This is a list of every sovereign state that existed in the year 1945 AD and their capitals. It includes not only those states which had widespread international recognition, but also those states which were generally unrecognized. In addition, it includes all non-sovereign territories which were not integral parts of sovereign states. [edit] Sovereign states League of Nations member states are indicated by [LoN] United Nations member states are indicated by [UN] Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium [LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24] Capital: Brussels Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia [UN from November 13] Capital: Sucre (official), La Paz (administrative) Brazil - Republic of the United States of Brazil [UN from October 24] Capital: Rio de Janeiro Bulgaria - Kingdom of Bulgaria [LoN] Capital: Sofia Canada - Dominion of Canada [LoN to November 9], [UN from November 9] Capital: Ottawa Chile - Republic of Chile [LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24] Capital: Santiago China - Republic of China [LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24] Capital: Chongqing (to September 2), Nanking (from September 2) Colombia - Republic of Colombia [LoN to November 5], [UN from November 5] Capital: Bogotá Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica [LoN to November 2], [UN from November 2] Capital: San José Cuba - Republic of Cuba [LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24] Capital: Havanna Czechoslovakia - Czechoslovak Republic (from April 3) [UN from October 24] Capital: Prague Ecuador - Republic of Ecuador [LoN to December 21], [UN from December 21] Capital: Quito Egypt - Kingdom of Egypt [LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24] Capital: Cairo El Salvador - Republic of El Salvador Capital: San Salvador Ethiopia - Ethiopian Empire [LoN to November 13], [UN from November 13] Capital: Addis Ababa Finland - Republic of Finland [LoN] Capital: Helsinki France - Provisional Government of the French Republic [LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24] Capital: Paris Japan - Empire of Japan (to September 2) Capital: Tokyo Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal Capital: Kathmandu Netherlands - Kingdom of the Netherlands (from May 5) [LoN to December 10], [UN from December 10] Capital: Amsterdam (official), The Hague (seat of government) New Zealand - Dominion of New Zealand (Dominion of the British Empire) [LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24] Capital: Wellington Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua [UN from October 24] Capital: Managua Norway - Kingdom of Norway (from May 9) [LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24] Capital: Oslo Panama - Republic of Panama [LoN to November 14], [UN from November 14] Capital: Panama City Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay [LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24] Capital: Asunción Peru - Peruvian Republic [UN from October 31] Capital: Lima Poland - Republic of Poland [LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24] Capital: Warsaw Portugal - Portuguese Republic [LoN] Capital: Lisbon Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand [LoN] Capital: Bangkok Turkey - Republic of Turkey [LoN to October 24], [UN from October 24] Capital: Ankara [edit] Occupied states [edit] Other states In 1945, there were forteen states which were not recognized as sovereign by a majority of countries. Burma - State of Burma (to March 27) Capital: Rangoon - De facto independent state under Japanese occupation. Recognized by the Axis powers and Vatican City. Claimed by the United Kingdom as part of the Indian Empire.
Cambodia - Kingdom of Cambodia (from March 18 to October 16) Capital: Phnom Penh - De facto independent state under Japanese occupation. Recognized by Japan and her puppet states. Claimed by France as part of French Indochina.
Croatia - Independent State of Croatia (to May 8) Capital: Zagreb - De facto independent state. Recognized by the members of the Anti-Comintern Pact and Argentina. Claimed by Yugoslavia.
East Turkestan - East Turkestan Republic Capital: Ghulja - De facto independent state. Claimed by the Republic of China. Not recognized by any other state.
Hungary - Hungarian State (to March 8) Capital: Budapest - De facto independent state under German occupation. Recognized by Germany and her puppet states.
Indonesia - Republic of Indonesia (from August 17) Capital: Djakarta - De facto independent state. Not recognized by any other state. Claimed by the Netherlands as dependency.
Laos - Kingdom of Laos (from April 8 to September 23) Capital: Vientiane - De facto independent state under Japanese occupation. Recognized by Japan and her puppet states. Claimed by France as part of French Indochina.
Manchukuo - Great Empire of Manchuria (to August 15) Capital: Hsinking - De facto independent state. Recognized by 23 of members of the League of Nations. Claimed by the Republic of China.
Nanjing - Republic of China (to September 9) Capital: Nanking - De facto independent state. Recognized by the members of the Anti-Comintern Pact. Claimed by the Republic of China.
 Philippines - Philippines - Republic of the Philippines (to August 17)
Capital: Manila, Baguio, Tokyo. - De facto independent state under Japanese occupation. Recognized by Japan and her puppet states. Claimed by the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
- Philippine Commonwealth - Commonwealth of the Philippines[UN from October 24]
Capital: Manila[1][2] Salò Italy - Italian Social Republic (to April 25) Capital: Salò (de facto) - Puppet state under German occupation. Recognized by Germany and her puppet states. Claimed by the Kingdom of Italy.
Slovakia - Slovak Republic (to April 4) Capital: Bratislava - De facto independent state under German "protection". Recognized by 15 other states. Claimed by Czechoslovakia.
Tibet Capital: Lhasa - De facto independent state. Claimed by the Republic of China. Not recognized by any other state.
Vietnam - Empire of Vietnam (from March 11 to August 23)
Capital: Huế - De facto independent state under Japanese occupation. Recognized by Japan and her puppet states. Claimed by France as part of French Indochina.
- Democratic Republic of Vietnam (from September 2)
Capital: Hanoi - De facto independent state. Claimed by France as part of French Indochina. Not recognized by any other state.
[edit] Non-Sovereign Territories [edit] Australia [edit] Belgium [edit] Condominiums [edit] Denmark Greenland (Self-governing possession under United States protection to May 5, Possession from May 5) Capital: Godthåb [edit] France [edit] Germany Andaman and Nicobar Islands (from August 18 to October 7, occupied territory) Capital: Port Blair Banaba Island (to October 10, occupied territory) Capital: Tabiang Boruneo Kita (to September 10 Occupied territory) Capital: Elopura Chōsen (to August 15, dependency) Capital: Seoul Christmas Island (to October, occupied territory) Capital: Flying Fish Cove Hong Kong - Hong Kong Occupied Territory (to August 16, occupied territory) Capital: Kowloon Indochina (to April 8) Capital: Hanoi Indonesia (to August 17, occupied territory) Capital: Batavia Kwantung - Kwantung Leased Territory (to August 22, concession) Capital: Dalian Malaya (to September 12, occupied territory) Capital: Kuala Lumpur Nauru (to September 13, occupied territory) Capital: Yaren Otori Jima (to September 4, occupied territory) Syonan-to (to September 12, occupied territory) Capital: Syonan-to Taiwan (to October 25, dependency) Capital: Taihoku Tientsin (to September, concession) Timor (to September 11, occupied territory) Capital: Dili [edit] League of Nations Mandates [edit] Netherlands [edit] New Zealand [edit] Norway [edit] Portugal [edit] Soviet Union [edit] United Kingdom Aden - Aden Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate) Capital: Aden Bahama Islands (Crown colony) Capital: Nassau Bahrain - Sheikdom of Bahrain (Protectorate) Capital: Manama Barbados (Crown colony) Capital: Bridgetown Basutoland - Territory of Basutoland (Crown colony) Capital: Maseru Bechuanaland - Bechuanaland Protectorate (Protectorate) Capital: Mafeking Bermuda (Crown colony) Capital: Hamilton Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan (Protectorate) Capital: Thimphu British Guiana (Crown colony) Capital: Georgetown British Honduras (Crown colony) Capital: Belize Town British Leeward Islands - Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands (Crown colony) Capital: St. John's British Somaliland - British Somaliland Protectorate (Protectorate) Capital: Hargeisa British Western Pacific Territories (Crown colony) Capital: Suva British Windward Islands - Federal Colony of the Windward Islands (Crown colony) Capital: St. George's Brunei - State of Brunei, Abode of Peace (from June 14, protectorate) Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan Burma (from March 27, crown colony) Capital: Rangoon Ceylon (Crown colony) Capital: Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte Cyprus (Crown colony) Capital: Nicosia Cyrenaica (Occupied territory) Capital: Benghazi Eritrea (Occupied territory) Capital: Asmara Falkland Islands (Crown colony) Capital: Stanley Faroe Islands (to September 16, occupied territory) Capital: Tórshavn Federated Malay States (from September 12, protectorate) Capital: Kuala Lampur Gambia - Gambia Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate) Capital: Banjul Gibraltar (Crown colony) Capital: Gibraltar Gold Coast (Crown colony) Capital: Accra Guernsey - Bailiwick of Guernsey (from March 20, crown dependency) Capital: Saint Peter Port Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Uninhabited possession) Hong Kong (from August 28, crown colony) Capital: Hong Kong India - Indian Empire (Crown colony) [UN from October 30] Capital: New Dehli Isle of Man (Crown dependency) Capital: Douglas Italian Somaliland (Occupied territory) Capital: Mogadiscio Jamaica (Crown colony) Capital: Kingston Jersey - Bailiwick of Jersey (from March 20, crown dependency) Capital: Saint Helier Johor - State of Johor Darul Ta'zim (from September 12, protectorate) Capital: Johor Bahru (administrative), Pasir Pelangi (royal) Kedah - State of Kedah Darul Aman (from September 8, protectorate) Capital: Alor Setar Kelantan - State of Kelantan Darul Naim (from September 8, protectorate) Capital: Kota Bharu Kenya - Kenya Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate) Capital: Nairobi Kuwait - Sheikdom of Kuwait (Protectorate) Capital: Kuwait City Maldive Islands - Sultanate of the Maldive Islands (Protectorate) Capital: Malé Malta (Crown colony) Capital: Valletta Mauritius (Crown colony) Capital: Port Louis Muscat and Oman - Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (Protectorate) Capital: Muscat Newfoundland - Dominion of Newfoundland (Crown colony) Capital: St. John's Nigeria - Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria (Crown colony and protectorate) Capital: Abuja North Borneo (from September 10, crown colony) Capital: Jesselton Northern Rhodesia - Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia (Protectorate) Capital: Livingstone Nyasaland - Nyasaland Protectorate (Protectorate) Capital: Zomba Perlis - State of Perlis Indera Kayangan (from September 8, protectorate) Capital: Kangar (administrative), Arau (royal) Qatar - Sheikdom of Qatar (Protectorate) Capital: Doha Saint Helena (Crown colony) Capital: Jamestown Sarawak - Kingdom of Sarawak (from September 10, protectorate) Capital: Kuching Seychelles (Crown colony) Capital: Victoria Sierra Leone - Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate) Capital: Freetown Southern Rhodesia - Colony of Southern Rhodesia (Crown colony) Capital: Salisbury Straits Settlements (from September 12, crown colony) Capital: Singapore Suez Canal Zone (Crown colony) Swaziland - Swaziland Protectorate (Protectorate) Capital: Mbabane (administrative), Lobamba (legislative) Terengganu - State of Terengganu Darul Iman (from September 8, protectorate) Capital: Kuala Terengganu Trinidad and Tobago (Crown colony) Capital: Port of Spain Tripolitania (Occupied territory) Capital: Tripoli Trucial States (Protectorate) Capital: Abu Dhabi Uganda (Crown colony) Capital: Kampala Zanzibar - Sultanate of Zanzibar (Protectorate) Capital: Zanzibar City [edit] United States [edit] See also [edit] External links [edit] References |