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World GK - Countries and Their Independence Date
By IncludeHelp Last updated : October 06, 2024
Here is the list of all countries with their independence date and independence from:
| Country |
Independence Date |
Independence From |
| Afghanistan | 19-Aug-1919 | United Kingdom |
| Afghanistan | 15-Feb-1989 | Soviet Union |
| Albania | 28-Nov-1912 | Ottoman Empire |
| Algeria | 05-Jul-1962 | France |
| Angola | 11-Nov-1975 | Portugal |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 01-Nov-1981 | United Kingdom |
| Argentina | 09-Jul-1816 | Spanish Empire |
| Armenia | 28-May-1918 | Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic |
| Armenia | 21-Sep-1991 | Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic |
| Azerbaijan | 28-May-1918 | Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic |
| Azerbaijan | 18-Oct-1991 | Soviet Union |
| The Bahamas | 10-Jul-1973 | United Kingdom |
| Bahrain | 16-Dec-1971 | United Kingdom |
| Bangladesh | 26-Mar-1971 | Pakistan |
| Bangladesh | 16-Dec-1971 | Pakistan |
| Barbados | 30-Nov-1966 | United Kingdom |
| Belarus | 03-Jul-1944 | Nazi Germany |
| Belgium | 21-Jul-1831 | Netherlands Netherlands |
| Belize | 21-Sep-1981 | United Kingdom |
| Benin | 01-Aug-1960 | France |
| Bhutan | 17-Dec-1907 | |
| Bolivia | 06-Aug-1825 | Spain |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 01-Mar-1992 | Yugoslavia |
| Botswana | 30-Sep-1966 | United Kingdom |
| Brazil | 07-Sep-1822 | Portugal |
| Brunei | 23-Feb-1984 | United Kingdom |
| Bulgaria | 03-Mar-1878 | Ottoman Empire |
| Bulgaria | 22-Sep-1908 | Ottoman Empire |
| Burkina Faso | 11-Dec-1958 | France |
| Burkina Faso | 05-Aug-1960 | France |
| Burundi | 01-Jul-1962 | Belgium |
| Cambodia | 09-Nov-1953 | France |
| Cameroon | 20-May-1960 | United Kingdom |
| Canada | 01-Jul-1867 | United Kingdom |
| Cape Verde | 05-Jul-1975 | Portugal |
| Central African Republic | 01-Dec-1958 | France |
| Central African Republic | 13-Aug-1960 | France |
| Chad | 28-Nov-1958 | France |
| Chad | 11-Aug-1960 | France |
| Chile | 18-Sep-1810 | Spanish Empire |
| China | 01-Oct-1949 | Republic of China (1912–1949) Republic of China |
| Colombia | 20-Jul-1810 | Spanish Empire |
| Comoros | 06-Jul-1975 | France |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 30-Jun-1960 | Belgium |
| Congo, Republic of the | 28-Nov-1958 | France |
| Congo, Republic of the | 15-Aug-1960 | France |
| Costa Rica | 15-Sep-1821 | Spanish Empire |
| Croatia | 30 May[41]-1990 | Yugoslavia |
| Cuba | 10-Oct-1868 | Spanish Empire |
| Cyprus | 01-Oct-1960 | United Kingdom |
| Czech Republic | 28-Oct-1918 | Austria-Hungary |
| Czech Republic | 01-Jan-1993 | Czechoslovakia |
| Djibouti | 27-Jun-1977 | France |
| Dominica | 03-Nov-1978 | United Kingdom |
| Dominican Republic | 30-Nov-1821 | Spanish Empire |
| Dominican Republic | 27-Feb-1844 | Haiti |
| Dominican Republic | 16-Aug-1863 | Spanish Empire |
| East Timor | 28-Nov-1975 | Portugal |
| Ecuador | 10-Aug-1809 | Spanish Empire |
| Egypt | 23-Jul-1952 | United Kingdom |
| El Salvador | 15-Sep-1821 | Spanish Empire |
| Equatorial Guinea | 12-Oct-1968 | Spain |
| Eritrea | 24-May-1991 | Ethiopia |
| Estonia | 24-Feb-1918 | Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic |
| Estonia | 20-Aug-1991 | Soviet Union[51] |
| Eswatini | 06-Sep-1968 | United Kingdom |
| Fiji | 10-Oct-1970 | United Kingdom |
| Finland | 06-Dec-1917 | Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic |
| Gabon | 16–17 August-1960 | France |
| Gambia, The | 18-Feb-1965 | United Kingdom |
| Georgia | 26-May-1918 | Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic |
| Georgia | 09-Apr-1991 | Soviet Union |
| Germany | 03-Oct-1990 | West Germany |
| Ghana | 06-Mar-1957 | United Kingdom |
| Greece | 25-Mar-1821 | Ottoman Empire |
| Grenada | 07-Feb-1974 | United Kingdom |
| Guatemala | 15-Sep-1821 | Spanish Empire |
| Guinea | 02-Oct-1958 | France |
| Guinea-Bissau | 24-Sep-1973 | Portugal |
| Guyana | 26-May-1966 | United Kingdom |
| Haiti | 01-Jan-1804 | France |
| Honduras | 15-Sep-1821 | Spanish Empire |
| Hungary | Last Saturday of June-1991 | Hungarian People's Republic |
| Iceland | 17-Jun-1944 | Denmark |
| India | 15-Aug-1947 | United Kingdom |
| Indonesia | 17-Aug-1945 | Empire of Japan |
| Iran | 01-Apr-1979 | Imperial State of Persia |
| Iraq | 03-Oct-1932 | United Kingdom |
| Israel | Iyar 5 (On or between 15 April and 15 May, depending on the Hebrew calendar).-1948 | United Kingdom |
| Ivory Coast | 07-Aug-1960 | France |
| Jamaica | 06-Aug-1962 | United Kingdom |
| Jordan | 25-May-1946 | United Kingdom |
| Kazakhstan | 16-Dec-1991 | Soviet Union |
| Kenya | 12-Dec-1963 | United Kingdom |
| Kiribati | 12-Jul-1979 | United Kingdom |
| North Korea | 15-Aug-1945 | Empire of Japan |
| South Korea | 01-Mar-1919 | Empire of Japan |
| South Korea | 15-Aug-1945 | Empire of Japan |
| Kosovo | 17-Feb-2008 | Serbia |
| Kuwait | 25-Feb-1961 | United Kingdom |
| Kyrgyzstan | 31-Aug-1991 | Soviet Union |
| Latvia | 18-Nov-1918 | Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic |
| Latvia | 04-May-1990 | Soviet Union |
| Lebanon | 22-Nov-1943 | Vichy France |
| Lesotho | 04-Oct-1966 | United Kingdom |
| Liberia | 26-Jul-1847 | American Colonization Society |
| Libya | 24-Dec-1951 | United Kingdom |
| Liechtenstein | 15-Aug-1866 | German Confederation |
| Lithuania | 16-Feb-1918 | Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic |
| Lithuania | 11-Mar-1990 | Soviet Union |
| Madagascar | 26-Jun-1960 | France |
| Malawi | 06-Jul-1964 | United Kingdom |
| Malaysia | 31-Aug-1957 | United Kingdom |
| Malaysia | 16-Sep-1965 | United Kingdom |
| Maldives | 26-Jul-1965 | United Kingdom |
| Mali | 22-Sep-1960 | France |
| Malta | 21-Sep-1964 | United Kingdom |
| Marshall Islands | 01-May-1979 | United States |
| Mauritania | 28-Nov-1960 | France |
| Mauritius | 12-Mar-1968 | United Kingdom |
| Micronesia | 03-Nov-1986 | United States |
| Moldova | 27-Aug-1991 | Soviet Union |
| Mongolia | 29-Dec-1911 | Qing dynasty |
| Montenegro | 21-May-2006 | Serbia and Montenegro |
| Morocco | 11-Jan-1944 | France |
| Morocco | 18-Nov-1955 | France |
| Myanmar | 04-Jan-1948 | United Kingdom |
| Namibia | 21-Mar-1990 | South Africa |
| Nauru | 31-Jan-1968 | United Kingdom |
| Nicaragua | 15-Sep-1821 | Spain |
| Niger | 03-Aug-1960 | France |
| Nigeria | 01-Oct-1960 | United Kingdom |
| North Macedonia | 02-Aug-1903 | Ottoman Empire |
| North Macedonia | 08-Sep-1991 | Yugoslavia |
| Norway | 17-May-1814 | Denmark |
| Norway | 07-Jun-1905 | Sweden |
| Oman | 18-Nov-1650 | Portugal |
| Pakistan | 14-Aug-1947 | United Kingdom |
| Palau | 01-Oct-1994 | United States |
| Palestine | 15-Nov-1988 | Israel |
| Panama | 28-Nov-1821 | Spanish Empire |
| Panama | 03-Nov-1903 | Colombia |
| Papua New Guinea | 16-Sep-1975 | Australia |
| Peru | 28-Jul-1821 | Spanish Empire |
| Philippines | 12-Jun-1898 | Spanish Empire |
| Philippines | 04-Jul-1946 | United States |
| Poland | 11-Nov-1918 | Russian Republic |
| Portugal | 01-Dec-1640 | Spanish Empire |
| Qatar | 18-Dec-1878 | Ottoman Empire |
| Rwanda | 01-Jul-1962 | Belgium |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 19-Sep-1983 | United Kingdom |
| Saint Lucia | 22-Feb-1979 | United Kingdom |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27-Oct-1979 | United Kingdom |
| Samoa | 01-Jun-1962 | New Zealand |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 12-Jul-1975 | Portugal |
| Senegal | 04-Apr-1960 | France |
| Serbia | 15-Feb-1804 and 1835 | Ottoman Empire |
| Seychelles | 29-Jun-1976 | United Kingdom |
| Sierra Leone | 27-Apr-1961 | United Kingdom |
| Singapore | 09-Aug-1965 | Malaysia |
| Slovakia | 28-Oct-1918 | Austria-Hungary |
| Slovakia | 17-Jul-1992 | Czechoslovakia |
| Slovakia | 01-Jan-1993 | Czechoslovakia |
| Slovenia | 25-Jun-1991 | Yugoslavia |
| Slovenia | 26-Dec-1990 | Yugoslavia |
| Solomon Islands | 07-Jul-1978 | United Kingdom |
| Somalia | 26-Jun-1960 | United Kingdom |
| Somaliland | 26-Jun-1960 | United Kingdom |
| Somaliland | 18-May-1990 | Somalia |
| Sri Lanka | 04-Feb-1948 | United Kingdom |
| Sudan | 01-Jan-1956 | United Kingdom |
| South Sudan | 09-Jul-2011 | Sudan |
| Suriname | 25-Nov-1975 | Netherlands |
| Switzerland | 01-Aug-1291 | Holy Roman Empire |
| Syria | 17-Apr-1946 | France |
| Tajikistan | 09-Sep-1991 | Soviet Union |
| Tanzania | 09-Dec-1961 | United Kingdom |
| Togo | 27-Apr-1960 | France |
| Tonga | 04-Jun-1970 | United Kingdom |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 31-Aug-1962 | United Kingdom |
| Tunisia | 20-Mar-1956 | France |
| Turkmenistan | 27-Sep-1991 | Soviet Union |
| Tuvalu | 01-Oct-1978 | United Kingdom |
| Uganda | 09-Oct-1962 | United Kingdom |
| Ukraine | 24-Aug-1991 | Soviet Union |
| Ukraine | 22-Jan-1919 | Russian SFSR |
| United Arab Emirates | 02-Dec-1971 | United Kingdom |
| United States | 04-Jul-1776 | Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Uruguay | 25-Aug-1825 | Empire of Brazil |
| Uzbekistan | 01-Sep-1991 | Soviet Union |
| Vanuatu | 30-Jul-1980 | United Kingdom |
| Venezuela | 05-Jul-1811 | Spanish Empire |
| Vietnam | 02-Sep-1945 | Empire of Japan |
| Yemen | 30-Nov-1967 | United Kingdom |
| Zambia | 24-Oct-1964 | United Kingdom |
| Zimbabwe | 18-Apr-1980 | United Kingdom |
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