List of countries in 1948

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This is a List of countries in 1948

Contents:		A B C D E F G H I J K L M N P Q R S T U V W Y Z

[edit] Entities Listed

For the purposes of this list, the following are defined as countries:

Sovereign States
- Any independent member of the United Nations, when it is in existence.
- Any observer state of the United Nations, when it is in existence.
- Any other state which has control over most of its territory, has declared independence, and has diplomatic recgonition from two or more other Sovereign States
Dependent Territories
- Any colony, vassal, protectorate, overseas territory, mandate, or trust tertitory that does not comprise an integral part of another sovereign state.
- Any area of special sovereignty or territory under international administration
- Any territory on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories, when it is in existence.
Unrecognized Territories
- Any sovereign state which has declared independence and has control over its territory, but lacking recognition.
- Any puppet state.

[edit] List of Countries

[edit] A

Abu Dhabi - Emirate of Abu Dhabi (Protectorate of the United Kingdom)
Aden - Aden Colony and Protectorate (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Afghanistan - Kingdom of Afghanistan
Ajman - Emirate of Ajman (Protectorate of the United Kingdom)
Åland - Åland Islands (Autonomous province of Finland)
Alaska - Territory of Alaska (Territory of the United States)
Albania - People's Republic of Albania
American Samoa - American Samoa (Territory of the United States)
Andorra - Principality of Andorra
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Condominium of the United Kingdom and Egypt)
Angola - Angola (Colony of Portugal)
Argentina - Republic of Argentina
Ascension Island - Ascension Island (Dependency of Saint Helena)
Australia - Commonwealth of Australia
Austria - Republic of Austria (under Allied administration)

[edit] B

Bahamas - The Bahama Islands (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Bahrain - Emirate of Bahrain (Protectorate of the United Kingdom)
Barbados - Barbados (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Basutoland - Basutoland Protectorate (Protectorate of the United Kingdom)
Bechuanaland - Bechuanaland Protectorate (Protectorate of the United Kingdom)
Belgian Congo - Belgian Congo (Colony of Belgium)
Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium
Bermuda - The Bermuda Islands (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan (Protectorate of India)
Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia
Brazil - Republic of the United States of Brazil
British Guiana - British Guiana (Colony of the United Kingdom)
British Honduras - British Honduras (Colony of the United Kingdom)
British Leeward Islands - Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands (Colony of the United Kingdom)
British Solomon Islands - British Solomon Islands Protectorate (Protectorate of the United Kingdom)
British Somaliland - British Somaliland Protectorate (Protectorate of the United Kingdom)
British Togoland - British Togoland (UN Trust Territory under the United Kingdom)
British Windward Islands - Federal Colony of the Windward Islands (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Brunei - Sultanate of Brunei (Protectorate of the United Kingdom)
Bulgaria - People's Republic of Bulgaria
Burma - Burma (Colony of the United Kingdom to January 4)
- Burma - Union of Burma (from January 4)

[edit] C

Cameroons - Cameroons (UN Trust Territory under the United Kingdom)
Cameroun - Cameroun (UN Trust Territory under France)
Canada - Dominion of Canada
Cape Verde - Cape Verde Islands (Colony of Portugal)
Ceylon - Ceylon (Colony of the United Kingdom to February 4)
- Ceylon - Ceylon (from February 4)
Chile - Republic of Chile
China - Republic of China
Christmas Island - Christmas Island (Dependency of Singapore)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Dependency of Singapore)
Colombia - Republic of Colombia
Comoros - Comoros (Colony of France)
Cook Islands - Cook Islands (Territory of New Zealand)
Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica
Cuba - Republic of Cuba
Curaçao - Curaçao and Dependencies (Overseas province of the Netherlands to September 20, renamed Netherlands Antilles)
Cyprus - Cyprus (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Cyrenaica - Cyrenaica (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Czechoslovakia - Czechoslovak Republic

[edit] D

Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark
Dominican Republic - Dominican Republic
Dodecanese - Dodecanese Islands (Administered by Greece to March 7)
Dubai - Emirate of Dubai (Protectorate of the United Kingdom)
Dutch Guiana - Dutch Guiana (Colony of the Netherlands to September 20, renamed Surinam)

[edit] E

East Turkestan – East Turkestan Republic (Unrecognized country in China)
Ecuador - Republic of Ecuador
Egypt - Kingdom of Egypt
El Salvador - Republic of El Salvador
Eritrea - Eritrea (Protectorate of the United Kingdom)
Ethiopia - Ethiopian Empire

[edit] F

Falkland Islands - Falkland Islands (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Faroe Islands - Faroe Islands (Self-governing country of Denmark from March 30)
Fezzan - Fezzan (Colony of France)
Fiji - The Fiji Islands (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Finland - Republic of Finland
France - French Republic
French Equatorial Africa - French Equatorial Africa (Colony of France)
French India - French Establishments in India (Colony of France)
French Indochina - Indochinese Union (Colony of France)
French Morocco - French Morocco (Protectorate of France)
French Oceania - French Settlements in Oceania (Colony of France)
French Somaliland - French Somaliland (Colony of France)
French Togoland - French Togoland (UN Trust Territory under France)
French West Africa - French West Africa (Colony of France)
Fujairah - Emirate of Fujairah (Protectorate of the United Kingdom)

[edit] G

Gambia - Gambia Colony and Protectorate (Protectorate of the United Kingdom)
Germany - Germany (under Allied administration)
Gold Coast - Gold Coast (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Gibraltar - Gibraltar (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Gilbert and Ellice Islands - Gilbert and Ellice Islands (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Goa - Goa and Dependencies (Colony of Portugal)
Greece - Kingdom of Greece
Greenland - Greenland (Colony of Denmark)
Guam - Territory of Guam (Unincorporated territory of the United States)
Guatemala - Republic of Guatemala
Guernsey - Bailiwick of Guernsey (Crown dependency of the United Kingdom)

[edit] H

Haiti - Republic of Haiti
Hawaii - Territory of Hawaii (Territory of the United States)
Hong Kong - Hong Kong (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Honduras - Republic of Honduras
Hungary - Republic of Hungary
Hyderabad – State of Hyderabad (Unrecognized country in India to September 12)

[edit] I

Iceland - Republic of Iceland
India - Dominion of India
Indonesia - Republic of Indonesia
Iran - Empire of Iran
Iraq - Kingdom of Iraq
Ireland - Ireland (to April 18)
- Ireland - Republic of Ireland (from April 18)
Isle of Man - Isle of Man (Crown dependency of the United Kingdom)
Israel - State of Israel (from May 14)
Italy - Italian Republic

[edit] J

Jamaica - Jamaica (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Japan - Japan (under Allied administration)
Jersey - Bailiwick of Jersey (Crown dependency of the United Kingdom)

[edit] K

Kenya - Kenya Colony and Protectorate (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Korea, North - Democratic People's Republic of Korea (from September 9)
Korea, South - Republic of Korea (from August 15)
Kuwait - Emirate of Kuwait (Protectorate of the United Kingdom)

[edit] L

Lebanon - Republic of Lebanon
Liberia - Republic of Liberia
Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein
Luxembourg - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

[edit] M

Macau - Macau (Colony of Portugal)
Madagascar - Madagascar (Colony of France)
Malaya - Malayan Union (Colony of United Kingdom to January 31)
- Malaya - Federation of Malaya (Colony of United Kingdom from January 31)
Maldive Islands - Maldive Islands (Protectorate of the United Kingdom)
Malta - Malta (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Mauritius - Mauritius (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Mexico - United Mexican States
Moçambique - Moçambique Colony (Colony of Portugal)
Monaco - Principality of Monaco
Mongolia - People's Republic of Mongolia
Muscat and Oman - Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (Protectorate of the United Kingdom)

[edit] N

Nauru - Nauru (UN Trust Territory under Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom)
Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal
Netherlands - Kingdom of the Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles - Netherlands Antilles (Overseas province of the Netherlands from September 20, formerly Curaçao)
Netherlands New Guinea - Netherlands New Guinea (Colony of the Netherlands)
New Caledonia - New Caledonia (Colony of France)
New Guinea - Territory of New Guinea (Mandate of Australia)
New Hebrides - New Hebrides (Condominium of the United Kingdom and France)
New Zealand - Dominion of New Zealand
Newfoundland - Dominion of Newfoundland (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua
Nigeria - Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Niue - Niue (Territory of New Zealand)
Norfolk Island - Norfolk Island (Territory of Australia)
North Borneo North Borneo - North Borneo (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Norway - Kingdom of Norway
Nyasaland - Nyasaland Protectorate (Protectorate of the United Kingdom)

[edit] P

Pakistan - Dominion of Pakistan
Palestine - Mandate of Palestine (Mandate of the United Kingdom to May 14)
- Palestine - Occupied Palestinian Territories (Occupied by Egypt and Transjordan from May 14)
Panama - Republic of Panama
Panama Canal - Panama Canal Zone (Unincorporated territory of the United States)
Papua - Territory of Papua (Territory of Australia)
Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay
Peru - Peruvian Republic
Philippines - Republic of the Philippines
Pitcairn Islands - Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Poland - Republic of Poland
Portugal - Portuguese Republic
Portuguese Timor - Portuguese East Timor (Colony of Portgual)
Portuguese Guinea - Portuguese Guinea (Colony of Portugal)
Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico (Territory of the United States)

[edit] Q

Qatar - Sheikdom of Qatar (Protectorate of the United Kingdom)

[edit] R

Ras al-Khaimah - Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah (Protectorate of the United Kingdom)
Rhodesia, Northern - Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia (Protectorate of the United Kingdom)
Rhodesia, Southern - Colony of Southern Rhodesia (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Romania - Romanian People's Republic
Ruanda-Urundi - Ruanda-Urundi (UN Trust Territory under Belgium)

[edit] S

Saint Helena - Saint Helena (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Saint Pierre and Miquelon
San Marino - Republic of San Marino
São João Baptista de Ajudá - Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá (Colony of Portugal)
São Tomé and Príncipe - São Tomé and Príncipe (Colony of Portugal)
Sarawak - Sarawak (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Seychelles - Seychelles (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Sharjah - Emirate of Sharjah (Protectorate of the United Kingdom)
Sierra Leone - Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Singapore - Singapore (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Somalia - Trust Territory of Somalia (UN Trust Territory under Italy)
South Africa - Union of South Africa
South-West Africa - South-West Africa (Mandate of South Africa)
Soviet Union - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Spain - Spanish State
Spanish Guinea - Spanish Guinea (Colony of Spain)
Spanish Morocco - Spanish Morocco (Protectorate of Spain)
Spanish West Africa - Spanish West Africa (Colony of Spain)
Surinam - Surinam (Colony of the Netherlands from September 20, formerly Dutch Guiana)
Svalbard - Svalbard (Territory of Norway)
Swaziland - Swaziland Protectorate (Protectorate of the United Kingdom)
Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden
Switzerland - Swiss Confederation
Syria - Syrian Republic

[edit] T

Tanganyika - Tanganyika Territory (UN Trust Territory under the United Kingdom)
Tangier - Tangier International Zone (Under international administration)
Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand
Tibet - Tibet (Unrecognized country in China)
Tokelau Islands - Tokelau Islands (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Tonga - Kingdom of Tonga (Protectorate of the United Kingdom)
Transjordan - Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan
Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad and Tobago (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Tristan da Cunha - Tristan da Cunha (Dependency of the United Kingdom)
Tripolitania - Tripolitania (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands - Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (UN Trust Territory under the United States)
Tunisia - Tunisia (Colony of France)

[edit] U

Uganda - Uganda (Colony of the United Kingdom)
Umm al-Quwain - Emirate of Umm al-Quwain (Protectorate of the United Kingdom)
United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United States - United States of America
Uruguay - Eastern Republic of Uruguay
U.S. Virgin Islands – United States Virgin Islands (Territory of the United States)