Internationally recognized sovereign states

A

• Afghanistan
  • Kingdom of Afghanistan (to July 17)
  • Republic of Afghanistan (from July 17)
• Albania - People's Republic of Albania
•  Algeria - People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
•  Andorra - Principality of Andorra
•  Argentina - Argentine Republic
•  Australia - Commonwealth of Australia
•  Austria - Republic of Austria

B

•  The Bahamas - Commonwealth of the Bahamas (from July 10)
•  Bahrain - State of Bahrain
•  Bangladesh - People's Republic of Bangladesh
•  Barbados
•  Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium
•  Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan
•  Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia
•  Botswana - Republic of Botswana
•  Brazil - Federative Republic of Brazil
• Bulgaria - People's Republic of Bulgaria
•  Burma - Union of Burma
• Burundi - Republic of Burundi

C

•  Cameroon - United Republic of Cameroon
•  Canada - Dominion of Canada
•  Central African Republic
•  Chad - Republic of Chad
•  Chile - Republic of Chile
•  China - People's Republic of China
•  Colombia - Republic of Colombia
•  Congo - People's Republic of Congo
•  Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica
•  Cuba - Republic of Cuba
•  Cyprus - Republic of Cyprus
• Czechoslovakia - Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

D

•  Dahomey - Republic of Dahomey
•  Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark
•  Dominican Republic

E

•  Ecuador - Republic of Ecuador
•  Egypt - Arab Republic of Egypt
•  El Salvador - Republic of El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea - Republic of Equatorial Guinea
• Ethiopia - Empire of Ethiopia

F

•  Fiji - Dominion of Fiji
•  Finland - Republic of Finland
•  France - French Republic

G

•  Gabon - Gabonese Republic
•  The Gambia - Republic of the Gambia
•  Germany, East - German Democratic Republic
•  Germany, West - Federal Republic of Germany
•  Ghana - Republic of Ghana
• Greece - Kingdom of Greece
•  Guatemala - Republic of Guatemala
•  Guinea - Republic of Guinea
•  Guinea-Bissau - Republic of Guinea-Bissau (from September 24)
•  Guyana - Co-operative Republic of Guyana

H

•  Haiti - Republic of Haiti
•  Honduras - Republic of Honduras
• Hungary - People's Republic of Hungary

I

•  Iceland - Republic of Iceland
•  India - Republic of India
•  Indonesia - Republic of Indonesia
• Iran - Imperial State of Iran
•  Iraq - Republic of Iraq
•  Ireland - Republic of Ireland
•  Israel - State of Israel
•  Italy - Italian Republic
•  Ivory Coast - Republic of Ivory Coast

J

•  Jamaica
•  Japan
•  Jordan - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

K

•  Kenya - Republic of Kenya
• Khmer Republic
•  Korea, North - Democratic People's Republic of Korea
•  Korea, South - Republic of Korea
•  Kuwait - State of Kuwait

L

• Laos - Kingdom of Laos
•  Lebanon - Lebanese Republic
•  Lesotho - Kingdom of Lesotho
•  Liberia - Republic of Liberia
• Libya - Libyan Arab Republic
•  Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein
•  Luxembourg - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

M

•  Malagasy Republic
•  Malawi - Republic of Malawi
•  Malaysia
•  Maldives - Republic of Maldives
•  Mali - Republic of Mali
•  Malta - State of Malta
•  Mauritania - Islamic Republic of Mauritania
•  Mauritius
•  Mexico - United Mexican States
•  Monaco - Principality of Monaco
• Mongolia - People's Republic of Mongolia
•  Morocco - Kingdom of Morocco

N

•  Nauru - Republic of Nauru
•  Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal
•  Netherlands - Kingdom of the Netherlands
• New Zealand - Dominion of New Zealand
•  Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua
•  Niger - Republic of Niger
•  Nigeria - Federal Republic of Nigeria
•  Norway - Kingdom of Norway

O

• Oman - Sultanate of Oman

P

•  Pakistan - Islamic Republic of Pakistan
•  Panama - Republic of Panama
• Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay
•  Peru - Peruvian Republic
•  Philippines - Republic of the Philippines
• Poland - People's Republic of Poland
•  Portugal - Portuguese Republic

Q

•  Qatar - State of Qatar

R

• Romania - Socialist Republic of Romania
•  Rwanda - Rwandan Republic

S

•  San Marino - Most Serene Republic of San Marino
•  Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
•  Senegal - Republic of Senegal
•  Sierra Leone - Republic of Sierra Leone
•  Singapore - Republic of Singapore
•  Somalia - Somali Democratic Republic
•  South Africa - Republic of South Africa
•  Soviet Union - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• Spain - Spanish State
•  Sri Lanka - Republic of Sri Lanka
•  Sudan - Democratic Republic of the Sudan
•  Swaziland - Kingdom of Swaziland
•  Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden
•  Switzerland - Swiss Confederation
•  Syria - Syrian Arab Republic

T

•  Tanzania - United Republic of Tanzania
•  Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand
•  Togo - Togolese Republic
•  Tonga - Kingdom of Tonga
•  Trinidad and Tobago
•  Tunisia - Republic of Tunisia
•  Turkey - Republic of Turkey

U

•  Uganda - Republic of Uganda
•  United Arab Emirates
•  United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
•  United States - United States of America
•  Upper Volta - Republic of Upper Volta
•  Uruguay - Eastern Republic of Uruguay

V

•  Vatican City - State of the Vatican City
•  Venezuela - United States of Venezuela
•  Vietnam, North - Democratic Republic of Vietnam
•  Vietnam, South - Republic of Vietnam

W

•  Western Samoa - Independent State of Western Samoa

Y

•  Yemen, North - Yemen Arab Republic
•  Yemen, South - People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
•  Yugoslavia - Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Z

•  Zaire - Republic of Zaire
• Zambia - Republic of Zambia

Other states

•  Rhodesia - Republic of Rhodesia
• Rwenzururu - Kingdom of Rwenzururu
•  Taiwan - Republic of China^[1]

United Nations Trust Territories

• Papua and New Guinea - Territory of Papua and New Guinea (administered by Australia)
•  Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (administered by the United States)

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