Sovereign states
A
- Abemama – Kingdom of Abemama
- Abeokuta – Abeokuta
- Aboh – Aboh Kingdom
- Abuja – Abuja Emirate
- Adam Kok's Land – Adam Kok's Land
- Ado-Odo – Ado-Odo
- Adrar – Adrar Emirate
- Afghanistan – Emirate of Afghanistan
- Agadez – Sultanate of Agadez
- Agwe – Agwe Kingdom
- Ajasse Ipo – Ajasse Ipo
- Aku – Aku Kingdom
- Akure – Akure Kingdom
- Akwa – Akwa Kingdom
- Akwa Akpa – Akwa Akpa
- Akyem Abuakwa – Akyem Abuakwa
- Akyem Bosome – Akyem Bosome
- Akyem Kotoku – Akyem Kotoku
- Alawi – ‘Alawi Sheikhdom
- Alo – Kingdom of Alo
- Alur – Alur Kingdom
- Amarro – Kingdom of Amarro
- Angoche – Angoche Sultanate
- Ankole – Kingdom of Ankole
- Antandroy – Antandroy Kingdom
- Anziku – Anziku Kingdom
- Aqrabi – ‘Aqrabi Sheikhdom
- Asir – Sheikhdom of Asir
- Auchi – Auchi Kingdom
- Audhali – Audhali Sultanate
- Awing – Awing Chiefdom
B
- Babouantou – Babouantou Chiefdom
- Babungo – Babungo Chiefdom
- Badakhshan – Badakhshan Khanate
- Bade – Bade Emirate
- Badgini – Sultanate of Badgini
- Badounga – Badounga Chiefdom
- Bafut – Bafut Chiefdom
- Baguirmi – Kingdom of Baguirmi
- Bakong – Bakong Chiefdom
- Baleng – Baleng Chiefdom
- Bali Kumbat – Bali Kumbat Chiefdom
- Bali Nyonga – Bali Nyonga Chiefdom
- Balochistan – Balochistan
- Bamaha – Bamaha Chiefdom
- Bambao – Sultanate of Bambao
- Bambara – Bambara Empire
- Bambui – Bambui Chiefdom
- Bamenda-Nkwe - Bamenda-Nkwe Chiefdom
- Bamum - Kingdom of Bamum
- Bana – Bana Chiefdom
- Bandjoun – Bandjoun Chiefdom
- Bangangté – Bangangté Chiefdom
- Bangassou - Sultanate of Bangassou
- Banjarwanda – Banjarwanda Kingdom
- Banka – Banka Chiefdom
- Bankim – Bankim Chiefdom
- Banyo - Banyo Chiefdom
- Baol – Kingdom of Baol
- Bapa – Bapa Chiefdom
- Barhut – Sultanate of Barhut
- Basibula – Basibula Kingdom
- Basutoland – Kingdom of Basutoland
- Batcham – Batcham Chiefdom
- Batibo - Batibo Chiefdom
- Bawlake – Bawlake
- Bayangam – Bayangam Chiefdom
- Beihan – Emirate of Beihan
- Bemihisatra – Kingdom of Bemihisatra
- Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan
- Bibemi - Bibemi Sultanate
- Bida – Emirate of Bida
- Bilanga – Kingdom of Bilanga
- Bilayanga – Kingdom of Bilayanga
- Biu – Biu Emirate
- Bonanjo – Bonanjo Kingdom
- Bonebele – Bonebele Kingdom
- Bonny – Kingdom of Bonny
- Bonoman – Bono Kingdom
- Borgu – Borgu Kingdom
- Bornu – Bornu Empire
- Bongandini – Kingdom of Bongandini
- Boussouma – Kingdom of Boussouma
- Brakna – Brakna Emirate
- Buima – Buima Chiefdom
- Bundu – Bundu
- Bugabula – Kingdom of Bugabula
- Buganda – Kingdom of Buganda
- Bugweri – Kingdom of Bugweri Bufutulu
- Buhavu – Buhavu Kingdom
- Buhweju – Kingdom of Buhweju
- Bukono – Kingdom of Bukono
- Bukooli – Kingdom of Bukooli
- Bukwangakiki – Bukwangakiki Chiefdom
- Bulamogi – Kingdom of Bulamogi
- Bumpe – Bumpe Chiefdom
- Bunut – Bunut Kingdom
- Bunya – Bunya Chiefdom
- Bunyaruguru – Kingdom of Bunyaruguru
- Bunyoro – Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara
- Burundi – Kingdom of Burundi
- Bushi – Bushi Kingdom
- Busiki – Busiki Chiefdom
- Busongora – Kingdom of Busongora
- Buzaaya – Buzaaya Chiefdom
- Buzimba – Kingdom of Buzimba
C
- Cayor – Kingdom of Cayor
- China – Great Qing Empire
- Chitral – State of Chitral
- Chomba – Chomba Chiefdom
- Con – Kingdom of Con
D
- Damagaram – Sultanate of Damagaram
- Darfur – Sultanate of Darfur
- Dathina – Dathina Sheikhdom
- Daura – Daura Emirate
- Daure-Baure – Kingdom of Daure-Baure
- Daure-Magaria – Kingdom of Daure-Magaria (to 1850)
- Daure-Zango – Kingdom of Daure-Zango
- Dauro – Kingdom of Dauro
- Dendi – Dendi Kingdom
- Dhala – Emirate of Dhala
- Dosso – Dosso Kingdom
E
- Efron – Efron Kingdom
- Ekpoma – Ekpoma Kingdom
- Esu – Esu Chiefdom
- Etiki – Etiki Kingdom
- Ethiopia – Ethiopian Empire
F
G
- Garo – Kingdom of Garo
- Garoua – Garoua Chiefdom
- Gaza – Gaza Empire
- Gbanaru – Gbanaru Kingdom
- Gcaleka – Gcaleka Kingdom
- Geledi – Sultanate of the Geledi
- Gera – Kingdom of Gera
- Gimirra – Kingdom of Gimirra
- Gomma – Kingdom of Gomma
- Gbaramatu – Gbaramatu
- Gbea – Gbea Chiefdom
- Gobaad – Gobaad Sultanate
- Gobir – Gobir Sultanate
- Gumel – Gumel Emirate
- Gumma – Kingdom of Gumma
- Gwiriko – Gwiriko Empire
H
- Hamahame – Sultanate of Hamahame
- Hamamvu – Sultanate of Hamamvu
- Hambu – Sultanate of Hambu
- Harar – Sultanate of Harar
- Haushabi – Hawshabi Sultanate of Musaymir
- Hawra – Hawra Sheikhdom
I
- Ibadan – Ibadan
- Ibanda – Kingdom of Ibanda
- Idoani – Idoani Confederacy
- Igala – Igala Kingdom
- Igara – Kingdom of Igara
- Ijaiye – Ijaiye Kingdom
- Ijebu – Ijebu Kingdom
- Ikirun – Ikirun Kingdom
- Ilaro – Ilaro Kingdom
- Ilé-Ifẹ̀ – Ilé-Ifẹ̀ Kingdom
- Ilesa – Ilesa Kingdom
- Ilorin – Ilorin Emirate
- Irqa – Irqa Sheikhdom
- Isedo – Isedo Kingdom
- Ikotitungko – Kingdom of Ikotitungko
- Itsandra – Sultanate of Itsandra
- Iwo – Iwo Kingdom
J
K
- Kaabu – Kingdom of Kaabu
- Kaarta – Kaarta Kingdom
- Kabasarana – Kabasarana
- Kaffa – Kingdom of Kaffa
- Kajara – Kajara Kingdom
- Kakongo – Kingdom of Kakongo
- Kalabari – Kalabari Kingdom
- Kankende – Kingdom of Kankende
- Karagwe – Karagwe Kingdom
- Kasanje – Kasanje Kingdom
- Kathiri – Kathiri State of Seiyun in Hadhramaut
- Kazembe – Kazembe Kingdom
- Kebbi – Kebbi Emirate
- Kedjom – Kedjom Chiefdom
- Kénédougou – Kénédougou Kingdom
- Kenu – Kenu Kingdom
- Ketu – Ketu
- Khasso – Kingdom of Khasso
- Khiva – Khanate of Khiva
- Kitagwenda – Kingdom of Kitagwenda
- Kitangonya – Sheikhdom of Kitangonya
- Kokoro – Kokoro Chiefdom
- Kolol-Rotse – Kolol-Rotse Kingdom
- Kong – Kong Empire
- Konta – Konta Kingdom
- Kooki – Kingdom of Kooki
- Koya Temne – Kingdom of Koya
- Kpa Mende – Kpa Mende Confederacy
- Kuala – Kingdom of Kuala
- Kuba – Kuba Kingdom
- Kwararafa – Kwararafa
L
- La Dombe – Sultanate of La Dombe
- Lafia Beri-Beri – Lafia Beri-Beri Kingdom
- Lagos – Lagos Kingdom
- Lahej – Sultanate of Lahej
- Lebang – Lebang Chiefdom
- Lewoh – Lewoh Chiefdom
- Limmu-Ennarea – Kingdom of Limmu-Ennarea
- Liptako – Kingdom of Liptako
- Logone-Birni – Logone-Birni Sultanate
- Lower Aulaqi – Lower Aulaqi Sultanate
- Lower Yafa – Sultanate of Lower Yafa
- Luba – Luba Empire
- Lunda – Lunda Empire
- Luuka – Kingdom of Luuka
M
- Macakoali – Kingdom of Macakoali
- Magba – Magba Chiefdom
- Mahafaly – Mahafaly Kingdom
- Mandara – Mandara Kingdom
- Mangbetu – Mangbetu Kingdom
- Mankon – Mankon Chiefdom
- Mbiame – Mbiame Chiefdom
- Mboum – Mboum Chiefdom
- Maradi – Maradi
- Maroua – Maroua Sultanate
- Massina – Massina Empire
- Maymana – Maymana Khanate
- Mbaku – Sultanate of Mbaku
- Mbude – Sultanate of Mbude
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Medri Bahri – Land of the Sea
- Melakori – Melakori Kingdom
- Meliau – Sultanate of Meliau
- Misau – Misau Emirate
- Mitsamihuli – Sultanate of Mitsamihuli
- Mthwakazi – Kingdom of Mthwakazi
- Mutapa – Kingdom of Mutapa
N
- Nasarawa – Nasarawa Emirate
- Nditam – Nditam Chiefdom
- Ndu – Ndu Chiefdom
- Negeri Sembilan – Negeri Sembilan
- Nembe – Nembe Kingdom
- Ngambé – Ngambé Chiefdom
- N'Gaoundéré – N'Gaoundéré Chiefdom
- Ngoyo – Ngoyo Kingdom
- Ngweshe – Ngweshe Kingdom
- Ningi – Ningi Emirate
- Niue-Fekai – Kingdom of Niue-Fekai
- Nri – Kingdom of Nri
- Nshenyi – Nshenyi Kingdom
- Nso – Nso Chiefdom
- Ntem – Ntem Chiefdom
- Nungu – Kingdom of Nungu
O
- Obwera – Obwera Kingdom
- Ogbomosho – Ogbomosho Kingdom
- Òkè-Ìlá Òràngún – Òkè-Ìlá Òràngún
- Okpe – Okpe Kingdom
- Okpoama – Okpoama Kingdom
- Okrika – Okrika Kingdom
- Oku – Oku Chiefdom
- Okuta – Okuta Kingdom
- Ondo – Ondo Kingdom
- Onitsha – Onitsha Kingdom
- Orungu – Kingdom of Orungu
- Osogbo – Osogbo Kingdom
- Ota – Ota Kingdom
- Ouaddai – Ouaddai Empire
- Owa – Owa Kingdom
- Owerri – Owerri Kingdom
- Owo – Owo Kingdom
- Owu – Owu Kingdom
- Oyo – Oyo Empire
P
- Pamma – Kingdom of Pamma
- Pasir – Sultanate of Pasir
- Piela – Kingdom of Piela
- Pondoland – Pondoland
- Porto-Novo – Kingdom of Porto-Novo
- Potiskum – Potiskum Emirate
Q
R
- Rafaï – Sultanate of Rafaï
- Rapa Iti – Rapa Iti
- Rapa Nui – Kingdom of Rapa Nui
- Rimatara – Kingdom of Rimatara
- Rizim – Kingdom of Rizim
- Rozvi – Rozvi Empire
- Rujumbura – Rujumbura Kingdom
- Rukiga – Rukiga Kingdom
- Rwanda – Kingdom of Rwanda
- Rurutu – Kingdom of Rurutu
S
- Saloum – Kingdom of Saloum
- Samoa – Kingdom of Samoa
- Sankul – Sheikhdom of Sankul
- Schaumburg-Lippe – Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Shaib – Sheikhdom of Shaib
- Sheka – Sheka Kingdom
- Sigave – Kingdom of Sigave
- Sine – Kingdom of Sine
- Sheberghan - Sheberghan Khanate
- Subeihi – Subeihi Sultanate
- Sumbawa - Sumbawa
- Swaziland - Kingdom of Swaziland
T
- Tagant – Emirate of Tagant
- Tawana – Tawana
- Tenkodogo – Kingdom of Tenkodogo
- Tibati – Tibati Chiefdom
- Tonga – Tu'i Tonga
- Toro – Toro Kingdom
- Toucouleur – Toucouleur Empire
- Trarza – Emirate of Trarza
- Tumbatu – Sheikhdom of Tumbatu
U
- Unyanyembe – Kingdom of Unyanyembe
- Upper Asir – Sheikhdom of Upper Asir
- Upper Aulaqi – Upper Aulaqi Sheikhdom
- Upper Aulaqi – Upper Aulaqi Sultanate
- Upper Yafa – State of Upper Yafa
- Uvwie – Uvwie Kingdom
V
W
- Waalo – Kingdom of Waalo
- Wahidi Azzan – Wahidi Sultanate of Azzan
- Wahidi Balhaf – Wahidi Sultanate of Balhaf in Hadhramaut
- Wahidi Bir Ali – Wahidi Sultanate of Bir ‘Ali
- Wahidi Haban – Wahidi Sultanate of Habban in Hadhramaut
- Wanga – Wanga Kingdom
- Warri – Kingdom of Warri
- Warsangali – Warsangali Sultanate
- Wase – Wase Kingdom
- Washili – Sultanate of Washili
- Waterboer's Land – Waterboer's Land
- Welayta – Kingdom of Welayta
- Wogodogo – Kingdom of Wogodogo
- Wollo – Kingdom of Wollo
Y
Z
- Zamfara – Zamfara Emirate
- Zululand – Kingdom of Zulu
