List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Indian Ocean

This is a list of sovereign states and dependencies in the Indian Ocean:

Sovereign states

• Comoros
• Madagascar
• Maldives
• Mauritius
• Seychelles
• Sri Lanka

Dependencies

• External territories of Australia
  • Ashmore and Cartier Islands
  • Christmas Island
  • Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Heard Island and McDonald Islands
• Territories of France
  • French Southern and Antarctic Lands
    • Amsterdam and Saint-Paul islands
    • Crozet Islands
    • Kerguelen Islands
    • Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean
• Overseas territory of the United Kingdom
  • British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago)

Other territories in the Indian Ocean

• Overseas regions of France
  • Réunion
  • Mayotte

• Union territories of India
  • Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Lakshadweep Islands
• Possession of South Africa
  • Prince Edward Islands
• Semi-autonomous part of Tanzania
  • Zanzibar
• Province of Thailand
  • Phuket Province

See also

• List of Caribbean island countries by population
• List of island countries
• List of islands of Africa
• List of islands in the Indian Ocean
• List of islands of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
• List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Oceania