List of unrecognized countries

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The terms country, state, and nation can have various meanings. Therefore, diverse lists of these entities are possible. Wikipedia offers the following lists:

the list of countries, listing countries in the sense of independent states (both those that are internationally recognized and generally unrecognized), inhabited dependent territories, and areas of special sovereignty.
the list of sovereign states, listing sovereign states with information on the extent of their sovereignty. It includes both states widely recognized (de jure) to be sovereign and entities that claim sovereignty while exercising de facto control over (part of) their claimed territory.

Related lists are the lists of federations, unrecognized countries, autonomous areas, dependent territories, and territorial disputes. In some contexts country and state is also used for some subnational entities.^[1] More lists of countries can be found at the lists of countries.

The lists of unrecognized countries enumerates those geo-political entities which lack some form of diplomatic recognition, but wish to be universally recognized as sovereign states. For the list of such entities that existed in the past, see the List of historical unrecognized countries.

There are 192 United Nations (UN) member states, including the People's Republic of China (PRC), Bhutan, Cyprus, and Israel. The Vatican is an observer state. The status of the Serbian province of Kosovo is currently under discussion at both the UN and in talks between the EU/US, and the governments of Serbia and Russia.

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Name	Disputed since	Recognition (None)	Further information
Abkhazia	1992	Recognized as part of Georgia.	Foreign relations of Abkhazia
Nagorno-Karabakh	1991	Recognized as part of Azerbaijan.	Foreign relations of Nagorno-Karabakh
Somaliland	1991	Recognized as part of Somalia	Foreign relations of Somaliland
South Ossetia	1991	Recognized as part of Georgia.	Foreign relations of South Ossetia
Transnistria	1990	Recognized as part of Moldova.	Foreign relations of Transnistria

Name	Disputed since	Recognition (Limited)	Further information
Bhutan	n/a	Formal diplomatic relations with 22 countries.	Foreign relations of Bhutan
Republic of China ("Taiwan")	1949	Recognized by 23 countries and the Holy See	Political status of Taiwan, Foreign relations of ROC
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR)	1976	Recognized by 45 countries and the African Union	Foreign relations of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)	1983	Recognized only by Turkey	Foreign relations of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Name	Disputed since	Recognition (Majority)	Further information
Cyprus	1974	Recognized by all countries except Turkey	Foreign relations of Cyprus
Israel	1948	Recognized by 158 countries, not recognized by 34 countries	Foreign relations of Israel
State of Palestine	1988	Recognized by 108 states, not recognized by Israel, United States, UN	Proposals for a Palestinian state, Foreign relations of the Palestinian National Authority
People's Republic of China	1949	Recognized by 168 countries, not recognized by 23 countries and the Holy See	PRC's diplomatic relations, Foreign relations of the PRC
Vatican City	n/a	Recognized by 176 countries. (See above regarding China)	Vatican's foreign relations formally belong to the Holy See