Sovereign states edit
A edit
Andorra – Principality of Andorra
Ankole – Kingdom of Ankole- Annam – Empire of Annam
- Anziku – Anziku Kingdom (to 1875)
Argentina – Argentine Republic
Aro – Aro Confederacy
Ashanti – Asante Union
Austria-Hungary – Austro-Hungarian Empire- Afghanistan – Emirate of Afghanistan
B edit
Baden – Grand Duchy of Baden (to January 18, 1871)- Baguirmi – Kingdom of Baguirmi
- Baol – Kingdom of Baol
Bavaria – Kingdom of Bavaria (to January 18, 1871)
Belgium – Kingdom of Belgium
Benin – Benin Empire- Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan
Bolivia – Republic of Bolivia
Bora Bora – Kingdom of Bora Bora- Bornu – Bornu Empire
Brazil – Empire of Brazil
Brunei – Sultanate of Brunei
Buganda – Kingdom of Buganda
Bulgaria – Principality of Bulgaria (from 1878)
Bukhara – Emirate of Bukhara (to 1873)
Bunyoro – Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara
Burma – Kingdom of Burma- Burundi – Kingdom of Burundi
C edit
Canada – Dominion of Canada- Cayor – Kingdom of Cayor (to 1879)
Chile – Republic of Chile
China – Great Qing Empire
Colombia – United States of Colombia
Cook Islands → Rarotonga
Costa Rica – Republic of Costa Rica
D edit
- Dahomey – Kingdom of Dahomey
Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark
Dominican Republic – Dominican Republic
E edit
Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador
El Salvador – El Salvador
Ethiopia – Ethiopian Empire
F edit
- Fante – Fante Confederacy (to 1874)
- Fiji – Kingdom of Fiji (to October 10, 1874)
France
- Empire of the French (to September 4, 1870)
- French Republic (from September 4, 1870)
- Futa Jallon – Imamate of Futa Jallon
- Futa Toro – Imamate of Futa Toro
G edit
- Garo – Kingdom of Garo
- Gera – Kingdom of Gera
Germany – German Empire (from January 18, 1871)- Gomma – Kingdom of Gomma
Greece – Kingdom of Greece
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Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala- Gumma – Kingdom of Gumma
H edit
Ha'il – Emirate of Ha'il
Haiti – Republic of Haiti
Hawaii – Kingdom of Hawaii
Hesse-Darmstadt – Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine (to January 18, 1871)
Honduras – Republic of Honduras
Huahine – Kingdom of Huahine
I edit
Italy – Kingdom of Italy
J edit
- Janjero – Kingdom of Janjero
Japan – Empire of Japan- Jimma – Kingdom of Jimma
Johor – Sultanate of Johor- Jolof – Jolof Kingdom
K edit
- Kabulistan – Kingdom of Kabul (to October 12, 1879)
- Kaffa – Kingdom of Kaffa
Kashgaria – Kingdom of Kashgaria (to December 28, 1877)- Kénédougou – Kénédougou Kingdom
- Khasso – Kingdom of Khasso
Khiva – Khanate of Khiva (to August 12, 1873)- Kokand – Khanate of Kokand (to February 19, 1876)
- Kong – Kong Empire
Kongo – Kingdom of Kongo
Korea – Kingdom of Joseon- Koya Temne – Kingdom of Koya
L edit
Liberia – Republic of Liberia
Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein- Limmu-Ennarea – Kingdom of Limmu-Ennarea
- Loango – Kingdom of Loango
- Luba – Luba Empire
- Lunda – Lunda Empire
Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
M edit
Maldives – Sultanate of Maldives- Manipur – Kingdom of Manipur
- Matabeleland – Matabele Kingdom
Mexico – United Mexican States
Monaco – Principality of Monaco
Montenegro – Principality of Montenegro
Morocco – Sultanate of Morocco
Muscat and Oman – Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (to 1870 and from January 30, 1871)
N edit
Negeri Sembilan – Negeri Sembilan
Nepal – Kingdom of Nepal
Netherlands – Kingdom of The Netherlands
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Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua- North German Confederation – North German Confederation (to January 18, 1871)
Norway – Kingdom of Norway (in personal union with Sweden)
O edit
- Oman – Imamate of Oman (from 1870 [renamed Muscat and Oman on January 30, 1871])
Orange Free State
Ottoman Empire – Sublime Ottoman State- Ouaddai – Ouaddai Empire
- Oyo – Oyo Empire
P edit
Pahang – Sultanate of Pahang
Papal States – States of the Church (to September 20, 1870)
Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay
Perak – Sultanate of Perak (to January 20, 1874)
Persia – Persian Empire
Peru – Peruvian Republic
Portugal – Kingdom of Portugal
R edit
Raiatea – Kingdom of Raiatea
Rapa Nui – Kingdom of Rapa Nui
Rarotonga – Kingdom of Rarotonga
Romania – United Principalities of Romania (from 1878)
Russia – Russian Empire
Rwanda – Kingdom of Rwanda
Ryūkyū Kingdom – Kingdom of Ryūkyū (to March 13, 1879)
S edit
- Samoa – Kingdom of Samoa
San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino
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Sarawak – Kingdom of Sarawak
Selangor – Sultanate of Selangor
Serbia – Principality of Serbia (from 1878
Siam – Kingdom of Siam- Sikkim – Chogyalate of Sikkim
Sokoto – Sokoto Caliphate
South African Republic → Transvaal
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→ Spain
- Kingdom of Spain (to February 11, 1873)
- Spanish Republic (from February 11, 1873, to December 29, 1874)
- Kingdom of Spain (from December 29, 1874)
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Sulu – Sultanate of Sulu
Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden (in personal union with Norway)
Switzerland – Swiss Confederation
T edit
Tahiti – Kingdom of Tahiti- Tonga – Kingdom of Tonga
Toro – Toro Kingdom (to 1876)- Toucouleur – Toucouleur Empire
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→ Transvaal – South African Republic (to April 12, 1877)
Tunis – Beylik of Tunis (from October 25, 1871)
U edit
United Kingdom – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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United States – United States of America
Uruguay – Eastern Republic of Uruguay
V edit
Venezuela – United States of Venezuela
W edit
- Wassoulou – Wassoulou Empire (from 1878)
- Welayta – Kingdom of Welayta
Württemberg – Kingdom of Württemberg (to January 18, 1871)
Y edit
- Yeke – Yeke Kingdom
Z edit
Zanzibar – Sultanate of Zanzibar- Zululand – Kingdom of the Zulus (to July 4, 1879)
Non-sovereign territories edit
United Kingdom edit
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Cape Colony – Cape of Good Hope
