List of state leaders in 1808

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1808.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Bonsu, Asantehene (1804–1824)
• Kingdom of Buganda – Semakokiro (1771–1814)
• Bunyoro – Nyamutukura Kyebambe III, Omukama of Bunyoro (1786–1835)
• Kingdom of Burundi – Ntare IV Rugamba (1796–1852)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Adandozan (1797–1818)
• Ethiopian Empire – Egwale Seyon Hezqeyas (1801–1818)
• Fulani Empire – Usman dan Fodio, Fulani Caliph (1804–1814)
• Funj Sultanate - Badi VII (1805-1821)
• Kingdom of Kaffa - Hoti Gaocho (1798-1821)
• Mayotte – Suhali bin Salim, Sultan of Mayotte (1807–1817)
• Sultanate of Ndzuwani – Alawi bin Husain (1796–1816)
• Kingdom of Rwanda – Yuhi III (1797–1830)
• Wadai Empire – Abd al-Karim Sabun, Sultan of Wadai (1804–1815)
• Zulu – Senzangakona, King of the Zulu (1781–1816)

Asia

• Afghanistan –
  • Kabul - Shoja Shah, King of Afghanistan (1803–1809)
    • Qaysar Shah, in rebellion
  • Kandahar -
    1. Shoja Shah, King of Afghanistan (1803–1809)
    2. Kandahar secedes from Kabul control
    3. Mahmud Shah, King of Kandahar (1808)
    4. Kandahar returns to Kabul control
    5. Shoja Shah, King of Afghanistan (1803–1809)
    • Qaysar Shah, in rebellion
• Ahom kingdom – Suklingphaa (1795–1811)
• Alirajpur State - Pratap Singh I (1765-1818)
• Sultanate of Brunei – Muhammad Kanzul Alam (1807–1829)
• China (Qing dynasty) - Jiaqing Emperor (1796–1820)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Kōkaku (1780–1817)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ienari (1786–1837)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom - Shō Kō (1804–1828)
• Khanate of Kokand – 'Alim Khan (1800–1809)
• Joseon (Korea) – Sunjo (1800–1834)
• Kingdom of Luang Phrabang - Anurutha (1794-1819)
• Sultanate of the Maldives – Mu'in ad-Din I Muhammad (1799–1835)
• Nepal – Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah (1799–1816), Maharajadhiraja of Nepal
• Rajpipla State - Ramsinhji (1803-1810)
• Siam – Rama I (1782–1809)
• Sikh Empire – Ranjit Singh, Maharaja of the Sikh Empire (1801–1839)

Europe

• Andorra –
  • Francesc Antoni de la Dueña y Cisneros, Bishop of Urgel (1797–1816)
  • Napoleon I, Emperor of the French (1804–1814)
• Austria - Francis I, Emperor of Austria (1792*-1835) *Note: Leader of Austria held the title of Archduke prior to 1804
  • Kingdom of Bohemia – Francis (1792–1835)
  • Kingdom of Hungary – Francis (1792–1835)
• Confederation of the Rhine
  • Kingdom of Bavaria – Maximilian I (1799*-1825) *Note: Leader of Bavaria held title of Elector prior to 1805
    • Prime Minister – Count Maximilian Joseph von Montgelas (1799–1817)
  • Kingdom of Saxony – Frederick Augustus I (1763*-1827) *Note: Leader of Saxony held the title of Elector prior to 1806
  • Kingdom of Westphalia – Jérôme Bonaparte (1807–1813)
  • Kingdom of Württemberg – Frederick I (1797*-1816) *Note: Leader of Württemberg held the title of Elector prior to 1806, and the title of Duke prior to 1803
• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
  • Monarch -
    1. Christian VII (1766–1808)
    2. Frederick VI (1808–1814)
  • Minister of State - Christian Gunther (1797–1810)
• First French Empire – Napoleon I (1804–1814)
  • Duchy of Warsaw – Frederick Augustus I (1807–1813)
• Kingdom of Holland (Dependent of France) - Louis I (1806–1810)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan -
  1. Mustafa IV (1807–1808)
  2. Mahmud II (1808–1839)
  • Grand Vizier -
  1. Çelebi Mustafa Pasha (1807–1808)
  2. Alemdar Mustafa Pasha (1808)
  3. Memis Pasha (1808)
  4. Çarhaci Ali Pasha (1808–1809)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves –
  • Monarch – Maria I (1777–1816)
  • Prince-Regent – Prince John (1792–1816)
• Kingdom of Prussia –
  • Monarch – Frederick William III (1797–1840)
  • Chief Minister -
    1. Heinrich Friedrich Karl, Baron von und zum Stein (1807–1808)
    2. Count Karl Friedrich Ferdinand Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1808–1810)
• Russian Empire – Alexander I (1801–1825)
• Kingdom of Spain –
  1. Charles IV (1788–1808)
  2. Ferdinand VII (1808, 1814–1833)
  3. Joseph Bonaparte (1808–1813)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Gustav IV Adolf (1792–1809)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
  • Monarch – George III (1760–1820)
  • Prime Minister - William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1807–1809)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Shakhbut bin Dhiyab, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1793–1816)
• Egypt – Muhammad Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt (1805–1848)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Slimane (1792–1822)
• Persia (Qajar dynasty) – Fath Ali Shah (1797–1834)

North America and the Caribbean

• Miskito Nation – George Frederic Augustus I, King of the Miskito Nation (1801–1824)
• United States - Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States (1801–1809)

Oceania

• Tonga – Tupou Malohi, Tuʻi Kanokupolu (1808)