA UN member stateA None – Republic of EcuadorA UN member stateA None – Arab Republic of EgyptA UN member stateA None – Republic of El SalvadorA UN member stateA None – Republic of Equatorial GuineaA UN member stateA None – State of EritreaA UN member stateA None – Republic of EstoniaA UN member stateA None
Member of the EU. – Kingdom of EswatiniA UN member stateA None – Federal Democratic Republic of EthiopiaA UN member stateA None
Ethiopia is a federation of eleven regions and two chartered cities. – Republic of FijiA UN member stateA None
Fiji contains one autonomous region, Rotuma. – Republic of FinlandA UN member stateA None
Member of the EU.

  is a neutral and demilitarised autonomous region of Finland. – French RepublicA UN member stateA None
Member of the EU. France contains five overseas regions/departments; French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, and Réunion. France also includes the overseas territories of:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  – Gabonese RepublicA UN member stateA None – Republic of The GambiaA UN member stateA NoneA UN member stateA None
Georgia contains two autonomous republics, Adjara and Abkhazia. In Abkhazia and South Ossetia, de facto states have been formed. – Federal Republic of GermanyA UN member stateA None
Member of the EU. Germany is a federation of 16 states. – Republic of GhanaA UN member stateA None – Hellenic RepublicA UN member stateA None
Member of the EU. Greece contains one autonomous area, Mount Athos.Constitution of Greece, Art. 105.A UN member stateA None
Grenada is a Commonwealth realm. – Republic of GuatemalaA UN member stateA None – Republic of GuineaA UN member stateA None – Republic of Guinea-BissauA UN member stateA None – Co-operative Republic of GuyanaA UN member stateA None – Republic of HaitiA UN member stateA NoneZZZHolland → See the Netherlands listingZZZHoly See → See Vatican City listing – Republic of HondurasA UN member stateA NoneA UN member stateA None
Member of the EU. – Republic of IcelandA UN member stateA None – Republic of IndiaA UN member stateA None
India is a federation of 28 states and eight union territories. – Republic of IndonesiaA UN member stateA None
Indonesia has eight autonomous provinces, Aceh, Jakarta, Central Papua, Highland Papua, Papua, South Papua, West Papua, and Yogyakarta. – Islamic Republic of IranA UN member stateA None – Republic of IraqA UN member stateA None
Iraq is a federationIraqi constitution  of 19 governorates, four of which make up the autonomous Kurdistan Region.A UN member stateA None
Member of the EU. – State of IsraelA UN member statePartially unrecognised
Israel exerts strong control over the territory claimed by Palestine. It has annexed East Jerusalem, an act not recognised by the international community. Israel has varying levels of control over the rest of the West Bank, and although it ended its permanent civilian or military presence in the Gaza Strip, it is still considered to be the occupying power under international law.* *  
Israel is not recognised as a state by 28 UN members and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. The Palestine Liberation Organization, recognised by a majority of UN member states as the representative of the Palestinian people, recognised Israel in 1993.  – Italian RepublicA UN member stateA None
Member of the EU. Italy has 5 autonomous regions, Aosta Valley, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Sardinia, Sicily and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. – Republic of Côte d'IvoireA UN member stateA NoneA UN member stateA None
Jamaica is a Commonwealth realm.A UN member stateA None – Hashemite Kingdom of JordanA UN member stateA None – Republic of KazakhstanA UN member stateA None – Republic of KenyaA UN member stateA None – Republic of KiribatiA UN member stateA None – Democratic People's Republic of KoreaA UN member stateNorth Korea is not recognised by three UN members, France, Japan, and South Korea, the last of which claims to be the sole legitimate government of Korea. – Republic of KoreaA UN member stateSouth Korea has one autonomous region, Jejudo.
South Korea is not recognised by North Korea, which claims to be the sole legitimate government of Korea.ZZZKosovo → See Kosovo listing – State of KuwaitA UN member stateA None – Kyrgyz RepublicA UN member stateA None – Lao People's Democratic RepublicA UN member stateA None – Republic of LatviaA UN member stateA None
Member of the EU. – Lebanese RepublicA UN member stateA None – Kingdom of LesothoA UN member stateA None – Republic of LiberiaA UN member stateA None – State of LibyaA UN member stateA None – Principality of LiechtensteinA UN member stateA None – Republic of LithuaniaA UN member stateA None
Member of the EU. – Grand Duchy of LuxembourgA UN member stateA None
Member of the EU.ZZZMacedonia → See North Macedonia listing – Republic of MadagascarA UN member stateA None – Republic of MalawiA UN member stateA None A UN member stateA None
Malaysia is a federation of 13 states and three federal territories. – Republic of MaldivesA UN member stateA None – Republic of MaliA UN member stateA None – Republic of MaltaA UN member stateA None
Member of the EU. – Republic of the Marshall IslandsA UN member stateA None
Under Compact of Free Association with the United States. – Islamic Republic of MauritaniaA UN member stateA None – Republic of MauritiusA UN member stateA None
Mauritius has an autonomous island, Rodrigues. – United Mexican StatesA UN member stateA None
Mexico is a federation of 31 states and one autonomous city.
The Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities have de facto autonomy.A UN member stateA None
Under Compact of Free Association with the United States. The Federated States of Micronesia is a federation of four states. – Republic of MoldovaA UN member stateA None
Moldova has the autonomous regions of Gagauzia and the Left Bank of the Dniester. The latter and a city Bender (Tighina), is under the de facto control of Transnistria. – Principality of MonacoA UN member stateA NoneA UN member stateA NoneA UN member stateA None – Kingdom of MoroccoA UN member stateA None
Part of the Moroccan-claimed Western Sahara is controlled by the partially recognised Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. – Republic of MozambiqueA UN member stateA None – Republic of the Union of MyanmarA UN member stateA None
Wa State is a de facto autonomous state within Myanmar. The United Nations has not recognized the  ruling government of Myanmar, the State Administration Council. ZZZNagorno-Karabakh → See Artsakh listing – Republic of NamibiaA UN member stateA None – Republic of NauruA UN member stateA None – Federal Democratic Republic of NepalA UN member stateA None
Nepal is a federation composed of 7 provinces. – Kingdom of the NetherlandsA UN member stateA None
Member of the EU. The Kingdom of the Netherlands includes four areas with substantial autonomy:

 
 
 
 

Metropolitan Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten form the four constituent countries of the Kingdom. Three overseas parts of the Netherlands (Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius) are special municipalities of metropolitan Netherlands. The Kingdom of the Netherlands as a whole is a member of the EU, but EU law only wholly applies to parts within Europe.A UN member stateA None
New Zealand is a Commonwealth realm, and has one dependent territory and one claimed Antarctic dependent territory:

 
 

The New Zealand Government acts for the entire Realm of New Zealand in all international contexts, which has responsibilities for (but no rights of control over) two freely associated states:

 
 

The Cook Islands and Niue have diplomatic relations with  and  UN members respectively. For more information, see Foreign relations of the Cook Islands. They have full treaty-making capacity in the UN, and are members of some UN specialized agencies. – Republic of NicaraguaA UN member stateA None
Nicaragua contains two autonomous regions, Atlántico Sur and Atlántico Norte. – Republic of the NigerA UN member stateA None – Federal Republic of NigeriaA UN member stateA None
Nigeria is a federation of 36 states and one federal territory.ZZZNiue → See Niue listingZZZNorth Korea → See Korea, North listing – Republic of North MacedoniaA UN member stateA NoneZZZNorthern Cyprus → See Northern Cyprus listing – Kingdom of NorwayA UN member stateA None
Norway has two unincorporated areas in Europe:

  is an integral part of Norway, but has a special status due to the Svalbard Treaty.
  is an uninhabited island that is an integral part of Norway, although unincorporated.

Norway has one dependent territory and two claimed Antarctic dependent territories in the Southern Hemisphere:

 
 
  – Sultanate of OmanA UN member stateA None – Islamic Republic of PakistanA UN member stateA None
Pakistan is a federation of four provinces and one capital territory. Pakistan exercises control over certain portions of Kashmir, but has not officially annexed any of it,Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 1. instead regarding it as a disputed territory. The portions that it controls are divided into two territories, administered separately from Pakistan proper:

 
 

Azad Kashmir describes itself as a "self-governing state under Pakistani control", while Gilgit-Baltistan is described in its governance order as a group of "areas" with self-government. These territories are not usually regarded as sovereign, as they do not fulfil the criteria set out by the declarative theory of statehood (for example, their current laws do not allow them to engage independently in relations with other states). Several state functions of these territories (such as foreign affairs and defence) are performed by Pakistan. – Republic of PalauA UN member stateA None
Under Compact of Free Association with the United States. – State of PalestineA UN General Assembly observer state; member of two UN specialized agencies Partially unrecognised.
The State of Palestine, declared in 1988, is not recognised as a state by Israel but has received diplomatic recognition from  states. The proclaimed state has no agreed territorial borders, or effective control over much of the territory that it proclaimed.See the following on statehood criteria:
  "...the Palestinian State also meets the traditional criteria under the Montevideo Convention..."; "...the fact that a majority of states have recognised Palestine as a State should easily fulfil the requisite state practice".
  "It is possible, however, to argue for Palestinian statehood based on the constitutive theory".
  "Whether one applies the criteria of statehood set out in the Montevideo Convention or the more widely accepted constitutive theory of statehood, Palestine might be considered a state." The Palestinian National Authority is an interim administrative body formed as a result of the Oslo Accords that exercises limited autonomous jurisdiction within the Palestinian territories. In foreign relations, Palestine is represented by the Palestine Liberation Organization. The State of Palestine is a member state of UNESCO, UNIDO and other international organizations. – Republic of PanamaA UN member stateA None – Independent State of Papua New GuineaA UN member stateA None
Papua New Guinea is a Commonwealth realm with one autonomous region, Bougainville. – Republic of ParaguayA UN member stateA None – Republic of PeruA UN member stateA None – Republic of the PhilippinesA UN member stateA None
The Philippines contains one autonomous region, Bangsamoro. – Republic of PolandA UN member stateA None
Member of the EU. – Portuguese RepublicA UN member stateA None
Member of the EU. Portugal contains two autonomous regions, the Azores and Madeira.ZZZPridnestrovie → See Transnistria listing – State of QatarA UN member stateA NoneZZZRepublic of Korea → See Korea, South listingZZZRepublic of the Congo → See Congo, Republic of the listingA UN member stateA None
Member of the EU. – Russian FederationA UN member stateA None
Russia is a federation of 83  internationally recognised federal subjects (republics, oblasts, krais, autonomous okrugs, federal cities, and an autonomous oblast). Several of the federal subjects are ethnic republics. – Republic of RwandaA UN member stateA NoneZZZSahrawi Arab Democratic Republic → See Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic listing – Federation of Saint Christopher and NevisA UN member stateA None
Saint Kitts and Nevis is a Commonwealth realm and is a federation of two islands, St. Kitts and Nevis.A UN member stateA None
Saint Lucia is a Commonwealth realm.A UN member stateA None
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a Commonwealth realm. – Independent State of SamoaA UN member stateA None – Republic of San MarinoA UN member stateA None – Democratic Republic of São Tomé and PríncipeA UN member stateA None
São Tomé and Príncipe contains one autonomous province, Príncipe. – Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaA UN member stateA None – Republic of SenegalA UN member stateA None – Republic of SerbiaA UN member stateA None
Serbia contains two autonomous regions, Vojvodina and Kosovo and Metohija. The latter is under the de facto control of Kosovo. – Republic of SeychellesA UN member stateA None – Republic of Sierra LeoneA UN member stateA None – Republic of SingaporeA UN member stateA None – Slovak RepublicA UN member stateA None
Member of the EU. – Republic of SloveniaA UN member stateA None
Member of the EU.A UN member stateA None
Solomon Islands is a Commonwealth realm. – Federal Republic of SomaliaA UN member stateA None
Somalia is a federation of six states. Two, Puntland and Galmudug, have self-declared autonomy, while one, Somaliland, is de facto independent.ZZZSomaliland → See Somaliland listing – Republic of South AfricaA UN member stateA NoneZZZSouth Korea → See Korea, South listingZZZSouth Ossetia → See South Ossetia listing – Republic of South SudanA UN member stateA None
South Sudan is a federation of 10 states and three administrative areas.

 The Abyei Area is a zone with "special administrative status" established by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005. It is de jure a condominium of South Sudan and Sudan, but de facto administered by two competing administrations and the United Nations. – Kingdom of SpainA UN member stateA None
Member of the EU. Spain is divided into 17 autonomous communities and two special autonomous cities. – Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri LankaA UN member stateA None – Republic of the SudanA UN member stateA None
Sudan is a federation of 18 states.

 The Abyei Area is a zone with "special administrative status" established by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005. It is de jure a condominium of South Sudan and Sudan, but de facto administered by two competing administrations and the United Nations.ZZZSudan, South → See South Sudan listing – Republic of SurinameA UN member stateA NoneZZZSwaziland → See Eswatini listing – Kingdom of SwedenA UN member stateA None
Member of the EU. – Swiss ConfederationA UN member stateA None
Switzerland is a federation of 26 cantons. – Syrian Arab RepublicA UN member stateA None
The Syrian National Coalition, which is recognised as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people by 20 UN members, has established an interim government to rule rebel controlled territory during the Syrian civil war.
Syria has one self-declared autonomous region: Rojava.ZZZTaiwan (Republic of China) → See Taiwan listing – Republic of TajikistanA UN member stateA None
Tajikistan contains one autonomous region, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province. – United Republic of TanzaniaA UN member stateA None
Tanzania contains one autonomous region, Zanzibar. – Kingdom of ThailandA UN member stateA NoneZZZThe Bahamas → See Bahamas, The listingZZZThe Gambia → See Gambia, The listingZZZTimor-Leste → See East Timor listing – Togolese RepublicA UN member stateA None – Kingdom of TongaA UN member stateA NoneZZZTransnistria → See Transnistria listing – Republic of Trinidad and TobagoA UN member stateA None
Trinidad and Tobago contains one autonomous region, Tobago. – Republic of TunisiaA UN member stateA None – Republic of TürkiyeA UN member stateA None – Republic of TurkmenistanA UN member stateA NoneA UN member stateA None
Tuvalu is a Commonwealth realm. – Republic of UgandaA UN member stateA NoneA UN member stateA None
Ukraine contains one autonomous region, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, which is under the control of Russia. Five other areas of Ukraine are under full or partial Russian control, including Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, Sevastopol, and Zaporizhzhia.A UN member stateA None
The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven emirates. – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandA UN member stateA None
The United Kingdom is a Commonwealth realm consisting of four constituent countries; England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The United Kingdom has the following 13 overseas territories and one claimed Antarctic dependent territory:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The British monarch also has direct sovereignty over three self-governing Crown Dependencies:

 
 
  – United States of AmericaA UN member stateA None
The United States is a federation of 50 states, one federal district, and one incorporated territory. Additionally, the Federal government of the United States has sovereignty over 13 unincorporated territories. Of these territories, the following five are inhabited possessions:

 
 
 
 
 

It also has sovereignty over several uninhabited territories:

 Baker Island
 Howland Island
 Jarvis Island
 Johnston Atoll
 Kingman Reef
 Midway Atoll
 Navassa Island
 Wake Island

It also disputes sovereignty over the following two territories:

 Bajo Nuevo Bank
 Serranilla Bank

Three sovereign states have become associated states of the United States under the Compact of Free Association:

  – Republic of the Marshall Islands
  – Federated States of Micronesia
  – Republic of Palau – Oriental Republic of UruguayA UN member stateA None – Republic of UzbekistanA UN member stateA None
Uzbekistan contains one autonomous region, Karakalpakstan. – Republic of VanuatuA UN member stateA None – Vatican City StateA UN General Assembly observer state under the designation of "Holy See"; member of three UN specialized agenciesA None
Administered by the Holy See, a sovereign entity with diplomatic relations to . This figure consists of  UN member states, the Cook Islands, the Republic of China (Taiwan), and the State of Palestine. In addition, the European Union and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta maintain diplomatic relations with the Holy See. The Holy See is a member of three UN specialized agencies (ITU, UPU, and WIPO) and the IAEA, as well as being a permanent observer of the UN (in the category of "Non-member State") and multiple other UN System organizations. The Vatican City is governed by officials appointed by the Pope, who is the Bishop of the Diocese of Rome and ex officio sovereign of Vatican City. – Bolivarian Republic of VenezuelaA UN member stateA None
Venezuela is a federation of 23 states, one capital district, and federal dependencies. – Socialist Republic of VietnamA UN member stateA NoneZZZWestern Sahara → See Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic listing – Republic of YemenA UN member stateA None – Republic of ZambiaA UN member stateA None – Republic of ZimbabweA UN member stateA NoneZZZ↑ UN member states and General Assembly observer states ↑A ZZZZZZZZZABBZZZ↓ Other states ↓D AAAZZZ – Republic of AbkhaziaD No membershipRecognised by Russia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Syria, Venezuela, Artsakh, South Ossetia and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by Georgia as the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia. – Republic of ArtsakhD No membershipA de facto independent state, recognised only by Abkhazia,Вице-спикер парламента Абхазии: Выборы в НКР соответствуют всем международным стандартам : "Абхазия, Южная Осетия, НКР и Приднестровье уже давно признали независимость друг друга и очень тесно сотрудничают между собой", – сказал вице-спикер парламента Абхазии. ... "...Абхазия признала независимость Нагорно-Карабахской Республики..." – сказал он." South Ossetia and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by Azerbaijan.Regions and territories: Nagorno-Karabakh  (17 January 2006). BBC News. Retrieved 17 January 2006.D Member of eight UN specialized agenciesA None(See political status)
A state in free association with New Zealand, . The Cook Islands is a member of multiple UN agencies with full treaty making capacity. It shares a head of state with New Zealand as well as having shared citizenship. – Republic of KosovoD Member of two UN specialized agenciesPursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244, Kosovo was placed under the administration of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo in 1999. Kosovo declared independence in 2008, and it has  and the Republic of China, while 18 states have recognized Kosovo only to later withdraw their recognition."Sijera Leone je 18. država koja je povukla priznanje tzv. Kosova" − http://www.mfa.gov.rs/ Serbia continues to maintain its sovereignty claim over Kosovo. Other UN member states and non UN member states continue to recognise Serbian sovereignty or have taken no position on the question. Kosovo is a member of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group. The Republic of Kosovo has de facto control over most of the territory, with limited control in North Kosovo.D Member of five UN specialized agenciesA None(See political status)
A state in free association with New Zealand, . Niue is a member of multiple UN agencies with full treaty making capacity. It shares a head of state with New Zealand as well as having shared citizenship. – Turkish Republic of Northern CyprusD No membership Recognised only by Turkey. Under the name "Turkish Cypriot State", it is an observer state of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the Economic Cooperation Organization. Northern Cyprus is claimed in whole by the Republic of Cyprus.The World Factbook|Cyprus  (10 January 2006). Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 17 January 2006.D No membershipRecognised at some stage by ,  of which have since withdrawn or frozen their recognition. It is a founding member of the African Union and the Asian–African Strategic Partnership formed at the 2005 Asian–African Conference. The territories under its control, the so-called Free Zone, are claimed in whole by Morocco as part of its Southern Provinces. In turn, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic claims the part of Western Sahara to the west of the Moroccan Wall controlled by Morocco. Its government resides in exile in Tindouf, Algeria. – Republic of SomalilandD No membershipA de facto independent state, not diplomatically recognised by any other state, claimed in whole by the Federal Republic of Somalia. – Republic of South Ossetia–the State of AlaniaD No membershipA de facto independent state, recognised by Russia, Nicaragua, Nauru, Syria, Venezuela, Abkhazia, Artsakh, and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by Georgia as the Provisional Administration of South Ossetia. – Republic of ChinaD No membership, former membership until 1971Partially unrecognised. 
A state competing (nominally) for recognition with the People's Republic of China (PRC) as the government of China since 1949. The Republic of China (ROC) controls the island of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, the Matsu Islands, and Pratas Island, as well as Taiping Island and Zhongzhou Reef of the Spratly Islands, and has not renounced claims over its annexed territories on the mainland. The ROC is recognised by , none of which recognise the PRC. Additionally, one UN member (Bhutan) has refrained from recognising either the ROC or the PRC.

In addition to these relations, the ROC also maintains unofficial relations with 58 UN member states, one self-declared state (Somaliland), three territories (Guam, Hong Kong, and Macau), and the European Union via its representative offices and consulates under the One China principle. Taiwan has the 31st-largest diplomatic network in the world with 110 offices.

The territory of the ROC is claimed in whole by the PRC. The ROC participates in international organizations under a variety of pseudonyms, most commonly "Chinese Taipei" and in the WTO it has full membership under the designation of "Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu". The ROC was a founding member of the UN and enjoyed membership from 1945 to 1971, with veto power in the UN Security Council. See China and the United Nations. – Pridnestrovian Moldavian RepublicD No membershipA de facto independent state, recognised only by Abkhazia, Artsakh and South Ossetia. Claimed in whole by Moldova.Regions and territories: Trans-DniesterZZZ↑ Other states ↑D ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

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