UNRECOGNIZED COUNTRIES

 Partially recognized states with de facto control over their territory

1. Abkhasia in Georgia is a self-declared and more or less functioning independent state. Recognized by the Russian Federation, Nicaragua and Venezuela and Nauru and also by the partially recognised state of South Ossetia and the unrecognised Transnitria and Nagorno-Karabakh. It is situated between the Caucasus and the Black Sea, recognized by Georgian government as a part of northwestern Georgia. Today, Abkhazia is outside the control of Georgia's central government.
2. Republic of China (R.O.C), which controls only Taiwan and some other small islands lost most of its diplomatic recognition and UN seat to the People’s Republic of China  in October 25, 1971 and now is currently officially recognized by only 23 states. It conducts de facto (all but in name) relations with most countries through institutions such as the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Offices. Countries that recognize the ROC include: Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Republic of Palau, Solomn Islands, Tuvalu, Burkina Faso, Swaziland, Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Holy See, Belize, El Salvado, Haiti, Nicaragua, Paraguay, St. Lucia, Domenican Republic, Republic of Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Saint Christopher (Saint Kitts) and Nevis.
3. Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). The TRNC declared independence in 1983 and it is recognised only by Turkey.
4. South Ossetia in Georgia is a self-declared and more or less functioning independent state with no international recognition from any other nation. It proclaimed independence from Georgia in 1991, and a ceasefire was declared in 1992.
5. Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan (since 1991) a self-declared and more or less functioning independent state but is not recognised as independent. It is recognised only by Uzbekistan. It is internationally recognized as being part of Azerbaijan, but has an ethnic-Armenian majority.

Unrecognized states with de facto control over their territory

1. Somaliland (since 1991). Located in north of Somalia. In May of 1991, northern clans declared an independent Republic of Somaliland that now includes five of the eighteen administrative regions of Somalia, corresponding to British Somaliland which is located between Ethiopoa, Djibouti, Puntland and the Gulf of Aden.
2. Transnistria ( Pridnestrovie) is the part of Moldova east of the river Dniester and (since 1990) a self-declared and more or less functioning independent state with no international recognition from any sovereign state. It has a majority Slavic population, as opposed to majority Moldovan which Moldova has.

Partially recognized states largely under military occupation

1. The State  of Palestine was declared in 1988  and recognized by a series of Arab and Muslim countries. Today it is recognized by 132 UN member states.
2. Western Sahara is a territory claimed and largely administered by Morocco.The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic controls the remainder of Western Sahara, it was proclaimed by the Front Polisario in 1976, is recognized by 51 UN member states and a full member of the African Union. Sovereignty is unresolved and the United Nations is attempting to hold a referendum on the issue through the mission MINURSO. The UN-administered cease-fire has been in effect since September 1991. Western Sahara is on the United Nations list of Non-Self Governing Territories.

Internationally administered territory

1. Republic of Kosovo is recognized as an independent and sovereign country by 107 UN member states, including the U.S., 23 out of 28 EU members, etc. Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Slovakia and Spain have not yet recognized Kosovo.