Who ruled the world in 2010?
The modern age: 176 states on the map for 2010, 176 with a known leader. Open the interactive map and move the slider to 2010 to see their borders.
| State | Led by in 2010 |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Hamid Karzai (President) |
| Albania | Bamir Topi (President); Sali Berisha (Prime minister) |
| Algeria | Abdelaziz Bouteflika (President); Ahmed Ouyahia (Prime Minister) |
| Andorra | Joan Enric Vives Sicília (Episcopal Co-Prince); Nicolas Sarkozy (French Co-Prince); Jaume Bartumeu (Prime minister) |
| Angola | José Eduardo dos Santos (President); Paulo Kassoma (Prime minister) |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Elizabeth II (Queen); Baldwin Spencer (Prime minister) |
| Argentina | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (President) |
| Armenia | Serzh Sargsyan (President); Tigran Sargsyan (Prime minister) |
| Australia | Elizabeth II (Queen); Kevin Rudd (Prime minister); Julia Gillard (Prime minister) |
| Austria | Heinz Fischer (President); Werner Faymann (Chancellor) |
| Azerbaijan | Ilham Aliyev (President); Artur Rasizade (Prime minister) |
| Bangladesh | Zillur Rahman (President); Sheikh Hasina (Prime minister) |
| Barbados | Elizabeth II (Queen); David Thompson (Prime minister); Freundel Stuart (Prime minister) |
| Belarus | Sergei Sidorsky (Prime minister); Alexander Lukashenko (President); Mikhail Myasnikovich (Prime minister); Alexander Lukashenko (president) |
| Belgium | Albert II (King); Yves Leterme (Prime minister) |
| Belize | Elizabeth II (Queen); Dean Barrow (Prime minister) |
| Benin | Thomas Boni Yayi (President) |
| Bhutan | Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (Druk Gyalpo); Jigme Thinley (Prime minister) |
| Bolivia | Evo Morales (President) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Željko Komšić (Chairman); Valentin Inzko (High Representative); Haris Silajdžić (Chairman); Nebojša Radmanović (Chairman); Nikola Špirić (Chairman of the Council of Ministers) |
| Botswana | Ian Khama (President) |
| Brazil | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (President) |
| Brunei | Hassanal Bolkiah (Sultan) |
| Bulgaria | Georgi Parvanov (President); Boyko Borisov (Prime minister) |
| Burkina Faso | Blaise Compaoré (President); Tertius Zongo (Prime minister) |
| Burundi | Pierre Nkurunziza (President) |
| Cambodia | Norodom Sihamoni (King); Hun Sen (Prime minister) |
| Cameroon | Paul Biya (President); Philémon Yang (Prime minister) |
| Canada | Elizabeth II (Queen); Stephen Harper (Prime minister) |
| Central African Republic | François Bozizé (President); Faustin-Archange Touadéra (Prime minister) |
| Chad | Idriss Déby (President); Youssouf Saleh Abbas (Prime minister); Emmanuel Nadingar (Prime minister) |
| Chile | Michelle Bachelet (President); Sebastián Piñera (President) |
| China | Hu Jintao (paramount leader); Wen Jiabao (Premier) |
| Colombia | Álvaro Uribe Vélez (President); Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (President) |
| Costa Rica | Óscar Arias (President); Laura Chinchilla (President) |
| Croatia | Stjepan Mesić (President); Ivo Josipović (President); Jadranka Kosor (Prime minister) |
| Cuba | Raúl Castro (President of the State Council); Fidel Castro (First secretary) |
| Cyprus | Demetris Christofias (President) |
| Czech Republic | Václav Klaus (President); Jan Fischer (Prime Minister); Petr Nečas (Prime Minister) |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Joseph Kabila (President); Adolphe Muzito (Prime minister) |
| Denmark | Margrethe II (Queen); Lars Løkke Rasmussen (Prime minister) |
| Djibouti | Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (President); Dileita Mohamed Dileita (Prime minister) |
| Dominica | Nicholas Liverpool (President); Roosevelt Skerrit (Prime minister); Roosevelt Skerrit (prime minister) |
| Dominican Republic | Leonel Fernández (President) |
| Ecuador | Rafael Correa (President) |
| Egypt | Hosni Mubarak (president); Ahmed Nazif (Prime minister) |
| El Salvador | Mauricio Funes (President) |
| Equatorial Guinea | Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (President); Ignacio Milam Tang (Prime minister) |
| Eritrea | Isaias Afwerki (President) |
| Estonia | Toomas Hendrik Ilves (President); Andrus Ansip (Prime minister) |
| Eswatini | Mswati III (King); Ntfombi (Ndlovukati); Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini (Prime minister) |
| Ethiopia | Girma Wolde-Giorgis (President); Meles Zenawi (Prime minister) |
| Fiji | Epeli Nailatikau (President); Frank Bainimarama (Acting Prime minister) |
| Finland | Tarja Halonen (President); Matti Vanhanen (Prime minister); Mari Kiviniemi (Prime minister) |
| France | Nicolas Sarkozy (president); François Fillon (Prime minister) |
| Gabon | Ali Bongo Ondimba (President); Paul Biyoghé Mba (Prime minister) |
| Gambia | Yahya Jammeh (President) |
| Georgia | Mikheil Saakashvili (President); Nika Gilauri (Prime minister) |
| Germany | Horst Köhler (President); Christian Wulff (President); Angela Merkel (Chancellor) |
| Ghana | John Atta Mills (President) |
| Greece | Karolos Papoulias (President); George Papandreou (Prime minister) |
| Grenada | Elizabeth II (Queen); Tillman Thomas (Prime minister) |
| Guatemala | Álvaro Colom (President) |
| Guinea | Sékouba Konaté (Acting President); Alpha Condé (President); Kabiné Komara (Prime minister); Jean-Marie Doré (Prime minister); Mohamed Said Fofana (Prime minister) |
| Guinea-Bissau | Malam Bacai Sanhá (President); Carlos Gomes Júnior (Prime minister) |
| Guyana | Bharrat Jagdeo (President); Sam Hinds (Prime minister) |
| Haiti | René Préval (President); Jean-Max Bellerive (Prime minister) |
| Honduras | Roberto Micheletti (Acting President); Porfirio Lobo Sosa (President) |
| Hungary | László Sólyom (President); Pál Schmitt (President); Gordon Bajnai (Prime minister); Viktor Orbán (Prime minister) |
| Iceland | Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (President); Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (Prime minister) |
| India | Pratibha Patil (president); Manmohan Singh (Prime minister) |
| Indonesia | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (President) |
| Iran | Ali Khamenei (Supreme Leader); Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (President) |
| Iraq | Jalal Talabani (President); Nouri al-Maliki (Prime minister) |
| Ireland | Mary McAleese (President); Brian Cowen (Taoiseach) |
| Israel | Shimon Peres (President); Benjamin Netanyahu (Prime minister) |
| Italy | Giorgio Napolitano (President); Silvio Berlusconi (Prime minister) |
| Ivory Coast | Laurent Gbagbo (President); Alassane Ouattara (president); Alassane Ouattara (President); Guillaume Soro (Prime minister) |
| Jamaica | Elizabeth II (Queen); Bruce Golding (Prime minister); Patrick Allen (governor-general) |
| Japan | Akihito (emperor); Yukio Hatoyama (Prime minister); Naoto Kan (Prime minister) |
| Jordan | Abdullah II (King); Samir Rifai (Prime minister) |
| Kazakhstan | Nursultan Nazarbayev (President); Karim Massimov (Prime minister) |
| Kenya | Mwai Kibaki (President); Raila Odinga (Prime minister) |
| Kuwait | Sabah IV (Emir); Nasser Al-Mohammed (Prime minister) |
| Kyrgyzstan | Kurmanbek Bakiyev (President); Roza Otunbayeva (President); Daniar Usenov (Prime minister); Almazbek Atambayev (Prime minister) |
| Laos | Choummaly Sayasone (General Secretary); Choummaly Sayasone (President); Bouasone Bouphavanh (Prime minister); Thongsing Thammavong (Prime minister) |
| Latvia | Valdis Zatlers (President); Valdis Dombrovskis (Prime minister) |
| Lebanon | Michel Suleiman (President); Saad Hariri (Prime minister) |
| Lesotho | Letsie III (king); Pakalitha Mosisili (Prime minister) |
| Liberia | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (President) |
| Libya | Muammar Gaddafi (Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution); Baghdadi Mahmudi (Prime minister) |
| Liechtenstein | Hans-Adam II (Prince); Klaus Tschütscher (Prime minister); Alois (regent) |
| Lithuania | Dalia Grybauskaitė (President); Andrius Kubilius (Prime minister) |
| Luxembourg | Henri (Grand Duke); Jean-Claude Juncker (Prime minister) |
| Madagascar | Andry Rajoelina (President of High Transitional Authority); Albert Camille Vital (Prime minister) |
| Malawi | Bingu wa Mutharika (President) |
| Malaysia | Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu (Yang di-Pertuan Agong); Najib Razak (Prime minister) |
| Mali | Amadou Toumani Touré (President); Modibo Sidibé (Prime minister) |
| Malta | George Abela (President); Lawrence Gonzi (Prime minister) |
| Mauritania | Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (President); Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf (Prime minister) |
| Mexico | Felipe Calderón (President) |
| Moldova | Mihai Ghimpu (Acting President); Marian Lupu (Acting President); Vlad Filat (Prime minister) |
| Mongolia | Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj (President); Sükhbaataryn Batbold (Prime minister) |
| Montenegro | Filip Vujanović (President); Milo Đukanović (Prime minister); Igor Lukšić (Prime minister) |
| Morocco | Mohammed VI (King); Abbas El Fassi (Prime Minister) |
| Mozambique | Armando Guebuza (President); Luísa Diogo (Prime minister); Aires Ali (Prime minister) |
| Myanmar | Than Shwe (Chairmen); Thein Sein (Prime minister) |
| Namibia | Hifikepunye Pohamba (President); Nahas Angula (Prime minister) |
| Nepal | Ram Baran Yadav (President); Madhav Kumar Nepal (Prime minister) |
| New Zealand | Elizabeth II (Queen); John Key (Prime minister) |
| Nicaragua | Daniel Ortega (President) |
| Niger | Mamadou Tandja (President); Salou Djibo (Chairman of the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy); Ali Badjo Gamatié (Prime minister); Mahamadou Danda (Prime minister) |
| Nigeria | Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (President); Goodluck Jonathan (President) |
| North Korea | Kim Jong-il (General Secretary); Kim Yong-nam (Head of state); Kim Yong-il (Premier); Choe Yong-rim (Premier) |
| North Macedonia | Gjorge Ivanov (President); Nikola Gruevski (Prime minister) |
| Northern Cyprus | Mehmet Ali Talat (President); Derviş Eroğlu (President); İrsen Küçük (Prime minister) |
| Norway | Harald V (King); Jens Stoltenberg (Prime minister) |
| Oman | Qaboos bin Said (Sultan) |
| Pakistan | Asif Ali Zardari (President); Yousaf Raza Gillani (Prime minister) |
| Panama | Ricardo Martinelli (President) |
| Papua New Guinea | Elizabeth II (Queen); Michael Somare (Prime minister); Sam Abal (Acting Prime minister) |
| Paraguay | Fernando Lugo (President) |
| Peru | Alan García Pérez (Constitutional President); Javier Velásquez (Prime Minister); José Antonio Chang (Prime Minister) |
| Philippines | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (President); Benigno Aquino III (President) |
| Poland | Lech Kaczyński (President); Bronisław Komorowski (Acting President); Bronisław Komorowski (President); Donald Tusk (Prime minister) |
| Portugal | Aníbal Cavaco Silva (President); José Sócrates (Prime minister) |
| Qatar | Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (Emir); Hamad bin Jassim (Prime minister) |
| Republic of the Congo | Denis Sassou Nguesso (President) |
| Romania | Traian Băsescu (President); Emil Boc (Prime minister) |
| Russia | Dmitry Medvedev (president); Vladimir Putin (Prime minister) |
| Rwanda | Paul Kagame (President); Bernard Makuza (Prime minister) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Elizabeth II (Queen); Denzil Douglas (Prime minister) |
| Saint Lucia | Elizabeth II (Queen); Stephenson King (Prime minister) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Elizabeth II (Queen); Ralph Gonsalves (Prime minister) |
| Samoa | Tui Ātua Tupua Tamasese Efi (O le Ao o le Malo); Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi (Prime minister) |
| Saudi Arabia | Abdullah (king) |
| Senegal | Abdoulaye Wade (President); Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye (Prime minister) |
| Serbia | Boris Tadić (President); Mirko Cvetković (Prime minister) |
| Sierra Leone | Ernest Bai Koroma (President) |
| Slovakia | Ivan Gašparovič (President); Robert Fico (Prime minister); Iveta Radičová (Prime minister) |
| Slovenia | Danilo Türk (President); Borut Pahor (Prime minister) |
| Somalia | Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (President); Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke (Prime minister); Abdiwahid Elmi Gonjeh (Acting Prime minister); Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (Prime minister) |
| South Africa | Jacob Zuma (President) |
| South Korea | Lee Myung-bak (President); Chung Un-chan (Prime minister); Yoon Jeung-hyun (Acting Prime minister); Kim Hwang-sik (Prime minister) |
| Spain | Juan Carlos I (King); José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (Prime minister) |
| Sri Lanka | Mahinda Rajapaksa (President); Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (Prime minister); D. M. Jayaratne (Prime minister) |
| Sudan | Omar al-Bashir (President) |
| Suriname | Ronald Venetiaan (President); Dési Bouterse (President) |
| Sweden | Carl XVI Gustaf (King); Fredrik Reinfeldt (Prime minister) |
| Switzerland | Doris Leuthard (President of the Confederation) |
| Syria | Bashar al-Assad (President); Muhammad Naji al-Otari (Prime minister) |
| Taiwan | Ma Ying-jeou (President); Wu Den-yih (Premier) |
| Tajikistan | Emomali Rahmon (President); Oqil Oqilov (Prime minister) |
| Tanzania | Jakaya Kikwete (President); Mizengo Pinda (Prime minister) |
| Thailand | Bhumibol Adulyadej (King); Abhisit Vejjajiva (Prime minister) |
| The Bahamas | Elizabeth II (Queen); Hubert Ingraham (Prime minister) |
| The Netherlands | Beatrix (Queen); Jan Peter Balkenende (Prime minister); Mark Rutte (Prime minister) |
| Togo | Faure Gnassingbé (President); Gilbert Houngbo (Prime minister) |
| Tonga | George Tupou V (King); Feleti Sevele (Prime minister); Sialeʻataongo Tuʻivakanō (Prime minister) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | George Maxwell Richards (President); Patrick Manning (Prime minister); Kamla Persad-Bissessar (Prime minister) |
| Tunisia | Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (President); Mohamed Ghannouchi (Prime minister) |
| Turkey | Abdullah Gül (President); Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (Prime minister) |
| Turkmenistan | Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (President) |
| Uganda | Yoweri Museveni (President); Apolo Nsibambi (Prime minister) |
| Ukraine | Viktor Yushchenko (President); Viktor Yanukovych (President); Yulia Tymoshenko (Prime minister); Mykola Azarov (Prime minister) |
| United Arab Emirates | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (President); Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Prime minister); Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (prime minister) |
| United Kingdom | Elizabeth II (queen); Gordon Brown (Prime Minister); David Cameron (Prime Minister) |
| United States | Barack Obama (president) |
| Uruguay | Tabaré Vázquez (President); José Mujica (President) |
| Uzbekistan | Islam Karimov (President); Shavkat Mirziyoyev (Prime minister) |
| Venezuela | Hugo Chávez (President) |
| Vietnam | Nông Đức Mạnh (General Secretary); Nguyễn Minh Triết (President); Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (Prime minister) |
| Western Sahara | Mohamed Abdelaziz (President); Abdelkader Taleb Omar (Prime Minister) |
| Yemen | Ali Abdullah Saleh (President); Ali Muhammad Mujawar (Prime minister) |
| Zambia | Rupiah Banda (President) |
| Zimbabwe | Robert Mugabe (President); Morgan Tsvangirai (Prime minister) |