List of sovereign states in 1945

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This is a list of every sovereign state that existed in the year 1945 AD. It includes not only those states which had widespread international recognition, but also those states which were generally unrecognized. In addition, it includes all non-sovereign territories which were not integral parts of sovereign states.

Contents:	Sovereign states: A B C D E F G H I J L M N P R S T U V Y Occupied states Other states Non-Sovereign Territories: Australia - Belgium - Condominiums - Denmark - France - Germany - Japan - League of Nations - Netherlands - New Zealand - Norway - Portugal - Spain - United Kingdom - United States See also - Notes - External links

Map of the world in 1945

[edit] Sovereign states

League of Nations member states are indicated by [LoN]
United Nations member states are indicated by [UN]

[edit] A

Afghanistan - Kingdom of Afghanistan ^[LoN]
Capital: Kabul
Albania - Democratic Government of Albania
Capital: Tirana
Andorra - Principality of Andorra
Capital: Andorra la Vella
Argentina - Argentine Republic ^{[LoN to December 27], [UN from December 27]}
Capital: Buenos Aires
Australia - Commonwealth of Australia ^{[LoN to November 1], [UN from November 1]}
Capital: Canberra

[edit] B

Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium ^{[LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24]}
Capital: Brussels
Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia ^{[UN from November 13]}
Capital: Sucre
Brazil - Republic of the United States of Brazil ^{[UN from October 24]}
Capital: Brasilia
Bulgaria - Kingdom of Bulgaria ^[LoN]
Capital: Sofia

[edit] C

Canada - Dominion of Canada ^{[LoN to November 9], [UN from November 9]}
Capital: Ottawa
Chile - Republic of Chile ^{[LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24]}
Capital: Santiago
China - Republic of China ^{[LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24]}
Capital: Chongqing (to September 2) Nanking (from September 2)
Colombia - Republic of Colombia ^{[LoN to November 5], [UN from November 5]}
Capital: Bogotá
Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica ^{[LoN to November 2], [UN from November 2]}
Capital: San José
Cuba - Republic of Cuba ^{[LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24]}
Capital: Havanna
Czechoslovakia - Czechoslovak Republic (from April 3)
Capital: Prague

[edit] D

Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark (from May 5) ^{[LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24]}
Capital: Copenhagen
Dominican Republic ^{[LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24]}
Capital: Santo Domingo

[edit] E

Ecuador - Republic of Ecuador ^{[LoN to December 21], [UN from December 21]}
Capital: Quito
Egypt - Kingdom of Egypt ^{[LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24]}
Capital: Cairo
El Salvador - Republic of El Salvador
Capital: San Salvador
Ethiopia - Ethiopian Empire ^{[LoN to November 13], [UN from November 13]}
Capital: Addis Ababa

[edit] F

Finland - Republic of Finland - Helsinki ^[LoN]
Capital: Helsinki
France - Provisional Government of the French Republic ^{[LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24]}
Capital: Paris

[edit] G

Germany - Greater German Reich (to May 8)
Capital: Berlin
Greece - Kingdom of Greece ^{[LoN to October 25], [UN from October 25]}
Capital: Athens
Guatemala - Republic of Guatemala ^{[UN from November 21]}
Capital: Guatemala City

[edit] H

Haiti - Republic of Haiti ^{[UN from October 24]}
Capital: Port-au-Prince
Honduras - Republic of Honduras ^{[UN from December 17]}
Capital: Tegucigalpa
Hungary - Kingdom of Hungary (from May 8)
Capital: Budapest

[edit] I

Iceland - Republic of Iceland
Capital: Reykjavík
Iran - Imperial State of Iran ^{[LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24]}
Capital: Tehran
Iraq - Kingdom of Iraq ^{[LoN to December 21], [UN from December 21]}
Capital: Baghdad
Ireland ^[LoN]
Capital: Dublin
Italy - Kingdom of Italy
Capital: Rome

[edit] J

Japan - Empire of Japan (to September 2)
Capital: Tokyo

[edit] L

Lebanon - Lebanese Republic ^{[UN from October 24]}
Capital: Beirut
Liberia - Republic of Liberia ^{[LoN to November 2], [UN from November 2]}
Capital: Monrovia
Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein
Capital: Vaduz
Luxembourg - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ^{[UN from October 24]}
Capital: Luxembourg City

[edit] M

Mexico - United Mexican States ^{[LoN to November 7], [UN from November 7]}
Capital: Mexico City
Monaco - Principality of Monaco
Capital: Monaco-Ville
Mongolia - Mongolian People's Republic
Capital: Ulaanbaatar

[edit] N

Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal
Capital: Kathmandu
Netherlands - Kingdom of the Netherlands (from May 5) ^{[LoN to December 10], [UN from December 10]}
Capital: Amsterdam
New Zealand - Dominion of New Zealand ^{[LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24]}
Capital: Wellington
Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua ^{[UN from October 24]}
Capital: Abuja
Norway - Kingdom of Norway (from May 9) ^{[LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24]}
Capital: Oslo

[edit] P

Panama - Republic of Panama ^{[LoN to November 14], [UN from November 14]}
Capital: Panama City
Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay ^{[LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24]}
Capital: Asunción
Peru - Peruvian Republic ^{[UN from October 31]}
Capital: Lima
Poland - Republic of Poland ^{[LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24]}
Capital: Warsaw
Portugal - Portuguese Republic ^[LoN]
Capital: Lisbon

[edit] R

Rumania - Kingdom of Rumania
Capital: Bucharest

[edit] S

San Marino - Most Serene Republic of San Marino
Capital: City of San Marino
Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ^{[UN from October 24]}
Capital: Riyadh
South Africa - Union of South Africa ^{[LoN to November 7],[UN from November 7]}
Capital: Pretoria
Soviet Union - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Including two non-sovereign UN members) ^{[UN from October 24]}
Capital: Moscow
- Byelorussia - Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic ^{[UN from October 24]}
  Capital: Minsk
- Ukraine - Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ^{[UN from October 24]}
  Capital: Kiev
Spain - Spanish State
Capital: Madrid
Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden ^[LoN]
Capital: Stockholm
Switzerland - Swiss Confederation ^[LoN]
Capital: Bern

[edit] T

Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand ^[LoN]
Capital: Bangkok
Turkey - Republic of Turkey ^{[LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24]}
Capital: Ankara

[edit] U

United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ^{[LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24]}
Capital: London
United States - United States of America ^{[UN from October 24]}
Capital: Washington, D.C.
Uruguay - Eastern Republic of Uruguay - Montevideo ^{[LoN to December 18], [UN from December 18]}
Capital: Montevideo

[edit] V

Vatican City - State of the Vatican City
Capital: Vatican City
Venezuela - United States of Venezuela
Capital: Caracas

[edit] Y

Yemen - Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
Capital: Sanaa
Yugoslavia - Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
Capital: Belgrade

[edit] Occupied states

Austria - Republic of Austria (from April 27)
Capital: Vienna
Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark (to May 5)
Capital: Copenhagen
Estonia - Republic of Estonia
Capital: Tallinn
Germany (from May 8)
Capital: Berlin
Japan (from August 15)
Capital: Tokyo
Latvia - Republic of Latvia
Capital: Riga
Lithuania - Republic of Lithuania
Capital: Vilnius
Netherlands - Kingdom of the Netherlands (to May 5)
Capital: Amsterdam
Norway - Kingdom of Norway (to May 9)
Capital: Oslo

[edit] Other states

Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan People's Government (from December 12)
Capital: Tabriz
- De facto independent state. Recognized by the Soviet Union, her puppet states and Mongolia. Claimed by Iran.
Burma - State of Burma (to March 27)
Capital: Yangon
- De facto independent state under Japanese occupation. Recognized by the Axis powers and Vatican City. Claimed by the United Kingdom as part of the Indian Empire.
Cambodia - Kingdom of Cambodia (from March 18 to October 16)
Capital: Phnom Penh
- De facto independent state under Japanese occupation. Recognized by Japan and her puppet states. Claimed by France as part of French Indochina.
Croatia - Independent State of Croatia (to May 8)
Capital: Zagreb
- De facto independent state. Recognized by the members of the Anti-Comintern Pact and Argentina. Claimed by Yugoslavia.
East Turkestan - East Turkestan Republic
Capital: Ghulja
- De facto independent state. Claimed by the Republic of China. Not recognized by any other state.
Hungary - Hungarian State (to May 8)
Capital: Budapest
- De facto independent state under German occupation. Recognized by Germany and her puppet states.
India - Provisional Government of Free India (to August 18)
Capital: Singapore
- De facto independent state. Recognized by 9 other countries. Claimed by the United Kingdom as part of the Indian Empire.
Indonesia - Republic of Indonesia (from August 17)
Capital: Jakarta
- De facto independent state. Not recognized by any other state.
Korea - People's Republic of Korea (from August 15 to September 15)
Capital: Seoul
- De facto independent state. Recognized by the Republic of China.
Laos - Kingdom of Laos (from April 8 to September 23)
Capital: Vientiane
- De facto independent state under Japanese occupation. Recognized by Japan and her puppet states. Claimed by France as part of French Indochina.
Manchukuo - Great Empire of Manchuria (to August 15)
Capital: Hsinking
- De facto independent state. Recognized 23 of members of the League of Nations. Claimed by the Republic of China.
Nanjing - Republic of China (to September 9)
Capital: Nanjing
- De facto independent state. Recognized by the members of the Anti-Comintern Pact. Claimed by the Republic of China.
Philippines - Republic of the Philippines (to August 17)
Capital: Manila/Baguio/Tokyo
- De facto independent state under Japanese occupation. Recognized by Japan and her puppet states. Claimed by the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
Salò - Italian Social Republic (to April 25)
Capital: Rome/Salò
- De facto independent state under German occupation. Recognized by Germany and her puppet states. Claimed by the Kingdom of Italy.
Slovakia - Slovak Republic (to April 4)
Capital: Bratislava
- De facto independent state under German "protection". Recognized by 15 other states. Claimed by Czechoslovakia.
Tibet
Capital: Lhasa
- De facto independent state. Claimed by the Republic of China. Not recognized by any other state.
Vietnam
- Empire of Vietnam (from March 11 to August 23)
  Capital: Huế
  - De facto independent state under Japanese occupation. Recognized by Japan and her puppet states. Claimed by France as part of French Indochina.
- Democratic Republic of Vietnam (from September 2)
  Capital: Hanoi
  - De facto independent state. Claimed by France as part of French Indochina. Not recognized by any other state.

[edit] Non-Sovereign Territories

[edit] Australia

Australian Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited external territory)
Norfolk Island (External territory)
Papua (Colony)

[edit] Belgium

Belgian Congo (Colony)

[edit] Condominiums

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian condominium)
New Hebrides (Anglo-French condominium)

[edit] Denmark

Faroe Islands (Possession)
Greenland (Possession)

[edit] France

Algeria (Colonial possession)
Comoros (Protectorate)
French Equatorial Africa (Federation of colonies)
- Chad (Colony)
- Gabon (Colony)
- Middle Congo (Colony)
- Oubangui-Chari (Colony)
French Guinea (Colonial possession)
French India - French Establishments in India (Colony)
French Indochina - Indochinese Union (from August 15, federation of colonies)
- Annam (Protectorate)
- Cambodia (from October 16, protectorate)
- Cochinchina (Protectorate)
- Laos (from September 23, protectorate)
- Tonkin (from August 23 to September 2, protectorate)
French Morocco - French protectorate of Morocco (Protectorate)
French Somaliland
French Southern and Antarctic Lands - Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Territory)
French West Africa (Federation of colonies)
- French Dahomey (Colony)
- French Guinea (Colony)
- French Sudan (Colony)
- Ivory Coast (Colony)
- Mauritania (Colony)
- Niger (Colony)
- Senegal (Colony)
Guadeloupe (Territory)
Inini (Territory)
Madagascar (Colony)
Martinique (Colony)
New Caledonia (Colony)
Oceania - Settlements in Oceania (Colony)
Réunion (Colony)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Colony)
Tientsin (from September, concession)
Tunisia - Beylik of Tunis (Protectorate)
Wallis and Futuna - Colony of Wallis and Futuna Islands (Colony)

[edit] Germany

Alsace-Lorraine (to March 20, annexed territory)
Bohemia and Moravia - Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (to May 13, autonomous protectorate)
Channel Islands (to March 20, occupied territory)
Danzig (to March 30, annexed territory)
Dodecanese Islands (to May 7, occupied territory)
General Government (to January 17, autonomous territory)
Luxembourg (to January 28, annexed territory)
Memel (to January 28, annexed territory)

[edit] Japan

Andaman and Nicobar Islands (to October 7, occupied territory)
Banaba Island (to October 10, occupied territory)
Brunei (to June 14, occupied territory)
Christmas Island (to October, occupied territory)
Hong Kong - Hong Kong Occupied Territory (to August 16, annexed dependency)
Indonesia (to August 17, occupied territory)
Karafuto (to August 25, integral prefecture)
Korea (to August 15, annexed territory)
Kwantung - Kwantung Leased Territory (to August 22, leased territory)
Malaya (to September 12, occupied territory)
Mengjiang - Mengjiang Autonomous Federation (to September 10, autonomous federation within the Republic of China-Nanjing)
Nauru (to September 13, occupied territory)
North Borneo (to June, occupied territory)
Ryukyu Islands (to April 3, occupied territory)
Sarawak (to September 10, occupied territory)
Singapore (to September 12, occupied territory)
Spratly Islands (to 1945, occupied territory)
Taiwan (to October 25, annexed dependency)
Tientsin (to September, occupied territory)
Volcano Islands (to September 3, occupied territory)
Timor (to September 11, occupied territory)
Wake Island (to September 4, occupied territory)

[edit] League of Nations Mandates

British Togoland (Administered by the United Kingdom)
Cameroons - British Cameroons (Administered by the United Kingdom)
Cameroun (Administered by France)
French Togoland (Administered by France)
Nauru (Administered by Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom from September 15)
New Guinea - Territory of New Guinea (Administered by Australia)
Palestine - British Mandate of Palestine (Administered by the United Kingdom)
Ruanda-Urundi (Administered by Belgium)
South Pacific Mandate (Administered by Japan)
South-West Africa (Administered by South Africa)
Syria - Syrian Republic (Administered by France)
Tanganyika - Tanganyika Territory (Administered by the United Kingdom)
Transjordan - Emirate of Transjordan (Administered by the United Kingdom)
Western Samoa (Administered by New Zealand)

[edit] Netherlands

Curaçao - Curaçao and Dependencies (Colony)
Netherlands New Guinea (from December 29, colony)
Surinam (Colony)

[edit] New Zealand

Cook Islands (Dependent territory)
Niue Island (Dependent territory)
Ross Dependency (Uninhabited dependent territory)
Tokelau Islands (Dependent territory)

[edit] Norway

Bouvet Island (Uninhabited possession)
Jan Mayen Island (Uninhabited possession)
Peter I Island (Uninhabited possession)
Queen Maud Land (Uninhabited possession)
Svalbard Island (Uninhabited possession)

[edit] Portugal

Angola - Overseas Province of Angola (Crown colony)
Cape Verde Islands (Colony)
Macau (Colony)
Moçambique - Overseas Province of Mozambique (Crown colony)
Portuguese Guinea (Colony)
Portuguese India^[1] - Portuguese State of India (Colony)
Portuguese Timor (from September 11, colony)
São João Baptista de Ajudá - Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá (Colony)
São Tomé and Príncipe (Crown colony)

[edit] Spain

Río de Oro (Possession)
Spanish Guinea - Spanish Territories of the Gulf of Guinea (Colony)
Spanish Morocco - Spanish Protectorate of Morocco (Protectorate)
Spanish North Africa (Possession)
Spanish Sahara (Possession)
Spanish West Africa (Possession)

[edit] United Kingdom

Abu Dhabi - Sheikdom of Abu Dhabi (Protectorate)
Aden - Aden Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate)
Ajman - Sheikdom of Ajman (Protectorate)
Ascension Island - Ascension Island (Dependency of Saint Helena)
Bahama Islands (Crown colony)
Bahrain (Protectorate)
Basutoland Basutoland Protectorate (Protectorate)
Bechuanaland - Bechuanaland Protectorate (Protectorate)
Bermuda (Crown colony)
Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan (Protectorate)
British Guiana (Colony)
British Honduras (Crown colony)
British Leeward Islands - Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands (Colony)
British Solomon Islands - British Solomon Islands Protectorate (Protectorate)
British Somaliland - British Somaliland Protectorate (Protectorate)
British Western Pacific Territories (Crown colony)
British Windward Islands - Federal Colony of the Windward Islands (Colony)
Brunei - State of Brunei, Abode of Peace (from June 14, protectorate)
Ceylon (Colony)
Christmas Island (from October, dependency of Singapore)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Dependency of Singapore)
Cyprus (Crown colony)
Cyrenaica (Colony)
Dubai - Emirate of Dubai (Protectorate)
Eritrea (Colony)
Falkland Islands (Crown colony)
Federated Malay States (from September 12, protectorate)
Fiji (Crown colony)
Fujairah (Protectorate)
Gambia - Gambia Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate)
Gibraltar (Crown colony)
Gilbert and Ellice Islands (Colony)
Gold Coast (Colony)
Guernsey - Bailiwick of Guernsey (Crown Dependancy)
Hong Kong (from August 28, crown colony)
India - Indian Empire (Crown colony) ^{[UN from October 30]}
Isle of Man (Crown dependancy)
Jamaica (Colony)
Jersey - Bailiwick of Jersey (Crown dependancy)
Johor - Johor Sultanate (Protectorate)
Kenya (Crown colony and protectorate)
Kuwait (Protectorate)
Maldive Islands (Protectorate)
Malta (Crown colony)
Mauritius (Crown colony)
Muscat and Oman - Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (Protectorate)
Newfoundland - Dominion of Newfoundland (Colony)
Nigeria - Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria (Colony)
North Borneo (from June, colony)
Nyasaland - Nyasaland Protectorate (Protectorate)
Pitcairn Islands - Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands (Colony)
Ras al-Khaimah - Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah (Protectorate)
Rhodesia, Northern - Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia (Protectorate)
Rhodesia, Southern - Colony of Southern Rhodesia (Colony)
Saint Helena (Colony)
Saint Lucia (Colony)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Colony)
Seychelles (Colony)
Sharjah - Emirate of Sharjah (Protectorate)
Sierra Leone (Crown colony)
Straits Settlements (from September 12, colony)
Suez Canal Zone (Territory)
Swaziland - Swaziland Protectorate (Protectorate)
Tonga - Kingdom of Tonga (Protectorate)
Tristan da Cunha (Overseas territory)
Tripolitania (Colony)
Trinidad and Tobago (Colony)
Uganda - Protectorate of Uganda (Protectorate)
Umm al-Quwain - Emirate of Umm al-Quwain (Protectorate)
Unfederated Malay States (from September 12, protectorate)
Zanzibar - Sultanate of Zanzibar (Protectorate)

[edit] United States

Alaska - Alaska Territory (Territory)
American Samoa - Territory of American Samoa (Territory)
Bajo Nuevo Bank (Unincorporated territory)
Baker Island (Uninhabited territory)
Bonin Islands (from September 3, occupied territory)
Clipperton Island (to 1945, occupied territory)
Guam - Territory of Guam (Unincorporated territory)
Guantánamo Bay (Unincorporated zone)
Hawaii - Territory of Hawaii (Unincorporated territory)
Howland Island (Uninhabited territory)
Jarvis Island (Uninhabited territory)
Johnston Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
Kingman Reef (Uninhabited territory)
Midway Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
Navassa Island (Uninhabited territory)
Palmyra Atoll (Unincorporated organized territory)
Panama Canal Zone (Territory)
Puerto Rico - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Territory)
Philippines - Commonwealth of the Philippines (from August 17, self-governing commonwealth)^{[UN from October 24]}
Capital: Manila
Roncador Bank (Unincorporated territory)
Ryukyu Islands (from April 3, occupied territory)
Quita Sueño Bank (Unincorporated territory)
Serrana Bank (Unincorporated territory)
Serranilla Bank (Uninhabited territory)
Swan Islands (Uninhabited territory)
Swains Island (Unincorporated territory)
United States Virgin Islands (Territory)
Wake Island (from September 4, uninhabited territory)

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

^ Sometimes called Goa or Goa and Dependencies.

[edit] External links

[0] Sometimes called Goa or Goa and Dependencies.

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