User:Adinar0012/List of sovereign states in 1944

Sovereign states

League of Nations member states are indicated by [LoN]

A

• Afghanistan - Kingdom of Afghanistan ^[LoN]
  Capital: Kabul
• Albania - Democratic Government of Albania (from October 20)
  Capital: Tirana
• Andorra - Principality of Andorra
  Capital: Andorra la Vella
• Argentina - Argentine Republic ^[LoN]
  Capital: Buenos Aires
• Australia - Commonwealth of Australia ^[LoN]
  Capital: Canberra

B

• Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium (from September 3) ^[LoN]
  Capital: Brussels
• Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia
  Capital: Sucre (official), La Paz (administrative)
• Brazil - Republic of the United States of Brazil
  Capital: Rio de Janeiro
• Bulgaria - Kingdom of Bulgaria ^[LoN]
  Capital: Sofia

C

• Canada - Dominion of Canada ^[LoN]
  Capital: Ottawa
• Chile - Republic of Chile ^[LoN]
  Capital: Santiago
• China - Republic of China ^[LoN]
  Capital: Chongqing
• Colombia - Republic of Colombia ^[LoN]
  Capital: Bogotá
• Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica ^[LoN]
  Capital: San José
• Cuba - Republic of Cuba ^[LoN]
  Capital: Havanna

D

• Dominican Republic ^[LoN]
  Capital: Santo Domingo

E

• Ecuador - Republic of Ecuador ^[LoN]
  Capital: Quito
• Egypt - Kingdom of Egypt ^[LoN]
  Capital: Cairo
• El Salvador - Republic of El Salvador
  Capital: San Salvador
• Ethiopia - Ethiopian Empire ^[LoN]
  Capital: Addis Ababa

F

• Finland - Republic of Finland ^[LoN]
  Capital: Helsinki
• France ^{[LoN from August 20]}
  Capital: Paris
  • French State (to August 20)
  • Provisional Government of the French Republic (from August 20)

G

• Germany - Greater German Reich
  Capital: Berlin
• Greece - Kingdom of Greece (from October 13) ^[LoN]
  Capital: Athens
• Guatemala - Republic of Guatemala
  Capital: Guatemala City

H

• Haiti - Republic of Haiti
  Capital: Port-au-Prince
• Honduras - Republic of Honduras
  Capital: Tegucigalpa
• Hungary - Kingdom of Hungary (to October 16)
  Capital: Budapest

I

• Iceland - Republic of Iceland (from June 17)
  Capital: Reykjavík
• Iran - Imperial State of Iran ^[LoN]
  Capital: Tehran
• Iraq - Kingdom of Iraq ^[LoN]
  Capital: Baghdad
• Ireland ^[LoN]
  Capital: Dublin
• Italy - Kingdom of Italy
  Capital: Rome

J

• Japan - Empire of Japan
  Capital: Tokyo

L

• Lebanon - Lebanese Republic
  Capital: Beirut
• Liberia - Republic of Liberia ^[LoN]
  Capital: Monrovia
• Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein
  Capital: Vaduz
• Luxembourg - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (from September 11)
  Capital: Luxembourg City

M

• Mexico - United Mexican States ^[LoN]
  Capital: Mexico City
• Monaco - Principality of Monaco
  Capital: Monaco-Ville
• Mongolia - Mongolian People's Republic
  Capital: Ulaanbaatar

N

• Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal
  Capital: Kathmandu
• New Zealand - Dominion of New Zealand (Dominion of the British Empire) ^[LoN]
  Capital: Wellington
• Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua ^[LoN]
  Capital: Abuja

P

• Panama - Republic of Panama ^[LoN]
  Capital: Panama City
• Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay ^[LoN]
  Capital: Asunción
• Peru - Peruvian Republic
  Capital: Lima
• Poland - Republic of Poland (from December 31) ^[LoN]
  Capital: Lublin (provisory)
• Portugal - Portuguese Republic ^[LoN]
  Capital: Lisbon

R

• Rumania - Kingdom of Rumania
  Capital: Bucharest

S

• San Marino - Most Serene Republic of San Marino
  Capital: City of San Marino
• Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  Capital: Riyadh
• South Africa - Union of South Africa ^[LoN]
  Capital: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)
• Soviet Union - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  Capital: Moscow
• Spain - Spanish State
  Capital: Madrid
• Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden ^[LoN]
  Capital: Stockholm
• Switzerland - Swiss Confederation ^[LoN]
  Capital: Bern
• Syria - Syrian Republic
  Capital: Damascus

T

• Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand ^[LoN]
  Capital: Bangkok
• Turkey - Republic of Turkey ^[LoN]
  Capital: Ankara

U

• United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ^[LoN]
  Capital: London
• United States - United States of America
  Capital: Washington, D.C.
• Uruguay - Oriental Republic of Uruguay ^[LoN]
  Capital: Montevideo

V

• Vatican City - State of the Vatican City
  Capital: Vatican City
• Venezuela - United States of Venezuela
  Capital: Caracas

Y

• Yemen - Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
  Capital: Sanaa
• Yugoslavia - Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
  Capital: Belgrade

Occupied states

• Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark
  Capital: Copenhagen
• Estonia - Republic of Estonia (from September 22)
  Capital: Tallinn
• Latvia - Republic of Latvia (from July 13)
  Capital: Riga
• Lithuania - Republic of Lithuania (from October 13)
  Capital: Vilnius

Other states

In 1944, there were eleven states which were not recognized as sovereign by a majority of countries.

• Burma - State of Burma
  Capital: Rangoon
  • De facto independent state under Japanese occupation. Recognized by the Axis powers and Vatican City. Claimed by the United Kingdom as part of the Indian Empire.
• Croatia - Independent State of Croatia
  Capital: Zagreb
  • De facto independent state. Recognized by the members of the Anti-Comintern Pact and Argentina. Claimed by Yugoslavia.
• East Turkestan - East Turkestan Republic (from November 12)
  Capital: Ghulja
  • De facto independent state. Claimed by the Republic of China. Not recognized by any other state.
• Hungary - Hungarian State (from October 16)
  Capital: Budapest
  • De facto independent state under German occupation. Recognized by Germany and her puppet states.
• Manchukuo - Great Empire of Manchuria
  Capital: Hsinking
  • De facto independent state. Recognized by 23 of members of the League of Nations. Claimed by the Republic of China.
• Nanjing - Republic of China
  Capital: Nanking
  • De facto independent state. Recognized by the members of the Anti-Comintern Pact. Claimed by the Republic of China.
• Philippines - Republic of the Philippines
  Capital: Manila.
  • De facto independent state under Japanese occupation. Recognized by Japan and her puppet states. Claimed by the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
• Salò Italy - Italian Social Republic
  Capital: Salò (de facto)
  • Puppet state under German occupation. Recognized by Germany and her puppet states. Claimed by the Kingdom of Italy.
• Slovakia - Slovak Republic
  Capital: Bratislava
  • De facto independent state under German "protection". Recognized by 15 other states. Claimed by Czechoslovakia.
• Tannu Tuva - Tuvan People's Republic (to October 11)
  Capital: Kyzyl
  • De facto independent state. Recognized by the Soviet Union and her satellite states.
• Tibet
  Capital: Lhasa
  • De facto independent state. Claimed by the Republic of China. Not recognized by any other state.

Non-Sovereign Territories

Australia

• Australian Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited external territory)
• Norfolk Island - Territory of Norfolk Island (External territory)
  Capital: Kingston
• Papua - Territory of Papua (External territory)
  Capital: Canberra

Belgium

• Belgian Congo (Colony, loyal to the government-in-exile until September 8)
  Capital: Léopoldville (Leopoldstad)

Condominiums

• Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian condominium)
  Capital: Khartoum
• Canton and Enderbury Islands (Anglo-American condominium)
• New Hebrides (Anglo-French condominium, loyal to the Free French Forces to August 20)
  Capital: Port Vila

Denmark

• Greenland (Self-governing possession under United States protection)
  Capital: Godthåb
• Iceland - Kingdom of Iceland (Self-governing kingdom under United States protection to June 17)
  Capital: Reykjavík

France

• Adélie Land (Uninhabited possession)
• Clipperton Island (to 1944, Uninhabited possession)
• Fezzan (Occupied territory, under the Free French Forces to August 20)
  Capital: Sabha
• French Equatorial Africa (Colony, loyal to the Free French Forces to August 20)
  Capital: Brazzaville
• French Guiana (Colony)
  Capital: Cayenne
• French India - French Establishments in India (Colony, loyal to the Free French Forces to August 20)
  Capital: Pondichéry
• French Indochina (Federation of protectorates, annexed by Japan after D-Day)
  Capital: Hanoi
• French Oceania - French Establishments in Oceania (Colony, loyal to the Free French Forces to August 20)
  Capital: Papeete
• French Somaliland (Colony, loyal to the Free French Forces to August 20)
  Capital: Ville de Djibouti
• French West Africa (Colony, loyal to the Free French Forces to August 20)
  Capital: Dakar
• Guadeloupe (Colony, loyal to the Free French Forces to August 20)
  Capital: Basse-Terre
• Inini (Colony, loyal to the Free French Forces to August 20)
  Capital: Saint-Élie
• Madagascar (Colony, loyal to the Free French Forces to August 20)
  Capital: Tananarive
• Martinique (Colony, loyal to the Free French Forces to August 20)
  Capital: Fort-de-France
• Morocco - Kingdom of Morocco (Protectorate, loyal to the Free French Forces to August 20)
  Capital: Rabat
• New Caledonia - New Caledonia and Dependencies (Colony, loyal to the Free French Forces to August 20)
  Capital: Nouméa
• Réunion (Colony, loyal to the Free French Forces to August 20)
  Capital: Saint-Denis
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Colony, loyal to the Free French Forces to August 20)
  Capital: Saint-Pierre
• Tunisia - Tunisian Realm (Protectorate, loyal to the Free French Forces to August 20)
  Capital: Tunis

Germany

• Albania - Albanian Kingdom (to October 20)
  Capital: Tirana
• Belgium and North France - Military Administration in Belgium and North France (to September 3, military administration)
  Capital: Brussels (Belgium), Paris (North France)
• Bohemia and Moravia - Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (Autonomous protectorate)
  Capital: Prag
• Channel Islands (Occupied territory)
  Capital: Saint Helier
• Denmark (Occupied territory)
  Capital: Copenhagen
• Dodecanese Islands (Occupied territory)
  Capital: Rhodes
• General Government (Autonomous territory)
  Capital: Krakau
• Greece - Hellenic State (to November 3)
  Capital: Athens
• Macedonia - Independent State of Macedonia (from September 8 to November 13)
  Capital: Skopje
• Montenegro - Kingdom of Montenegro (to December 15)
  Capital: Cetinje
• Netherlands - Netherlands Reich Commission (Civil administration)
  Capital: Amsterdam
• Norway - Norway Reich Commission (Civil administration)
  Capital: Oslo
• Ostland - Ostland Reich Commission (to October 13, civil administration)
  Capital: Riga
• Pindus and Macedonia - Principality of Pindus and Voivodship of Macedonia (to 1944)
  Capital: Aminciu
• Serbia - Military Administration in Serbia (to October 20, military administration)
  Capital: Belgrade
• Ukraine - Ukraine Reich Commission (to February 2, civil administration)
  Capital: Rowno

Japan

• Banaba Island (Occupied territory)
  Capital: Tabiang
• Boruneo Kita (Occupied territory)
  Capital: Elopura
• Chōsen (Dependency)
  Capital: Seoul
• Christmas Island (Occupied territory)
  Capital: Flying Fish Cove
• Hong Kong - Hong Kong Occupied Territory (Occupied territory)
  Capital: Kowloon
• Indochina (Federation of states, occupied by Japan after D-Day)
  Capital: Hanoi
• Indonesia (Occupied territory)
  Capital: Batavia
• Kwantung - Kwantung Leased Territory (Concession)
  Capital: Dalian
• Malaya (Occupied territory)
  Capital: Kuala Lumpur
• Nauru (Occupied territory)
  Capital: Yaren
• Omiya Jima (to August 10, occupied territory)
  Capital: Agana
• Otori Jima (Occupied territory)
• Syonan-to (from February 15, occupied territory)
  Capital: Syonan-to
• Taiwan (Dependency)
  Capital: Taihoku
• Tientsin (Concession)
• Timor (Occupied territory)
  Capital: Dili

League of Nations Mandates

• British Togoland (Administered by the United Kingdom)
  Capital: Ho
• Cameroons - British Cameroons (Administered by the United Kingdom)
  Capital: Buea
• Cameroun (Administered by France)
  Capital: Douala
• French Togoland (Administered by France)
  Capital: Lomé
• New Guinea - Territory of New Guinea (Administered by Australia)
  Capital: Canberra
• Palestine - British Mandate of Palestine (Administered by the United Kingdom)
  Capital: Jerusalem
  • Transjordan - Emirate of Transjordan (Administered by the United Kingdom)
    Capital: Amman
• Ruanda-Urundi (Administered by Belgium)
  Capital: Usumbura
• South Pacific Mandate (Administered by Japan)
  Capital: Koror
• South-West Africa (Administered by South Africa)
  Capital: Windhoek
• Tanganyika - Tanganyika Territory (Administered by the United Kingdom)
  Capital: Dar es Salaam
• Western Samoa (Administered by New Zealand)
  Capital: Apia

Netherlands

• Curaçao - Curaçao and Dependencies (Colony, loyal to the government-in-exile)
  Capital: Willemstad
• Netherlands Guiana (Colony, loyal to the government-in-exile)
  Capital: Paramaribo

New Zealand

• Cook Islands (Dependent territory)
  Capital: Avarua
• Niue Island (Dependent territory)
  Capital: Alofi
• Ross Dependency (Uninhabited dependent territory)
• Union Islands (Dependent territory)

Portugal

• Cape Verde Islands (Colony)
  Capital: Praia
• Macau (Colony)
• Portuguese East Africa (Colony)
  Capital: Lourenço Marques
• Portuguese Guinea (Colony)
  Capital: Bissau
• Portuguese India - Portuguese State of India (Colony)
  Capital: Nova Goa
• Portuguese West Africa (Colony)
  Capital: Luanda
• São João Baptista de Ajudá - Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá (Possession)
• São Tomé and Príncipe (Colony)
  Capital: São Tomé

Spain

• Ifni (Colony)
  Capital: Sidi Ifni
• Spanish Guinea (Colony)
  Capital: Santa Isabel
• Spanish Morocco (Protectorate)
  Capital: Tétouan
• Spanish Sahara (Colony)
  Capital: El Aaiún

United Kingdom

• Aden - Aden Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate)
  Capital: Aden
• Bahama Islands (Crown colony)
  Capital: Nassau
• Bahrain - Sheikdom of Bahrain (Protectorate)
  Capital: Manama
• Barbados (Crown colony)
  Capital: Bridgetown
• Basutoland - Territory of Basutoland (Crown colony)
  Capital: Maseru
• Bechuanaland - Bechuanaland Protectorate (Protectorate)
  Capital: Mafeking
• Bermuda (Crown colony)
  Capital: Hamilton
• Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan (Protectorate)
  Capital: Thimphu
• British Guiana (Crown colony)
  Capital: Georgetown
• British Honduras (Crown colony)
  Capital: Belize Town
• British Leeward Islands - Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands (Crown colony)
  Capital: St. John's
• British Somaliland - British Somaliland Protectorate (Protectorate)
  Capital: Hargeisa
• British Western Pacific Territories (Crown colony)
  Capital: Suva
• British Windward Islands - Federal Colony of the Windward Islands (Crown colony)
  Capital: St. George's
• Ceylon (Crown colony)
  Capital: Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte
• Cyprus (Crown colony)
  Capital: Nicosia
• Cyrenaica (Occupied territory)
  Capital: Benghazi
• Eritrea (Occupied territory)
  Capital: Asmara
• Falkland Islands (Crown colony)
  Capital: Stanley
• Faroe Islands (Occupied territory)
  Capital: Tórshavn
• Gambia - Gambia Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate)
  Capital: Banjul
• Gibraltar (Crown colony)
  Capital: Gibraltar
• Gold Coast (Crown colony)
  Capital: Accra
• Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Uninhabited possession)
• India - Indian Empire (Crown colony)
  Capital: New Dehli
• Isle of Man (Crown dependency)
  Capital: Douglas
• Italian Somaliland (Occupied territory)
  Capital: Mogadiscio
• Jamaica (Crown colony)
  Capital: Kingston
• Kenya - Kenya Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate)
  Capital: Nairobi
• Kuwait - Sheikdom of Kuwait (Protectorate)
  Capital: Kuwait City
• Maldive Islands - Sultanate of the Maldive Islands (Protectorate)
  Capital: Malé
• Malta (Crown colony)
  Capital: Valletta
• Mauritius (Crown colony)
  Capital: Port Louis
• Muscat and Oman - Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (Protectorate)
  Capital: Muscat
• Newfoundland - Dominion of Newfoundland (Crown colony)
  Capital: St. John's
• Nigeria - Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria (Crown colony and protectorate)
  Capital: Abuja
• Northern Rhodesia - Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia (Protectorate)
  Capital: Livingstone
• Nyasaland - Nyasaland Protectorate (Protectorate)
  Capital: Zomba
• Qatar - Sheikdom of Qatar (Protectorate)
  Capital: Doha
• Saint Helena (Crown colony)
  Capital: Jamestown
• Seychelles (Crown colony)
  Capital: Victoria
• Sierra Leone - Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate)
  Capital: Freetown
• Southern Rhodesia - Colony of Southern Rhodesia (Crown colony)
  Capital: Salisbury
• Suez Canal Zone (Crown colony)
• Swaziland - Swaziland Protectorate (Protectorate)
  Capital: Mbabane (administrative), Lobamba (legislative)
• Trinidad and Tobago (Crown colony)
  Capital: Port of Spain
• Tripolitania (Occupied territory)
  Capital: Tripoli
• Trucial States (Protectorate)
  Capital: Abu Dhabi
• Uganda (Crown colony)
  Capital: Kampala
• Zanzibar - Sultanate of Zanzibar (Protectorate)
  Capital: Zanzibar City

United States

• Alaska - Alaska Territory (Territory)
  Capital: Juneau
• American Samoa - Territory of American Samoa (Territory)
  Capital: Pago Pago
• Bajo Nuevo Bank (Unincorporated territory)
• Baker Island (Uninhabited territory)
• Clipperton Island (from 1944, uninhabited territory)
• Hawaii - Territory of Hawaii (Territory)
  Capital: Honolulu
• Howland Island (Uninhabited territory)
• Jarvis Island (Uninhabited territory)
• Johnston Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
• Kingman Reef (Uninhabited territory)
• Midway Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
• Navassa Island (Uninhabited territory)
• Panama Canal Zone (Territory)
  Capital: Balboa
• Puerto Rico (Territory)
  Capital: San Juan
• Quita Sueño Bank (Uninhabited territory)
• Roncador Bank (Uninhabited territory)
• Serrana Bank (Uninhabited territory)
• Serranilla Bank (Uninhabited territory)
• Swan Islands (Uninhabited territory)
• United States Virgin Islands (Territory)
  Capital: Charlotte Amalie