States of South America
142 kingdoms, principalities, republics, chiefdoms and other states, in order of their founding.
31st century BCE
10th century BCE
9th century BCE
6th century BCE
3rd century BCE
2nd century BCE
1st century
2nd century
3rd century
5th century
6th century
7th century
8th century
9th century
- Caranqui800 CE – 1495 CEtribal confederation · today Ecuador
- Chachapoya800 CE – 1475 CEtribal confederation · today Peru
- Manteño-Huancavilca800 CE – 1535 CEtribal confederation · today Ecuador
- Muisca Confederation800 CE – 1540 CEprofile · today Colombia
- Puruhá800 CE – 1470 CEchiefdom · today Ecuador
- Quitu-Cara800 CE – 1490 CEchiefdom · today Ecuador
10th century
11th century
12th century
- Chanka Confederation1100 CE – 1438 CEtribal confederation · today Peru
- Collique1100 CE – 1470 CEchiefdom · today Peru
- Guarco1100 CE – 1470 CEchiefdom · today Peru
- Ychsma1100 CE – 1470 CEchiefdom · today Peru
- Colla Kingdom1150 CE – 1450 CEkingdom · today Peru, Bolivia
- Lupaca Kingdom1150 CE – 1450 CEkingdom · today Peru, Bolivia
- Pacajes1150 CE – 1450 CEkingdom · today Bolivia
13th century
14th century
15th century
16th century
- Colonial Brazil1500 CE – 1815 CEcolony · today Brazil
- Klein-Venedig1528 CE – 1546 CEcolony · today Venezuela, Colombia
- Province of Venezuela1528 CE – 1777 CEcolony · today Venezuela
- Governorate of New Castile1529 CE – 1542 CEcolony · today Peru
- Captaincy of Bahia1534 CE – 1821 CEcolony · today Brazil
- Captaincy of Ilhéus1534 CE – 1761 CEcolony · today Brazil
- Captaincy of Pernambuco1534 CE – 1821 CEcolony · today Brazil
- Captaincy of Porto Seguro1534 CE – 1759 CEcolony · today Brazil
- Captaincy of São Vicente1534 CE – 1709 CEcolony · today Brazil
- Governorate of New Toledo1534 CE – 1542 CEcolony · today Peru, Bolivia, Chile
- Governorate of the Río de la Plata1534 CE – 1617 CEcolony · today Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay
- Captaincy of Espírito Santo1535 CE – 1821 CEcolony · today Brazil
- Neo-Inca State1537 CE – 1572 CEprofile · today Peru
- New Kingdom of Granada1538 CE – 1717 CEcolony · today Colombia
- Captaincy General of Chile1541 CE – 1818 CEcolony · today Chile
- Viceroyalty of Peru1542 CE – 1824 CEprofile · today Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador
- State of Brazil1549 CE – 1815 CEcolony · today Brazil
- Araucanía1550 CE – 1883 CEtribal confederation · today Chile, Argentina
- France Antarctique1555 CE – 1567 CEcolony · today Brazil
- Royal Audiencia of Charcas1559 CE – 1825 CEcolony · today Bolivia
- Governorate of Tucumán1563 CE – 1782 CEcolony · today Argentina
- Royal Audiencia of Quito1563 CE – 1822 CEcolony · today Ecuador
- Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro1567 CE – 1821 CEcolony · today Brazil
17th century
- Equinoctial France1612 CE – 1615 CEcolony · today Brazil
- Essequibo1616 CE – 1814 CEcolony · today Guyana
- Governorate of Buenos Aires1617 CE – 1776 CEcolony · today Argentina, Uruguay
- Governorate of Paraguay1617 CE – 1811 CEcolony · today Paraguay
- State of Maranhão1621 CE – 1751 CEcolony · today Brazil
- Berbice1627 CE – 1831 CEcolony · today Guyana
- Dutch Brazil1630 CE – 1654 CEcolony · today Brazil
- Willoughbyland1650 CE – 1667 CEcolony · today Suriname
- French Guiana1664 CE – presentcolony · today France
- Suriname1667 CE – presentprofile · today Suriname
- Colonia del Sacramento1680 CE – 1777 CEcolony · today Uruguay
18th century
- Captaincy of São Paulo1709 CE – 1821 CEcolony · today Brazil
- Viceroyalty of New Granada1717 CE – 1819 CEcolony · today Colombia, Ecuador, Panama
- Captaincy of Minas Gerais1720 CE – 1821 CEcolony · today Brazil
- Captaincy of Goiás1744 CE – 1821 CEcolony · today Brazil
- Demerara1745 CE – 1812 CEcolony · today Guyana
- Captaincy of Mato Grosso1748 CE – 1821 CEcolony · today Brazil
- State of Grão-Pará and Maranhão1751 CE – 1772 CEcolony · today Brazil
- State of Grão-Pará and Rio Negro1772 CE – 1775 CEcolony · today Brazil
- State of Maranhão and Piauí1772 CE – 1775 CEcolony · today Brazil
- Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata1776 CE – 1814 CEcolony · today Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay
- Captaincy General of Venezuela1777 CE – 1823 CEcolony · today Venezuela, Guyana
19th century
- Free and Independent State of Cundinamarca1810 CE – 1815 CErepublic · today Colombia
- Patria Vieja1810 CE – 1814 CEother · today Chile
- United Provinces of the Río de la Plata1810 CE – 1831 CErepublic · today Argentina
- First Republic of Venezuela1811 CE – 1812 CErepublic · today Venezuela
- Republic of Paraguay1811 CE – presentprofile · today Paraguay
- State of Quito1811 CE – 1812 CErepublic · today Ecuador
- United Provinces of New Granada1811 CE – 1816 CErepublic · today Colombia
- Demerara-Essequibo1812 CE – 1831 CEcolony · today Guyana
- Eastern Province1813 CE – 1817 CEother · today Uruguay
- Second Republic of Venezuela1813 CE – 1814 CErepublic · today Venezuela
- Federal League1814 CE – 1820 CEother · today Uruguay, Argentina
- Kingdom of Brazil1815 CE – 1822 CEkingdom · today Brazil
- Cisplatina1817 CE – 1828 CEother · today Uruguay
- Republic of Pernambuco1817 CE – 1817 CErepublic · today Brazil
- Third Republic of Venezuela1817 CE – 1819 CErepublic · today Venezuela
- Republic of Chile1818 CE – presentprofile · today Chile
- Gran Colombia1819 CE – 1831 CEprofile · today Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
- Free Province of Guayaquil1820 CE – 1822 CErepublic · today Ecuador
- Republic of Entre Ríos1820 CE – 1821 CErepublic · today Argentina
- Republic of Tucumán1820 CE – 1821 CErepublic · today Argentina
- Protectorate of Peru1821 CE – 1822 CErepublic · today Peru
- Republic of Peru1821 CE – presentprofile · today Peru
- Confederation of the Equator1824 CE – 1824 CErepublic · today Brazil
- Republic of Bolivia1825 CE – presentprofile · today Bolivia
- Oriental Republic of Uruguay1828 CE – presentrepublic · today Uruguay
- Republic of Ecuador1830 CE – presentprofile · today Ecuador
- Unitarian League1830 CE – 1831 CEother · today Argentina
- Venezuela1830 CE – presentprofile · today Venezuela
- Argentine Confederation1831 CE – 1861 CErepublic · today Argentina
- British Guiana1831 CE – 1966 CEcolony · today Guyana
- Republic of New Granada1831 CE – 1858 CErepublic · today Colombia, Panama
- Falkland Islands1833 CE – presentcolony · today United Kingdom
- Salinas Grandes Confederation1835 CE – 1879 CEtribal confederation · today Argentina
- North Peruvian Republic1836 CE – 1839 CErepublic · today Peru
- Peru-Bolivian Confederation1836 CE – 1839 CErepublic · today Peru, Bolivia
- Riograndense Republic1836 CE – 1845 CErepublic · today Brazil
- South Peruvian Republic1836 CE – 1839 CErepublic · today Peru
- Bahia Republic1837 CE – 1838 CErepublic · today Brazil
- Juliana Republic1839 CE – 1839 CErepublic · today Brazil
- State of Buenos Aires1852 CE – 1861 CErepublic · today Argentina
- Granadine Confederation1858 CE – 1863 CErepublic · today Colombia, Panama
- Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia1860 CE – 1862 CEkingdom · today Chile, Argentina
- Argentine Republic1861 CE – presentprofile · today Argentina
- United States of Colombia1863 CE – 1886 CErepublic · today Colombia, Panama
- Republic of Colombia1886 CE – presentprofile · today Colombia
- Republic of Counani1886 CE – 1891 CErepublic · today Brazil
- First Brazilian Republic1889 CE – 1930 CErepublic · today Brazil
- Republic of Acre1899 CE – 1903 CErepublic · today Brazil
20th century
- Second Brazilian Republic1930 CE – 1937 CErepublic · today Brazil
- Territory of Inini1930 CE – 1946 CEcolony · today France
- Socialist Republic of Chile1932 CE – 1932 CErepublic · today Chile
- Estado Novo (Brazil)1937 CE – 1946 CErepublic · today Brazil
- Fourth Brazilian Republic1946 CE – 1964 CErepublic · today Brazil
- Brazilian military dictatorship1964 CE – 1985 CErepublic · today Brazil
- Co-operative Republic of Guyana1966 CE – presentrepublic · today Guyana
- New Republic (Brazil)1985 CE – presentrepublic · today Brazil