Sovereign states by year: List of sovereign states in 1977 – Events of 1978 – List of sovereign states in 1979

Sovereign States

A

• Afghanistan – Republic of Afghanistan (to April 30)
  • Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (from April 30)
•  Albania – Socialist People's Republic of Albania
•  Algeria – People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
•  Andorra – Principality of Andorra
•  Angola – People's Republic of Angola
•  Argentina – Argentine Republic
•  Australia – Commonwealth of Australia
•  Austria – Republic of Austria

B

•  Bahamas – Commonwealth of the Bahamas
•  Bahrain – State of Bahrain
•  Bangladesh – People's Republic of Bangladesh
•  Barbados – Barbados
•  Belgium – Kingdom of Belgium
•  Benin – People's Republic of Benin
•  Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan
•  Bolivia – Republic of Bolivia
•  Botswana – Republic of Botswana
•  Brazil – Federative Republic of Brazil
•  Bulgaria – People's Republic of Bulgaria
•  Burma – Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
•  Burundi – Republic of Burundi

C

•  Cameroon – United Republic of Cameroon
•  Canada – Dominion of Canada
•  Cape Verde – Republic of Cape Verde
• Central African Empire – Central African Empire
•  Chad – Republic of Chad
•  Chile – Republic of Chile
•  People's Republic of China
•  Republic of China
•  Colombia – Republic of Colombia
•  Comoros – State of Comoros (to May 24)
  •  Comoros Federal Islamic Republic of Comoros (from May 24)
•  Congo – People's Republic of Congo
•  Costa Rica – Republic of Costa Rica
•  Cuba – Republic of Cuba
•  Cyprus – Republic of Cyprus
•  Czechoslovakia – Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

D

•  Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark
•  Djibouti – Republic of Djibouti
•  Dominica – Commonwealth of Dominica (from November 3)
•  Dominican Republic – Dominican Republic

E

•  Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador
•  Egypt – Arab Republic of Egypt
•  El Salvador – Republic of El Salvador
•  Equatorial Guinea – Republic of Equatorial Guinea
•  Ethiopia – Socialist Ethiopia

F

•  Fiji – Dominion of Fiji
•  Finland – Republic of Finland
•  France – French Republic

G

•  Gabon – Gabonese Republic
•  Gambia – Republic of the Gambia
•  East Germany – German Democratic Republic
•  West Germany – Federal Republic of Germany
•  Ghana – Republic of Ghana
•  Greece – Hellenic Republic
•  Grenada – Grenada
•  Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala
•  Guinea – Republic of Guinea
•  Guinea-Bissau – Republic of Guinea-Bissau
•  Guyana – Co-operative Republic of Guyana

H

•  Haiti – Republic of Haiti
•  Honduras – Republic of Honduras
•  Hungary – People's Republic of Hungary

I

•  Iceland – Republic of Iceland
•  India – Republic of India
•  Indonesia – Republic of Indonesia
•  Iran – Kingdom of Iran
•  Iraq – Republic of Iraq
•  Ireland – Republic of Ireland
•  Israel – State of Israel
•  Italy – Italian Republic
•  Ivory Coast – Republic of Ivory Coast

J

•  Jamaica – Jamaica
•  Japan – Japan
•  Jordan – Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

K

• Kampuchea – Democratic Kampuchea
•  Kenya – Republic of Kenya
•  North Korea – Democratic People's Republic of Korea
•  South Korea – Republic of Korea
•  Kuwait – State of Kuwait

L

•  Laos – Lao People's Democratic Republic
•  Lebanon – Lebanese Republic
•  Lesotho – Kingdom of Lesotho
•  Liberia – Republic of Liberia
•  Libya – Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
•  Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein
•  Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

M

•  Madagascar – Democratic Republic of Madagascar
•  Malawi – Republic of Malawi
•  Malaysia – Malaysia
•  Maldives – Republic of Maldives
•  Mali – Republic of Mali
•  Malta – Republic of Malta
•  Mauritania – Islamic Republic of Mauritania
•  Mauritius – Mauritius
•  Mexico – United Mexican States
•  Monaco – Principality of Monaco
•  Mongolia – People's Republic of Mongolia
•  Morocco – Kingdom of Morocco
•  Mozambique – People's Republic of Mozambique

N

•  Nauru – Republic of Nauru
•  Nepal – Kingdom of Nepal
•  Netherlands – Kingdom of the Netherlands
•  New Zealand – Dominion of New Zealand
•  Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua
•  Niger – Republic of Niger
•  Nigeria – Federal Republic of Nigeria
•  Norway – Kingdom of Norway

O

•  Oman – Sultanate of Oman

P

•  Pakistan – Islamic Republic of Pakistan
•  Panama – Republic of Panama
•  Papua New Guinea – Independent State of Papua New Guinea
•  Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay
•  Peru – Peruvian Republic
•  Philippines – Republic of the Philippines
•  Poland – People's Republic of Poland
•  Portugal – Portuguese Republic

Q

•  Qatar – State of Qatar

R

•  Romania – Socialist Republic of Romania
•  Rwanda – Rwandan Republic

S

•  San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino
•  São Tomé and Príncipe – Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
•  Saudi Arabia – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
•  Senegal – Republic of Senegal
•  Seychelles – Republic of Seychelles
•  Sierra Leone – Republic of Sierra Leone
•  Singapore – Republic of Singapore
•  Solomon Islands – Solomon Islands (from July 7)
•  Somalia – Somali Democratic Republic
•  South Africa – Republic of South Africa
•  Soviet Union – Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
•  Spain – Spanish State (to December 29)
  • Kingdom of Spain (from December 29)
•  Sri Lanka – Republic of Sri Lanka (to September 7)
  • Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (from September 7)
•  Sudan – Democratic Republic of the Sudan
•  Suriname – Republic of Suriname
•  Swaziland – Kingdom of Swaziland
•  Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden
•  Switzerland – Swiss Confederation
• Syria – Syrian Arab Republic

T

•  Tanzania – United Republic of Tanzania
•  Thailand – Kingdom of Thailand
•  Togo – Togolese Republic
•  Tonga – Kingdom of Tonga
•  Trinidad and Tobago – Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
•  Tunisia – Tunisian Republic
•  Turkey – Republic of Turkey
•  Tuvalu – Tuvalau (from October 1)

U

•  Uganda – Republic of Uganda
•  United Arab Emirates – United Arab Emirates
•  United Kingdom – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
•  United States – United States of America
•  Upper Volta – Republic of Upper Volta
•  Uruguay – Eastern Republic of Uruguay

V

•  Vatican City – State of the Vatican City
•  Venezuela – United States of Venezuela
•  Vietnam – Socialist Republic of Vietnam

W

•  Western Samoa – Independent State of Western Samoa

Y

•  North Yemen – Yemen Arab Republic
•  South Yemen – People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
•  Yugoslavia – Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Z

•  Zaire – Republic of Zaire
•  Zambia – Republic of Zambia

States Claiming Sovereignty

•  Bophuthatswana – Republic of Bophuthatswana
•  Rhodesia – Republic of Rhodesia
• Rwenzururu – Kingdom of Rwenzururu
•  Transkei – Republic of Transkei
•  Western Sahara – Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic