List of countries in the 1870s
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Sovereign states
A
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- Afghanistan – Emirate of Afghanistan
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B
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
- Template:Country data Empire of 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
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C
Canada – Dominion of Canada- Cayor – Kingdom of Cayor (to 1879)
Chile – Republic of Chile- Template:Country data Qing dynasty – Great Qing Empire
Colombia – United States of Colombia
Cook Islands 
Rarotonga
Costa Rica – Republic of Costa Rica
D
- Dahomey – Kingdom of Dahomey
Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark
Dominican Republic – Dominican Republic
E
Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador
El Salvador – El Salvador
Ethiopia – Ethiopian Empire
F
- 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
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H
I
Italy – Kingdom of Italy
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J
K
- 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
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L
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
M
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)
N
Negeri Sembilan – Negeri Sembilan
Nepal – Kingdom of Nepal
Netherlands – Kingdom of The Netherlands
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Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua
North German Confederation – North German Confederation (to January 18, 1871)
Norway – Kingdom of Norway (in personal union with Sweden)
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O
- Oman – Imamate of Oman (from 1870 [renamed Muscat and Oman on January 30, 1871])
- Template:Country data Orange Free State
Ottoman Empire – Sublime Ottoman State- Ouaddai – Ouaddai Empire
- Oyo – Oyo Empire
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S
- Samoa – Kingdom of Samoa
San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino
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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
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→ 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)
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Sulu – Sultanate of Sulu
Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden (in personal union with Norway)
Switzerland – Swiss Confederation
T
Tahiti – Kingdom of Tahiti- Tonga – Kingdom of Tonga
Toro – Toro Kingdom (to 1876)- Toucouleur – Toucouleur Empire
- Template:Country data South African Republic →
→ Template:Country data South African Republic – South African Republic (to April 12, 1877) 
Tunis – Beylik of Tunis (from October 25, 1871)
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U
United Kingdom – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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United States – United States of America
Uruguay – Eastern Republic of Uruguay
V
Venezuela – United States of Venezuela
W
- Wassoulou – Wassoulou Empire (from 1878)
- Welayta – Kingdom of Welayta
- Template:Country data Württemberg – Kingdom of Württemberg (to January 18, 1871)
Y
- Yeke – Yeke Kingdom
Z
Zanzibar – Sultanate of Zanzibar- Zululand – Kingdom of the Zulus (to July 4, 1879)
Non-sovereign territories
United Kingdom
- Template:Country data Cape Colony → Template:Country data Cape Colony – Cape of Good Hope
