List of sovereign states in the 2000s

Members or observers of the United Nations

A

• Islamic State of Afghanistan
• Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan
• Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

• Ashmore and Cartier Islands
• Australian Antarctic Territory
• Coral Sea Islands
• Heard Island and McDonald Islands

B

• State of Bahrain
• Kingdom of Bahrain

• Republic of Bolivia
• Plurinational State of Bolivia

C

• Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros
• Union of the Comoros

D

E

• Democratic Republic of East Timor
• Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

F

• Clipperton Island
• , with one dependency
• * Clipperton Island
• New Caledonia
• Saint Martin
• The Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean, consisting of five uninhabited possessions, all of which were incorporated into the French Southern and Antarctic Lands on 21 February 2007:
• * Bassas da India
• * Europa Island
• * Glorioso Islands
• * Juan de Nova Island
• * Tromelin Island

G

H

I

• Iraqi Republic
• Republic of Iraq

J

K

L

M

• Republic of Montenegro
• Montenegro

N

• Kingdom of Nepal
• State of Nepal
• Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

• Ross Dependency

• Bouvet Island
• Peter I Island
• Queen Maud Land

O

P

Q

R

• Rwandese Republic
• Republic of Rwanda

S

• Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
• State Union of Serbia and Montenegro

• Somalia
• Somali Republic

• Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a
• al-Shabaab
• Galmudug
• Himan and Heeb
• Hizbul Islam
• Islamic Courts Union
• → Maakhir
• Northland State
• →
• Southwestern Somalia

T

U

• , with two dependencies
• * Ascension Island
• *
• Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia

• , with two dependencies:
• *
• *

V

• Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
• Republic of Venezuela
• Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Y

Z

Non-UN members or observers

Other entities

• Antarctica as a whole had no government and no permanent population. Seven states claimed portions of Antarctica and five of these had reciprocally recognised one another's claims. These claims, which were regulated by the Antarctic Treaty System, were neither recognised nor disputed by any other signatory state.
• The European Union was a sui generis supranational organisation which had 15 member states. The member states had transferred a measure of their legislative, executive, and judicial powers to the institutions of the EU, and as such the EU had some elements of sovereignty, without generally being considered a sovereign state. The European Union did not claim to be a sovereign state and had only limited capacity for relations with other states.
• Kosovo was a territory that was nominally part of Serbia and Montenegro and then Serbia, but was under United Nations administration as part of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo.
• The Sovereign Military Order of Malta was a United Nations observer. The order had bi-lateral diplomatic relations with a large number of states, but has no territory other than extraterritorial areas within Rome. The order's Constitution stated: "The Order is a subject of international law and exercises sovereign functions." Although the order frequently asserted its sovereignty, it did not claim to be a sovereign state. It lacked a defined territory. Since all its members were citizens of other states, almost all of them lived in their native countries, and those who resided in the order's extraterritorial properties in Rome did so only in connection with their official duties, the order lacked the characteristic of having a permanent population.
• The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor was a transitional non-independent territory governed by the United Nations. It was neither sovereign nor under the sovereignty of any other state. It became the independent state of East Timor on 20 May 2002.