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The following is a list of de facto sovereign states and inhabited autonomous areas of the world and includes the following entities.

Included Entities

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  1.  UN Member or Observer States: All the United Nations Member States and Observer States that also exercise actual sovereign power over the territory they control (de facto sovereign states). -- "Both de jure and de facto states"
    • Sovereignty is the full right and power of a governing body over itself, without any interference from outside sources or bodies.
    • De facto sovereignty is the factual ability of a state to exercise its power, while de jure sovereignty refers to the legal right to do so.
    • Most countries are both de facto and de jure (i.e., they exist both in reality and in law), while some de facto sovereign states are not recognised by the international community and some de jure states are recognised as the legitimate government of a territory over which they have no actual control.
    • This category includes the 193 member states of the United Nations (UN) and the Vatican City (administered by the Holy See, a UN observer state).
    • Palestine, even though a UN observer state, is not listed in this category because it is solely a de jure state.
  2. Other States: All other de facto sovereign states that are neither member states nor observer states of the UN. -- "Only de facto states"
    • Only the entities that consider themselves sovereign (through a declaration of independence or some other means) and are often regarded as satisfying the declarative theory of statehood are considered a state and included in this category.
    • The declarative theory defines a state as a person in international law if it meets the following criteria:
      1. a defined territory
      2. a permanent population
      3. a government, and
      4. a capacity to enter into relations with other states.
    • Therefore, this category contains:
    • The constitutive theory of statehood is not applied for the purpose of this list.
  3. Proto-States: A proto-state is a nascent political entity that has some of the characteristics of a state but is not considered fully established. As it is usually categorised between a non-state and a state entity, its precise definition mostly flactuates in political literature and is determined according to context.
    • For the purpose of this list, it is defined as a middle category between "other states" and "dependent territories" and includes the following:
    • In any case, it should at least be maintaining most of the attributes of a functioning state to be included in this category.
    • Micronations, uncontacted peoples and areas in the active phase of a current civil war (where no stable proto-state has emerged) are excluded.
    • Deep states, also called states within a state are sometimes confused with a proto-state and are also excluded.
  4. Dependent Territories: A dependent territory or dependency is a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty yet remains politically outside the controlling state's integral area. A dependency is commonly distinguished from country subdivisions by not being considered to be an integral territory of the governing state. Administrative subdivisions instead are understood as typically representing a division of the state proper. A dependent territory conversely often maintains a great degree of autonomy from the controlling central state.
    • Only currently inhabited entities are included in this category. Uninhabited dependencies or those populated by a very few number of scientists etc. are excluded.
    • This category includes the following:
      • All inhabited dependent territories such as Cocos (Keeling) Islands of Australia, Bailiwick of Guernsey of the UK, Puerto Rico of the USA and Tokelau of New Zealand.
      • Some similar entities that inhabit a special position guaranteed by international treaty or other agreement; creating a certain level of autonomy (e.g., differences in immigration rules). These are sometimes considered or at least grouped with dependencies, but are officially considered by their controlling states to be integral parts of the state. Examples include Åland of Finland and Hong Kong of China.
      • Any other de facto non-sovereign autonomous entity with a similar special position and excluded from the state proper, such as Palestine.
      • Other entities often regarded as separate geographical territories even though they are integral parts of their mother countries, such as Guadeloupe and Réunion of the overseas departments of France.
  5. Autonomous Areas: An autonomous area is defined as an area of a country that has a degree of autonomy or has freedom from an external authority. Dependent territories also possess a great deal of autonomy however they are usually not an integral part of the country.
  6. Special Territories: For the purpose of this list, a special territory is any inhabited area that is neither a de facto sovereign, dependent or autonomous polity nor is an integral part of another external authority. Therefore while it is beyond the reach of any external authority it includes those entities that do not fall under any of the categories (or definitions) above.
    • Units or areas formed by active war zones with a defined population, where no stable proto-state has emerged.
    • Inhabited areas under no one's control, such as Abyei.
    • Sovereign areas that don't fit the modern definition of a state, such as North Sentinel Island.

List of Sovereign States and Autonomous Areas

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Code Common names Capital City Category Notes, Autonomous Areas & Special Territories
001  Abkhazia[a] Sukhumi 2. Other State
002  Afghanistan Kabul 1. UN Member State
UNK1  Akrotiri and Dhekelia Episkopi 4. Dependent Territory British Overseas Territory on Cyprus
FIN1  Åland Islands Mariehamn 4. Dependent Territory Finnish autonomous region
003  Albania Tirana 1. UN Member State
004  Algeria Algiers 1. UN Member State
UNS1  American Samoa Pago Pago 4. Dependent Territory United States unincorporated territory
005  Andorra Andorra la Vella 1. UN Member State
006  Angola Luanda 1. UN Member State
UNK2  Anguilla The Valley 4. Dependent Territory British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean
007  Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's 1. UN Member State None[b]
008  Argentina Buenos Aires 1. UN Member State
009  Armenia Yerevan 1. UN Member State
010  Artsakh[c][d] Stepanakert 2. Other State
NET1  Aruba Oranjestad 4. Dependent Territory Dutch Constituent Country in the Caribbean
011  Australia Canberra 1. UN Member State
012  Austria Vienna 1. UN Member State
013  Azerbaijan Baku 1. UN Member State Nakhchivan (autonomous republic)
014  Bahamas, The Nassau 1. UN Member State
015  Bahrain Manama 1. UN Member State
016  Bangladesh Dhaka 1. UN Member State
017  Barbados Bridgetown 1. UN Member State
018  Belarus Minsk 1. UN Member State
019  Belgium Brussels 1. UN Member State
020  Belize Belmopan 1. UN Member State
021  Benin Porto-Novo 1. UN Member State
UNK3  Bermuda Hamilton 4. Dependent Territory British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean
022  Bhutan Thimphu 1. UN Member State
023  Bolivia Sucre / La Paz 1. UN Member State
NET2  Bonaire Kralendijk 4. Dependent Territory Dutch Special Municipality in the Caribbean
024  Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 1. UN Member State
025  Botswana Gaborone 1. UN Member State
026  Brazil Brasília 1. UN Member State
UNK4  British Indian Ocean Territory Camp Justice 4. Dependent Territory British Overseas Territory in the Indian Ocean
UNK5  British Virgin Islands Road Town 4. Dependent Territory British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean
027  Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan 1. UN Member State
028  Bulgaria Sofia 1. UN Member State
029  Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 1. UN Member State
030  Burundi Gitega 1. UN Member State
031  Cambodia Phnom Penh 1. UN Member State
032  Cameroon Yaoundé 1. UN Member State
033  Canada Ottawa 1. UN Member State
034  Cape Verde Praia 1. UN Member State
UNK6  Cayman Islands George Town 4. Dependent Territory
035  Central African Republic Bangui 1. UN Member State
036  Chad N'Djamena 1. UN Member State
037  Chile Santiago 1. UN Member State
038  China Beijing 1. UN Member State
AUSa1  Christmas Island Flying Fish Cove 4. Dependent Territory
AUSa2  Cocos (Keeling) Islands West Island 4. Dependent Territory
039  Colombia Bogotá 1. UN Member State
040  Comoros Moroni 1. UN Member State
041  Congo, Democratic Republic of the Kinshasa 1. UN Member State
042  Congo, Republic of the Brazzaville 1. UN Member State
043  Cook Islands[e] Avarua 2. Other State
044  Costa Rica San José 1. UN Member State
045  Croatia Zagreb 1. UN Member State
046  Cuba Havana 1. UN Member State
NET3  Curaçao Willemstad 4. Dependent Territory
047  Cyprus Nicosia 1. UN Member State
048  Czech Republic Prague 1. UN Member State
049  Denmark Copenhagen 1. UN Member State
050  Djibouti Djibouti 1. UN Member State
051  Dominica Roseau 1. UN Member State
052  Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 1. UN Member State
053  Donetsk[f] Donetsk 3. Proto-State
054  East Timor Dili 1. UN Member State
CHIa1  Easter Island Hanga Roa 4. Dependent Territory
055  Ecuador Quito 1. UN Member State
056  Egypt Cairo 1. UN Member State
057  El Salvador San Salvador 1. UN Member State
058  Equatorial Guinea Malabo 1. UN Member State
059  Eritrea Asmara 1. UN Member State
060  Estonia Tallinn 1. UN Member State
061  Eswatini[g] Mbabane 1. UN Member State
062  Ethiopia Addis Ababa 1. UN Member State
UNK7  Falkland Islands Stanley 4. Dependent Territory
DEN1  Faroe Islands Tórshavn 4. Dependent Territory
063  Fiji Suva 1. UN Member State
064  Finland Helsinki 1. UN Member State
065  France Paris 1. UN Member State
FRA1  French Guiana Cayenne 4. Dependent Territory
FRA2  French Polynesia Papeete 4. Dependent Territory
066  Gabon Libreville 1. UN Member State
067  Galmudug[h] Dhusamareb 3. Proto-State
068  Gambia, The Banjul 1. UN Member State
069  Gaza Strip[i] Gaza City 3. Proto-State
070  Georgia Tbilisi 1. UN Member State
071  Germany Berlin 1. UN Member State
072  Ghana Accra 1. UN Member State
UNK8  Gibraltar Gibraltar 4. Dependent Territory
073  Greece Athens 1. UN Member State
DEN2  Greenland Nuuk 4. Dependent Territory
074  Grenada St. George's 1. UN Member State
FRA3  Guadeloupe Basse-Terre 4. Dependent Territory
UNS2  Guam Hagåtña 4. Dependent Territory
075  Guatemala Guatemala City 1. UN Member State
UNK9  Guernsey Saint Peter Port 4. Dependent Territory
076  Guinea Conakry 1. UN Member State
077  Guinea-Bissau Bissau 1. UN Member State
078  Guyana Georgetown 1. UN Member State
079  Haiti Port-au-Prince 1. UN Member State
080  Honduras Tegucigalpa 1. UN Member State
CHIb1  Hong Kong Hong Kong 4. Dependent Territory
081  Hungary Budapest 1. UN Member State
082  Iceland Reykjavík 1. UN Member State
083  India New Delhi 1. UN Member State
084  Indonesia Jakarta 1. UN Member State
085  Iran Tehran 1. UN Member State
086  Iraq Baghdad 1. UN Member State
087  Iraqi Kurdistan[j] Erbil 3. Proto-State
088  Ireland Dublin 1. UN Member State
UNK10  Isle of Man Douglas 4. Dependent Territory
089  Israel Jerusalem 1. UN Member State
090  Italy Rome 1. UN Member State
091  Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro 1. UN Member State
092  Jamaica Kingston 1. UN Member State
093  Japan Tokyo 1. UN Member State
UNK11  Jersey Saint Helier 4. Dependent Territory
094  Jordan Amman 1. UN Member State
095  Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan 1. UN Member State
096  Kenya Nairobi 1. UN Member State
097  Kiribati Tarawa 1. UN Member State
098  Kosovo[k] Pristina 2. Other State
099  Kuwait Kuwait City 1. UN Member State
100  Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 1. UN Member State
101  Laos Vientiane 1. UN Member State
102  Latvia Riga 1. UN Member State
103  Lebanon Beirut 1. UN Member State
104  Lesotho Maseru 1. UN Member State
105  Liberia Monrovia 1. UN Member State
106  Libya Tripoli 1. UN Member State
107  Liechtenstein Vaduz 1. UN Member State
108  Lithuania Vilnius 1. UN Member State
109  Logone[l][m] Kaga-Bandoro 3. Proto-State
110  Luhansk[n] Luhansk 3. Proto-State
111  Luxembourg Luxembourg 1. UN Member State
CHIb2  Macau Macau 4. Dependent Territory
112  Madagascar Antananarivo 1. UN Member State
113  Malawi Lilongwe 1. UN Member State
114  Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 1. UN Member State
115  Maldives Malé 1. UN Member State
116  Mali Bamako 1. UN Member State
117  Malta Valletta 1. UN Member State
118  Marshall Islands Majuro 1. UN Member State
FRA4  Martinique Fort-de-France 4. Dependent Territory
119  Mauritania Nouakchott 1. UN Member State
120  Mauritius Port Louis 1. UN Member State
FRA5  Mayotte Mamoudzou 4. Dependent Territory
121  Mexico Mexico City 1. UN Member State
122  Micronesia Palikir 1. UN Member State
123  Moldova Chișinău 1. UN Member State
124  Monaco Monaco 1. UN Member State
125  Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 1. UN Member State
126  Montenegro Podgorica 1. UN Member State
UNK12  Montserrat Brades 4. Dependent Territory
127  Morocco Rabat 1. UN Member State
128  Mozambique Maputo 1. UN Member State
129  Myanmar Naypyidaw 1. UN Member State
130  Namibia Windhoek 1. UN Member State
131  Nauru Yaren 1. UN Member State
132    Nepal Kathmandu 1. UN Member State
133  Netherlands Amsterdam /

The Hague

1. UN Member State
FRA6  New Caledonia Nouméa 4. Dependent Territory
134  New Zealand Wellington 1. UN Member State
135  Nicaragua Managua 1. UN Member State
136  Niger Niamey 1. UN Member State
137  Nigeria Abuja 1. UN Member State
138  Niue[o] Alofi 2. Other State
AUSa3  Norfolk Island Kingston 4. Dependent Territory
139  North Korea Pyongyang 1. UN Member State
140  North Macedonia Skopje 1. UN Member State
141  Northern Cyprus[p] Nicosia 2. Other State
UNS3  Northern Mariana Islands Saipan 4. Dependent Territory
142  Norway Oslo 1. UN Member State
143  Oman Muscat 1. UN Member State
144  Pakistan Islamabad 1. UN Member State
145  Palau Ngerulmud 1. UN Member State
ISR1  Palestine Ramallah 4. Dependent Territory
146  Panama Panama City 1. UN Member State
147  Papua New Guinea Port Moresby 1. UN Member State
148  Paraguay Asunción 1. UN Member State
149  Peru Lima 1. UN Member State
150  Philippines Manila 1. UN Member State
UNK13  Pitcairn Islands Adamstown 4. Dependent Territory
151  Poland Warsaw 1. UN Member State
152  Portugal Lisbon 1. UN Member State
UNS4  Puerto Rico San Juan 4. Dependent Territory
153  Puntland[q] Garoowe 3. Proto-State
154  Qatar Doha 1. UN Member State
FRA7  Réunion Saint-Denis 4. Dependent Territory
155  Rojava[r] Ayn Issa 3. Proto-State
156  Romania Bucharest 1. UN Member State
157  Russia Moscow 1. UN Member State
158  Rwanda Kigali 1. UN Member State
NET4  Saba The Bottom 4. Dependent Territory
159  Sahrawi[s][t] Tifariti 2. Other State
FRA8  Saint Barthélemy Gustavia 4. Dependent Territory
UNK14  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Jamestown 4. Dependent Territory
160  Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre 1. UN Member State
161  Saint Lucia Castries 1. UN Member State
FRA9  Saint Martin Marigot 4. Dependent Territory
FRA10  Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint-Pierre 4. Dependent Territory
162  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown 1. UN Member State
163  Samoa Apia 1. UN Member State
164  San Marino San Marino 1. UN Member State
165  São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé 1. UN Member State
166  Saudi Arabia Riyadh 1. UN Member State
167  Senegal Dakar 1. UN Member State
168  Serbia Belgrade 1. UN Member State
169  Seychelles Victoria 1. UN Member State
170  Sierra Leone Freetown 1. UN Member State
171  Singapore Singapore 1. UN Member State
NET5  Sint Eustatius Oranjestad 4. Dependent Territory
NET6  Sint Maarten Philipsburg 4. Dependent Territory
172  Slovakia Bratislava 1. UN Member State
173  Slovenia Ljubljana 1. UN Member State
174  Solomon Islands Honiara 1. UN Member State
175  Somalia Mogadishu 1. UN Member State
176  Somaliland[u] Hargeisa 2. Other State
177  South Africa Pretoria / Cape Town

/ Bloemfontein

1. UN Member State
UNK15  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands King Edward Point 4. Dependent Territory
178  South Korea Seoul 1. UN Member State
179  South Ossetia[v] Tskhinvali 2. Other State
180  South Sudan Juba 1. UN Member State
181  Spain Madrid 1. UN Member State
182  Sri Lanka Kotte / Colombo 1. UN Member State
183  Sudan Khartoum 1. UN Member State
184  Suriname Paramaribo 1. UN Member State
NORd1  Svalbard Longyearbyen 4. Dependent Territory
185  Sweden Stockholm 1. UN Member State
186   Switzerland Bern 1. UN Member State
187  Syria Damascus 1. UN Member State
188  Taiwan[w] Taipei 2. Other State
189  Tajikistan Dushanbe 1. UN Member State
190  Tanzania Dodoma 1. UN Member State
191  Thailand Bangkok 1. UN Member State
192  Togo Lomé 1. UN Member State
NEW1  Tokelau None 4. Dependent Territory
193  Tonga Nukuʻalofa 1. UN Member State
194  Transnistria[x] Tiraspol 2. Other State
195  Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain 1. UN Member State
196  Tunisia Tunis 1. UN Member State
197  Turkey Ankara 1. UN Member State
198  Turkmenistan Ashgabat 1. UN Member State
UNK16  Turks and Caicos Islands Cockburn Town 4. Dependent Territory
199  Tuvalu Funafuti 1. UN Member State
200  Uganda Kampala 1. UN Member State
201  Ukraine Kiev 1. UN Member State
202  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 1. UN Member State
203  United Kingdom London 1. UN Member State
204  United States Washington, D.C. 1. UN Member State
UNS5  United States Virgin Islands Charlotte Amalie 4. Dependent Territory
205  Uruguay Montevideo 1. UN Member State
206  Uzbekistan Tashkent 1. UN Member State
207  Vanuatu Port Vila 1. UN Member State
208  Vatican City Vatican City 1. UN Observer State
209  Venezuela Caracas 1. UN Member State
210  Vietnam Hanoi 1. UN Member State
211  Wa State[y] Pangkham 3. Proto-State
FRA11  Wallis and Futuna Mata Utu 4. Dependent Territory
212  Yemen Aden 1. UN Member State
213  Zambia Lusaka 1. UN Member State
214  Zimbabwe Harare 1. UN Member State

Citations

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Notes

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  1. ^ Claimed in whole by  Georgia as part of its sovereign territory. It is recognised by 9 countries: Nauru, Nicaragua, Russia, Syria, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Artsakh, South Ossetia and Transnistria.
  2. ^ Barbuda, the once autonomous island is uninhabited since 2017.
  3. ^ Also known as  Nagorno-Karabakh
  4. ^ Claimed in whole by  Azerbaijan as part of its sovereign territory. It is recognised by 3 countries: Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria.
  5. ^ A state in free association with  New Zealand, the Cook Islands maintains diplomatic relations with 52 states.
  6. ^ Claimed in whole by  Ukraine as part of its sovereign territory, recognised only by Luhansk and South Ossetia.
  7. ^ Also known as  Swaziland
  8. ^ A de facto proto-state in  Somalia.
  9. ^ A de facto proto-state in de jure  Palestine.
  10. ^ A de facto proto-state in  Iraq.
  11. ^ Claimed in whole by  Serbia as part of its sovereign territory. It is recognised by at least 100 countries.
  12. ^ Also known as  Dar El Kuti
  13. ^ A de facto proto-state in  Central African Republic.
  14. ^ Claimed in whole by  Ukraine as part of its sovereign territory, recognised only by Donetsk and South Ossetia.
  15. ^ A state in free association with  New Zealand, Niue maintains diplomatic relations with 20 states.
  16. ^ Claimed in whole by  Cyprus as part of its sovereign territory. It is recognised only by Turkey.
  17. ^ A de facto proto-state in  Somalia.
  18. ^ A de facto proto-state in  Syria.
  19. ^ Also known as  Western Sahara
  20. ^ Claimed in whole by  Morocco as part of its sovereign territory. It is recognised by 41 countries.
  21. ^ Claimed in whole by  Somalia as part of its sovereign territory. It is not recognised by any country.
  22. ^ Claimed in whole by  Georgia as part of its sovereign territory. It is recognised by 9 countries: Nauru, Nicaragua, Russia, Syria, Venezuela, Abkhazia, Artsakh, Sahrawi and Transnistria.
  23. ^ Claimed in whole by  China as part of its sovereign territory. It is recognised by 15 countries: Belize, Eswatini, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Nicaragua, Palau, Paraguay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tuvalu and the Vatican City.
  24. ^ Claimed in whole by  Moldova as part of its sovereign territory. It is recognised by 3 countries: Abkhazia, Artsakh and South Ossetia.
  25. ^ A de facto proto-state in  Myanmar.

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