List of Sovereign States

The following is a list of the 197 states that are internationally recognized by the majority of other states. They are organized by continent.

## Contents

* 1 Africa
* 2 Asia
* 3 Australia and Oceania
* 4 Europe
* 5 North America
* 6 South America

## Africa[edit]

* People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
* Republic of Angola
* Republic of Benin
* Republic of Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Republic of Burundi
* Republic of Cameroon
* Republic of Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Republic of Chad
* Union of the Comoros
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
* Republic of Djibouti
* Arab Republic of Egypt
* Republic of Equatorial Guinea
* State of Eritrea
* Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Republic of The Gambia
* Republic of Ghana
* Republic of Guinea
* Republic of Guinea-Bissau
* Republic of Kenya
* Kingdom of Lesotho
* Republic of Liberia
* Republic of Libya
* Republic of Madagascar
* Republic of Malawi
* Republic of Mali
* Islamic Republic of Mauritania
* Republic of Mauritius
* Kingdom of Morocco
* Republic of Mozambique
* Republic of Namibia
* Republic of Niger
* Federal Republic of Nigeria
* Republic of Rwanda
* Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
* Republic of Senegal
* Republic of Seychelles
* Republic of Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* Republic of South Africa
* Republic of South Sudan
* Republic of Sudan
* Kingdom of Swaziland
* United Republic of Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Republic of Uganda
* Republic of Zambia
* Republic of Zimbabwe

## Asia[edit]

* Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
* Republic of Armenia
* Republic of Azerbaijan
* Kingdom of Bahrain
* People's Republic of Bangladesh
* Kingdom of Bhutan
* State of Brunei, Abode of Peace
* Kingdom of Cambodia
* People's Republic of China
* Georgia
* Republic of India
* Republic of Indonesia
* Islamic Republic of Iran
* Republic of Iraq
* State of Israel
* State of Japan
* The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
* Republic of Kazakhstan
* North Korea
* South Korea
* State of Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Republic of Maldives
* Mongolia
* Republic of The Union of Myanmar
* Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
* Sultanate of Oman
* Islamic Republic of Pakistan
* Republic of the Philippines
* State of Qatar
* Russia
* Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
* Republic of Singapore
* Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Republic of Tajikistan
* Kingdom of Thailand
* Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
* Republic of Turkey
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Republic of Uzbekistan
* Socialist Republic of Vietnam
* Republic of Yemen

## Australia and Oceania[edit]

* Commonwealth of Australia
* Republic of the Fiji Islands
* Republic of Kiribati
* Republic of the Marshall Islands
* Federated States of Micronesia
* Republic of Nauru
* New Zealand
* Republic of Palau
* State of Papua New Guinea
* State of Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Kingdom of Tonga
* Tuvalu
* Republic of Vanuatu

## Europe[edit]

* Republic of Albania
* Principality of Andorra
* Republic of Armenia
* Republic of Austria
* Republic of Azerbaijan
* Republic of Belarus
* Kingdom of Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Republic of Bulgaria
* Republic of Croatia
* Republic of Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Kingdom of Denmark
* Republic of Estonia
* Republic of Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Federal Republic of Germany
* Hellenic Republic (Greece)
* Republic of Hungary
* Republic of Iceland
* Ireland
* Italy
* Republic of Latvia
* Principality of Liechtenstein
* Republic of Lithuania
* Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
* Republic of Macedonia
* Republic of Malta
* Republic of Moldova
* Principality of Monaco
* Kingdom of the Netherlands
* Kingdom of Norway
* Republic of Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Republic of San Marino
* Republic of Serbia
* Slovakia
* Republic of Slovenia
* Kingdom of Spain
* Kingdom of Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
* State of Vatican City

## North America[edit]

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Commonwealth of the Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Canada
* Republic of Costa Rica
* Republic of Cuba
* Commonwealth of Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* Republic of El Salvador
* Grenada
* Republic of Guatemala
* Republic of Haiti
* Republic of Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Republic of Nicaragua
* Republic of Panama
* Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
* United States of America

## South America[edit]

* Argentina
* State of Bolivia
* Federative Republic of Brazil
* Republic of Chile
* Republic of Colombia
* Republic of Ecuador
* Republic of Guyana
* Republic of Paraguay
* Republic of Peru
* Republic of Suriname
* Republic of Uruguay
* Republic of Venezuela