Who ruled the world in 2026?
The modern age: 197 states on the map for 2026, 197 with a known leader. Open the interactive map and move the slider to 2026 to see their borders.
| State | Led by in 2026 |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Hibatullah Akhundzada (supreme leader); Hasan Akhund (prime minister) |
| Albania | Bajram Begaj (president); Edi Rama (prime minister) |
| Algeria | Abdelmadjid Tebboune (president); Sifi Ghrieb (prime minister) |
| Andorra | Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat (episcopal co-prince); Emmanuel Macron (French co-prince); Eduard Ibáñez (representative of the episcopal co-prince); Xavier Espot Zamora (prime minister) |
| Angola | João Lourenço (president) |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Charles III (king); Rodney Williams (governor-general); Gaston Browne (prime minister) |
| Argentina | Javier Milei (president) |
| Armenia | Vahagn Khachaturyan (president); Nikol Pashinyan (prime minister) |
| Australia | Charles III (king); Sam Mostyn (governor-general); Anthony Albanese (prime minister) |
| Austria | Alexander Van der Bellen (president); Christian Stocker (chancellor) |
| Azerbaijan | Ilham Aliyev (President); Ali Asadov (prime minister) |
| Bahrain | Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (king); Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa (prime minister) |
| Bangladesh | Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir (president); Tarique Rahman (prime minister) |
| Barbados | Jeffrey Bostic (president); Mia Mottley (prime minister) |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko (chairman); Alexander Lukashenko (President); Alexander Lukashenko (president); Alexander Turchin (prime minister) |
| Belgium | Philippe (king); Bart De Wever (prime minister) |
| Belize | Charles III (king); Froyla Tzalam (governor-general); Johnny Briceño (prime minister) |
| Benin | Romuald Wadagni (president) |
| Bhutan | Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (Druk Gyalpo); Tshering Tobgay (prime minister) |
| Bolivia | Rodrigo Paz Pereira (president) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Željko Komšić (chairman); Denis Bećirović (member); Željko Komšić (member); Željka Cvijanović (member); Borjana Krišto (chairwoman) |
| Botswana | Duma Boko (president) |
| Brazil | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (president) |
| Brunei | Hassanal Bolkiah (Sultan) |
| Bulgaria | Iliana Iotova (president); Rumen Radev (prime minister) |
| Burkina Faso | Ibrahim Traoré (president of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration); Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo (interim prime minister) |
| Burundi | Évariste Ndayishimiye (president); Nestor Ntahontuye (prime minister) |
| Cambodia | Norodom Sihamoni (King); Hun Manet (prime minister) |
| Cameroon | Paul Biya (President); Joseph Ngute (prime minister) |
| Canada | Charles III (king); Louise Arbour (governor general); Mark Carney (prime minister) |
| Cape Verde | José Maria Neves (president); Francisco Carvalho (prime minister) |
| Central African Republic | Faustin-Archange Touadéra (president) |
| Chad | Mahamat Déby (president) |
| Chile | Jose Antonio Kast (president) |
| China | Xi Jinping (general secretary and paramount leader); Xi Jinping (president); Li Qiang (premier) |
| Colombia | Abelardo de la Espriella (president) |
| Comoros | Azali Assoumani (president) |
| Cook Islands | Charles III (king); Mark Brown (prime minister) |
| Costa Rica | Laura Fernández Delgado (president) |
| Croatia | Zoran Milanović (president); Andrej Plenković (prime minister) |
| Cuba | Miguel Díaz-Canel (president); Miguel Díaz-Canel (first secretary); Manuel Marrero Cruz (prime minister) |
| Cyprus | Nikos Christodoulides (president) |
| Czech Republic | Petr Pavel (president); Andrej Babiš (prime minister) |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Félix Tshisekedi (president); Judith Suminwa (prime minister) |
| Denmark | Frederik X (king); Mette Frederiksen (prime minister) |
| Djibouti | Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (President); Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed (prime minister) |
| Dominica | Sylvanie Burton (president); Roosevelt Skerrit (Prime minister); Roosevelt Skerrit (prime minister) |
| Dominican Republic | Luis Abinader (president) |
| Ecuador | Daniel Noboa (president) |
| Egypt | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (president); Mostafa Madbouly (prime minister) |
| El Salvador | Nayib Bukele (president) |
| Equatorial Guinea | Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (President); Manuel Osa Nsue Nsua (prime minister) |
| Eritrea | Isaias Afwerki (President) |
| Estonia | Ülle Madise (president); Kristen Michal (prime minister) |
| Eswatini | Mswati III (King); Ntfombi (Ndlovukati); Russell Dlamini (prime minister) |
| Ethiopia | Taye Atske Selassie (president); Abiy Ahmed (prime minister) |
| Federated States of Micronesia | Wesley Simina (president) |
| Fiji | Naiqama Lalabalavu (president); Sitiveni Rabuka (prime minister) |
| Finland | Alexander Stubb (president); Petteri Orpo (prime minister) |
| France | Emmanuel Macron (president); Sébastien Lecornu (prime minister) |
| Gabon | Brice Oligui Nguema (president) |
| Gambia | Adama Barrow (president) |
| Georgia | Mikheil Kavelashvili (president); Irakli Kobakhidze (prime minister) |
| Germany | Frank-Walter Steinmeier (president); Friedrich Merz (chancellor) |
| Ghana | John Mahama (president) |
| Greece | Konstantinos Tasoulas (president); Kyriakos Mitsotakis (prime minister) |
| Grenada | Charles III (king); Cécile La Grenade (governor-general); Dickon Mitchell (prime minister) |
| Guatemala | Bernardo Arévalo (president) |
| Guinea | Mamady Doumbouya (chairman of the National Committee of Reconciliation and Development); Bah Oury (interim prime minister) |
| Guinea-Bissau | Horta Inta-A Na Man (acting president) |
| Guyana | Irfaan Ali (president); Mark Phillips (prime minister) |
| Honduras | Nasry Asfura (president) |
| Hungary | András Baka (president); Viktor Orbán (Prime minister); Péter Magyar (prime minister) |
| Iceland | Halla Tómasdóttir (president); Kristrún Frostadóttir (prime minister) |
| India | Droupadi Murmu (president); Narendra Modi (prime minister) |
| Indonesia | Prabowo Subianto (president) |
| Iran | Ali Khamenei (Supreme Leader); Mojtaba Khamenei (supreme leader); Masoud Pezeshkian (president) |
| Iraq | Nizar Amidi (president); Ali al-Zaidi (prime minister) |
| Ireland | Catherine Connolly (president); Micheál Martin (Taoiseach) |
| Israel | Isaac Herzog (president); Benjamin Netanyahu (prime minister) |
| Italy | Sergio Mattarella (president); Giorgia Meloni (prime minister) |
| Ivory Coast | Alassane Ouattara (president); Alassane Ouattara (President); Robert Beugré Mambé (prime minister) |
| Jamaica | Charles III (king); Patrick Allen (governor-general); Andrew Holness (prime minister) |
| Japan | Naruhito (emperor); Sanae Takaichi (prime minister) |
| Jordan | Abdullah II (King); Jafar Hassan (prime minister) |
| Kazakhstan | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (president); Oljas Bektenov (prime minister) |
| Kenya | William Ruto (president) |
| Kiribati | Taneti Maamau (president) |
| Kuwait | Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (emir); Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah (prime minister) |
| Kyrgyzstan | Sadyr Japarov (president); Adylbek Kasymaliev (chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers) |
| Laos | Thongloun Sisoulith (general secretary); Thongloun Sisoulith (president) |
| Latvia | Edgars Rinkēvičs (president); Andris Kulbergs (prime minister) |
| Lebanon | Joseph Aoun (president); Nawaf Salam (prime minister) |
| Lesotho | Letsie III (king); Sam Matekane (prime minister) |
| Liberia | Joseph Boakai (president) |
| Libya | Mohamed al-Menfi (chairman of the Presidential Council); Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh (prime minister) |
| Liechtenstein | Hans-Adam II (Prince); Alois (regent); Brigitte Haas (prime minister) |
| Lithuania | Gitanas Nausėda (president); Mindaugas Sinkevičius (prime minister) |
| Luxembourg | Guillaume V (grand duke); Luc Frieden (prime minister) |
| Madagascar | Michael Randrianirina (acting president); Mamitiana Rajaonarison (prime minister) |
| Malawi | Peter Mutharika (president) |
| Malaysia | Ibrahim Iskandar (king); Anwar Ibrahim (prime minister) |
| Maldives | Mohamed Muizzu (president) |
| Mali | Assimi Goïta (president); Abdoulaye Maïga (interim prime minister) |
| Malta | Myriam Spiteri Debono (president); Robert Abela (prime minister) |
| Marshall Islands | Hilda Heine (president) |
| Mauritania | Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (president); Mokhtar Ould Djay (prime minister) |
| Mauritius | Dharam Gokhool (president) |
| Mexico | Claudia Sheinbaum (president) |
| Moldova | Maia Sandu (president); Vasile Tofan (prime minister) |
| Monaco | Albert II (prince); Christophe Mirmand (minister of state) |
| Mongolia | Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh (president); Nyam-Osoryn Uchral (prime minister) |
| Montenegro | Jakov Milatović (president); Milojko Spajić (prime minister) |
| Morocco | Mohammed VI (King); Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri (prime minister) |
| Mozambique | Daniel Chapo (president); Maria Benvinda Levy (prime minister) |
| Myanmar | Min Aung Hlaing (acting president); Min Aung Hlaing (chairman) |
| Namibia | Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (president); Elijah Ngurare (prime minister) |
| Nauru | David Adeang (president) |
| Nepal | Ram Chandra Poudel (president); Balendra Shah (prime minister) |
| New Zealand | Charles III (king); Cindy Kiro (governor-general); Christopher Luxon (prime minister) |
| Nicaragua | Daniel Ortega (President); Rosario Murillo (co-president) |
| Niger | Abdourahamane Tiani (president of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland); Ali Lamine Zeine (prime minister) |
| Nigeria | Bola Tinubu (president) |
| Niue | Charles III (king); Dalton Tagelagi (prime minister) |
| North Korea | Kim Jong Un (general secretary); Kim Jong Un (president of the State Affairs Commission); Pak Thae-song (premier) |
| North Macedonia | Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova (president); Hristijan Mickoski (prime minister) |
| Northern Cyprus | Tufan Erhürman (president); Ünal Üstel (prime minister) |
| Norway | Harald V (King); Haakon VIII (king); Jonas Gahr Støre (prime minister) |
| Oman | Haitham bin Tariq (sultan); Haitham bin Tariq (prime minister) |
| Pakistan | Asif Ali Zardari (president); Shehbaz Sharif (prime minister) |
| Palau | Surangel Whipps Jr. (president) |
| Palestine | Mahmoud Abbas (president); Mohammad Mustafa (prime minister) |
| Panama | José Raúl Mulino (president) |
| Papua New Guinea | Charles III (king); Bob Dadae (governor-general); James Marape (prime minister) |
| Paraguay | Santiago Peña (president) |
| Peru | Keiko Fujimori (president); Luis Galarreta (prime minister) |
| Philippines | Bongbong Marcos (president) |
| Poland | Karol Nawrocki (president); Donald Tusk (prime minister) |
| Portugal | António José Seguro (president); Luís Montenegro (prime minister) |
| Qatar | Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (emir); Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani (prime minister) |
| Republic of the Congo | Denis Sassou Nguesso (President); Anatole Collinet Makosso (prime minister) |
| Romania | Nicușor Dan (president) |
| Russia | Vladimir Putin (president); Mikhail Mishustin (prime minister) |
| Rwanda | Paul Kagame (President); Justin Nsengiyumva (prime minister) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Charles III (king); Marcella Liburd (governor-general); Terrance Drew (prime minister) |
| Saint Lucia | Charles III (king); Philip J. Pierre (prime minister) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Charles III (king); Stanley John (governor-general); Godwin Friday (prime minister) |
| Samoa | Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II (O le Ao o le Malo); Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt (prime minister) |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Carlos Vila Nova (president); Américo Ramos (prime minister) |
| Saudi Arabia | Salman (king); Mohammed bin Salman (prime minister) |
| Senegal | Bassirou Diomaye Faye (president); Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo (prime minister) |
| Serbia | Ana Brnabić (acting president); Đuro Macut (prime minister) |
| Seychelles | Patrick Herminie (president) |
| Sierra Leone | Julius Maada Bio (president); David Moinina Sengeh (chief minister) |
| Singapore | Tharman Shanmugaratnam (president); Lawrence Wong (prime minister) |
| Slovakia | Peter Pellegrini (president); Robert Fico (prime minister) |
| Slovenia | Nataša Pirc Musar (president); Janez Janša (prime minister) |
| Solomon Islands | Charles III (king); David Tiva Kapu (governor-general); Matthew Wale (prime minister) |
| Somalia | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (president); Hamza Abdi Barre (prime minister) |
| Somaliland | Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi (president) |
| South Africa | Cyril Ramaphosa (president) |
| South Korea | Lee Jae Myung (president); Han Seong-sook (prime minister) |
| South Sudan | Salva Kiir Mayardit (president) |
| Spain | Felipe VI (king); Pedro Sánchez (prime minister) |
| Sri Lanka | Anura Kumara Dissanayake (president); Harini Amarasuriya (prime minister) |
| Sudan | Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council); Kamil Idris (prime minister) |
| Suriname | Jennifer Geerlings-Simons (president) |
| Sweden | Carl XVI Gustaf (King); Ulf Kristersson (prime minister) |
| Syria | Ahmed al-Sharaa (president) |
| Taiwan | Lai Ching-te (president); Cho Jung-tai (premier) |
| Tajikistan | Emomali Rahmon (President); Kokhir Rasulzoda (prime minister) |
| Tanzania | Samia Suluhu Hassan (president); Mwigulu Nchemba (prime minister) |
| Thailand | Vajiralongkorn (King); Anutin Charnvirakul (prime minister) |
| The Bahamas | Charles III (king); Cynthia A. Pratt (governor-general); Philip Davis (prime minister) |
| The Netherlands | Willem-Alexander (king); Rob Jetten (prime minister) |
| Timor-Leste | José Ramos-Horta (president); Xanana Gusmão (prime minister) |
| Togo | Faure Gnassingbé (President); Jean-Lucien Savi de Tové (president) |
| Tonga | Tupou VI (king); Fatafehi Fakafānua (prime minister) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Christine Kangaloo (president); Kamla Persad-Bissessar (prime minister) |
| Tunisia | Kais Saied (president); Sara Zaafarani (prime minister) |
| Turkey | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (president) |
| Turkmenistan | Serdar Berdimuhamedow (president) |
| Tuvalu | Charles III (king); Temukisa Auina Penehuro Hauma (governor-general); Feleti Teo (prime minister) |
| Uganda | Yoweri Museveni (President); Robinah Nabbanja (Prime minister) |
| Ukraine | Volodymyr Zelenskyy (president); Serhii Koretskyi (prime minister) |
| United Arab Emirates | Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (president); Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Prime minister); Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (prime minister) |
| United Kingdom | Charles III (king) |
| United States | Donald Trump (president) |
| Uruguay | Yamandú Orsi (president) |
| Uzbekistan | Shavkat Mirziyoyev (president); Abdulla Aripov (prime minister) |
| Vanuatu | Nikenike Vurobaravu (president) |
| Vatican City | Leo XIV (pope); Raffaella Petrini (president) |
| Venezuela | Delcy Rodríguez (acting president) |
| Vietnam | Tô Lâm (general secretary); Tô Lâm (president); Lê Minh Hưng (prime minister) |
| Yemen | Rashad al-Alimi (chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council); Shaea al-Zindani (prime minister) |
| Zambia | Hakainde Hichilema (president) |
| Zimbabwe | Emmerson Mnangagwa (president) |