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List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wiki list article

This is a list of countries in the 1940s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1940 and 31 December 1949.

It contains 106 entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty. It includes 99 widely recognized sovereign states, and six entities which were de facto sovereign but which were not widely recognized by other states.

Academic datasets differ in terms of the number of states in the 1940s. At the start of the 1940s, the lowest estimate of the number of states is in the mid-50s whereas the highest is in the low-70s. At the end of the 1940s, the lowest estimate is in the mid-70s while the highest is in the mid-80s.


Contents: Top – 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Sovereign states

Name and capital city Information on status and recognition of sovereignty

A

List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Afghanistan – Kingdom of Afghanistan
Capital: Kabul 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 19 November 1946.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Albania (from 20 October 1944)
Capital: Tirana 		Widely recognized independent state.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Andorra – Principality of Andorra
Capital: Andorra la Vella 		Widely recognized independent state. The President of France and Bishop of Urgell were ex officio Co-Princes of Andorra. The defense of Andorra was the responsibility of France and Spain.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Argentina – Argentine Republic
Capital: Buenos Aires 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 27 December 1945. Argentina was a federation of 23 provinces and 10 federal territories. It had a claim over Argentine Antarctica (from 1942). It also claimed the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, both of which were British overseas territories.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Australia - Commonwealth of Australia
Capital: Canberra 		Widely recognized independent state. Dominion of the British Empire to 9 October 1942. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 1 November 1945. Commonwealth realm. Australia was a federation of six states and three territories. It had sovereignty over the following external territories:

Australia administered one League of Nations mandate/United Nations trust territory:

  • New Guinea (to 6 November 1949)

Australia administered two United Nations Trust Territories:

  • Nauru (with New Zealand and the United Kingdom)
  • Papua and New Guinea (from 6 November 1949)

B

List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium (to 17 May 1940, from 3 September 1944)
Capital: Brussels 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 27 December 1945. Belgium had sovereignty over one colony:

Belgium administered one League of Nations mandate / United Nations trust territory:

  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Ruanda-Urundi (LON mandate became UN trust territory from December 13, 1946)
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan (from 8 August 1949)
Capital: Punakha 		Widely recognized independent state. Bhutan was officially guided by India in its foreign affairs.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Bolivia – Republic of Bolivia
Capital: Sucre (official), La Paz (administrative) 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 14 November 1945.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Brazil – United States of Brazil
Capital: Rio de Janeiro 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 24 October 1945. Brazil was a federation of 20 states, five territories, and one federal district.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Bulgaria
Capital: Sofia 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Burma – Union of Burma (from 4 January 1948)
Capital: Rangoon 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 19 April 1948.

C

List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Canada - Dominion of Canada
Capital: Ottawa 		Widely recognized independent state.LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 9 November 1945. Commonwealth realm. Canada was a federation of ten provinces and two territories.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Ceylon – Dominion of Ceylon (from 4 February 1948)
Capital: Colombo 		Widely recognized independent state. Commonwealth realm.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Chile – Republic of Chile
Capital: Santiago 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 24 October 1945)
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  China, People's Republic of (from 1 October 1949)
Capital: Beijing 		Partially recognized de facto independent state. The Republic of China claimed to be the sole legitimate government of China (from 1 October 1949), but only administered the mainland. It also claimed the Paracel Islands (disputed by the Republic of China and South Vietnam), the Spratly Islands (disputed by the Republic of China, South Vietnam, and the Philippines), and South Tibet (controlled by India's North-East Frontier Agency).
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  China, Republic of
Capital: Nanking (to 2 September 1945), Chunking (from 2 September 1945 to 7 December 1949), Taipei (from 7 Dec 1949) 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 24 October 1945. The Republic of China claimed to be the sole legitimate government of China (from 1 October 1949), but only administered Taiwan, Hainan, Kinmen, the Matsu Islands, Pratas Island, Itu Aba, and portions of Yunnan Province. The Republic of China had territorial claims over Mongolia; the Tuvan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic; the Sixty-Four Villages East of the River (administered by the Soviet Union); The majority of Gorno-Badakhshan (administered by the Soviet Union); The eastern tip of the Wakhan Corridor (administered by Afghanistan); part of the disputed Kashmir region; eastern Bhutan; South Tibet (controlled by India's North-East Frontier Agency); and Kachin State (administered by Burma).
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Colombia – Republic of Colombia
Capital: Bogotá 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 5 November 1945. Colombia claimed Quita Sueño Bank, Roncador Bank, and Serrana Bank (disputed by the United States); Bajo Nuevo Bank (disputed by Jamaica, Nicaragua and the United States); and Serranilla Bank (disputed by Nicaragua and the United States)
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Costa Rica
Capital: San José
  • First Republic of Costa Rica (to 24 April 1948)
  • Second Republic of Costa Rica (from 24 April 1948)
 Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 2 November 1945)
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Cuba – Republic of Cuba
Capital: Havana 		Widely recognized independent state; LON member state to 20 April 1946 and UN member state from 2 November 1945. The Cuban area of Guantánamo Bay was under the total control of the United States.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Czechoslovakia – Czechoslovak Republic (from 3 April 1945 to 25 February 1948)
Capital: Prague 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 24 October 1945).

D

List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark (to 9 April 1940, from 5 May 1945)
Capital: Copenhagen 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1940. UN member state from 24 October 1945.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Dominican Republic
Capital: Santo Domingo 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 9 April 1946. UN member state from 24 October 1945.

E

List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Ecuador
Capital: Quito
  • Republic of Ecuador (to 1 June 1944)
  • Republic of Ecuador (from 1 June 1944)
 Widely recognized independent state; LON member state to 9 April 1946 and UN member state from 21 December 1945.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Egypt – Kingdom of Egypt
Capital: Cairo 		Widely recognized independent state; LON member state to 9 April 1946 and UN member state from 24 October 1945.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  El Salvador – Republic of El Salvador
Capital: San Salvador 		Widely recognized independent state; UN member state from 24 October 1945.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Estonia – Republic of Estonia (to June 17, 1940)
Capital: Tallinn 		Widely recognized independent state and LON member state to June 17, 1940.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Ethiopia – Ethiopian Empire (from 5 May, 1941)
Capital: Addis Ababa 		Widely recognized independent state and LON member state to 24 October 1945; UN member state from 24 October 1945.

F

List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Finland – Republic of Finland
Capital: Helsinki 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 9 April 1946.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  France
Capital: Paris (de jure from 22 June 1940 to 20 August 1944), Vichy (de facto from 22 June 1940 to 20 August 1944) 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 18 April 1941 and from 20 August 1944 to 9 April 1946. UN member state from 24 October 1945. France administered the foreign affairs of the following protectorate:
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Saar (from 15 December 1947)

G

List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Nazi Germany (to 8 May 1945)
Capital: Berlin
  • German Realm (to 26 June 1943)
  • Greater German Realm (from 26 June 1943 to 8 May 1945)
 Widely recognized independent state to 8 May 1945.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Greece – Kingdom of Greece (to 23 April 1941, From October 13, 1944)
Capital: Athens 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to April 1941, from Oct 13 1944 to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 25 October 1945.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala
Capital: Guatemala City 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 21 November 1945)

H

List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Haiti – Republic of Haiti
Capital: Port-au-Prince 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to April 1942. UN member state from 24 October 1945.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Honduras – Republic of Honduras
Capital: Tegucigalpa 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 17 December 1945.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Hungary
Capital: Budapest 		Widely recognized independent state.

I

List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Iceland
Capital: Reykjavík 		Widely recognized independent state. In personal union with Denmark to 17 June 1944. UN member state from 19 November 1946.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  India – Union of India (from 15 August 1947)
Capital: New Delhi 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state. Commonwealth realm.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Indonesia (from 17 August 1945)
Capital: Djakarta 		Widely recognized independent state.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Iran – Imperial State of Iran
Capital: Tehran 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 12 November 1945)
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Iraq – Kingdom of Iraq
Capital: Baghdad 		Widely recognized independent state and LON member state to 20 April 1946; UN member state from 21 December 1945.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Ireland
Capital: Dublin 		Widely recognized independent state and LON member state to 20 April 1946.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Israel – State of Israel (from 14 May 1948)
Capital: Tel Aviv 		Widely-recognized UN member state from 11 May 1949.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Italian Social Republic (from September 1943 to May 1945)
Capital: Salò 		Puppet state of Germany, independent to the Kingdom of Italy.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Italy
Capital: Rome (to September 1943, from February 1944), Brindisi (from September 1943 to February 1944) 		Widely recognized independent state.

J

List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Japan
Capital: Tokyo 		Widely recognized independent state.

K

List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Korea – People's Republic of Korea (from 12 September 1945 to 1948)
Capital: Seoul

List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Korea, North – Democratic People's Republic of Korea (from 9 September 1948)
Capital: Pyongyang 		Widely recognized independent state. Claimed to be the sole legitimate government of Korea.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Korea, South – Republic of Korea (from 17 August 1948)
Capital: Seoul 		Widely recognized independent state. Permanent observer at the UN. Claimed to be the sole legitimate government of Korea.

L

List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Latvia – Republic of Latvia (to 17 August 1940)
Capital: Riga 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 5 August 1940 and in exile to 20 April 1946. Conquered by a Soviet offensive but maintained a government in exile.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Lebanon – Lebanese Republic (from 22 November 1943)
Capital: Beirut 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from October 1945.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Liberia – Republic of Liberia
Capital: Monrovia 		Widely recognized independent state.LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 2 November 1945.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein
Capital: Vaduz 		Widely recognized independent state.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Lithuania – Republic of Lithuania (to 15 June 1940)
Capital: Vilnius 		Widely recognized independent state.LON member state to 5 August 1940 and in exile to 20 April 1946. Conquered by a Soviet offensive but maintained a government in exile.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (to 10 May 1940, from 11 September 1944)
Capital: Luxembourg City 		Widely recognized independent state; LON member state to 10 May 1940, from 11 Sept 1944 to 20 April 1946 and in exile from 10 May 1940 to 11 Sept 1944. Conquered by a German offensive but maintained a government in exile based in London and a UN member state from 24 October 1945.

M

List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Mexico – United Mexican States
Capital: Mexico City 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 17 November 1945.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Monaco – Principality of Monaco
Capital: Monaco 		Widely recognized independent state.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Mongolia – Mongolian People's Republic
Capital: Ulaanbaatar 		Widely recognized independent state.

N

List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Nepal – Kingdom of Nepal
Capital: Kathmandu 		Widely recognized independent state.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Netherlands – Kingdom of the Netherlands (to 15 May 1940, from 5 May 1945)
Capital: Amsterdam 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 10 December 1945. Under occupation by Germany from 10 May 1940 to 5 May 1945.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  New Zealand – Dominion of New Zealand
Capital: Wellington 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 24 October 1945. Dominion of the British Empire until 25 Nov 1947.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua
Capital: Managua 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 24 Oct 1945).
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Norway – Kingdom of Norway
Capital: Oslo 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 24 October 1945.

Under occupation by Germany from 9 April 1940 to 8 May 1945.

P

List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Pakistan – Dominion of Pakistan (from 14 Aug 1947)
Capital: Karachi 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 30 September 1947). Commonwealth realm.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Panama – Republic of Panama
Capital: Panama City 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 13 November 1945.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay
Capital: Asunción 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 24 Oct 1945.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Peru – Peruvian Republic
Capital: Lima 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 31 Oct 1945.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Philippine Commonwealth
Capital: Manila (from 14 Oct 1943 to 3 Mar 1945) 		Widely recognized independent state. Under Japanese Occupation from 3 Jan 1942 – 17 Aug 1945 during which a puppet government was established on 14 Oct 1943. Resistance by Philippine Guerrillas continued until the puppet regieme's fall on 17 Oct 1945. UN member state from 24 October 1945.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Second Philippine Republic (from 14 October 1943 to 17 August 1945)
Capital: Manila (from 14 October 1943 to 3 March 1945) Baguio (from 3 March 1945) 		de facto independent country, considered to be a puppet state of Japan.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Poland – Republic of Poland (from 31 December 1944 to 28 June 1945)
Capital: Warsaw
  • Provisional Government of National Unity (from 28 June 1945 to 19 January 1947)
  • Polish People's Republic (from 19 January 1947)
 Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 24 October 1945.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Portugal – Portuguese Republic
Capital: Lisbon 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946.

R

List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Romania
Capital: Bucharest 		Widely recognized independent state.

S

List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino
Capital: City of San Marino 		Widely recognized independent state.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Saudi Arabia – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Capital: Riyadh 		Widely recognized independent state; UN member state from 24 October 1945.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Sikkim – Kingdom of Sikkim
Capital: Gangtok 		Widely recognized independent state.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  South Africa – Union of South Africa
Capital: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial) 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 17 November 1945. Commonwealth realm.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Soviet Union – Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Capital: Moscow 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 24 October 1945. The Soviet Union was a federation of 11 (later 15) republics.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Spain – Spanish State
Capital: Madrid 		Widely recognized independent state. Spain had sovereignty over the following overseas provinces:
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden
Capital: Stockholm 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article   Switzerland – Swiss Confederation
Capital: Bern 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state. Permanent observer at the UN.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Syria – Syrian Republic (from January 1 1944)
Capital: Damascus 		Widely recognized independent state.

T

List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Thailand / Siam
Capital: Bangkok
  • Kingdom of Thailand (to 7 September 1945, from 11 May 1949)
  • Kingdom of Siam (from 7 September 1945 to 11 May 1949)
 Widely recognized independent state. LON member state. UN member state.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Tibet
Capital: Lhasa 		De facto independent state. Claimed by the Republic of China and by the People's Republic of China.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Transjordan / Jordan (from May 25, 1946)
Capital: Amman
  • Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan (from 25 May 1946 to April 1949)
  • Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (from 3 April 1949)
 Widely-recognized independent state.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Trieste – Free Territory of Trieste (from May 25, 1946)
Capital: Trieste 		Widely recognized independent state.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Tripura – Kingdom of Tripura (to September 9, 1949)
Capital: Agartala 		Widely recognized independent state.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Turkey – Republic of Turkey
Capital: Ankara 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to October 4, 1945. UN member state from October 4, 1945.

U

List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  United Kingdom – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Capital: London 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to October 4, 1945. UN member state from October 4, 1945. The United Kingdom was composed of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The United Kingdom had sovereignty over:
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Aden – Aden Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Amoy (Concession until 1943)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Bahama Islands (Crown colony)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Bahrain – State of Bahrain (Protectorate)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Barbados (Crown colony)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Basutoland – Territory of Basutoland (Crown colony)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Bechuanaland – Bechuanaland Protectorate (Protectorate)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Bermuda (Crown colony)
  •   Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan (Independent state under Treaty of Punakha)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  British Guiana (Crown colony)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  British Honduras (Crown colony)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  British Leeward Islands – Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands (Crown colony)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  British Somaliland – British Somaliland Protectorate (Protectorate)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  British Western Pacific Territories (Crown colony)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  British Windward Islands – Federal Colony of the Windward Islands (Crown colony)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Brunei – State of Brunei (Protectorate to 1942, from June 14, 1945)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Burma (Crown colony to February 16, 1942, from March 27, 1945)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Ceylon (Crown colony)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Cyprus (Crown colony)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Cyrenaica (Occupied territory)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Eritrea (Occupied territory)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Falkland Islands (Crown colony)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Faroe Islands (Occupied territory, from April 12, 1940 to September 16, 1945)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Federated Malay States (Protectorate to February 16, 1942, from September 12, 1945)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Gambia – Gambia Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Gibraltar (Crown colony)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Gold Coast (Crown colony)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Guernsey – Bailiwick of Guernsey (Crown dependency to February 16, 1942, from March 20, 1945)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Heard Island and McDonald Islands (uninhabited possession)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Hong Kong (Crown colony to December 28, 1941, from August 28, 1945)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  India – Indian Empire (Crown colony) [UN from October 30, 1945]
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Isle of Man (Crown dependency)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Italian Somaliland (Occupied territory from February 26, 1941)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Jamaica (Crown colony)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Jersey – Bailiwick of Jersey (Crown dependency, from March 20, 1945)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Johor – State of Johor Darul Ta'zim (Protectorate to December 28, 1941, from September 12, 1945)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Kedah – State of Kedah Darul Aman (Protectorate to December 28, 1941, from September 8, 1945)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Kelantan – State of Kelantan Darul Naim (Protectorate to 1942, from September 8, 1945)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Kenya – Kenya Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  – State of Kuwait (Protectorate)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Maldive Islands – Sultanate of the Maldive Islands (Protectorate)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Malta (Crown colony)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Mauritius (Crown colony)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Muscat and Oman – Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (State under the informal protection)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Newfoundland – Dominion of Newfoundland (Crown colony)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Nigeria – Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria (Crown colony and protectorate)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  North Borneo (Crown colony to December 1941, from September 10, 1945)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Northern Rhodesia – Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia (Protectorate)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Nyasaland – Nyasaland Protectorate (Protectorate)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Perlis – State of Perlis Indera Kayangan (Protectorate to December 28, 1941, from September 8, 1945)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Qatar – State of Qatar (Protectorate)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Saint Helena (Crown colony)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Sarawak – Kingdom of Sarawak (Protectorate to December 28, 1941, from September 10, 1945 to July 15, 1946 when the protectorate became a crown colony)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Seychelles (Crown colony)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Sierra Leone – Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Southern Rhodesia – Colony of Southern Rhodesia (Crown colony)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Straits Settlements (Crown colony to February 1942, from September 12, 1945)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Suez Canal Zone (Crown colony)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Swaziland – Swaziland Protectorate (Protectorate)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Terengganu – State of Terengganu Darul Iman (Protectorate to February 1942, from September 8, 1945)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Trinidad and Tobago (Crown colony)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Tripolitania (Occupied territory from October 23, 1942)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Trucial States (Protectorate)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Uganda (Protectorate)
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Zanzibar – Sultanate of Zanzibar (Protectorate)
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  United States – United States of America
Capital: Washington, D.C. 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from October 4, 1945. The United States had sovereignty over:
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Uruguay – Oriental Republic of Uruguay
Capital: Montevideo 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to December 18, 1945. UN member state from December 18, 1945.

V

List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article   Vatican City – Vatican City State
Capital: Vatican City 		Widely recognized independent state.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Venezuela – United States of Venezuela
Capital: Caracas 		Widely recognized independent state.

Y

List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Yemen – Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
Capital: Sana'a 		Widely recognized independent state.
List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Yugoslavia (to April 6, 1941, from November 29, 1943)
Capital: Belgrade 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from October 24, 1945. Under occupation by Nazi Germany from April 6, 1941 to May 25, 1945. A government in exile was regarded as the legitimate government by the Allies.

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:

  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Allied-occupied Germany (1945–1949) was divided into four zones of occupation by France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union.
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  China, Provisional Government of – Provisional Government of the Republic of China (to 30 March 1940) was organized and recognized by Japan military authority during Second Sino-Japanese War.
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  China, Reformed Government of – Reformed Government of the Republic of China (to 30 March 1940) was organized and recognized by Japan military authority during Second Sino-Japanese War.
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  East Turkestan, officially the East Turkistan Republic, existed from November 12, 1944 to December 22, 1949, when it was conquered by China.
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Estonia was incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940, but the legality of the annexation was not widely recognized. The Baltic diplomatic services in the West continued to be recognised as representing the de jure state.
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Latvia was incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940, but the legality of the annexation was not widely recognized. The Baltic diplomatic services in the West continued to be recognised as representing the de jure state.
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Lithuania was incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940, but the legality of the annexation was not widely recognized. The Baltic diplomatic services in the West continued to be recognised as representing the de jure state.
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Manchukuo – Great Empire of Manchuria (to August, 1945) was organized and recognized by Japan military authority after Mukden Incident. Recognized by Axis powers member states.
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Mengjiang – Mongol Military Government (to August, 1945)
    Capital: Kalgan was organized and recognized by Japan military authority during Second Sino-Japanese War. Recognized by Axis powers member states.
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  National Government of the Republic of China – National Government of the Republic of China (from 30 March 1940 to August 16, 1945) was organized and recognized by Japanese military, combined Reformed Government and Provisional Government together. Recognized by Axis powers member states.
  • The Saudi Arabian–Iraqi neutral zone was a strip of neutral territory between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
  • The Saudi Arabian–Kuwaiti neutral zone was a strip of neutral territory between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Slovakia – Slovak Republic (to April 4, 1945) was organized and recognized by German military after Munich Agreement. Recognized by Axis powers member states. Recognized by Axis powers member states and several neutral states.
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  The Sovereign Military Order of Malta was an entity claiming sovereignty. The order had bi-lateral diplomatic relations with a large number of states, but had no territory other than extraterritorial areas within Rome. 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.
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  Tangier was an international zone under the joint administration of France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal and Belgium.
  • List Of Countries In The 1940S: Wikimedia list article  West Berlin from 23 May 1949 was a political enclave that was closely aligned with – but not actually a part of – West Germany. It consisted of three occupied sectors administered by the United States, the United Kingdom, and France.

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