List of sovereign states in 1948
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| Sovereign states by year | ||
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| List of sovereign states in 1947 | Events of 1948 | List of sovereign states in 1949 |
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
Burma - Union of Burma (from January 4), (from April 19) UN member state
C
Canada - Dominion of Canada, UN member state
Ceylon - Dominion of Ceylon (from February 4)
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, UN member state
Iran - Imperial State of Iran, UN member state
Iraq - Kingdom of Iraq, UN member state
Ireland
- Ireland (to April 18)
- Republic of Ireland (from April 18)
Israel - State of Israel (from May 14)
Italy - Italian Republic
K
Korea, North - Republic of Korea (from September 9)
Korea, South - Republic of Korea (from August 15)
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, UN member state
Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua, UN member state
Norway - Kingdom of Norway, UN member state
P
Pakistan - Dominion of Pakistan, 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 - Romanian People's Republic
S
San Marino - Most Serene Republic of San Marino
Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, UN member state
Sikkim - Kingdom of Sikkim
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
Hill Tipperah - Kingdom of Tripura
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, 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 (to September 12)
Indonesia - Republic of Indonesia
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)
- 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
Faroe Islands (Autonomous province, from April 1)- 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)- 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)
International
Tangier - City of Tangier (City under international administration, de jure part of the Sultanate of Morocco)
League of Nations Mandates
Palestine (Administered by the United Kingdom, to May 14)- South-West Africa (Administered by South Africa)
Netherlands
- Bangka - Bangka Council (Autonomous state, to January 23)
- Bangka Belitung and Riau - Bangka Belitung and Riau Federation (Autonomous state, from January 23)
- Banjar - Territory of Banjar (Autonomous state, from January 14)
- Belitung - Belitung Council (Autonomous state, to January 23)
- Curaçao and Dependencies (to September 20)Netherlands Antilles (from September 20)
Dayak Besar (Autonomous state)
East Indonesia (Autonomous state)- East Java (Autonomous state, from November 26)
East Sumatra - State of East Sumatra (Autonomous state)- Madura - State of Madura (Autonomous state, from January 23)
- Surinam (Colony)
- Netherlands New Guinea (Colony)
- Riau - Riau Council (Autonomous state, to January 23)
- Siak Besar (to February 4), East Kalimantan (from February 4)
- Siak Besar Territory (Autonomous state, to February 4)
- Federation of East Kalimantan (Autonomous state, from February 4)
- Southeast Kalimantan - Federation of Southeast Kalimantan (Autonomous state)
South Sumatra - State of South Sumatra (Autonomous state, from August 30)- West Java
- State of West Java (Autonomous state, from February 26 to April 24)
- Sundanese State (Autonomous state, from April 24)
- West Kalimantan - Special Territory of West Kalimantan (Autonomous state)
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 - Democratic People's Republic of Korea (to 1948)
Spain
- 23x15px Spanish Guinea (Colony)
- Spanish Morocco (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)
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, to January 3)
Ceylon (Crown colony, to February 3)
Cyprus (Crown colony)- Cyrenaica (Occupied territory)
- Eritrea (Occupied territory)
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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)
Hong Kong (Crown colony)
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,to January 31)
- Federation of Malaya (Crown colony,from January 31)
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)
- 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)
Western Samoa (Administered by New Zealand)
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, to 1948)
- 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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