List of sovereign states in the 2010s

Members or observers of the United Nations

A

• Ashmore and Cartier Islands
• Australian Antarctic Territory
• Coral Sea Islands
• Heard Island and McDonald Islands

B

• Burkina Faso
• Burkina Faso

C

• Republic of Cape Verde
• Republic of Cabo Verde

D

E

• Arab Republic of Egypt
• Arab Republic of Egypt

• Kingdom of Swaziland
• Kingdom of Eswatini

F

• Republic of the Fiji Islands
• Republic of Fiji

• Clipperton Island
• Saint Martin
• French Southern and Antarctic Lands :
• * Bassas da India
• * Europa Island
• * Glorioso Islands
• * Juan de Nova Island
• * Tromelin Island

G

• Republic of The Gambia
• Islamic Republic of The Gambia

H

• Republic of Hungary
• Hungary

I

J

K

L

• Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
• National Transitional Council
• Libya
• State of Libya

M

• Republic of Madagascar
• Republic of Madagascar

• Union of Myanmar
• Republic of the Union of Myanmar

N

• Ross Dependency

• Republic of Macedonia
• Republic of North Macedonia

• Bouvet Island
• Peter I Island
• Queen Maud Land

O

P

• Palestinian National Authority
• State of Palestine

Q

R

S

• Somalia
• Federal Republic of Somalia

• Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a
• al-Shabaab
• Galmudug
• Himan and Heeb
• Hizbul Islam
• Jubaland/Azania

• Republic of [Sudan (1985-2019)|Republic of the Sudan]
• Republic of the Sudan

T

U

• Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia

• , with two dependencies:
• *
• *

• Baker Island
• Howland Island
• Jarvis Island
• Johnston Atoll
• Kingman Reef
• Midway Atoll
• Navassa Island
• Wake Island

V

Y

Z

Other entities

• The Catalan Republic was a proposed unrecognized secessionist state that was declared in Catalonia on 27 October 2017. The Parliament of Catalonia unilaterally 2017 [Catalonia declaration of independence|declared independence] from Spain amid a constitutional crisis over the 2017 Catalan independence referendum. Shortly thereafter, the Spanish Senate triggered Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution. Under Spanish law this granted the prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, authority to dismiss the Executive Council of Catalonia, dissolve the Parliament of Catalonia and call a snap regional election for 21 December 2017. By 30 October, work had resumed as normal throughout Catalonia as the Spanish government's takeover met with little resistance from Catalan authorities.
• The European Union is a sui generis supranational organisation which had 27 member states. The member states transferred a measure of their legislative, executive, and judicial powers to the institutions of the EU, and as such the EU had some elements of sovereignty, without generally being considered a sovereign state. The European Union did not claim to be a sovereign state and had only limited capacity for relations with other states.
• The Islamic State is a proto-state and insurgency found in many nations throughout Asia and Africa. The Islamic State is a quasi-state that claimed a global caliphate and changed its name from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant to simply the Islamic State on 29 June 2014.
• The Sovereign Military Order of Malta was a United Nations observer. The order had bi-lateral diplomatic relations with a large number of states, but had no territory other than extraterritorial areas within Rome and Malta. The order's Constitution stated: "The Order is a subject of international law and exercises sovereign functions." Although the order frequently asserted its sovereignty, it did not claim to be a sovereign state. It lacked a defined territory. Since all its members were citizens of other states, almost all of them lived in their native countries, and those who resided in the order's extraterritorial properties in Rome did so only in connection with their official duties, the order lacked the characteristic of having a permanent population.