List of countries in 1901
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Lists of Countries by Year: List of countries in 1900 – Events of 1901 – List of countries in 1902
| Contents: | Sovereign states: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S U V - Unrecognized States Dependent territories: Australia - China - Denmark - France - Germany - Italy - Japan Mexico - Netherlands - Ottoman - Portugal - Russia - Siam - Spain - UK - USA Occupied Ottoman Territories - Other territories - See Also - Notes |
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[edit] Independent states
[edit] A
Abyssinia - Empire of Abyssinia[1]
Andorra - Principality of Andorra
Argentina - Argentine Republic[2]
Australia - Commonwealth of Australia (Independent dominion in the British Empire.)
Established on January 1 from the colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.
Austria-Hungary - Austro-Hungarian Empire[3]
[edit] B
Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium
Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia
Brazil - Republic of the United States of Brazil
[edit] C
Canada - Dominion of Canada (Independent dominion in the British Empire)
Chile - Republic of Chile
China - Empire of the Great Qing
Colombia - Republic of Colombia
Congo Free State - Congo Free State (Privately owned by King Leopold II of Belgium)
Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica
Crete - Republic of Crete
[edit] D
Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark
Dhala - Emirate of Dhala
Dominican Republic - Dominican Republic
[edit] E
Ecuador - Republic of Ecuador
El Salvador - Republic of El Salvador
[edit] F
France - French Republic
[edit] G
[edit] H
[edit] I
Italy - Kingdom of Italy
[edit] J
Japan - Empire of Japan
[edit] K
[edit] L
Liberia - Republic of Liberia
Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein
Luxembourg - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
[edit] M
Mexico - United Mexican States
Monaco - Principality of Monaco
Montenegro - Principality of Montenegro
Morocco - Kingdom of Morocco
[edit] N
Netherlands - Kingdom of The Netherlands.
Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua
[edit] O
Orange Free State - Republic of the Orange Free State
Ottoman Empire - Sublime Ottoman State[4]- Ouaddai - Ouaddai Empire[5]
[edit] P
Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay
Persia - Persian Empire[6]
Peru - Peruvian Republic
Portugal - Kingdom of Portugal
[edit] R
[edit] S
San Marino - Most Serene Republic of San Marino
Serbia - Kingdom of Serbia
Siam - Kingdom of Siam
Sokoto - Sokoto Caliphate
South Africa - South African Republic[8]
Spain - Kingdom of Spain
Sweden-Norway (Personal Union)
Switzerland - Swiss Confederation
[edit] U
United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
United States - United States of America
Uruguay - Oriental Republic of Uruguay[9]
[edit] V
Venezuela - United States of Venezuela
[edit] Unrecognized States
- Aro Confederacy - Aro Confederacy (Nominally within Southern Nigeria)
Aceh - Sultanate of Aceh (In rebellion against the Dutch East Indies)
Philippine Republic - Philippine Republic (In opposition to the American occupation of the Philippines)
Dissolved on April 1.
Swaziland - Kingdom of Swaziland (Nominally a protectorate of South Africa, but not actually under its administration.)
[edit] Dependent Territories
[edit] Australia
Norfolk Island (External territory)
Transfered from the United Kingdom on January 1.
[edit] China
- Inner Mongolia (Under Chinese suzerainty, but not integrated into China proper)
- Manchuria (Under Chinese suzerainty, but not integrated into China proper)
- Outer Mongolia (Under Chinese suzerainty, but not integrated into China proper)
- Tibet (Under Chinese suzerainty, but not integrated into China proper)
[edit] Denmark
Danish West Indies (Colony)
Greenland (Colony)
Iceland (Dependency)
[edit] France
Algeria (Colonial possession) [10]
Comoros (Protectorate)
Chad - Military Territory of Chad (Colony)
Dahomey (Colony)
French Congo (Colony)
French Guiana (Colony)
French India - French Establishments in India (Colony)
French Indochina (Federation of colonies)
Annam (Protectorate)
Cambodia (Protectorate)
Cochinchina (Protectorate)
Laos (Protectorate)
Tonkin (Protectorate)
French Somaliland (Colony)
French West Africa (Federation of colonies)
French Guinea (Colony)
French Sudan (Colony)
Ivory Coast (Colony)
Senegal (Colony)
Guadeloupe (Colony)
Madagascar (Colony)
Martinique (Colony)
New Caledonia (Colony)
Oceania Settlements in Oceania (Colony)
Réunion (Colony)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Colony)
Tunisia (Protectorate)
Wallis and Futuna - Protectorate of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (Protectorate)
[edit] Germany
German East Africa (Colony)
German New Guinea (Protectorate)
German Marshall Islands (Protectorate)
German North-West Africa (Colony)
Renamed Kamerun on January 1
German Samoa (Protectorate)
German South-West Africa (Colony)
Kamerun (Colony)
From January 1, previously known as German North-West Africa
Togoland (Protectorate)
[edit] Italy
Eritrea (Colony)
Italian Somaliland (Colony)
[edit] Japan
Taiwan (Colony)
[edit] Mexico
Clipperton Island (Uninhabited territory claimed by France)
[edit] Netherlands
Curaçao - Curaçao and Dependencies (Possession)
Dutch East Indies (Colony)
Dutch Guiana (Colony)
[edit] Ottoman Empire
Bulgaria Principality of Bulgaria (Autonomous Vassal)
Samos - Principality of Samos (Autonomous Vassal)
[edit] Portugal
Cape Verde (Crown colony)
Kongo - Kingdom of Kongo (Vassal)
Macau (Colony)
Portuguese East Africa (Crown colony)
Portuguese Guinea (Colony)
Portuguese India - Portuguese State of India (Colony)[15]
Portuguese Timor (Colony)
Portuguese West Africa (Crown colony)
São João Baptista de Ajudá - Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá (Colony)
São Tomé and Príncipe (Crown colony)
[edit] Russia
Bukhara - Emirate of Bukhara (Protectorate)
Finland - Grand Duchy of Finland (Autonomous grand duchy)
Khiva - Khanate of Khiva (Protectorate)
Poland - Kingdom of Poland (Vassal and puppet state)
[edit] Siam
Kedah - State of Kedah, Abode of Peace (Vassal)
Kelantan - State of Kedah, Blissful Abode (Vassal)
Pattani - Kingdom of Pattani (Vassal)
Perlis - State of Perlis, Land of Dreams (Vassal)
Terengganu - State of Terengganu, Abode of Faith (Vassal)
[edit] Spain
Annobón (Colony)
Fernando Pó (Colony)[16]
Río Muni (Colony)
Spanish North Africa (Possession)
Río de Oro (Possession)
Spanish West Africa (Possession)
[edit] United Kingdom
[edit] A
Aden Protectorate (Informal collection of protectorates)
Alawi - Alawi Sheikhdom (Protectorate)
Aqrabi - Aqrabi Sheikdom (Protectorate)
Audhali - Audhali Sultanate (Protectorate)
Beihan - Emirate of Beihan (Protectorate)
Dathina - Dathina Sheikdom (Protectorate)[17]
Fadhli - Fadhli Sultanate (Protectorate)
Haushabi - Haushabi Sultanate (Protectorate)
Kathiri - Kathiri State of Seiyun in Hadhramaut (Protectorate)
Lahej - Sultanate of Lahej (Protectorate)
Lower Aulaqi - Lower Aulaqi Sultanate (Protectorate)
Lower Yafa - Sultanate of Lower Yafa (Protectorate)
Mahra - Mahra Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra (Protectorate)
Qu'aiti - Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut (Protectorate)
Shaib - Sheikhdom of Shaib (Protectorate)
Upper Aulaqi Sheikhdom (Protectorate)
Upper Aulaqi Sultanate (Protectorate)
Upper Yafa (Protectorate)
Wahidi Balhaf - Wahidi Sultanate of Balhaf (Protectorate)
Wahidi Bir Ali - Wahidi Wilayah of Bir Ali (Protectorate)
Wahidi Haban - Wahidi Sultanate of Haban (Protectorate)
Afghanistan - Emirate of Afghanistan (Protectorate)
Ascension Island (Possession)
[edit] B
Bahama Islands (Crown colony)
Bahrain (Protectorate)
Barbados (Crown Colony)
Basutoland (Protectorate)
Bechuanaland - Bechuanaland Protectorate (Protectorate)
Tati Concessions Land (Colony)
Bermuda (Crown Colony)
Bhutan (State with ambiguous level of sovereignty, foreign affairs controlled by the United Kingdom)[18]
British Central Africa - British Central Africa Protectorate (Protectorate)
British East Africa - British East Africa Protectorate (Protectorate)
British Guiana (Colony)
British Honduras (Crown Colony)
British Leeward Islands - Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands (Federation of colonies)
Antigua (Colony)
British Virgin Islands (Colony)
Dominica (Colony)
Montserrat (Colony)
Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (Colony)
British New Guinea (Colony)
British Solomon Islands - British Solomon Islands Protectorate (Protectorate)
British Somaliland (Colony)
British Windward Islands - Federal Colony of the Windward Islands (Federation of colonies)
Saint Lucia (Colony)
Saint Vincent (Colony)
Grenada (Colony)
Brunei - State of Brunei, Abode of Peace (Protectorate)[19]
[edit] C
Cape Colony (Self-governing colony)
Ceylon (Crown colony)
Cook Islands - Cook Islands Federation (Protectorate)
Transfered to New Zealand on June 11.
[edit] F
Falkland Islands (Colony)
Federated Malay States (Protectorate)
Fiji (Colony)
[edit] G
Gambia (Crown colony)
Gambia Colony (Colony)
Gambia Protectorate (Protectorate)
Gibraltar (Crown colony)
Gilbert and Ellice Islands (Protectorate)
Gold Coast (Colony)
Graham Land (Uninhabited region of Antarctica)
Guernsey - Bailiwick of Guernsey (Crown Dependency)
[edit] H
Hong Kong (Colony)
[edit] I
India - Indian Empire (Colony containing hundreds of indirectly ruled princely states, the highest ranking of which are listed below)
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Alwar (Princely state)
Bahawalpur (Princely state)
Banswara (Princely state)
Baroda (Princely state)
Bharatpur (Princely state)
Bhopal (Princely state)
Bikaner (Princely state)
Bundi (Princely state)
Cochin (Princely state)
Datia (Princely state)
Dewas Junior (Princely state)
Dewas Senior (Princely state)
Dhar (Princely state)
Dholpur (Princely state)
Dungarpur (Princely state)
Gwalior (Princely state)
Hyderabad and Berar (Princely state)
Idar (Princely state)
Indore (Princely state)
Jaipur (Princely state)
Jaisalmer (Princely state)
Jammu and Kashmir (Princely state)
Jodhpur (Princely state)
Kalat (Princely state)
Karauli (Princely state)
Khayrpur (Princely state)
Kishangarh (Princely state)
Kolhapur (Princely state)
Kotah (Princely state)
Kutch (Princely state)
Mewar (Princely state)
Mysore (Princely state)
Orchha (Princely state)
Patiala (Princely state)
Pratapgarh (Princely state)
Rewa (Princely state)
Rampur (Princely state)
Sikkim (Princely state)
Tonk (Princely state)
Travancore (Princely state)
Sirohi (Princely state)
Isle of Man (Crown dependency)
[edit] J
Jamaica (Colony)
Jersey - Bailiwick of Jersey (Crown dependecy)
Johor - State of Johor, Abode of Dignity (Protectorate)
[edit] L
Lagos (Colony)
Lagos Colony (Colony)
Lagos Protectorate (Protectorate)
[edit] M
Maldive Islands - Sultanate of the Maldive Islands (Protectorate)
Malta (Colony)
Mashonaland (Protectorate)
United with Matabeleland on January 24 to form Southern Rhodesia.
Matabeleland (Protectorate)
United with Mashonaland on January 24 to form Southern Rhodesia.
Mauritius (Colony)
Muscat and Oman Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (Protectorate)
[edit] N
Natal - Colony of Natal (Self governing Colony)
Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal (Protectorate)
New South Wales - New South Wales (Colony)
Incorporated into Australia on January 1
Norfolk Island (Colony)
Transferred to Australia on January 1.
New Zealand (Colony)
Cook Islands (Colony)
Transferred from United Kingdom on June 11.
North Borneo - (Protectorate)
North-Eastern Rhodesia (Protectorate)
North-Western Rhodesia (Protectorate)
Northern Nigeria - British Northern Nigeria Protectorate (Protectorate)
[edit] P
Pitcairn Island (Colony)
Phoenix Islands (Colony)
[edit] Q
Queensland (Colony)
Incorporated into Australia on January 1
[edit] S
Savage Island (Protectorate)
Incorporated into the Cook Islands on June 11.
Saint Helena (Colony)
Sarawak - Kingdom of Sarawak (Protectorate)
Seychelles - The Seychelles (Crown colony)
Sierra Leone (Colony)
Sierra Leone Colony (Colony)
Sierra Leone Protectorate (Protectorate)
South Australia (Colony)
Incorporated into Australia on January 1
South Orkney Islands (Uninhabited Antarctic territory)
South Shetland Islands (Uninhabited Antarctic territory)
Southern Nigeria - British Southern Nigeria Protectorate (Protectorate)
Southern Rhodesia (Colony)
United from Mashonaland and Matabeleland on January 24.
Straits Settlements (Colony)
Christmas Island (Colony)
Cocos Islands (Colony)
[edit] T
Tasmania (Colony)
Incorporated into Australia on January 1.
Tonga - Kingdom of Tonga (Protectorate)
Trinidad and Tobago (Colony)
Tristan da Cunha (Colony)
Trucial States (Collection of protectorates)
Abu Dhabi - Sheikdom of Abu Dhabi (Protectorate)
Ajman - Sheikdom of Ajman (Protectorate)Dibba - Sheikdom of Dibba (Protectorate)
Dubai - Sheikdom of Dubai (Protectorate)
Hamriyah - Sheikdom of Hamriyah
Sharjah - Sheikdom of Sharjah (Protectorate)
Umm al-Quwain - Sheikdom of Umm al-Quwain (Protectorate)
[edit] U
Union Islands (Colony)
Uganda (Protectorate)
[edit] V
Victoria (Colony) Incorporated into Australia on January 1.
Victoria Land (Uninhabited Antarctic territory)
[edit] W
Western Australia (Colony)
Incorporated into Australia on January 1.
[edit] Z
Zanzibar - Sultanate of Zanzibar (Protectorate)
[edit] United States
Alaska - District of Alaska (Territory)
American Samoa (Unincorporated territory)
Cuba (Territory)
Guam (Unincorporated territory)
Middlebrook Island (Uninhabited territory)
Philippines - The Philippines (Territory)
Puerto Rico (Territory)
Swains Island (Semi-independent settlement under American sovereignty and claimed by the United Kingdom)
Wake Island (Uninhabited territory)
[edit] Occupied Ottoman Territories
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Condominium of the United Kingdom and Egypt)[21]
Bosnia-Herzegovina (Under Austro-Hungarian occupation)
Cyprus (Administered by the United Kingdom, formally under Ottoman suzerainty)
Eastern Rumelia (Autonomous province under Bulgarian control)
Egypt - Khediviate of Egypt (Virtually independent province under British occupation)
Kuwait - Sheikdom of Kuwait (Territory with a British protectorate treaty)
Novi Pazar - Sanjak of Novi Pazar (Under Austro-Hungarian occupation)
[edit] Other territories and entities
Holy See (Sovereign entity without territory, conducted relations with several states)
Moresnet - Neutral Moresnet (Small strip of neutral territory between Germany and Belgium)
New Hebrides (Neutral territory governed by a Joint Anglo-French Naval Commission)
Sovereign Military Order of Malta - Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta (Sovereign entity without territory, recognized by several states)
[edit] See also
- List of countries
- Countries by year
- List of sovereign states in 1901
- List of state leaders in 1901
- 1901
[edit] Notes
- ^ Also known as Ethiopia.
- ^ Sometimes styled as the Argentine Nation
- ^ Official long name was The Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of St. Stephen.
- ^ Also known as the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Empire
- ^ Sometimes spelled Wadai
- ^ Also known as the Kingdom of Persia.
- ^ At the time, "Rumania" was the standard spelling in English. The form Roumania was also used.
- ^ Also known as Transvaal
- ^ Sometimes translated as the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, or the Republic East of the Uruguay.
- ^ French Algeria was officially composed of several departments, all of which were integral parts of the French state.
- ^ Also known as Ndzuwani.
- ^ Also known as Ngazidja
- ^ Also known as Maore and Mawuti.
- ^ Also known as Mwali.
- ^ Sometimes called Goa or Goa and Dependencies, after its most important city.
- ^ Also spelled Fernando Poo
- ^ Sometimes known as the Dathina Confederation
- ^ Sometimes spelled Bhootan.
- ^ Sometimes known as Brunei Darussalam
- ^ Also known as the Ashanti Empire, the Ashanti Union, or Asanteman.
- ^ This was the flag of the Governor General. The flags of Egypt and the United Kingdom were also used in the territory.

