List Of Sovereign States

•  Ashmore and Cartier Islands
•   Christmas Island
•   Cocos (Keeling) Islands
•  Coral Sea Islands Territory
•  Heard Island and McDonald Islands
•   Norfolk Island
•  Australian Antarctic Territory

•  Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
•   Republika Srpska

and Brčko District, a self-governing administrative district.

•   Hong Kong
•   Macao

China claims, but does not control, Taiwan, which is governed by a rival administration (the Republic of China) that claims all of China as its territory.

China is not recognised by 11 UN member states and Vatican City, which, with the exception of Bhutan, all recognise the Republic of China (Taiwan) instead.

Cyprus is not recognised by Turkey due to the Cyprus dispute, with Turkey recognising Northern Cyprus.

•   Faroe Islands
•   Greenland

The metropolitan territory of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland form the three constituent countries of the Kingdom. The Kingdom of Denmark as a whole is a member of the EU, but EU law (in most cases) does not apply to the Faroe Islands and Greenland. See Greenland and the European Union, and Faroe Islands and the European Union for more information.

•   Åland is a neutral and demilitarized autonomous region of Finland.

•  Clipperton Island
•   French Polynesia
•   New Caledonia
•  Saint Barthélemy
•  Saint Martin
•  Saint Pierre and Miquelon
•  Wallis and Futuna
•   French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Israel is not recognised as a state by 28 UN members and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. The Palestine Liberation Organization, recognised by a majority of UN member states as the representative of the Palestinian people, recognised Israel in 1993.

•   Aruba
•   Curaçao
•   Netherlands
•   Sint Maarten

The Metropolitan Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten form the four constituent countries of the Kingdom. Three overseas parts of the Netherlands (Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius) are special municipalities of the metropolitan Netherlands. The Kingdom of the Netherlands as a whole is a member of the EU, but EU law only wholly applies to parts within Europe.

•   Tokelau
•  Ross Dependency

The New Zealand Government acts for the entire Realm of New Zealand in all international contexts, which has responsibilities for (but no rights of control over) two freely associated states:

•   Cook Islands
•   Niue

The Cook Islands and Niue have diplomatic relations with 49 and 18 UN members respectively. They have full treaty-making capacity in the UN, and are members of some UN specialized agencies.

•  Svalbard is an integral part of Norway, but has a special status due to the Svalbard Treaty.
•  Jan Mayen is an uninhabited island that is an integral part of Norway, although unincorporated.

Norway has one dependent territory and two claimed Antarctic dependent territories in the Southern Hemisphere:

•  Bouvet Island
•  Peter I Island
•  Queen Maud Land

•   Azad Kashmir
•   Gilgit-Baltistan

Azad Kashmir describes itself as a "self-governing state under Pakistani control", while Gilgit-Baltistan is described in its governance order as a group of "areas" with self-government. These territories are not usually regarded as sovereign, as they do not fulfil the criteria set out by the declarative theory of statehood (for example, their current laws do not allow them to engage independently in relations with other states). Several state functions of these territories (such as foreign affairs and defense) are performed by Pakistan.

South Korea is not recognised by North Korea, which claims to be the sole legitimate government of Korea.

• The Abyei Area is a zone with "special administrative status" established by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005. It is de jure a condominium of South Sudan and Sudan, but de facto administered by two competing administrations and the United Nations.

• The Abyei Area is a zone with "special administrative status" established by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005. It is de jure a condominium of South Sudan and Sudan, but de facto administered by two competing administrations and the United Nations.

Syria has one self-declared autonomous region: Rojava.

•  Akrotiri and Dhekelia
•   Anguilla
•   Bermuda
•   British Indian Ocean Territory
•   British Virgin Islands
•   Cayman Islands
•   Falkland Islands
•   Gibraltar
•   Montserrat
•   Pitcairn Islands
•  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
•   South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
•   Turks and Caicos Islands
•   British Antarctic Territory

The British monarch also has direct sovereignty over three self-governing Crown Dependencies:

•   Guernsey
•   Isle of Man
•   Jersey

•   American Samoa
•   Guam
•   Northern Mariana Islands
•   Puerto Rico
•   U.S. Virgin Islands

It also has sovereignty over several uninhabited territories:

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

It also disputes sovereignty over the following two territories:

• Bajo Nuevo Bank
• Serranilla Bank

Three sovereign states have become associated states of the United States under the Compact of Free Association:

•   Marshall Islands – Republic of the Marshall Islands
•   Micronesia – Federated States of Micronesia
•   Palau – Republic of Palau

In addition to these relations, the ROC also maintains unofficial relations with 58 UN member states, one self-declared state (Somaliland), three territories (Guam, Hong Kong, and Macau), and the European Union via its representative offices and consulates under the One China principle. Taiwan has the 31st-largest diplomatic network in the world with 110 offices.

The territory of the ROC is claimed in whole by the PRC. The ROC participates in international organizations under a variety of pseudonyms, most commonly "Chinese Taipei" and in the WTO it has full membership under the designation of "Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu". The ROC was a founding member of the UN and enjoyed membership from 1945 to 1971, with veto power in the UN Security Council. See China and the United Nations.