List of countries in 2005

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This is a list of countries in 2005. It lists all of the sovereign states, dependent territories, disputed territories, and unrecognized states that existed during that year, and gives a short description of their level of sovereignty.

Contents:	Sovereign states: 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 with limited recognition - Unrecognized states Dependent territories: Australia - France - Netherlands New Zealand - Norway - United Kingdom - United States Disputed territories - Other territories See Also - Notes

Widely recognized independent states

A

Afghanistan - Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (UN Member)
Albania - Republic of Albania (UN Member)
Algeria - People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (UN Member)
Andorra - Principality of Andorra (UN Member)
Antigua and Barbuda (UN Member)
Argentina - Argentine Republic (UN Member)^[1]
Armenia - Republic of Armenia (UN Member)
Australia - Commonwealth of Australia (UN Member)
Austria - Republic of Austria (UN Member, EU Member)
Azerbaijan - Republic of Azerbaijan (UN Member)

B

Bahamas, The - Commonwealth of The Bahamas (UN Member)
Bahrain - Kingdom of Bahrain (UN Member)
Bangladesh - People's Republic of Bangladesh (UN Member)
Barbados (UN Member)
Belarus - Republic of Belarus (UN Member)
Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium (UN Member, EU Member)
Belize (UN Member)
Benin - Republic of Benin (UN Member)
Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan (UN Member)
Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia (UN Member)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (UN Member)
Botswana - Republic of Botswana (UN Member)
Brazil - Federative Republic of Brazil (UN Member)
Brunei - State of Brunei, Abode of Peace (UN Member)^[2]
Bulgaria - Republic of Bulgaria (UN Member)
Burkina Faso (UN Member)
Burundi - Republic of Burundi (UN Member)

C

Cambodia - Kingdom of Cambodia (UN Member)
Cameroon - Republic of Cameroon (UN Member)
Canada (UN Member)
Cape Verde - Republic of Cape Verde (UN Member)
Central African Republic (UN Member)
Chad - Republic of Chad (UN Member)
Chile - Republic of Chile (UN Member)
China - People's Republic of China (UN Member, Not recognized as the legitimate government of China by several states)
Colombia - Republic of Colombia (UN Member)
Comoros - Union of the Comoros (UN Member)
Congo-Brazzaville - Republic of the Congo (UN Member)^[3]
Congo-Kinshasa - Democratic Republic of the Congo (UN Member)^[4]
Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica (UN Member)
Côte d'Ivoire - Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (UN Member)^[5]
Croatia - Republic of Croatia (UN Member)
Cuba - Republic of Cuba (UN Member)
Cyprus - Republic of Cyprus (UN Member, EU Member)
Czech Republic (UN Member, EU Member)

D

Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark (UN Member, EU Member)
Djibouti - Republic of Djibouti (UN Member)
Dominica - Commonwealth of Dominica (UN Member)
Dominican Republic (UN Member)

E

Ecuador - Republic of Ecuador (UN Member)
Egypt - Arab Republic of Egypt (UN Member)
El Salvador - Republic of El Salvador (UN Member)
Equatorial Guinea - Republic of Equatorial Guinea (UN Member)
Eritrea - State of Eritrea (UN Member)
Estonia - Republic of Estonia (UN Member, EU Member)
Ethiopia - Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (UN Member)

F

Fiji - Republic of Fiji Islands (UN Member)
Finland - Republic of Finland (UN Member, EU Member)
France - French Republic (UN Member, EU Member)^[6]

G

Gabon - Gabonese Republic (UN Member)
The Gambia - Republic of The Gambia (UN Member)
Georgia (UN Member)
Germany - Federal Republic of Germany (UN Member, EU Member)
Ghana - Republic of Ghana (UN Member)
Greece - Hellenic Republic (UN Member, EU Member)
Grenada (UN Member)
Guatemala - Republic of Guatemala (UN Member)
Guinea - Republic of Guinea (UN Member)
Guinea-Bissau - Republic of Guinea-Bissau (UN Member)
Guyana - Co-operative Republic of Guyana (UN Member)

H

Haiti - Republic of Haiti (UN Member)
Honduras - Republic of Honduras (UN Member)
Hungary - Republic of Hungary (UN Member, EU Member)

I

Iceland - Republic of Iceland (UN Member)
India - Republic of India (UN Member)
Indonesia - Republic of Indonesia (UN Member)
Iran - Islamic Republic of Iran (UN Member)
Iraq - Republic of Iraq (UN Member)
Ireland (UN Member, EU Member)^[7]
Israel - State of Israel (UN Member)
Italy - Italian Republic (UN Member, EU Member)

J

Jamaica (UN Member)
Japan (UN Member)^[8]
Jordan - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (UN Member)

K

Kazakhstan - Republic of Kazakhstan (UN Member)
Kenya - Republic of Kenya (UN Member)
Kiribati - Republic of Kiribati (UN Member)
Korea, North - Democratic People's Republic of Korea (UN Member)
Korea, South - Republic of Korea (UN Member)
Kuwait - State of Kuwait (UN Member)
Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz Republic (UN Member)

L

Laos - Lao People's Democratic Republic (UN Member)
Latvia - Republic of Latvia (UN Member, EU Member)
Lebanon - Republic of Lebanon (UN Member)
Lesotho - Kingdom of Lesotho (UN Member)
Liberia - Republic of Liberia (UN Member)
Libya - Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (UN Member)
Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein (UN Member)
Lithuania - Republic of Lithuania (UN Member, EU Member)
Luxembourg - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (UN Member, EU Member)

M

Macedonia - Republic of Macedonia (UN Member)^[9]
Madagascar - Republic of Madagascar (UN Member)
Malawi - Republic of Malawi (UN Member)
Malaysia (UN Member)
Maldives - Republic of Maldives (UN Member)
Mali - Republic of Mali (UN Member)
Malta - Republic of Malta (UN Member, EU Member)
Marshall Islands - Republic of the Marshall Islands (UN Member in a Compact of Free Association with the United States.)
Mauritania - Islamic Republic of Mauritania (UN Member)
Mauritius - Republic of Mauritius (UN Member)
Mexico - United Mexican States (UN Member)
Micronesia - Federated States of Micronesia (UN Member in a Compact of Free Association with the United States.)
Moldova - Republic of Moldova (UN Member)
Monaco - Principality of Monaco (UN Member)
Mongolia - Republic of Mongolia (UN Member)
Morocco - Kingdom of Morocco (UN Member)
Mozambique - Republic of Mozambique (UN Member)
Myanmar - Union of Myanmar (UN Member)^[10]

N

Namibia - Republic of Namibia (UN Member)
Nauru - Republic of Nauru (UN Member)
Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal (UN Member)
Netherlands - Kingdom of the Netherlands (UN Member, EU Member)
New Zealand (UN Member)
Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua (UN Member)
Niger - Republic of Niger (UN Member)
Nigeria - Federal Republic of Nigeria (UN Member)
Norway - Kingdom of Norway (UN Member)

O

Oman - Sultanate of Oman (UN Member)

P

Pakistan - Islamic Republic of Pakistan (UN Member)
Palau - Republic of Palau (UN Member in a Compact of Free Association with the United States.)
Panama - Republic of Panama (UN Member)
Papua New Guinea - Independent State of Papua New Guinea (UN Member)
Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay (UN Member)
Peru - Republic of Peru (UN Member)
Philippines - Republic of the Philippines (UN Member)
Poland - Republic of Poland (UN Member, EU Member)
Portugal - Portuguese Republic (UN Member, EU Member)^[11]

Q

Qatar - State of Qatar (UN Member)

R

Romania (UN Member)
Russia - Russian Federation (UN Member)
Rwanda - Republic of Rwanda (UN Member)

S

Saint Kitts and Nevis - Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis (UN Member)
Saint Lucia (UN Member)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (UN Member)
Samoa - Independent State of Samoa (UN Member)
San Marino - Most Serene Republic of San Marino (UN Member)
São Tomé and Príncipe - Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe (UN Member)
Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (UN Member)
Senegal - Republic of Senegal (UN Member)
Serbia and Montenegro - State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (UN Member)
Seychelles - Republic of Seychelles (UN Member)
Sierra Leone - Republic of Sierra Leone (UN Member)
Singapore - Republic of Singapore (UN Member)
Slovakia - Slovak Republic (UN Member, EU Member)
Slovenia - Republic of Slovenia (UN Member, EU Member)
Solomon Islands (UN Member)
Somalia (UN Member)^[12]
South Africa - Republic of South Africa (UN Member)
Spain - Kingdom of Spain (UN Member, EU Member)^[13]
Sri Lanka - Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (UN Member)^[14]
Sudan - Republic of the Sudan (UN Member)
Suriname - Republic of Suriname (UN Member)
Swaziland - Kingdom of Swaziland (UN Member)
Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden (UN Member, EU Member)
Switzerland - Swiss Confederation (UN Member)
Syria - Syrian Arab Republic (UN Member)

T

Tajikistan - Republic of Tajikistan (UN Member)
Tanzania - United Republic of Tanzania (UN Member)
Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand (UN Member)
Timor-Leste - Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (UN Member)^[15]
Togo - Togolese Republic (UN Member)
Tonga - Kingdom of Tonga (UN Member)
Trinidad and Tobago - Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (UN Member)
Tunisia - Tunisian Republic (UN Member)
Turkey - Republic of Turkey (UN Member)
Turkmenistan (UN Member)
Tuvalu (UN Member)

U

Uganda - Republic of Uganda (UN Member)
Ukraine (UN Member)
United Arab Emirates (UN Member)
United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UN Member, EU Member)
United States - United States of America (UN Member)
Uruguay - Oriental Republic of Uruguay (UN Member)^[16]
Uzbekistan - Republic of Uzbekistan (UN Member)

V

Vanuatu - Republic of Vanuatu (UN Member)
Vatican City - State of the Vatican City^[17]
Venezuela - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (UN Member)
Vietnam - Socialist Republic of Vietnam (UN Member)

Y

Yemen - Republic of Yemen (UN Member)

Z

Zambia - Republic of Zambia (UN Member)
Zimbabwe - Republic of Zimbabwe (UN Member)

States with limited recognition

Northern Cyprus - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (Within the internationally recognized borders of Cyprus, recognized only by Turkey)
Taiwan - Republic of China (Former UN Member claiming to be the legitimate government of all of China. Recognized by several states.)^[18]
See the Other territories section for the entry on Palestine and the Disputed territories section for the entry on the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

Unrecognized states

Abkhazia - Republic of Abkhazia (Within the internationally recognized borders of Georgia)^[19]
Nagorno-Karabakh - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Within the internationally recognized borders of Azerbaijan)^[20]
Transnistria - Transnistrian Moldovan Republic (Within the internationally recognized borders of Moldova)^[21]
Somaliland - Republic of Somaliland (Within the internationally recognized borders of Somalia)
South Ossetia - Republic of South Ossetia (Within the internationally recognized borders of Georgia.)

Dependent territories

Australia

Ashmore and Cartier Islands - Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Uninhabited external territory)
Australian Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited Antarctic claim)
Christmas Island - Territory of Christmas Island (External territory)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (External territory)
Coral Sea Islands - Coral Sea Islands Territory (Uninhabited external territory)
Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Uninhabited external territory)
Norfolk Island (External territory)

Denmark

Faroe Islands (Self-governing overseas territory)
Greenland (Self-governing overseas territory)

France

Clipperton Island (Uninhabited possession)
French Polynesia (Overseas country)
French Southern and Antarctic Lands - Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Overseas territory, including an Antarctic claim)
Îles Éparses - Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean (Collection of uninhabited territories)
- Bassas da India (Uninhabited possession claimed by Madagascar)
- Europa Island (Uninhabited possession claimed by Madagascar)
- Glorioso Islands (Uninhabited possession claimed by Comoros and Seychelles)
- Juan de Nova Island (Uninhabited possession claimed by Madagascar)
- Tromelin Island (Uninhabited possession claimed by Mauritius)
Mayotte (Overseas collectivity claimed by the Comoros)^[22]
New Caledonia (sui generis collectivity)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Overseas collectivity)
Wallis and Futuna - Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands (Overseas collectivity)

Netherlands

Aruba (Fully autonomous overseas country)
Netherlands Antilles (Fully autonomous overseas country)

New Zealand

Cook Islands (Self governing country in free association)
Niue (Self governing country in free association)
Ross Dependency (Uninhabited Antarctic claim)
Tokelau (Self-administering territory)

Norway

Bouvet Island (Uninhabited dependency)
Peter I Island (Uninhabited Antarctic dependency)
Queen Maud Land (Uninhabited Antarctic dependency)

United Kingdom

Akrotiri and Dhekelia - Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Overseas territory)
Anguilla (Overseas territory)
Bermuda (Self-governing overseas territory)
British Antarctic Territory (Overseas territory and uninhabited Antarctic claim)
British Indian Ocean Territory - (Uninhabited overseas territory)
British Virgin Islands (Overseas territory with internal self-government)
Cayman Islands (Overseas territory)
Falkland Islands (Overseas territory claimed by Argentina)
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Overseas territory)
Gibraltar (Overseas territory)
Guernsey - Bailiwick of Guernsey (Crown dependency)
- Alderney (Dependency)
- Sark (Dependency)
Isle of Man - Isle of Man (Crown dependency)
Jersey - Bailiwick of Jersey (Crown dependency)
Montserrat (Overseas territory)
Pitcairn Islands - Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands (Overseas territory)
Saint Helena (Overseas territory)
- Ascension Island (Overseas territory)
- Tristan da Cunha (Overseas territory)
Turks and Caicos Islands (Overseas territory)

United States

American Samoa (Unincorporated territory)
Guam - Territory of Guam (Unincorporated territory)
Northern Mariana Islands - Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Commonwealth)
Puerto Rico - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Commonwealth)
United States Virgin Islands (Unincorporated territory)
United States Minor Outlying Islands (Group of uninhabited territories)
- Baker Island (Uninhabited territory)
- Howland Island (Uninhabited territory)
- Jarvis Island (Uninhabited territory)
- Kingman Reef (Uninhabited territory)
- Johnston Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
- Midway Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
- Navassa Island (Uninhabited territory claimed by Haiti)
- Palmyra Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
- Wake Island (Uninhabited territory claimed by the Marshall Islands)

Disputed territories

Paracel Islands (Claimed by China, Taiwan, and Vietnam)
Spratly Islands (Claimed by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines)
Western Sahara (Claimed by Morocco and the Sahrawi Republic)
- Sahrawi Republic - Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Government in exile based out of Algeria, recognized as sovereign by a limited number of states)

Other territories and entities

Åland - Åland Islands (Neutral and demilitarized autonomous province of Finland)
Antarctica (Uninhabited continent governed through the Antarctic Treaty System. Claimed in part by Australia, Argentina, Chile, France, Norway, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Brazil has also claimed to have a "zone of interest" on the continent.)
Hong Kong - Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Special administrative region of China)
Kosovo - Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (UN-administed province of Serbia.)
Macau^[23] - Macau Special Administrative Region (Special administrative region of China)
Palestine - Occupied Palestinian territories (Partly occupied by Israel and partly controlled by the Palestinian National Authority. Recognized as sovereign by a limited number of states.)
- Gaza Strip
- West Bank
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 a limited number of states)
Svalbard (Demilitarized part of Norway)

Notes

^ Sometimes styled as Argentine Nation
^ Sometimes known as Brunei Darussalam
^ Official short form was Congo. Often called "Congo, Republic of" to distinguish from Congo-Kinshasa.
^ Official short form was Congo. Often called "Congo, Democratic Republic of" to distinguish from Congo-Brazzaville.
^ Sometimes known by its former name of Ivory Coast.
^ Including the overseas regions of French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Réunion, all of which were classified as Outermost regions of the European Union.
^ Sometimes known by its official description of the Republic of Ireland
^ Sometimes translated as State of Japan.
^ Often called the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia due to a naming controversy with Greece.
^ Often known by its former name of Burma.
^ Including the autonomous regions of the Azores and Madeira, both of which were classified as Outermost regions of the European Union.
^ Including the states of Puntland and Southwestern Somalia, both of which operated independently of the central government even though they did not claim independence.
^ Including the autonomous community of the Canary Islands, which was an Outermost region of the European Union.
^ In a state of civil war, with its north and east was controlled by the quasi-independent state of Tamil Eelam.
^ Somtimes known as East Timor
^ Sometimes translated as the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, or the Republic East of the Uruguay.
^ Maintaining diplomatic relations through the Holy See, a distinct entity which held Vatican City as its sovereign territory.
^ Official short form was China, or China, Republic of. Often called Chinese Taipei, Taiwain, Province of China, or Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, particularly by international organizations, in order to avoid controversy.
^ The government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, was in exile in Tbilisi.
^ Sometimes called Artsakh
^ Also known as Trans-Dniester, Transdniestria and Pridnestrovie
^ Sometimes referred to as Mahoré, especially by advocates of Mayotte's incorporation into the Comoros.
^ Often spelled Macao.

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