List of sovereign states in 2017

This is a list of internationally recognized sovereign states.

A

•  Abkhazia – Republic of Abkzhazia (De facto independent state)
•  Afghanistan - Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, UN member State
•  Albania - Republic of Albania, UN member State
•  Algeria – People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, UN member State
•  Andorra – Principality of Andorra, UN member State
•  Angola - Republic of Angola, UN member State
•  Antigua and Barbuda - UN member State
•  Argentina – Argentine Republic, UN member State
•  Armenia - Republic of Armenia, UN member State
•  Australia – Commonwealth of Australia, UN member State
•  Austria – Republic of Austria, UN member State
•  Azerbaijan - Republic of Azerbaijan, UN member State

B

•  The Bahamas – Commonwealth of the Bahamas, UN member State
•  Bahrain - Kingdom of Bahrain, UN member State
•  Bangladesh – People's Republic of Bangladesh, UN member State
•  Barbados - UN member State
•  Belarus - Republic of Belarus, UN member State
•  Belgium – Kingdom of Belgium, UN member State
•  Belize - UN member State
•  Benin - Republic of Benin, UN member State
•  Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan, UN member State
•  Bolivia - Plurinational State of Bolivia, UN member State
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina - UN member State
•  Botswana – Republic of Botswana, UN member State
•  Brazil – Federative Republic of Brazil, UN member State
•  Brunei – State of Brunei, Abode of Peace, UN member State
•  Bulgaria - Republic of Bulgaria, UN member State
•  Burkina Faso - UN member State
•  Burundi - Republic of Burundi, UN member State

C

•  Cambodia - Kingdom of Cambodia, UN member State
•  Cameroon – Republic of Cameroon, UN member State
•  Canada – UN member State
•  Cape Verde - Republic of Cabo Verde, UN member State
•  Central African Republic - UN member State
•  Chad – Republic of Chad, UN member State
•  Chile – Republic of Chile, UN member State
•  China, People's Republic of – UN member State
•  China, Republic of (partially recognized de facto independent state)
•  Colombia – Republic of Colombia, UN member State
•  Comoros - Union of the Comoros, UN member State
•  Congo, Republic of the - UN member State
•  Congo, Democratic Republic of the - UN member State
•  Cook Islands (A state in free association with New Zealand)
•  Costa Rica – Republic of Costa Rica, UN member State
•  Croatia – Republic of Croatia, UN member State
•  Cuba – Republic of Cuba, UN member State
•  Cyprus – Republic of Cyprus, UN member State
•  Czech Republic - UN member State

D

•  Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark, UN member State
•  Djibouti – Republic of Djibouti, UN member State
•  Dominica – Commonwealth of Dominica, UN member State
•  Dominican Republic - UN member State

E

•  Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador, UN member State
•  Egypt – Arab Republic of Egypt, UN member State
•  El Salvador – Republic of El Salvador, UN member State
•  Equatorial Guinea – Republic of Equatorial Guinea, UN member State
•  Eritrea - State of Eritrea, UN member State
•  Estonia – Republic of Estonia, UN member State
•  Ethiopia - Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, UN member State

F

•  Fiji - Republic of Fiji, UN member State
•  Finland – Republic of Finland, UN member State
•  France – French Republic, UN member State

G

•  Gabon – Gabonese Republic, UN member State
•  The Gambia - Islamic Republic of the Gambia
•  Georgia - UN member State
•  Germany - Federal Republic of Germany, UN member State
•  Ghana – Republic of Ghana, UN member State
•  Greece – Hellenic Republic, UN member State
•  Grenada - UN member State
•  Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala, UN member State
•  Guinea – Republic of Guinea, UN member State
•  Guinea-Bissau – Republic of Guinea-Bissau, UN member State
•  Guyana – Co-operative Republic of Guyana, UN member State

H

•  Haiti – Republic of Haiti, UN member State
•  Honduras – Republic of Honduras, UN member State
•  Hungary - UN member State

I

•  Iceland – Republic of Iceland, UN member State
•  India – Republic of India, UN member State
•  Indonesia – Republic of Indonesia, UN member State
•  Iran – Islamic Republic of Iran, UN member State
•  Iraq - Republic of Iraq, UN member State
•  Ireland – Republic of Ireland, UN member State
•  Israel – State of Israel, UN member State
•  Italy – Italian Republic, UN member State
•  Ivory Coast – Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, UN member State

J

•  Jamaica - UN member State
•  Japan - UN member State
•  Jordan – Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, UN member State

K

•  Kazakhstan – Republic of Kazakhstan, UN member State
•  Kenya – Republic of Kenya, UN member State
•  Kiribati – Republic of Kiribati, UN member State
•  Korea, North – Democratic People's Republic of Korea
•  Korea, South – Republic of Korea, UN member state
•  Kosovo - Republic of Kosovo (Partially recognized de facto self-governing entity)
•  Kuwait – State of Kuwait, UN member State
•  Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz Republic, UN member State

L

•  Laos – Lao People's Democratic Republic, UN member State
•  Latvia – Republic of Latvia, UN member State
•  Lebanon – Lebanese Republic, UN member State
•  Lesotho – Kingdom of Lesotho, UN member State
•  Liberia – Republic of Liberia, UN member State
•  Libya - UN member State
•  Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein, UN member State
•  Lithuania – Republic of Lithuania, UN member State
•  Luhansk People's Republic - (unrecognized de facto self-governing entity)
•  Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, UN member State

M

•  Macedonia - Republic of Macedonia, UN member State
•  Madagascar - Republic of Madagascar, UN member State
•  Malawi – Republic of Malawi, UN member state
•  Malaysia - UN member State
•  Maldives – Republic of Maldives, UN member State
•  Mali – Republic of Mali, UN member State
•  Malta – Republic of Malta, UN member State
•  Marshall Islands – Republic of the Marshall Islands (A state under Compact of Free Association with the United States), UN member State
•  Mauritania – Islamic Republic of Mauritania, UN member State
•  Mauritius - Republic of Mauritius, UN member State
•  Federated States of Micronesia (A state under Compact of Free Association with the United States), UN member State
•  Mexico – United Mexican States, UN member State
•  Moldova – Republic of Moldova, UN member state
•  Monaco – Principality of Monaco, UN member State
•  Mongolia - UN member State
•  Montenegro - UN member State
•  Morocco – Kingdom of Morocco, UN member State
•  Mozambique - Republic of Mozambique, UN member State
•  Myanmar - Republic of the Union of Myanmar, UN member State

N

•  Nagorno-Karabakh - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (De facto independent state)
•  Namibia – Republic of Namibia, UN member State
•  Nauru – Republic of Nauru, UN member State
•    Nepal - Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, UN member State
•  Netherlands – Kingdom of the Netherlands, UN member State
•  New Zealand - UN member State
•  Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua, UN member State
•  Niger – Republic of Niger, UN member State
•  Nigeria – Federal Republic of Nigeria, UN member State
•  Niue (A state in free association with New Zealand)
•  Northern Cyprus – Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (partially recognized de facto independent state)
•  Norway – Kingdom of Norway, UN member State

O

•  Oman – Sultanate of Oman, UN member State

P

•  Pakistan – Islamic Republic of Pakistan, UN member state
•  Palau - Republic of Palau (A state under Compact of Free Association with the United States), UN member State
•  Palestine - State of Palestine, Permanent observer at the UN
•  Panama – Republic of Panama, UN member State
•  Papua New Guinea – Independent State of Papua New Guinea, UN member State
•  Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay, UN member State
•  Peru – Republic of Peru, UN member State
•  Philippines – Republic of the Philippines, UN member State
•  Poland – Republic of Poland, UN member State
•  Portugal – Portuguese Republic, UN member state

Q

•  Qatar – State of Qatar, UN member State

R

•  Romania - UN member State
•  Russia - Russian Federation, UN member State
•  Rwanda - Republic of Rwanda, UN member State

S

•  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Partially recognized de facto independent state)
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis – Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, UN member State
•  Saint Lucia - UN member State
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - UN member State
•  Samoa - Independent State of Samoa, UN member State
•  San Marino – Republic of San Marino, UN member State
•  São Tomé and Príncipe – Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, UN member State
•  Saudi Arabia – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, UN member State
•  Senegal – Republic of Senegal, UN member State
•  Serbia - Republic of Serbia, UN member State
•  Seychelles – Republic of Seychelles, UN member State
•  Sierra Leone – Republic of Sierra Leone, UN member State
•  Singapore – Republic of Singapore, UN member State
•  Slovakia - Slovak Republic, UN member State
•  Slovenia – Republic of Slovenia, UN member State
•  Solomon Islands - UN member State
•  Somalia - Federal Republic of Somalia, UN member State
•  Somaliland – Republic of Somaliland (De facto independent state)
•  South Africa – Republic of South Africa, UN member State
•  South Ossetia - Republic of South Ossetia (De facto independent state)
•  South Sudan - Republic of South Sudan, UN member State
•  Spain – Kingdom of Spain, UN member State
•  Sri Lanka – Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, UN member State
•  Sudan – Republic of the Sudan, UN member State
•  Suriname – Republic of Suriname, UN member State
•  Swaziland – Kingdom of Swaziland, UN member State
•  Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden, UN member State
•   Switzerland – Swiss Confederation, UN member State
•  Syria – Syrian Arab Republic, UN member State

T

Taiwan China, Republic of

•  Tajikistan – Republic of Tajikistan, UN member State
•  Tanzania – United Republic of Tanzania, UN member State
•  Thailand – Kingdom of Thailand, UN member State
•  Timor-Leste - Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, UN member State
•  Togo – Togolese Republic, UN member State
•  Tonga – Kingdom of Tonga, UN member State
•  Transnistria - Transnistrian Moldovan Republic (De facto independent state)
•  Trinidad and Tobago – Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, UN member State
•  Tunisia – Tunisian Republic, UN member State
•  Turkey – Republic of Turkey, UN member State
•  Turkmenistan - UN member State
•  Tuvalu - UN member State

U

•  Uganda – Republic of Uganda, UN member State
•  Ukraine - UN member State
•  United Arab Emirates - UN member State
•  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
•  Uzbekistan – Republic of Uzbekistan, UN member State

V

•  Vanuatu – Republic of Vanuatu, UN member State
•   Vatican City – Vatican City State, Permanent observer at UN
•  Venezuela - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, UN member State
•  Vietnam – Socialist Republic of Vietnam, UN member State

Y

•  Yemen – Republic of Yemen, UN member State

Z

•  Zambia - Republic of Zambia, UN member State
•  Zimbabwe – Republic of Zimbabwe, UN member State