United Nations list of non-self-governing territories

A non-self-governing territory (NSGT) as a territory without a full self-government. In practice, a NSGT is a territory considered by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to be "non-self-governing".

Current entries

The following 17 territories are currently included on the list.

Territory	Administering state	Domestic legal status	Other claimant(s)	Population	Area	Referendums	See also
American Samoa	United States	Unincorporated unorganized territory	None	55,519	200 km2 (77 mi2)	No official referendum has been held.	Politics of American Samoa
Anguilla	United Kingdom	Overseas Territory	None	14,108	96 km2 (37 mi2)	No official referendum has been held.	Politics of Anguilla
Bermuda	United Kingdom	Overseas Territory	None	62,000	57 km2 (22 mi2)	A 1995 Bermudian independence referendum was held. 74% of votes cast were against independence.	Politics of Bermuda
British Virgin Islands	United Kingdom	Overseas Territory	None	28,103	153 km2 (59 mi2)	No official referendum has been held.	Politics of the British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands	United Kingdom	Overseas Territory	None	55,500	264 km2 (102 mi2)	No official referendum has been held.	Foreign relations of the Cayman Islands
Falkland Islands	United Kingdom	Disputed	Argentina	2,500	12,173 km2 (4,700 mi2)	Two referendums have been held in 1986 and 2013 on whether the Falklands should join Argentina. On both occasions, voters chose overwhelmingly for continued British control.	Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute
French Polynesia	France	Overseas country	None	271,000	4,000 km2 (1,544 mi2)	No official referendum has been held.	Politics of French Polynesia
Gibraltar	United Kingdom	Disputed	Spain	29,752	6 km2 (2 mi2)	There were referendums in 1967 and in 2002, both returning an overwhelming victory for the pro-British side.	Status of Gibraltar
Guam	United States	Unincorporated organized territory	None	159,358	540 km2 (208 mi2)	Three status referendums have been held, one in 1976 and two in 1982 (one in January and the other in September), with all three of them supporting an improved Commonwealth status under U.S. control.	Politics of Guam
Montserrat	United Kingdom	Overseas Territory	None	5,000	103 km2 (40 mi2)	No official referendum has been held.	Government of Montserrat
New Caledonia	France	Sui generis collectivity	None	252,000	18,575 km2 (7,172 mi2)	There were referendums in 1987, 2018, 2020, and 2021, all deciding against independence.	Politics of New Caledonia
Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands	United Kingdom	Overseas Territory	None	50	36 km2 (14 mi2)	No official referendum has been held.	Politics of the Pitcairn Islands
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	United Kingdom	Overseas Territory	None	5,396	310 km2 (120 mi2)	No official referendum has been held.	Politics of Saint Helena
Tokelau	New Zealand	Territory	None	1,411	12 km2 (5 mi2)	There were two referendums on self-determination in Tokelau in 2006 and 2007, with both coming just shy of the required two-thirds "yes" margin.	Politics of Tokelau
Turks and Caicos Islands	United Kingdom	Overseas Territory	None	31,458	948 km2 (366 mi2)	No official referendum has been held.	Politics of the Turks and Caicos Islands
Western Sahara	Spain (formerly)	Disputed	Morocco Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	619,060	266,000 km2 (102,703 mi2)	The UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara has attempted to organize a referendum since 1991, but none has been held so far.	Political status of Western Sahara
United States Virgin Islands	United States	Unincorporated organized territory	None	106,405	352 km2 (136 mi2)	A 1993 United States Virgin Islands status referendum was held. The status quo was widely preferred among voters, but the result was invalidated because of the low turnout.	Politics of the United States Virgin Islands