The Faroe Islands have been an autonomous province of Denmark since 1948. Though never technically (politically) gained 'independence'.
Guadeloupe never gained independence from France.
Ethiopia was the only African country to successfully resist colonizing Europeans. Liberia also maintained independence, but since the country was founded by African-Americans in the early 1800s, Europeans considered it a "civilized" country and never threatened its independence militarily.
Anguilla has never gained independence OR statehood. It has been a British Overseas Territory for over 400 years.Anguilla has never gained independence OR statehood. It has been a British Overseas Territory for over 400 years.
Liberia was the first to gain independence after being colonized by outsiders, but the independence of Ethiopia dates to antiquity and was never fully ended.
It never gained independence as it was not a democratic. It never gained independence from anyone because it was never under the control of any other country. Actually it did gain independence again in 1952 from US occupation after World War II. The state does not need to be democratic to be independent, and Japan operates under a parliamentary government with a constitutional monarchy. Ending an occupation does not imply gaining independence. It simply means an occupying power leaving the country and restoring/handing back administration of the affairs of a country to its nationals. Otherwise, Uganda would have another independence after Tanzanian troops pulled out after liberating it in 1979 (in addition to the one in 1962).
Gandhi began his activism for independence in India in the 1910s, and India gained independence from British rule in 1947. So, it took Gandhi and the Indian independence movement around three decades to achieve independence.
Egypt (1922) was the first African nation to become independent from a European nation, but it was not a colony (it was a protectorate). The first colony to become independent was Italian Libya in 1951.
Botswana became a country in 1926, after a civil war broke out and citizens of South Africa wanted to become a new country and government
Montserrat is a British dependency so it has never gained independence.
Unlike most African countries, Ethiopia was never a European colony, for this reason it has been important to modern Africa as a symbol of independence
Liberia is the only West African country that was never a colony.