List of sovereign states in the 1920s
This is a list of sovereign states in the 1920s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1920 and 31 December 1929. It contains entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty. It includes widely recognized sovereign states, and entities which were de facto sovereign but which were not widely recognized by other states.
Sovereign states
Name and capital city | Information on status and recognition of sovereignty | |
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Capital: Kabul |
Widely recognized independent state | |
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Capital: Kabul
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Widely recognized independent state | |
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Capital: Tirana
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Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Andorra La Vella |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Buenos Aires |
Widely recognized independent state. LON founding member state from January 10, 1920 | |
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Capital: Yerevan
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Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Asir – Emirate of Asir (to October 21, 1926) Capital: Sabya |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Abha |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Canberra |
Widely recognized independent state. LON founding member state from January 10, 1920. Australia administers 2 League of Nations Mandates:
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Capital: Vienna |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state from December 15, 1920 | |
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Capital: Baku
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Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Brussels |
Widely recognized independent state. LON founding member state from January 10, 1920. | |
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Capital: Sucre |
Widely recognized independent state. LON founding member state from January 10, 1920. | |
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Capital: Brasília |
Widely recognized independent state. LON founding member state from January 10, 1920. | |
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Capital: Sofia |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state from December 16, 1920. | |
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Capital: Ottawa |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Guatemala City |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Santiago |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Widely recognized independent state. | ||
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Capital: Bogotá |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: San José, Costa Rica |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Havana |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Prague
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Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Danzig |
Widely recognized independent state from November 15, 1920. | |
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Capital: Copenhagen |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Santo Domingo |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Quito |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Cairo |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: San Salvador |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Tallinn |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Addis Ababa |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Helsinki |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Fiume |
Widely recognized independent state from November 12, 1920. | |
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Capital: Paris |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Tbilisi |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Berlin |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Athens
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Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Guatemala City |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Ha'il |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Port-au-Prince |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Mecca |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Tegucigalpa |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Budapest |
Widely recognized independent state from March 1, 1920. | |
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Capital: Reykjavik |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Dublin |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Rome |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Tokyo |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Riga
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Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Monrovia |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Vaduz |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Vilnius |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Luxembourg City |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Mexico City |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Monaco City |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Ulaanbaatar
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Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Riyadh
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Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Widely recognized independent state. | ||
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Capital: Kathmandu |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Amsterdam |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Wellington |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Managua |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Oslo |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Constantinople
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Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Panama City |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Asunción |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Tehran
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Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Lima |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Warsaw |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Lisbon |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Bucharest |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Moscow |
Widely recognized independent state to December 30, 1922 | |
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Capital: City of San Marino |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Belgrade
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Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Bangkok |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Cape Town, Pretoria, Bloemfontein, and Pietermaritzburg |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Moscow |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Madrid |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Stockholm |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Bern |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Tiflis |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Tiflis
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Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: London
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Widely recognized independent state. The following are colonies, and territories of the United Kingdom:
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Capital: Washington, D.C. |
Widely recognized independent state. The following are territories of the United States of America:
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Capital: Montevideo |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Caracas |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Capital: Sana`a |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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Other states
Alash – Alash Autonomy (to August 26, 1920) -
Ararat – Republic of Ararat (from October 28, 1927) Armenia, Mountainous (from April 26 to July 1921) Azadistan Baranya-Baja – Serb-Hungarian Baranya-Baja Republic (from August 14 to August 25, 1921) Bottleneck – Free State Bottleneck (to February 23, 1923) Bukharan (from October 8, 1920 to February 17, 1925) - Bukharan People's Soviet Republic (from October 8, 1920 to 1924)
- Bukharan Socialist Soviet Republic (from 1924)
Byelorussia – Byelorussian Socialist Soviet Republic (from August 1, 1920 to December 30, 1922) Carnaro – Italian Regency of Carnaro (from September 8 to December 30, 1920) Central Lithuania – Republic of Central Lithuania (from October 12, 1920) Don – Don Republic (to 1920) Far Eastern Republic (from April 6, 1920 to November 15, 1922) Galicia – Galician Socialist Soviet Republic (from July 8 to September 21, 1920) Georgia, Soviet – Socialist Soviet Republic of Georgia (from February 11, 1921 to March 12, 1922) Gilan – Persian Socialist Soviet Republic (from June 1920) Ireland – Irish Republic (to December 6, 1922) Khiva (to April 30, 1920), Khorasan – Autonomous Government of Khorasan (from April 2, 1921 to October 6, 1921) Khorezm (from April 30, 1920 to February 17, 1925) - Khanate of Khiva (to April 30, 1920)
- Khorezm People's Soviet Republic (from April 30, 1920 to October 20, 1923)
- Khorezm Socialist Soviet Republic (from October 20, 1923 to February 17, 1925)
Kuban – Kuban People's Republic (to March 17, 1920) Kurdistan – Kingdom of Kurdistan (from February 1925 to April 14, 1925) - Labin – Labin Republic (from March 2 to April 8, 1921)
Lajtabánság – Banate of Leitha (from October 4 to November 5, 1921) Lemko-Rusyn – Lemko-Rusyn Republic (to March 1920) Mirdita – Republic of Mirdita (from July 17 to November 20, 1921) Mongolia (from February 21 to July 11, 1921) Morocco – Sultanate of Morocco (de jure sovereign state under french and Spanish protectorate)[2][3] North Caucasian Emirate (to 1923) Northern Caucasus – Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (to June 1920) North Ingria – Republic of North Ingria (to December 20, 1920) Mandatory Palestine – Mandatory Palestine (from April 25, 1920) Rhineland – Rhenish Republic (from October 21, 1923) Rif – Confederal Republic of the Tribes of the Rif (from September 18, 1921 to May 27) Siberia, Autonomous – Provisional Government of Autonomous Siberia (to February 7, 1920) Tannu Tuva (from August 14, 1921) - People's Republic of Tannu Tuva (to November 24, 1926)
- Tuvan People's Republic (from November 24, 1926)
Tavolara – Kingdom of Tavolara Tibet Ukraine, Soviet – Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic (to December 30, 1922)
League of Nations Mandates
British Cameroons (administered by the United Kingdom)
Capital: BueaBritish Togoland (Administered by the United Kingdom)
Capital: HoFrench Cameroons (administered by France)
Capital: YaoundéFrench Togoland (administered by France)
Capital: LoméNauru (administered by Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom) New Guinea – Territory of New Guinea (administered by Australia)
Capital: RabaulPalestine (administered by the United Kingdom from September 29, 1923)
Capital: JerusalemTransjordan – Emirate of Transjordan (administered by the United Kingdom from September 29, 1923)
Capital: Amman
Ruanda-Urundi (administered by Belgium)
Capital: UsumburaSouth Pacific Mandate (administered by Japan)
Capital: Koror CitySouth-West Africa (administered by South Africa)
Capital: WindhoekSyria and Lebanon (administered by France from September 29, 1923) Alawite (administered by France from September 29, 1923)
Capital: Latakia- Alawite Territory (to January 1, 1925)
- Alawite State (from January 1, 1925)
Lebanon (administered by France from September 29, 1923) - State of Greater Lebanon (to September 1, 1926)
- Lebanese Republic (from September 1, 1926)
Syria (administered by France from September 29, 1923) Souaida (Jabal ad-Druze) – State of Souaida (State of Jabal ad-Druze) (administered by France from September 29, 1923)
Tanganyika – Tanganyika Territory (administered by the United Kingdom) Western Samoa (administered by New Zealand)
Not enacted
Mesopotamia – Kingdom of Iraq (from August 23) (administered by the United Kingdom)
References
- ↑ Poullada, L. B. "AMĀNALLĀH". Encyclopædia Iranica (Online ed.). United States: Columbia University.
- ↑ International Law: Achievements and Prospects, p. 51, at Google Books
- ↑ Repertory of Decisions of the International Court of Justice (1947–1992), p. 453, at Google Books
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