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This is a list of sovereign states in the 1940s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1940 and 31 December 1949. It contains 106 entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty. It includes 99 widely recognized sovereign states, six entities[ which?] which were de facto sovereign but which were not widely recognized by other states.
Academic datasets differ in terms of the number of states in the 1940s. [1] At the start of the 1940s, the lowest estimate of the number of states is in the mid-50s whereas the highest is in the low-70s. [1] At the end of the 1940s, the lowest estimate is in the mid-70s while the highest is in the mid-80s. [1]
Name and capital city | Information on status and recognition of sovereignty | |
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![]() Capital: Kabul |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state (to 20 April 1946). UN member state (from 19 November 1946). | |
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![]() ![]() Capital: Tirana
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Widely recognized independent state under Italian occupation to 8 September 1943 and German occupation from 8 September 1943 to 29 November 1944. | |
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![]() Capital: Andorra la Vella |
Widely recognized independent state. The President of France and Bishop of Urgell were ex officio Co-Princes of Andorra. The defense of Andorra was the responsibility of France and Spain. | |
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![]() Capital: Buenos Aires |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 27 December 1945. Argentina was a federation of 23 provinces and 10 federal territories. [a] It had a claim over Argentine Antarctica (from 1942). It also claimed the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, both of which were British overseas territories. | |
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![]() Capital: Canberra |
Widely recognized independent state. Dominion of the British Empire to 9 October 1942.
LON member state to 20 April 1946.
UN member state from 1 November 1945.
Commonwealth realm. Australia was a
federation of
six states and three territories.
[b] It had sovereignty over the following external territories:
Australia administered one League of Nations mandate/ United Nations trust territory:
Australia administered two United Nations Trust Territories:
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![]() Capital: Brussels |
Widely recognized independent state.
LON member state to 20 April 1946.
UN member state from 27 December 1945. Belgium had sovereignty over one colony:
Belgium administered one League of Nations mandate / United Nations trust territory:
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![]() Capital: Punakha |
Widely recognized independent state. Bhutan was officially guided by India in its foreign affairs. | |
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![]() Capital: Sucre (official), La Paz (administrative) |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 14 November 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Rio de Janeiro
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Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 24 October 1945. Brazil was a federation of 20 states, five territories, and one federal district. [c] | |
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![]() ![]() ![]() Capital: Sofia
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Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. | |
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![]() Capital: Rangoon |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 19 April 1948. | |
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![]() Capital: Ottawa |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 9 November 1945. Commonwealth realm. Canada was a federation of ten provinces and two territories. [d] | |
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![]() Capital: Colombo |
Widely recognized independent state. Commonwealth realm. | |
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![]() Capital: Santiago |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 24 October 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Beijing
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Partially recognized de facto independent state. The Republic of China claimed to be the sole legitimate government of China (from 1 October 1949), but only administered the mainland. It also claimed the Paracel Islands (disputed by the Republic of China and South Vietnam), the Spratly Islands (disputed by the Republic of China, South Vietnam, and the Philippines), and South Tibet (controlled by India's North-East Frontier Agency). | |
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![]() Capital: Nanking (to 2 September 1945), Chunking (from 2 September 1945 to 7 December 1949), Taipei (from 7 Dec 1949)
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Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 24 October 1945. The Republic of China claimed to be the sole legitimate government of China (from 1 October 1949), but only administered Taiwan, Hainan, Kinmen, the Matsu Islands, Pratas Island, Itu Aba, and portions of Yunnan Province. The Republic of China had territorial claims over Mongolia; the Tuvan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic; the Sixty-Four Villages East of the River (administered by the Soviet Union); The majority of Gorno-Badakhshan (administered by the Soviet Union); The eastern tip of the Wakhan Corridor (administered by Afghanistan); part of the disputed Kashmir region; eastern Bhutan; South Tibet (controlled by India's North-East Frontier Agency); and Kachin State (administered by Burma). | |
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![]() Capital: Bogotá |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 5 November 1945. Colombia claimed Quita Sueño Bank, Roncador Bank, and Serrana Bank (disputed by the United States); Bajo Nuevo Bank (disputed by Jamaica, Nicaragua and the United States); and Serranilla Bank (disputed by Nicaragua and the United States) | |
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![]() Capital: San José
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Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 2 November 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Havana |
Widely recognized independent state; LON member state to 20 April 1946 and UN member state from 2 November 1945. The Cuban area of Guantánamo Bay was under the total control of the United States. | |
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![]() Capital: Prague
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Widely recognized independent state under German occupation to 8 May 1945. UN member state from 24 October 1945. [e] | |
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![]() Capital: Copenhagen |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1940. UN member state from 24 October 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Santo Domingo |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 9 April 1946. UN member state from 24 October 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Quito
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Widely recognized independent state; LON member state to 9 April 1946 and UN member state from 21 December 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Cairo |
Widely recognized independent state; LON member state to 9 April 1946 and UN member state from 24 October 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: San Salvador |
Widely recognized independent state; UN member state from 24 October 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Tallinn |
Widely recognized independent state and LON member state to June 17, 1940. Conquered by a Soviet offensive but maintained a government in exile. | |
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![]() Capital: Addis Ababa |
Widely recognized independent state and LON member state to 24 October 1945; UN member state from 24 October 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Helsinki |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 9 April 1946. | |
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![]() Capital: Paris (de jure), Vichy (de facto from 22 June 1940 to 20 August 1944) Algiers (de facto from 3 June to 31 August 1944)
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Widely recognized independent state.
LON member state to 18 April 1941 and from 20 August 1944 to 9 April 1946.
UN member state from 24 October 1945. France administered the foreign affairs of the following protectorate:
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![]() Capital: Berlin
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Widely recognized independent state to 8 May 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: East Berlin (disputed) |
Widely recognized state under Soviet occupation. | |
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![]() Capital: Bonn |
Widely-recognized state under Allied occupation. West Germany was a federation of twelve states. [2] | |
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![]() Capital: Athens |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to April 1941, from Oct 13 1944 to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 25 October 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Guatemala City |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 21 November 1945) | |
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![]() Capital: Port-au-Prince |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to April 1942. UN member state from 24 October 1945. | |
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![]() ![]() Capital: Tegucigalpa |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 17 December 1945. | |
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![]() ![]() ![]() Capital: Budapest
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Widely recognized independent state. | |
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![]() Capital: Hyderabad | ||
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![]() Capital: Reykjavík
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Widely recognized independent state. In personal union with Denmark to 17 June 1944. UN member state from 19 November 1946. | |
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![]() Capital: New Delhi |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state. Commonwealth realm. | |
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![]() Capital: Djakarta
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Widely recognized independent state. | |
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![]() Capital: Tehran |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 12 November 1945) | |
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![]() Capital: Baghdad |
Widely recognized independent state and LON member state to 20 April 1946; UN member state from 21 December 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Dublin |
Widely recognized independent state and LON member state to 20 April 1946. | |
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![]() Capital: Jerusalem |
Widely-recognized UN member state from 11 May 1949. [f] | |
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![]() Capital: Salò |
Puppet state of Germany, independent to the Kingdom of Italy. | |
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![]() ![]() Capital: Rome (to September 1943, from February 1944), Brindisi (from September 1943 to February 1944)
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Widely recognized independent state under fascism to 3 September 1943. | |
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![]() Capital: Tokyo
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Widely recognized independent state under Allied occupation from 2 September 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Pyongyang |
Widely recognized independent state. [g] Claimed to be the sole legitimate government of Korea. | |
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![]() ![]() ![]() Capital: Seoul |
Widely recognized independent state. [h] Permanent observer at the UN. Claimed to be the sole legitimate government of Korea. | |
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![]() Capital: Riga |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 5 August 1940 and in exile to 20 April 1946. Conquered by a Soviet offensive but maintained a government in exile. | |
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![]() Capital: Beirut |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from October 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Monrovia |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 2 November 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Vaduz |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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![]() Capital: Vilnius |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 5 August 1940 and in exile to 20 April 1946. Conquered by a Soviet offensive but maintained a government in exile. | |
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![]() Capital: Luxembourg City |
Widely recognized independent state; LON member state to 10 May 1940, from 11 Sept 1944 to 20 April 1946 and in exile from 10 May 1940 to 11 Sept 1944. Conquered by a German offensive but maintained a government in exile based in London and a UN member state from 24 October 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Mexico City |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 17 November 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Monaco |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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![]() ![]() ![]() Capital: Ulaanbaatar |
Widely recognized independent state from January 5, 1946. | |
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![]() Capital: Kathmandu |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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![]() Capital: Amsterdam |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 10 December 1945. Under occupation by Germany from 10 May 1940 to 5 May 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Wellington
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Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 24 October 1945. Dominion of the British Empire until 25 Nov 1947. Commonwealth realm. | |
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![]() Capital: Managua |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 24 Oct 1945). | |
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![]() Capital: Oslo |
Widely recognized independent state.
LON member state to 20 April 1946.
UN member state from 24 October 1945.
Under occupation by Germany from 9 April 1940 to 8 May 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Karachi |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 30 September 1947). Commonwealth realm. | |
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![]() Capital: Panama City |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 13 November 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Asunción |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 24 Oct 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Lima |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 31 Oct 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Manila
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Widely recognized independent state from 4 Jul 1946. UN member state from 24 Oct 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Manila (from 14 October 1943 to 3 March 1945) Baguio (from 3 March 1945) |
De facto independent state; considered to be a puppet state of Japan. | |
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![]() Capital: Warsaw
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Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 24 October 1945. Poland's government was still in exile. | |
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![]() Capital: Lisbon |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. | |
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![]() ![]() Capital: Bucharest
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Widely recognized independent state. | |
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![]() Capital: City of San Marino |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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![]() Capital: Riyadh |
Widely recognized independent state; UN member state from 24 October 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Gangtok |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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![]() Capital: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial) |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 17 November 1945. Commonwealth realm. | |
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![]() Capital: Moscow |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 24 October 1945. The Soviet Union was a federation of 11 (later 15) republics. [i] | |
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![]() ![]() Capital: Madrid |
Widely recognized independent state. Spain had sovereignty over the following overseas provinces:
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![]() Capital: Stockholm |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state. | |
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![]() Capital: Bern |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state. Permanent observer at the UN. | |
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![]() Capital: Damascus |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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![]() Capital: Bangkok
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Widely recognized independent state. LON member state. UN member state from 16 December 1946. | |
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![]() Capital: Lhasa |
De facto independent state. Claimed by the Republic of China and by the People's Republic of China. | |
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![]() Capital: Amman
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Widely-recognized independent state. | |
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![]() Capital: Trieste |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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![]() Capital: Agartala |
Widely recognized independent state.[ citation needed] | |
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![]() Capital: Ankara |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to October 4, 1945. UN member state from October 4, 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: London |
Widely recognized independent state.
LON member state to October 4, 1945.
UN member state from October 4, 1945. The United Kingdom was composed of
four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The United Kingdom had sovereignty over:
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![]() Capital: Washington, D.C. |
Widely recognized independent state.
UN member state from October 4, 1945. The United States had sovereignty over:
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![]() Capital: Montevideo |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to December 18, 1945. UN member state from December 18, 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Vatican City |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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![]() Capital: Caracas |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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![]() Capital: Sana'a |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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![]() ![]() ![]() Capital: Belgrade
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Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from October 24, 1945. Under occupation by Nazi Germany from April 6, 1941 to May 25, 1945. A government in exile was regarded as the legitimate government by the Allies. | |
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Excluded from the list above are the following noteworthy entities which either were not fully sovereign or did not claim to be independent:
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (August 2014) |
This is a list of sovereign states in the 1940s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1940 and 31 December 1949. It contains 106 entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty. It includes 99 widely recognized sovereign states, six entities[ which?] which were de facto sovereign but which were not widely recognized by other states.
Academic datasets differ in terms of the number of states in the 1940s. [1] At the start of the 1940s, the lowest estimate of the number of states is in the mid-50s whereas the highest is in the low-70s. [1] At the end of the 1940s, the lowest estimate is in the mid-70s while the highest is in the mid-80s. [1]
Name and capital city | Information on status and recognition of sovereignty | |
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![]() Capital: Kabul |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state (to 20 April 1946). UN member state (from 19 November 1946). | |
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![]() ![]() Capital: Tirana
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Widely recognized independent state under Italian occupation to 8 September 1943 and German occupation from 8 September 1943 to 29 November 1944. | |
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![]() Capital: Andorra la Vella |
Widely recognized independent state. The President of France and Bishop of Urgell were ex officio Co-Princes of Andorra. The defense of Andorra was the responsibility of France and Spain. | |
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![]() Capital: Buenos Aires |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 27 December 1945. Argentina was a federation of 23 provinces and 10 federal territories. [a] It had a claim over Argentine Antarctica (from 1942). It also claimed the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, both of which were British overseas territories. | |
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![]() Capital: Canberra |
Widely recognized independent state. Dominion of the British Empire to 9 October 1942.
LON member state to 20 April 1946.
UN member state from 1 November 1945.
Commonwealth realm. Australia was a
federation of
six states and three territories.
[b] It had sovereignty over the following external territories:
Australia administered one League of Nations mandate/ United Nations trust territory:
Australia administered two United Nations Trust Territories:
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![]() Capital: Brussels |
Widely recognized independent state.
LON member state to 20 April 1946.
UN member state from 27 December 1945. Belgium had sovereignty over one colony:
Belgium administered one League of Nations mandate / United Nations trust territory:
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![]() Capital: Punakha |
Widely recognized independent state. Bhutan was officially guided by India in its foreign affairs. | |
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![]() Capital: Sucre (official), La Paz (administrative) |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 14 November 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Rio de Janeiro
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Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 24 October 1945. Brazil was a federation of 20 states, five territories, and one federal district. [c] | |
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![]() ![]() ![]() Capital: Sofia
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Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. | |
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![]() Capital: Rangoon |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 19 April 1948. | |
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![]() Capital: Ottawa |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 9 November 1945. Commonwealth realm. Canada was a federation of ten provinces and two territories. [d] | |
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![]() Capital: Colombo |
Widely recognized independent state. Commonwealth realm. | |
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![]() Capital: Santiago |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 24 October 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Beijing
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Partially recognized de facto independent state. The Republic of China claimed to be the sole legitimate government of China (from 1 October 1949), but only administered the mainland. It also claimed the Paracel Islands (disputed by the Republic of China and South Vietnam), the Spratly Islands (disputed by the Republic of China, South Vietnam, and the Philippines), and South Tibet (controlled by India's North-East Frontier Agency). | |
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![]() Capital: Nanking (to 2 September 1945), Chunking (from 2 September 1945 to 7 December 1949), Taipei (from 7 Dec 1949)
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Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 24 October 1945. The Republic of China claimed to be the sole legitimate government of China (from 1 October 1949), but only administered Taiwan, Hainan, Kinmen, the Matsu Islands, Pratas Island, Itu Aba, and portions of Yunnan Province. The Republic of China had territorial claims over Mongolia; the Tuvan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic; the Sixty-Four Villages East of the River (administered by the Soviet Union); The majority of Gorno-Badakhshan (administered by the Soviet Union); The eastern tip of the Wakhan Corridor (administered by Afghanistan); part of the disputed Kashmir region; eastern Bhutan; South Tibet (controlled by India's North-East Frontier Agency); and Kachin State (administered by Burma). | |
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![]() Capital: Bogotá |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 5 November 1945. Colombia claimed Quita Sueño Bank, Roncador Bank, and Serrana Bank (disputed by the United States); Bajo Nuevo Bank (disputed by Jamaica, Nicaragua and the United States); and Serranilla Bank (disputed by Nicaragua and the United States) | |
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![]() Capital: San José
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Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 2 November 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Havana |
Widely recognized independent state; LON member state to 20 April 1946 and UN member state from 2 November 1945. The Cuban area of Guantánamo Bay was under the total control of the United States. | |
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![]() Capital: Prague
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Widely recognized independent state under German occupation to 8 May 1945. UN member state from 24 October 1945. [e] | |
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![]() Capital: Copenhagen |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1940. UN member state from 24 October 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Santo Domingo |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 9 April 1946. UN member state from 24 October 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Quito
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Widely recognized independent state; LON member state to 9 April 1946 and UN member state from 21 December 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Cairo |
Widely recognized independent state; LON member state to 9 April 1946 and UN member state from 24 October 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: San Salvador |
Widely recognized independent state; UN member state from 24 October 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Tallinn |
Widely recognized independent state and LON member state to June 17, 1940. Conquered by a Soviet offensive but maintained a government in exile. | |
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![]() Capital: Addis Ababa |
Widely recognized independent state and LON member state to 24 October 1945; UN member state from 24 October 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Helsinki |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 9 April 1946. | |
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![]() Capital: Paris (de jure), Vichy (de facto from 22 June 1940 to 20 August 1944) Algiers (de facto from 3 June to 31 August 1944)
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Widely recognized independent state.
LON member state to 18 April 1941 and from 20 August 1944 to 9 April 1946.
UN member state from 24 October 1945. France administered the foreign affairs of the following protectorate:
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![]() Capital: Berlin
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Widely recognized independent state to 8 May 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: East Berlin (disputed) |
Widely recognized state under Soviet occupation. | |
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![]() Capital: Bonn |
Widely-recognized state under Allied occupation. West Germany was a federation of twelve states. [2] | |
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![]() Capital: Athens |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to April 1941, from Oct 13 1944 to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 25 October 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Guatemala City |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 21 November 1945) | |
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![]() Capital: Port-au-Prince |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to April 1942. UN member state from 24 October 1945. | |
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![]() ![]() Capital: Tegucigalpa |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 17 December 1945. | |
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![]() ![]() ![]() Capital: Budapest
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Widely recognized independent state. | |
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![]() Capital: Hyderabad | ||
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![]() Capital: Reykjavík
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Widely recognized independent state. In personal union with Denmark to 17 June 1944. UN member state from 19 November 1946. | |
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![]() Capital: New Delhi |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state. Commonwealth realm. | |
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![]() Capital: Djakarta
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Widely recognized independent state. | |
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![]() Capital: Tehran |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 12 November 1945) | |
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![]() Capital: Baghdad |
Widely recognized independent state and LON member state to 20 April 1946; UN member state from 21 December 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Dublin |
Widely recognized independent state and LON member state to 20 April 1946. | |
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![]() Capital: Jerusalem |
Widely-recognized UN member state from 11 May 1949. [f] | |
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![]() Capital: Salò |
Puppet state of Germany, independent to the Kingdom of Italy. | |
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![]() ![]() Capital: Rome (to September 1943, from February 1944), Brindisi (from September 1943 to February 1944)
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Widely recognized independent state under fascism to 3 September 1943. | |
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![]() Capital: Tokyo
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Widely recognized independent state under Allied occupation from 2 September 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Pyongyang |
Widely recognized independent state. [g] Claimed to be the sole legitimate government of Korea. | |
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![]() ![]() ![]() Capital: Seoul |
Widely recognized independent state. [h] Permanent observer at the UN. Claimed to be the sole legitimate government of Korea. | |
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![]() Capital: Riga |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 5 August 1940 and in exile to 20 April 1946. Conquered by a Soviet offensive but maintained a government in exile. | |
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![]() Capital: Beirut |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from October 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Monrovia |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 2 November 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Vaduz |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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![]() Capital: Vilnius |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 5 August 1940 and in exile to 20 April 1946. Conquered by a Soviet offensive but maintained a government in exile. | |
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![]() Capital: Luxembourg City |
Widely recognized independent state; LON member state to 10 May 1940, from 11 Sept 1944 to 20 April 1946 and in exile from 10 May 1940 to 11 Sept 1944. Conquered by a German offensive but maintained a government in exile based in London and a UN member state from 24 October 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Mexico City |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 17 November 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Monaco |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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![]() ![]() ![]() Capital: Ulaanbaatar |
Widely recognized independent state from January 5, 1946. | |
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![]() Capital: Kathmandu |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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![]() Capital: Amsterdam |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 10 December 1945. Under occupation by Germany from 10 May 1940 to 5 May 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Wellington
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Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 24 October 1945. Dominion of the British Empire until 25 Nov 1947. Commonwealth realm. | |
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![]() Capital: Managua |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 24 Oct 1945). | |
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![]() Capital: Oslo |
Widely recognized independent state.
LON member state to 20 April 1946.
UN member state from 24 October 1945.
Under occupation by Germany from 9 April 1940 to 8 May 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Karachi |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 30 September 1947). Commonwealth realm. | |
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![]() Capital: Panama City |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 13 November 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Asunción |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 24 Oct 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Lima |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 31 Oct 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Manila
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Widely recognized independent state from 4 Jul 1946. UN member state from 24 Oct 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Manila (from 14 October 1943 to 3 March 1945) Baguio (from 3 March 1945) |
De facto independent state; considered to be a puppet state of Japan. | |
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![]() Capital: Warsaw
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Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 24 October 1945. Poland's government was still in exile. | |
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![]() Capital: Lisbon |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. | |
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![]() ![]() Capital: Bucharest
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Widely recognized independent state. | |
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![]() Capital: City of San Marino |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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![]() Capital: Riyadh |
Widely recognized independent state; UN member state from 24 October 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Gangtok |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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![]() Capital: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial) |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 17 November 1945. Commonwealth realm. | |
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![]() Capital: Moscow |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 24 October 1945. The Soviet Union was a federation of 11 (later 15) republics. [i] | |
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![]() ![]() Capital: Madrid |
Widely recognized independent state. Spain had sovereignty over the following overseas provinces:
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![]() Capital: Stockholm |
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state. | |
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![]() Capital: Bern |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state. Permanent observer at the UN. | |
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![]() Capital: Damascus |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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![]() Capital: Bangkok
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Widely recognized independent state. LON member state. UN member state from 16 December 1946. | |
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![]() Capital: Lhasa |
De facto independent state. Claimed by the Republic of China and by the People's Republic of China. | |
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![]() Capital: Amman
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Widely-recognized independent state. | |
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![]() Capital: Trieste |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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![]() Capital: Agartala |
Widely recognized independent state.[ citation needed] | |
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![]() Capital: Ankara |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to October 4, 1945. UN member state from October 4, 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: London |
Widely recognized independent state.
LON member state to October 4, 1945.
UN member state from October 4, 1945. The United Kingdom was composed of
four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The United Kingdom had sovereignty over:
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![]() Capital: Washington, D.C. |
Widely recognized independent state.
UN member state from October 4, 1945. The United States had sovereignty over:
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![]() Capital: Montevideo |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to December 18, 1945. UN member state from December 18, 1945. | |
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![]() Capital: Vatican City |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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![]() Capital: Caracas |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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![]() Capital: Sana'a |
Widely recognized independent state. | |
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![]() ![]() ![]() Capital: Belgrade
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Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from October 24, 1945. Under occupation by Nazi Germany from April 6, 1941 to May 25, 1945. A government in exile was regarded as the legitimate government by the Allies. | |
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Excluded from the list above are the following noteworthy entities which either were not fully sovereign or did not claim to be independent: