User:Adinar0012/List of sovereign states in 1945
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Sovereign states
[edit]League of Nations member states are indicated by [LoN]
United Nations member states are indicated by [UN]
A
[edit]- 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
B
[edit]- Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium [LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24]
Capital: Brussels - Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia [UN from November 13]
Capital: Sucre (official), La Paz (administrative) - Brazil - Republic of the United States of Brazil [UN from October 24]
Capital: Rio de Janeiro - Bulgaria - Kingdom of Bulgaria [LoN]
Capital: Sofia
C
[edit]- 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) [UN from October 24]
Capital: Prague
D
[edit]- 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
E
[edit]- 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
F
[edit]- Finland - Republic of Finland [LoN]
Capital: Helsinki - France - Provisional Government of the French Republic [LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24]
Capital: Paris
G
[edit]- 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
H
[edit]- 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
Capital: Budapest
I
[edit]- 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
J
[edit]L
[edit]- 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
M
[edit]- 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
N
[edit]- Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal
Capital: Kathmandu - Netherlands - Kingdom of the Netherlands (from May 5) [LoN to December 10], [UN from December 10]
Capital: Amsterdam (official), The Hague (seat of government) - New Zealand - Dominion of New Zealand (Dominion of the British Empire) [LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24]
Capital: Wellington - Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua [UN from October 24]
Capital: Managua - Norway - Kingdom of Norway (from May 9) [LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24]
Capital: Oslo
P
[edit]- 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
R
[edit]S
[edit]- 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 (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial) - 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
- Byelorussia - Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic [UN from October 24]
- Spain - Spanish State
Capital: Madrid - Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden [LoN]
Capital: Stockholm - Switzerland - Swiss Confederation [LoN]
Capital: Bern - Syria - Syrian Republic [UN from October 24]
Capital: Damascus
T
[edit]- Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand [LoN]
Capital: Bangkok - Turkey - Republic of Turkey [LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24]
Capital: Ankara
U
[edit]- 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 - Oriental Republic of Uruguay [LoN to December 18], [UN from December 18]
Capital: Montevideo
V
[edit]- Vatican City - State of the Vatican City
Capital: Vatican City - Venezuela - United States of Venezuela
Capital: Caracas
Y
[edit]- Yemen - Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
Capital: Sanaa - Yugoslavia - Democratic Federal Yugoslavia [UN from October 24]
Capital: Belgrade
Occupied states
[edit]- Austria - Republic of Austria (from April 27)
Capital: Vienna - Germany (from May 8)
Capital: Berlin - Japan - Empire of Japan (from August 15)
Capital: Tokyo
Other states
[edit]In 1945, there were forteen states which were not recognized as sovereign by a majority of countries.
- Burma - State of Burma (to March 27)
Capital: Rangoon- 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 March 8)
Capital: Budapest- De facto independent state under German occupation. Recognized by Germany and her puppet states.
- Indonesia - Republic of Indonesia (from August 17)
Capital: Djakarta- De facto independent state. Not recognized by any other state. Claimed by the Netherlands as dependency.
- 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 by 23 of members of the League of Nations. Claimed by the Republic of China.
- Nanjing - Republic of China (to September 9)
Capital: Nanking- De facto independent state. Recognized by the members of the Anti-Comintern Pact. Claimed by the Republic of China.
- Philippines
- 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.
- Philippine Commonwealth - Commonwealth of the Philippines[UN from October 24]
Capital: Manila[1][2]- In exile until August 17, semi-independent self-governing commonwealth of the United States. Claimed by the Republic of the Philippines.
- Philippines - Republic of the Philippines (to August 17)
- Salò Italy - Italian Social Republic (to April 25)
Capital: Salò (de facto)- Puppet 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.
- Empire of Vietnam (from March 11 to August 23)
Non-Sovereign Territories
[edit]Australia
[edit]- Australian Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited external territory)
- Norfolk Island (External territory)
Capital: Kingston - Papua (External territory)
Capital: Canberra
Belgium
[edit]- Belgian Congo (Colony)
Capital: Léopoldville (Leopoldstad)
Condominiums
[edit]- Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian condominium)
Capital: Khartoum - Canton and Enderbury Islands (Anglo-American condominium)
- New Hebrides (Anglo-French condominium)
Capital: Port Vila
Denmark
[edit]- Greenland (Self-governing possession under United States protection to May 5, Possession from May 5)
Capital: Godthåb
France
[edit]- Adélie Land (Uninhabited possession)
- Clipperton Island (from 1945, uninhabited possession)
- Fezzan (Occupied territory)
Capital: Sabha - French Equatorial Africa (Colony)
Capital: Brazzaville - French Guiana (Colony)
Capital: Cayenne - French India - French Establishments in India (Colony)
Capital: Pondichéry - French Indochina (from August 15, Federation of protectorates)
Capital: Hanoi - French Oceania - French Establishments in Oceania (Colony)
Capital: Papeete - French Somaliland (Colony)
Capital: Ville de Djibouti - French West Africa (Colony)
Capital: Dakar - Guadeloupe (Colony)
Capital: Basse-Terre - Inini (Colony)
Capital: Saint-Élie - Madagascar (Colony)
Capital: Tananarive - Martinique (Colony)
Capital: Fort-de-France - Morocco - Kingdom of Morocco (Protectorate)
Capital: Rabat - New Caledonia - New Caledonia and Dependencies (Colony)
Capital: Nouméa - Réunion (Colony)
Capital: Saint-Denis - Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Colony)
Capital: Saint-Pierre - Shanghai (from September, concession)
- Tientsin (from September, concession)
- Tunisia - Tunisian Realm (Protectorate)
Capital: Tunis
Germany
[edit]- Bohemia and Moravia - Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (to May 13, autonomous protectorate)
Capital: Prag - Channel Islands (to March 20, occupied territory)
Capital: Saint Helier - Denmark (to May 5, occupied territory)
Capital: Copenhagen - Dodecanese Islands (to May 7, occupied territory)
Capital: Rhodes - General Government (to January 17, autonomous territory)
Capital: Krakau - Netherlands - Netherlands Reich Commission (to May 5, civil administration)
Capital: Amsterdam - Norway - Norway Reich Commission (from May 9, civil administration)
Capital: Oslo
Japan
[edit]- Andaman and Nicobar Islands (from August 18 to October 7, occupied territory)
Capital: Port Blair - Banaba Island (to October 10, occupied territory)
Capital: Tabiang - Boruneo Kita (to September 10 Occupied territory)
Capital: Elopura - Chōsen (to August 15, dependency)
Capital: Seoul - Christmas Island (to October, occupied territory)
Capital: Flying Fish Cove - Hong Kong - Hong Kong Occupied Territory (to August 16, occupied territory)
Capital: Kowloon - Indochina (to April 8)
Capital: Hanoi - Indonesia (to August 17, occupied territory)
Capital: Batavia - Kwantung - Kwantung Leased Territory (to August 22, concession)
Capital: Dalian - Malaya (to September 12, occupied territory)
Capital: Kuala Lumpur - Nauru (to September 13, occupied territory)
Capital: Yaren - Otori Jima (to September 4, occupied territory)
- Syonan-to (to September 12, occupied territory)
Capital: Syonan-to - Taiwan (to October 25, dependency)
Capital: Taihoku - Tientsin (to September, concession)
- Timor (to September 11, occupied territory)
Capital: Dili
League of Nations Mandates
[edit]- British Togoland (Administered by the United Kingdom)
Capital: Ho - Cameroons - British Cameroons (Administered by the United Kingdom)
Capital: Buea - Cameroun (Administered by France)
Capital: Douala - French Togoland (Administered by France)
Capital: Lomé - Nauru (Administered by Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom from September 15)
Capital: Yaren - New Guinea - Territory of New Guinea (Administered by Australia)
Capital: Canberra - Palestine - British Mandate of Palestine (Administered by the United Kingdom)
Capital: Jerusalem- Transjordan - Emirate of Transjordan (Administered by the United Kingdom)
Capital: Amman
- Transjordan - Emirate of Transjordan (Administered by the United Kingdom)
- Ruanda-Urundi (Administered by Belgium)
Capital: Usumbura - South Pacific Mandate (Administered by Japan)
Capital: Koror - South-West Africa (Administered by South Africa)
Capital: Windhoek - Tanganyika - Tanganyika Territory (Administered by the United Kingdom)
Capital: Dar es Salaam - Western Samoa (Administered by New Zealand)
Capital: Apia
Netherlands
[edit]- Curaçao - Curaçao and Dependencies (Colony, loyal to the government-in-exile to May 5)
Capital: Willemstad - Netherlands Guiana (Colony, loyal to the government-in-exile to May 5)
Capital: Paramaribo - Netherlands New Guinea (from December 29, colony)
Capital: Hollandia
New Zealand
[edit]- Cook Islands (Dependent territory)
Capital: Avarua - Niue Island (Dependent territory)
Capital: Alofi - Ross Dependency (Uninhabited dependent territory)
- Union Islands (Dependent territory)
Norway
[edit]- Bouvet Island (from May 9, Uninhabited possession)
- Peter I Island (from May 9, Uninhabited possession)
- Queen Maud Land (from May 9, Uninhabited possession)
Portugal
[edit]- Cape Verde Islands (Colony)
Capital: Praia - Macau (Colony)
- Portuguese East Africa (Colony)
Capital: Lourenço Marques - Portuguese Guinea (Colony)
Capital: Bissau - Portuguese India - Portuguese State of India (Colony)
Capital: Nova Goa - Portuguese Timor (from September 11, Colony)
Capital: Dili - Portuguese West Africa (Colony)
Capital: Luanda - São João Baptista de Ajudá - Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá (Possession)
- São Tomé and Príncipe (Colony)
Capital: São Tomé
Soviet Union
[edit]- Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan People's Government (from December 12)
Capital: Tabriz - Korea - People's Republic of Korea (from August 15 to September 15)
Capital: Seoul - Manchuria (from August 15)
Capital: Hsinking
Spain
[edit]- Ifni (Colony)
Capital: Sidi Ifni - Spanish Guinea (Colony)
Capital: Santa Isabel - Spanish Morocco (Protectorate)
Capital: Tétouan - Spanish Sahara (Colony)
Capital: El Aaiún
United Kingdom
[edit]- Aden - Aden Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate)
Capital: Aden - Bahama Islands (Crown colony)
Capital: Nassau - Bahrain - Sheikdom of Bahrain (Protectorate)
Capital: Manama - Barbados (Crown colony)
Capital: Bridgetown - Basutoland - Territory of Basutoland (Crown colony)
Capital: Maseru - Bechuanaland - Bechuanaland Protectorate (Protectorate)
Capital: Mafeking - Bermuda (Crown colony)
Capital: Hamilton - Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan (Protectorate)
Capital: Thimphu - British Guiana (Crown colony)
Capital: Georgetown - British Honduras (Crown colony)
Capital: Belize Town - British Leeward Islands - Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands (Crown colony)
Capital: St. John's - British Somaliland - British Somaliland Protectorate (Protectorate)
Capital: Hargeisa - British Western Pacific Territories (Crown colony)
Capital: Suva - British Windward Islands - Federal Colony of the Windward Islands (Crown colony)
Capital: St. George's - Brunei - State of Brunei, Abode of Peace (from June 14, protectorate)
Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan - Burma (from March 27, crown colony)
Capital: Rangoon - Ceylon (Crown colony)
Capital: Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte - File:Cyprus Blue Ensign 1922.PNG Cyprus (Crown colony)
Capital: Nicosia - Cyrenaica (Occupied territory)
Capital: Benghazi - Eritrea (Occupied territory)
Capital: Asmara - Falkland Islands (Crown colony)
Capital: Stanley - Faroe Islands (to September 16, occupied territory)
Capital: Tórshavn - Federated Malay States (from September 12, protectorate)
Capital: Kuala Lampur - Gambia - Gambia Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate)
Capital: Banjul - Gibraltar (Crown colony)
Capital: Gibraltar - Gold Coast (Crown colony)
Capital: Accra - Guernsey - Bailiwick of Guernsey (from March 20, crown dependency)
Capital: Saint Peter Port - Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Uninhabited possession)
- Hong Kong (from August 28, crown colony)
Capital: Hong Kong - India - Indian Empire (Crown colony) [UN from October 30]
Capital: New Dehli - Isle of Man (Crown dependency)
Capital: Douglas - Italian Somaliland (Occupied territory)
Capital: Mogadiscio - Jamaica (Crown colony)
Capital: Kingston - Jersey - Bailiwick of Jersey (from March 20, crown dependency)
Capital: Saint Helier - Johor - State of Johor Darul Ta'zim (from September 12, protectorate)
Capital: Johor Bahru (administrative), Pasir Pelangi (royal) - Kedah - State of Kedah Darul Aman (from September 8, protectorate)
Capital: Alor Setar - Kelantan - State of Kelantan Darul Naim (from September 8, protectorate)
Capital: Kota Bharu - Kenya - Kenya Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate)
Capital: Nairobi - Kuwait - Sheikdom of Kuwait (Protectorate)
Capital: Kuwait City - Maldive Islands - Sultanate of the Maldive Islands (Protectorate)
Capital: Malé - Malta (Crown colony)
Capital: Valletta - Mauritius (Crown colony)
Capital: Port Louis - Muscat and Oman - Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (Protectorate)
Capital: Muscat - Newfoundland - Dominion of Newfoundland (Crown colony)
Capital: St. John's - Nigeria - Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria (Crown colony and protectorate)
Capital: Abuja - North Borneo (from September 10, crown colony)
Capital: Jesselton - Northern Rhodesia - Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia (Protectorate)
Capital: Livingstone - Nyasaland - Nyasaland Protectorate (Protectorate)
Capital: Zomba - Perlis - State of Perlis Indera Kayangan (from September 8, protectorate)
Capital: Kangar (administrative), Arau (royal) - Qatar - Sheikdom of Qatar (Protectorate)
Capital: Doha - Saint Helena (Crown colony)
Capital: Jamestown - Sarawak - Kingdom of Sarawak (from September 10, protectorate)
Capital: Kuching - Seychelles (Crown colony)
Capital: Victoria - Sierra Leone - Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate)
Capital: Freetown - Southern Rhodesia - Colony of Southern Rhodesia (Crown colony)
Capital: Salisbury - Straits Settlements (from September 12, crown colony)
Capital: Singapore - Suez Canal Zone (Crown colony)
- Swaziland - Swaziland Protectorate (Protectorate)
Capital: Mbabane (administrative), Lobamba (legislative) - Terengganu - State of Terengganu Darul Iman (from September 8, protectorate)
Capital: Kuala Terengganu - Trinidad and Tobago (Crown colony)
Capital: Port of Spain - Tripolitania (Occupied territory)
Capital: Tripoli - Trucial States (Protectorate)
Capital: Abu Dhabi - Uganda (Crown colony)
Capital: Kampala - Zanzibar - Sultanate of Zanzibar (Protectorate)
Capital: Zanzibar City
United States
[edit]- Alaska - Alaska Territory (Territory)
Capital: Juneau - American Samoa - Territory of American Samoa (Territory)
Capital: Pago Pago - 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)
Capital: Agana - Hawaii - Territory of Hawaii (Unincorporated territory)
Capital: Honolulu - 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)
Capital: Balboa - Puerto Rico (Territory)
Capital: San Juan - Roncador Bank (Unincorporated territory)
- Ryukyu Islands - United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (from April 3, occupied territory)
- Quita Sueño Bank (Unincorporated territory)
- Serrana Bank (Unincorporated territory)
- Serranilla Bank (Uninhabited territory)
- Swan Islands (Uninhabited territory)
- United States Virgin Islands (Territory)
Capital: Charlotte Amalie - Volcano Islands (from September 3, occupied territory)
- Wake Island (from September 4, uninhabited territory)