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List of states

Short and formal names	Membership within the UN System [Note 1]	Sovereignty dispute [Note 2]	Further information on status and recognition of sovereignty[Note 3]
↓ UN member states or observer states ↓
Abkhazia → Abkhazia
Afghanistan – Islamic Republic of Afghanistan	UN member state	None
Albania – Republic of Albania	UN member state	None
Algeria – People's Democratic Republic of Algeria	UN member state	None
Andorra – Principality of Andorra	UN member state	None	Andorra is a co-principality in which the office of head of state is jointly heldex officio by the French president and the bishop of the Roman Catholicdiocese of Urgell,[2] who himself is appointed by the Holy See.
Angola – Republic of Angola	UN member state	None
Antigua and Barbuda	UN member state	None	Antigua and Barbuda is a Commonwealth realm[Note 4] with 1 autonomous region, Barbuda.[Note 5][3]
Argentina – Argentine Republic[Note 6]	UN member state	None	Argentina is a federation of 23 provinces and 1 autonomous city.
Armenia – Republic of Armenia	UN member state	Not recognized byPakistan[4][5][6]
Australia – Commonwealth of Australia	UN member state	None	Australia is a Commonwealth realm[Note 4] and a federation of six states and 10 territories. The external territories of Australia are:  Ashmore and Cartier Islands  Australian Antarctic Territory  Christmas Island  Cocos (Keeling) Islands  Coral Sea Islands Territory  Heard Island and McDonald Islands  Norfolk Island
Austria – Republic of Austria	UN member state	None	Member of the European Union.[a] Austria is a federation of nine states(Bundesländer).
Azerbaijan – Republic of Azerbaijan	UN member state	None	Azerbaijan contains two autonomous regions, Nakhchivan and Nagorno-Karabakh (Dağlıq Qarabağ).[Note 5] In Nagorno-Karabakh, a de facto statehas been established.
Bahamas, The – Commonwealth of the Bahamas	UN member state	None	The Bahamas is a Commonwealth realm.[Note 4]
Bahrain – Kingdom of Bahrain	UN member state	None
Bangladesh – People's Republic of Bangladesh	UN member state	None
Barbados	UN member state	None	Barbados is a Commonwealth realm.[Note 4]
Belarus – Republic of Belarus	UN member state	None
Belgium – Kingdom of Belgium	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.[a] Belgium is a federation divided into linguistic communities and regions.
Belize	UN member state	None	Belize is a Commonwealth realm.[Note 4]
Benin – Republic of Benin[Note 7]	UN member state	None
Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan	UN member state	None
Bolivia – Plurinational State of Bolivia	UN member state	None
Bosnia and Herzegovina	UN member state	None	Bosnia and Herzegovina is a federation of two constituent units:  Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina  Republika Srpska and Brčko District, a self-governing administrative unit.[Note 8]
Botswana – Republic of Botswana	UN member state	None
Brazil – Federative Republic of Brazil	UN member state	None	Brazil is a federation of 26 states and 1 federal district.
Brunei – Brunei Darussalam	UN member state	None
Bulgaria – Republic of Bulgaria	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.[a]
Burkina Faso[Note 9]	UN member state	None
Burma – Republic of the Union of Myanmar[Note 10][7]	UN member state	None
Burundi – Republic of Burundi	UN member state	None
Cambodia – Kingdom of Cambodia	UN member state	None
Cameroon – Republic of Cameroon	UN member state	None
Canada[Note 11]	UN member state	None	Canada is a Commonwealth realm[Note 4] and a federation of 10 provinces and three territories.
Cape Verde – Republic of Cabo Verde	UN member state	None
Central African Republic	UN member state	None
Chad – Republic of Chad	UN member state	None
Chile – Republic of Chile	UN member state	None	Easter Island and the Juan Fernández Islands are "special territories" of Chile in the Valparaíso Region.
China – People's Republic of China[Note 12]	UN member state	Partially unrecognized.Claimed by theRepublic of China	The People's Republic of China (PRC) contains five autonomous regions,Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Xinjiang and Tibet.[Note 5] Additionally, it has sovereignty over the Special Administrative Regions of:  Hong Kong  Macau China is not recognised by 21 UN member states and the Holy See, which instead recognise Taiwan (the Republic of China).[Note 13] China claims, but does not control, Taiwan which is governed by a rival administration.[Note 14]
China, Republic of → Taiwan
Colombia – Republic of Colombia	UN member state	None
Comoros – Union of the Comoros	UN member state	None	Comoros is a federation of 3 islands.[Note 15][8]
Congo, Democratic Republic of the[Note 16]	UN member state	None
Congo, Republic of the[Note 17]	UN member state	None
Cook Islands → Cook Islands
Costa Rica – Republic of Costa Rica	UN member state	None
Côte d'Ivoire → Ivory Coast
Croatia – Republic of Croatia	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.[a]
Cuba – Republic of Cuba	UN member state	None
Cyprus – Republic of Cyprus	UN member state	Not recognised byTurkey[9]	Member of the EU.[a] The northeastern part of the island is the de facto state of Northern Cyprus. See Foreign relations of Cyprus and Cyprus dispute.Turkey refers to the Republic of Cyprus government as "The Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus".[10]
Czech Republic[Note 18]	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.[a]
Democratic People's Republic of Korea → Korea, North
Democratic Republic of the Congo → Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.[a] The Danish Realm includes two self-governing territories:  Faroe Islands (Føroyar/Færøerne)  Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat/Grønland)
Djibouti – Republic of Djibouti	UN member state	None
Dominica – Commonwealth of Dominica	UN member state	None
Dominican Republic	UN member state	None
East Timor – Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste[Note 19]	UN member state	None
Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador	UN member state	None
Egypt – Arab Republic of Egypt	UN member state	None
El Salvador – Republic of El Salvador	UN member state	None
Equatorial Guinea – Republic of Equatorial Guinea	UN member state	None
Eritrea – State of Eritrea	UN member state	None
Estonia – Republic of Estonia	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.[a]
Ethiopia – Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia	UN member state	None	Ethiopia is a federation of nine regions and two chartered cities.
Fiji – Republic of Fiji	UN member state	None	Fiji contains 1 autonomous region, Rotuma.[Note 5][11][12]
Finland – Republic of Finland	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.[a]  Åland is a neutral and demilitarised autonomous region of Finland.[Note 5][Note 20]
France – French Republic	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.[a] France contains five overseas regions/departments:French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, and Réunion. France also includes the overseas territories of:  Clipperton Island  French Polynesia  New Caledonia  Saint Barthélemy  Saint Martin  Saint Pierre and Miquelon  Wallis and Futuna  French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Gabon – Gabonese Republic	UN member state	None
Gambia, The – Republic of the Gambia	UN member state	None
Georgia	UN member state	None	Georgia contains two autonomous regions, Adjara and Abkhazia.[Note 5] InAbkhazia and South Ossetia, de facto states have been formed.
Germany – Federal Republic of Germany	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.[a] Germany is a federation of 16 federated states(Länder).
Ghana – Republic of Ghana	UN member state	None
Greece – Hellenic Republic	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.[a] Mount Athos is an autonomous part of Greece that is jointly governed by the multinational "Holy Community" on the mountain and a civil governor appointed by the Greek government.[13]
Grenada	UN member state	None	Grenada is a Commonwealth realm.[Note 4]
Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala	UN member state	None
Guinea – Republic of Guinea[Note 21]	UN member state	None
Guinea-Bissau – Republic of Guinea-Bissau	UN member state	None
Guyana – Co-operative Republic of Guyana	UN member state	None
Haiti – Republic of Haiti	UN member state	None
Holy See → Vatican City
Honduras – Republic of Honduras	UN member state	None
Hungary	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.[a]
Iceland – Republic of Iceland	UN member state	None
India – Republic of India	UN member state	None	India is a federation of 29 states and seven union territories.
Indonesia – Republic of Indonesia	UN member state	None	Indonesia has five provinces with official special autonomy status: Aceh,Jakarta SCR, Yogyakarta SR, Papua, and West Papua.[Note 5]
Iran – Islamic Republic of Iran	UN member state	None
Iraq – Republic of Iraq	UN member state	None	Iraq is a federation[Note 15][14] of 18 governorates, three of which make up the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan.[Note 5]
Ireland[Note 22]	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.[a]
Israel – State of Israel	UN member state	Partially unrecognized	Israel exerts strong control over the territory claimed by Palestine. Israel annexed East Jerusalem,[15] an annexation not recognised by the international community.[16] Israel maintains varying levels of control over the rest of the West Bank, and although Israel no longer has a permanent civilian or military presence in the Gaza Strip, following its unilateral disengagement, it is still considered by some to be the occupying power under international law.[17][18][19][20][21] Israel is not recognised as a state by 32 UN members(including most Arab states) and by the SADR.
Italy – Italian Republic	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.[a] Italy has five autonomous regions, Aosta Valley, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Sardinia, Sicily and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.[Note 5]
Ivory Coast – Republic of Côte d'Ivoire	UN member state	None
Jamaica	UN member state	None	Jamaica is a Commonwealth realm.[Note 4]
Japan	UN member state	None
Jordan – Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan	UN member state	None
Kazakhstan – Republic of Kazakhstan	UN member state	None
Kenya – Republic of Kenya	UN member state	None
Kiribati – Republic of Kiribati	UN member state	None
Korea, North – Democratic People's Republic of Korea	UN member state	Claimed by South Korea	North Korea is not recognised by two UN members: Japan and South Korea.[Note 23][22]
Korea, South – Republic of Korea	UN member state	Claimed by North Korea	South Korea contains 1 autonomous region, Jeju-do.[Note 5][23] South Korea is not recognised by one UN member: North Korea.[Note 23]
Kosovo → Kosovo
Kuwait – State of Kuwait	UN member state	None
Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyz Republic	UN member state	None
Laos – Lao People's Democratic Republic	UN member state	None
Latvia – Republic of Latvia	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.[a]
Lebanon – Lebanese Republic	UN member state	None
Lesotho – Kingdom of Lesotho	UN member state	None
Liberia – Republic of Liberia	UN member state	None
Libya – State of Libya	UN member state	None	Libya has one self-declared autonomous region:[24]  Cyrenaica
Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein	UN member state	None
Lithuania – Republic of Lithuania	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.[a]
Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.[a]
Macedonia – Republic of Macedonia	UN member state	None	Because of the Macedonia naming dispute, the country is referred to by the UN and a number of states and international organizations as "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia".
Madagascar – Republic of Madagascar	UN member state	None
Malawi – Republic of Malawi	UN member state	None
Malaysia	UN member state	None	Malaysia is a federation of 13 states and three federal territories.
Maldives – Republic of Maldives	UN member state	None
Mali – Republic of Mali	UN member state	None
Malta – Republic of Malta	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.[a]
Marshall Islands – Republic of the Marshall Islands	UN member state	None	Under Compact of Free Association with the United States.
Mauritania – Islamic Republic of Mauritania	UN member state	None
Mauritius – Republic of Mauritius	UN member state	None	Mauritius has an autonomous island, Rodrigues.[Note 5]
Mexico – United Mexican States	UN member state	None	Mexico is a federation of 31 states and 1 federal district.
Micronesia, Federated States of	UN member state	None	Under Compact of Free Association with the United States. The Federated States of Micronesia is a federation of four states.
Moldova – Republic of Moldova	UN member state	None	Moldova has the autonomous regions of Gagauzia and Transnistria, the latter of which has established a de facto state.
Monaco – Principality of Monaco	UN member state	None
Mongolia	UN member state	None
Montenegro	UN member state	None
Morocco – Kingdom of Morocco	UN member state	None	Morocco claims sovereignty over Western Sahara and controls most of it, which is disputed by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
Mozambique – Republic of Mozambique	UN member state	None
Myanmar → Burma
Nagorno-Karabakh → Nagorno-Karabakh
Namibia – Republic of Namibia	UN member state	None
Nauru – Republic of Nauru	UN member state	None
Nepal – Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal	UN member state	None	Nepal is a federation composed of 14 zones.
Netherlands – Kingdom of the Netherlands	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.[a] The Kingdom of the Netherlands consists of four constituent countries:  Netherlands  Aruba  Curaçao  Sint Maarten The monarch and his ministers form the government of the kingdom as well as the government of its constituent country, the Netherlands. Following the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010, Curaçao and Sint Maarten have become constituent countries, which, alongside Aruba, enjoy considerable autonomy. The other three islands (Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius) became special municipalities of the Netherlands. The designation "Netherlands" can refer either to one of the Kingdom's constituent countries or to the short name for the Kingdom (e.g. in international organizations). The Kingdom of the Netherlands as a whole is a member of the EU, but EU law applies only to parts within Europe.
New Zealand	UN member state	None	New Zealand is a Commonwealth realm,[Note 4] and has the dependent territories of:  Ross Dependency  Tokelau New Zealand has responsibilities for (but no rights of control over) two freelyassociated states:  Cook Islands  Niue The Cook Islands and Niue have diplomatic relations with 39 and 11 UN members respectively.[25][26][27] They have full treaty-making capacity in the UN,[28] and are members of some UN specialized agencies.
Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua	UN member state	None	Nicaragua contains two autonomous regions, Atlántico Sur and Atlántico Norte.[Note 5]
Niger – Republic of Niger	UN member state	None
Nigeria – Federal Republic of Nigeria	UN member state	None	Nigeria is a federation of 36 states and 1 federal territory.
Niue → Niue
Northern Cyprus → Northern Cyprus
North Korea → Korea, North
Norway – Kingdom of Norway	UN member state	None	Svalbard is an integral part of Norway, but has a special status due to theSvalbard Treaty. Jan Mayen is an island that is an integral part of Norway, althoughunincorporated. Norway has the dependent territories of: Bouvet Island Peter I Island Queen Maud Land
Oman – Sultanate of Oman	UN member state	None
Pakistan – Islamic Republic of Pakistan	UN member state	None	Pakistan is a federation of four provinces, 1 capital territory, and tribal regions. Pakistan disputes Indian sovereignty over Kashmir. It exercises control over some areas, but does not explicitly claim any part of it,[29][30]instead regarding it as a disputed territory.[31][32] The portions that it controls are divided into two territories, administered separately from Pakistan proper:[Note 24]  Azad Kashmir  Gilgit–Baltistan Azad Kashmir describes itself as a "self-governing state under Pakistani control", while Gilgit-Baltistan is described in its governance order as a group of "areas" with self-government.[33][34] These territories are not usually regarded as sovereign, as they do not fulfill the criteria set out by the declarative theory of statehood (for example, their current laws do not allow them to engage independently in relations with other states). Several state functions of these territories (such as foreign affairs and defence) are performed by Pakistan on their behalf.[34][35][36]
Palau – Republic of Palau	UN member state	None	Under Compact of Free Association with the United States.
Palestine – State of Palestine	UN observer state; member of one UN specialized agency	Partially unrecognized.Disputed by Israel	The declared State of Palestine has received diplomatic recognition from 135states.[37] The proclaimed state has no agreed territorial borders, or effective control on much of the territory that it proclaimed.[38] The Palestinian National Authority is an interim administrative body formed as a result of theOslo Accords that exercises limited autonomous jurisdiction within thePalestinian territories. In foreign relations, Palestine is represented by thePalestine Liberation Organization.[39] The State of Palestine is a member state of UNESCO,[40] and an observer state in the UN.
Panama – Republic of Panama	UN member state	None
Papua New Guinea – Independent State of Papua New Guinea	UN member state	None	Papua New Guinea is a Commonwealth realm[Note 4] with 1 autonomous region, Bougainville.[Note 5]
Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay	UN member state	None
Peru – Republic of Peru	UN member state	None
Philippines – Republic of the Philippines	UN member state	None	The Philippines contains one autonomous region, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.[Note 5]
Poland – Republic of Poland	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.[a]
Portugal – Portuguese Republic	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.[a] Portugal contains two autonomous regions, Azores andMadeira.[Note 5]
Pridnestrovie → Transnistria
Qatar – State of Qatar	UN member state	None
Republic of Korea → Korea, South
Republic of the Congo → Congo, Republic of the
Romania	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.[a]
Russia – Russian Federation	UN member state	None	Russia is officially a federation of 85 federal subjects (republics, oblasts, krais, autonomous okrugs, federal cities, and an autonomous oblast). Several of the federal subjects are ethnic republics.[Note 5]
Rwanda – Republic of Rwanda	UN member state	None
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic → Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Saint Kitts and Nevis – Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis	UN member state	None	Saint Kitts and Nevis is a Commonwealth realm[Note 4] and is afederation[Note 15] of 14 parishes.
Saint Lucia	UN member state	None	Saint Lucia is a Commonwealth realm.[Note 4]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	UN member state	None	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a Commonwealth realm.[Note 4]
Samoa – Independent State of Samoa	UN member state	None
San Marino – Republic of San Marino	UN member state	None
São Tomé and Príncipe – Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe	UN member state	None	São Tomé and Príncipe contains 1 autonomous province, Príncipe.[Note 5]
Saudi Arabia – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	UN member state	None
Senegal – Republic of Senegal	UN member state	None
Serbia – Republic of Serbia	UN member state	None	Serbia contains two autonomous regions, Vojvodina and Kosovo and Metohija.[Note 5] The latter is under the de facto control of the Republic of Kosovo.
Seychelles – Republic of Seychelles	UN member state	None
Sierra Leone – Republic of Sierra Leone	UN member state	None
Singapore – Republic of Singapore	UN member state	None
Slovakia – Slovak Republic	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.[a]
Slovenia – Republic of Slovenia	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.[a]
Solomon Islands	UN member state	None	The Solomon Islands is a Commonwealth realm.[Note 4]
Somalia – Federal Republic of Somalia	UN member state	None	Somalia is presently divided with the official Federal Government of Somalia(FGS) controlling only part of the country. Puntland and Galmudug have declared themselves as autonomous regions of Somalia (a claim that the FGS does not recognise),[41][need quotation to verify] while Somaliland has formed an unrecognised de facto state.
Somaliland → Somaliland
South Africa – Republic of South Africa	UN member state	None
South Korea → Korea, South
South Ossetia → South Ossetia
South Sudan – Republic of South Sudan	UN member state	None	South Sudan is a federation of 10 states.
Spain – Kingdom of Spain	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.[a] Spain is divided into 17 autonomous communities and 2 special autonomous cities.[Note 5]
Sri Lanka – Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka	UN member state	None	Formerly known as Ceylon.
Sudan – Republic of the Sudan	UN member state	None	Sudan is a federation of 17 states. Disputes Abyei and Kafia Kingi with South Sudan.
Sudan, South → South Sudan
Suriname – Republic of Suriname	UN member state	None
Swaziland – Kingdom of Swaziland	UN member state	None
Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.[a]
Switzerland – Swiss Confederation	UN member state	None	Switzerland is a federation of 26 cantons.
Syria – Syrian Arab Republic	UN member state	None	The Syrian National Coalition, which is recognized as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people by 20 UN members, has established aninterim government to rule rebel controlled territory during the Syrian civil war. Syria has one self-declared autonomous region:  Syrian Kurdistan
Taiwan (Republic of China) → Taiwan
Tajikistan – Republic of Tajikistan	UN member state	None	Tajikistan contains 1 autonomous region, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province.[Note 5]
Tanzania – United Republic of Tanzania	UN member state	None	Tanzania contains 1 autonomous region, Zanzibar.[Note 5]
Thailand – Kingdom of Thailand	UN member state	None
Timor-Leste → East Timor
Togo – Togolese Republic	UN member state	None
Tonga – Kingdom of Tonga	UN member state	None
Transnistria → Transnistria
Trinidad and Tobago – Republic of Trinidad and Tobago	UN member state	None	Trinidad and Tobago contains 1 autonomous region, Tobago.[Note 5]
Tunisia – Republic of Tunisia	UN member state	None
Turkey – Republic of Turkey	UN member state	None
Turkmenistan	UN member state	None
Tuvalu	UN member state	None	Tuvalu is a Commonwealth realm.[Note 4]
Uganda – Republic of Uganda	UN member state	None
Ukraine	UN member state	None
United Arab Emirates	UN member state	None	The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven emirates.
United Kingdom – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	UN member state	None	Member of the EU.[a] The United Kingdom is a Commonwealth realm[Note 4]consisting of four constituent countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The United Kingdom has the following overseas territories:  Akrotiri and Dhekelia  Anguilla  Bermuda  British Indian Ocean Territory  British Virgin Islands  Cayman Islands  Falkland Islands  Gibraltar  Montserrat  Pitcairn Islands  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands  Turks and Caicos Islands  British Antarctic Territory The British monarch has direct sovereignty over three self-governing Crown dependencies:  Guernsey, with three dependencies:  Alderney  Herm  Sark  Isle of Man  Jersey
United States – United States of America	UN member state	None	The United States is a federation of 50 states, 1 federal district, and the incorporated territory of Palmyra Atoll. The United States has sovereignty over the following inhabited possessions and commonwealths:  American Samoa  Guam  Northern Mariana Islands  Puerto Rico  U.S. Virgin Islands It also has sovereignty over several uninhabited territories: Baker Island Howland Island Jarvis Island Johnston Atoll Kingman Reef Midway Atoll Navassa Island Wake Island Three sovereign states have become associated states of the United States under the Compact of Free Association:  Marshall Islands – Republic of the Marshall Islands  Micronesia – Federated States of Micronesia  Palau – Republic of Palau It also disputes sovereignty over the following territories: Bajo Nuevo Bank Serranilla Bank
Uruguay – Oriental Republic of Uruguay	UN member state	None
Uzbekistan – Republic of Uzbekistan	UN member state	None	Uzbekistan contains 1 autonomous region, Karakalpakstan.[Note 5]
Vanuatu – Republic of Vanuatu	UN member state	None
Vatican City – Vatican City State	UN observer stateunder the designation of "Holy See"; member of three UN specialized agencies and theIAEA	None	Administered by the Holy See, a sovereign entity with diplomatic ties to180 states.[42] The Holy See is a member of the IAEA, ITU, UPU, and WIPOand a permanent observer of the UN (in the category of "Non-member State")[39] and multiple other UN System organizations. The Vatican City is governed by officials appointed by the Pope, who is the Bishop of the Diocese of Rome and ex officio sovereign of Vatican City.
Venezuela – Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela	UN member state	None	Venezuela is a federation of 23 states, 1 capital district, and federal dependencies.
Vietnam – Socialist Republic of Vietnam	UN member state	None
Yemen – Republic of Yemen	UN member state	None
Zambia – Republic of Zambia	UN member state	None
Zimbabwe – Republic of Zimbabwe	UN member state	None
↑ UN member states and observer states ↑
↓ Other states ↓
Abkhazia – Republic of Abkhazia	No membership	Claimed by Georgia	Recognised by Russia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Venezuela,[43] Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia and Transnistria.[44] Claimed in whole by Georgia as theAutonomous Republic of Abkhazia.
Cook Islands	Member of sevenUN specialized agencies	None (See political status)	A state in free association with New Zealand, the Cook Islands has relations with 41 other states. The Cook Islands is a member of multiple UN agencieswith full treaty making capacity.[28] It shares a head of state with New Zealand as well as having shared citizenship.
Kosovo – Republic of Kosovo	Member of two UN specialized agencies	Claimed by Serbia	Pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244, Kosovo was placed under the administration of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo in 1999.[45] Kosovo declared independence in 2008, and it has received diplomatic recognition from 108 UN member states and theRepublic of China. Serbia continues to maintain its sovereignty claim over Kosovo. Other UN member states and non UN member states continue to recognise Serbian sovereignty or have taken no position on the question. Kosovo is a member of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group. The Republic of Kosovo has de facto control over most of the territory, with limited control in North Kosovo.
Nagorno-Karabakh – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic[Note 25]	No membership	Claimed byAzerbaijan	A de facto independent state,[46][47][48] recognised only by Abkhazia,[49]South Ossetia[49] and Transnistria.[49][50] Claimed in whole by Azerbaijan.[51]
Niue	Member of five UN specialized agencies	None (See political status)	A state in free association with New Zealand, Niue has relations with 12 other states. Niue is a member of multiple UN agencies with full treaty making capacity.[28] It shares a head of state with New Zealand as well as having shared citizenship.
Northern Cyprus – Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	No membership	Claimed by Cyprus	Recognised only by Turkey. Under the name "Turkish Cypriot State", it is an observer state of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the Economic Cooperation Organization. Northern Cyprus is claimed in whole by theRepublic of Cyprus.[52]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	No membership	Claimed byMorocco	Recognised at some stage by 84 UN member states, 39 of which have since withdrawn or frozen their recognition. It is a founding member of the African Union and the Asian-African Strategic Partnership formed at the 2005 Asian-African Conference. The territories under its control, the so-called Free Zone, are claimed in whole by Morocco as part of its Southern Provinces. In turn, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic claims the part of Western Sahara to the west of the Moroccan Wall controlled by Morocco. Its government resides in exile in Tindouf, Algeria.
Somaliland – Republic of Somaliland	No membership	Claimed by Somalia	A de facto independent state,[46][53][54][55][56] not diplomatically recognised by any other state, claimed in whole by the Federal Republic of Somalia.[57]
South Ossetia – Republic of South Ossetia	No membership	Claimed by Georgia	A de facto independent state,[58] recognised by Russia, Nicaragua, Nauru, Venezuela,[43] Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Transnistria.[44] Claimed in whole by Georgia as the Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia.[59]
Taiwan – Republic of China[Note 12]	Observer in one UN specialized agencyunder the name "Chinese Taipei"	Claimed by thePeople's Republic of China	A state competing for recognition with the People's Republic of China as the government of China since 1949. The Republic of China controls the island of Taiwan and associated islands, Quemoy, Matsu, the Pratas and parts of the Spratly Islands,[Note 26] and has not renounced claims over its annexed territories on the mainland.[60] The Republic of China is recognised by 21 UN member states and the Holy See as of 2013. The territory of the Republic of China is claimed in whole by the People's Republic of China.[Note 14] The Republic of China participates in international organizations under a variety of pseudonyms, most commonly "Chinese Taipei" and in the WTO it has full membership. The Republic of China was a founding member of the UN and enjoyed membership from 1945 to 1971, with veto power in the security council. See China and the United Nations.
Transnistria – Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic	No membership	Claimed by Moldova	A de facto independent state,[46] recognised only by Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, and South Ossetia.[44] Claimed in whole by Moldova as theTransnistria autonomous territorial unit.[61]
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