List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Afro-Eurasia

This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Afro-Eurasia, along with other areas of special political status.

African Sovereign states

Recognised states

The following 54 fully recognised states are all members of the United Nations,^[1] and all except Morocco are members of the African Union.^[2][3]

Name (official name)	Flag	Capital	Currency	Official language(s)	Area (km^2)	Population	GDP per capita (PPP) (US$)	Map
Algeria[4] (People's Democratic Republic of Algeria)		Algiers	Algerian dinar	Arabic	2,381,740	33,333,216	7,124
Angola[5] (Republic of Angola)		Luanda	Kwanza	Portuguese	1,246,700	15,941,000	2,813
Benin[6] (Republic of Benin)		Porto Novo	West African CFA franc	French	112,622	8,439,000	1,176
Botswana[7] (Republic of Botswana)		Gaborone	Pula	English, Setswana	581,726	1,839,833	11,400
Burkina Faso[8] (Burkina Faso)		Ouagadougou	West African CFA franc	French	274,000	13,228,000	1,284
Burundi[9] (Republic of Burundi)		Bujumbura	Burundi franc	Kirundi, French	27,830	7,548,000	739
Cameroon[10] (Republic of Cameroon)		Yaoundé	Central African CFA franc	French, English	475,442	17,795,000	2,421
Cape Verde[11] (Republic of Cape Verde)		Praia	Cape Verdean escudo	Portuguese	4,033	420,979	6,418
Central African Republic[12] (Central African Republic)		Bangui	Central African CFA franc	Sango, French	622,984	4,216,666	1,198
Chad[13] (Republic of Chad)		N'Djamena	Central African CFA franc	French, Arabic	1,284,000	10,146,000	1,519
Comoros[14] (Union of the Comoros)		Moroni	Comorian franc	Arabic, French, Comorian	2,235	798,000	1,660
Côte d'Ivoire[15] (Republic of Côte d'Ivoire)		Yamoussoukro	West African CFA franc	French	322,460	17,654,843	1,600
Democratic Republic of Congo[16][n 1] (Democratic Republic of Congo)		Kinshasa	Congolese franc	French	2,344,858	71,712,867	774
Djibouti[17] (Republic of Djibouti)		Djibouti	Djiboutian Franc	Arabic, French	23,200	906,000	2,070
Egypt[18][n 2] (Arab Republic of Egypt)		Cairo	Egyptian Pound	Arabic	1,001,449	80,335,036	4,836
Equatorial Guinea[19] (Republic of Equatorial Guinea)		Malabo	Central African CFA franc	Spanish, French, Portuguese	28,051	504,000	16,312
Eritrea[20] (State of Eritrea)		Asmara	Nakfa	Tigrinya, Arabic, English	117,600	5,880,000	1,000
Ethiopia[21] (Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia)		Addis Ababa	Ethiopian birr	Amharic, English	1,104,300	85,237,338	1,100
Gabon[22] (Gabonese Republic)		Libreville	Central African CFA franc	French	267,668	1,384,000	7,055
Gambia[23] (Republic of The Gambia)		Banjul	Dalasi	English	10,380	1,517,000	2002
Ghana[24] (Republic of Ghana)		Accra	Ghanaian cedi	English	238,534	23,000,000	2,700
Guinea[25] (Republic of Guinea)		Conakry	Guinean franc	French	245,857	9,402,000	2,035
Guinea-Bissau[26] (Republic of Guinea-Bissau)		Bissau	West African CFA franc	Portuguese	36,125	1,586,000	736
Kenya[27] (Republic of Kenya)		Nairobi	Kenyan shilling	Swahili, English	580,367	34,707,817	1,445
Lesotho[28] (Kingdom of Lesotho)		Maseru	Loti	Sesotho, English	30,355	1,795,000	2,113
Liberia[29] (Republic of Liberia)		Monrovia	Liberian dollar	English	111,369	3,283,000	1,003
Libya[30] (State of Libya)		Tripoli	Libyan dinar	Arabic	1,759,540	6,036,914	12,700
Madagascar[31] (Republic of Madagascar)		Antananarivo	Malagasy Ariary	Malagasy, French	587,041	18,606,000	905
Malawi[32] (Republic of Malawi)		Lilongwe	Malawian kwacha	English, Chichewa	118,484	12,884,000	596
Mali[33] (Republic of Mali)		Bamako	West African CFA franc	French	1,240,192	13,518,000	1,154
Mauritania[34] (Islamic Republic of Mauritania)		Nouakchott	Mauritanian Ouguiya	Arabic	1,030,700	3,069,000	2,402
Mauritius[35] (Republic of Mauritius)		Port Louis	Mauritian rupee	English, French, Mauritian Creole	2,040	1,219,220	13,703
Morocco[36] (Kingdom of Morocco)		Rabat	Moroccan dirham	Arabic, Berber	446,550 (internationally recognized), 710,850 (claimed)	35,757,175	4,600
Mozambique[37] (Republic of Mozambique)		Maputo	Mozambican metical	Portuguese	801,590	20,366,795	1,389
Namibia[38] (Republic of Namibia)		Windhoek	Namibian dollar	English	825,418	2,031,000	7,478
Niger[39] (Republic of Niger)		Niamey	West African CFA franc	French	1,267,000	13,957,000	872
Nigeria[40] (Federal Republic of Nigeria)		Abuja	Nigerian naira	English	923,768	154,729,000	1,188
Republic of Congo[41][n 3] (Republic of Congo)		Brazzaville	Central African CFA franc	French	342,000	4,012,809	3,919
Rwanda[42] (Republic of Rwanda)		Kigali	Rwandan franc	Kinyarwanda, French, English	26,798	7,600,000	1,300
São Tomé and Príncipe[43] (Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe)		São Tomé	São Tomé and Príncipe Dobra	Portuguese	964	183,176	1,266
Senegal[44] (Republic of Senegal)		Dakar	West African CFA franc	French	196,723	11,658,000	1,759
Seychelles[45] (Republic of Seychelles)		Victoria	Seychellois rupee	English, French, Seychellois Creole	451	80,654	11,818
Sierra Leone[46] (Republic of Sierra Leone)		Freetown	Leone	English	71,740	6,144,562	903
Somalia[47] (Somali Republic)		Mogadishu	Somali shilling	Somali, Arabic	637,657	9,832,017	600
South Africa[48] (Republic of South Africa)		Bloemfontein, Cape Town, and Pretoria	South African rand	Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sesotho, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu	1,221,037	47,432,000	12,161
South Sudan (Republic of South Sudan)[49]		Juba	South Sudanese pound	English	644,329	8,260,490	1,546
Sudan[50] (Republic of the Sudan)		Khartoum	Sudanese pound	Arabic, English	1,861,484	36,787,012	2,800
Swaziland[51] (Kingdom of Swaziland)		Lobamba (royal and legislative) Mbabane (administrative)	Lilangeni	English, Swati	17,364	1,032,000	5,245
Tanzania[52] (United Republic of Tanzania)		Dodoma	Tanzanian shilling	Swahili, English	945,203	44,929,002	723
Togo[53] (Togolese Republic)		Lomé	West African CFA franc	French	56,785	6,100,000	1,700
Tunisia[54] (Tunisian Republic)		Tunis	Tunisian dinar	Arabic	163,610	10,102,000	8,800
Uganda[55] (Republic of Uganda)		Kampala	Ugandan shilling	English, Swahili	236,040	27,616,000	1,700
Zambia[56] (Republic of Zambia)		Lusaka	Zambian kwacha	English	752,614	14,668,000	931
Zimbabwe[57] (Republic of Zimbabwe)		Harare	United States dollar and South African rand	Shona, Ndebele, English	390,757	13,010,000	2,607

Partially recognised and unrecognised states

The following are states that have established themselves in Africa as sovereign states, but remain limited in official recognition. The Sahrawi Republic is a member of the African Union.

Name (official name)	Flag	Capital	Currency	Official languages	Area (km^2)	Population	GDP per capita (PPP) (US$)	Map
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[n 4]		El Aaiún (claimed), Tifariti (factual temporary)[n 5]	Moroccan dirham	N/A.[n 6]	267,405	266,000	N/A
Somaliland (Republic of Somaliland)		Hargeisa	Somaliland shilling	Somali, English, Arabic	137,600	4,000,000	600

Eurasian Sovereign states

Recognized states

The following is a list of internationally recognized sovereign states. All are members of the United Nations except for Vatican City and State of Palestine.^[58]

Flag	Location	English short name	English long name	Domestic short name	Domestic long name	Capital
		Afghanistan	Islamic Republic of Afghanistan	Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریتDa Afġānistān Islāmī Jomhoriyat	Persian: جمهوری اسلامی افغانستانJomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Afġānistān	Kabul
		Albania	Republic of Albania	Albanian: Shqipëria	Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë	Tirana Albanian: Tiranë
		Andorra	Principality of Andorra	Andorra	Catalan: Principat d'Andorra French: Principauté d'Andorre Spanish: Principado de Andorra	Andorra la Vella Catalan: Andorra la Vella French: Andorre-la-Vieille Spanish: Andorra la Vieja
		Armenia[n 7]	Republic of Armenia	Armenian: Հայաստան/ Հայք Armenian Transliteration: Hayastan/ Hayq	Armenian: Հայաստանի ՀանրապետությունHayastani Hanrapetut’yun	Yerevan Armenian: Երևան or Երեւան
		Austria	Republic of Austria	German: Österreich	German: Republik Österreich	Vienna German: Wien
		Azerbaijan[n 7]	Republic of Azerbaijan	Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan	Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikası	Baku Azerbaijani: Bakı
		Bahrain	Kingdom of Bahrain		Arabic: مملكة البحرين‎Mamlakat al-Baḥrayn	Manama
		Bangladesh	People's Republic of Bangladesh		Bengali: গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ	Dhaka
		Belarus	Republic of Belarus	Belarusian and Russian: Беларусь Belarusian and Russian Transliteration: Byelarus	Belarusian: Рэспубліка Беларусь Russian: Республика Беларусь Belarusian and Russian Transliteration: Respublika Byelarus	Minsk Belarusian: Мінск Russian: Минск
		Belgium	Kingdom of Belgium	Dutch: België French: Belgique German: Belgien	Dutch: Koninkrijk België French: Royaume de Belgique German: Königreich Belgien	Brussels Dutch: Brussel French: Bruxelles German: Brüssel
		Bhutan	Kingdom of Bhutan	Dzongkha: Brug rGyal-Khab		Thimphu
		Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnian, Serbian Latin, Croatian: BiH, Bosna Serbian Cyrillic: БиХ, Босна	Bosnian, Serbian Latin, Croatian: Bosna i Hercegovina Serbian Cyrillic: Босна и Херцеговина	Sarajevo Bosnian, Serbian Latin, Croatian: Sarajevo Serbian Cyrillic: Сарајево
		Brunei	State of Brunei, Abode of Peace		Malay: بروني دارالسلامNegara Brunei Darussalam	Bandar Seri Begawan
		Bulgaria	Republic of Bulgaria	Bulgarian: България	Bulgarian: Република България Bulgarian Transliteration: Republika Balgariya	Sofia Bulgarian: София Bulgarian Transliteration: Sofiya
		Cambodia	Kingdom of Cambodia		Khmer: Preăh Réachéa Nachâk Kâmpŭchéa	Phnom Penh
		China[59]	People's Republic of China	Simplified Chinese: 中国 Traditional Chinese: 中國Zhōngguó	Simplified Chinese: 中华人民共和国 Traditional Chinese: 中華人民共和國Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó	Beijing
		Croatia	Republic of Croatia	Croatian: Hrvatska	Croatian: Republika Hrvatska	Zagreb
		Cyprus	Republic of Cyprus	Greek: Κύπρος Greek Transliteration: Kýpros Turkish: Kıbrıs	Greek: Κυπριακή ΔημοκρατίαKypriakí Dimokratía Turkish: Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti	Nicosia Greek: Λευκωσία Turkish: Lefkoşa
		Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech: Česko	Czech: Česká republika	Prague Czech: Praha
		Denmark	Kingdom of Denmark	Danish: Danmark	Danish: Kongeriget Danmark	Copenhagen Danish: København
		Estonia	Republic of Estonia	Estonian: Eesti	Estonian: Eesti Vabariik	Tallinn
		Finland	Republic of Finland	Finnish: Suomi Swedish: Finland	Finnish: Suomen tasavalta Swedish: Republiken Finland	Helsinki Finnish: Helsinki Swedish: Helsingfors
		France	French Republic	French: France	French: République française	Paris
		Georgia[n 7]	Georgia	Georgian: საქართველოSakartvelo		Tbilisi Georgian: თბილისი
		Germany	Federal Republic of Germany	German: Deutschland	German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland	Berlin
		Greece	Hellenic Republic	Greek: Ελλάδα/ Ελλάς Greek Transliteration: Ellada/ Ellas	Greek: Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Greek Transliteration: Elliniki Dimokratia	Athens Greek: Αθήνα Greek Transliteration: Athina
		Hungary	Hungary	Hungarian: Magyarország	Hungarian: Magyarország	Budapest
		Iceland	Republic of Iceland	Icelandic: Ísland	Icelandic: Lýðveldið Ísland	Reykjavík Icelandic: Reykjavíkurborg
		India	Republic of India		Hindi: भारत गणराज्यBhārat Gaṇarājya	New Delhi
		Indonesia[n 8]	Republic of Indonesia		Indonesian: Republik Indonesia	Jakarta
		Iran	Islamic Republic of Iran		Persian: جمهوری اسلامی ايرانJomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān	Tehran
		Iraq	Republic of Iraq		Arabic: جمهورية العراق‎Jumhūriyat Al-Irāq Kurdish: كۆماری عێراقKomarî Êraq	Baghdad
		Ireland[n 9][60]	Ireland	Irish: Éire[n 9][61]	Éire	Dublin Irish: Baile Átha Cliath
		Israel	State of Israel		Hebrew: יִשְרָאֵל‎Medīnat Yisrā'el Arabic: إسرائيل‎Dawlat Isrā'īl	Jerusalem
		Italy	Italian Republic	Italian: Italia	Italian: Repubblica Italiana	Rome Italian: Roma
		Japan	Japan	Japanese: 日本国Nippon-koku/Nihon-koku	Japanese: 日本国Nippon-koku/Nihon-koku	Tokyo
		Jordan	The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan	Arabic: المملكة الأردنية الهاشميه‎al-'Urdunn		Amman
		Kazakhstan	Republic of Kazakhstan	Kazakh: Қазақстан Kazakh Transliteration: Qazaqstan Russian: Казахстан Russian Transliteration: Kazakhstán	Kazakh: Қазақстан РеспубликасыQazaqstan Respublïkası Russian: Республика КазахстанRespublika Kazakhstan	Astana Kazakh: Астана Russian: Астана
		Korea, North	Democratic People's Republic of Korea		Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk	Pyongyang
		Korea, South	Republic of Korea		Korean: 대한민국Daehan-minguk	Seoul
		Kuwait	State of Kuwait		Arabic: دولة الكويت‎Dawlat al-Kuwait	Kuwait City
		Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyz Republic		Kyrgyz: Кыргыз РеспубликасыKırgız Respublikası Russian: Кыргызская РеспубликаKyrgyzskaya Respublika	Bishkek
		Laos	Lao People's Democratic Republic		Lao:ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວSathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao	Vientiane
		Latvia	Republic of Latvia	Latvian: Latvija	Latvian: Latvijas Republika	Riga Latvian: Rīga
		Lebanon	Lebanese Republic		Arabic: الجمهورية اللبنانية‎al-Jumhūrīyah al-Lubnānīyah French: République libanaise	Beirut
		Liechtenstein	Principality of Liechtenstein	German: Liechtenstein	German: Fürstentum Liechtenstein	Vaduz
		Lithuania	Republic of Lithuania	Lithuanian: Lietuva	Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublika	Vilnius
		Luxembourg	Grand Duchy of Luxembourg	Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerg French: Luxembourg German: Luxemburg	Luxembourgish: Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg French: Grand-Duché de Luxembourg German: Großherzogtum Luxemburg	Luxembourg City Luxembourgish: Stad Lëtzebuerg French: Ville de Luxembourg German: Luxemburg Stadt
		Macedonia	Republic of Macedonia	Macedonian: Македонија Macedonian Transliteration: Makedonija	Macedonian: Република Македонија Macedonian Transliteration: Republika Makedonija	Skopje Macedonian: Скопје
		Malaysia	Malaysia	Malay: مليسيا Simplified Chinese:马来西亚 Traditional Chinese:馬來西亞	Malay: مليسيا Simplified Chinese:马来西亚 Traditional Chinese:馬來西亞	Kuala Lumpur
		Maldives	Republic of Maldives		Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމުހޫރިއްޔާDivehi Rājjey ge Jumhuriyyā	Malé
		Malta	Republic of Malta	Maltese: Malta	Maltese: Repubblika ta' Malta	Valletta Maltese: Il-Belt Valletta
		Moldova	Republic of Moldova	Romanian: Moldova	Romanian: Republica Moldova	Chisinau Romanian: Chişinău
		Monaco	Principality of Monaco	French: Monaco Monégasque: Múnegu Occitan: Mónegue Italian: Monaco	French: Principauté de Monaco Monégasque: Principatu de Múnegu Occitan: Principat de Mónegue Italian: Principato di Monaco	Monaco[n 10]
		Mongolia	Mongolia	Mongolian: Монгол улс, Mongol uls	Mongolian: Монгол улс, Mongol uls	Ulan Bator
		Montenegro	Montenegro	Montenegrin Latin: Crna Gora Montenegrin Cyrillic: Црна Гора		Podgorica Montenegrin Cyrillic: Подгорица
		Myanmar (Burma)	Republic of the Union of Myanmar		Burmese: Pyi-daung-zu Myan-ma Naing-ngan-daw	Naypyidaw
		Nepal	Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal	Nepali:नेपालNepāl	Nepali: संघीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपालSanghiya Loktāntrik Ganatantra Nepāl	Kathmandu
		Netherlands[n 11][62]	Kingdom of the Netherlands[n 12]	Dutch: Nederland	Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden	Amsterdam (capital) The Hague (seat of government) Dutch: 's-Gravenhage (Den Haag)
		Norway	Kingdom of Norway	Bokmål: Norge Nynorsk: Noreg	Bokmål: Kongeriket Norge Nynorsk: Kongeriket Noreg	Oslo
		Oman	Sultanate of Oman		Arabic: سلطنة عُمان‎Salṭanat ʻUmān	Muscat
		Pakistan	Islamic Republic of Pakistan		Urdu: اسلامی جمہوریہ پاکستانIslāmī Jumhūrī-ye Pākistān	Islamabad
		Philippines	Republic of the Philippines	Filipino: Pilipinas	Filipino: Republika ng Pilipinas	Manila
		Poland	Republic of Poland	Polish: Polska	Polish: Rzeczpospolita Polska	Warsaw Polish: Warszawa
		Portugal	Portuguese Republic	Portuguese: Portugal	Portuguese: República Portuguesa	Lisbon Portuguese: Lisboa
		Qatar	State of Qatar		Arabic: دولة قطر‎Dawlat Qaṭar	Doha
		Romania	Romania	Romanian: România		Bucharest Romanian: Bucureşti
		Russia	Russian Federation	Russian: Росси́я Russian Transliteration: Rossiya	Russian: Российская ФедерацияRossiyskaya Federatsiya	Moscow Russian: Москва Russian Transliteration: Moskva
		San Marino	Republic of San Marino	Italian: San Marino	Italian: Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino	City of San Marino Italian: Città di San Marino[n 10]
		Saudi Arabia	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia		Arabic: المملكة العربية السعودية‎al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya	Riyadh
		Serbia	Republic of Serbia	Serbian Cyrilic: Србија Serbian Latin: Srbija	Serbian Cyrilic: Република Србија Serbian Latin: Republika Srbija	Belgrade Serbian Cyrilic: Београд Serbian Latin: Beograd
		Singapore	Republic of Singapore	Simplified Chinese: 新加坡 Malay: Singapura	Simplified Chinese: 新加坡共和国 Malay: Republik Singapura Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசு	Singapore City
		Slovakia	Slovak Republic	Slovak: Slovensko	Slovak: Slovenská republika	Bratislava
		Slovenia	Republic of Slovenia	Slovene: Slovenija	Slovene: Republika Slovenija	Ljubljana
		Spain	Kingdom of Spain	Spanish: España	Spanish: Reino de España	Madrid
		Sri Lanka	Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka		Sinhalese: Tamil: இலங்கை ஜனநாயக சமத்துவ குடியரசு	Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte
		Sweden	Kingdom of Sweden	Swedish: Sverige	Swedish: Konungariket Sverige	Stockholm
		Switzerland	Swiss Confederation	Latin: Helvetica German: Schweiz French: Suisse Italian: Svizzera Romansh: Svizra	Latin: Confoederatio Helvetica German: Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft French: Confédération suisse Italian: Confederazione Svizzera Romansh: Confederaziun svizra	Bern or Berne German: Bern French: Berne Italian: Berna Romansh: Berna Bernese German: Bärn
		Syria	Syrian Arab Republic		Arabic: جمهورية سوريا العربية‎Al-Jumhūriyyah al-ʿArabiyyah as-Sūriyyah	Damascus
		Tajikistan	Republic of Tajikistan	Tajik: ТоҷикистонTojikiston	Tajik: Ҷумҳурии ТоҷикистонJumhurii Tojikiston	Dushanbe
		Thailand	Kingdom of Thailand		Thai: ราชอาณาจักรไทยRatcha Anachak Thai	Bangkok
		Turkey	Republic of Turkey	Turkish: Türkiye	Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti	Ankara
		Turkmenistan	Turkmenistan	Turkmen: Türkmenistan	Turkmen: Türkmenistan	Ashgabat
		Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukrainian: Україна Ukrainian Transliteration: Ukrayina / Ukraina		Kiev Ukrainian: Київ Ukrainian Transliteration: Kyiv
		United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	Arabic: دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة‎Dawlat al-Imārāt al-‘Arabīyah al-Muttaḥidah	Arabic: دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة‎Dawlat al-Imārāt al-‘Arabīyah al-Muttaḥidah	Abu Dhabi
		United Kingdom[n 13]	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland		Welsh: Teyrnas Unedig Prydain Fawr a Gogledd Iwerddon Scottish Gaelic: An Rìoghachd Aonaichte na Breatainn Mhòr agus Eirinn a Tuath Irish: Ríocht Aontaithe na Breataine Móire agus Thuaisceart Éireann Scots: Unitit Kinrick o Graet Breetain an Northren Irland Cornish: An Rywvaneth Unys a Vreten Veur hag Iwerdhon Glédh	London
		Uzbekistan	Republic of Uzbekistan	Uzbek: O‘zbekiston	Uzbek: O‘zbekiston Respublikasi	Tashkent
		Vatican City Holy See	State of the Vatican City	Italian: Città del Vaticano Latin: Santca Sedes[63]	Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano Latin: Sancta Sedes	Vatican City
		Vietnam	Socialist Republic of Vietnam	Vietnamese: Việt Nam	Vietnamese: Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam	Hanoi
		Yemen	Republic of Yemen		Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية‎Al-Jumhūriyyah al-Yamaniyyah	San‘a’

States with limited recognition

The following entities are not UN member states and have limited or no recognition. However, they are defined as states by the declarative theory of statehood.

Flag	Map	English short name	English long name	Legal status	Domestic short name	Domestic long name	Capital
		Abkhazia[n 7]		De jure part of Georgia[s 1]	Abkhaz: АҧсныApsny Georgian: აფხაზეთიApkhazeti/Abkhazeti Russian: Абха́зияAbhazia		Sukhumi Abkhaz: АҟəаAkwa Georgian: სოხუმიSokhumi Russian: Сухуми
		Kosovo	Republic of Kosovo	De jure part of Serbia[s 2]	Albanian: Kosova, Kosovë Serbian: КосовоKosovo	Albanian: Republika e Kosovës Serbian: Република КосовоRepublika Kosovo	Pristina Albanian: Prishtina, Prishtinë Serbian Cyrilic: ПриштинаPriština
		Nagorno-Karabakh[n 7]	Nagorno-Karabakh Republic	De jure part of Azerbaijan[s 3]	Armenian: Լեռնային ՂարաբաղLernayin Gharabaghi	Armenian: Լեռնային Ղարաբաղ ՀանրապետությունLernayin Gharabaghi Hanrapetut’yun	Stepanakert Armenian: Ստեփանակերտ Azerbaijani: Dağlıq Qarabağ
		Palestine	State of Palestine	Observer state at the United Nations.	Arabic: دولة فلسـطينAs-Sulta Al-Wataniyya Al-Filastīniyya	Jerusalem (claimed) Ramallah (de facto)
		Northern Cyprus	Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	De jure part of Cyprus[s 4]	Turkish: Kuzey Kıbrıs	Turkish: Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti	Lefkoşa
		South Ossetia[n 7]		De jure part of Georgia[s 1]	Ossetian: Хуссар ИрыстонKhussar Iryston Georgian: სამხრეთ ოსეთიSamkhret Oseti Russian: Южная Осетия'Yuzhnaya Osetiya	Ossetian: Хуссар Ирыстон Республика	Tskhinvali Ossetian: Цхинвал or Чъреба Ossetic Transliteration: Chreba
		Taiwan[64]	Republic of China	See Legal Status of Taiwan.	Traditional Chinese: 臺灣/台灣Táiwān Taiwanese: 臺灣/台灣 Tâi-oân	Traditional Chinese: 中華民國Zhōnghuá Mínguó Taiwanese: 中華民國 Tiong-hoâ Bîn-kok	Taipei
		Transnistria	Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic	De jure part of Moldova[s 5]	Moldovan: НистрянэTransnistria Russian: ПриднестрóвьеPridnestrov'ye Ukrainian: Придністрóв'яPrydnistrov'ya	Moldovan: Република Молдовеняскэ НистрянэRepublica Moldovenească Nistreană Russian: Приднестрóвская Молдáвская РеспýбликаPridnestrovskaya Moldavskaya Respublika Ukrainian: Придністровська Молдавська РеспублікаPridnistrovs'ka Moldavs'ka Respublika	Tiraspol Moldovan: Тираспол Russian and Ukrainian: Тирáсполь

See also

1. International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
2. International recognition of Kosovo
3. Foreign relations of Nagorno-Karabakh
4. Foreign relations of Northern Cyprus
5. International recognition of Transnistria

• List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa
• List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Eurasia
  • List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Europe
  • List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia

Notes

1. Also known as Congo-Kinshasa and formerly as Zaire.
2. Some territory could be argued to be a part of Asia or Africa.
3. Also known as Congo-Brazzaville.
4. Occupies part of the territory of Western Sahara, disputed with Morocco.
5. El Aaiún currently under Moroccan administration. Tifariti is the temporary capital instead of Bir Lehlou earlier
6. Arabic and Spanish recognised regional languages.
7. Part of Transcaucasian Region, which is a border between Europe and Asia.
8. Some territory could be argued to be a part of Asia or Oceania.
9. The terms Republic of Ireland and Poblacht na hÉireann are not official long names and are used only as a legal description meant to differentiate the state from the island.
10. These countries are city-states.
11. Netherlands is the name for the largest country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the short name for the Kingdom
12. Refers to the sovereign entity encompassing the countries the Netherlands (comprising the territory in Europe and 3 islands in the Caribbean), Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten.
13. The United Kingdom (UK) consists of the constituent countries England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and controls the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey. The mainlands of England, Scotland and Wales make up the island of Great Britain (often shortened to Britain), which is sometimes used synonymously with the United Kingdom.

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