List of sovereign states in 2008

Sovereign states by year: List of sovereign states in 2007 – Events of 2008 – List of sovereign states in 2009

Contents:	States With Wide Recognition: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V Y Z States Without Wide Recognition Notes

States With Wide Recognition

A

•  Afghanistan - Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
•  Albania - Republic of Albania
•  Algeria - People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
•  Andorra - Principality of Andorra
•  Angola - Republic of Angola
•  Antigua and Barbuda
•  Argentina - Argentine Republic
•  Armenia - Republic of Armenia
•  Australia - Commonwealth of Australia
•  Austria - Republic of Austria
•  Azerbaijan - Republic of Azerbaijan

B

•  The Bahamas - Commonwealth of the Bahamas
•  Bahrain - Kingdom of Bahrain
•  Bangladesh - People's Republic of Bangladesh
•  Barbados
•  Belarus - Republic of Belarus
•  Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium
•  Belize
•  Benin - Republic of Benin
•  Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan
•  Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina
•  Botswana - Republic of Botswana
•  Brazil - Federative Republic of Brazil
•  Brunei - State of Brunei Darussalam
•  Bulgaria - Republic of Bulgaria
•  Burkina Faso
•  Burundi - Republic of Burundi

C

•  Cambodia - Kingdom of Cambodia
•  Cameroon - Republic of Cameroon
•  Canada
•  Cape Verde - Republic of Cape Verde
•  Central African Republic
•  Chad - Republic of Chad
•  Chile - Republic of Chile
•  China - People's Republic of China
•  Colombia - Republic of Colombia
•  Comoros - Union of the Comoros
•  Congo, Republic of the
•  Congo, Democratic Republic of the
•  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

D

•  Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark
•  Djibouti - Republic of Djibouti
•  Dominica - Commonwealth of Dominica
•  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 - Republic of the Fiji Islands
•  Finland - Republic of Finland
•  France - French Republic

G

•  Gabon - Gabonese Republic
•  The Gambia - Republic of the Gambia
•  Georgia
•  Germany - Federal Republic of Germany
•  Ghana - Republic of Ghana
•  Greece - Hellenic Republic
•  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
•  Japan
•  Jordan - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

K

•  Kazakhstan - Republic of Kazakhstan
•  Kenya - Republic of Kenya
•  Kiribati - Republic of Kiribati
•  Korea, North - Democratic People's Republic of Korea
•  Korea, South - 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 ^[1]
•  Madagascar - Republic of Madagascar
•  Malawi - Republic of Malawi
•  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 - Republic of Mauritius
•  Mexico - United Mexican States
•  Micronesia - Federated States of Micronesia
•  Moldova - Republic of Moldova
•  Monaco - Principality of Monaco
•  Mongolia
•  Montenegro
•  Morocco - Kingdom of Morocco
•  Mozambique - Republic of Mozambique
•  Myanmar - Union of Myanmar

N

•  Namibia - Republic of Namibia
•  Nauru - Republic of Nauru
•  Nepal
  • State of Nepal (to May 28)
  • Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (from May 28)
•  Netherlands - Kingdom of the Netherlands
•  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 - Republic of Peru
•  Philippines - Republic of the Philippines
•  Poland - Republic of Poland
•  Portugal - Portuguese Republic

Q

•  Qatar - State of Qatar

R

•  Romania
•  Russia - Russian Federation
•  Rwanda - Republic of Rwanda

S

•  Saint Kitts and Nevis - Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
•  Saint Lucia
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
•  Samoa - Independent State of Samoa
•  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
•  Serbia - Republic of Serbia
•  Seychelles - Republic of Seychelles
•  Sierra Leone - Republic of Sierra Leone
•  Singapore - Republic of Singapore
•  Slovakia - Slovak Republic
•  Slovenia - Republic of Slovenia
•  Solomon Islands
•  Somalia - Somali Republic
•  South Africa - Republic of South Africa
•  Spain - Kingdom of Spain
•  Sri Lanka - Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
•  Sudan - Republic of the 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
•  Timor-Leste - Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste^[2]
•  Togo - Togolese Republic
•  Tonga - Kingdom of Tonga
•  Trinidad and Tobago - Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
•  Tunisia - Republic of Tunisia
•  Turkey - Republic of Turkey
•  Turkmenistan
•  Tuvalu

U

•  Uganda - Republic of Uganda
•  Ukraine
•  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 - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
•  Vietnam - Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Y

•  Yemen - Republic of Yemen

Z

•  Zambia - Republic of Zambia
•  Zimbabwe - Republic of Zimbabwe

States Without Wide Recognition

•  Abkhazia - Republic of Abkhazia
•  Kosovo - Republic of Kosovo (from February 17)
•  Nagorno-Karabakh - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
•  Northern Cyprus - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
•  Palestine
•  Sahrawi Republic - Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic^[3]
•  Somaliland - Republic of Somaliland
•  South Ossetia - Republic of South Ossetia
•  Taiwan - Republic of China^[4]
•  Transnistria - Transnistrian Moldovan Republic

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