List of sovereign states in 1947
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List of sovereign states in 1946 | Events of 1947 | List of sovereign states in 1948 |
Internationally recognized sovereign states
A
Afghanistan - Kingdom of Afghanistan, UN member state Albania - People's Republic of Albania Andorra - Principality of Andorra Argentina - Argentine Republic, UN member state Australia - Commonwealth of Australia, UN member state
B
C
Canada - Dominion of Canada, UN member state Chile - Republic of Chile, UN member state China - Republic of China, UN member state Colombia - Republic of Colombia, UN member state Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica, UN member state Cuba - Republic of Cuba, UN member state Czechoslovakia - Czechoslovak Republic, UN member state
D
Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark, UN member state Dominican Republic, UN member state
E
Ecuador - Republic of Ecuador, UN member state Egypt - Kingdom of Egypt, UN member state El Salvador - Republic of El Salvador, UN member state Ethiopia - Ethiopian Empire, UN member state
F
G
H
I
L
Lebanon - Lebanese Republic, UN member state Liberia - Republic of Liberia, UN member state Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein Luxembourg - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, UN member state
M
N
Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal Netherlands - Kingdom of the Netherlands, UN member state New Zealand - Dominion of New Zealand (Dominion of the British Empire to November 25), UN member state Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua, UN member state Norway - Kingdom of Norway, UN member state
P
Pakistan - Dominion of Pakistan (from August 14), (from September 30) UN member state Panama - Republic of Panama, UN member state Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay, UN member state Peru - Peruvian Republic, UN member state Philippines - Republic of the Philippines, UN member state Poland - Republic of Poland, UN member state Portugal - Portuguese Republic
R
Romania - Kingdom of Romania (to December 30)
- Romanian People's Republic (from December 30)
S
San Marino - Most Serene Republic of San Marino Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, UN member state South Africa - Union of South Africa, UN member state Soviet Union - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, UN member state Spain - Spanish State Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden, UN member state Switzerland - Swiss Confederation, Permanent observer at UN Syria - Syrian Republic, UN member state
T
Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand, UN member state Transjordan - Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan Trieste - Free Territory of Trieste (from September 15) Turkey - Republic of Turkey, UN member state
U
United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, UN member state United States - United States of America, UN member state Uruguay - Eastern Republic of Uruguay, UN member state
V
Vatican City - Vatican City State Venezuela - United States of Venezuela, UN member state
Y
Yemen - Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, (from September 30) UN member state Yugoslavia - Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, UN member state
Occupied states
Other states
East Turkestan - East Turkestan Republic Hyderabad - State of Hyderabad (from August 15) Indonesia - Republic of Indonesia Jammu and Kashmir (from August 15 to October 27) Tibet Vietnam - Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Non-Sovereign Territories
Australia
Australian Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited external territory) Heard Island and McDonald Islands - Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Uninhabited external territory, from December 26) Norfolk Island - Territory of Norfolk Island (External territory) Papua - Territory of Papua (External territory)
Belgium
Belgian Congo (Colony)
Condominiums
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian condominium) Canton and Enderbury Islands (Anglo-American condominium) New Hebrides (Anglo-French condominium)
Denmark
Greenland (Possession)
France
Adélie Land (Overseas territory) Clipperton Island (Uninhabited possession) Comoros - Territory of the Comoros (Overseas territory) Fezzan (Occupied territory) French Equatorial Africa (Overseas territory) French India - French Establishments in India (Overseas territory) French Indochina (Federation of protectorates) French Oceania - French Settlements in Oceania (Overseas territory) French Somaliland - Territory of French Somaliland (Overseas territory) French West Africa (Overseas territory) Madagascar (Overseas territory) Morocco - Sultanate of Morocco (de jure sovereign state under French and Spanish protectorate)[1][2] New Caledonia - Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies (Overseas territory) Saar (Protectorate, from December 15) Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Overseas territory) Tunisia - Tunisian Realm (Protectorate)
India
Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan (Independent state under Treaty of Punakha, from August 15) Sikkim - Kingdom of Sikkim
International
Tangier - City of Tangier (de jure part of the Sultanate of Morocco, under International administration)
Italy
Tientsin (Concession, to February 10)
League of Nations Mandates
Nauru (Administered by Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, to November 1) Palestine (Administered by the United Kingdom) South Pacific Mandate (Administered by Japan, to July 18) South-West Africa (Administered by South Africa) Western Samoa (Administered by New Zealand, to January 25)
Netherlands
Bangka - Bangka Council (Autonomous state, from July 12) Belitung - Belitung Council (Autonomous state) Curaçao and Dependencies (Colony) Dayak Besar (Autonomous state) East Indonesia (Autonomous state) East Sumatra - Special Territory of East Sumatra (Autonomous state, from October 8 to December 25)
- State of East Sumatra (Autonomous state, from December 25)
Surinam (Colony) Netherlands New Guinea (Colony) Riau - Riau Council (Autonomous state, from July 12) Siak Besar - Siak Besar Territory (Autonomous state, from August 27) Southeast Kalimantan - Federation of Southeast Kalimantan (Autonomous state, from January 8) West Kalimantan - Federation of West Kalimantan (Autonomous state, to May 12)
- Special Territory of West Kalimantan (Autonomous state, from May 12)
New Zealand
Cook Islands (Dependent territory) Niue Island (Dependent territory) Ross Dependency (Uninhabited dependent territory) Tokelau Islands (Dependent territory)
Norway
Bouvet Island (Uninhabited possession) Peter I Island (Uninhabited possession) Queen Maud Land (Uninhabited possession)
Portugal
Portuguese Cape Verde (Colony) Macau (Colony) Portuguese East Africa (Colony) Portuguese Guinea (Colony) Portuguese India - Portuguese State of India (Colony) Portuguese Timor (Colony) Portuguese West Africa (Colony) São João Baptista de Ajudá - Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá (Possession) São Tomé and Príncipe (Colony)
Soviet Union
North Korea (Occupied territory)
Spain
Spanish Guinea (Colony) Spanish Morocco (As part of the Sultanate of Morocco, de jure sovereign state under French and Spanish protectorate)[1][2] Spanish West Africa (Colony)
United Kingdom
Aden - Aden Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate) Bahama Islands (Crown colony) Bahrain - State of Bahrain (Protectorate) Barbados (Crown colony) Basutoland - Territory of Basutoland (Crown colony) Bechuanaland - Bechuanaland Protectorate (Protectorate) Bermuda (Crown colony) - Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan (Independent state under Treaty of Punakha, to August 15)
British Guiana (Crown colony) British Honduras (Crown colony) British Leeward Islands - Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands (Crown colony) British Somaliland - British Somaliland Protectorate (Protectorate) British Western Pacific Territories (Crown colony) British Windward Islands - Federal Colony of the Windward Islands (Crown colony) Brunei - State of Brunei (Protectorate) Burma (Crown colony) Ceylon (Crown colony) Cyprus (Crown colony) Cyrenaica (Occupied territory) Eritrea (Occupied territory) Falkland Islands (Crown colony) Gambia - Gambia Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate) Gibraltar (Crown colony) Gold Coast (Crown colony) Guernsey - Bailiwick of Guernsey (Crown dependency) Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Uninhabited possession, to December 26) Hong Kong (Crown colony) India - Indian Empire (Crown colony, to August 14) Isle of Man (Crown dependency) Italian Somaliland (Occupied territory) Jamaica (Crown colony) Jersey - Bailiwick of Jersey (Crown dependency) Kenya - Kenya Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate) Kuwait - State of Kuwait (Protectorate) Malaya - Malayan Union (Colony) Maldive Islands - Sultanate of the Maldive Islands (Protectorate) Malta (Crown colony) Mauritius (Crown colony) Muscat and Oman - Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (State under the informal protection) Newfoundland - Dominion of Newfoundland (Crown colony) Nigeria - Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria (Crown colony and protectorate) North Borneo (Crown colony) Northern Rhodesia - Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia (Protectorate) Nyasaland - Nyasaland Protectorate (Protectorate) Qatar - State of Qatar (Protectorate) Saint Helena (Crown colony) Sarawak (Crown colony) Seychelles (Crown colony) Sierra Leone - Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate) Singapore (Crown colony) Southern Rhodesia - Colony of Southern Rhodesia (Crown colony) Suez Canal Zone (Crown colony) Swaziland - Swaziland Protectorate (Protectorate) Trinidad and Tobago (Crown colony) Tripolitania (Occupied territory) Trucial States (Protectorate) Uganda (Crown colony) Zanzibar - Sultanate of Zanzibar (Protectorate)
United Nations Trust Territories
British Cameroons (Administered by the United Kingdom) British Togoland (Administered by the United Kingdom) French Cameroons (Administered by France) French Togoland (Administered by France) Nauru (Administered by Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, from November 1) New Guinea - Territory of New Guinea (Administered by Australia) Ruanda-Urundi (Administered by Belgium) Tanganyika (Administered by the United Kingdom) Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Administered by the United States, from July 18) Western Samoa (Administered by New Zealand, from January 25)
United States
Alaska - Alaska Territory (Territory) American Samoa - Territory of American Samoa (Territory) Baker Island (Uninhabited territory) Bonin Islands (Occupied territory) Guam - Territory of Guam (Unincorporated territory) Hawaii - Territory of Hawaii (Unincorporated territory) Howland Island (Uninhabited territory) Jarvis Island (Uninhabited territory) Johnston Atoll (Uninhabited territory) Kingman Reef (Uninhabited territory) South Korea (Occupied territory) Midway Atoll (Uninhabited territory) Navassa Island (Uninhabited territory) Palmyra Atoll (Unincorporated organized territory) Panama Canal Zone (Territory) Puerto Rico (Territory) Ryukyu Islands - United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (Occupied territory) United States Virgin Islands (Territory) Volcano Islands (Occupied territory) Wake Island (Uninhabited territory)
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