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States With Wide Recognition

A

•  Afghanistan - Kingdom of Afghanistan
• Albania - People's Republic of Albania
•  Algeria - People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
•  Andorra - Principality of Andorra
•  Argentina - Argentine Republic
•  Australia - Commonwealth of Australia
•  Austria - Republic of Austria

B

•  Barbados (from November 30)
•  Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium
• Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan
•  Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia
•  Botswana - Republic of Botswana (from September 30)
•  Brazil - Republic of the United States of Brazil
• Bulgaria - People's Republic of Bulgaria
•  Burma - Union of Burma
• Burundi
  • Kingdom of Burundi (to November 28)
  • Republic of Burundi (from November 28)

C

• Cambodia - Kingdom of Cambodia
•  Cameroon - Federal Republic of Cameroon
•  Canada - Dominion of Canada
•  Central African Republic
•  Ceylon - Dominion of Ceylon
•  Chad - Republic of Chad
•  Chile - Republic of Chile
• China (disputed between two governments)
  •  People's Republic of China
  •  Republic of China
•  Colombia - Republic of Colombia
•  Congo, Republic of
•  Congo, Republic of the (to July 1), Congo, Democratic Republic of the (from July 1)
  • Republic of the Congo (to July 1)
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo (from July 1)
•  Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica
•  Cuba - Republic of Cuba
•  Cyprus - Republic of Cyprus
• Czechoslovakia - Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

D

•  Dahomey - Republic of Dahomey
•  Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark
•  Dominican Republic

E

•  Ecuador - Republic of Ecuador
•  El Salvador - Republic of El Salvador
• Ethiopia - Empire of Ethiopia

F

•  Finland - Republic of Finland
•  France - French Republic

G

•  Gabon - Gabonese Republic
•  The Gambia
•  Germany, East - German Democratic Republic
•  Germany, West - Federal Republic of Germany
•  Ghana - Republic of Ghana
• Greece - Kingdom of Greece
•  Guatemala - Republic of Guatemala
•  Guinea - Republic of Guinea
•  Guyana (from May 26)

H

•  Haiti - Republic of Haiti
•  Honduras - Republic of Honduras
• Hungary - People's Republic of Hungary

I

•  Iceland - Republic of Iceland
•  India - Republic of India
•  Indonesia - Republic of Indonesia
• Iran - Imperial State of Iran
•  Iraq - Republic of Iraq
•  Ireland - Republic of Ireland
•  Israel - State of Israel
•  Italy - Italian Republic
•  Ivory Coast - Republic of Ivory Coast

J

•  Jamaica
•  Japan
•  Jordan - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

K

•  Kenya - Republic of Kenya
•  Korea, North - Democratic People's Republic of Korea
•  Korea, South - Republic of Korea
•  Kuwait - State of Kuwait

L

• Laos - Kingdom of Laos
•  Lebanon - Lebanese Republic
•  Lesotho - Kingdom of Lesotho (from October 4)
•  Liberia - Republic of Liberia
• Libya - Kingdom of Libya
•  Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein
•  Luxembourg - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

M

•  Malagasy Republic
•  Malawi
  • Malawi (to July 6)
  • Republic of Malawi (from July 6)
•  Malaysia
•  Maldive Islands - Sultanate of the Maldive Islands
•  Mali - Republic of Mali
•  Malta - State of Malta
•  Mauritania - Islamic Republic of Mauritania
•  Mexico - United Mexican States
•  Monaco - Principality of Monaco
• Mongolia - People's Republic of Mongolia
•  Morocco - Kingdom of Morocco

N

•  Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal
•  Netherlands - Kingdom of the Netherlands
• New Zealand - Dominion of New Zealand
•  Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua
•  Niger - Republic of Niger
•  Nigeria - Federal Republic of Nigeria
•  Norway - Kingdom of Norway

P

•  Pakistan - Islamic Republic of Pakistan
•  Panama - Republic of Panama
• Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay
•  Peru - Peruvian Republic
•  Philippines - Republic of the Philippines
• Poland - People's Republic of Poland
•  Portugal - Portuguese Republic

R

• Romania - Socialist Republic of Romania
•  Rwanda - Rwandan Republic

S

•  San Marino - Most Serene Republic of San Marino
• Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
•  Senegal - Republic of Senegal
•  Sierra Leone
•  Singapore - Republic of Singapore
•  Somalia - Somali Republic
•  South Africa - Republic of South Africa
•  Soviet Union - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• Spain - Spanish State
•  Sudan - Republic of the Sudan
•  Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden
•  Switzerland - Swiss Confederation
• Syria - Syrian Arab Republic

T

•  Tanzania - United Republic of Tanzania
•  Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand
•  Togo - Togolese Republic
•  Trinidad and Tobago
•  Tunisia - Republic of Tunisia
•  Turkey - Republic of Turkey

U

•  Uganda - Republic of Uganda
•  United Arab Republic
•  United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
•  United States - United States of America
•  Upper Volta - Republic of Upper Volta
•  Uruguay - Eastern Republic of Uruguay

V

•  Vatican City - State of the Vatican City
•  Venezuela - United States of Venezuela
•  Vietnam, North - Democratic Republic of Vietnam
•  Vietnam, South - Republic of Vietnam

W

•  Western Samoa - Independent State of Western Samoa

Y

•  Yemen - Yemen Arab Republic
•  Yugoslavia - Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Z

• Zambia - Republic of Zambia

States Without Wide Recognition

•  Rhodesia
• Rwenzururu - Kingdom of Rwenzururu

United Nations Trust Territories

• Nauru (administered by Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom)
• Papua and New Guinea - Territory of Papua and New Guinea (administered by Australia)
•  Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (administered by the United States)