Former British protectorates

The Gambia, officially the Republic of the Gambia, is a country in West Africa. Geographically, the Gambia is the smallest country in continental Africa; it is surrounded by Senegal on all sides except for the western part, which is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean.

thumb|250px|Various scenes around the country, 2018

Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania. The country has 171 islands, of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in the southern Pacific Ocean. according to Johnson's Tribune, Tonga has a population of 104,494, 70% of whom reside on the main island, Tongatapu. The country stretches approximately north-south. It is surrounded by Fiji and Wallis and Futuna (France) to the northwest, Samoa to the northeast, New Caledonia (France) and Vanuatu to the west, Niue (the nearest foreign territory) to the east and Kermade

Somaliland, officially the Republic of Somaliland, is a partially recognised state in the Horn of Africa. It is located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden and bordered by Djibouti to the northwest, Ethiopia to the south and west, and Somalia to the east. Its claimed territory has an area of , with approximately 6.2 million people as of 2024. The capital and largest city is Hargeisa.

Zanzibar is a Tanzanian archipelago off the coast of East Africa. It is located in the Indian Ocean, and consists of many small islands and two large ones: Unguja (the main island, referred to informally as Zanzibar) and Pemba Island. The capital is Zanzibar City, located on the island of Unguja. Its historic centre, Stone Town, is a World Heritage Site.

external territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean

1856–1964 monarchy in the Indian Ocean

former country in the Middle East

type of vassal state in British India

country that existed during British rule of Malaya and after independence, from 1948-1963

1867-1914 monarchy in Northeastern Africa

former British protectorate

1914-1922 sultanate in Northeastern Africa

Ionian Islands under British protection (1815–1864), then ceded to the Kingdom of Greece

federal state under British protection in what would become South Arabia

former territory under British administration

former British protectorate, nowadays transformed as Sabah

former British Mandate territory in West Africa

former kingdom, corresponding to the current Indian state

1869-1969 UK possession on the Arab Peninsula

former country

monarchy on the Arab Peninsula between 1820-1970

country & part of British Malaya

former client state of the U.K. in the French Revolutionary era

organization of states within the British Aden Protectorate in what would become South Yemen

place in Southern Africa

1900-1914 UK possession in Western Africa

southern part of the British Cameroons

British colony and protectorate in Africa from 1808 until 1961

British protectorate from 1893 to 1907

kingdom in the present-day Cook Islands

1900–1914 UK possession in Western Africa

former territory

1891–1900 UK possession in Western Africa

1862-1906 UK possession in Western Africa

1971-72 government-in-exile of Bangladesh after declaring independence from Pakistan

1700s–1967 state in southwest Arabia

Colony of the United Kingdom

former British colony