List of sovereign states in the 1870s

• Andorra – Principality of Andorra
• Ankole – Kingdom of Ankole
• Annam – Empire of Annam
•  Anziku – Anziku Kingdom (to 1875)
•  Argentina – Argentine Republic
• Aro – Aro Confederacy
•  Ashanti – Asante Union
•  Austria-Hungary – Austro-Hungarian Empire

•  Baden – Grand Duchy of Baden (to January 18, 1871)
•  Baguirmi – Kingdom of Baguirmi
•  Baol – Kingdom of Baol
•  Bavaria – Kingdom of Bavaria (to January 18, 1871)
•  Belgium – Kingdom of Belgium
•  Benin – Benin Empire
•  Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan
•  Bolivia – Republic of Bolivia
• Bora Bora – Kingdom of Bora Bora
•  Bornu – Bornu Empire
•  Brazil – Empire of Brazil
•  Brunei – Sultanate of Brunei
• Buganda – Kingdom of Buganda
• Bulgaria – Principality of Bulgaria (from 1878)
• Bukhara – Emirate of Bukhara (to 1873)
• Bunyoro – Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara
• Burma – Kingdom of Burma
•  Burundi – Kingdom of Burundi

•  Canada – Dominion of Canada
•  Cayor – Kingdom of Cayor (to 1879)
•  Chile – Republic of Chile
•  China – Great Qing Empire
• Colombia – United States of Colombia

Cook Islands Rarotonga

•  Costa Rica – Republic of Costa Rica

•  Dahomey – Kingdom of Dahomey
•  Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark
•  Dominican Republic – Dominican Republic

•  Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador
•  El Salvador – El Salvador
•  Ethiopia – Ethiopian Empire

•  Fante – Fante Confederacy (to 1874)
•  Fiji – Kingdom of Fiji (to October 10, 1874)
• France
  • Empire of the French (to September 4, 1870)
  • French Republic (from September 4, 1870)
•  Futa Jallon – Imamate of Futa Jallon
•  Futa Toro – Imamate of Futa Toro

•  Garo – Kingdom of Garo
•  Gera – Kingdom of Gera
•  Germany – German Empire (from January 18, 1871)
•  Gomma – Kingdom of Gomma
• Greece – Kingdom of Greece
• → Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala
•  Gumma – Kingdom of Gumma

• Ha'il – Emirate of Ha'il
•  Haiti – Republic of Haiti
•  Hawaii – Kingdom of Hawaii
• Hesse-Darmstadt – Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine (to January 18, 1871)
•  Honduras – Republic of Honduras
• Huahine – Kingdom of Huahine

• Italy – Kingdom of Italy

•  Janjero – Kingdom of Janjero
•  Japan – Empire of Japan
•  Jimma – Kingdom of Jimma
• Johor – Sultanate of Johor
•  Jolof – Jolof Kingdom

•  Kabulistan – Kingdom of Kabul (to October 12, 1879)
•  Kaffa – Kingdom of Kaffa
• Kashgaria – Kingdom of Kashgaria (to December 28, 1877)
•  Kénédougou – Kénédougou Kingdom
•  Khasso – Kingdom of Khasso
• Khiva – Khanate of Khiva (to August 12, 1873)
•  Kokand – Khanate of Kokand (to February 19, 1876)
•  Kong – Kong Empire
• Kongo – Kingdom of Kongo
• Korea – Kingdom of Joseon
•  Koya Temne – Kingdom of Koya

•  Liberia – Republic of Liberia
•  Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein
•  Limmu-Ennarea – Kingdom of Limmu-Ennarea
•  Loango – Kingdom of Loango
•  Luba – Luba Empire
•  Lunda – Lunda Empire
•  Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

• Maldives – Sultanate of Maldives
•  Manipur – Kingdom of Manipur
•  Matabeleland – Matabele Kingdom
•  Mexico – United Mexican States
•  Monaco – Principality of Monaco
•  Montenegro – Principality of Montenegro
•  Morocco – Sultanate of Morocco
• Muscat and Oman – Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (to 1870 and from January 30, 1871)

• Negeri Sembilan – Negeri Sembilan
• Nepal – Kingdom of Nepal
•  Netherlands – Kingdom of The Netherlands
• → Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua
• North German Confederation – North German Confederation (to January 18, 1871)
• Norway – Kingdom of Norway (in personal union with Sweden)

• Oman – Imamate of Oman (from 1870 [renamed Muscat and Oman on January 30, 1871])
•  Orange Free State
•  Ottoman Empire – Sublime Ottoman State
•  Ouaddai – Ouaddai Empire
•  Oyo – Oyo Empire

• Pahang – Sultanate of Pahang
•  Papal States – States of the Church (to September 20, 1870)
•  Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay
• Perak – Sultanate of Perak (to January 20, 1874)
• Persia – Persian Empire
•  Peru – Peruvian Republic
• Portugal – Kingdom of Portugal

• Raiatea – Kingdom of Raiatea
• Rapa Nui – Kingdom of Rapa Nui
• Rarotonga – Kingdom of Rarotonga
• Romania – United Principalities of Romania (from 1878)
•  Russia – Russian Empire
• Rwanda – Kingdom of Rwanda
•  Ryūkyū Kingdom – Kingdom of Ryūkyū (to March 13, 1879)

•  Samoa – Kingdom of Samoa
•  San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino
• →  Sarawak – Kingdom of Sarawak
• Selangor – Sultanate of Selangor
• Serbia – Principality of Serbia (from 1878
•  Siam – Kingdom of Siam
•  Sikkim – Chogyalate of Sikkim
• Sokoto – Sokoto Caliphate

South African Republic Transvaal

• → → Spain
  • Kingdom of Spain (to February 11, 1873)
  • Spanish Republic (from February 11, 1873 to December 29, 1874)
  • Kingdom of Spain (from December 29, 1874)
• → Sulu – Sultanate of Sulu
•  Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden (in personal union with Norway)
•   Switzerland – Swiss Confederation

• Tahiti – Kingdom of Tahiti
•  Tonga – Kingdom of Tonga
• Toro – Toro Kingdom (to 1876)
•  Toucouleur – Toucouleur Empire
• → →  Transvaal – South African Republic (to April 12, 1877)
• Tunis – Beylik of Tunis (from October 25, 1871)

•  United Kingdom – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
• →  United States – United States of America
•  Uruguay – Eastern Republic of Uruguay

•  Venezuela – United States of Venezuela

•  Wassoulou – Wassoulou Empire (from 1878)
•  Welayta – Kingdom of Welayta
•  Württemberg – Kingdom of Württemberg (to January 18, 1871)

•  Yeke – Yeke Kingdom

•  Zanzibar – Sultanate of Zanzibar
•  Zululand – Kingdom of the Zulus (to July 4, 1879)

• →  Cape Colony – Cape of Good Hope