List of colonies
This is a list of territories and polities that have been or are considered colonies.
Colonies of European countries
British
- Aden Protectorate
- Akrotiri and Dhekelia
- Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
- Ashanti
- Australia
- * Colony of New South Wales
- * Colony of Queensland
- * Colony of Tasmania
- * Colony of Victoria
- * Province of South Australia
- * Swan River Colony
- * Van Diemen's Land
- Basutoland
- British America
- * West Florida
- * Colony of Jamaica
- * Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
- * Colony of Virginia
- * Connecticut Colony
- * Delaware Colony
- * East Florida
- * Indian Reserve
- * Mosquito Coast
- * New Ireland (Maine)
- * Newfoundland Colony
- * North-Western Territory
- * Province of Carolina
- * Province of Georgia
- * Province of Maryland
- * Province of Massachusetts Bay
- * Province of New Hampshire
- * Province of New Jersey
- * Province of New York
- * Province of North Carolina
- * Province of Pennsylvania
- * Province of Quebec
- * Province of South Carolina
- * Rupert's Land
- British Bahamas
- British Bechuanaland
- British Bencoolen
- British Borneo
- * Brunei
- * Crown Colony of Labuan
- * Crown Colony of North Borneo
- * Crown Colony of Sarawak
- * North Borneo
- * Raj of Sarawak
- British Cameroons
- British Ceylon
- British Cyprus
- British Guinea
- British Guiana
- British Honduras
- British Hong Kong
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- British Kaffraria
- British Leeward Islands
- * Antigua-Barbuda-Montserrat
- * Anguilla
- * British Virgin Islands
- * Montserrat
- * Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla
- British Malaya
- * Federated Malay States
- * Straits Settlements
- * Unfederated Malay States
- British Mauritius
- British North America
- * Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866)
- * Colony of British Columbia (1866–1871)
- * Colony of the Queen Charlotte Islands
- * Colony of Vancouver Island
- * Lower Canada
- * Newfoundland Colony
- * Province of Canada
- * Stickeen Territories
- * Upper Canada
- British occupation of Manila
- British Raj
- * Aden Province
- * Ajmer-Merwara
- * Assam Province
- * Baluchistan Agency
- * Bengal Presidency
- * Bombay Presidency
- * Bihar and Orissa Province
- * Bihar Province
- * British rule in Burma
- * Central Provinces
- * Central Provinces and Berar
- * Coorg Province
- * Eastern Bengal and Assam
- * Madras Presidency
- * Nagpur Province
- * North-West Frontier Province
- * Orissa Province
- * Punjab Province (British India)
- * Panth Piploda Province
- * Sind Province (1936–1955)
- * United Provinces (1937–1950)
- * Princely States
- British rule in Ireland
- * Kingdom of Ireland
- * British Ireland
- British Somaliland
- British Togoland
- British Weihaiwei
- British Western Pacific Territories
- * British Solomon Islands
- * Cook Islands Federation
- * Canton and Enderbury Islands
- * Colony of Fiji
- * Gilbert and Ellice Islands
- * Kingdom of Tonga
- * Kingdom of Rarotonga
- * New Hebrides
- * Pitcairn Islands
- British Windward Islands
- Aden Colony
- Cape Colony
- Colonial Nigeria
- * Federation of Nigeria
- * Lagos Colony
- * Niger Coast Protectorate
- * Northern Nigeria Protectorate
- * Southern Nigeria Protectorate
- Crown Colony of Malacca
- Colony of Natal
- Colony of New Zealand
- Crown Colony of Penang
- Colony of Singapore
- Crown Colony of Malta
- British concession of Tianjin
- British Concession of Jiujiang
- British Concession at Amoy
- British Concession (Shanghai)
- Africa Protectorate
- Bermuda
- Bahrain and its Dependencies
- Bechuanaland Protectorate
- Barotziland–North-Western Rhodesia
- Berbice
- Cayman Islands
- Dominion of New Zealand
- Dominion of Newfoundland
- Demerara-Essequibo
- East Africa Protectorate
- Emirate of Afghanistan
- Emirate of Transjordan
- Emirate of Kuwait
- Falkland Islands
- Falkland Islands Dependencies
- French and British interregnum in the Dutch East Indies
- Federation of Malaya
- Federation of the Emirates of South Arabia
- Federation of South Arabia
- Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
- Gambia Colony and Protectorate
- Gibraltar
- Gold Coast
- Griqualand East
- Griqualand West
- History of Egypt under the British
- Kenya Colony
- Kulangsu International Settlement
- Khedivate of Egypt
- Mandatory Iraq
- Mandatory Palestine
- Muscat and Oman
- Malayan Union
- Malta Protectorate
- North-Eastern Rhodesia
- Northern Rhodesia
- Northern Territories of the Gold Coast
- Nyasaland
- Orange River Sovereignty
- Orange River Colony
- Oregon Country
- Protectorate of Uganda
- Protectorate of South Arabia
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- * Ascension Island
- * Saint Helena
- * Tristan da Cunha
- Sultanate of Egypt
- Sultanate of Zanzibar
- Sultanate of the Maldive Islands
- Shanghai International Settlement
- Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Southern Rhodesia
- St. Peter's Colony
- Transvaal Colony
- Tanganyika Territory
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Trucial States
- Union of South Africa
- United States of the Ionian Islands
- West Indies Federation
- Wituland
- Zimbabwe Rhodesia
French
- Acadia
- Canada (New France)
- Clipperton Island
- Collectivity of Saint Martin
- De Rays Expedition
- Equinoctial France
- France Antarctique
- French Algeria
- French and British interregnum in the Dutch East Indies
- French Cameroon
- French concession of Hankou
- French Equatorial Africa
- * French Chad
- * French Congo
- * Ubangi-Shari
- French Guiana
- French India
- French Indochina
- *Annam
- *French Cochinchina
- *French protectorate of Cambodia
- *French protectorate of Laos
- *Tonkin
- French Madagascar
- French protectorate in Morocco
- French protectorate of Tunisia
- French Polynesia
- French Somaliland
- French Southern and Antarctic Lands
- French West Africa
- * Colonial Mauritania
- * Colony of Niger
- * French Dahomey
- * French Guinea
- * French Sudan
- * French Upper Volta
- Guadeloupe
- Inini
- Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia
- Leased Territory of Guangzhouwan
- Louisiana (New France)
- Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon
- * Alawite State
- * Greater Lebanon
- * Jabal Druze State
- * State of Syria (1925–1930)
- Martinique
- New Caledonia
- New Hebrides
- Réunion
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint-Domingue
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Shanghai French Concession
- Wallis and Futuna
Russian
German
- Adelsverein
- Brandenburger Gold Coast
- German concession of Tianjin
- German East Africa
- German New Guinea
- German Samoa
- German South West Africa
- Kamerun
- Kapitaï and Koba
- Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory
- Klein-Venedig
- Mahinland
- New Swabia
- North Solomon Islands
- Togoland
- Wituland
Italian
- Italian Islands of the Aegean
- Italian protectorate of Albania
- Italian concession of Tianjin
- Italian East Africa
- * Italian Eritrea
- * Italian Ethiopia
- * Italian Somaliland
- * Oltre Giuba
- Italian Libya
- * Italian Tripolitania
- * Italian Cyrenaica
Dutch
- Aruba
- Bonaire
- Curaçao
- Dutch Brazil
- Dutch Cape Colony
- Dutch Ceylon
- Dutch East Indies
- Dutch Formosa
- Dutch Malacca
- Dutch New Guinea
- Saba
- Senegambia (Dutch West India Company)
- Sint Eustatius
- Sint Maarten
- Surinam (Dutch colony)
Portuguese
- Azores
- Colonial Brazil
- Madeira
- Portuguese Angola
- Portuguese Cape Verde
- Portuguese Ceylon
- Portuguese Guinea
- Portuguese India
- Portuguese Macau
- Portuguese Malacca
- Portuguese Mozambique
- Portuguese Nagasaki
- Portuguese Oman
- Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe
- Portuguese Timor
Spanish
- Canary Islands
- Captaincy General of Cuba
- * Louisiana (New Spain)
- * Spanish Florida
- Captaincy General of the Philippines
- Ifni
- New Spain
- * Captaincy General of Guatemala
- * Captaincy General of Yucatán
- * Captaincy General of Santo Domingo
- * Captaincy General of Puerto Rico
- * Spanish Formosa
- Río de Oro
- Saguia el-Hamra
- Spanish Oran
- Spanish protectorate in Morocco
- Spanish Sahara
- Spanish Tripoli
- Viceroyalty of Peru
- * Captaincy General of Chile
- Viceroyalty of New Granada
- * Captaincy General of Venezuela
- Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
- * Spanish Guinea
Austrian
Danish
Belgian
Swedish
Norse
Norwegian
Colonies by Oceanian countries
Australian
- Australian Antarctic Territory
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Coral Sea Islands
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- Norfolk Island
- Territory of New Guinea
- Territory of Papua
- Territory of Papua and New Guinea
New Zealander
Colonies by Asian countries
Japanese
- Karafuto Prefecture
- Korea under Japanese rule
- Kwantung Leased Territory
- Manchukuo
- South Seas Mandate
- Taiwan under Japanese rule
Colonies by Pan-American countries
American
- American Concession in Tianjin
- American Concession in Shanghai
- American Samoa
- Canton and Enderbury Islands
- Guam
- Indian Territory
- Liberia
- Midway
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Palau
- Palmyra Atoll
- Panama Canal Zone
- Philippines
- Puerto Rico
- Shanghai International Settlement
- Tangier International Zone
- Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
- United States Virgin Islands
- Wake Island
Mexican
Ecuadorian
Argentine
Chilean
Colonies by African countries
South African
Moroccan
Colonies by former countries
Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Roman
Chola (Tamil)
Curonian
Ottoman (Turkish)
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Yettishar
- Maldives
- Rumelia
- Ottoman North Africa
- * Ottoman Egypt
- * Ottoman Tripolitania
- * Ottoman Tunisia
- * Ottoman Algeria
- * Morocco
- Ottoman Northeast Africa
- * Ottoman Jeddah and Habesh
- * Ottoman Zeila
- Ottoman Arabia
- * Sharifate of Mecca
- * Ottoman Hejaz
- * Ottoman Lahsa
- * Ottoman Najd
- * Ottoman Yemen
- Ottoman Serbia
- Ottoman Bulgaria
- Ottoman Bosnia
- Ottoman Albania
- Ottoman Hungary
- Ottoman Greece
- Ottoman North Macedonia
- Ottoman Montenegro
- Crimean Khanate