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List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wiki list article

This is a list of countries in the 1950s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1950 and 31 December 1959.

It contains 108 entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty. It includes 102 widely recognized sovereign states, 5 entities which were de facto sovereign but which were not widely recognized by other states, and 1 state which was initially unrecognized but then gained full recognition later in the decade.


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 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Afghanistan – Kingdom of Afghanistan
Capital: Kabul 		Widely recognized UN member state.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Albania – People's Republic of Albania
Capital: Tirana 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 14 December 1955)
List Of Countries In The 1950S: 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 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Arab Federation – Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan (from 14 February 1958 to 14 July 1958)
Capital: Baghdad 		Widely recognized independent state. The Arab Federation occupied West Bank but these areas were not generally recognized as being part of the Arab Federation.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Argentina – Argentine Republic
Capital: Buenos Aires 		Widely recognized UN member state. Argentina was a federation of 23 provinces and 10 federal territories. It had a claim over Argentine Antarctica. 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 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Australia – Commonwealth of Australia
Capital: Canberra 		Widely recognized UN member state. Commonwealth realm. Australia was a federation of six states and three territories. It had sovereignty over the following external territories:

Australia administered two United Nations Trust Territories:

  • Nauru (with New Zealand and the United Kingdom)
  • Papua and New Guinea
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Austria – Republic of Austria
Capital: Vienna 		Widely recognized state under Allied occupation. Independent state (from 27 July 1955). Permanent observer at the UN (from 1952 to 14 December 1955). UN member state (from 14 December 1955). Austria was a federation of nine states.

B

List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Belgium – Kingdom of Belgium
Capital: Brussels 		Widely recognized UN member state. EEC member (from 25 March 1957). Belgium had sovereignty over one colony:

Belgium administered one United Nations trust territory:

List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan
Capital: Punakha (to 1955), Thimphu (from 1955) 		Widely recognized independent state. Bhutan was officially guided by India in its foreign affairs.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Bolivia – Republic of Bolivia
Capital: Sucre (official), La Paz (administrative) 		Widely recognized UN member state.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Brazil – United States of Brazil
Capital: Rio de Janeiro 		Widely recognized UN member state. Brazil was a federation of 20 states, five territories, and one federal district.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Bulgaria – People's Republic of Bulgaria
Capital: Sofia 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 14 December 1955).
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Burma – Union of Burma
Capital: Rangoon 		Widely recognized UN member state.

C

List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Cambodia – Kingdom of Cambodia (from 9 November 1953)
Capital: Phnom Penh 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 14 December 1955).
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Canada – Dominion of Canada
Capital: Ottawa 		Widely recognized UN member state; Commonwealth realm. Canada was a federation of ten provinces and two territories.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Ceylon – Dominion of Ceylon
Capital: Colombo 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 14 December 1955). Commonwealth realm.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Chile – Republic of Chile
Capital: Santiago 		Widely recognized UN member state. It had a claim over Chilean Antarctic Territory.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  China, People's Republic of
Capital: Beijing 		Partially recognized de facto independent state. The People's Republic of China had four autonomous regions: Guangxi (from 5 March 1958), Inner Mongolia, Ningxia (from 25 October 1958), Xinjiang (from 1 October 1955). The People's Republic of China claimed Taiwan, Kinmen, the Matsu Islands, Pratas Island and the Vereker Banks, and Itu Aba, all of which were governed by the Republic of China. 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 1950S: Wikimedia list article  China, Republic of
Capital: Taipei (seat of government), Nanjing (claimed) 		Widely recognized UN member state. The Republic of China claimed to be the sole legitimate government of China, but only administered Taiwan, 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 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Colombia – Republic of Colombia
Capital: Bogotá 		Widely recognized UN member state. 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 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Costa Rica – Republic of Costa Rica
Capital: San José 		Widely recognized UN member state.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Cuba
Capital: Havana
  • Cuban First Republic (to 1 January 1959)
  • Cuban Second Republic (from 1 January 1959)
 Widely recognized UN member state. The Cuban area of Guantánamo Bay was under the permanent control of the United States.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Czechoslovakia – Czechoslovak Republic
Capital: Prague 		Widely recognized UN member state.

D

List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Dadra / Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Capital: Dadra (to 2 August 1954), Silvassa (from 2 August 1954)
  • Free Dadra (from 22 July 1954 to 15 August 1954)
  • Free Dadra and Nagar Haveli (from 15 August 1954)
 De facto independent state. Claimed by Portugal.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark
Capital: Copenhagen 		Widely recognized UN member state. The Danish Realm also included one autonomous region:

Denmark had one colony:

List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Dominican Republic
Capital: Santo Domingo 		Widely recognized UN member state.

E

List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador
Capital: Quito 		Widely recognized UN member state.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Egypt
Capital: Cairo
  • Kingdom of Egypt (to 19 June 1953)
  • Republic of Egypt (from 19 June 1953 to 1 February 1958)
 Widely recognized UN member state. Egypt occupied Gaza Strip. Egypt administered one condominium:
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  El Salvador – Republic of El Salvador
Capital: San Salvador 		Widely recognized UN member state.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Ethiopia – Ethiopian Empire
Capital: Addis Ababa 		Widely recognized UN member state.

F

List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Finland – Republic of Finland
Capital: Helsinki 		Widely recognized independent state. Permanent observer at the UN (from 1952 to 14 December 1955). UN member state (from 14 December 1955). Finland had a neutral and demilitarised region:
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  France
Capital: Paris 		Widely recognized UN member state. EEC member (from 25 March 1957). France included 21 overseas departments: French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion, and multiple departments in French Algeria (three departments to 1955, four departments from 1955 to 1957, fourteen departments from 1957 to 1958, and seventeen departments from 1958 on.) The French Union contained the following autonomous associated states:
  • List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Cambodia (to 9 November 1953)
  • List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Laos (to 22 October 1953)
  • List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Vietnam (to 21 July 1954)

The French Community consisted of the following autonomous republics:

France administered the foreign affairs of the following protectorates:

France also had sovereignty over the following overseas territories:

It also co-administered one condominium:

France administered two United Nations Trust Territories:

  • List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  French Cameroons (to 31 December 1959)
  • List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  French Togoland (renamed Togo on 22 February 1958)

France administered one occupied territory:

  • Fezzan (to 23 December 1951, under UN supervision)

G

List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Germany, East – German Democratic Republic
Capital: East Berlin (disputed) 		Widely recognized state under Soviet occupation. Independent state (from 26 March 1954).
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Germany, West – Federal Republic of Germany
Capital: Bonn 		Widely recognized state under Allied occupation. Independent state (from 5 May 1955). Permanent observer at the UN (from 1952). EEC member (from 25 March 1957). West Germany was a federation of thirteen states.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Ghana (from 6 March 1957)
Capital: Accra 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 8 March 1957). Commonwealth realm.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Greece – Kingdom of Greece
Capital: Athens 		Widely recognized UN member state. Greece had sovereignty over Mount Athos, an autonomous monastic state that was jointly governed by the multi-national "Holy Community" on the mountain and the Civil Governor appointed by the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and spiritually came under the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala
Capital: Guatemala City 		Widely recognized UN member state.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Guinea – People's Revolutionary Republic of Guinea (from 2 October 1958)
Capital: Conakry 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 12 December 1958).

H

List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Haiti
Capital: Port-au-Prince
  • Republic of Haiti (to 22 October 1957)
  • Duvalier dynasty (from 22 October 1957)
 Widely recognized UN member state. Haiti claimed the uninhabited United States possession of Navassa Island.
Holy See List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Vatican City
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Honduras – Republic of Honduras
Capital: Tegucigalpa 		Widely recognized UN member state.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Hungary – People's Republic of Hungary
Capital: Budapest 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 14 December 1955).

I

List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Iceland – Republic of Iceland
Capital: Reykjavík 		Widely recognized UN member state.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  India
Capital: New Delhi 		Widely recognized UN member state. Commonwealth realm (to 26 January 1950). From 26 January 1950 to 1 November 1956, India was a federation of ten Part A states, eight Part B states, nine Part C states, and four Part D Territories. After 1 November 1956, India was a federation of fourteen states and seven union territories. India had partial sovereignty over one protectorate:
  • List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Sikkim (from 5 December 1950)

Indian sovereignty over South Tibet, administered as part of its North-East Frontier Agency, was disputed by the People's Republic of China. India administered part of the disputed region of Kashmir as the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Indonesia
Capital: Djakarta
  • Republic of the United States of Indonesia (to 17 August 1950)
  • Republic of Indonesia (from 17 August 1950)
 Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 28 September 1950). Until 17 August 1950, Indonesia was a federation of fourteen states. Indonesia had two special provinces: Aceh (from 26 May 1959) and Yogyakarta (from 3 August 1950).
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Iran – Imperial State of Iran
Capital: Tehran 		Widely recognized UN member state.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Iraq
Capital: Baghdad
  • Kingdom of Iraq (to 14 February 1958)
  • Iraqi Republic (from 14 July 1958)
 Widely recognized UN member state.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Ireland
Capital: Dublin 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 14 December 1955).
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Israel – State of Israel
Capital: Jerusalem 		Widely recognized UN member state.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Italy – Italian Republic
Capital: Rome 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 14 December 1955). Italy had 5 autonomous regions: Aosta Valley, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Sardinia, Sicily, and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. EEC member (from 25 March 1957). Italy administered one United Nations Trust Territory:
  • List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Somalia (from 1 April 1950)

J

List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Japan
Capital: Tokyo 		Widely recognized state under United States occupation until 28 April 1952. Full sovereignty restored on 28 April 1952. Permanent observer at the UN (from 1952 to 18 December 1956). UN member state (from 18 December 1956). Japan had residual sovereignty over the Ryukyu Islands and the Bonin-Volcano Islands, which were occupied and administered by the United States.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Jordan – Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (to 14 February 1958, from 14 July 1958)
Capital: Amman 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 14 December 1955). Jordan occupied West Bank but these areas were not generally recognized as being part of Jordan.

K

List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Korea, North – Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Capital: Seoul (de jure, claimed), Pyongyang (de facto) 		Widely recognized independent state. Claimed to be the sole legitimate government of Korea.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Korea, South – Republic of Korea
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 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Laos – Kingdom of Laos (from 22 October 1953)
Capital: Vientiane 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 14 December 1955).
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Lebanon – Lebanese Republic
Capital: Beirut 		Widely recognized UN member state.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Liberia – Republic of Liberia
Capital: Monrovia 		Widely recognized UN member state.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Libya – United Kingdom of Libya (from 24 December 1951)
Capital: Tripoli 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 14 December 1955). Libya was a federation of three provinces.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Liechtenstein
Capital: Vaduz 		Widely recognized independent state. The defense of Liechtenstein was the responsibility of Switzerland.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Capital: Luxembourg 		Widely recognized UN member state. EEC member (from 25 March 1957).

M

List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Malaya – Federation of Malaya (from 31 August 1957)
Capital: Kuala Lumpur 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 17 September 1957). Malaya was a federation of eleven states.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Mexico – United Mexican States
Capital: Mexico City 		Widely recognized UN member state. Mexico was a federation of 29 states, three territories, and one federal district.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Monaco – Principality of Monaco
Capital: Monaco 		Widely recognized independent state. Permanent observer at the UN (from 1956). The defense of Monaco was the responsibility of France.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Mongolia – Mongolian People's Republic
Capital: Ulaanbaatar 		Widely recognized independent state.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Morocco (from 7 April 1956)
Capital: Rabat
  • Sherifian Empire (from 7 April 1956 to 14 August 1957)
  • Kingdom of Morocco (from 14 August 1957)
 To 1 March 1956, de jure sovereign state under French protectorate
Moroccan rule restored over the Spanish zone of Northern Morocco on 7 April 1956.
Moroccan rule restored over the Tangier International Zone on 29 October 1956.
Moroccan rule restored over Cape Juby on 2 April 1958.
Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 12 November 1956). Morocco disputed the Spanish sovereignty over Ceuta, Isla de Alborán, Isla Perejil, Islas Chafarinas, Melilla and Peñón de Alhucemas.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Muscat and Oman – Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
Capital: Muscat, Oman 		Widely recognized independent state under the informal protection of the United Kingdom. Muscat and Oman contained one self-governing territory, The Imamate of Oman (to 11 August 1957).

N

List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Nepal – Kingdom of Nepal
Capital: Kathmandu 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 14 December 1955).
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Netherlands – Kingdom of the Netherlands
Capital: Amsterdam (official), The Hague (seat of government) 		Widely recognized UN member state. The Kingdom of the Netherlands consisted of three autonomous countries:

The Kingdom of the Netherlands as a whole was a member of the EEC (from 25 March 1957), but Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles were not. The Kingdom of the Netherlands had sovereignty over the following colonies:

List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  New Zealand – Dominion of New Zealand
Capital: Wellington 		Widely recognized UN member state. Commonwealth realm. New Zealand had sovereignty over four dependent territories:

The government of Tokelau Islands claimed Swains Island, part of American Samoa (a U.S. dependence).

New Zealand administered two United Nations Trust Territories:

  • List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Nauru (with Australia and the United Kingdom)
  • List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Western Samoa Trust Territory
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua
Capital: Managua 		Widely recognized UN member state.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Norway – Kingdom of Norway
Capital: Oslo 		Widely recognized UN member state. Norway had two integral overseas areas: Jan Mayen and Svalbard. The latter area had a special status due to the Spitsbergen Treaty. Norway had sovereignty over the following dependencies:

P

List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Pakistan
Capital: Karachi 		Widely recognized UN member state. Commonwealth realm (to 23 March 1956). Pakistan was a federation of eight provinces, thirteen princely states, and one territory. It administered part of the disputed region of Kashmir.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Panama – Republic of Panama
Capital: Panama City 		Widely recognized UN member state.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay
Capital: Asunción 		Widely recognized UN member state.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Peru – Peruvian Republic
Capital: Lima 		Widely recognized UN member state.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Philippines – Republic of the Philippines
Capital: Quezon City (official), Baguio (summer) 		Widely recognized UN member state.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Poland
Capital: Warsaw
  • Republic of Poland (to 22 July 1952)
  • Polish People's Republic (from 22 July 1952)
 Widely recognized UN member state.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Portugal – Portuguese Republic
Capital: Lisbon 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 14 December 1955). Portugal had sovereignty over the following colonies (overseas province from 11 June 1951):

It also had sovereignty over one possession:

  • São João Baptista de Ajudá

Portugal claimed the Spanish municipalities of Olivenza and Táliga.

R

List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Romania – Romanian People's Republic
Capital: Bucharest 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 14 December 1955).

S

List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  San Marino – Republic of San Marino
Capital: San Marino 		Widely recognized independent state.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Saudi Arabia – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Capital: Riyadh 		Widely recognized UN member state.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Sikkim – Kingdom of Sikkim (to 5 December 1950)
Capital: Gangtok 		Widely recognized independent state under the informal protection of India.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  South Africa – Union of South Africa
Capital: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial) 		Widely recognized UN member state. Commonwealth realm. South Africa administered one League of Nations mandate:
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  South Maluku – Republic of South Maluku (from 25 April 1950 to 17 October 1952)
Capital: Ambon 		De facto independent state. Not recognized by any other state. Claimed by Indonesia.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Soviet Union – Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Capital: Moscow 		Widely recognized UN member state. The Soviet Union was a federation of 16 (later 15) republics, two of which (Byelorussia and Ukraine) were UN members in their own right.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Spain – Spanish State
Capital: Madrid 		Widely recognized independent state. Permanent observer at the UN (from 1955 to 14 December 1955). UN member state (from 14 December 1955). Spain had sovereignty over the following overseas provinces:

Spain administered the foreign affairs of one protectorate:

  • List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Spanish Morocco, de jure the Spanish sphere of influence in Morocco (to 7 April 1956)

Its sovereignty over Ceuta, Isla de Alborán, Isla Perejil, Islas Chafarinas, Melilla and Peñón de Alhucemas was disputed by Morocco. Its sovereignty over Olivenza and Táliga was disputed by Portugal. It claimed the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.

List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Sudan – Republic of the Sudan (from 1 January 1956)
Capital: Khartoum 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 12 November 1956).
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Suvadive Islands – United Suvadive Republic (from 3 January 1959)
Capital: Hithadhoo 		De facto independent state. Not recognized by any other state. Claimed by the United Kingdom.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden
Capital: Stockholm 		Widely recognized UN member state.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article   Switzerland – Swiss Confederation
Capital: Bern 		Widely recognized independent state. Permanent observer at the UN. Switzerland was a federation of 25 cantons.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Syria (to 1 February 1958)
Capital: Damascus 		Widely recognized UN member state.

T

List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Thailand – Kingdom of Thailand
Capital: Bangkok 		Widely recognized UN member state.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Tibet (to 23 May 1951)
Capital: Lhasa 		De facto independent state. Recognized by no other sovereign state. Claimed by the Republic of China and by the People's Republic of China.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Tunisia (from 20 March 1956)
Capital: Tunis
  • Kingdom of Tunisia (from 20 March 1956 to 25 July 1957)
  • Tunisian Republic (from 25 July 1957)
 Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 12 November 1956.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Trieste – Free Territory of Trieste (to 26 October 1954)
Capital: Trieste 		Widely recognized state under occupation of the United Kingdom, United States, and Yugoslavia.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Turkey – Republic of Turkey
Capital: Ankara 		Widely recognized UN member state.

U

List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  United Arab Republic (from 1 February 1958)
Capital: Cairo 		Widely recognized UN member state. United Arab States member (from 1958). The United Arab Republic consisted of two states: Syria and Egypt. The United Arab Republic occupied the Gaza Strip, but this area was not generally recognized as being part of the UAR.
United Arab States (from 8 March 1958) Widely recognized UN member state. The United Arab States consisted of two states (later three): The United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syria, later, just Egypt), North Yemen, and later Syria.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  United Kingdom – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Capital: London 		Widely recognized UN member state. The United Kingdom was composed of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The United Kingdom administered the foreign affairs of the following protected states:

The United Kingdom co-administered the following condominiums:

It also had sovereignty over the following crown colonies and protectorates:

In addition, the British Monarch had direct sovereignty over three self-governing Crown dependencies:

The United Kingdom administered four United Nations Trust Territories:

  • List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  British Togoland (to 13 December 1956)
  • List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  British Cameroons
  • Nauru (with Australia and New Zealand)
  • List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Tanganyika

The United Kingdom administered four occupied territories:

  • List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Cyrenaica (to 23 December 1951, under UN supervision)
  • Eritrea (to 15 September 1952, under UN supervision from 19 February 1951)
  • Italian Somaliland (to 1 April 1950)
  • Tripolitania (to 23 December 1951, under UN supervision)
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  United States – United States of America
Capital: Washington, D.C. 		Widely recognized UN member state. The United States was a federation of 48 (later 50) states, one federal district, and two (later one) incorporated territories. It asserted sovereignty over the following inhabited unincorporated territories:

It also asserted sovereignty over fifteen uninhabited unincorporated territories:

The United States co-administered the following condominium:

  • Canton and Enderbury Islands (with the United Kingdom)

After 28 April 1952, the United States administered two territories under the residual sovereignty of Japan:

  • Bonin-Volcano Islands
  • List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Ryukyu Islands

In addition, the United States administered one United Nations Trust Territory:

  • List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Uruguay – Eastern Republic of Uruguay
Capital: Montevideo 		Widely recognized UN member state.

V

List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article   Vatican City – Vatican City State
Capital: Vatican City 		Widely recognized independent state. Vatican City was administered by the Holy See, a sovereign entity recognized by a large number of countries. The Holy See also administered a number of extraterritorial properties in Italy. The Pope was the ex officio head of state of Vatican City.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Venezuela
Capital: Caracas
  • United States of Venezuela (to 15 April 1953)
  • Republic of Venezuela (from 15 April 1953)
 Widely recognized UN member state. Venezuela was a federation of 20 states, two territories, one federal dependency, and one federal district.
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Vietnam, North – Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Capital: Hanoi 		De facto independent state. Claimed by France (to 21 July 1954). Widely recognized (from 21 July 1954).
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Vietnam, South
Capital: Saigon
  • State of Vietnam (from 21 July 1954 to 26 October 1955)
  • Republic of Vietnam (from 26 October 1955)
 Widely recognized independent state. Permanent observer at the UN (from 1952). South Vietnam claimed sovereignty over the Paracel Islands (disputed by the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China) and Spratly Islands (disputed by the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China, and the Philippines).

Y

List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Yemen – Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (to 8 March 1958)
Capital: Ta'izz 		Widely recognized UN member state. United Arab States member (from 1958).
List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Yugoslavia – Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia
Capital: Belgrade 		Widely recognized UN member state. Yugoslavia was a federation of six republics.

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 1950S: 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 1950S: 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 1950S: 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.
  • The Saudi–Iraqi neutral zone was a strip of neutral territory between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
  • The Saudi–Kuwaiti neutral zone was a strip of neutral territory between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
  • List Of Countries In The 1950S: 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 1950S: Wikimedia list article  Tangier was an international zone under the joint administration of France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal and Belgium. It was reintegrated into Morocco on 29 October 1956.
  • List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  → List Of Countries In The 1950S: Wikimedia list article  West Berlin 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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