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Sovereign states

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Afghanistan
 
Albania
 
Andorra (until mid-1949)
 
Andorra (from mid-1949)
 
Argentina
 
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Australia
 
Austria
 
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Belgium
 
Bhutan (from 8 August)
 
Bima Sultanate
 
Bolivia
 
Brazil
 
Bulgaria
 
Burma
 
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Cambodia
 
Canada
 
Ceylon
 
Chile
 
China (until 1 October)
 
People's Republic of China (from 1 October)
 
Republic of China (from 1 October; Taiwan)
 
Colombia
 
Costa Rica
 
Cuba
 
Czechoslovakia
 
Denmark
 
Dominican Republic
 
Ecuador
 
Egypt
 
El Salvador
 
Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Ethiopia
 
Finland
 
France
 
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Germany (until 7 October)
 
East Germany (from 7 October)
 
West Germany (from 23 May)
 
Greece
 
Guatemala
 
Haiti
 
Honduras (until 18 January)
 
Honduras (from 18 January)
 
Hungary (until 20 August)
 
Hungary (from 20 August)
 
Iceland
 
India
 
Indonesia
 
Iran
 
Iraq
 
Ireland
 
Israel
 
Italy
 
Japan
 
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
 
North Korea
 
South Korea (until 15 October)
 
South Korea (from 15 October)
 
Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Lebanon
 
Liberia
 
Liechtenstein
 
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Luxembourg
 
Mexico
 
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Monaco
 
Mongolia
 
Nepal
 
Netherlands
 
Newfoundland (until 31 March)
 
New Zealand
 
Nicaragua
 
Norway
 
Pakistan
 
Panama
 
Paraguay
 
Paraguay
 
Peru
 
Philippines
 
Poland
 
Portugal
 
Romania (until 28 March)
 
Romania (from 28 March)
 
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
 
San Marino
 
Saudi Arabia
 
Sikkim
 
South Africa
 
Soviet Union
 
Spain
 
Sweden
 
Switzerland
 
Syria
 
Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Siam (until 11 May)/Thailand (from 11 May)
 
Tibet
 
Transjordan (until 3 April)/Jordan (from 3 April)
 
Trieste
 
Tripura (until 15 October)
 
Turkey
 
Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
 
United Kingdom
 
United States
 
Uruguay
 
Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Vatican City
 
Venezuela
 
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
 
Provisional Central Government of Vietnam (until 2 July)
 
State of Vietnam (from 2 July)
 
Yemen
 
Yugoslavia

Colonies, concessions, possessions, protectorates, mandates and territories

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Australian Antarctic Territory (Australia)
 
Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Australia)
 
Nauru (Australia)
 
New Guinea (until 6 November; Australia)
 
Norfolk Island (Australia)
 
Papua (until 6 November; Australia)
 
Papua and New Guinea (from 6 November; Australia)
 
Belgian Congo (Belgium)
 
Ruanda-Urundi (Belgium)
 
Faroe Islands (Denmark)
 
Greenland (Denmark)
 
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Egypt and United Kingdom)
 
Åland (Finland)
 
Adélie Land (France)
 
Clipperton Island (France)
 
French Algeria (France)
 
French Cameroon (France)
 
French Chad (France)
 
French Comoros (France)
 
French Equatorial Africa (France)
 
Fezzan-Ghadames (France)
 
French Guiana (France)
 
French India (France)
 
French Indochina (France)
 
French Madagascar (France)
 
French Morocco (France)
 
French Oceania (France)
 
French Somaliland (France)
 
French Togoland (France)
 
French Tunisia (France)
 
French West Africa (France)
 
Gambier Islands (France)
 
Guadeloupe (France)
 
Martinique (France)
 
New Caledonia (France)
 
New Hebrides (France)
 
Réunion (France)
 
Saar (France)
 
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)
 
Wallis and Futuna (France)
 
Karafuto (until 1 June; Japan)
 
Curaçao and Dependencies (Netherlands)
 
Dutch East Indies (until 27 December; Netherlands)
 
New Guinea (from 27 December; Netherlands)
 
Surinam (Netherlands)
 
Cook Islands (New Zealand)
 
Niue (New Zealand)
 
Ross Dependency (New Zealand)
 
Tokelau Islands (New Zealand)
 
Western Samoa (New Zealand)
 
Bouvet Island (Norway)
 
Jan Mayen (Norway)
 
Peter I Island (Norway)
 
Queen Maud Land (Norway)
 
Svalbard (Norway)
 
Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá (Portugal)
 
Portuguese Cape Verde (Portugal)
 
Portuguese East Africa (Portugal)
 
Portuguese Guinea (Portugal)
 
Portuguese India (Portugal)
 
Portuguese Macau (Portugal)
 
Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe (Portugal)
 
Portuguese Timor (Portugal)
 
Portuguese West Africa (Portugal)
 
South West Africa (South Africa)
 
Ceuta (Spain)
 
Spanish Guinea (Spain)
 
Spanish West Africa (Spain)
 
Aden (United Kingdom)
 
Bahamas (United Kingdom)
 
Bahrain (United Kingdom)
 
Barbados (United Kingdom)
 
Basutoland (United Kingdom)
 
Bechuanaland (United Kingdom)
 
Bermuda (United Kingdom)
 
Bhutan (until 8 August; United Kingdom)
 
British Cameroons (United Kingdom)
 
British Guiana (United Kingdom)
 
British Honduras (United Kingdom)
 
British Leeward Islands (United Kingdom)
 
British Somaliland (United Kingdom)
 
British Togoland (United Kingdom)
 
British Western Pacific Territories (United Kingdom)
 
British Windward Islands (United Kingdom)
 
Brunei (United Kingdom)
 
Canton and Enderbury Islands ​(United Kingdom and United States)
 
Cyprus (United Kingdom)
 
Cyrenaica (United Kingdom)
 
Eritrea (United Kingdom)
 
Falkland Islands (United Kingdom)
 
Gambia (United Kingdom)
 
Gibraltar (United Kingdom)
 
Gold Coast (United Kingdom)
 
Guernsey (United Kingdom)
 
Hong Kong (United Kingdom)
 
Isle of Man (United Kingdom)
 
Italian Somaliland (United Kingdom)
 
Jamaica (United Kingdom)
 
Jersey (United Kingdom)
 
Kenya (United Kingdom)
 
Kuwait (United Kingdom)
 
Malaya (United Kingdom)
 
Maldives (United Kingdom)
 
Malta (United Kingdom)
 
Mauritius (United Kingdom)
 
Muscat and Oman (United Kingdom)
 
Nigeria (United Kingdom)
 
North Borneo (United Kingdom)
 
Northern Rhodesia (United Kingdom)
 
Nyasaland (United Kingdom)
 
Qatar (until mid-1949; United Kingdom)
 
Qatar (from mid-1949; United Kingdom)
 
Saint Helena (United Kingdom)
 
Sarawak (United Kingdom)
 
Sark (United Kingdom)
 
Seychelles (United Kingdom)
 
Sierra Leone (United Kingdom)
 
Singapore ​(United Kingdom)
 
Somalia (United Kingdom)
 
South Orkney Islands (United Kingdom)
 
Southern Rhodesia (United Kingdom)
 
South Shetland Islands (United Kingdom)
 
Suez Canal Zone (United Kingdom)
 
Swaziland (United Kingdom)
 
Tanganyika (United Kingdom)
 
Trinidad and Tobago (United Kingdom)
 
Tripolitania (United Kingdom)
 
Trucial States (United Kingdom)
 
Uganda (United Kingdom)
 
Zanzibar (United Kingdom)
 
Alaska (United States)
 
American Samoa (United States)
 
Baker Island (United States)
 
Corn Islands (United States)
 
Guam (United States)
 
Hawaii (United States)
 
Howland Island (United States)
 
Jarvis Island (United States)
 
Johnston Atoll (United States)
 
Kingman Reef (United States)
 
Midway Atoll (United States)
 
Navassa Island (United States)
 
Palmyra Atoll (United States)
 
Panama Canal Zone (United States)
 
Petrel Islands (United States)
 
Puerto Rico (United States)
 
Quita Sueno Bank (United States)
 
Roncador Bank (United States)
 
Serrana Bank (United States)
 
Serranilla Bank (United States)
 
Swan Islands (United States)
 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (United States)
 
United States Virgin Islands (United States)
 
Wake Island (United States)

Australian states

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New South Wales
 
Queensland
 
South Australia
 
Tasmania
 
Victoria
 
Western Australia

Canadian states

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Alberta
 
British Columbia
 
Manitoba
 
New Brunswick
 
Newfoundland (from 31 March)
 
Northwest Territories
 
Nova Scotia
 
Ontario
 
Prince Edward Island
 
Quebec
 
Saskatchewan
 
Yukon Territory

Sovereign U.S. states

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Alabama
 
Arizona
 
Arkansas
 
California
 
Colorado
 
Connecticut
 
Delaware
 
Florida
 
Georgia
 
Idaho
 
Illinois
 
Indiana
 
Iowa
 
Kansas
 
Kentucky
 
Louisiana
 
Maine
 
Maryland
 
Massachusetts
 
Michigan
 
Minnesota
 
Mississippi
 
Missouri
 
Montana
 
Nebraska
 
Nevada
 
New Hampshire
 
New Jersey
 
New Mexico
 
New York
 
North Carolina
 
North Dakota
 
Ohio
 
Oklahoma
 
Oregon
 
Pennsylvania
 
Rhode Island
 
South Carolina
 
South Dakota
 
Tennessee
 
Texas
 
Utah
 
Vermont
 
Virginia
 
Washington
 
West Virginia
 
Wisconsin
 
Wyoming

Other entities

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East Turkestan (until 22 December)
 
San Juan
 
Sumatra
 
Tangier

International organizations

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Comecon (from 5 January)
 
East African High Commission
 
League of Arab States
 
Red Crescent
 
Red Cross
 
Red Lion and Sun
 
Red Magen David (from 19 October)
 
United Nations
 
Western Union (from October)

Other culturals

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Buddhism
 
Esperanto
 
Pan-African Flag
 
Romani
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