List of sovereign states in 1979

Sovereign states by year
List of sovereign states in 1978 Events of 1979 List of sovereign states in 1980

Internationally recognized sovereign states

A

B

C

D

E

F

  • Fiji Fiji – Dominion of Fiji, UN member State
    Capital: Suva
  •  Finland – Republic of Finland, UN member State
    Capital: Helsinki
  •  France – French Republic, UN member State
    Capital: Paris

G

H

I

J

  •  Jamaica – Commonwealth of Jamaica, UN member State
    Capital: Kingston
  •  Japan – UN member State
    Capital: Tokyo
  •  Jordan – Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, UN member State
    Capital: Amman

K

L

  •  Laos – Lao People's Democratic Republic, UN member State
    Capital: Vientiane
  •  Lebanon – Lebanese Republic, UN member State
    Capital: Beirut
  •  Lesotho – Kingdom of Lesotho, UN member State
    Capital: Maseru
  •  Liberia – Republic of Liberia, UN member State
    Capital: Monrovia
  • Libya – Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, UN member State
    Capital: Tripoli
  •  Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein, UN member State
    Capital: Vaduz
  •  Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, UN member State
    Capital: Luxembourg

M

N

O

P

Q

  • Qatar – State of Qatar ,UN member State
    Capital: Doha

R

S

T

U

V

W

  •  Western Samoa – Independent State of Western Samoa, UN member State
    Capital: Apia

Y

Z

  • Zaire Zaire – Republic of Zaire, UN member State
    Capital: Kinshasa
  • Zambia – Republic of Zambia, UN member State
    Capital: Lusaka

Non-sovereign territories

Antigua

Australia

Denmark

Finland

  • Åland Islands Åland (Neutral and demilitarised region)

France

Greece

Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway

Portugal

United Kingdom

United States

Other entities

Excluded from the list above are the following noteworthy entities which either were not fully sovereign or did not claim to be independent:

  • Antarctica as a whole had no government and no permanent population. Seven states claimed portions of Antarctica and five of these had reciprocally recognised one another's claims.[12] These claims, which were regulated by the Antarctic Treaty System, were neither recognised nor disputed by any other signatory state.[13]
  •  Estonia was incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940, but the legality of the annexation was not widely recognized. The Baltic diplomatic services in the West continued to be recognised as representing the de jure state.
  •  Latvia was incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940, but the legality of the annexation was not widely recognized. The Baltic diplomatic services in the West continued to be recognised as representing the de jure state.
  •  Lithuania was incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940, but the legality of the annexation was not widely recognized. The Baltic diplomatic services in the West continued to be recognised as representing the de jure state.
  • The Saudi–Iraqi neutral zone was a strip of neutral territory between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
  • Sovereign Military Order of Malta The Sovereign Military Order of Malta was an entity claiming sovereignty. The order had bi-lateral diplomatic relations with a large number of states, but had no territory other than extraterritorial areas within Rome.[14] The order's Constitution stated: "The Order is a subject of international law and exercises sovereign functions." [15] Although the order frequently asserted its sovereignty, it did not claim to be a sovereign state. It lacked a defined territory. Since all its members were citizens of other states, almost all of them lived in their native countries, and those who resided in the order's extraterritorial properties in Rome did so only in connection with their official duties, the order lacked the characteristic of having a permanent population.
  • Berlin West Berlin was a political enclave that was closely aligned with – but not actually a part of – West Germany. It consisted of three occupied sectors administered by the United States, the United Kingdom, and France.

References

  1. ↑ The name "Argentine Nation" was also used for the purposes of legislation.
  2. 1 2 The Central African Empire was restored on 20 Sep 1979
  3. ↑ The New Jewel Movement proclaimed the socialist republic on 13 March 1979
  4. 1 2 3 The Monarchy of Iran was abolished on 11 February 1979. The Islamic Republic was proclaimed on 1 April 1979.
  5. ↑ The People's Republic of Kampuchea was declared on 10 Jan 1979
  6. ↑ Kiribati gained independence from the United Kingdom on 12 July 1979
  7. 1 2 The interim state of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia was established on 1 Jun 1979
  8. ↑ Zimbabwe Rhodesia reverted to British rule on 12 December 1979.
  9. ↑ Rwanda's official French name was "République rwandaise". "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-22. Retrieved 2006-08-27. . It could be translated into English as "Rwandese Republic" s:CIA World Fact Book, 2004/Rwanda, "Rwandan Republic" , or "Republic of Rwanda" .
  10. ↑ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gained independence from the United Kingdom on 27 October 1979
  11. ↑ Venda gained nominal independence on 13 Sep 1979
  12. ↑ Rogan-Finnemore, Michelle (2005), "What Bioprospecting Means for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean", in Von Tigerstrom, Barbara, International Law Issues in the South Pacific, Ashgate Publishing, p. 204, ISBN 0-7546-4419-7 "Australia, New Zealand, France, Norway and the United Kingdom reciprocally recognize the validity of each other's claims."
  13. ↑ CIA – the World Factbook – Antarctica – accessed 19 January 2008
  14. ↑ Bilateral relations with countries Archived 2008-06-26 at the Wayback Machine., Retrieved 2009-12-22
  15. ↑ Chapter General of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (1998-01-12). Constitutional Charter and Code of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes, and of Malta, promulgated 27 June 1961, revised by the Extraordinary Chapter General 28–30 April 1997, Article 3 "Sovereignty," Paragraph 1 (PDF). Rome: Tipografia Arte della Stampa. p. 11.
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