List of sovereign states in 1949
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List of sovereign states in 1948 | Events of 1949 | List of sovereign states in 1950 |
Internationally recognized sovereign states
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 Ceylon – Dominion of Ceylon Chile – Republic of Chile, UN member state
- Republic of China (until December 7), UN member state
- People's Republic of China (from December 7)
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
East Germany – German Democratic Republic (from October 7) West Germany – Federal Republic of Germany (from May 23) Greece – Kingdom of Greece, UN member state Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala, UN member state
H
Haiti – Republic of Haiti, UN member state → Honduras – Republic of Honduras, UN member state → Hungary - Republic of Hungary (to August 20)
- People's Republic of Hungary (from August 20)
I
Iceland – Republic of Iceland, UN member state India – Union of India, UN member state Indonesia – Republic of the United States of Indonesia (from December 27) Iran – Imperial State of Iran, UN member state Iraq – Kingdom of Iraq, UN member state Ireland – Republic of Ireland Israel – State of Israel (from May 11), UN member state Italy – Italian Republic
K
Korea, North – Democratic People's Republic of Korea → Korea, South – Republic of Korea (from 1949), permanent observer at UN
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, UN member state Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua, UN member state Norway – Kingdom of Norway, UN member state
P
Pakistan – Dominion of Pakistan, UN member state Panama – Republic of Panama, UN member state Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay, UN member state Peru – Peruvian Republic, UN member state Philippines – Republic of the Philippines, UN member state Poland – Republic of Poland, UN member state Portugal – Portuguese Republic
R
Romania – Romanian People's Republic
S
San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino Saudi Arabia – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, UN member state Sikkim – Kingdom of Sikkim South Africa – Union of South Africa, UN member state Soviet Union – Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, UN member state Spain – Spanish State Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden, UN member state Switzerland – Swiss Confederation, permanent observer at UN Syria – Syrian Republic, UN member state
T
Taiwan – Republic of China (from December 7), UN member state Thailand – Kingdom of Thailand, UN member state Transjordan (to April 3), Jordan (from April 3) - Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan (to April 3)
- Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (from April 3)
Trieste – Free Territory of Trieste Tripura – Kingdom of Tripura (to September 9) Turkey – Republic of Turkey, UN member state
U
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, UN member state Yugoslavia – Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, UN member state
Occupied states
Other states
China, People's Republic of (from October 1) East Turkestan – East Turkestan Republic (to October 20) Indonesia – Republic of Indonesia (to December 27) Tibet Vietnam – Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Non-sovereign territories
Australia
Australian Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited external territory) Heard Island and McDonald Islands – Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Uninhabited external territory) Norfolk Island – Territory of Norfolk Island (External territory) Papua – Territory of Papua (External territory, to November 6)
Belgium
Belgian Congo (Colony)
Condominiums
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian condominium) Canton and Enderbury Islands (Anglo-American condominium) New Hebrides (Anglo-French condominium) Pheasant Island (Franco-Spanish condominium)
Denmark
Faroe Islands (Autonomous province) Greenland (Possession)
France
Adélie Land (overseas territory) Clipperton Island (uninhabited possession) Cambodia – Kingdom of Cambodia (autonomous associated state, from November 8) Comoros – Territory of the Comoros (overseas territory) Fezzan (Occupied territory, to November 21) French Equatorial Africa (overseas territory) French India – French Establishments in India (overseas territory) French Indochina (federation of protectorates, to November 8) French Oceania – French Settlements in Oceania (overseas territory) French Somaliland – Territory of French Somaliland (overseas territory) French West Africa (overseas territory) Laos – Kingdom of Laos (autonomous associated state, from July 19) Madagascar (overseas territory) Morocco – Sultanate of Morocco (de jure sovereign state under French and Spanish protectorate)[1][2] New Caledonia – Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies (overseas territory) Saar (protectorate) Saint Pierre and Miquelon – Territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (overseas territory) Tunisia – Tunisian Realm (protectorate) Vietnam – State of Vietnam (autonomous associated state, from June 14)
India
Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan (Independent state under Treaty of Punakha, to August 8)
International
Tangier – City of Tangier (City under international administration, de jure part of the Sultanate of Morocco) West Berlin (Occupied territory governed by France, the United Kingdom, and the United States, from May 23)
League of Nations mandates
South-West Africa (administered by South Africa)
Netherlands
Bangka Belitung and Riau – Bangka Belitung and Riau Federation (Autonomous state, to December 27) Banjar – Territory of Banjar (Autonomous state, to December 27) Central Java (Autonomous state, from March 2 to December 27) Dayak Besar (Autonomous state, to December 27) East Indonesia (Autonomous state, to December 27) East Java (Autonomous state, to December 27) East Kalimantan – Federation of East Kalimantan (Autonomous state, to December 27) East Sumatra – State of East Sumatra (Autonomous state, to December 27) Madura – State of Madura (Autonomous state, to December 27) Netherlands Antilles (Colony) Netherlands New Guinea (Colony) Southeast Kalimantan – Federation of Southeast Kalimantan (Autonomous state, to December 27) South Sumatra – State of South Sumatra (Autonomous state, to December 27) Surinam (Colony) West Java – Sundanese State (Autonomous state, to December 27) West Kalimantan – Special Territory of West Kalimantan (Autonomous state, to December 27)
New Zealand
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)
Spain
Spanish Guinea (Colony) Spanish Morocco (Part of the Sultanate of Morocco, de jure sovereign state under French and Spanish protectorate)[1][2] Spanish West Africa (Colony) Canary Islands (Archipielago)
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) 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) Cyprus (Crown colony) Cyrenaica - Cyrenaica (Occupied territory, to March 1)
- Emirate of Cyrenaica (Protectorate, from March 1 to November 21)
Eritrea (Occupied territory) Falkland Islands (Crown colony) Gambia – Gambia Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate) Gibraltar (Crown colony) Gold Coast (Crown colony) Guernsey – Bailiwick of Guernsey (Crown dependency) Hong Kong (Crown colony) Isle of Man (Crown dependency) Italian Somaliland (Occupied territory, to November) Jamaica (Crown colony) Jersey – Bailiwick of Jersey (Crown dependency) Kenya – Kenya Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate) Kuwait – State of Kuwait (Protectorate) Malaya – Federation of Malaya (Crown colony) Maldive Islands – Sultanate of the Maldive Islands (Protectorate) Malta (Crown colony) Mauritius (Crown colony) Muscat and Oman – Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (State under the informal protection) Newfoundland – Dominion of Newfoundland (Crown colony, to April 1) Nigeria – Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria (Crown colony and protectorate) North Borneo (Crown colony) Northern Rhodesia – Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia (Protectorate) Nyasaland – Nyasaland Protectorate (Protectorate) → Qatar – 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, to November 21) 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) Libya (administered by France and the United Kingdom, from November 21) Cyrenaica (administered by the United Kingdom) Fezzan (administered by France) Tripolitania (administered by the United Kingdom)
Nauru (administered by Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom) New Guinea – Territory of New Guinea (administered by Australia, to November 6) Papua and New Guinea – Territory of Papua and New Guinea (administered by Australia, from November 6) Ruanda-Urundi (administered by Belgium) Somalia – Trust Territory of Somalia (administered by Italy, from November) Tanganyika (administered by the United Kingdom) Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (administered by the United States) → Western Samoa (administered by New Zealand)
United States
Alaska – Alaska Territory (territory) American Samoa – Territory of American Samoa (territory) Baker Island (uninhabited territory) Bonin Islands (occupied territory) Corn Islands (territory) Guam – Territory of Guam (unincorporated territory) Hawaii – Territory of Hawaii (unincorporated territory) Howland Island (uninhabited territory) Jarvis Island (uninhabited territory) Johnston Atoll (uninhabited territory) Kingman Reef (uninhabited territory) Midway Atoll (uninhabited territory) Navassa Island (uninhabited territory) Palmyra Atoll (unincorporated organized territory) Panama Canal Zone (territory) Petrel Islands (uninhabited territory) Puerto Rico (territory) Quita Sueno Bank (uninhabited territory) Roncador Bank (uninhabited territory) Ryukyu Islands – United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (occupied territory) Serrana Bank (uninhabited territory) Serranilla Bank (uninhabited territory) Swan Islands (uninhabited territory) United States Virgin Islands (territory) Volcano Islands (occupied territory) Wake Island (uninhabited territory)
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