List of sovereign states: Revision history

10 September 2026

• curprev 08:4208:42, 10 September 2026 CosdonH talk contribs 129,523 bytes −20 the Bishop of Urgell is appointed by the Pope, not "appointed with approval from the Holy See."
• curprev 08:4008:40, 10 September 2026 CosdonH talk contribs 129,543 bytes +34 Chile has two constitutional special territories, created by the 2007 constitutional reform (Law 20.193).

3 September 2026

• curprev 14:4014:40, 3 September 2026 Nice4What talk contribs 129,509 bytes −20 No need for "Federal Republic of Somalia" full title

29 August 2026

• curprev 18:4818:48, 29 August 2026 Tom1732 talk contribs 129,529 bytes −26 Undid revision 1371982737 by Nice4What (talk)The way it was before this editor changed things looked more professional. Tag: Undo
• curprev 18:1818:18, 29 August 2026 Nice4What talk contribs 129,555 bytes +26 Undid revision 1371865262 by Tom1732 (talk) Don't describe edits you aesthetically disagree with as "vandalism" Tags: Undo Reverted
• curprev 00:0600:06, 29 August 2026 Tom1732 talk contribs 129,529 bytes −26 Fixed some vandalism. Overthinking. Tag: Reverted

28 August 2026

• curprev 15:0515:05, 28 August 2026 Nice4What talk contribs m 129,555 bytes −13 →Other states: MOS:GEOLINK
• curprev 15:0415:04, 28 August 2026 Nice4What talk contribs 129,568 bytes +806 Full citation for two sources + removing note that's already explained in the 'Further information' column
• curprev 11:5011:50, 28 August 2026 Nice4What talk contribs m 128,762 bytes 0 Fixed number of countries not recognizing Israel

27 August 2026

• curprev 22:3922:39, 27 August 2026 TheLegendofGanon talk contribs 128,762 bytes +155 Undid revision 1371686646 by CyberFox42 (talk) The 1992 Consensus is controversial and the ROC has not officially renounced its claims on Mainland China. Tag: Undo
• curprev 21:4721:47, 27 August 2026 CyberFox42 talk contribs 128,607 bytes −155 The republic of China doesn't claim the mainland anymore after the 1992 Consensus. Tag: Reverted

26 August 2026

• curprev 13:5413:54, 26 August 2026 PharaohCrab talk contribs 128,762 bytes +181 added note

24 August 2026

• curprev 14:1314:13, 24 August 2026 Chipmunkdavis talk contribs 128,581 bytes +20 Rv gf, this layout was the result of a very extensive discussion trying to figure out how to handle the very unique status of these two polities Tag: Undo
• curprev 12:2712:27, 24 August 2026 Nice4What talk contribs 128,561 bytes −20 Unusual to list states as territories Tag: Reverted
• curprev 12:2512:25, 24 August 2026 Nice4What talk contribs 128,581 bytes −33 →List of states: Reduce severe overlinking

23 August 2026

• curprev 20:2820:28, 23 August 2026 PharaohCrab talk contribs m 128,614 bytes −30 fix
• curprev 20:1720:17, 23 August 2026 Nice4What talk contribs 128,644 bytes −12 No clear consensus Tag: Undo

22 August 2026

• curprev 17:2717:27, 22 August 2026 PharaohCrab talk contribs m 128,656 bytes +12 Undid 2 revisions from 1370695373 until 1370710360 see talk page Tags: Undo Reverted
• curprev 17:2117:21, 22 August 2026 TheLegendofGanon talk contribs 128,644 bytes −12 Fixed Czech Republic link. Tag: Reverted
• curprev 15:5615:56, 22 August 2026 GreenC bot talk contribs 128,656 bytes 0 Move 1 url. Wayback Medic 2.5 per WP:URLREQ#outlookindia.com Tag: Reverted

20 August 2026

• curprev 23:0423:04, 20 August 2026 HurricaneEdgar talk contribs 128,656 bytes −63 →UN member states and General Assembly observer states: The SDF has been dissolved, according to the SDF's commander-in-chief. Tag: Visual edit: Switched

19 August 2026

• curprev 07:2207:22, 19 August 2026 CosdonH talk contribs 128,719 bytes +42 Per the talk page, the short name is not the same as the common name.

6 August 2026

• curprev 19:3519:35, 6 August 2026 CosdonH talk contribs 128,677 bytes −48 Georgia abolished both the temporary South Ossetian administrative-territorial unit and its administration with effect from 1 January 2026. The Georgian Parliament approved the abolition in December 2025 - https://parliament.ge/en/media/news/2026-tslis-1-ianvridan-qofili-samkhret-osetis-avtonomiuri-olkis-teritoriaze-droebiti-administratsiul-teritoriuli-erteuli-da-droebiti-administratsiul-teritoriuli-erteulis
• curprev 19:3419:34, 6 August 2026 CosdonH talk contribs 128,725 bytes 0 South Korea is now undisputed

1 August 2026

• curprev 11:2011:20, 1 August 2026 Nintendoswitchfan talk contribs 128,725 bytes +3 →UN member states and General Assembly observer states
• curprev 11:1811:18, 1 August 2026 Nintendoswitchfan talk contribs 128,722 bytes +1 →List of states
• curprev 00:2300:23, 1 August 2026 Tom1732 talk contribs 128,721 bytes −14 →Other states: Nauru has ended their diplomatic recognition of both Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

31 July 2026

• curprev 22:4322:43, 31 July 2026 PharaohCrab talk contribs 128,735 bytes +314 Undid revision 1367083517 by First Rate Town (talk) statement is correct see Two hostile states theory. feel free to add a more reliable source Tag: Undo
• curprev 21:5821:58, 31 July 2026 First Rate Town talk contribs 128,421 bytes −314 →List of states: not a reliable source, see WP:NEWSWEEK Tag: Reverted

10 July 2026

• curprev 17:4217:42, 10 July 2026 PharaohCrab talk contribs m 128,735 bytes −26 Nauru has officially changed its name https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states/naoero

6 July 2026

• curprev 21:3721:37, 6 July 2026 Spiral6800 talk contribs 128,761 bytes −24 Changing short description from "Overview of sovereign states" to one that is intentionally blank Tag: Shortdesc helper

30 June 2026

• curprev 01:0401:04, 30 June 2026 PharaohCrab talk contribs m 128,785 bytes −2 not sure how this oversight lasted so long

27 June 2026

• curprev 01:2901:29, 27 June 2026 PharaohCrab talk contribs m 128,787 bytes 0 Congos in wrong order

21 June 2026

• curprev 02:5102:51, 21 June 2026 PharaohCrab talk contribs m 128,787 bytes −3 official name seems not to contain diacritics

2 June 2026

• curprev 01:0501:05, 2 June 2026 PharaohCrab talk contribs m 128,790 bytes −26 removing link

1 June 2026

• curprev 18:2118:21, 1 June 2026 Nice4What talk contribs 128,816 bytes −76 Removing unsourced note about "Azerbaijan Republic" name; might be WP:UNDUE if name is not that common
• curprev 18:1918:19, 1 June 2026 Nice4What talk contribs m 128,892 bytes 0 →UN member states and General Assembly observer states
• curprev 18:1718:17, 1 June 2026 Nice4What talk contribs 128,892 bytes −113 Revert Vic Park – I disagree with the assertion "People often forget the fact that "North Korea" and "South Korea" aren't their official names" – these are clearly their common names, hence the article titles. Please use talk page if you wish to make this change.
• curprev 18:1418:14, 1 June 2026 Nice4What talk contribs 129,005 bytes +13 →UN member states and General Assembly observer states
• curprev 18:1118:11, 1 June 2026 Nice4What talk contribs 128,992 bytes +439 Adding (temporary) note about North Korea abandoning claim over South Korea
• curprev 15:2715:27, 1 June 2026 PharaohCrab talk contribs 128,553 bytes +95 fixes
• curprev 14:5914:59, 1 June 2026 James Ker-Lindsay talk contribs m 128,458 bytes 0 No edit summary
• curprev 14:4514:45, 1 June 2026 James Ker-Lindsay talk contribs m 128,458 bytes +4 No edit summary
• curprev 14:3414:34, 1 June 2026 James Ker-Lindsay talk contribs 128,454 bytes +903 Separated short names with commas to avoid any sorting problems.
• curprev 11:5011:50, 1 June 2026 PharaohCrab talk contribs m 127,551 bytes −1 →Other states: erroneous space
• curprev 11:4511:45, 1 June 2026 PharaohCrab talk contribs m 127,552 bytes +13 fixes
• curprev 11:4111:41, 1 June 2026 PharaohCrab talk contribs m 127,539 bytes −25 →Other states: per Talk:List of sovereign states#SADR common name
• curprev 11:4011:40, 1 June 2026 PharaohCrab talk contribs 127,564 bytes −44 →UN member states and General Assembly observer states: fixed common names that are also official names
• curprev 07:4207:42, 1 June 2026 Vic Park talk contribs m 127,608 bytes +52 →List of states: Both Koreas should be listed under 'K', not 'N' or 'S'. People often forget the fact that "North Korea" and "South Korea" aren't their official names.

25 May 2026

• curprev 18:1918:19, 25 May 2026 Nice4What talk contribs m 127,556 bytes 0 →Other states: Fixed red link