Country Date Independence from
Afghanistan 19 Aug 1919 United Kingdom
Albania 28 Nov 1912 Ottoman Empire
Algeria 5 july 1962 France
Angola 11 Nov 1975 Portugal
Antigua and Barbuda 1 Nov 1981 United Kingdom
Argentina 9 july 1816 Spanish Empire
Armenia 21 Sep 1991 Soviet Union
Azerbaijan 18 Oct 1991 Soviet Union
Bahamas 10 july 1973 United Kingdom
Bahrain 16 Dec 1971 United Kingdom
Bangladesh 15 Dec 1971 Pakistan
Barbados 30 Nov 1966 United Kingdom
Belarus 3 July 1991 Soviet Union
Belgium 21 july 1831 United Netherland
Belize 21 Sep 1981 United Kingdom
Benin 1 Aug 1960 France
Bhutan 17 Dec 1907
Bolivia 6 Aug 1825 Spain
Bosnia & Herzegovina 1 Mar 1992 Yugoslavia
Botswana 30 Sep 1966 United Kingdom
Brazil 7 Sep 1822 United Kingdom of portugal
Brunei 23 Feb 1984 United Kingdom
Bulgaria 22 Sep 1908 Ottoman Empire
Burkina 5 Aug 1960 France
Burundi 1 July 1962 Belgium
Cambodia 9 Nov 1953 France
Cameroon 20 May 1960 United Kingdom
Canada 1 July 1867 United Kingdom
Cape Verde 5 July 1975 Portugal
Central African Republic 13 Aug 1960 France
Chad 11 Aug 1960 France
Chile 18 Sep 1810 Spanish Empire
Colombia 20 July 1810 Spanish Empire
Comoros 6 July 1975 France
Congo 15 Aug 1960 France
Costa Rica 15 Sep 1821 Spanish Empire
Croacia 15 May 1990 Yugoslavia
Cuba 10 Oct 1868 Spanish Empire
Cyprus 1 Oct 1960 United Kingdom
Czech Republic 1 Jan 1993 Czechoslovakia
Djibouti 27 june 1977 France
Dominica 3 Nov 1978 United Kingdom
Dominican Republic 27 Feb 1844 Haiti
East Timor 28 Nov 1975 Portugal
Ecuador 10 Aug 1809 Spanish Empire
Egypt 23 July 1952 United Kingdom
El Salvador 15 Sep 1821 Spanish Empire
Equatorial Guinea 12 Oct 1968 Spain
Eritrea 24 May 1991 Ethiopia
Estonia 20 Aug 1991 Soviet Union
Fiji 10 Oct 1970 United Kingdom
Finland 6 Dec 1917 Soviet Union
Gabon 17 Aug 1960 France
Gambia 18 Feb 1965 United Kingdom
Georgia 9 April 1991 Soviet Union
Germany 3 Oct 1990 West Germany & East Germany
Ghana 6 March 1957 United Kingdom
Greece 25 Mar 1821 Ottoman Empire
Grenada 7 Feb 1974 United Kingdom
Guatemala 15 Sep 1821 Spanish Empire
Guinea 2 Oct 1958 France
Guinea Bissau 5 July 1975 Portugal
Guyana 26 Mar 1966 United Kingdom
Haiti 1 Jan 1804 France & Spain
Honduras 15 Sep 1821 Spanish Empire
Iceland 17 June 1944 Denmark
India 15 Aug 1947 United Kingdom
Indonisia 17 Aug 1945 Netherland & Japan
Iran 1 April 1979
Iraq 3 Oct 1932 United Kingdom
Israel 1948 United Kingdom &
Ivory Coast 7 Aug 1960 France
Jamaica 6 Aug 1962 United Kingdom
Jordan 25 May 1946 United Kingdom
Kazakhstan 16 Dec 1991 Soviet Union
Kenya 12 Dec 1963 United Kingdom
Kiribati 12 July 1979 United Kingdom
North Korea 15 Aug 1945 Empire of Japan
South Korea 15 Aug 1945 Empire of Japan
Kuwait 25 Feb 1961 United Kingdom
Kyrgyzstan 31 Aug 1991 Soviet Union
Latvia 4 May 1990 Soviet Union
Lebanon 22 Nov 1943 France
Lesotho 4 Oct 1966 United Kingdom
Liberia 26 july 1847 American Colonization Society
Libya 24 Dec 1951 United Kingdom & Italy & France
Liechtenstein 15 Aug 1886 German Confederation
Lithuania 11 Mar 1990 Soviet Union
Madagascar 26 june 1960 France
Malawi 6 july 1964 United Kingdom
Malaysia 31 Aug 1957 United Kingdom
Maldives 26 July 1965 United Kingdom
Mali 22 Sep 1960 France
Malta 21 Sep 1964 United Kingdom
Marshall Island 1 Mar 1979 United States
Mauritania 26 Nov 1960 France
Mauritius 12 Mar 1968 United Kingdom
Mexico 16 Sep 1810 Spanish Empire
Micronesia 3 Nov 1986 United States
Moldova 27 Aug 1991 Soviet Union
Mongolia 29 Dec 1911 Qing China
Montenegro 21 May 2006 Serbia & Montenegro
Morocco 18 Nov 1955 France & Spain
Mozambique 25 June 1975 Portugal
Myanmar 4 Jan 1948 United Kingdom
Namibia 21 Mar 1990 South Africa
Nauru 31 Jan 1968 United Kingdom, Australia & New Zealand
Netherland 26 July 1581 Spanish Empire
Nicaragua 15 Sep 1821 Spanish Empire
Niger 3 Aug 1960 France
Nigeria 1 Oct 1960 United Kingdom
North Macedonia 8 Sep 1991 Yugoslavia
Norway 7 June 1905 Sweden
Oman 18 Nov 1650 Portugal
Pakistan 14 aug 1947 United Kingdom
Palau 1 Oct 1994
Palestine 15 Nov 1988 Israel
Panama 3 Nov 1903 Colombia
Papua New Guinea 16 Sep 1975 Australia
Paraguay 14 & 15 May 1811 Spanish Empire
Peru 28 July 1821 Spanish Empire
Philippines 12 June 1898 Spanish Empire
Poland 11 Nov 1918 RSFSR & German Empire
Portugal 1 Dec 1640 Spanish Empire
Qatar 3 Sep 1971 United Kingdom
Romania 9 May 1877 Ottoman Empire
Russia 12 June 1992 Soviet Union
Rwanda 1 July 1962 Belgium
Saint Kitts & Nevis 19 Sep 1983 United Kingdom
Saint Lucia 22 Feb 1979 United Kingdom
Samoa 1 june 1962 New Zealand
Sao Tome Princip 12 July 1975 Portugal
Senegal 4 April 1960 France
Serbia 15 Feb 1835 Ottoman
Seychelles 29 June 1976 United Kingdom
Sierra Leone 27 April 1961 United Kingdom
Singapore 9 Aug 1965 Malaysia
Slovenia 26 Dec 1991 Yugoslavia
Solomon Island 7 July 1978 United Kingdom
Somalia 1 July 1960 United Kingdom, Italy
South Sudan 9 July 2011 Sudan
Sri Lanka 4 Feb 1948 United Kingdom
Sudan 1 Jan 1956 United Kingdom & Egypt
Suriname 25 Nov 1975 Netherland
Sweden 6 June 1523 Kalmar Union
Switzerland 1 Aug 1291 Roman Empire
Syria 17 April 1946 France
Tajikistan 9 Sep 1991 Soviet Union
Tanzania 9 Dec 1961 United Kingdom
Togo 27 April 1960 France
Tonga 4 June 1970 United Kingdom
Trinidad & Tobago 31 Aug 1962 United Kingdom
Tunisia 20 Mar 1956 France
Turkmenistan 27 Sep 1991 Soviet Union
Tuvalu 1 Oct 1978 United Kingdom
Uganda 9 Oct 1962 United Kingdom
Ukraine 22 Jan 1919 RSFSR & Austria-Hungary
United Arab Emirates 2 Dec 1971 United Kingdom
United states of America 4 July 1776 United Kingdom
Uruguay 25 Aug 1825 Empire of Brazil
Uzbekistan 1 Sep 1991 Soviet Union
Vanuatu 3 July 1980 United Kingdom & France
Vatican City 11 Feb 1929 Italy
Venezuela 5 July 1811 Spanish Empire
Vietnam 2 Sep 1945 Empire of Japan & France
Yemen 30 Nev 1967 United Kingdom
Zambia 24 Oct 1964 United Kingdom
Zimbabwe 18 April 1880 United Kingdom
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