User:Universal Life/List of de facto sovereign states

This is a comprehensive list of de facto sovereign states. It lists all territories of earth, that have an administration with de facto sovereign control over them. All of the countries below are de facto states and those who do not have de jure recognition are listed in italics. De jure recognised states will not be included, unless they also have actual control over the territory.

For the name of the country, the most common English name is used. Continents are classified as: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. Non-official and non-national languages are small. Gov't stands for system of government. Area is in km². Ind. stands for date of independence. Pop. is population and Cur. is currency.

No.	Name	Cont.	Location	Capital	Languages	Gov't	Area	Ind.	Pop.	Cur.	Life Expect.
001	Abkhazia ^[a]	Asia	Caucasus	Sukhumi	Abkhaz, Russian Armenian, Georgian, Mingrelian, Pontic Greek and Svan	R Ps	8,660	1999	242,862	Ruble
002	Afghanistan	Asia	Central and South Asia	Kabul	Pashto, Dari Aimaq, Askunu, Azerbaijani, Balochi, Brahui, Domari, Gawar-bati, Hazaragi, Hindko, Ishkashimi, Jakati, Kamviri, Karakalpak, Kata-vari, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Moghol, Mumviri, Munji, Nangalami, Palula, Parachi, Pashayi, Romani, Sanglechi, Savi, Shughni, Shumashti, Tirahi, Tregami, Turkmen, Uzbek, Waigali, Wakhi, Wasi-wari, Zebaki and Zemiaki	R P	652,864	1919	31,822,848	Afghani	60
003	Albania	Europe	Balkans	Tirana	Albanian Aromanian, Bulgarian, Greek, Macedonian, Romani and Serbo-Croatian	R Pa	28,748	1912	3,020,209	Lek	74
004	Algeria	Africa	North Africa	Algiers	Arabic, Berber Algerian Arabic, French, Gurara, Kabyle, Korandje, Mozabite, Shawiya, Shenwa, Tamahaq, Tugurt, Tuwat and Wargli	R Ps	2,381,741	1962	38,700,000	Dinar	73.3
005	Andorra	Europe	Iberian Peninsula	Andorra la Vella	Catalan French, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish	M C c	467.63	1278	85,082	Euro	84.2

Notes

^ Claimed in whole by Georgia. Recognised only by Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Nauru, South Ossetia, Transnistria and Nagorno-Karabakh. No UN membership.

[1] Claimed in whole by Georgia. Recognised only by Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Nauru, South Ossetia, Transnistria and Nagorno-Karabakh. No UN membership.

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