List of historical countries

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This is a list of the 600 best-known historical countries, ranked by reach: how many Wikipedia languages and sister sites have a page about each one.

#	Name	Year
1	Soviet UnionFormer country in Eurasia (1922–1991)	1922
2	Ottoman EmpireEmpire with the monarchs from the Ottoman dynasty (1299–1922)	1299
3	Roman EmpirePeriod of Ancient Rome following the Republic
4	Ancient EgyptEgyptian civilization from the 4th millennium BC	4001 BC
5	Byzantine EmpireRoman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages	395
6	Yugoslavia1918–1992 country in Southeastern Europe	1918
7	Holy Roman EmpireMulti-ethnic complex of territories in Western and Central Europe (800/962–1806)	962
8	Nazi GermanyGermany from 1933 to 1945 while under control of the Nazi Party	1933
9	CzechoslovakiaCountry in Central Europe (1918–1992)	1918
10	Ancient RomeCountry that began growing on the Italian Peninsula from the 8th century BC	753 BC
11	East Germany1949–1990 country in central Europe, unified into modern Germany	1949
12	Russian EmpireFormer empire in Eurasia and North America (1721–1917)	1721
13	Qing dynastyManchu-led dynasty of China (1644–1912)	1636
14	Austria–Hungary1867–1918 empire in Central Europe	1867
15	Mongol Empire13th- and 14th-century empire originating in Mongolia	1206
16	Inca Empire1438–1533 empire in South America	1438
17	PrussiaCommon term for the Duchy, the Kingdom and the Free State of Prussia (1525–1947)	1525
18	Netherlands AntillesFormer country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands	1954
19	Republic of ArtsakhFormer de-facto state in South Caucasus from 1992 to 2023	1991
20	Han dynastyImperial dynasty in China from 202 BC to 220 AD	206 BC
21	German EmpireGerman nation-state in Central Europe from 1871 to 1918	1871
22	CornwallHistoric county of England and Celtic nation
23	Abbasid CaliphateThird Islamic caliphate (750–1258)	750
24	Mughal EmpireGreat Turkic descent empire ruling India (1526–1857)	1526
25	Roman RepublicPeriod of ancient Roman civilization (509 BC–27 BC)	509 BC
26	Serbia and MontenegroFormer political union in the Balkans (2003–2006)	2003
27	West GermanyFederal Republic of Germany in the period between its formation on 23 May 1949 and German reunification on 3 October 1990	1949
28	Gupta EmpireAncient Indian empire (c. 3rd century CE–575 CE)	320
29	Assyrian EmpireMajor Mesopotamian East Semitic kingdom	2025 BC
30	Weimar RepublicGermany in the years 1918/1919–1933	1918
31	Achaemenid EmpireIranian (Persian) empire (550–330 BC)	550 BC
32	BrittanyCultural area located in northwestern France
33	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist RepublicConstituent republic of the Soviet Union (1922–1991)	1917
34	British RajBritish colonial rule on the Indian subcontinent (1858–1947)	1858
35	Sasanian EmpireLast pre-Islamic Iranian empire (224–651 AD)	224
36	PhoeniciaAncient Semitic maritime civilization	2500 BC
37	Spanish EmpireColonial empire governed by Spain between 1492 and 1976	1402
38	Austrian EmpireCentral European multinational Empire from 1804 to 1867	1804
39	Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthHistorical multinational monarchist state in Eastern Europe (Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania)	1569
40	MacedoniaAncient Hellenic kingdom	808 BC
41	BabyloniaHistorical country	1901 BC
42	Mali EmpireEmpire in West Africa from c.1230 to 1670	1235
43	Parthian EmpireSecond ancient Iranian Empire (247 BC–224 AD)	247 BC
44	Golden HordeMedieval state in Eurasia	1243
45	South VietnamFormer state in Southeast Asia	1955
46	Western Roman EmpireIndependently administered western provinces of the Roman Empire	395
47	Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist RepublicConstituent republic of the Soviet Union between 1922 and 1991	1920
48	Empire of JapanEmpire in the Asia-Pacific region from 1868 to 1947	1868
49	Kievan Rus'Former federation of East Slavic tribes	882
50	Kingdom of ItalyKingdom in Southern Europe from 1861 to 1946	1861
51	Maurya empireAncient Indian empire (322–184 BCE)	322 BC
52	Republic of VeniceFormer state (697–1797) controlling, at various times, parts of northeastern Italy, the Balkans, and Mediterranean islands	697
53	Seleucid EmpireHellenistic-era Greek state in Western Asia (312–63 BC)	312 BC
54	Ukrainian Soviet Socialist RepublicSovereign state (1919–1922) and a republic of the Soviet Union (1922–1991); one of the founding members of the UN in 1945	1919
55	Kingdom of EnglandHistoric kingdom on the British Isles (927–1649; 1660–1707)	927
56	Portuguese EmpireGlobal empire centered in Portugal (1415–1999)	1415
57	Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaCentral and Southeast European socialist state (1945–1992)
58	Akkadian EmpireAncient empire in the Mesopotamia (2334–2154 BC)	2270 BC
59	Kingdom of PrussiaFormer European state (1701–1918), part of the German Empire after 1871	1701
60	Papal StatesTerritories mostly in the Appenine Peninsula under the sovereign direct rule of the pope between 756–1870	754
61	Kingdom of Great BritainConstitutional monarchy in Western Europe (1707–1800)	1707
62	Kushan EmpireEmpire in Central and South Asia (30–375 AD)	30
63	Umayyad CaliphateSecond Islamic caliphate (661–750 CE)	661
64	Armenian Soviet Socialist RepublicUnion republic of the Soviet Union	1920
65	First French EmpireEmpire of Napoleon I of France, from 1804 to 1815	1804
66	Kingdom of FranceMonarchical state that ruled France from 987 to 1792, and again from 1814 to 1848 (except during the Hundred Days in 1815)	987
67	Vichy FranceClient state of Nazi Germany, administering the Free Zone in southern France and French colonial possessions (1940–1944)	1940
68	Crimean KhanateFormer state at the Crimean Peninsula until April 1783	1441
69	Kingdom of JudahIsraelite Kingdom, whose capital was Jerusalem and Hebron, c. 930–586 BCE	930 BC
70	LydiaIron Age kingdom and then province in Asia Minor (1200–546 BC)	1200 BC
71	ElamAncient civilization of the Near East, centered in the Susiana plain and the Elamite highlands	2700 BC
72	Kazakh Soviet Socialist RepublicUnion republic of the Soviet Union	1936
73	Byelorussian Soviet Socialist RepublicOne of fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union (USSR); founding member of the United Nations Organization in 1945; now Belarus	1919
74	Persian EmpireSuccession of empires (6th century–1979) ruling modern-day Iran and surrounding regions	550 BC
75	Dutch East IndiesDutch colony in Southeast Asia and Oceania (1800–1949)	1800
76	French Third RepublicNation of France from 1870 to 1940	1870
77	JoseonKorean dynasty / kingdom (1392–1897)	1392
78	North VietnamFormer country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1945 to 1976	1945
79	Dutch RepublicPredecessor state of the Netherlands (1581–1795)	1581
80	Fatimid CaliphateEgyptian Shia Islamic caliphate (909–1171)	909
81	FranciaFrankish Kingdom from 481 to 843	481
82	Khmer Empire802–1431 empire in Southeast Asia	802
83	Timurid EmpireCentral Asian Persianate Turco-Mongol empire (1370–1507)	1370
84	French colonial empireSet of territories that were under French rule primarily from the 17th century to the late 1960s	1534
85	Georgian SSRUnion republic of the Soviet Union	1921
86	United Arab RepublicMiddle Eastern state between 1958 and 1961 in the present territories of Egypt and Syria	1958
87	Delhi Sultanate1206–1526 empire in the Indian subcontinent	1206
88	Estonian Soviet Socialist RepublicRepublic of the Soviet Union (1940–1991)	1940
89	Grand Duchy of LithuaniaEastern European monarchical state that existed from 1236 to 1795	1236
90	JudeaRegion of ancient Israel
91	Kalmar UnionFormer country. personal union of the three kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (1397–1523)	1397
92	Latin EmpireFeudal Crusader state founded by the leaders of the Fourth Crusade on lands captured from the Byzantine Empire	1204
93	ManchukuoJapanese puppet state in Manchuria (1932–1945)	1932
94	United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandHistorical sovereign state (1801–1922)	1801
95	UrartuIron Age kingdom located in a large region around Lake Van	861 BC
96	Kingdom of NaplesItalian state (1282–1816)	1282
97	MitanniState in northern Syria and south-east Anatolia from ca. 1500 BC–1300 BC	1650 BC
98	Roman KingdomPeriod of Roman history when the city and its territory were ruled by kings (c.753–c.509 BC)	753 BC
99	Seljuk dynastyOghuz Turk Sunni Muslim dynasty that gradually became a Persianate society	1000
100	Seljuk EmpireTurco-Persian Sunni Muslim empire (1037–1194)	1037