List of predecessors of sovereign states in Asia
This is a list of all present sovereign states in Asia and their predecessors. The boundaries of Asia are culturally determined, as there is no clear geographical separation between it and Europe, which together form one continuous landmass called Eurasia. The most commonly accepted boundaries place Asia to the east of the Suez Canal, the Ural River, and the Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian and Black Seas.
| Sovereign state | Predecessors |
| Afghanistan | Durrani Empire Emirate of Afghanistan Kingdom of Afghanistan Republic of Afghanistan Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ' Islamic State of Afghanistan and Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ' Afghan Interim Administration ' Afghan Transitional Administration ' ' |
| Armenia | Achaemenid Empire Kingdom of Armenia Safavid Empire Afsharid Empire Qajar Empire Ottoman Empire Russian Empire Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic First Republic of Armenia Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Federative Union of Socialist Soviet Republics of Transcaucasia ' Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic ' Republic of Armenia ' ' |
| Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan Democratic Republic Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Federative Union of Socialist Soviet Republics of Transcaucasia ' Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic ' ' Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast ' |
| Bahrain | Emirate of Bahrain and its Dependencies State of Bahrain ' |
| Bangladesh | Company rule in India British India Dominion of Pakistan Islamic Republic of Pakistan ' ' |
| Bhutan | ' |
| Brunei | Bruneian Empire Protectorate of Brunei ' ' ' |
| Cambodia | Chenla Angkor Empire Kingdom of Cambodia and Kingdom of Siam French Protectorate of Cambodia ' French Indochina ' Kingdom of Cambodia Khmer Republic Democratic Kampuchea People's Republic of Kampuchea Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea and United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia National Government of Cambodia ' |
| Greater China | Mainland China , Song dynasty and Jin dynasty and Great Yuan Great Qing  Republic of China ' ' Island of Taiwan ' Dutch Formosa ' Spanish Formosa ' Kingdom of Tungning ' Qing Taiwan ' Republic of Formosa ' Japanese Taiwan '  Chinese Taiwan ' Taiwan ' |
| Cyprus | Vilayet of the Archipelago ' Crown Colony of Cyprus ' Provisional Turkish Cypriot Administration Autonomous Turkish Cypriot Administration Turkish Federated State of Cyprus ' |
| Egypt | Kingdom of Egypt Ptolemaic Kingdom Tulunid Wilayah ' Ikhshidid Wilayah ' Fatimid Caliphate Ayyubid Sultanate Mamluk Sultanate Ottoman Empire Khedivate of Egypt Sultanate of Egypt ' Kingdom of Egypt Republic of Egypt United Arab Republic ' ' |
| Georgia | Kingdom of Iberia Principality of Iberia Kingdom of Georgia Kingdom of Kartli Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti Russian Empire ' Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic Democratic Republic of Georgia Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic ' Federative Union of Socialist Soviet Republics of Transcaucasia ' Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic ' Republic of Georgia ' Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic ' South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast ' |
| India | Janapada Mahajanapadas Maurya Empire Early classical period Gupta Empire – Golden Age late Classical to early medieval periods Late medieval period Early modern period British India and Company rule in India Princely states Dominion of India ' |
| Indonesia | Dutch East India Company in Indonesia Dutch East Indies Republic of the United States of Indonesia ' and Netherlands New Guinea ' |
| Iran | Achaemenid Empire Seleucid Empire Parthian Empire Sasanian Empire Kara Koyunlu Aq Qoyunlu Safavid Empire Afsharid Empire Sublime State of Persia Imperial State of Iran ' ' |
| Iraq | Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Iraq under British Administration Kingdom of Iraq Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan Iraqi Republic Iraqi Republic Coalition Provisional Authority ' |
| Israel | Kingdom of Israel Mandatory Palestine ' |
| Japan | Tokugawa Shogunate and Ryukyu Kingdom Occupation of Japan ' ' |
| Jordan | Ottoman Empire Occupied Enemy Territory Administration Emirate of Transjordan ' |
| Kazakhstan | Golden Horde Kazakh Khanate Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ' Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic ' ' |
| Korea, North | Goguryeo Unified Silla Balhae Kingdom of Goryeo Joseon Korean Empire Japanese Korea People's Republic of Korea ' Soviet Civil Authority Provisional People's Committee for North Korea Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
| Korea, South | Kingdom of Silla Kingdom of Baekje Unified Silla Kingdom of Goryeo Joseon Korean Empire Japanese Korea and Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea exile in China People's Republic of Korea ' United States Army Military Government in Korea Republic of Korea |
| Kuwait | State of Kuwait Republic of Kuwait ' Kuwait Governorate ' ' |
| Kyrgyzstan | Russian Turkestan ' Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic ' Kara-Kirghiz Autonomous Oblast ' Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic ' Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic ' ' ' |
| Laos | Kingdom of Luang Phrabang, Kingdom of Champasak, and Kingdom of Siam ', French Protectorate of Laos ' Kingdom of Laos ' ' |
| Lebanon | Ottoman Empire Occupied Enemy Territory Administration State of Greater Lebanon ' ' |
| Malaysia | Federated Malay States and Unfederated Malay States ' Malayan Union Federation of Malaya ' |
| Maldives | Sultanate of Maldive Islands ' |
| Mongolia | and Yuan dynasty Qing rule in Mongolia Bogd Khanate of Mongolia ' Mongolian People's Republic ' |
| Myanmar | Konbaung Dynasty British India British Burma Union of Burma Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma Union of Myanmar ' |
| Nepal | Kingdom of Nepal ' |
| Oman | Sultanate of Muscat and Oman Imamate of Oman ' ' |
| Pakistan | Company rule in India British India Dominion of Pakistan ' |
| Palestine | Ptolemaic Kingdom Palaestina Tulunid Wilayah ' Ikhshidid Wilayah ' Fatimid Caliphate Ayyubid Sultanate Mamluk Sultanate Ottoman Empire Occupied Enemy Territory Administration Mandatory Palestine All-Palestine Government, later Occupation of the Gaza Strip by Egypt and Jordanian annexation of the West Bank Palestinian Liberation Organization Israeli Military Governorate Israeli Civil Administration Palestinian National Authority ' ' |
| Philippines | Kingdom of Tondo, Confederation of Madja-as, Sultanate of Sulu and Sultanate of Maguindanao Spanish East Indies and British Manila United States Military Government of the Philippine Islands and Insular Government of the Philippine Islands ' Commonwealth of the Philippines and Second Philippine Republic ' |
| Qatar | Protectorate of Qatar ' ' |
| Russia | Tsardom of Russia Russian Empire Russian Republic Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ' Russian Federation ' ' |
| Saudi Arabia | Emirate of Diriyah Emirate of Nejd Emirate of Jabal Shammar and Hejaz Vilayet Emirate of Nejd and Hasa Sultanate of Nejd, Kingdom of Hejaz and Idrisid Emirate of Asir Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd ' ' |
| Singapore | Crown Colony of Singapore Straits Settlements Colony of Singapore Singapore ' ' |
| Sri Lanka | Sinhala Kingdom ' ' ' ' ' and the ' |
| Syria | Ottoman Empire Occupied Enemy Territory Administration Alawite State and Arab Kingdom of Syria Jabal Druze State and State of Aleppo and State of Damascus, later State of Syria Mandatory Syrian Republic Syrian Republic United Arab Republic ' ' ' |
| Tajikistan | Russian Turkestan ' Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic ' Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic ' Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic ' ' |
| Thailand | , Lan Na Kingdom, Nakhon Si Thammarat Kingdom Ayutthaya Kingdom Thonburi Kingdom Kingdom of Siam ' ' |
| Timor-Leste | Portuguese Timor Timor Timur ' United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor ' |
| Turkey | Achaemenid Empire Roman Republic Roman Empire Empire of Trebizond Seljuq Empire Seljuq Sultanate of Rum Karamanids ' |
| Turkmenistan | Russian Turkestan ' Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic ', Khorezm People's Soviet Republic, Bukharan People's Soviet Republic Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic ' ' |
| United Arab Emirates | Trucial States ' ' |
| Uzbekistan | Russian Turkestan ' Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic ', Khorezm People's Soviet Republic, Bukharan People's Soviet Republic Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic ' ' |
| Vietnam | Nguyễn dynasty still enthroned until 1945 French Indochina ' State of Vietnam ' Democratic Republic of Vietnam Republic of Vietnam Republic of South Vietnam ' ' |
| Yemen | Yemen Vilayet ' Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen Yemen Arab Republic Aden Protectorate Federation of South Arabia People's Democratic Republic of Yemen '' ' |