(sort) | (sort) | SORTED BY | (sort) | |
NATION-STATE | Date of Independence |
from | membership in UNITED NATIONS |
previous membership in LEAGUE OF NATIONS |
the UNITED STATES [of AMERICA] "the U S [(of) A]" [often called, simply, AMERICA] | 4 July 1776 [effectively, 30 November 1782; practically, 4 March 1789 (with the effective date of the U.S. Constitution of 1787)] | BRITISH EMPIRE | 8 August 1945* | |
FRANCE | AD 843 | FRANKISH EMPIRE | 31 August 1945* | 10 January 1920* [notice of withdrawal by pro-Axis "Vichy" government, 19 April 1941; notice rescinded within 2-year probationary period by anti-Axis "Free French", 16 April 1943] |
the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | 27 February 1844 | HAITI | 4 September 1945* | 29 September 1924 |
NICARAGUA | 15 September 1821 [effectively, 30 April 1838] | SPAIN | 6 September 1945* | 3 November 1920* [notice of withdrawal, 26 June 1936] |
NEW ZEALAND | 26 September 1907 [de jure independence per the Statute of Westminster 11 December 1931; de facto independence upon its earlier seating in the LEAGUE OF NATIONS] | as a "Dominion" of the BRITISH EMPIRE | 19 September 1945* | 10 January 1920* |
BRAZIL | 7 September 1822 | PORTUGAL | 21 September 1945* | 10 January 1920* [notice of withdrawal, 12 June 1926] |
ARGENTINA | 9 July 1816 [declared, 25 May 1810] | SPAIN | 24 September 1945* | 18 July 1919*# [never gave formal notice of withdrawal, but retired from first League Assembly, 4 December 1920, and indicated refusal to attend subsequent League Assemblies; re-ratified League Covenant, 1933, and resumed full participation] |
EL SALVADOR | 15 September 1821 [effectively, 18 February 1841] | SPAIN | 26 September 1945* | 10 March 1920*# [notice of withdrawal, 10 August 1938] |
HAITI | 1 January 1804 | FRANCE | 27 September 1945* | 30 June 1920* [notice of withdrawal, 8 April 1942] |
"Nationalist" CHINA [aka"TAIWAN"] | 12 February 1912 [date is that of the establishment of the Republic of CHINA on the mainland] | the "Nationalist" government was forced to flee the Mainland to TAIWAN in 1949 | 28 September 1945* [continued to represent all of CHINA even after 1949, to 25 October 1971] | 16 July 1920* [as CHINA] |
TURKEY | 29 October 1923 | replaced OTTOMAN (Turkish) EMPIRE | 28 September 1945* | 18 July 1932 |
DENMARK | c. AD 940 [semi-reliable records from c. AD 795] | 9 October 1945* | 8 March 1920*# | |
CHILE | 12 February 1818 [declared, 18 September 1810] | SPAIN | 11 October 1945* | 4 November 1919*# [notice of withdrawal, 2 June 1938] |
the PHILIPPINES | 4 July 1946 [earlier seating in the UNITED NATIONS did not confer de facto independence] | UNITED STATES [of AMERICA] (had been a COMMONWEALTH freely-associated with same since 15 November 1935) | 11 October 1945* | |
PARAGUAY | 14 May 1811 | SPAIN | 12 October 1945* | 26 December 1919*# [notice of withdrawal, 24 February 1935] |
CUBA | 10 December 1898 [effectively, 20 May 1902] | SPAIN | 15 October 1945* | 8 March 1920* |
[the] LEBANON | 22 November 1943 | LEAGUE OF NATIONS "mandate" under administration of FRANCE | 15 October 1945* | |
IRAN | 31 August 1907 [known as PERSIA to 22 March 1935] | under protection of BRITISH and RUSSIAN EMPIRES | 16 October 1945* | 21 November 1919*# |
LUXEMBOURG | 11 May 1867 | the NETHERLANDS | 17 October 1945* | 16 December 1920 |
SA’UDI ARABIA | 8 January 1926 [known as the HEJAZ and NEJD to 23 September 1932] | nominal suzerainty of the defunct OTTOMAN (Turkish) EMPIRE | 18 October 1945* | |
SYRIA | 17 April 1946 [part of the UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC: 1 February 1958 to 29 September 1961] | LEAGUE OF NATIONS "Mandate" under administration of FRANCE | 19 October 1945* | |
the UNITED KINGDOM [(GREAT) BRITAIN] "the U K" [often commonly, but inaccurately, referred to as ENGLAND (which is, in reality, only one part of the U K)] | 1 May 1707 | formal unification of ENGLAND (with Wales) and SCOTLAND | 20 October 1945* | 10 January 1920* |
EGYPT | 28 February 1922 [known as the UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC: 1 February 1958 to 2 September 1971] | BRITISH protection | 22 October 1945* | 26 May 1937 |
BELARUS | 25 August 1991 [known as BYELORUSSIA prior to independence] | SOVIET UNION | 24 October 1945* | |
POLAND | 10 November 1918 [10 - 11 November 1918] | RUSSIA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY and GERMANY | 24 October 1945* | 10 January 1920* |
UKRAINE | 24 August 1991 | SOVIET UNION | 24 October 1945* | |
GREECE | 25 March 1821 [effectively, 14 September 1829] | OTTOMAN (Turkish) EMPIRE | 25 October 1945# | 30 March 1920* |
INDIA | 15 August 1947 [earlier seatings in both the LEAGUE OF NATIONS and the UNITED NATIONS did not confer de facto independence] | as a "Dominion" of the BRITISH EMPIRE (Republican government instituted 26 January 1950) | 30 October 1945# | 10 January 1920* |
PERU | 28 July 1821 | SPAIN | 31 October 1945# | 10 January 1920* [notice of withdrawal, 8 April 1939] |
AUSTRALIA | 1 January 1901 [de jure independence per the Statute of Westminster 11 December 1931; de facto independence upon its earlier seating in the LEAGUE OF NATIONS] | as a "Dominion" of the BRITISH EMPIRE | 1 November 1945# | 10 January 1920* |
COSTA RICA | 15 September 1821 [effectively, 15 April 1839] | SPAIN | 2 November 1945# | 16 December 1920 [notice of withdrawal, 24 December 1924] |
LIBERIA | 26 July 1847 | private "colony" of the American Colonization Society | 2 November 1945# | 30 June 1920* |
COLOMBIA | 17 December 1819 [declared, 20 July 1810] | SPAIN | 5 November 1945# | 16 February 1920*# |
MEXICO | 16 September 1810 [effectively, 24 February 1821] | SPAIN | 7 November 1945# | 12 September 1931 |
SOUTH AFRICA | 31 May 1910 [de jure independence per the Statute of Westminster 11 December 1931; de facto independence upon its earlier seating in the LEAGUE OF NATIONS] | as a "Dominion" of the BRITISH EMPIRE (Republican government instituted 31 May 1961) | 7 November 1945# | 10 January 1920* |
CANADA | 1 July 1867 [de jure independence per the Statute of Westminster 11 December 1931; de facto independence upon its earlier seating in the LEAGUE OF NATIONS] | as a "Dominion" of the BRITISH EMPIRE | 9 November 1945# | 10 January 1920* |
ETHIOPIA [Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Ya'Ityopya Federalawi Dimokrasiyawi Repeblik) is a secondarily official name] | 26 October 1896 [known as ABYSSINIA to 16 July 1931] | ITALIAN protection | 13 November 1945# | 28 September 1923 |
PANAMA | 3 November 1903 | COLOMBIA | 13 November 1945# | 10 January 1920* |
BOLIVIA | 6 August 1825 | ARGENTINA | 14 November 1945# | 10 January 1920* |
VENEZUELA | 30 April 1830 [declared, 5 July 1811] | Greater COLOMBIA | 15 November 1945# | 3 March 1920*# [notice of withdrawal, 11 July 1938] |
GUATEMALA | 15 September 1821 [effectively, 13 April 1839] | SPAIN | 21 November 1945# | 10 January 1920* [notice of withdrawal, 13 May 1936] |
NORWAY | 26 October 1905 [declared, 7 June 1905] | SWEDEN | 27 November 1945# | 5 November 1920*# |
the NETHERLANDS | 25 July 1581 | SPAIN | 10 December 1945# | 9 March 1920*# |
HONDURAS | 15 September 1821 [effectively, 5 November 1838] | SPAIN | 17 December 1945* | 3 November 1920* [only Original Member that did not attend first League Assembly, Nov.-Dec. 1920; notice of withdrawal, 22 June 1936] |
URUGUAY | 25 August 1825 [effectively, 27 August 1828] | BRAZIL [and ARGENTINA] | 18 December 1945# | 10 January 1920* |
ECUADOR | 13 May 1830 [declared, 24 May 1822] | Greater COLOMBIA | 21 December 1945# | 28 September 1934 |
IRAQ | 3 October 1932 | LEAGUE OF NATIONS "Mandate" under administration of UNITED KINGDOM [BRITAIN] | 21 December 1945# | 3 October 1932 |
BELGIUM | 4 October 1830 | the NETHERLANDS | 27 December 1945# | 10 January 1920* |
AFGHANISTAN | 8 August 1919 | BRITISH protection (from 16 May 1879) [previously independent Afghan Emirate dates from 1747] | 19 November 1946 | 27 September 1934 |
ICELAND | 17 June 1944 | DENMARK | 19 November 1946 | |
SWEDEN | 6 June 1523 | DENMARK | 19 November 1946 | 9 March 1920*# |
THAILAND | 1438 [known as SIAM to June 1939] | unification of AYUTHIA and SUKHOTHAI | 16 December 1946 | 10 January 1920* [notice of withdrawal 7 May 1939] |
PAKISTAN | 14 August 1947 | as a "Dominion" of the BRITISH EMPIRE (Republican government instituted 23 March 1956) | 30 September 1947 | |
YEMEN | 8 November 1918 [OLD[NORTHERN]: 8 November 1918/ SOUTHERN: 30 November 1967 [unified, 22 May 1990]] | OLD[NORTHERN]: OTTOMAN (Turkish) EMPIRE/ SOUTHERN: UNITED KINGDOM [BRITAIN] | 30 September 1947 [OLD[NORTHERN]: 30 September 1947/ SOUTHERN:14 December 1967] | |
MYANMA[R] (BURMA) [sometimes still translated as "Union of Burma", but MYANMA or MYANMAR are now official in English] | 4 January 1948 [known as BURMA to 27 May 1989] | UNITED KINGDOM [BRITAIN] | 19 April 1948 | |
ISRAEL | 14 May 1948 [the "Jewish State" (as opposed to the "Arab State") upon division of PALESTINE by the UNITED NATIONS] | LEAGUE OF NATIONS "Mandate" of PALESTINE under administration of UNITED KINGDOM [BRITAIN] | 11 May 1949 | |
INDONESIA | 17 August 1945 [effectively, 27 December 1949] | NETHERLANDS | 28 September 1950 [notice of withdrawal, 21 January 1965; notice rescinded, 19 September 1966 (INDONESIA's initial action was never given cognizance by the United Nations Organization- thus: effectively, as well as officially, it never happened)] | |
ALBANIA | 28 November 1912 [independence restored, 29 November 1944 (from ITALY)] | OTTOMAN (Turkish) EMPIRE | 14 December 1955 | 16 December 1920 [annexation by ITALY, 12 April 1939, ended functional participation in the League] |
AUSTRIA | 12 November 1918 [independence restored, 27 July 1955 (from Allied occupation following World War II)] | AUSTRIA-HUNGARY (was western portion of "core" of that Habsburg Empire) | 14 December 1955 | 16 December 1920 [annexation by GERMANY, 13 March 1938, ended functional participation in the League] |
BULGARIA | 5 October 1908 | OTTOMAN (Turkish) EMPIRE | 14 December 1955 | 16 December 1920 |
CAMBODIA | 9 November 1953 [known as KAMPUCHEA: 5 January 1976 to 3 February 1990] | FRANCE | 14 December 1955 | |
FINLAND | 6 December 1917 | RUSSIA | 14 December 1955 | 16 December 1920 |
HUNGARY | 16 November 1918 | AUSTRIA-HUNGARY (was eastern portion of "core" of that Habsburg Empire) | 14 December 1955 | 18 September 1922 [notice of withdrawal, 11 April 1939] |
IRELAND | 6 December 1921 [IRISH FREE STATE: to 29 December 1937; then EIRE (in English, IRELAND [although the use of 'EIRE' even in English was encouraged]): to 18 April 1949 (aka the IRISH REPUBLIC both before and after that date)] | as a "Dominion" of the BRITISH EMPIRE (Republican government instituted 29 December 1937) de jure independence per the Statute of Westminster 11 December 1931 | 14 December 1955 | 10 September 1923 |
ITALY | 17 March 1861 | [union of SARDINIA and the TWO SICILIES with other Italian States] | 14 December 1955 | 10 January 1920* [notice of withdrawal, 11 December 1937] |
JORDAN | 25 May 1946 | LEAGUE OF NATIONS "mandate" under administration of UNITED KINGDOM [BRITAIN] | 14 December 1955 | |
LAOS | 22 October 1953 | FRANCE | 14 December 1955 | |
LIBYA ['Jamahiriya' (a form of the Arabic word usually rendered 'Republic') is taken to mean 'State of the Masses'] | 24 December 1951 | BRITISH and FRENCH OCCUPATION after "liberation" from ITALY | 14 December 1955 | |
NEPAL | 21 December 1923 | BRITISH protection | 14 December 1955 | |
PORTUGAL | 25 July 1139 | [CASTILE &] LEON and remnants of UMMAYAD "Caliphate of Cordoba" | 14 December 1955 | 8 April 1920* |
ROMANIA | 22 May 1881 | OTTOMAN (Turkish) EMPIRE | 14 December 1955 | 4 September 1920* [notice of withdrawal, 11 July 1940] |
SPAIN | 19 January 1479 | unification of ARAGON and CASTILE through accession to the throne of the ruler of one while married to the ruler of the other | 14 December 1955 | 10 January 1920*# [notice of withdrawal, 8 September 1926: notice rescinded within 2-year probationary period, 22 March 1928; final notice of withdrawal, 9 May 1939] |
SRI LANKA | 4 February 1948 [known as CEYLON to 22 May 1972] | as a "Dominion" of the BRITISH EMPIRE (Republican government instituted 22 May 1972) | 14 December 1955 | |
MOROCCO | 2 March 1956 | FRANCE | 12 November 1956 | |
SUDAN | 1 January 1956 | "condominium" held jointly by UNITED KINGDOM [BRITAIN] and EGYPT | 12 November 1956 | |
TUNISIA | 20 March 1956 | FRANCE | 12 November 1956 | |
JAPAN | 660 BC [traditional date of founding] | [reliable records from c. AD 592/3; semi-reliable records from c. 40 BC] | 18 December 1956 | 10 January 1920* [notice of withdrawal, 27 March 1933] |
GHANA | 6 March 1957 | as a "Queen's Realm" of the [BRITISH] COMMONWEALTH [OF NATIONS] (Republican government instituted 1July 1960) | 8 March 1957 | |
MALAYSIA | 31 August 1957 [known as the MALAY FEDERATION to 16 December 1963] | BRITISH protection (as an indigenous monarchy within the [BRITISH] COMMONWEALTH [OF NATIONS]) | 17 September 1957 | |
GUINEA | 2 October 1958 | FRANCE | 12 December 1958 | |
BENIN | 1 August 1960 [known as DAHOMEY to 30 November 1975] | FRANCE | 20 September 1960 | |
BURKINA [FASO] | 5 August 1960 [known as UPPER VOLTA to 4 August 1984] | FRANCE | 20 September 1960 | |
CÔTE d'IVOIRE [the IVORY COAST] | 7 August 1960 [IVORY COAST to November 1985] | FRANCE | 20 September 1960 | |
CAMEROON | 1 January 1960 | UNITED NATIONS "Trust Territory" under administration of FRANCE | 20 September 1960 | |
CHAD | 11 August 1960 | FRANCE | 20 September 1960 | |
CONGO [Democratic Republic] [often called CONGO-Kinshasa] | 30 June 1960 [known as ZAIRE: 27 October 1971 to 29 May 1997] | BELGIUM | 20 September 1960 | |
CONGO [Republic] [often called CONGO-Brazzaville] | 15 August 1960 | FRANCE | 20 September 1960 | |
CYPRUS proper | 16 August 1960 | UNITED KINGDOM [BRITAIN] | 20 September 1960 | |
GABON | 17 August 1960 | FRANCE | 20 September 1960 | |
MADAGASCAR | 26 June 1960 [known as the MALAGASY REPUBLIC to 21 December 1975] | FRANCE | 20 September 1960 | |
NIGER | 3 August 1960 | FRANCE | 20 September 1960 | |
SOMALIA | 1 July 1960 | UNITED KINGDOM [BRITAIN] & UNITED NATIONS "Trust Territory" under administration of ITALY | 20 September 1960 | |
the CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC | 13 August 1960 [CENTRAL AFRICAN EMPIRE: 4 December 1976 to 15 October 1979] | FRANCE | 20 September 1960 | |
TOGO | 27 April 1960 | UNITED NATIONS "Trust Territory" under administration of FRANCE | 20 September 1960 | |
MALI | 22 September 1960 | FRANCE | 28 September 1960 | |
SENEGAL | 22 September 1960 | FRANCE | 28 September 1960 | |
NIGERIA | 1 October 1960 | as a "Queen's Realm" of the [BRITISH] COMMONWEALTH [OF NATIONS] (Republican government instituted 1 October 1963) | 7 October 1960 | |
SIERRA LEONE | 27 April 1961 | as a "Queen's Realm" of the [BRITISH] COMMONWEALTH [OF NATIONS] (Republican government instituted 19 April 1971) | 27 September 1961 | |
MAURITANIA | 28 November 1960 | FRANCE | 27 October 1961 | |
MONGOLIA | 13 March 1921 | CHINA | 27 October 1961 | |
TANZANIA | 9 December 1961 [known as TANGANYIKA to 26 April 1964; then ("United Republic of") TANGANYIKA & ZANZIBAR to 29 October 1964] | UNITED NATIONS "Trust Territory" under administration of UNITED KINGDOM [BRITAIN] (as a "Queen's Realm" of the [BRITISH] COMMONWEALTH [OF NATIONS] until Republican government was instituted 9 December 1962) | 14 December 1961 | |
BURUNDI | 1 July 1962 | UNITED NATIONS "Trust Territory" under administration of BELGIUM | 18 September 1962 | |
JAMAICA | 6 August 1962 | as a "Queen's Realm" of the [BRITISH] COMMONWEALTH [OF NATIONS] | 18 September 1962 | |
RWANDA | 1 July 1962 | UNITED NATIONS "Trust Territory" under administration of BELGIUM | 18 September 1962 | |
TRINIDAD and TOBAGO | 31 August 1962 | as a "Queen's Realm" of the [BRITISH] COMMONWEALTH [OF NATIONS] (Republican government instituted 1 August 1976) | 18 September 1962 | |
ALGERIA | 3 July 1962 | FRANCE | 8 October 1962 | |
UGANDA | 9 October 1962 | as a "Queen's Realm" of the [BRITISH] COMMONWEALTH | 25 October 1962 | |
KUWAIT | 19 June 1961 | BRITISH protection | 14 May 1963 | |
KENYA | 12 December 1963 | as a "Queen's Realm" of the [BRITISH] COMMONWEALTH | 16 December 1963 | |
MALAWI | 6 July 1964 | as a "Queen's Realm" of the [BRITISH] COMMONWEALTH | 1 December 1964 | |
MALTA | 21 September 1964 | as a "Queen's Realm" of the [BRITISH] COMMONWEALTH | 1 December 1964 | |
ZAMBIA | 24 October 1964 | UNITED KINGDOM [BRITAIN] | 1 December 1964 | |
SINGAPORE | 9 August 1965 | MALAYSIA | 21 September 1965 | |
the MALDIVES | 26 July 1965 | BRITISH protection | 21 September 1965 | |
[THE] GAMBIA | 18 February 1965 | UNITED KINGDOM [BRITAIN] | 21 September 1965 | |
GUYANA | 26 May 1966 | as a "Queen's Realm" of the [BRITISH] COMMONWEALTH | 20 September 1966 | |
BOTSWANA | 30 September 1966 | UNITED KINGDOM [BRITAIN] | 17 October 1966 | |
LESOTHO | 4 October 1966 | UNITED KINGDOM [BRITAIN] | 17 October 1966 | |
BARBADOS | 30 November 1966 | as a "Queen's Realm" of the [BRITISH] COMMONWEALTH | 9 December 1966 | |
MAURITIUS | 12 March 1968 | as a "Queen's Realm" of the [BRITISH] COMMONWEALTH | 24 April 1968 | |
SWAZILAND | 6 September 1968 | UNITED KINGDOM [BRITAIN] | 24 September 1968 | |
EQUATORIAL GUINEA | 12 October 1968 | SPAIN | 12 November 1968 | |
FIJI | 10 October 1970 | as a "Queen's Realm" of the [BRITISH] COMMONWEALTH | 13 October 1970 | |
BAHRAIN | 15 August 1971 | BRITISH protection | 21 September 1971 | |
BHUTAN | 8 August 1949 | under protection of INDIA | 21 September 1971 | |
QATAR | 3 September 1971 | BRITISH protection | 21 September 1971 | |
OMAN | 20 December 1951 [reaffirmed, 10 March 1962; effectively, 10 August 1970; known as MUSCAT AND OMAN to 23 July 1970] | BRITISH protection | 7 October 1971 | |
Mainland ("Communist") CHINA [People's Republic] | 1 October 1949 [date is that of establishment of the People's Republic of CHINA] | CHINA, as an independent political entity, dates back to at least 221 BC | 25 October 1971 [on this date, replaced TAIWAN as the holders of the UN seat for CHINA] | |
the UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ["the U A E"] | 2 December 1971 | BRITISH protection | 9 December 1971 | |
GERMANY | 18 January 1871 [divided into pro-Soviet EAST (7 October 1949 [effectively, 25 March 1954]) and pro-USofA WEST (23 May 1949 [effectively, 5 May 1955]); reunified, 3 October 1990] | [union of PRUSSIA with other smaller German States] | 18 September 1973 [separately, as EAST and WEST] | 8 September 1926 [notice of withdrawal, 21 October 1933] |
the BAHAMAS | 10 July 1973 | as a "Queen's Realm" of the [BRITISH] COMMONWEALTH | 18 September 1973 | |
BANGLADESH | 26 March 1971 | PAKISTAN | 17 September 1974 | |
GRENADA | 7 February 1974 | as a "Queen's Realm" of the [BRITISH] COMMONWEALTH | 17 September 1974 | |
GUINEA-BISSAU | 10 September 1974 | PORTUGAL | 17 September 1974 | |
CABO VERDE [CAPE VERDE] | 5 July 1975 [CAPE VERDE to October 2013] | PORTUGAL | 16 September 1975 | |
MOZAMBIQUE | 25 June 1975 | PORTUGAL | 16 September 1975 | |
SÃO TOMÉ and PRÍNCIPE | 12 July 1975 | PORTUGAL | 16 September 1975 | |
PAPUA NEW GUINEA | 16 September 1975 | AUSTRALIA | 10 October 1975 | |
the COMOROS | 6 July 1975 | FRANCE | 12 November 1975 | |
SURINAME | 25 November 1975 | the NETHERLANDS | 4 December 1975 | |
[the] SEYCHELLES | 29 June 1976 | UNITED KINGDOM [BRITAIN] | 21 September 1976 | |
ANGOLA | 11 November 1975 | PORTUGAL | 1 December 1976 | |
[WESTERN] SAMOA | 1 January 1962 [known as WESTERN SAMOA to July 1997, then became- officially- SAMOA in English] | UNITED NATIONS "Trust Territory" under administration of NEW ZEALAND | 15 December 1976 | |
DJIBOUTI | 27 June 1977 | FRANCE | 20 September 1977 | |
VIET NAM | 2 September 1945 [divided into pro-Soviet NORTH and pro-USofA SOUTH, 21 July 1954; reunified, 2 July 1976] | FRANCE | 20 September 1977 | |
the SOLOMON ISLANDS | 7 July 1978 | as a "Queen's Realm" of the [BRITISH] COMMONWEALTH | 19 September 1978 | |
DOMINICA | 3 November 1978 | UNITED KINGDOM [BRITAIN] | 18 December 1978 | |
SAINT LUCIA | 22 February 1979 | as a "Queen's Realm" of the [BRITISH] COMMONWEALTH | 18 September 1979 | |
ZIMBABWE | 18 April 1980 | UNITED KINGDOM [BRITAIN] | 25 August 1980 | |
SAINT VINCENT and the GRENADINES | 27 October 1979 | as a "Queen's Realm" of the [BRITISH] COMMONWEALTH | 16 September 1980 | |
VANUATU | 30 July 1980 | "condominium" held jointly by FRANCE and UNITED KINGDOM [BRITAIN] | 15 September 1981 | |
BELIZE | 21 September 1981 | as a "Queen's Realm" of the [BRITISH] COMMONWEALTH | 25 September 1981 | |
ANTIGUA and BARBUDA | 1 November 1981 | as a "Queen's Realm" of the [BRITISH] COMMONWEALTH | 11 November 1981 | |
SAINT KITTS and NEVIS [SAINT KITTS is also known as "SAINT CHRISTOPHER"] | 19 September 1983 | as a "Queen's Realm" of the [BRITISH] COMMONWEALTH | 23 September 1983 | |
BRUNEI [DARUSSALAM] ['Darussalam'= "Home of Peace"] | 1 January 1984 | BRITISH protection | 21 September 1984 | |
NAMIBIA | 21 March 1990 | LEAGUE OF NATIONS "Mandate"- continued to be held in defiance of the UNITED NATIONS- under administration of SOUTH AFRICA | 23 April 1990 | |
LIECHTENSTEIN | 23 August 1866 | GERMANIC CONFEDERATION | 18 September 1990 | |
ESTONIA | 6 September 1991 [declared, 8 May 1990 previous Independence (from RUSSIA): declared 28 November 1917, effective 24 February 1918] | SOVIET UNION | 17 September 1991 | 22 September 1921 [occupied by USSR, 16 June 1940; new pro-Soviet government "requested" incorporation into the SOVIET UNION, 21 July 1940: effected, 3 August 1940] |
LATVIA | 6 September 1991 [declared, 4 May 1990 previous Independence (from RUSSIA): declared 12 January 1918, effective 18 November 1918] | SOVIET UNION | 17 September 1991 | 22 September 1921 [occupied by USSR, 16 June 1940; new pro-Soviet government "requested" incorporation into the SOVIET UNION, 21 July 1940: effected, 3 August 1940] |
LITHUANIA | 6 September 1991 [declared, 11 March 1990 previous Independence (from RUSSIA): declared 11 December 1917, effective 16 February 1918] | SOVIET UNION | 17 September 1991 | 22 September 1921 [occupied by USSR, 16 June 1940; new pro-Soviet government "requested" incorporation into the SOVIET UNION, 21 July 1940: effected, 3 August 1940] |
the MARSHALL ISLANDS | 21 October 1986 [declared, 1 May 1979; effectively, 22 December 1990] | UNITED NATIONS "Trust Territory" under administration of UNITED STATES [of AMERICA] | 17 September 1991 | |
[NORTH] KOREA (Democratic People's Republic) | 9 September 1948 | SOVIET OCCUPATION after "liberation" from JAPAN | 17 September 1991 | |
[SOUTH] KOREA (Republic) | 15 August 1948 | AMERICAN OCCUPATION after "liberation" from JAPAN | 17 September 1991 | |
[the] MICRONESIA[N FEDERATION] | 3 November 1986 [declared, 10 May 1979; effectively, 22 December 1990] | UNITED NATIONS "Trust Territory" under administration of UNITED STATES [of AMERICA] | 17 September 1991 | |
[the] RUSSIA[N FEDERATION] | 8 December 1991 | SOVIET UNION | 25 December 1991 | |
ARMENIA | 23 September 1991 [declared, 23 August 1990] | SOVIET UNION | 2 March 1992 | |
AZERBAIJAN | 30 August 1991 | SOVIET UNION | 2 March 1992 | |
KAZAKHSTAN | 16 December 1991 | SOVIET UNION | 2 March 1992 | |
KYRGYZSTAN | 31 August 1991 | SOVIET UNION | 2 March 1992 | |
MOLDOVA | 27 August 1991 | SOVIET UNION | 2 March 1992 | |
SAN MARINO | 22 March 1862 [traditionally, 3 September AD 301] | ITALY (confirming earlier recognitions of sovereignty by the PAPACY [1631] and FRANCE [1799]) | 2 March 1992 | |
TAJIKISTAN | 9 September 1991 | SOVIET UNION | 2 March 1992 | |
TURKMENISTAN | 27 October 1991 | SOVIET UNION | 2 March 1992 | |
UZBEKISTAN | 31 August 1991 | SOVIET UNION | 2 March 1992 | |
BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA | 3 March 1992 [since 1995, has consisted of two political 'entities': the BOSNIAN FEDERATION and the SERB REPUBLIC] | YUGOSLAVIA | 22 May 1992 | |
CROATIA | 25 June 1991 | YUGOSLAVIA | 22 May 1992 | |
SLOVENIA | 25 June 1991 | YUGOSLAVIA | 22 May 1992 | |
GEORGIA | 9 April 1991 | SOVIET UNION | 31 July 1992 | |
CZECHIA [the CZECH REPUBLIC] | 1 January 1993 | CZECHOSLOVAKIA | 19 January 1993 | |
SLOVAKIA | 1 January 1993 | CZECHOSLOVAKIA | 19 January 1993 | |
MACEDONIA | 17 November 1991 [declared, 8 September 1991] | YUGOSLAVIA | 8 April 1993 | |
ERITREA | 24 May 1993 | ETHIOPIA | 28 May 1993 | |
MONACO | 2 February 1861 | under protection of FRANCE | 28 May 1993 | |
ANDORRA | 6 December 1288 | as a co-principality | 28 July 1993 | |
PALAU [BELAU] | 1 October 1994 [as BELAU, declared: 9 July 1979 as being effective 1 January 1981] | UNITED NATIONS "Trust Territory" under administration of UNITED STATES [of AMERICA] | 15 December 1994 | |
KIRIBATI [KIRIBATI is pronounced 'Kiribas'] | 12 July 1979 | UNITED KINGDOM [BRITAIN] | 14 September 1999 | |
NAURU | 31 January 1968 | UNITED NATIONS "Trust Territory" under joint administration of AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND and the UNITED KINGDOM [BRITAIN] | 14 September 1999 | |
TONGA | 4 June 1970 | BRITISH protection | 14 September 1999 | |
TUVALU | 1 October 1978 | as a "Queen's Realm" of the [BRITISH] COMMONWEALTH | 5 September 2000 | |
SERBIA | 4 February 2003 [originally as SERBIA and MONTENEGRO (itself replacing rump post-1992 YUGOSLAVIA)] | YUGOSLAVIA (= the SERB-CROAT-SLOVENE STATE from 1918 to 1929) | 1 November 2000 [as YUGOSLAVIA (restoration of membership after expulsion on 22 September 1992)] | |
SWITZERLAND | 1 August 1291 [effectively, 4 November 1307] | original Confederation of URI, UNTERWALDEN and SCHWYZ | 10 September 2002 | 8 March 1920*# |
TIMOR-LESTE [EAST TIMOR] | 20 May 2002 | INDONESIA [annexation of 17 July 1976 never recognized by former colonial power PORTUGAL] | 27 September 2002 | |
MONTENEGRO | 3 June 2006 | SERBIA and MONTENEGRO (itself the replacement for the rump YUGOSLAVIA post-1992) | 28 June 2006 | |
SOUTH SUDAN | 9 July 2011 | SUDAN | 14 July 2011 | |
KOSOVO | 17 February 2008 | SERBIA | ||
Northern CYPRUS | 15 November 1983 | Republic of CYPRUS | ||
the VATICAN [the "HOLY SEE"] | 11 February 1929 | ITALY |
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