This is a list of articles that list the sovereign states that existed in particular years.
Twenty-first century
- current - 2010s - 2000s
Twentieth century
- 1990s - 1980s - 1970s - 1960s - 1950s - 1940s (under construction)
- 1949 - 1948 - 1947 - 1946 - 1945 - 1944 - 1943 - 1942 - 1941 - 1940
- 1939 - 1938 - 1937 - 1936 - 1935 - 1934 - 1933 - 1932 - 1931 - 1930
- 1929 - 1928 - 1927 - 1926 - 1925 - 1924 - 1923 - 1922 - 1921 - 1920
- 1919 - 1918 - 1917 - 1916 - 1915 - 1914 - 1913 - 1912 - 1911 - 1910
- 1909 - 1908 - 1907 - 1906 - 1905 - 1904 - 1903 - 1902 - 1901 - 1900
Nineteenth century
- 1899 - 1898 - 1897 - 1896 - 1895 - 1894 - 1893 - 1892 - 1891 - 1890
- 1889 - 1888 - 1887 - 1886 - 1885 - 1884 - 1883 - 1882 - 1881 - 1880
- 1879 - 1878 - 1877 - 1876 - 1875 - 1874 - 1873 - 1872 - 1871 - 1870
- 1869 - 1868 - 1867 - 1866 - 1865 - 1864 - 1863 - 1862 - 1861 - 1860
- 1859 - 1858 - 1857 - 1856 - 1855 - 1854 - 1853 - 1852 - 1851 - 1850
- 1849 - 1848 - 1847 - 1846 - 1845 - 1844 - 1843 - 1842 - 1841 - 1840
- 1839 - 1838 - 1837 - 1836 - 1835 - 1834 - 1833 - 1832 - 1831 - 1830
- 1829 - 1828 - 1827 - 1826 - 1825 - 1824 - 1823 - 1822 - 1821 - 1820
- 1820s (under construction) - 1810s - 1800s
Early modern period
- List of sovereign states in 1776
- List of sovereign states in 1769
- List of sovereign states in 1768
- List of sovereign states in 1661
- List of sovereign states in 1660
- List of sovereign states in 1648
Middle Ages
- List of sovereign states in 1528
- List of sovereign states in 1496
- List of sovereign states in 1494
- List of sovereign states in 1400
- List of sovereign states in 1143
- List of sovereign states in 1000
- List of sovereign states in 820
- List of sovereign states in 661
- List of sovereign states in 632
- List of sovereign states in 501
- List of sovereign states in 500
Antiquity
- Classical Antiquity
- List of sovereign states in 1
- List of sovereign states in 100 BC
- 1st century BC
- 2nd century BC
- 3rd century BC
- 4th century BC
- 5th century BC
- 6th century BC
- 7th century BC
- 8th century BC
- Early Iron Age
- 9th century BC
- 10th century BC
- 11th century BC
- 12th century BC
- Ancient Near East
- List of polities of the Ancient Near East