List of sovereign states in the 1910s
This is a list of sovereign states in the 1910s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1910 and 31 December 1919. It contains entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty. It includes 94 widely recognized sovereign states, and entities which were de facto sovereign but which were not widely recognized by other states.
Sovereign states
A
----De facto independent state that was a de jure British protectorate. Widely recognized independent state.
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Limited sovereignty for occupatio bellica by the Balkan League states. Recognized independent state de jure from 29 July 1913. De facto Italian protectorate from 23 June 1917.
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Widely recognized independent state.
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Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized independent state
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Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized independent state
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Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized independent state. Australia is autonomous but still dependent from the United Kingdom. Australia had two external territories:
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Widely recognized independent state.
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Widely recognized independent state. Austria-Hungary had one concession:
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Widely recognized state.
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B
----Widely recognized state. Belgium had one colony and one concession:
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Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized state. Brazil was a federation of 20 states, one territory, and one federal district.
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Widely recognized state.
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C
----Widely recognized state. Canada was autonomous but still a dependent of the United Kingdom.
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Widely recognized independent state.
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Widely recognized state to December 12, 1915, and from June 6, 1916.
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Widely-recognized independent state.
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Widely recognized state.
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De jure autonomous state of the Ottoman Empire to December 1, 1913. De facto unilaterally annexed by Greece.
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Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized state.
D
----Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized state. Denmark had one colony and one dependency:
- Danish West Indies
- Greenland
- Iceland
Widely recognized state. Under United States military occupation from May 5, 1916.
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E
----Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized state.
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F
----Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized state. The following are colonies, concessions and protectorates of France:
- French Algeria
- Territory of Cameroun
- French Comoros
- French Congo
- French Equatorial Africa
- French Guiana
- French India
- French Madagascar
- French Morocco
- French Oceania
- French Somaliland
- French Tunisia
- French West Africa
- Guadeloupe
- Hankou
- Martinique
- Mayotte
- Réunion
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Shanghai
- Tientsin
- Ubangi-Shari
G
----Widely recognized state. Immediately recognized by Germany and the Ottoman Empire.
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Widely recognized state. The following are colonies, concessions and protectorates of Germany:
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Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized state to 1911. Annexed by the Netherlands in 1911.
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Widely recognized state.
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H
----Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized state. Under United States military occupation from July 28, 1915.
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Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized state.
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- Hungarian People's Republic
- Hungarian Soviet Republic
- Hungarian People's Republic
- Hungarian Republic
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I
----Widely recognized independent state under a personal union with Denmark. Still dependent from Denmark.
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Widely recognized state. Italy had four colonies and three concessions:
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J
----Widely recognized state. Japan had sovereignty over the following protectorates, dependencies and concessions:
- Chongqing
- Hangzhou
- Hankou
- Korea
- Japanese Korea (Chōsen)
- Karafuto
- Kwantung
- Shashi
- Suzhou
- Taiwan
- Tientsin
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L
----Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized state. Limited sovereignty for occupation.
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M
----Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized state. Mexico had one territory:
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Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized state. Still dependent from China.
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Widely recognized state. Limited sovereignty for occupatio bellica to December 1, 1918.
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De jure sovereign state under French and Spanish protectorate from March 30, 1912.
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Widely recognized state.
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De jure independent state. De facto a British protectorate.
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N
----Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized independent state. The Netherlands had sovereignty over three colonies:
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Widely recognized state. Newfoundland is autonomous but still dependent from the United Kingdom.
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Widely recognized state. New Zealand is autonomous but still dependent from the United Kingdom. The following are territories of New Zealand:
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Widely recognized state. Under United States military occupation from 1912.
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Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized state. Norway had three uninhabited possessions:
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O
----Widely recognized state. Ottoman Empire had one protectorate:
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Widely recognized state.
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P
----Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized independent state.
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Client / Puppet state of Germany until November 11, 1918. Widely recognized independent state from November 11, 1918.
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Widely recognized independent state. The following are colonies, vassal state and possession of Portugal:
- → Portuguese Cape Verde
- Kongo
- → Portuguese Macau
- → Portuguese East Africa
- → Portuguese Guinea
- → Portuguese India
- → Portuguese Timor
- → Portuguese West Africa
- → Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá
- → Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe
Capital: Kanam
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R
----Widely recognized state.
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- Russian Empire
- Russian Provisional Government
- Russian Republic
- Russian Democratic Federal Republic
- Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
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S
----Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized state. Limited sovereignty for occupatio bellica to December 1, 1918.
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Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized independent state. South Africa is autonomous but still dependent from the United Kingdom. South Africa has one mandate:
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Widely recognized state. Spain had three colonies, one protectorate and two possessions:
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Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized state.
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T
----De facto independent state. Claimed by the Republic of China.
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Widely recognized independent state.
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U
----Widely recognized state. The following are colonies, concessions, territories, dependencies and protectorates of the United Kingdom:
- Aden
- Afghanistan
- Amoy
- Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
- Ascension Island
- Ashanti
- Bahama Islands
- Bahrain
- Baker Island
- Barotziland–North-Western Rhodesia
- Basutoland
- Bechuanaland
- → Bermuda
- Bhutan
- British Cyprus
- British East Africa
- → British Guiana
- → British Honduras
- British Hong Kong
- British Jamaica
- British Leeward Islands
- British Mauritius
- British Somaliland
- British Trinidad and Tobago
- British Western Pacific Territories
- British Windward Islands
- Brunei
- Chinde
- Colony of Natal
- Egypt
- Falkland Islands
- Federated Malay States
- Gambia
- Gibraltar
- Graham Land
- Guernsey
- Hankou
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- - Indian Empire
- Isle of Man
- Jarvis Island
- Jiujiang
- → Kuwait
- Maldive Islands
- Malta
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Northern Nigeria
- North-Eastern Rhodesia
- Northern Rhodesia
- Northern Territories of the Gold Coast
- → →
- Orange River Colony
- Qatar
- Redonda
- Rhodesia
- Saint Helena
- Seychelles
- → Sierra Leone
- → Sikkim
- South Orkney Islands
- South Shetland Islands
- Southern Nigeria
- Straits Settlements
- Suez Canal Zone
- Swaziland
- Tanganyika Territory
- Tientsin
- Tristan da Cunha
- Trucial States
- Unfederated Malay States
- * Johor
- * → Kedah
- * Kelantan
- *
- * Terengganu
- → Uganda
- Union Islands
- Victoria Land
- Weihai
- Zanzibar
- Zhenjiang
Widely recognized state. The following are territories of the United States of America:
- → Alaska
- → American Samoa
- Arizona
- → Bajo Nuevo Bank
- → Corn Islands
- → Guam
- Hawaii
- → Howland Island
- → Johnston Atoll
- → Kingman Reef
- → Middlebrook Island
- → Midway Atoll
- → Navassa Island
- New Mexico
- → Palmyra Atoll
- → →
- → Philippine Islands
- → Puerto Rico
- → Quita Sueño Bank
- → Roncador Bank
- → Serrana Bank
- → Serranilla Bank
- → Swan Islands
- → U.S. Virgin Islands
- → Wake Island
Widely recognized state.
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Widely recognized state.
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V
----Widely recognized state.
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Capital: Abéché
Y
----Widely recognized independent state.
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Other Entities
Excluded from the list above are the following noteworthy entities which either were not fully sovereign or did not claim to be independent:Unrecognized state.
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Unrecognized socialist state created during the German Revolution after the World War I.
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Unrecognized state.
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Unrecognized state.
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Capital: Baku
Unrecognized entity.
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Unrecognized state. Client state of the Hungarian People's Republic to November 1918. Client state of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from November 1918.
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Unrecognized socialist state created during the German Revolution after the World War I.
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Partially-recognized state from 1918 to 1919. Puppet/Buffer State of Soviet Russia from January 1, 1919.
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Unoccupied territory within post-World War I Germany.
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Unrecognized socialist state created during the German Revolution after the World War I.
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Unrecognized state.
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Unrecognized state.
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Client state of Germany.
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Self-proclaimed autonomy of the Russian Democratic Federative Republic.
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Unrecognized state.
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Unrecognized, self-declared state.
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Unrecognized state.
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Unrecognized state.
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Semi-Independent state.
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Revolutionary state.
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Nominally-independent provisional government.
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Unrecognized state.
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Microstate.
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Partially recognized Korean government-in-exile.
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Unrecognized state.
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Unrecognized state from December 5, 1918.
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Soviet puppet state from February 17 to July 17, 1919.
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Soviet puppet state in temporarily occupied parts of eastern Estonia in 1918-1919.
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Unrecognized state.
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Unrecognized, self-declared independent state. Autonomy under nominal Albanian sovereignty from May 17, 1914; de facto under Greek administration from October 27, 1914.
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Unrecognized state.
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Unrecognized state.
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Puppet state of Soviet Russia.
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Unrecognized state.
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Puppet state of the Hungarian Soviet Republic.
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Unrecognized provisional government.
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De facto independent state not recognized by any other state.
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Unrecognized state.
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Unrecognized state.
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Unrecognized state.
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- Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets
- Ukrainian People's Republic
- Ukrainian State
- West Ukrainian People's Republic
Self-declared independent state.
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Unrecognized state.
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Unrecognized socialist state created during the German Revolution after the World War I.
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Unrecognized state.
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