Independent States in the World

Total count of Independent States:   191
*  Diplomatic relations with the United States
+ Member of United Nations
!   New change, since previous list

Short-form name	Long-form name	FIPS Code (see note 2)	Capital
Afghanistan *+	Islamic State of Afghanistan	AF	Kabul
Albania *+	Republic of Albania	AL	Tirana
Algeria *+	!People's Democratic Republic of Algeria	AG	Algiers
Andorra *+	Principality of Andorra	AN	Andorra la Vella
Angola *+	Republic of Angola	AO	Luanda
Antigua and Barbuda *+	(no long-form name)	AC	Saint John's
Argentina *+	Argentine Republic	AR	Buenos Aires
Armenia *+	Republic of Armenia	AM	Yerevan
Australia *+	Commonwealth of Australia	AS	Canberra
Austria *+	Republic of Austria	AU	Vienna
Azerbaijan *+	Republic of Azerbaijan	AJ	Baku
Bahamas, The *+	Commonwealth of The Bahamas	BF	Nassau
Bahrain *+	State of Bahrain	BA	Manama
Bangladesh *+	People's Republic of Bangladesh	BG	Dhaka
Barbados *+	(no long-form name)	BB	Bridgetown
Belarus *+	Republic of Belarus	BO	Minsk
Belgium *+	Kingdom of Belgium	BE	Brussels
Belize *+	(no long-form name)	BH	Belmopan
Benin *+	Republic of Benin	BN	Porto-Novo
Bhutan +	Kingdom of Bhutan	BT	Thimphu
Bolivia *+	Republic of Bolivia	BL	La Paz (administrative) Sucre (legislative/judiciary)
Bosnia and Herzegovina *+	(no long-form name)	BK	Sarajevo
Botswana *+	Republic of Botswana	BC	Gaborone
Brazil *+	Federative Republic of Brazil	BR	Brasília
Brunei *+	Negara Brunei Darussalam	BX	Bandar Seri Begawan
Bulgaria *+	Republic of Bulgaria	BU	Sofia
Burkina Faso *+	Burkina Faso	UV	Ouagadougou
Burma *+	Union of Burma	BM	Rangoon
Burundi *+	Republic of Burundi	BY	Bujumbura
Cambodia *+	Kingdom of Cambodia	CB	Phnom Penh
Cameroon *+	Republic of Cameroon	CM	Yaoundé
Canada *+	(no long-form name)	CA	Ottawa
Cape Verde *+	Republic of Cape Verde	CV	Praia
Central African Republic *+	Central African Republic	CT	Bangui
Chad *+	Republic of Chad	CD	N'Djamena
Chile *+	Republic of Chile	CI	Santiago
China *+ (see note 3)	People's Republic of China	CH	Beijing
Colombia *+	Republic of Colombia	CO	Bogotá
Comoros *+	Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros	CN	Moroni
Congo (Brazzaville) *+ (see note 4)	Republic of the Congo	CF	Brazzaville
Congo (Kinshasa) *+ (see note 4)	Democratic Republic of the Congo	CG	Kinshasa
Costa Rica *+	Republic of Costa Rica	CS	San José
Côte d'Ivoire *+	Republic of Côte d'Ivoire	IV	Yamoussoukro
Croatia *+	Republic of Croatia	HR	Zagreb
Cuba +	Republic of Cuba	CU	Havana
Cyprus *+	Republic of Cyprus	CY	Nicosia
Czech Republic *+	Czech Republic	EZ	Prague
Denmark *+	Kingdom of Denmark	DA	Copenhagen
Djibouti *+	Republic of Djibouti	DJ	Djibouti
Dominica *+	Commonwealth of Dominica	DO	Roseau
Dominican Republic *+	Dominican Republic	DR	Santo Domingo
Ecuador *+	Republic of Ecuador	EC	Quito
Egypt *+	Arab Republic of Egypt	EG	Cairo
El Salvador *+	Republic of El Salvador	ES	San Salvador
Equatorial Guinea *+	Republic of Equatorial Guinea	EK	Malabo
Eritrea *+	State of Eritrea	ER	Asmara
Estonia *+	Republic of Estonia	EN	Tallinn
Ethiopia *+	Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia	ET	Addis Ababa
Fiji *+	Republic of the Fiji Islands	FJ	Suva
Finland *+	Republic of Finland	FI	Helsinki
France *+	French Republic	FR	Paris
Gabon *+	Gabonese Republic	GB	Libreville
Gambia, The *+	Republic of The Gambia	GA	Banjul
Georgia *+	!Republic of Georgia	GG	T'bilisi
Germany *+	Federal Republic of Germany	GM	Berlin
Ghana *+	Republic of Ghana	GH	Accra
Greece *+	Hellenic Republic	GR	Athens
Grenada *+	(no long-form name)	GJ	Saint George's
Guatemala *+	Republic of Guatemala	GT	Guatemala
Guinea *+	Republic of Guinea	GV	Conakry
Guinea-Bissau *+	Republic of Guinea-Bissau	PU	Bissau
Guyana *+	Co-operative Republic of Guyana	GY	Georgetown
Haiti *+	Republic of Haiti	HA	Port-au-Prince
Holy See *	Holy See	VT	Vatican City
Honduras *+	Republic of Honduras	HO	Tegucigalpa
Hungary *+	Republic of Hungary	HU	Budapest
Iceland *+	Republic of Iceland	IC	Reykjavík
India *+	Republic of India	IN	New Delhi
Indonesia *+	Republic of Indonesia	ID	Jakarta
Iran +	Islamic Republic of Iran	IR	Tehran
Iraq +	Republic of Iraq	IZ	Baghdad
Ireland *+	(no long-form name)	EI	Dublin
Israel *+	State of Israel	IS	(see note 5)
Italy *+	Italian Republic	IT	Rome
Jamaica *+	(no long-form name)	JM	Kingston
Japan *+	(no long-form name)	JA	Tokyo
Jordan *+	Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan	JO	Amman
Kazakhstan *+	Republic of Kazakhstan	KZ	Astana
Kenya *+	Republic of Kenya	KE	Nairobi
Kiribati *+	Republic of Kiribati	KR	Tarawa
Korea, North +	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	KN	P'yongyang
Korea, South *+	Republic of Korea	KS	Seoul
Kuwait *+	State of Kuwait	KU	Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan *+	Kyrgyz Republic	KG	Bishkek
Laos *+	Lao People's Democratic Republic	LA	Vientiane
Latvia *+	Republic of Latvia	LG	Riga
Lebanon *+	Lebanese Republic	LE	Beirut
Lesotho *+	Kingdom of Lesotho	LT	Maseru
Liberia *+	Republic of Liberia	LI	Monrovia
Libya *+	Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	LY	Tripoli
Liechtenstein *+	Principality of Liechtenstein	LS	Vaduz
Lithuania *+	Republic of Lithuania	LH	Vilnius
Luxembourg *+	Grand Duchy of Luxembourg	LU	Luxembourg
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of *+	The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	MK	Skopje
Madagascar *+	Republic of Madagascar	MA	Antananarivo
Malawi *+	Republic of Malawi	MI	Lilongwe
Malaysia *+	(no long-form name)	MY	Kuala Lumpur
Maldives *+	Republic of Maldives	MV	Male
Mali *+	Republic of Mali	ML	Bamako
Malta *+	!Republic of Malta	MT	Valletta
Marshall Islands *+	Republic of the Marshall Islands	RM	Majuro
Mauritania *+	Islamic Republic of Mauritania	MR	Nouakchott
Mauritius *+	Republic of Mauritius	MP	Port Louis
Mexico *+	United Mexican States	MX	Mexico
Micronesia, Federated States of *+	Federated States of Micronesia	FM	Palikir
Moldova *+	Republic of Moldova	MD	Chisinau
Monaco *+	Principality of Monaco	MN	Monaco
Mongolia *+	(no long-form name)	MG	Ulaanbaatar
Morocco *+	Kingdom of Morocco	MO	Rabat
Mozambique *+	Republic of Mozambique	MZ	Maputo
Namibia *+	Republic of Namibia	WA	Windhoek
Nauru *+	Republic of Nauru	NR	Yaren District (no capital city)
Nepal *+	Kingdom of Nepal	NP	Kathmandu
Netherlands *+	Kingdom of the Netherlands	NL	Amsterdam The Hague (seat of gov't)
New Zealand *+	(no long-form name)	NZ	Wellington
Nicaragua *+	Republic of Nicaragua	NU	Managua
Niger *+	Republic of Niger	NG	Niamey
Nigeria *+	Federal Republic of Nigeria	NI	Abuja
Norway *+	Kingdom of Norway	NO	Oslo
Oman *+	Sultanate of Oman	MU	Muscat
Pakistan *+	Islamic Republic of Pakistan	PK	Islamabad
Palau *+	Republic of Palau	PS	Koror
Panama *+	Republic of Panama	PM	Panama
Papua New Guinea *+	Independent State of Papua New Guinea	PP	Port Moresby
Paraguay *+	Republic of Paraguay	PA	Asunción
Peru *+	Republic of Peru	PE	Lima
Philippines *+	Republic of the Philippines	RP	Manila
Poland *+	Republic of Poland	PL	Warsaw
Portugal *+	Portuguese Republic	PO	Lisbon
Qatar *+	State of Qatar	QA	Doha
Romania *+	(no long-form name)	RO	Bucharest
Russia *+	Russian Federation	RS	Moscow
Rwanda *+	Rwandese Republic	RW	Kigali
Saint Kitts and Nevis *+	Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis	SC	Basseterre
Saint Lucia *+	(no long-form name)	ST	Castries
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines *+	(no long-form name)	VC	Kingstown
Samoa *+	Independent State of Samoa	WS	Apia
San Marino *+	Republic of San Marino	SM	San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe *+	Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe	TP	São Tomé
Saudi Arabia *+	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	SA	Riyadh
Senegal *+	Republic of Senegal	SG	Dakar
Seychelles *+	Republic of Seychelles	SE	Victoria
Sierra Leone *+	Republic of Sierra Leone	SL	Freetown
Singapore *+	Republic of Singapore	SN	Singapore
Slovakia *+	Slovak Republic	LO	Bratislava
Slovenia *+	Republic of Slovenia	SI	Ljubljana
Solomon Islands *+	(no long-form name)	BP	Honiara
Somalia *+	(no long-form name)	SO	Mogadishu
South Africa *+	Republic of South Africa	SF	Pretoria (administrative) Cape Town (legislative) Bloemfontein (judiciary)
Spain *+	Kingdom of Spain	SP	Madrid
Sri Lanka *+	Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka	CE	Colombo Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative)
Sudan *+	Republic of the Sudan	SU	Khartoum
Suriname *+	Republic of Suriname	NS	Paramaribo
Swaziland *+	Kingdom of Swaziland	WZ	Mbabane (administrative) Lobamba (legislative)
Sweden *+	Kingdom of Sweden	SW	Stockholm
Switzerland *	Swiss Confederation	SZ	Bern
Syria *+	Syrian Arab Republic	SY	Damascus
Tajikistan *+	Republic of Tajikistan	TI	Dushanbe
Tanzania *+	United Republic of Tanzania	TZ	Dar es Salaam Dodoma (legislative)
Thailand *+	Kingdom of Thailand	TH	Bangkok
Togo *+	Togolese Republic	TO	Lomé
Tonga *+	Kingdom of Tonga	TN	Nuku'alofa
Trinidad and Tobago *+	Republic of Trinidad and Tobago	TD	Port-of-Spain
Tunisia *+	Republic of Tunisia	TS	Tunis
Turkey *+	Republic of Turkey	TU	Ankara
Turkmenistan *+	(no long-form name)	TX	Ashgabat
Tuvalu *	(no long-form name)	TV	Funafuti
Uganda *+	Republic of Uganda	UG	Kampala
Ukraine *+	(no long-form name)	UP	Kiev
United Arab Emirates *+	United Arab Emirates	TC	Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom *+	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	UK	London
United States +	United States of America	US	Washington, DC
Uruguay *+	Oriental Republic of Uruguay	UY	Montevideo
Uzbekistan *+	Republic of Uzbekistan	UZ	Tashkent
Vanuatu *+	Republic of Vanuatu	NH	Port-Vila
Venezuela *+	Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela	VE	Caracas
Vietnam *+	Socialist Republic of Vietnam	VM	Hanoi
Yemen *+	Republic of Yemen	YM	Sanaa
Yugoslavia *+	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	YI	Belgrade
Zambia *+	Republic of Zambia	ZA	Lusaka
Zimbabwe *+	Republic of Zimbabwe	ZI	Harare