List of sovereign states in 1875

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

B

• Baguirmi – Kingdom of Baguirmi
• 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
• Bunyoro – Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara
• Burma – Kingdom of Burma
• Burundi – Kingdom of Burundi

C

• Canada – Dominion of Canada
• Cayor – Kingdom of Cayor
• Chile – Republic of Chile
• China – Great Qing
• 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

Easter Island → Rapa Nui

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

F

• France – French Republic
• Futa Jallon – Imamate of Futa Jallon
• Futa Toro – Imamate of Futa Toro

G

• Garo – Kingdom of Garo
• Gera – Kingdom of Gera
• Germany – German Empire
• 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
• 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
• Kaffa – Kingdom of Kaffa
• Kashgaria – Kingdom of Kashgaria
• Kénédougou – Kénédougou Kingdom
• Khasso – Kingdom of Khasso
• Kokand – Khanate of Kokand
• Kong – Kong Empire
• Kongo – Kingdom of Kongo
• Korea – Kingdom of Great 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

N

• Negeri Sembilan – Negeri Sembilan
• Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal
• Netherlands – Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua
• Norway – Kingdom of Norway (in personal union with Sweden)

O

• Orange Free State – Republic of Orange Free State
• Ottoman Empire – Sublime Ottoman State
• Ouaddai – Ouaddai Empire
• Oyo – Oyo Empire

P

• Pahang – Sultanate of Pahang
• Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay
• 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
• Russia – Russian Empire
• Rwanda – Kingdom of Rwanda
• Ryūkyū Kingdom – Kingdom of Ryūkyū

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
• Siam – Kingdom of Siam
• Sikkim – Chogyalate of Sikkim
• Sokoto – Sokoto Caliphate

South African Republic → Transvaal

• Spain – Kingdom of Spain
• 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
• Toucouleur – Toucouleur Empire
• Transvaal – South African Republic
• Tunis – Beylik of Tunis

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

• Welayta – Kingdom of Welayta

Y

• Yeke – Yeke Kingdom

Z

• Zanzibar – Sultanate of Zanzibar
• Zululand – Kingdom of the Zulus

Non-sovereign territories

United Kingdom

• Cape Colony – Cape of Good Hope
• Hong Kong (Crown colony of the United Kingdom)

States claiming sovereignty

• Aceh – Sultanate of Aceh
• Cuba – Republic of Cuba
• Goust – Republic of Goust
• Mindanao – Sultanate of Maguindanao
• Tavolara – Kingdom of Tavolara