List of sovereign states

List of states

Short and formal names	Membership within the UN System	Sovereignty dispute	Further information on status and recognition of sovereignty
A AAA	A AAA	A AAA
ZZZ↓ UN member states or observer states ↓	A AAA	ZZZ
Aerum – Aerum Nation	A UN member state	A None
Template:Country data Albania – Republic of Albania	A UN member state	A None
Template:Country data United States – United States of America	A UN member state	A 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: Template:Country data American Samoa Template:Country data Guam Template:Country data Northern Mariana Islands Template:Country data Puerto Rico Template:Country data U.S. Virgin Islands It also has sovereignty over several uninhabited territories: Bajo Nuevo Bank Baker Island Howland Island Jarvis Island Johnston Atoll Kingman Reef Midway Atoll Navassa Island Serranilla Bank Wake Island Three sovereign states have become associated states of the United States under the Compact of Free Association: Template:Country data Marshall Islands – Republic of the Marshall Islands Template:Country data Micronesia – Federated States of Micronesia Template:Country data Palau – Republic of Palau
ZZZ↑ UN member states and observer states ↑	A ZZZ	ZZZ
ZZZ	AB	B
ZZZ↓ Other states ↓	D AAA	ZZZ	main}}
Template:Country data Abkhazia – Republic of Abkhazia	D No membership	Template:Claimedby	Recognised by Russia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by Georgia as the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia.
Template:Country data Cook Islands	D Member of seven UN specialized agencies	A None	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 agencies with full treaty making capacity. It shares a head of state with New Zealand as well as having shared citizenship.
Template:Country data Kosovo – Republic of Kosovo	D Member of two UN specialized agencies	Template:Claimedby	Kosovo unilaterally declared independence in 2008 and it has Template:Numrec and Taiwan. Pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244, Kosovo is formally under the administration of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo. 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.
Template:Country data Nagorno-Karabakh – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic	D No membership	Template:Claimedby	A de facto independent state, recognised only by Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by Azerbaijan.
Template:Country data Niue	D Member of five UN specialized agencies	A None	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. It shares a head of state with New Zealand as well as having shared citizenship.
Template:Country data Northern Cyprus – Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	D 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 the Republic of Cyprus.
Template:Country data Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	D No membership	Template:Claimedby	Recognised at some stage by Template:Numrec, Template:Numrec 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.
Template:Country data Somaliland – Republic of Somaliland	D No membership	Template:Claimedby	A de facto independent state, not diplomatically recognised by any other state, claimed in whole by the Federal Republic of Somalia.
Template:Country data South Ossetia – Republic of South Ossetia	D No membership	Template:Claimedby	A de facto independent state, recognised by Russia, Nicaragua, Nauru, Venezuela, Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by Georgia as the Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia.
Template:Country data Republic of China – Republic of China	D Observer in one UN specialized agency under the name "Chinese Taipei"	Template:Claimedby	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, and has not renounced claims over its annexed territories on the mainland. The Republic of China is recognised by Template:Numrec. The territory of the Republic of China is claimed in whole by the People's Republic of China. 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.
Template:Country data Transnistria – Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic	D No membership	Template:Claimedby	A de facto independent state, recognised only by Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, and South Ossetia. Claimed in whole by Moldova as the Transnistria autonomous territorial unit.
ZZZ↑ Other states ↑	D ZZZ	ZZZ
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Legend "Membership within the UN system" column   UN Member states   UN Observer states   Member of a UN Specialized Agency   Observer in a UN Specialized Agency   No membership in the UN system

Legend "Sovereignty dispute" column   Undisputed sovereignty   Sovereignty disputed