List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Indian Ocean
This list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Indian Ocean consists of 38 countries, with 13 in Africa, 22 in Asia, and 1 in Oceania that either border on or are in the Indian Ocean, as well as 2 European countries which administer several dependencies or overseas territories in the region.
Indian Ocean sovereign states and dependent territories
Asia-Pacific
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† — states bordering the Persian Gulf
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Sovereign states
The states listed in this table either border on or are in the Indian Ocean, which here includes the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
Recognised states
The following fully recognised states are all member states of the United Nations.
| Flag | Coat of Arms
or |
Map | English Short Name
and |
Local Short name(s)
and |
Capital | Population | Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia
Commonwealth of Australia |
English: Australia — Commonwealth of Australia | Canberra | 23,268,319 | 7,741,220 km2
(2,988,902 sq mi) | |||
| Bahrain
Kingdom of Bahrain |
Arabic: مملكة البحرين – البحرين
(Al Baḩrayn – Mamlakat al Baḩrayn) |
Manama | 1,569,446 | 760 km2
(293 sq mi) | |||
| Bangladesh
People's Republic of Bangladesh |
Bengali: বাংলাদেশ – গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ
(Bānglādesh – Gaṇaprajātantrī Bānglādesh) |
Dhaka | 161,376,708 | 147,570 km2
(56,977 sq mi) | |||
| Comoros
Union of the Comoros |
Arabic: جزر القمر — جمهورية القمر المتحدة
(Juzur al Qamar—Jumhūriyyat al Qamar al-Muttaḥidah) Comorian: Komori—Udzima wa Komori French: Comores—Union des Comores |
Moroni, Comoros | 832,322 | 2,235 km2
(863 sq mi) | |||
| Djibouti
Republic of Djibouti |
Arabic: جيبوتي — جمهورية جيبوتي
(Jibūti—Jumhūrīyat Jibūti) French: Djibouti—République de Djibouti |
Djibouti City | 958,923 | 23,200 km2
(8,958 sq mi) | |||
| Egypt
Arab Republic of Egypt |
Arabic: مصر — جمهورية مصر العربية
(Miṣr—Jumhūrīyat Miṣr alʿArabiyyah) |
Cairo | 98,423,598 | 1,001,449 km2
(386,662 sq mi) | |||
| Eritrea
State of Eritrea |
Arabic: إرتريا — دولة إرتريا
(ʾIritriyā—Dawlat ʾIritriyā) English: Eritrea—State of Eritrea Tigrinya: ኤርትራ — ሃገረ ኤርትራ (ʾErtra—Hagere ʾErtra) |
Asmara | 3,452,786 | 117,600 km2
(45,406 sq mi) | |||
| India
Republic of India |
Hindi: भारत – भारत गणराज्य
(Bhārat – Bhārat Gaṇarajya) |
New Delhi | 1,352,642,280 | 3,287,263 km2 (1,269,219 sq mi) | |||
| Indonesia
Republic of Indonesia |
Indonesian: Indonesia – Republik Indonesia | Jakarta | 267,670,543 | 1,904,569 km2 (735,358 sq mi) | |||
| Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran |
Persian: جمهوری اسلامی ایران – ایران
(Īrān – Jomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Īrān) |
Tehran | 83,183,741 | 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi) | |||
| Iraq
Republic of Iraq |
Arabic: العراق – جمهورية العراق
(Al 'Irāq – Jumhūrīyat al 'Irāq) |
Baghdad | 38,433,600 | 438,317 km2 (169,235 sq mi) | |||
| Israel
State of Israel |
Hebrew: יִשְרָאֵל – מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל
(Yisra'el – Medinat Yisra'el) Arabic: إسرائيل – دَوْلَة إِسْرَائِيل (Isrā'īl – Dawlat Isrā'īl) |
Jerusalem (claimed and de facto) |
8,381,516 | 20,770 km2
(8,019 sq mi) | |||
| Jordan
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan |
Arabic: اﻷرُدن – المملكة الأردنية الهاشميه
(Al Urdun – Al Mamlakah al Urdunīyah al Hāshimīyah) |
Amman | 9,965,318 | 89,342 km2 (34,495 sq mi) | |||
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Republic of Kenya |
English: Kenya—Republic of Kenya
Swahili: Kenya—Jamhuri ya Kenya |
Nairobi | 51,392,565 | 580,367 km2
(224,081 sq mi) | ||
| Kuwait
State of Kuwait |
Arabic: دولة الكويت – اﻟﻜﻮﻳت
(Al Kuwayt – Dawlat al Kuwayt) |
Kuwait City | 4,137,312 | 17,818 km2 (6,880 sq mi) | |||
| Madagascar
Republic of Madagascar |
French: Madagascar—République de Madagascar
Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara |
Antananarivo | 26,262,313 | 587,041 km2
(226,658 sq mi) | |||
| Malaysia | Malaysian: Persekutuan Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 31,528,033 | 329,847 km2 (127,355 sq mi) | |||
| Maldives
Republic of Maldives |
Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ – ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ
(Dhivehi Raajje – Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa) |
Malé | 515,696 | 298 km2 (115 sq mi) | |||
| Mauritius
Republic of Mauritius |
English: Mauritius—Republic of Mauritius
French: Maurice—République de Maurice Mauritian Creole: Moris—Repiblik Moris |
Port Louis | 1,267,185 | 2,040 km2
(788 sq mi) | |||
| Mozambique
Republic of Mozambique |
Portuguese: Moçambique—República de Moçambique | Maputo | 29,496,004 | 801,590 km2
(309,496 sq mi) | |||
| Myanmar
Republic of the Union of Myanmar |
Burmese: မြန်မာ – ပြည်ထောင်စု သမ္မတ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်
(Myanma – Pyidaungzu Myanma Naingngandaw) |
Naypyidaw | 53,708,320 | 676,578 km2 (261,228 sq mi) | |||
| Oman
Sultanate of Oman |
Arabic: عُمان – سلطنة عُمان
('Umān – Salţanat 'Umān) |
Muscat | 4,829,473 | 309,500 km2 (119,499 sq mi) | |||
| Pakistan
Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
English: Pakistan – Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Urdu: پَاکِسْتَان – اسلامی جمہوریہ پاکستان (Pākistān — Islāmī Jamhūrīyah-e-Pākistān) |
Islamabad | 212,228,286 | 881,913 km2 (340,509 sq mi) | |||
| Qatar
State of Qatar |
Arabic: قطر – دولة قطر
(Qatar – Dawlat Qatar) |
Doha | 2,781,682 | 11,586 km2 (4,473 sq mi) | |||
| Saudi Arabia
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
Arabic: السعودية – المملكة العربية السعودية
(As Su‘ūdīyah – Al Mamlakah al ‘Arabīyah as Su‘ūdīyah) |
Riyadh | 33,702,756 | 2,149,690 km2(830,000 sq mi) | |||
| Seychelles
Republic of Seychelles |
English: Seychelles—Republic of Seychelles
French: Seychelles—République des Seychelles Seychellois Creole: Sesel—Repiblik Sesel |
Victoria | 97,096 | 451 km2
(174 sq mi) | |||
| Singapore
Republic of Singapore |
Chinese: 新加坡 – 新加坡共和国
(Xīnjiāpō – Xīnjiāpō Gònghéguó) English: Singapore – Republic of Singapore Malay: Singapura – Republik Singapura Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் – சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசு (Chiṅkappūr – Chiṅkappūr Kuṭiyarachu) |
Singapore | 5,757,499 | 697 km2
(269 sq mi) | |||
| Sri Lanka
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka |
Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකාව – ශ්රී ලංකා ප්රජාතාන්ත්රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජය
(Shrī Laṁkā – Shrī Laṁkā Prajātāntrika Samājavādī Janarajaya) Tamil: இலங்கை – இலங்கை ஜனநாயக சமத்துவ குடியரசு (Ilaṅkai – Ilaṅkai Jaṉanāyaka Choṣhalichak Kuṭiyarachu) |
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | 21,228,763 | 65,610 km2
(25,332 sq mi) | |||
| Somalia
Federal Republic of Somalia |
Arabic: الصومال — جمهورية الصومال الفيدرالية
(Aṣ Ṣomāl—Jumhūriyyah aṣ Ṣomāl al Fīdrāliyyah) Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya |
Mogadishu | 15,008,226 | 637,657 km2
(246,201 sq mi) | |||
| South Africa
Republic of South Africa |
Afrikaans: Suid-Afrika—Republiek van Suid-Afrika
|
Bloemfontein (judicial),
Cape Town (legislative), and Pretoria (executive) |
57,792,518 | 1,221,037 km2
(471,445 sq mi) | |||
| Sudan
Republic of the Sudan |
Arabic: السودان — جمهورية السودان
(As Sūdān—Jumhūriyyah as Sūdān) English: Republic of the Sudan |
Khartoum | 41,801,533 | 1,861,484 km2
(718,723 sq mi) | |||
| Tanzania
United Republic of Tanzania |
English: Tanzania—United Republic of Tanzania
Swahili: Tanzania—Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania |
Dodoma (official)
Dar es Salaam (seat of government) |
56,313,438 | 945,203 km2
(364,945 sq mi) | |||
| Thailand
Kingdom of Thailand |
Thai: ไทย – ราชอาณาจักรไทย
(Thai – Ratcha Anachak Thai) |
Bangkok | 69,428,453 | 513,120 km2 (198,117 sq mi) | |||
| Timor-Leste
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste |
Portuguese: Timor-Leste – República Democrática de Timor-Leste
Tetum: Timor Lorosa'e – Repúblika Demokrátika Timor Lorosa'e |
Dili | 1,267,974 | 14,874 km2 (5,743 sq mi) | |||
| United Arab Emirates | Arabic: اﻹﻣﺎرات – دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة
(Al Imārāt – Al Imārāt al 'Arabīyah al Muttaḩidah) |
Abu Dhabi | 9,630,959 | 83,600 km2 (32,278 sq mi) | |||
| Yemen
Republic of Yemen |
Arabic: اليمن – الجمهورية اليمنية
(Al Yaman – Al Jumhūrīyah al Yamanīyah) |
Sana'a (de jure) | 28,498,683 | 527,968 km2 (203,850 sq mi) |
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States with limited or no international recognition
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| Flag | Coat of Arms
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Map | English Short Name
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Status | Local Short Name(s)
and |
Capital | Population | Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somaliland
Republic of Somaliland |
State not controlled by Somalia[1] | Arabic: جمهورية أرض الصومال — أرض الصومال
(Jumhūrīyat Arḍ aṣ-Ṣūmāl) Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland |
Hargeisa | 4,000,000 | 176,120 km2 (68,000 sq mi) |
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Constituent parts of sovereign states
| Flag | Coat of Arms
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Map | English Short Name
and |
Status | Local Short Name(s)
and |
Capital | Population | Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
Union Territory of India | English: Andaman and Nicobar Islands — Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Hindi: अंडमान व निकोबार द्वीप समूह — केंद्र शासित प्रदेश अंडमान और निकोबार द्वीप समूह
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Port Blair | 380,520 | 8,250 km2
(3,190 sq mi) | |||
| French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Overseas Territory and constituent part of the French Republic | French: Terres australes et antarctiques françaises | Saint-Pierre[3] | No permanent population[4]
200~400 scientists and military personnel[5] |
439,666.4 km2
(169,756.1 sq mi) | |||
| Lakshadweep
Union Territory of Lakshadweep |
Union Territory of India | English: Lakshadweep — Union Territory of Lakshadweep
Malayalam: ലക്ഷദ്വീപ് —
കേന്ദ്രഭരണ പ്രദേശമായ ലക്ഷദ്വീപ്
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Kavarrati | 70,365 | 32.62 km2
(12.59 sq mi) | |||
| Mayotte
Mayotte Region |
Overseas Region and constituent part of the French Republic | French: Mayotte — Région Mayotte | Mamoudzou | 266,380 | 374 km2
(144 sq mi) | |||
| Phuket
Phuket Province |
Province of Thailand | Thai: ภูเก็ต — ภูเก็ต จังหวัด
(Phuket — Phuket Changwat) |
Phuket | 416,582 | 543 km2
(210 sq mi) | |||
| Prince Edward Islands | Territory of South Africa | English: Prince Edward Islands | Uninhabited | Uninhabited | 335 km2
(129 sq mi) | |||
| Réunion
Reunion Region |
Overseas Department of France | French: La Réunion — Région Réunion | Saint-Denis | 859,959 | 2,511 km2
(970 sq mi) | |||
| Zanzibar
Republic of Zanzibar |
Semi-autonomous Region of Tanzania | Arabic: زنجبار — جمهورية زنجبار
(Zinjibār — Jumhūrīyat Zinjibār) English: Zanzibar — Republic of Zanzibar Swahili: Zanzibar — Jamhuri ya Zanzibar |
Zanzibar City | 1,303,569 [6] | 2,462 km2
(951 sq mi) |
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Dependent territories of sovereign states
See also
- Indian Ocean Rim
- List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands
- List of Caribbean countries by population
- List of island countries
- List of islands in the Indian Ocean
- List of islands of Africa
- List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Oceania
References
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- ↑ "French Southern and Antarctic Lands". Archived from the original on 2007-08-14. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ↑ TAAF Collectivity. "Présentation des territoires". taaf.fr (in French). Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- ↑ MWACHANG`A, DEVOTA (23 May 2014). "Kikwete to grace launch of 2012 statistics report". IPP Media.
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