List of sovereign states in the 2020s
It also claimed the Paracel Islands (disputed by the Republic of China and Vietnam), the Spratly Islands (disputed by the Republic of China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei), and South Tibet (controlled by India).The People's Republic of China administered Aksai Chin and the Trans-Karakoram Tract, which were within the disputed region of Kashmir.There were also areas of the country that at various times had no effective government at all, or which were ruled by local clans.In addition, one state, Somaliland, had declared and established de facto independence from Somalia.Excluded from the list above are the following noteworthy entities which either were not fully sovereign or did not claim to be independent:
recognitionsovereigntyde jureAfghanistanAlbaniaTiranaAlgeriaAlgiersAndorraAndorra la VellaPresident of FranceBishop of Urgellex officioCo-Princes of AndorraAngolaLuandaAntigua and BarbudaSt. John'sCommonwealth realmBarbudaRedondaArgentinaBuenos Airesfederation23 provinces and an autonomous cityArgentine AntarcticaAntarctic TreatyFalkland IslandsSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsBritish overseas territoriesArmeniaYerevanAustraliaCanberrasix states and three territoriesAshmore and Cartier IslandsAustralian Antarctic TerritoryChristmas IslandCocos (Keeling) IslandsCoral Sea IslandsHeard Island and McDonald IslandsNorfolk IslandAustriaViennanine statesAzerbaijanNakhchivanNagorno-Karabakhpartially recognized breakaway republicThe BahamasNassauBahrainManamaBangladeshBarbadosBridgetownrepublicBelarusBelgiumBrusselsthree communities and three regionsBelizeBelmopanPorto-NovoCotonouBhutanThimphuBoliviaLa PazBosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevoFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovinaten cantonsRepublika SrpskaBotswanaGaboroneBrazilBrasília26 states and one federal districtBruneiBandar Seri BegawanSpratly IslandsPeople's Republic of ChinaRepublic of ChinaVietnamPhilippinesMalaysiaBulgariaBurkina FasoOuagadougouBurundiGitegaCambodiaPhnom PenhCameroonYaoundéCanadaOttawaten provinces and three territoriesCape VerdeCentral African RepublicBanguiN'DjamenaSantiagoEaster IslandJuan Fernández IslandsChilean Antarctic TerritoryBeijing22 provincesfour direct controlled municipalitiesGuangxiInner MongoliaNingxiaXinjiangspecial administrative regionsHong KongTaiwanPenghuKinmenMatsu IslandsPratas IslandItu AbaParacel IslandsSouth TibetAksai ChinTrans-Karakoram Tract