Common and formal names | Membership within the UN System | Sovereignty dispute | Further information on status and recognition of sovereignty |
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UN member state | None | The de facto ruling government, the | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Andorra is a co-principality in which the office of head of state is jointly held ex officio by the French president and the bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Urgell,[3] who himself is appointed with approval from the Holy See. | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Antigua and Barbuda is a Commonwealth realm[a] with one autonomous region, Barbuda.[4][b] | |
UN member state | None | Argentina is a federation of 23 provinces and one autonomous city.[d] | |
UN member state | Not recognised by Pakistan. | Armenia is not recognised by Pakistan due to the dispute over Artsakh.[6][7][8] | |
UN member state | None | Australia is a Commonwealth realm[a] and a federation of both states and territories. There are six states, three internal territories, six external territories and one claimed Antarctic external territory. The external territories of Australia are: | |
UN member state | None | Member of the European Union.[e] Austria is a federation of nine states. | |
UN member state | None | Azerbaijan contains one autonomous region, Nakhchivan.[b] The de facto state of Artsakh has been established in the southwest of Azerbaijan. | |
UN member state | None | The Bahamas is a Commonwealth realm.[a] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Many states rescinded their recognition of President Alexander Lukashenko following the disputed 2020 election. Lithuania currently recognises Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's Coordination Council as the legitimate government of Belarus.[11] | |
UN member state | None | Member of the EU.[e] Belgium is a federation of three linguistic communities and three regions. | |
UN member state | None | Belize is a Commonwealth realm.[a] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Bosnia and Herzegovina has two constituent entities:
and Brčko District, a self-governing administrative district.[12] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Brazil is a federation of 26 states and one federal district. | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Member of the EU.[e] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Canada is a Commonwealth realm[a] and a federation of ten provinces and three territories. | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Chile has one special territory, Easter Island. [i] | |
UN member state | Partially unrecognised. Claimed by the Republic of China | China contains five autonomous regions, Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Tibet, and Xinjiang.[b] Additionally, it has sovereignty over the Special Administrative Regions of:
China claims, but does not control Taiwan, which is governed by a rival administration (the Republic of China) that claims all of China as its territory.[k] China is not recognised by 12 UN member states and Vatican City, which, with the exception of Bhutan, all recognise the Republic of China (Taiwan) instead.[l] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Comoros is a federation of three islands.[m] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Member of the EU.[e] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | Not recognised by Turkey[15] | Member of the EU.[e] The northeastern part of the island is the de facto state of Northern Cyprus.
Cyprus is not recognised by Turkey due to the Cyprus dispute, with Turkey recognising Northern Cyprus. | |
UN member state | None | Member of the EU.[e] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Member of the EU.[e] The Kingdom of Denmark includes 2 self-governing territories:
The metropolitan territory of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland form the three constituent countries of the Kingdom.[p] The Kingdom of Denmark as a whole is a member of the EU, but EU law (in most cases) does not apply to the Faroe Islands and Greenland. See Greenland and the European Union, and Faroe Islands and the European Union for more information.[16][17] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Member of the EU.[e] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Ethiopia is a federation of eleven regions and two chartered cities. | |
UN member state | None | Fiji contains one autonomous region, Rotuma.[b][18][19] | |
UN member state | None | Member of the EU.[e] | |
UN member state | None | Member of the EU.[e] France contains five overseas regions/departments; French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, and Réunion. France also includes the overseas territories of: | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Georgia contains two autonomous republics, Adjara and Abkhazia.[b] In Abkhazia and South Ossetia, de facto states have been formed. | |
UN member state | None | Member of the EU.[e] Germany is a federation of 16 states. | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Member of the EU.[e] Greece contains one autonomous area, Mount Athos.[21] | |
UN member state | None | Grenada is a Commonwealth realm.[a] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Member of the EU.[e] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | India is a federation of 28 states and eight union territories. | |
UN member state | None | Indonesia has eight autonomous provinces, Aceh, Jakarta, Central Papua, Highland Papua, Papua, South Papua, West Papua, and Yogyakarta.[b] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Iraq is a federation[m][25] of 19 governorates, four of which make up the autonomous Kurdistan Region.[b] | |
UN member state | None | Member of the EU.[e] | |
UN member state | Partially unrecognised | Israel exerts strong control over the territory claimed by Palestine. It has annexed East Jerusalem,[27] an act not recognised by the international community.[28] Israel has varying levels of control over the rest of the West Bank, and although it ended its permanent civilian or military presence in the Gaza Strip, it is still considered to be the occupying power under international law.[29][30][31][32]
Israel is not recognised as a state by 28 UN members and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. The Palestine Liberation Organization, recognised by a majority of UN member states as the representative of the Palestinian people, recognised Israel in 1993. | |
UN member state | None | Member of the EU.[e] Italy has 5 autonomous regions, Aosta Valley, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Sardinia, Sicily and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.[b] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Jamaica is a Commonwealth realm.[a] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Member of the EU.[e] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Member of the EU.[e] | |
UN member state | None | Member of the EU.[e] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Malaysia is a federation of 13 states and three federal territories. | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Member of the EU.[e] | |
UN member state | None | Under Compact of Free Association with the United States. | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Mauritius has an autonomous island, Rodrigues.[b] | |
UN member state | None | Mexico is a federation of 31 states and one autonomous city.
The Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities have de facto autonomy. | |
UN member state | None | Under Compact of Free Association with the United States. The Federated States of Micronesia is a federation of four states. | |
UN member state | None | Moldova has the autonomous regions of Gagauzia and the Left Bank of the Dniester. The latter and a city Bender (Tighina), is under the de facto control of Transnistria. | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Part of the Moroccan-claimed Western Sahara is controlled by the partially recognised Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Wa State is a de facto autonomous state within Myanmar. The United Nations has not recognised the de facto ruling government of Myanmar, the State Administration Council.[2] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Nepal is a federation composed of 7 provinces. | |
UN member state | None | Member of the EU.[e] The Kingdom of the Netherlands includes four areas with substantial autonomy:
The Metropolitan Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten form the four constituent countries of the Kingdom. Three overseas parts of the Netherlands (Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius) are special municipalities of the metropolitan Netherlands.[z] The Kingdom of the Netherlands as a whole is a member of the EU, but EU law only wholly applies to parts within Europe. | |
UN member state | None | New Zealand is a Commonwealth realm,[a] and has one dependent territory and one claimed Antarctic dependent territory:
The New Zealand Government acts for the entire Realm of New Zealand in all international contexts, which has responsibilities for (but no rights of control over) two freely associated states: The Cook Islands and Niue have diplomatic relations with 49 and 18 UN members respectively.[33][34] They have full treaty-making capacity in the UN,[35] and are members of some UN specialized agencies. | |
UN member state | None | Nicaragua contains two autonomous regions, Atlántico Sur and Atlántico Norte.[b] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Nigeria is a federation of 36 states and one federal territory. | |
UN member state | South Korea | Claimed byNorth Korea is not recognised by one UN member, South Korea, which claims to be the sole legitimate government of Korea.[36] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Norway has two unincorporated areas in Europe:
Norway has one dependent territory and two claimed Antarctic dependent territories in the Southern Hemisphere: | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Pakistan is a federation of four provinces and one capital territory. Pakistan exercises control over certain portions of Kashmir, but has not officially annexed any of it,[37][38] instead regarding it as a disputed territory.[39][40] The portions that it controls are divided into two territories, administered separately from Pakistan proper:
Azad Kashmir describes itself as a "self-governing state under Pakistani control", while Gilgit-Baltistan is described in its governance order as a group of "areas" with self-government.[41][42][43] These territories are not usually regarded as sovereign, as they do not fulfil the criteria set out by the declarative theory of statehood (for example, their current laws do not allow them to engage independently in relations with other states). Several state functions of these territories (such as foreign affairs and defense) are performed by Pakistan.[42][44][45] | |
UN member state | None | Under Compact of Free Association with the United States. | |
UN General Assembly observer state; member of two UN specialized agencies | Partially unrecognised. | The State of Palestine, declared in 1988, is not recognised as a state by Israel but has received diplomatic recognition from 145 states.[46] The proclaimed state has no agreed territorial borders, or effective control over much of the territory that it proclaimed.[47] The Palestinian National Authority is an interim administrative body formed as a result of the Oslo Accords that exercises limited autonomous jurisdiction within the Palestinian territories. In foreign relations, Palestine is represented by the Palestine Liberation Organization.[48] The State of Palestine is a member state of UNESCO,[49] UNIDO and other international organizations.[50] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Papua New Guinea is a Commonwealth realm[a] with one autonomous region, Bougainville.[b] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | The Philippines contains one autonomous region, Bangsamoro.[b] | |
UN member state | None | Member of the EU.[e] | |
UN member state | None | Member of the EU.[e] Portugal contains two autonomous regions, the Azores and Madeira.[b] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Member of the EU.[e] | |
UN member state | None | Russia is a federation of 83 internationally recognised federal subjects (republics, oblasts, krais, autonomous okrugs, federal cities, and an autonomous oblast). Several of the federal subjects are ethnic republics.[b] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Saint Kitts and Nevis is a Commonwealth realm[a] and is a federation[m] of two islands, St. Kitts and Nevis. | |
UN member state | None | Saint Lucia is a Commonwealth realm.[a] | |
UN member state | None | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a Commonwealth realm.[a] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | São Tomé and Príncipe contains one autonomous province, Príncipe.[b] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Serbia contains two autonomous regions, Vojvodina and Kosovo and Metohija.[b] The latter is under the de facto control of Kosovo. | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Member of the EU.[e] | |
UN member state | None | Member of the EU.[e] | |
UN member state | None | Solomon Islands is a Commonwealth realm.[a] | |
UN member state | None | Somalia is a federation of six states. Two, Puntland and Galmudug, have self-declared autonomy, while one, Somaliland, is de facto independent. | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | North Korea | Claimed bySouth Korea has one autonomous region, Jeju Province.[b][51]
South Korea is not recognised by North Korea, which claims to be the sole legitimate government of Korea. | |
UN member state | None | South Sudan is a federation of 10 states and three administrative areas.
| |
UN member state | None | Member of the EU.[e] Spain is divided into 17 autonomous communities and two special autonomous cities.[b][ac] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Sudan is a federation of 18 states.
| |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Member of the EU.[e] | |
UN member state | None | Switzerland is a federation of 26 cantons. | |
UN member state | None | The Syrian National Coalition, which is recognised as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people by 20 UN members, has established an interim government to rule rebel controlled territory during the Syrian civil war.
Syria has one self-declared autonomous region: Rojava. | |
UN member state | None | Tajikistan contains one autonomous region, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province.[b] | |
UN member state | None | Tanzania contains one autonomous region, Zanzibar.[b] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Trinidad and Tobago contains one autonomous region, Tobago.[b] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Tuvalu is a Commonwealth realm.[a] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Ukraine contains one autonomous region, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea,[b] which is under the control of Russia. Five other areas of Ukraine are under full or partial Russian control, including Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, Sevastopol, and Zaporizhzhia. | |
UN member state | None | The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven emirates. | |
UN member state | None | The United Kingdom is a Commonwealth realm[a] consisting of four constituent countries; England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The United Kingdom has the following 13 overseas territories and one claimed Antarctic dependent territory:
The British monarch also has direct sovereignty over three self-governing Crown Dependencies: | |
UN member state | None | The United States is a federation of 50 states, one federal district, and one incorporated territory. Additionally, the Federal government of the United States has sovereignty over 13 unincorporated territories. Of these territories, the following five are inhabited possessions:
It also has sovereignty over several uninhabited territories:
It also disputes sovereignty over the following two territories: Three sovereign states have become associated states of the United States under the Compact of Free Association:
| |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | Uzbekistan contains one autonomous region, Karakalpakstan.[b] | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN General Assembly observer state under the designation of "Holy See"; member of three UN specialized agencies | None | Administered by the Holy See, a sovereign entity with diplomatic relations to 183 states. This figure consists of 180 UN member states, the Cook Islands, the Republic of China (Taiwan), and the State of Palestine.[54] In addition, the European Union and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta maintain diplomatic relations with the Holy See. The Holy See is a member of three UN specialized agencies (ITU, UPU, and WIPO) and the IAEA, as well as being a permanent observer of the UN (in the category of "Non-member State")[48] and multiple other UN System organizations. The Vatican City is governed by officials appointed by the Pope, who is the Bishop of the Diocese of Rome and ex officio sovereign of Vatican City. | |
UN member state | None | Venezuela is a federation of 23 states, one capital district, and federal dependencies. | |
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None | ||
UN member state | None |
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