List of sovereign states in 1947
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Contents
- 1 Internationally recognized sovereign states
- 2 Occupied states
- 3 Other states
- 4 Non-Sovereign Territories
- 4.1 Australia
- 4.2 Belgium
- 4.3 Condominiums
- 4.4 Denmark
- 4.5 France
- 4.6 India
- 4.7 International
- 4.8 Italy
- 4.9 League of Nations Mandates
- 4.10 Netherlands
- 4.11 New Zealand
- 4.12 Norway
- 4.13 Portugal
- 4.14 Soviet Union
- 4.15 Spain
- 4.16 United Kingdom
- 4.17 United Nations Trust Territories
- 4.18 United States
- 5 References
Internationally recognized sovereign states
A
Afghanistan - Kingdom of Afghanistan, UN member state
Albania - People's Republic of Albania
Andorra - Principality of Andorra
Argentina - Argentine Republic, UN member state
Australia - Commonwealth of Australia, UN member state
B
Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium, UN member state
Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia, UN member state- 23x15px Brazil - Republic of the United States of Brazil, UN member state
Bulgaria - People's Republic of Bulgaria
C
Canada - Dominion of Canada, UN member state
Chile - Republic of Chile, UN member state
China - Republic of China, UN member state
Colombia - Republic of Colombia, UN member state
Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica, UN member state
Cuba - Republic of Cuba, UN member state
Czechoslovakia - Czechoslovak Republic, UN member state
D
Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark, UN member state
Dominican Republic, UN member state
E
Ecuador - Republic of Ecuador, UN member state
Egypt - Kingdom of Egypt, UN member state
El Salvador - Republic of El Salvador, UN member state
Ethiopia - Empire of Ethiopia, UN member state
F
G
H
Haiti - Republic of Haiti, UN member state
Honduras - Republic of Honduras, UN member state
Hungary - Republic of Hungary
I
Iceland - Republic of Iceland, UN member state
India - Union of India (from August 15), UN member state
Iran - Imperial State of Iran, UN member state
Iraq - Kingdom of Iraq, UN member state
Ireland
Italy - Italian Republic
L
Lebanon - Lebanese Republic, UN member state
Liberia - Republic of Liberia, UN member state
Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein
Luxembourg - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, UN member state
M
Mexico - United Mexican States, UN member state
Monaco - Principality of Monaco
Mongolia - Mongolian People's Republic
N
Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal
Netherlands - Kingdom of the Netherlands, UN member state
New Zealand - Dominion of New Zealand (Dominion of the British Empire to November 25), UN member state
Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua, UN member state
Norway - Kingdom of Norway, UN member state
P
Pakistan - Dominion of Pakistan (from August 14), (from September 30) UN member state
Panama - Republic of Panama, UN member state
Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay, UN member state
Peru - Peruvian Republic, UN member state
Philippines - Republic of the Philippines, UN member state
Poland - Republic of Poland, UN member state
Portugal - Portuguese Republic
R
Romania
- Kingdom of Romania (to December 30)
- Romanian People's Republic (from December 30)
S
San Marino - Most Serene Republic of San Marino
Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, UN member state
South Africa - Union of South Africa, UN member state
Soviet Union - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, UN member state
Spain - Spanish State
Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden, UN member state
Switzerland - Swiss Confederation, Permanent observer at UN
Syria - Syrian Republic, UN member state
T
Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand, UN member state
Transjordan - Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan
Trieste - Free Territory of Trieste (from September 15)
Turkey - Republic of Turkey, UN member state
U
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
V
Vatican City - Vatican City State
Venezuela - United States of Venezuela, UN member state
Y
Yemen - Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, (from September 30) UN member state
Yugoslavia - Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, UN member state
Occupied states
Austria - Republic of Austria
Estonia - Republic of Estonia
Germany
Japan
Latvia - Republic of Latvia
Lithuania - Republic of Lithuania
Other states
East Turkestan - East Turkestan Republic
Hyderabad - State of Hyderabad (from August 15)
Indonesia - Republic of Indonesia
Kashmir and Jammu (from August 15 to October 27)
Tibet
Vietnam - Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Non-Sovereign Territories
Australia
- Australian Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited external territory)
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands - Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Uninhabited external territory, from December 26)
- Norfolk Island - Territory of Norfolk Island (External territory)
Papua - Territory of Papua (External territory)
Belgium
Belgian Congo (Colony)
Condominiums
- Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian condominium)
Canton and Enderbury Islands (Anglo-American condominium)
New Hebrides (Anglo-French condominium)
Denmark
- Greenland (Possession)
France
- Adélie Land (Overseas territory)
- Clipperton Island (Uninhabited possession)
- Comoros - Territory of the Comoros (Overseas territory)
- Fezzan (Occupied territory)
- French Equatorial Africa (Overseas territory)
- French India - French Establishments in India (Overseas territory)
- French Indochina (Federation of protectorates)
- French Oceania - French Settlements in Oceania (Overseas territory)
- French Somaliland - Territory of French Somaliland (Overseas territory)
- French West Africa (Overseas territory)
- Madagascar (Overseas territory)
Morocco - Sultanate of Morocco (de jure sovereign state under French and Spanish protectorate)[1][2]- New Caledonia - Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies (Overseas territory)
Saar (Protectorate, from December 15)- Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Overseas territory)
Tunisia - Tunisian Realm (Protectorate)
India
Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan (Independent state under Treaty of Punakha, from August 15)
Sikkim - Kingdom of Sikkim
International
Tangier - City of Tangier (de jure part of the Sultanate of Morocco, under International administration)
Italy
Tientsin (Concession, to February 10)
League of Nations Mandates
- Nauru (Administered by Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, to November 1)
Palestine (Administered by the United Kingdom)- South Pacific Mandate (Administered by Japan, to July 18)
- South-West Africa (Administered by South Africa)
Western Samoa (Administered by New Zealand, to January 25)
Netherlands
- Bangka - Bangka Council (Autonomous state, from July 12)
- Belitung - Belitung Council (Autonomous state)
- Curaçao and Dependencies (Colony)
Dayak Besar (Autonomous state)
East Indonesia (Autonomous state)
East Sumatra
- Special Territory of East Sumatra (Autonomous state, from October 8 to December 25)
- State of East Sumatra (Autonomous state, from December 25)
- Surinam (Colony)
- Netherlands New Guinea (Colony)
- Riau - Riau Council (Autonomous state, from July 12)
- Siak Besar - Siak Besar Territory (Autonomous state, from August 27)
- Southeast Kalimantan - Federation of Southeast Kalimantan (Autonomous state, from January 8)
- West Kalimantan
- Federation of West Kalimantan (Autonomous state, to May 12)
- Special Territory of West Kalimantan (Autonomous state, from May 12)
New Zealand
- Cook Islands (Dependent territory)
- Niue Island (Dependent territory)
- Ross Dependency (Uninhabited dependent territory)
- Tokelau Islands (Dependent territory)
Norway
- Bouvet Island (Uninhabited possession)
- Peter I Island (Uninhabited possession)
- Queen Maud Land (Uninhabited possession)
Portugal
- Cape Verde Islands (Colony)
- Macau (Colony)
- Portuguese East Africa (Colony)
- Portuguese Guinea (Colony)
- Portuguese India - Portuguese State of India (Colony)
- Portuguese Timor (Colony)
- Portuguese West Africa (Colony)
- São João Baptista de Ajudá - Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá (Possession)
- São Tomé and Príncipe (Colony)
Soviet Union
North Korea (Occupied territory)
Spain
- 23x15px Spanish Guinea (Colony)
- Spanish Morocco (As part of the Sultanate of Morocco, de jure sovereign state under French and Spanish protectorate)[1][2]
- 23x15px Spanish West Africa (Colony)
United Kingdom
Aden - Aden Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate)
Bahama Islands (Crown colony)
Bahrain - State of Bahrain (Protectorate)
Barbados (Crown colony)- Basutoland - Territory of Basutoland (Crown colony)
- Bechuanaland - Bechuanaland Protectorate (Protectorate)
Bermuda (Crown colony)- Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan (Independent state under Treaty of Punakha, to August 15)
British Guiana (Crown colony)
British Honduras (Crown colony)
British Leeward Islands - Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands (Crown colony)- British Somaliland - British Somaliland Protectorate (Protectorate)
- British Western Pacific Territories (Crown colony)
British Windward Islands - Federal Colony of the Windward Islands (Crown colony)
Brunei - State of Brunei (Protectorate)
Burma (Crown colony)
Ceylon (Crown colony)
Cyprus (Crown colony)- Cyrenaica (Occupied territory)
- Eritrea (Occupied territory)
- Falkland Islands (Crown colony)
Gambia - Gambia Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate)
Gibraltar (Crown colony)
Gold Coast (Crown colony)
Guernsey - Bailiwick of Guernsey (Crown dependency)- Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Uninhabited possession, to December 26)
Hong Kong (Crown colony)
India - Indian Empire (Crown colony, to August 14)
Isle of Man (Crown dependency)- Italian Somaliland (Occupied territory)
Jamaica (Crown colony)
Jersey - Bailiwick of Jersey (Crown dependency)
Kenya - Kenya Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate)
Kuwait - State of Kuwait (Protectorate)
Malaya - Malayan Union (Colony)
Maldive Islands - Sultanate of the Maldive Islands (Protectorate)
Malta (Crown colony)
Mauritius (Crown colony)
Muscat and Oman - Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (State under the informal protection)- Newfoundland - Dominion of Newfoundland (Crown colony)
Nigeria - Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria (Crown colony and protectorate)
North Borneo (Crown colony)
Northern Rhodesia - Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia (Protectorate)
Nyasaland - Nyasaland Protectorate (Protectorate)
Qatar - State of Qatar (Protectorate)
Saint Helena (Crown colony)
Sarawak (Crown colony)- Seychelles (Crown colony)
- Sierra Leone - Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate)
Singapore (Crown colony)
Southern Rhodesia - Colony of Southern Rhodesia (Crown colony)- Suez Canal Zone (Crown colony)
- Swaziland - Swaziland Protectorate (Protectorate)
Trinidad and Tobago (Crown colony)- Tripolitania (Occupied territory)
Trucial States (Protectorate)
Uganda (Crown colony)
Zanzibar - Sultanate of Zanzibar (Protectorate)
United Nations Trust Territories
British Cameroons (Administered by the United Kingdom)- British Togoland (Administered by the United Kingdom)
- French Cameroons (Administered by France)
- French Togoland (Administered by France)
- Nauru (Administered by Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, from November 1)
- New Guinea - Territory of New Guinea (Administered by Australia)
- Ruanda-Urundi (Administered by Belgium)
Tanganyika (Administered by the United Kingdom)
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Administered by the United States, from July 18)- Western Samoa (Administered by New Zealand, from January 25)
United States
Alaska - Alaska Territory (Territory)- American Samoa - Territory of American Samoa (Territory)
- Baker Island (Uninhabited territory)
- Bonin Islands (Occupied territory)
Guam - Territory of Guam (Unincorporated territory)
Hawaii - Territory of Hawaii (Unincorporated territory)- Howland Island (Uninhabited territory)
- Jarvis Island (Uninhabited territory)
- Johnston Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
- Kingman Reef (Uninhabited territory)
- South Korea (Occupied territory)
- Midway Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
- Navassa Island (Uninhabited territory)
- Palmyra Atoll (Unincorporated organized territory)
Panama Canal Zone (Territory)- Puerto Rico (Territory)
- Ryukyu Islands - United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (Occupied territory)
United States Virgin Islands (Territory)- Volcano Islands (Occupied territory)
- Wake Island (Uninhabited territory)
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