释义 |
- Sovereign states A B C D E F G H I J L M N P R S T U V Y
- Occupied states
- Other states
- Non-Sovereign Territories Australia Belgium Condominiums Denmark France Germany Italy Japan League of Nations Mandates Netherlands New Zealand Portugal Romania Spain United Kingdom United States
- See also
- References
- External links
{{List of sovereign states strapline|1941}}This is a list of every sovereign state that existed in the year 1941 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. {{TOC right}}Sovereign statesLeague of Nations member states are indicated by {{small|[LoN]}} A - {{flagicon|Afghanistan|1931}} Afghanistan - Kingdom of Afghanistan [LoN] {{capital|Kabul}}
- {{flag|Andorra}} - Principality of Andorra {{capital|Andorra la Vella}}
- {{flag|Argentina}} - Argentine Republic [LoN] {{capital|Buenos Aires}}
- {{flag|Australia}} - Commonwealth of Australia {{small|(Dominion of the British Empire)}} [LoN] {{capital|Canberra}}
B - {{flag|Bolivia}} - Republic of Bolivia
{{small|Capital: Sucre (official), La Paz (administrative)}} - {{flag|Brazil|1889}} - Republic of the United States of Brazil {{capital|Rio de Janeiro}}
- {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Bulgaria}} - Kingdom of Bulgaria [LoN] {{capital|Sofia}}
C - {{flag|Canada|1921}} - Dominion of Canada [LoN]{{capital|Ottawa}}
- {{flag|Chile}} - Republic of Chile [LoN] {{capitalname|Santiago, Chile|Santiago}}
- {{flag|Republic of China|name=China}} - Republic of China [LoN]{{capital|Chongqing}}
- {{flag|Colombia}} - Republic of Colombia [LoN] {{capital|Bogotá}}
- {{flag|Costa Rica}} - Republic of Costa Rica [LoN] {{capitalname|San José, Costa Rica|San José}}
- {{flag|Cuba}} - Republic of Cuba [LoN] {{capital|Havana}}
D - {{flag|Dominican Republic}} [LoN] {{capital|Santo Domingo}}
E - {{flag|Ecuador}} - Republic of Ecuador [LoN] {{capital|Quito}}
- {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Egypt}} - Kingdom of Egypt [LoN] {{capital|Cairo}}
- {{flag|El Salvador}} - Republic of El Salvador {{capital|San Salvador}}
- {{flagcountry|Ethiopian Empire}} - Ethiopian Empire {{small|(from May 5)}} [LoN] {{capital|Addis Ababa}}
F - {{flag|Finland}} - Republic of Finland [LoN] {{capital|Helsinki}}
- {{flagicon|France}} France - French State {{capital|Paris}}
G - {{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}} - German Realm {{capital|Berlin}}
- {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece}} - Kingdom of Greece {{small|(to April 6)}} {{capital|Athens}}
- {{flag|Guatemala}} - Republic of Guatemala {{capital|Guatemala City}}
H - {{flag|Haiti|civil}} - Republic of Haiti {{capital|Port-au-Prince}}
- {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Honduras_(1866-1898).svg}} Honduras - Republic of Honduras {{capital|Tegucigalpa}}
- {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46)}} - Kingdom of Hungary {{capital|Budapest}}
I - {{flagicon image|Light Blue Flag of Iceland.svg}} Iceland - Kingdom of Iceland {{capital|Reykjavík}}
- {{flagicon|Iran|1925}} Iran - Imperial State of Iran {{capital|Tehran}}
- {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Iraq}} - Kingdom of Iraq [LoN] {{capital|Baghdad}}
- {{flag|Ireland}} [LoN] {{capital|Dublin}}
- {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}} - Kingdom of Italy {{capital|Rome}}
J - {{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}} - Empire of Japan {{capital|Tokyo}}
L - {{flag|Liberia}} - Republic of Liberia [LoN] {{capital|Monrovia}}
- {{flag|Liechtenstein}} - Principality of Liechtenstein {{capital|Vaduz}}
M - {{flag|Mexico|1934}} - United Mexican States {{capital|Mexico City}}
- {{flag|Monaco}} - Principality of Monaco {{capital|Monaco-Ville}}
- {{flagcountry|Mongolian People's Republic}} - Mongolian People's Republic {{capital|Ulaanbaatar}}
N - {{flagicon image|Flag of Nepal (19th century-1962).svg|border=}} Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal {{capital|Kathmandu}}
- {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand - Dominion of New Zealand {{small|(Dominion of the British Empire)}} [LoN] {{capital|Wellington}}
- {{flag|Nicaragua}} - Republic of Nicaragua [LoN] {{capital|Managua}}
P - {{flag|Panama}} - Republic of Panama [LoN] {{capital|Panama City}}
- {{flag|Paraguay|1842}} - Republic of Paraguay [LoN] {{capital|Asunción}}
- {{flag|Peru|1825}} - Peruvian Republic {{capital|Lima}}
- {{flagicon|Portugal}} Portugal - Portuguese Republic [LoN] {{capital|Lisbon}}
R - {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Romania}} - Kingdom of Romania {{capital|Bucharest}}
S - {{flag|San Marino}} - Most Serene Republic of San Marino {{capital|City of San Marino}}
- {{flag|Saudi Arabia|1938}} - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia {{capital|Riyadh}}
- {{flagcountry|Union of South Africa}} - Union of South Africa [LoN]
{{small|Capital: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)}} - {{flag|Soviet Union|1936}} - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics {{capital|Moscow}}
- {{flagcountry|Spanish State|1938}} - Spanish State {{capital|Madrid}}
- {{flag|Sweden}} - Kingdom of Sweden [LoN] {{capital|Stockholm}}
- {{flag|Switzerland}} - Swiss Confederation [LoN] {{capital|Bern}}
T - {{flag|Thailand}} - Kingdom of Thailand [LoN] {{capital|Bangkok}}
- {{flag|Turkey}} - Republic of Turkey [LoN] {{capital|Ankara}}
U - {{flag|United Kingdom}} - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [LoN] {{capital|London}}
- {{flag|United States|1912}} - United States of America {{capital|Washington, D.C.}}
- {{flag|Uruguay}} - Oriental Republic of Uruguay [LoN] {{capital|Montevideo}}
V - {{flag|Vatican City}} - Vatican City State {{capital|Vatican City}}
- {{flag|Venezuela|1930}} - United States of Venezuela {{capital|Caracas}}
Y - {{flagicon|Yemen|1927}} Yemen - Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen {{capital|Sana'a}}
- {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}} - Kingdom of Yugoslavia {{small|(to April 17)}} {{capital|Belgrade}}
Occupied states - {{flagicon|Poland|1928}} Poland - Occupied and annexed by Germany and the Soviet Union, with a Polish government-in-exile
- {{flag|Belgium}} - Metropolitan kingdom occupied by Germany, but country not annexed
- {{flag|Estonia}} - Occupied and annexed by Soviet Union
- {{flagicon|Denmark}} Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark, occupied by Germany
- {{flag|Latvia}} - Occupied and annexed by Soviet Union
- {{flag|Lithuania|1918}} - Occupied and annexed by Soviet Union
- Netherlands - Metropole occupied by Germany, but country not annexed
- Norway - Metropole occupied by Germany, but country not annexed
Other states In 1941, there were seven states which were not recognized as sovereign by a majority of countries. - {{flagcountry|Independent State of Croatia}} - Independent State of Croatia {{capital|Zagreb}}
- {{small|De facto independent state. Recognized by the members of the Anti-Comintern Pact and Argentina. Claimed by Yugoslavia.}}
- {{flag|Manchukuo}} - Great Empire of Manchuria {{capital|Hsinking}}
- {{small|De facto independent state. Recognized by 23 of members of the League of Nations. Claimed by the Republic of China.}}
- {{flagicon image|Flag of the Republic of China-Nanjing (Peace, Anti-Communism, National Construction).svg|border=}} Nanjing - Republic of China {{capitalname|Nanjing|Nanking}}
- {{small|De facto independent state. Recognized by the members of the Anti-Comintern Pact. Claimed by the Republic of China.}}
- {{flagicon|Slovakia|1938}} Slovakia - Slovak Republic {{capital|Bratislava}}
- {{small|De facto independent state under German "protection". Recognized by 15 other states. Claimed by Czechoslovakia.}}
- {{flagicon|Syria|1932}} Syria - Syrian Republic {{capital|Damascus}}
- {{small|De facto independent state held under occupation by Free French forces. Not recognized by any sovereign state. Claimed by Free France.}}
- {{flag|Tannu Tuva|1941}} - Tuvan People's Republic {{capital|Kyzyl}}
- {{small|De facto independent state. Recognized by the Soviet Union and Mongolia.}}
- {{flag|Tibet}} {{capital|Lhasa}}
- {{small|De facto independent state. Claimed by the Republic of China. Not recognized by any sovereign state.}}
Non-Sovereign Territories Australia - {{flagicon|Australia}} Australian Antarctic Territory {{small|(Uninhabited external territory)}}
- {{flagicon|Australia}} Norfolk Island - Territory of Norfolk Island {{small|(External territory)}} {{capitalname|Kingston, Norfolk Island|Kingston}}
- {{Flagcountry|Territory of Papua|Papua}} - Territory of Papua {{small|(External territory)}} {{capital|Canberra}}
Belgium - {{flag|Belgian Congo}} {{small|(Colony, loyal to the government-in-exile)}} {{capital|Kinshasa{{!}}Léopoldville (Leopoldstad)}}
Condominiums - {{flagicon|UK}} {{flagicon|Kingdom of Egypt}} Anglo-Egyptian Sudan {{small|(Anglo-Egyptian condominium)}} {{capital|Khartoum}}
- {{flagicon|United States|1912}} {{flag|Canton and Enderbury Islands}} {{small|(Anglo-American condominium)}}
- {{flagicon|New Hebrides|1906}} {{flagicon|Free French}} New Hebrides {{small|(Anglo-French condominium, loyal to the Free French Forces)}} {{capital|Port Vila}}
Denmark - {{flagicon|Denmark}} Greenland {{small|(Self-governing possession, under United States protection, from April 9)}} {{capital|Nuuk{{!}}Godthåb}}
France - {{flagicon|France}} Adélie Land {{small|(Uninhabited possession)}}
- {{flagicon|France}} Clipperton Island {{small|(Uninhabited possession)}}
- {{flagicon|France}} French Antilles and Guiana {{small|(Colony)}}
- {{flagicon|Free French}} French Equatorial Africa {{small|(Colony, loyal to the Free French Forces)}} {{capital|Brazzaville}}
- {{flagicon|Free French}} French India - French Establishments in India {{small|(Colony, loyal to the Free French Forces)}} {{capitalname|Pondicherry (city)|Pondichéry}}
- {{flag|French Indochina}} {{small|(Federation of protectorates)}} {{capital|Hanoi}}
- {{flagicon|Free French}} French Oceania - French Establishments in Oceania {{small|(Colony, loyal to the Free French Forces)}} {{capital|Papeete}}
- {{flag|French Somaliland}} {{small|(Colony)}} {{capitalname|Djibouti (city)|Ville de Djibouti}}
- {{flag|French West Africa}} {{small|(Colony)}} {{capital|Dakar}}
- {{flagicon|Free French}} Kwangchowan {{small|(Concession, loyal to the Free French Forces)}}
- {{flagicon|France}} French Madagascar {{small|(Colony)}} {{capital|Antananarivo{{!}}Tananarive}}
- {{flag|Morocco}} - Sultanate of Morocco {{small|(de jure sovereign state under French and Spanish protectorate)[1][2]}} {{capital|Rabat}}
- {{flagicon|Free French}} New Caledonia - New Caledonia and Dependencies {{small|(Colony, loyal to the Free French Forces)}}{{capital|Nouméa}}
- {{flagicon|France}} Réunion {{small|(Colony)}} {{capitalname|Saint-Denis, Réunion|Saint-Denis}}
- {{flagicon|France}} Shanghai {{small|(Concession)}}
- {{flagicon|France}} Tientsin {{small|(Concession)}}
- {{flagicon image|Pre-1999 Flag of Tunisia.svg}} Tunisia - Tunisian Realm {{small|(Protectorate)}} {{capital|Tunis}}
Germany- {{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} Belgium and North France - Military Administration in Belgium and North France {{small|(Military administration)}}
{{small|Capital: Brussels (Belgium), Paris (North France)}} - {{flag|Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia|name=Bohemia and Moravia}} - Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia {{small|(Autonomous protectorate)}} {{capital|Prague{{!}}Prag}}
- {{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} Channel Islands {{small|(Occupied territory)}} {{capital|Saint Helier}}
- {{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} General Government {{small|(Autonomous territory)}} {{capitalname|Kraków|Krakau}}
- {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Netherlands - Netherlands Reich Commission {{small|(Civil administration)}} {{capital|Amsterdam}}
- {{flagicon|Norway}} Norway - Norway Reich Commission {{small|(Civil administration)}} {{capital|Oslo}}
- {{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} Ostland - Ostland Reich Commission {{small|(Civil administration, from July 17)}} {{capital|Riga}}
- {{flagicon|Serbia|civil}} Serbia - Military Administration in Serbia {{small|(Military administration, from April 30)}} {{capital|Belgrade}}
- {{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} Ukraine - Ukraine Reich Commission {{small|(Civil administration, from July 17)}} {{capitalname|Rivne|Rowno}}
Italy - {{flagicon|Albania|1939}} Albania - Albanian Kingdom {{small|(Protectorate)}} {{capital|Tirana}}
- {{flagicon|Kingdom of Italy}} Italian East Africa {{small|(Colony, to November 28)}} {{capital|Addis Ababa}}
- {{flagicon|Kingdom of Italy}} Italian Libya {{small|(Colony)}} {{capital|Tunis}}
- {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Montenegro (1941–1944)}} - Kingdom of Montenegro {{small|(Protectorate, from July 12)}} {{capital|Cetinje}}
- {{flagicon|Kingdom of Italy}} Tientsin {{small|(Concession)}}
Japan - {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Chōsen {{small|(Dependency)}} {{capital|Seoul}}
- {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Hong Kong - Hong Kong Occupied Territory {{small|(Occupied territory, from December 25)}} {{capital|Kowloon}}
- {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Karafuto - Karafuto Prefecture {{small|(Dependency)}} {{capitalname|Korsakov (town)|Ōtomari}}
- {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Kwantung - Kwantung Leased Territory {{small|(Concession)}} {{capital|Dalian}}
- {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Malaya {{small|(Occupied territory, from December 8)}} {{capital|Kuala Lumpur}}
- {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Omiya Jima {{small|(Occupied territory, from December 10)}} {{capital|Agana}}
- {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Otori Jima {{small|(Occupied territory, from December 23)}}
- {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Taiwan {{small|(Dependency)}}{{capitalname|Taipei|Taihoku}}
- {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Tientsin {{small|(Concession)}}
League of Nations Mandates - {{Flagicon image|British Cameroon Flag.svg}} British Cameroons {{small|(administered by the United Kingdom)}} {{capital|Buea}}
- {{flagicon|Gold Coast}} British Togoland {{small|(Administered by the United Kingdom)}} {{capitalname|Ho, Ghana|Ho}}
- {{flagicon|France}} French Cameroons {{small|(administered by France)}} {{capital|Douala}}
- {{flagicon|France}} French Togoland {{small|(Administered by France)}} {{capital|Lomé}}
- {{flagicon|Australia}} Nauru {{small|(Administered by Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom)}} {{capitalname|Yaren District|Yaren}}
- {{flagicon image|Flag of the Territory of New Guinea.svg}} New Guinea - Territory of New Guinea {{small|(Administered by Australia)}} {{capital|Canberra}}
- {{flagcountry|British Mandate for Palestine}} {{small|(Administered by the United Kingdom)}} {{capital|Jerusalem}}
- {{flagicon|Jordan}} Transjordan - Emirate of Transjordan {{small|(Administered by the United Kingdom)}} {{capital|Amman}}
- {{flagicon|Belgium|state}} Ruanda-Urundi {{small|(Administered by Belgium)}} {{capital|Usumbura}}
- {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} South Pacific Mandate {{small|(Administered by Japan)}}{{capital|Koror}}
- {{flagicon|South Africa|1928}} South-West Africa {{small|(Administered by South Africa)}} {{capital|Windhoek}}
- {{flagicon|France}} Syria and Lebanon {{small|(Administered by France)}}
- {{flagicon image|Lebanese French flag.svg}} Lebanon - Lebanese Republic {{small|(Administered by France)}} {{capital|Beirut}}
- {{flagicon|Syria|1932}} Syria - Syrian Republic {{small|(Administered by France)}} {{capital|Damascus}}
- {{flagicon|Tanganyika|colonial}} Tanganyika - Tanganyika Territory {{small|(Administered by the United Kingdom)}} {{capital|Dar es Salaam}}
- {{flag|Western Samoa|colonial}} {{small|(Administered by New Zealand)}} {{capital|Apia}}
Netherlands - {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Curaçao and Dependencies {{small|(Colony, loyal to the government-in-exile)}} {{capital|Willemstad}}
- {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Dutch East Indies {{small|(Colony, loyal to the government-in-exile)}} {{capital|Batavia, Dutch East Indies}}
- {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Surinam {{small|(Colony, loyal to the government-in-exile)}} {{capital|Paramaribo}}
New Zealand - {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Cook Islands {{small|(Dependent territory)}} {{capital|Avarua}}
- {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Niue Island {{small|(Dependent territory)}} {{capital|Alofi}}
- {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Ross Dependency {{small|(Uninhabited dependent territory)}}
- {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Union Islands {{small|(Dependent territory)}}
Portugal - {{flag|Portuguese Cape Verde}} {{small|(Colony)}} {{capital|Praia}}
- {{flagicon|Portugal}} Macau {{small|(Colony)}}
- {{flagicon|Portugal}} Portuguese East Africa {{small|(Colony)}} {{capital|Lourenço Marques}}
- {{flag|Portuguese Guinea}} {{small|(Colony)}} {{capital|Bissau}}
- {{flagicon|Portugal}} Portuguese India - Portuguese State of India {{small|(Colony)}} {{capital|Nova Goa}}
- {{flag|Portuguese Timor}} {{small|(Colony)}} {{capital|Dili}}
- {{flagicon|Portugal}} Portuguese West Africa {{small|(Colony)}} {{capital|Luanda}}
- {{flagicon|Portugal}} São João Baptista de Ajudá - Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá {{small|(Possession)}}
- {{flagicon|Portugal}} São Tomé and Príncipe {{small|(Colony)}} {{capital|São Tomé}}
Romania - {{flagicon|Kingdom of Romania}} Transnistria Governorate {{small|(Civil administration, from August 19)}} {{capital|Odessa}}
Spain - {{flagicon|Spain|1938}} Ifni {{small|(Colony)}} {{capital|Sidi Ifni}}
- {{flag|Spanish Guinea|1938}} {{small|(Colony)}} {{capital|Malabo{{!}}Santa Isabel}}
- {{flag|Morocco}} - Sultanate of Morocco (Spanish Protectorate in Morocco) {{small|(de jure sovereign state under French and Spanish protectorate)[1][2]}} {{capital|Tétouan}}
- {{flag|Spanish Sahara|1938}} {{small|(Colony)}} {{capital|El Aaiún}}
United Kingdom - {{flag|Aden}} - Aden Colony and Protectorate {{small|(Crown colony and protectorate)}} {{capital|Aden}}
- {{flag|Bahamas|1923|name=Bahama Islands}} {{small|(Crown colony)}} {{capital|Nassau, Bahamas{{!}}Nassau}}
- {{flagicon image|Flag of Bahrain (1932 to 1972).svg}} Bahrain - State of Bahrain {{small|(Protectorate)}} {{capital|Manama}}
- {{flag|Barbados|1885}} {{small|(Crown colony)}} {{capital|Bridgetown}}
- {{flagicon|UK}} Basutoland - Territory of Basutoland {{small|(Crown colony)}} {{capital|Maseru}}
- {{flagicon|UK}} Bechuanaland - Bechuanaland Protectorate {{small|(Protectorate)}} {{capital|Mafeking}}
- {{flag|Bermuda|1910}} {{small|(Crown colony)}} {{capital|Hamilton, Bermuda{{!}}Hamilton}}
- {{noflag}} Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan {{small|(Independent state under Treaty of Punakha)}} {{capital|Thimphu}}
- {{flag|British Guiana}} {{small|(Crown colony)}} {{capital|Georgetown, Guyana{{!}}Georgetown}}
- {{flag|British Honduras}} {{small|(Crown colony)}} {{capital|Belize City{{!}}Belize Town}}
- {{flagicon image|Missing Blue Ensign.svg}} British Leeward Islands - Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands {{small|(Crown colony)}} {{capitalname|St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda|St. John's}}
- {{flagicon image|Missing Blue Ensign.svg}} British Somaliland - British Somaliland Protectorate {{small|(Protectorate, from March 16)}} {{capital|Hargeisa}}
- {{flagicon|UK}} British Western Pacific Territories {{small|(Crown colony)}}{{capital|Suva}}
- {{flagicon image|Flag of the British Windward Islands (1903-1953).svg}} British Windward Islands - Federal Colony of the Windward Islands {{small|(Crown colony)}} {{capitalname|St. George's, Grenada|St. George's}}
- {{flag|Brunei|1906}} - State of Brunei {{small|(Protectorate)}} {{capital|Bandar Seri Begawan}}
- {{flagicon|Burma|1937}} Burma {{small|(Crown colony)}} {{capitalname|Yangon|Rangoon}}
- {{flag|Ceylon|colonial}} {{small|(Crown colony)}} {{capital|Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte}}
- {{flag|Cyprus|colonial}} {{small|(Crown colony)}} {{capital|Nicosia}}
- {{flagicon|UK}} Cyrenaica {{small|(Occupied territory, from February)}} {{capital|Benghazi}}
- {{flagicon|UK}} Eritrea {{small|(Occupied territory, from May 19)}} {{capital|Benghazi}}
- {{flagicon image|Missing Blue Ensign.svg}} Falkland Islands {{small|(Crown colony)}} {{capital|Stanley, Falkland Islands{{!}}Stanley}}
- {{flagicon|Faroe Islands}} Faroe Islands {{small|(Occupied territory)}} {{capital|Tórshavn}}
- {{flagicon image|Flag of the Federated Malay States (1895 - 1946).svg}} Federated Malay States {{small|(Protectorate)}} {{capital|Kuala Lumpur}}
- {{flagicon image|Gm colonia.png}} Gambia - Gambia Colony and Protectorate {{small|(Crown colony and protectorate)}} {{capital|Banjul}}
- {{flag|Gibraltar|ensign}} {{small|(Crown colony)}} {{capital|Gibraltar}}
- {{flag|Gold Coast}} {{small|(Crown colony)}} {{capital|Accra}}
- {{flagicon|UK}} Heard Island and McDonald Islands {{small|(Uninhabited possession)}}
- {{flag|Hong Kong|1910}} {{small|(Crown colony, to December 25)}} {{capitalname|Victoria, Hong Kong|Hong Kong}}
- {{flagcountry|British Raj}} - Indian Empire {{small|(Crown colony)}} {{capital|New Dehli}}
- {{flagicon|Isle of Man}} Isle of Man {{small|(Crown dependency)}} {{capitalname|Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas}}
- {{flagicon|UK}} Italian Somaliland {{small|(Occupied territory, from February 26)}}{{capital|Mogadiscio}}
- {{flag|Jamaica|1906}} {{small|(Crown colony)}} {{capitalname|Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston}}
- {{flag|Johor}} - State of Johor Darul Ta'zim {{small|(Protectorate)}} {{capital|Johor Bahru}}
- {{flag|Kedah}} - State of Kedah Darul Aman {{small|(Protectorate, to December 14)}} {{capital|Alor Setar}}
- {{flag|Kelantan}} - State of Kelantan Darul Naim {{small|(Protectorate, to December 22)}} {{capital|Kota Bharu}}
- {{flag|Kenya|colonial}} - Kenya Colony and Protectorate {{small|(Crown colony and protectorate)}} {{capital|Nairobi}}
- - State of Kuwait {{small|(Protectorate)}} {{capital|Kuwait City}}
- {{flagicon image|Old State Flag of Maldives.svg}} Maldive Islands - Sultanate of the Maldive Islands {{small|(Protectorate)}} {{capital|Malé}}
- {{flag|Malta|1923}} {{small|(Crown colony)}}
- {{flag|Mauritius|1923}} {{small|(Crown colony)}} {{capital|Valletta}}
- {{flagicon image|Flag of Muscat.svg}} Muscat and Oman - Sultanate of Muscat and Oman {{small|(State under the informal protection)}} {{capitalname|Muscat, Oman|Muscat}}
- {{flagicon|UK}} Newfoundland - Dominion of Newfoundland {{small|(Crown colony)}} {{capitalname|St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's}}
- {{flag|Nigeria|colonial}} - Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria {{small|(Crown colony and protectorate)}} {{capital|Abuja}}
- {{flag|North Borneo}} {{small|(Protectorate)}} {{capital|Jesselton}}
- {{flagicon|UK}} Northern Rhodesia - Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia {{small|(Protectorate)}} {{capital|Lusaka}}
- {{flag|Nyasaland}} - Nyasaland Protectorate {{small|(Protectorate)}} {{capitalname|Zomba, Malawi|Zomba}}
- {{flag|Perlis}} - State of Perlis Indera Kayangan {{small|(Protectorate, to December 8)}}
{{small|Capital: Kangar (administrative), Arau (royal)}} - {{flagicon image|Flag of Qatar (1936-1949).svg}} Qatar - State of Qatar {{small|(Protectorate)}} {{capital|Doha}}
- {{flagicon image|Flag of Saint Helena (1874-1984).svg}} Saint Helena {{small|(Crown colony)}} {{capital|Jamestown, Saint Helena{{!}}Jamestown}}
- {{flagicon image|Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Sarawak_(1870).svg}} Sarawak - Kingdom of Sarawak {{small|(Protectorate, to December 24)}} {{capital|Kuching}}
- {{flagicon image|Missing Blue Ensign.svg}} Seychelles {{small|(Crown colony)}} {{capitalname|Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria}}
- {{flagicon image|Missing Blue Ensign.svg}} Sierra Leone - Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate {{small|(Crown colony and protectorate)}} {{capital|Freetown}}
- {{flag|Southern Rhodesia}} - Colony of Southern Rhodesia {{small|(Crown colony)}} {{capitalname|Harare|Salisbury}}
- {{flag|Straits Settlements}} {{small|(Crown colony)}} {{capital|Singapore}}
- {{flagicon|UK}} Suez Canal Zone {{small|(Crown colony)}}
- {{flagicon|UK}} Swaziland - Swaziland Protectorate {{small|(Protectorate)}}
{{small|Capital: Mbabane (administrative), Lobamba (legislative)}} - {{flagicon image|Flag of Terengganu (1933 - 1947).svg}} Terengganu - State of Terengganu Darul Iman {{small|(Protectorate, to December 11)}} {{capital|Kuala Terengganu}}
- {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago|colonial}} {{small|(Crown colony)}} {{capital|Port of Spain}}
- {{flagicon|Sharjah}} Trucial States {{small|(Protectorate)}} {{capital|Abu Dhabi}}
- {{flagicon|Uganda|colonial}} Uganda {{small|(Crown colony)}} {{capital|Kampala}}
- {{flagicon image|British Resident of Zanzibar flag (1955-1963).svg}} Zanzibar - Sultanate of Zanzibar {{small|(Protectorate)}} {{capital|Zanzibar City}}
United States- {{flagicon|Alaska}} Alaska - Alaska Territory {{small|(Territory)}} {{capital|Juneau}}
- {{flagicon|United States|1912}} American Samoa - Territory of American Samoa {{small|(Territory)}} {{capital|Pago Pago}}
- {{flagicon|United States|1912}} Baker Island {{small|(Uninhabited territory)}}
- {{flagicon|United States|1912}} Guam - Territory of Guam {{small|(Territory, to December 10)}} {{capital|Hagåtña}}
- {{flagicon|Hawaii}} Hawaii - Territory of Hawaii {{small|(Territory)}} {{capital|Honolulu}}
- {{flagicon|United States|1912}} Howland Island {{small|(Uninhabited territory)}}
- {{flagicon|United States|1912}} Jarvis Island {{small|(Uninhabited territory)}}
- {{flagicon|United States|1912}} Johnston Atoll {{small|(Uninhabited territory)}}
- {{flagicon|United States|1912}} Kingman Reef {{small|(Uninhabited territory)}}
- {{flagicon|United States|1912}} Midway Atoll {{small|(Uninhabited territory)}}
- {{flagicon|United States|1912}} Navassa Island {{small|(Uninhabited territory)}}
- {{flag|Panama Canal Zone}} {{small|(Territory)}} {{capitalname|Balboa, Panama|Balboa}}
- {{flag|Philippine Commonwealth}} - Commonwealth of the Philippines {{small|(In exile, semi-independent self-governing commonwealth of the United States)}}{{small|{{capital|Manila}}}}
- {{flag|Puerto Rico|1912}} {{small|(Territory)}} {{capitalname|San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan}}
- {{flag|United States Virgin Islands}} {{small|(Territory)}} {{capitalname|Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands|Charlotte Amalie}}
- {{flagicon|United States|1912}} Wake Island {{small|(Uninhabited territory, to December 23)}}
See also- List of state leaders in 1941
- List of colonial governors in 1941
- Dependent territory
References1. ^1 {{cite book|title=International Law: Achievements and Prospects|author=Bedjaoui, M.|date=1991|publisher=Springer Netherlands|isbn=9789231027161|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jrTsNTzcY7EC&pg=PA51|page=51|accessdate=2015-08-27}} 2. ^1 {{cite book|title=Repertory of Decisions of the International Court of Justice (1947-1992)|author1=Capaldo, G.Z.|author2=Justice, I.C.|date=1995|publisher=M. Nijhoff Publishers|isbn=9780792329930|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=esfISSxc13cC&pg=PA453|page=453|accessdate=2015-08-27}}
External links{{Lists of sovereign states by year |expanded=CE}} |