States recognised by the United Nations
| Country | Head of state | Head of government |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | President Hamid Karzai | |
| Albania | President Bujar Nishani | Prime Minister Sali Berisha |
| Algeria | President Abdelaziz Bouteflika | Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal |
| Andorra | Co-Prince Joan Enric Vives i Sicília Representative Nemesi Marqués Oste Co-Prince François Hollande Representative Sylvie Hubac | Prime Minister Antoni Martí |
| Angola | President José Eduardo dos Santos | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Queen Elizabeth II Governor-General Dame Louise Lake-Tack | Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer |
| Argentina | President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner | |
| Armenia | President Serzh Sargsyan | Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan |
| Australia | Queen Elizabeth II Governor-General Quentin Bryce | Prime Minister Julia Gillard |
| Austria | President Heinz Fischer | Chancellor Werner Faymann |
| Azerbaijan | President Ilham Aliyev | Prime Minister Artur Rasizade |
| Bahamas | Queen Elizabeth II Governor-General Sir Arthur Foulkes | Prime Minister Perry Christie |
| Bahrain | King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa | Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa |
| Bangladesh | President Zillur Rahman | Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina |
| Barbados | Queen Elizabeth II Governor-General Sir Elliot Belgrave | Prime Minister Freundel Stuart |
| Belarus | President Alexander Lukashenko | Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich |
| Belgium | King Albert II | Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo |
| Belize | Queen Elizabeth II Governor-General Sir Colville Young | Prime Minister Dean Barrow |
| Benin | President Yayi Boni | Prime Minister Pascal Koupaki |
| Bhutan | King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck | Prime Minister Jigme Thinley |
| Bolivia | President Evo Morales | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | High Representative Valentin Inzko | |
| Presidency: Bakir Izetbegović (Chairman) Nebojša Radmanović (Member) Željko Komšić (Member) | Prime Minister Vjekoslav Bevanda | |
| Botswana | President Ian Khama | |
| Brazil | President Dilma Rousseff | |
| Brunei | Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah | |
| Bulgaria | President Rosen Plevneliev | Prime Minister Boyko Borisov |
| Burkina Faso | President Blaise Compaoré | Prime Minister Luc-Adolphe Tiao |
| Burma (Myanmar) | President Thein Sein | |
| Burundi | President Pierre Nkurunziza | |
| Cambodia | King Norodom Sihamoni | Prime Minister Hun Sen |
| Cameroon | President Paul Biya | Prime Minister Philémon Yang |
| Canada | Queen Elizabeth II Governor General David Johnston | Prime Minister Stephen Harper |
| Cape Verde | President Jorge Carlos Fonseca | Prime Minister José Maria Neves |
| Central African Republic | President François Bozizé | Prime Minister Faustin-Archange Touadéra |
| Chad | President Idriss Déby | Prime Minister Emmanuel Nadingar |
| Chile | President Sebastián Piñera | |
| China, People's Republic of | President Hu Jintao | Premier Wen Jiabao |
| Colombia | President Juan Manuel Santos | |
| Comoros | President Ikililou Dhoinine | |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of | President Joseph Kabila | Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo |
| Congo, Republic of | President Denis Sassou Nguesso | |
| Costa Rica | President Laura Chinchilla | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | President Alassane Ouattara | Prime Minister Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio |
| Croatia | President Ivo Josipović | Prime Minister Zoran Milanović |
| Cuba | President Raúl Castro | |
| Cyprus | President Demetris Christofias | |
| Czech Republic | President Václav Klaus | Prime Minister Petr Nečas |
| Denmark | Queen Margrethe II | Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt |
| Djibouti | President Ismail Omar Guelleh | Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita |
| Dominica | President Nicholas Liverpool | Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit |
| Dominican Republic | President Danilo Medina | |
| East Timor | President Taur Matan Ruak | Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão |
| Ecuador | President Rafael Correa | |
| Egypt | President Mohamed Morsi | Prime Minister Hesham Qandil |
| El Salvador | President Mauricio Funes | |
| Equatorial Guinea | President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | Prime Minister Vicente Ehate Tomi |
| Eritrea | President Isaias Afewerki | |
| Estonia | President Toomas Hendrik Ilves | Prime Minister Andrus Ansip |
| Ethiopia | President Girma Wolde-Giorgis | Acting Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn |
| Fiji | President Epeli Nailatikau | Acting Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama |
| Finland | President Sauli Niinistö | Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen |
| France | President François Hollande | Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault |
| Gabon | President Ali Bongo Ondimba | Prime Minister Raymond Ndong Sima |
| Gambia | President Yahya Jammeh | |
| Georgia | President Mikheil Saakashvili | Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili |
| Germany | President Joachim Gauck | Chancellor Angela Merkel |
| Ghana | President John Dramani Mahama | |
| Greece | President Karolos Papoulias | Prime Minister Antonis Samaras |
| Grenada | Queen Elizabeth II Governor-General Sir Carlyle Glean | Prime Minister Tillman Thomas |
| Guatemala | President Otto Pérez Molina | |
| Guinea | President Alpha Condé | Prime Minister Mohamed Said Fofana |
| Guinea-Bissau | Acting President Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo | Acting Prime Minister Rui Duarte de Barros |
| Guyana | President Donald Ramotar | Prime Minister Sam Hinds |
| Haiti | President Michel Martelly | Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe |
| Honduras | President Porfirio Lobo Sosa | |
| Hungary | President János Áder | Prime Minister Viktor Orbán |
| Iceland | President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson | Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir |
| India | President Pranab Mukherjee | Prime Minister Manmohan Singh |
| Indonesia | President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono | |
| Iran | Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei | President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Iraq | President Jalal Talabani | Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki |
| Ireland | President Michael D. Higgins | Taoiseach Enda Kenny |
| Israel | President Shimon Peres | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu |
| Italy | President Giorgio Napolitano | Prime Minister Mario Monti |
| Jamaica | Queen Elizabeth II Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen | Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller |
| Japan | Emperor Akihito | Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda |
| Jordan | King Abdullah II | Prime Minister Fayez al-Tarawneh |
| Kazakhstan | President Nursultan Nazarbayev | Prime Minister Karim Massimov |
| Kenya | President Mwai Kibaki | Prime Minister Raila Odinga |
| Kiribati | President Anote Tong | |
| Kuwait | Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | Prime Minister Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah |
| Kyrgyzstan | President Almazbek Atambayev | Prime Minister Zhantoro Satybaldiyev |
| Laos | President Choummaly Sayasone | Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong |
| Latvia | President Andris Bērziņš | Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis |
| Lebanon | President Michel Suleiman | Prime Minister Najib Mikati |
| Lesotho | King Letsie III | Prime Minister Tom Thabane |
| Liberia | President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | |
| Libya | Chairman of the General National Congress Mohamed el-Magariaf | Prime Minister Abdurrahim El-Keib |
| Liechtenstein | Prince Hans-Adam II Prince-Regent Alois | Prime Minister Klaus Tschütscher |
| Lithuania | President Dalia Grybauskaitė | Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius |
| Luxembourg | Grand Duke Henri | Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker |
| Macedonia | President Gjorge Ivanov | Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski |
| Madagascar | President of the High Authority of Transition Andry Rajoelina | Prime Minister Omer Beriziky |
| Malawi | President Joyce Banda | |
| Malaysia | Yang di-Pertuan Agong Abdul Halim | Prime Minister Najib Razak |
| Maldives | President Mohammed Waheed Hassan | |
| Mali | Acting President Dioncounda Traoré | Acting Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra |
| Malta | President George Abela | Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi |
| Marshall Islands | President Christopher Loeak | |
| Mauritania | President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz | Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf |
| Mauritius | President Rajkeswur Purryag | Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam |
| Mexico | President Felipe Calderón President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto | |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | President Manny Mori | |
| Moldova | President Nicolae Timofti | Prime Minister Vlad Filat |
| Monaco | Prince Albert II | Minister of State Michel Roger |
| Mongolia | President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj | Prime Minister Norovyn Altankhuyag |
| Montenegro | President Filip Vujanović | Prime Minister Igor Lukšić |
| Morocco | King Mohammed VI | Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane |
| Mozambique | President Armando Guebuza | Prime Minister Aires Ali |
| Namibia | President Hifikepunye Pohamba | Prime Minister Nahas Angula |
| Nauru | President Sprent Dabwido | |
| Nepal | President Ram Baran Yadav | Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai |
| Netherlands | Queen Beatrix | Prime Minister Mark Rutte |
| New Zealand | Queen Elizabeth II Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae | Prime Minister John Key |
| Nicaragua | President Daniel Ortega | |
| Niger | President Mahamadou Issoufou | Prime Minister Brigi Rafini |
| Nigeria | President Goodluck Jonathan | |
| North Korea | Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un | |
| Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly Kim Yong-nam | Premier Choe Yong-rim | |
| Norway | King Harald V | Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg |
| Oman | Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said | |
| Pakistan | President Asif Ali Zardari | Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf |
| Palau | President Johnson Toribiong | |
| Panama | President Ricardo Martinelli | |
| Papua New Guinea | Queen Elizabeth II Governor-General Sir Michael Ogio | Prime Minister Peter O'Neill |
| Paraguay | President Federico Franco | |
| Peru | President Ollanta Humala | Prime Minister Juan Jiménez Mayor |
| Philippines | President Benigno Aquino III | |
| Poland | President Bronisław Komorowski | Prime Minister Donald Tusk |
| Portugal | President Aníbal Cavaco Silva | Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho |
| Qatar | Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani | Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani |
| Romania | President Traian Băsescu | Prime Minister Victor Ponta |
| Russia | President Vladimir Putin | Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev |
| Rwanda | President Paul Kagame | Prime Minister Pierre Habumuremyi |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Queen Elizabeth II Governor-General Sir Cuthbert Sebastian | Prime Minister Denzil Douglas |
| Saint Lucia | Queen Elizabeth II Governor-General Dame Pearlette Louisy | Prime Minister Kenny Anthony |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Queen Elizabeth II Governor-General Sir Frederick Ballantyne | Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves |
| Samoa | O le Ao o le Malo Tufuga Efi | Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi |
| San Marino | Captain Regent Italo Righi Captain Regent Maurizio Rattini | |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | President Manuel Pinto da Costa | Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada |
| Saudi Arabia | King Abdullah | |
| Senegal | President Macky Sall | Prime Minister Abdoul Mbaye |
| Serbia | President Tomislav Nikolić | Prime Minister Ivica Dačić |
| Seychelles | President James Michel | |
| Sierra Leone | President Ernest Bai Koroma | |
| Singapore | President Tony Tan Keng Yam | Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong |
| Slovakia | President Ivan Gašparovič | Prime Minister Robert Fico |
| Slovenia | President Danilo Türk | Prime Minister Janez Janša |
| Solomon Islands | Queen Elizabeth II Governor-General Sir Frank Kabui | Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo |
| Somalia | President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud | Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali |
| South Africa | President Jacob Zuma | |
| South Korea | President Lee Myung-bak | Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik |
| South Sudan | President Salva Kiir Mayardit | |
| Spain | King Juan Carlos I | Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy |
| Sri Lanka | President Mahinda Rajapaksa | Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne |
| Sudan | President Omar al-Bashir | |
| Suriname | President Dési Bouterse | |
| Swaziland | King Mswati III | Prime Minister Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini |
| Sweden | King Carl XVI Gustaf | Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt |
| Switzerland | Federal Council: Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (Pres.), Ueli Maurer (VP), Doris Leuthard, Didier Burkhalter, Simonetta Sommaruga, Johann Schneider-Ammann, Alain Berset | |
| Syria | President Bashar al-Assad | Prime Minister Wael Nader Al-Halqi |
| Tajikistan | President Emomalii Rahmon | Prime Minister Oqil Oqilov |
| Tanzania | President Jakaya Kikwete | Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda |
| Thailand | King Bhumibol Adulyadej | Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra |
| Togo | President Faure Gnassingbé | Prime Minister Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu |
| Tonga | King Tupou VI | Prime Minister Sialeʻataongo Tuʻivakanō |
| Trinidad and Tobago | President George Maxwell Richards | Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar |
| Tunisia | President Moncef Marzouki | Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali |
| Turkey | President Abdullah Gül | Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Turkmenistan | President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow | |
| Tuvalu | Queen Elizabeth II Governor-General Sir Iakoba Italeli | Prime Minister Willy Telavi |
| Uganda | President Yoweri Museveni | Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi |
| Ukraine | President Viktor Yanukovych | Prime Minister Mykola Azarov |
| United Arab Emirates | President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan | Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
| United Kingdom | Queen Elizabeth II | Prime Minister David Cameron |
| United States | President Barack Obama | |
| Uruguay | President José Mujica | |
| Uzbekistan | President Islam Karimov | Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev |
| Vanuatu | President Iolu Abil | Prime Minister Sato Kilman |
| Vatican City | Pope Benedict XVI | President of the Governorate Giuseppe Bertello |
| Venezuela | President Hugo Chávez | |
| Vietnam | President Trương Tấn Sang | Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng |
| Yemen | President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi | Prime Minister Mohammed Basindawa |
| Zambia | President Michael Sata | |
| Zimbabwe | President Robert Mugabe | Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai |
States recognised by at least one United Nations member
| Country | Head of state | Head of government |
|---|---|---|
| Abkhazia | President Alexander Ankvab | Prime Minister Leonid Lakerbaia |
| Kosovo | President Atifete Jahjaga | Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi |
| Northern Cyprus | President Derviş Eroğlu | Prime Minister İrsen Küçük |
| Palestine | (disputed) President either: Mahmoud Abbas (West Bank) or Aziz Duwaik (Acting President) (Gaza Strip) | (disputed) Prime Minister either: Salam Fayyad (West Bank) or Ismail Haniyeh (Gaza Strip) |
| China, Republic of (Taiwan) | President Ma Ying-jeou | Premier Sean Chen |
| Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | President Mohamed Abdelaziz | Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar |
| South Ossetia | President Leonid Tibilov | Prime Minister Rostislav Khugayev |
States not recognised by any United Nations members
| Country | Head of state | Head of government |
|---|---|---|
| Nagorno-Karabakh | President Bako Sahakyan | Prime Minister Arayik Harutyunyan |
| Somaliland | President Ahmed Mahamoud Silanyo | |
| Transnistria | President Yevgeny Shevchuk | Prime Minister Pyotr Stepanov |