List of sovereign states in the 1870s

Sovereign states

A

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Dahomey – Kingdom of Dahomey
• Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark
• Dominican Republic – Dominican Republic

E

• Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador
• El Salvador – El Salvador
• Ethiopia – Ethiopian Empire

F

• 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

• Garo – Kingdom of Garo
• Gera – Kingdom of Gera
• Germany – German Empire (from January 18, 1871)
• Gomma – Kingdom of Gomma
• Greece – Kingdom of Greece
• → Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala
• Gumma – Kingdom of Gumma

H

• 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

• Italy – Kingdom of Italy

J

• Janjero – Kingdom of Janjero
• Japan – Empire of Japan
• Jimma – Kingdom of Jimma
• Johor – Sultanate of Johor
• Jolof – Jolof Kingdom

K

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Negeri Sembilan – Negeri Sembilan
• Nepal – Kingdom of Nepal
• Netherlands – Kingdom of The Netherlands
• → Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua
• North German Confederation – North German Confederation (to January 18, 1871)
• Norway – Kingdom of Norway (in personal union with Sweden)

O

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Samoa – Kingdom of Samoa
• San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino
• → 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

• → → 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)
• → Sulu – Sultanate of Sulu
• Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden (in personal union with Norway)
• Switzerland – Swiss Confederation

T

• Tahiti – Kingdom of Tahiti
• Tonga – Kingdom of Tonga
• Toro – Toro Kingdom (to 1876)
• Toucouleur – Toucouleur Empire
• → → Transvaal – South African Republic (to April 12, 1877)
• Tunis – Beylik of Tunis (from October 25, 1871)

U

• United Kingdom – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
• → United States – United States of America
• Uruguay – Eastern Republic of Uruguay

V

• Venezuela – United States of Venezuela

W

• Wassoulou – Wassoulou Empire (from 1878)
• Welayta – Kingdom of Welayta
• Württemberg – Kingdom of Württemberg (to January 18, 1871)

Y

• Yeke – Yeke Kingdom

Z

• Zanzibar – Sultanate of Zanzibar
• Zululand – Kingdom of the Zulus (to July 4, 1879)

Non-sovereign territories

United Kingdom

• → Cape Colony – Cape of Good Hope

States claiming sovereignty

• Aceh – Sultanate of Aceh
• Cuba – Republic of Cuba
• Goust – Republic of Goust
• Lado – Lado District
• Mindanao – Sultanate of Maguindanao
• Paris – Paris Commune (from March 18 to May 28, 1871)
• Tavolara – Kingdom of Tavolara