See also:
Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty
Total count of independent states: 195
* Diplomatic relations with the United States
+ Member of United Nations
! New change, since previous list
STATE
| Short-form name | Long-form name |
FIPS Code (see note 2) |
Capital |
| Afghanistan *+ | Islamic Republic of Afghanistan | AF | Kabul |
| Albania *+ | Republic of Albania | AL | Tirana |
| Algeria *+ | People's Democratic Republic of Algeria | AG | Algiers |
| Andorra *+ | Principality of Andorra | AN | Andorra la Vella |
| Angola *+ | Republic of Angola | AO | Luanda |
|
Antigua and Barbuda *+ |
Antiqua and Barbuda | AC | Saint John's |
| Argentina *+ | Argentine Republic | AR | Buenos Aires |
| Armenia *+ | Republic of Armenia | AM | Yerevan |
| Australia *+ | Commonwealth of Australia | AS | Canberra |
| Austria *+ | Republic of Austria | AU | Vienna |
| Azerbaijan *+ | Republic of Azerbaijan | AJ | Baku |
| Bahamas, The *+ |
Commonwealth of The Bahamas |
BF | Nassau |
| Bahrain *+ | Kingdom of Bahrain | BA | Manama |
| Bangladesh *+ |
People's Republic of Bangladesh |
BG | Dhaka |
| Barbados *+ | Barbados | BB | Bridgetown |
| Belarus *+ | Republic of Belarus | BO | Minsk |
| Belgium *+ | Kingdom of Belgium | BE | Brussels |
| Belize *+ | Belize | BH | Belmopan |
| Benin *+ | Republic of Benin | BN | Porto-Novo |
| Bhutan + | Kingdom of Bhutan | BT | Thimphu |
| Bolivia *+ | Plurinational State of Bolivia | BL |
La Paz (administrative) Sucre (legislative/judiciary) |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina *+ |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | BK | Sarajevo |
| Botswana *+ | Republic of Botswana | BC | Gaborone |
| Brazil *+ | Federative Republic of Brazil | BR | Brasília |
| Brunei *+ | Brunei Darussalam | BX | Bandar Seri Begawan |
| Bulgaria *+ | Republic of Bulgaria | BU | Sofia |
| Burkina Faso *+ | Burkina Faso | UV | Ouagadougou |
| Burma *+ | Union of Burma | BM |
Rangoon Nay Pyi Taw (administrative) |
| Burundi *+ | Republic of Burundi | BY | Bujumbura |
| Cabo Verde *+ | Republic of Cabo Verde | CV | Praia |
| Cambodia *+ | Kingdom of Cambodia | CB | Phnom Penh |
| Cameroon *+ | Republic of Cameroon | CM | Yaoundé |
| Canada *+ | Canada | CA | Ottawa |
|
Central African Republic *+ |
Central African Republic | CT | Bangui |
| Chad *+ | Republic of Chad | CD | N'Djamena |
| Chile *+ | Republic of Chile | CI | Santiago |
| China *+ (see note 3) | People's Republic of China | CH | Beijing |
| Colombia *+ | Republic of Colombia | CO | Bogotá |
| Comoros *+ | Union of the Comoros | CN | Moroni |
|
Congo (Brazzaville) *+ (see note 4) |
Republic of the Congo | CF | Brazzaville |
|
Congo (Kinshasa) *+ (see note 4) |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
CG | Kinshasa |
| Costa Rica *+ | Republic of Costa Rica | CS | San José |
| Côte d'Ivoire *+ | Republic of Côte d'Ivoire | IV | Yamoussoukro |
| Croatia *+ | Republic of Croatia | HR | Zagreb |
| Cuba *!+ | Republic of Cuba | CU | Havana |
| Cyprus *+ | Republic of Cyprus | CY | Nicosia |
| Czech Republic *+ | Czech Republic | EZ | Prague |
| Denmark *+ | Kingdom of Denmark | DA | Copenhagen |
| Djibouti *+ | Republic of Djibouti | DJ | Djibouti |
| Dominica *+ | Commonwealth of Dominica | DO | Roseau |
| Dominican Republic *+ | Dominican Republic | DR | Santo Domingo |
| Ecuador *+ | Republic of Ecuador | EC | Quito |
| Egypt *+ | Arab Republic of Egypt | EG | Cairo |
| El Salvador *+ | Republic of El Salvador | ES | San Salvador |
| Equatorial Guinea *+ | Republic of Equatorial Guinea | EK | Malabo |
| Eritrea *+ | State of Eritrea | ER | Asmara |
| Estonia *+ | Republic of Estonia | EN | Tallinn |
| Ethiopia *+ |
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia |
ET | Addis Ababa |
| Fiji *+ | Republic of Fiji | FJ | Suva |
| Finland *+ | Republic of Finland | FI | Helsinki |
| France *+ | French Republic | FR | Paris |
| Gabon *+ | Gabonese Republic | GB | Libreville |
| Gambia, The *+ | Republic of The Gambia | GA | Banjul |
| Georgia *+ | Georgia | GG | Tbilisi |
| Germany *+ | Federal Republic of Germany | GM | Berlin |
| Ghana *+ | Republic of Ghana | GH | Accra |
| Greece *+ | Hellenic Republic | GR | Athens |
| Grenada *+ | Grenada | GJ | Saint George's |
| Guatemala *+ | Republic of Guatemala | GT | Guatemala |
| Guinea *+ | Republic of Guinea | GV | Conakry |
| Guinea-Bissau *+ | Republic of Guinea-Bissau | PU | Bissau |
| Guyana *+ | Co-operative Republic of Guyana | GY | Georgetown |
| Haiti *+ | Republic of Haiti | HA | Port-au-Prince |
| Holy See * | Holy See | VT | Vatican City |
| Honduras *+ | Republic of Honduras | HO | Tegucigalpa |
| Hungary *+ | Hungary | HU | Budapest |
| Iceland *+ | Republic of Iceland | IC | Reykjavík |
| India *+ | Republic of India | IN | New Delhi |
| Indonesia *+ | Republic of Indonesia | ID | Jakarta |
| Iran + | Islamic Republic of Iran | IR | Tehran |
| Iraq *+ | Republic of Iraq | IZ | Baghdad |
| Ireland *+ | Ireland | EI | Dublin |
| Israel *+ | State of Israel | IS | Jerusalem (see note 5) |
| Italy *+ | Italian Republic | IT | Rome |
| Jamaica *+ | Jamaica | JM | Kingston |
| Japan *+ | Japan | JA | Tokyo |
| Jordan *+ |
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan |
JO | Amman |
| Kazakhstan *+ | Republic of Kazakhstan | KZ | Astana |
| Kenya *+ | Republic of Kenya | KE | Nairobi |
| Kiribati *+ | Republic of Kiribati | KR | Tarawa |
| Korea, North + | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | KN | Pyongyang |
| Korea, South *+ | Republic of Korea | KS | Seoul |
| Kosovo * | Republic of Kosovo | KV | Pristina |
| Kuwait *+ | State of Kuwait | KU | Kuwait |
| Kyrgyzstan *+ | Kyrgyz Republic | KG | Bishkek |
| Laos *+ |
Lao People's Democratic Republic |
LA | Vientiane |
| Latvia *+ | Republic of Latvia | LG | Riga |
| Lebanon *+ | Lebanese Republic | LE | Beirut |
| Lesotho *+ | Kingdom of Lesotho | LT | Maseru |
| Liberia *+ | Republic of Liberia | LI | Monrovia |
| Libya *+ | Libya | LY | Tripoli |
| Liechtenstein *+ | Principality of Liechtenstein | LS | Vaduz |
| Lithuania *+ | Republic of Lithuania | LH | Vilnius |
| Luxembourg *+ | Grand Duchy of Luxembourg | LU | Luxembourg |
| Macedonia *+ | Republic of Macedonia | MK | Skopje |
| Madagascar *+ | Republic of Madagascar | MA | Antananarivo |
| Malawi *+ | Republic of Malawi | MI | Lilongwe |
| Malaysia *+ | Malaysia | MY | Kuala Lumpur |
| Maldives *+ | Republic of Maldives | MV | Male |
| Mali *+ | Republic of Mali | ML | Bamako |
| Malta *+ | Republic of Malta | MT | Valletta |
| Marshall Islands *+ |
Republic of the Marshall Islands |
RM | Majuro |
| Mauritania *+ |
Islamic Republic of Mauritania |
MR | Nouakchott |
| Mauritius *+ | Republic of Mauritius | MP | Port Louis |
| Mexico *+ | United Mexican States | MX | Mexico |
|
Micronesia, Federated States of *+ |
Federated States of Micronesia |
FM | Palikir |
| Moldova *+ | Republic of Moldova | MD | Chisinau |
| Monaco *+ | Principality of Monaco | MN | Monaco |
| Mongolia *+ | Mongolia | MG | Ulaanbaatar |
|
Montenegro *+ |
Montenegro |
MJ |
Podgorica |
| Morocco *+ | Kingdom of Morocco | MO | Rabat |
| Mozambique *+ | Republic of Mozambique | MZ | Maputo |
| Namibia *+ | Republic of Namibia | WA | Windhoek |
| Nauru *+ | Republic of Nauru | NR |
Yaren District (no capital city) |
| Nepal *+ | Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal | NP | Kathmandu |
| Netherlands *+ | Kingdom of the Netherlands | NL |
Amsterdam The Hague (seat of gov't) |
| New Zealand *+ | New Zealand | NZ | Wellington |
| Nicaragua *+ | Republic of Nicaragua | NU | Managua |
| Niger *+ | Republic of Niger | NG | Niamey |
| Nigeria *+ | Federal Republic of Nigeria | NI | Abuja |
| Norway *+ | Kingdom of Norway | NO | Oslo |
| Oman *+ | Sultanate of Oman | MU | Muscat |
| Pakistan *+ | Islamic Republic of Pakistan | PK | Islamabad |
| Palau *+ | Republic of Palau | PS | Melekeok |
| Panama *+ | Republic of Panama | PM | Panama |
| Papua New Guinea *+ |
Independent State of Papua New Guinea |
PP | Port Moresby |
| Paraguay *+ | Republic of Paraguay | PA | Asunción |
| Peru *+ | Republic of Peru | PE | Lima |
| Philippines *+ | Republic of the Philippines | RP | Manila |
| Poland *+ | Republic of Poland | PL | Warsaw |
| Portugal *+ | Portuguese Republic | PO | Lisbon |
| Qatar *+ | State of Qatar | QA | Doha |
| Romania *+ | Romania | RO | Bucharest |
| Russia *+ | Russian Federation | RS | Moscow |
| Rwanda *+ | Republic of Rwanda | RW | Kigali |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis *+ |
Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis |
SC | Basseterre |
| Saint Lucia *+ | Saint Lucia | ST | Castries |
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines *+ |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | VC | Kingstown |
| Samoa *+ | Independent State of Samoa | WS | Apia |
| San Marino *+ | Republic of San Marino | SM | San Marino |
| Sao Tome and Principe *+ |
Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe |
TP | São Tomé |
| Saudi Arabia *+ | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | SA | Riyadh |
| Senegal *+ | Republic of Senegal | SG | Dakar |
|
Serbia *+ |
Republic of Serbia |
RI |
Belgrade |
| Seychelles *+ | Republic of Seychelles | SE | Victoria |
| Sierra Leone *+ | Republic of Sierra Leone | SL | Freetown |
| Singapore *+ | Republic of Singapore | SN | Singapore |
| Slovakia *+ | Slovak Republic | LO | Bratislava |
| Slovenia *+ | Republic of Slovenia | SI | Ljubljana |
| Solomon Islands *+ | Solomon Islands | BP | Honiara |
| Somalia *+ | Federal Republic of Somalia | SO | Mogadishu |
| South Africa *+ | Republic of South Africa | SF |
Pretoria (administrative) Cape Town (legislative) Bloemfontein (judiciary) |
| South Sudan *+ | Republic of South Sudan | OD | Juba |
| Spain *+ | Kingdom of Spain | SP | Madrid |
| Sri Lanka *+ |
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka |
CE |
Colombo Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative) |
| Sudan *+ | Republic of the Sudan | SU | Khartoum |
| Suriname *+ | Republic of Suriname | NS | Paramaribo |
| Swaziland *+ | Kingdom of Swaziland | WZ |
Mbabane (administrative) Lobamba (legislative) |
| Sweden *+ | Kingdom of Sweden | SW | Stockholm |
| Switzerland *+ | Swiss Confederation | SZ | Bern |
| Syria *+ | Syrian Arab Republic | SY | Damascus |
| Tajikistan *+ | Republic of Tajikistan | TI | Dushanbe |
| Tanzania *+ | United Republic of Tanzania | TZ |
Dar es Salaam Dodoma (legislative) |
| Thailand *+ | Kingdom of Thailand | TH | Bangkok |
| Timor-Leste *+ | Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste | TT | Dili |
| Togo *+ | Togolese Republic | TO | Lomé |
| Tonga *+ | Kingdom of Tonga | TN | Nuku'alofa |
| Trinidad and Tobago *+ |
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago |
TD | Port of Spain |
| Tunisia *+ | Republic of Tunisia | TS | Tunis |
| Turkey *+ | Republic of Turkey | TU | Ankara |
| Turkmenistan *+ | Turkmenistan | TX | Ashgabat |
| Tuvalu *+ | Tuvalu | TV | Funafuti |
| Uganda *+ | Republic of Uganda | UG | Kampala |
| Ukraine *+ | Ukraine | UP | Kyiv |
| United Arab Emirates *+ | United Arab Emirates | AE | Abu Dhabi |
| United Kingdom *+ | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | UK | London |
| United States + | United States of America | US | Washington, DC |
| Uruguay *+ | Oriental Republic of Uruguay | UY | Montevideo |
| Uzbekistan *+ | Republic of Uzbekistan | UZ | Tashkent |
| Vanuatu *+ | Republic of Vanuatu | NH | Port-Vila |
| Venezuela *+ | Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela | VE | Caracas |
| Vietnam *+ | Socialist Republic of Vietnam | VM | Hanoi |
| Yemen *+ | Republic of Yemen | YM | Sanaa |
| Zambia *+ | Republic of Zambia | ZA | Lusaka |
| Zimbabwe *+ | Republic of Zimbabwe | ZI | Harare |
OTHER
| Short-form name | Long-form name | FIPS Code (see note 2) | Capital |
| Taiwan (see note 6) | (no long-form name) | TW | Taipei |
NOTES
Note 1: In this listing, the term "independent state" refers to a people politically organized
into a sovereign state with a definite territory recognized as independent by the US.
Note 2: Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4 codes. On September 2, 2008 the National Institute of Standards and Technology withdrew FIPS 10-4 as a United States Government standard. No successor standard for country codes has been identified.
Note 3: With the establishment of diplomatic relations with China on January 1, 1979, the
US Government recognized the People's Republic of China as the sole legal government
of China and acknowledged the Chinese position that there is only one China and that
Taiwan is part of China.
Note 4: "Congo" is the official short-form name for both the Republic of the Congo and the
Democratic Republic of the Congo. To distinguish one from the other, the U.S. Department
of State adds the capital in parentheses. This practice is unofficial and provisional.
Note 5: Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950. The United States, like nearly all other countries, maintains its embassy in Tel Aviv.
Note 6: Claimed by both the Government of the People's Republic of China and the authorities
on Taiwan. Administered by the authorities on Taiwan. (see note 3)
Source: Office of The Geographer and Global Issues, Bureau of Intelligence and Research,
U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.
