state,un_region,existence,also_counts,leaders_1926_2026,women_1926_2026,heads_of_state,heads_of_government Afghanistan,Southern Asia,before 1926 –,,34,0,16,26 Albania,Southern Europe,before 1926 –,,34,0,18,20 Andorra,Southern Europe,before 1926 –,,33,0,24,9 Argentina,Latin America and the Caribbean,before 1926 –,,48,2,48,48 Armenia,Western Asia,1991-09-23 –,,18,0,6,15 Australia,Australia and New Zealand,before 1926 –,,50,4,26,24 Azerbaijan,Western Asia,1991-08-30 –,,16,0,6,16 Belgium,Western Europe,before 1926 –,,36,1,6,30 Bolivia,Latin America and the Caribbean,before 1926 –,,45,2,45,45 Canada,Northern America,before 1926 –,,40,8,24,16 Colombia,Latin America and the Caribbean,before 1926 –,,24,0,24,24 Cuba,Latin America and the Caribbean,before 1926 –,,36,0,23,32 Denmark,Northern Europe,before 1926 –,,23,3,4,19 Ecuador,Latin America and the Caribbean,before 1926 –,,44,0,44,44 El Salvador,Latin America and the Caribbean,before 1926 –,,57,0,57,57 Estonia,Northern Europe,before 1926 –,,24,2,11,19 Finland,Northern Europe,before 1926 –,,52,4,12,47 Greece,Southern Europe,before 1926 –,,68,2,20,54 Guatemala,Latin America and the Caribbean,before 1926 –,,38,0,38,38 Honduras,Latin America and the Caribbean,before 1926 –,,24,1,24,24 Hungary,Eastern Europe,before 1926 –,,58,2,29,35 Latvia,Northern Europe,before 1926 –,,34,3,13,22 Liberia,Sub-Saharan Africa,before 1926 –,,15,2,15,15 Liechtenstein,Western Europe,before 1926 –,,19,1,4,15 Luxembourg,Western Europe,before 1926 –,,13,1,4,9 Mexico,Latin America and the Caribbean,before 1926 –,,20,1,20,20 Monaco,Western Europe,before 1926 –,,31,1,3,28 Netherlands,Western Europe,before 1926 –,,25,3,4,21 Nicaragua,Latin America and the Caribbean,before 1926 –,,31,2,31,31 Norway,Northern Europe,before 1926 –,,25,2,4,21 Panama,Latin America and the Caribbean,before 1926 –,,40,1,40,30 Paraguay,Latin America and the Caribbean,before 1926 –,,25,0,25,25 Iran,Southern Asia,before 1926 –,,54,0,8,48 Peru,Latin America and the Caribbean,before 1926 –,,128,10,31,128 Portugal,Southern Europe,before 1926 –,,33,1,12,26 San Marino,Southern Europe,before 1926 –,,250,22,250,250 Sweden,Northern Europe,before 1926 –,,20,1,3,17 Turkey,Western Asia,before 1926 –,,38,1,16,29 United Kingdom,Northern Europe,before 1926 –,,27,4,5,22 United States,Northern America,before 1926 –,,17,0,17,17 Uruguay,Latin America and the Caribbean,before 1926 –,,33,0,33,33 Vatican City,Southern Europe,before 1926 –,,20,1,9,11 Venezuela,Latin America and the Caribbean,before 1926 –,,22,1,22,22 Mongolia,Eastern Asia,before 1926 –,,40,2,20,28 Austria,Western Europe,before 1926 –,,47,3,21,31 Brazil,Latin America and the Caribbean,before 1926 –,,34,1,31,34 Chile,Latin America and the Caribbean,before 1926 –,,28,1,28,28 Spain,Southern Europe,before 1926 –,,31,0,8,27 Switzerland,Western Europe,before 1926 –,,65,7,65,65 Slovakia,Eastern Europe,1939-03-14 – 1945-04-04; 1993-01-01 –,,17,2,9,12 Bhutan,Southern Asia,1949-08-08 –,,17,0,4,15 Bulgaria,Eastern Europe,before 1926 –,,57,2,19,43 China,Eastern Asia,1949-10-01 –,,19,1,11,8 Taiwan,Eastern Asia,before 1926 –,"Republic of China, from 1949-12-07 only",33,1,9,28 Costa Rica,Latin America and the Caribbean,before 1926 –,,24,2,24,24 France,Western Europe,before 1926 –,,71,2,19,61 Iceland,Northern Europe,before 1926 –,,35,5,11,26 Indonesia,South-eastern Asia,1945-08-17 –,,18,1,9,18 Ireland,Northern Europe,before 1926 –,,31,3,16,16 Israel,Western Asia,1948-05-14 –,,29,2,16,15 Italy,Southern Europe,before 1926 –,,48,1,20,35 Japan,Eastern Asia,before 1926 –,,60,1,4,56 "Korea, North",Eastern Asia,1946-02-08 –,,19,0,6,14 Lebanon,Western Asia,1943-11-22 –,,39,0,15,27 Pakistan,Southern Asia,1947-08-14 –,,45,2,20,32 Philippines,South-eastern Asia,1946-07-04 –; 1943-10-14 – 1945-08-17,,16,2,14,16 Poland,Eastern Europe,before 1926 –,,54,3,19,38 Romania,Eastern Europe,before 1926 –,,67,1,19,53 Saudi Arabia,Western Asia,before 1926 –,,8,0,7,8 Thailand,South-eastern Asia,before 1926 –,,44,2,4,41 Croatia,Southern Europe,1941-04-10 – 1945-05-25; 1991-06-25 –,,18,2,8,12 Palestine,Western Asia,1948-09-22 – 1959-01-01; 1988-11-15 –,,12,0,4,9 Vietnam,South-eastern Asia,1945-03-11 – 1945-08-25; 1976-07-02 –,North Vietnam (1945-09-02 – 1976-07-02),27,2,18,11 Egypt,Northern Africa,before 1926 –,United Arab Republic (1958-02-01 – 1961-09-28),48,0,12,45 Guinea,Sub-Saharan Africa,1958-10-02 –,,23,0,7,23 Haiti,Latin America and the Caribbean,before 1926 –,,53,4,33,42 India,Southern Asia,1947-08-15 –,,35,3,20,15 Jordan,Western Asia,1946-05-25 –,,43,0,4,39 Morocco,Northern Africa,1956-03-02 –,,20,0,3,19 New Zealand,Australia and New Zealand,before 1926 –,,48,8,25,24 Syria,Western Asia,1945-10-24 –,,46,0,16,39 Tunisia,Northern Africa,1956-03-20 –,,27,2,9,22 Algeria,Northern Africa,1962-07-05 –,,35,0,14,29 Barbados,Latin America and the Caribbean,1966-11-30 –,,21,4,13,8 Benin,Sub-Saharan Africa,1967-09-19 – 1967-09-20; 1960-08-01 –,,19,0,16,17 Botswana,Sub-Saharan Africa,1966-09-30 –,,6,0,6,6 Myanmar,South-eastern Asia,1948-01-04 –,,22,1,14,15 Burundi,Sub-Saharan Africa,1962-07-01 –,,27,1,13,21 Cameroon,Sub-Saharan Africa,1960-01-01 –,,11,0,2,11 Central African Republic,Sub-Saharan Africa,1960-08-13 –,,33,2,9,29 Chad,Sub-Saharan Africa,1960-08-11 –,,28,0,8,28 "Congo, Republic of the",Sub-Saharan Africa,1960-08-15 –,,22,0,8,21 Cyprus,Western Asia,1960-08-16 –,,9,0,9,9 Dominica,Latin America and the Caribbean,1967-03-01 –,,22,3,13,9 Dominican Republic,Latin America and the Caribbean,before 1926 –,,33,0,33,33 Equatorial Guinea,Sub-Saharan Africa,1968-10-12 –,,13,1,2,13 Gabon,Sub-Saharan Africa,1960-08-17 –,,18,2,6,15 Ghana,Sub-Saharan Africa,1957-03-06 –,,17,1,16,12 Grenada,Latin America and the Caribbean,1967-03-03 –,,21,3,10,12 Jamaica,Latin America and the Caribbean,1962-08-06 –,,19,2,10,9 Kenya,Sub-Saharan Africa,1963-12-12 –,,8,1,7,6 Kuwait,Western Asia,1961-06-19 –,,13,0,7,11 Lesotho,Sub-Saharan Africa,1966-10-04 –,,12,1,3,9 Malawi,Sub-Saharan Africa,1964-07-06 –,,8,2,8,6 Malaysia,South-eastern Asia,1963-09-16 –,Federation of Malaya (1957-08-31 – 1963-09-16),25,0,16,9 Maldives,Southern Asia,1965-07-26 –,,9,0,8,8 Mauritania,Sub-Saharan Africa,1960-11-28 –,,25,0,10,19 Nauru,Micronesia,1968-01-31 –,,17,0,17,17 Niger,Sub-Saharan Africa,1960-08-03 –,,27,0,11,22 Nigeria,Sub-Saharan Africa,1960-10-01 –,,17,1,16,14 Rwanda,Sub-Saharan Africa,1962-07-01 –,,16,1,6,16 Saint Lucia,Latin America and the Caribbean,1967-03-01 –,,22,2,13,9 Senegal,Sub-Saharan Africa,1960-08-20 –,,20,2,5,19 Singapore,South-eastern Asia,1965-08-09 –,,16,1,12,4 South Africa,Sub-Saharan Africa,before 1926 –,,29,2,24,14 Mali,Sub-Saharan Africa,1960-08-20 –,,30,1,9,26 Eswatini,Sub-Saharan Africa,1968-09-06 –,,24,2,4,20 Tanzania,Sub-Saharan Africa,1964-04-26 –,,17,1,6,17 Togo,Sub-Saharan Africa,1960-04-27 –,,20,1,8,19 Trinidad and Tobago,Latin America and the Caribbean,1962-08-31 –,,16,4,9,8 Uganda,Sub-Saharan Africa,1962-10-09 –,,23,2,14,20 Samoa,Polynesia,1962-01-01 –,,11,1,4,8 Zambia,Sub-Saharan Africa,1964-10-24 –,,14,0,8,14 The Bahamas,Latin America and the Caribbean,1973-07-10 –,,20,4,15,6 Bangladesh,Southern Asia,1971-03-26 –,,36,2,20,25 Cape Verde,Sub-Saharan Africa,1975-07-05 –,,9,0,5,6 Comoros,Sub-Saharan Africa,1975-07-06 –,,28,0,16,24 Djibouti,Sub-Saharan Africa,1977-06-27 –,,7,0,2,7 East Timor,South-eastern Asia,1975-11-28 – 1975-12-07; 2002-05-20 –,,9,0,5,7 The Gambia,Sub-Saharan Africa,1965-02-18 –,,6,1,6,3 Guinea-Bissau,Sub-Saharan Africa,1973-09-24 –,,38,2,15,26 Guyana,Latin America and the Caribbean,1966-05-26 –,,18,2,14,13 Kiribati,Micronesia,1979-07-12 –,,9,0,9,9 "Korea, South",Eastern Asia,1948-08-17 –,,79,4,21,76 Laos,South-eastern Asia,1953-10-22 –,,22,0,10,16 Malta,Southern Europe,1964-09-21 –,,22,4,15,8 Papua New Guinea,Melanesia,1975-09-16 –,,24,1,16,9 Qatar,Western Asia,1971-09-03 –,,9,0,4,7 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,Latin America and the Caribbean,1969-10-27 –,,18,3,13,5 São Tomé and Príncipe,Sub-Saharan Africa,1975-07-12 –,,25,3,8,20 Seychelles,Sub-Saharan Africa,1976-06-29 –,,6,0,6,5 Sierra Leone,Sub-Saharan Africa,1961-04-27 –,,24,1,17,20 Solomon Islands,Melanesia,1978-07-07 –,,24,1,10,14 Suriname,Latin America and the Caribbean,1975-11-25 –,,16,1,11,14 Tonga,Polynesia,1970-06-04 –,,14,0,3,12 Tuvalu,Polynesia,1978-10-01 –,,26,2,15,15 United Arab Emirates,Western Asia,1971-12-02 –,,6,0,5,3 Antigua and Barbuda,Latin America and the Caribbean,1967-02-27 –,,11,2,6,5 Belize,Latin America and the Caribbean,1981-09-21 –,,11,3,6,5 Brunei,South-eastern Asia,1984-01-01 –,,1,0,1,1 Fiji,Melanesia,1970-10-10 –,,17,1,12,8 Marshall Islands,Micronesia,1986-10-21 –,,11,1,11,11 "Micronesia, Federated States of",Micronesia,1986-11-03 –,,10,0,10,10 Oman,Western Asia,before 1926 –,,5,0,4,5 Saint Kitts and Nevis,Latin America and the Caribbean,1967-02-27 –,,17,2,10,7 Sri Lanka,Southern Asia,1948-02-04 –,,25,4,15,19 Sudan,Northern Africa,1956-01-01 –,,33,0,20,18 Vanuatu,Melanesia,1980-07-30 –,,30,0,18,14 Zimbabwe,Sub-Saharan Africa,1980-04-18 –,,5,0,4,4 Angola,Sub-Saharan Africa,1975-11-11 –,,9,0,4,9 Bosnia and Herzegovina,Southern Europe,1992-04-05 –,,47,4,31,17 Czech Republic,Eastern Europe,1993-01-01 –,,17,0,7,13 Eritrea,Sub-Saharan Africa,1993-05-24 –,,1,0,1,1 Ethiopia,Sub-Saharan Africa,before 1926 –,,25,2,12,18 Georgia,Western Asia,1991-04-09 –,,26,3,8,21 Ivory Coast,Sub-Saharan Africa,1960-08-07 –,,15,0,5,15 Cambodia,South-eastern Asia,1953-11-09 –,,36,1,12,27 Kazakhstan,Central Asia,1991-12-16 –,,14,0,2,13 Kyrgyzstan,Central Asia,1991-08-31 –,,36,1,8,32 Lithuania,Northern Europe,before 1926 –,,35,5,11,27 North Macedonia,Southern Europe,1991-09-08 –,,20,2,8,13 Madagascar,Sub-Saharan Africa,1960-06-26 –,,37,1,15,29 Mauritius,Sub-Saharan Africa,1968-03-12 –,,25,3,22,5 Moldova,Eastern Europe,1991-08-27 –,,31,4,9,24 Mozambique,Sub-Saharan Africa,1975-06-25 –,,13,2,5,13 Namibia,Sub-Saharan Africa,1990-03-21 –,,9,2,5,9 Palau,Micronesia,1994-10-01 –,,4,0,4,4 Russia,Eastern Europe,1991-12-26 –,,13,0,3,13 Slovenia,Southern Europe,1991-06-25 –,,13,2,5,10 Somalia,Sub-Saharan Africa,1960-07-01 –,,34,0,13,24 Tajikistan,Central Asia,1991-09-09 –,,12,0,4,12 Turkmenistan,Central Asia,1991-10-27 –,,4,0,3,4 Ukraine,Eastern Europe,1991-08-24 –,,26,2,7,23 Uzbekistan,Central Asia,1991-08-31 –,,6,0,3,6 Yemen,Western Asia,1990-05-22 –,,18,0,3,15 Bahrain,Western Asia,1971-08-15 –,,4,0,2,2 Belarus,Eastern Europe,1990-07-27 –,,15,0,4,12 "Congo, Democratic Republic of the",Sub-Saharan Africa,1960-06-30 –,,35,1,5,33 Germany,Western Europe,before 1926 –,West Germany (1949-05-23 – 1990-10-02),35,1,18,19 Iraq,Western Asia,1932-10-03 –,,57,0,15,48 Montenegro,Southern Europe,2006-06-03 –,"Republic of Montenegro within the FR Yugoslavia, later Serbia and Montenegro, from 1992-04-27 only",12,0,6,8 Nepal,Southern Asia,before 1926 –,,38,2,9,33 Serbia,Southern Europe,2006-06-05 –,"Republic of Serbia within the FR Yugoslavia, later Serbia and Montenegro, from 1992-04-27 only",25,3,11,15 Kosovo,Southern Europe,2008-02-17 –,,12,3,8,5 Burkina Faso,Sub-Saharan Africa,1960-08-05 –,,26,0,13,21 Libya,Northern Africa,1951-12-24 –,,44,0,19,30 South Sudan,Sub-Saharan Africa,2011-07-09 –,,1,0,1,1