Afghanistan
|
1978
(renewal 1992)
|
Albania
|
1944
(renewal 1992)
|
Algeria
|
1962
|
Angola
|
1975
|
(Soviet) Armenia
|
1921
(renewal 1991)
|
(Soviet) Azerbaijan
|
1920
(renewal 1991)
|
Bangladesh
|
1971
|
(Soviet) Belarus
|
1921
(renewal 1991)
|
Benin
|
1972
|
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Yugoslavia)
|
1941
(renewal 1991)
|
Bulgaria
|
1944
(renewal 1991)
|
Burkina Faso
|
1982
(renewal 1992)
|
Burundi
|
1966
|
Cambodia
|
1975
(renewal 1993)
|
Cape Verde
|
1974
(renewal 1991)
|
Central African Republic
|
1993
|
Chad
|
1990
(renewal 1996)
|
China (mainland)
|
1949
|
Congo (Zaire)
|
1997
|
Congo Republic
|
1963
(renewal 1992)
|
Croatia (Yugoslavia)
|
1941
(renewal 1991)
|
Cuba
|
1959
|
Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia)
|
1939
(renewal 1989)
|
Egypt
|
1952
(renewal 1976)
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
1972
(renewal 1993)
|
Eritrea (Ethiopia)
|
1974
(renewal 1993)
|
(Soviet) Estonia
|
1940
(renewal 1991)
|
|
Ethiopia
|
1974
(renewal 1991)
|
(Soviet) Georgia
|
1921
(renewal 1991)
|
Ghana
(originally Communist 1960-1966)
|
1979
(renewal 2000)
|
Guinea
|
1958
(renewal 1993)
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
1974
(renewal 1994)
|
Guyana
|
1966
(renewal 1992)
|
Haiti
|
1994
|
Hungary
|
1944
(renewal 1989)
|
Iran
|
1979
|
Iraq
|
1958
|
(Soviet) Kazakhstan
|
1920
(renewal 1991)
|
Korea (North)
|
1945
|
(Soviet) Kyrgyzstan
|
1918
(renewal 1991)
|
Laos
|
1975
|
(Soviet) Latvia
|
1940
(renewal 1991)
|
Lebanon
|
1990
|
Liberia
|
1990
|
Libya
|
1969
|
(Soviet) Lithuania
|
1939
(renewal 1990)
|
Macedonia (Yugoslavia)
|
1941
(renewal 1991)
|
Madagascar
|
1972
(renewal 1993)
|
Mali
|
1960
(renewal 1991)
|
Mauritania
|
1979
(renewal 1992)
|
(Soviet) Moldova
|
1940
(renewal 1991)
|
Mongolia
|
1921
(renewal 1990)
|
Mozambique
|
1975
|
Myanmar (Burma)
|
1962
|
|
Nicaragua
|
1979
(renewal 1990)
|
Poland
|
1939
(renewal 1989)
|
Romania
|
1944
(renewal 1989)
|
(Soviet) Russia
|
1917
(renewal 1991)
|
Rwanda
|
1994
|
São Tomé & Príncipe
|
1974
(renewal 1991)
|
Serbia & Montenegro (Yugoslavia)
|
1941
(renewal 1991)
|
Seychelles
|
1977
|
Slovakia (Czechoslovakia)
|
1939
(renewal 1989)
|
Slovenia (Yugoslavia)
|
1941
(renewal 1991)
|
Somalia
|
1969
(renewal 1977;
re-renewal 1991)
|
Sudan
|
1969
|
Suriname
|
1980
(renewal 1991)
|
Syria
|
1949
|
(Soviet) Tajikistan
|
1918
(renewal 1991)
|
Tanzania
|
1964
|
(Soviet) Turkmenistan
|
1922
(renewal 1991)
|
Uganda
|
1986
(renewal 1996)
|
(Soviet) Ukraine
|
1920
(renewal 1991)
|
(Soviet) Uzbekistan
|
1918
(renewal 1991)
|
Vietnam
(North taken by Communists 1954)
|
1975
|
Yemen
(North taken by Communists 1962)
|
1967
(renewal 1990)
|
Zambia
|
1964
(renewal 1991)
|
Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)
|
1979
|
|
Nations under essential or full Communist control
Openly Communist-dominated governments, or Communist-controlled regions within the country
Nations in which Communist control remains more concealed (or insufficient information to make a determination)