Sovereign states by year: List of sovereign states in 1995 – Events of 1996 – List of sovereign states in 1997

Sovereign States

A

• Afghanistan (Dipsuted between two governments after September 27)
  • Islamic State of Afghanistan
  • Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (from September 27)
•  Albania – Republic of Albania
•  Algeria – People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
•  Andorra – Principality of Andorra
•  Angola – Republic of Angola
•  Antigua and Barbuda – Antigua and Barbuda
•  Argentina – Argentine Republic
•  Armenia – Republic of Armenia
•  Australia – Commonwealth of Australia
•  Austria – Republic of Austria
•  Azerbaijan – Republic of Azerbaijan

B

•  Bahamas – Commonwealth of the Bahamas
•  Bahrain – State of Bahrain
•  Bangladesh – People's Republic of Bangladesh
•  Barbados – Barbados
•  Belarus – Republic of Belarus
•  Belgium – Kingdom of Belgium
•  Belize – Belize
•  Benin – Republic of Benin
•  Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan
•  Bolivia – Republic of Bolivia
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina – Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (to October 5)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina (from October 5)
•  Botswana – Republic of Botswana
•  Brazil – Federative Republic of Brazil
•  Brunei – Negara Brunei Darussalam
•  Bulgaria – Republic of Bulgaria
•  Burkina Faso – Burkina Faso
•  Burundi – Republic of Burundi

C

•  Cambodia – Kingdom of Cambodia
•  Cameroon – Republic of Cameroon
•  Canada – Canada
•  Cape Verde – Republic of Cape Verde
•  Central African Republic – Central African Republic
•  Chad – Republic of Chad
•  Chile – Republic of Chile
•  People's Republic of China
•  Republic of China
•  Colombia – Republic of Colombia
•  Comoros – Federal Islamic Republic of Comoros
•  Congo – Republic of the Congo
•  Costa Rica – Republic of Costa Rica
•  Côte d'Ivoire – Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
•  Croatia – Republic of Croatia
•  Cuba – Republic of Cuba
•  Cyprus – Republic of Cyprus
•  Czech Republic – Czech Republic

D

•  Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark
•  Djibouti – Republic of Djibouti
•  Dominica – Commonwealth of Dominica
•  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
•  Eritrea – State of Eritrea
•  Estonia – Republic of Estonia
•  Ethiopia – Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

F

•  Fiji – Sovereign Democratic Republic of Fiji
•  Finland – Republic of Finland
•  France – French Republic

G

•  Gabon – Gabonese Republic
•  Gambia – Republic of the Gambia
•  Germany – Federal Republic of Germany
•  Georgia – Georgia
•  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 – Republic of Hungary

I

•  Iceland – Republic of Iceland
•  India – Republic of India
•  Indonesia – Republic of Indonesia
•  Iran – Islamic Republic of Iran
•  Iraq – Republic of Iraq
•  Ireland – Republic of Ireland
•  Israel – State of Israel
•  Italy – Italian Republic

J

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

K

•  Kazakhstan – Republic of Kazakhstan
•  Kenya – Republic of Kenya
•  Kiribati – Republic of Kiribati
•  North Korea – Democratic People's Republic of Korea
•  South Korea – Republic of Korea
•  Kuwait – State of Kuwait
•  Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyz Republic

L

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

M

•  Macedonia – Republic of Macedonia
•  Madagascar – Republic of Madagascar
•  Malawi – Republic of Malawi
•  Malaysia – Malaysia
•  Maldives – Republic of Maldives
•  Mali – Republic of Mali
•  Malta – Republic of Malta
•  Marshall Islands – Republic of the Marshall Islands
•  Mauritania – Islamic Republic of Mauritania
•  Mauritius – Mauritius
•  Mexico – United Mexican States
•  Micronesia – Federated States of Micronesia
•  Moldova – Republic of Moldova
•  Monaco – Principality of Monaco
•  Mongolia – Mongolia
•  Morocco – Kingdom of Morocco
•  Mozambique – Republic of Mozambique
•  Myanmar – Union of Myanmar

N

•  Namibia – Republic of Namibia
•  Nauru – Republic of Nauru
•  Nepal – Kingdom of Nepal
•  Netherlands – Kingdom of the Netherlands
•  New Zealand – 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
•  Palau – Republic of Palau
•  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 – Republic of Poland
•  Portugal – Portuguese Republic

Q

•  Qatar – State of Qatar

R

•  Romania – Romania
•  Russia – Russian Federation
•  Rwanda – Rwandan Republic

S

•  Saint Kitts and Nevis – Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia – Saint Lucia
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
•  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
•  Slovakia – Slovak Republic
•  Slovenia – Republic of Slovenia
•  Solomon Islands – Solomon Islands
•  Somalia – Somalia
•  South Africa – Republic of South Africa
•  Spain – Kingdom of Spain
•  Sri Lanka – Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
•  Sudan – Republic of Sudan
•  Suriname – Republic of Suriname
•  Swaziland – Kingdom of Swaziland
•  Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden
•  Switzerland – Swiss Confederation
•  Syria – Syrian Arab Republic

T

•  Tajikistan – Republic of Tajikistan
•  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
•  Turkmenistan – Turkmenistan
•  Tuvalu – Tuvalau

U

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

V

•  Vanuatu – Republic of Vanuatu
•  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

•  Yemen – Republic of Yemen
•  Yugoslavia – Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Z

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

States Claiming Sovereignty

•  Abkhazia – Republic of Abkhazia
•  Bougainville – Republic of Bougainville
• Chechnya – Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (from August 6)
•  Nagorno-Karabakh – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
•  Northern Cyprus – Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
•  Palestine – Palestine
•  Somaliland – Republic of Somaliland
•  South Ossetia – Republic of South Ossetia
•  Transnistria – Transnistrian Moldovan Republic
•  Western Sahara – Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic