What is the date of independence of all the countries of world?

Answer 1

Country independence dates

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

American Samoa

Andorra

Angola

Anguilla19 August 1919 (from UK control over Afghan foreign affairs)

28 November 1912 (from Ottoman Empire)

5 July 1962 (from France)

none (territory of the US)

1278 (was formed under the joint suzerainty of France and Spain)

11 November 1975 (from Portugal)

none (overseas territory of the UK)Antigua and Barbuda1 November 1981 (from UK)Argentina

Armenia

Aruba

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan9 July 1816 (from Spain)

21 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)

none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

1 January 1901 (federation of UK colonies)

1156 (from Bavaria)

30 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)Bahamas, The10 July 1973 (from UK)Bahrain15 August 1971 (from UK)Bangladesh16 December 1971 (from West Pakistan); note - 26 March 1971 is the date of independence from West Pakistan, 16 December 1971 is known as Victory Day and commemorates the official creation of the state of BangladeshBarbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Benin

Bermuda

Bhutan

Bolivia30 November 1966 (from UK)

25 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)

21 July 1831 (from the Netherlands)

21 September 1981 (from UK)

1 August 1960 (from France)

none (overseas territory of the UK)

8 August 1949 (from India)

6 August 1825 (from Spain)Bosnia and Herzegovina1 March 1992 (from Yugoslavia)Botswana

Brazil30 September 1966 (from UK)

7 September 1822 (from Portugal)British Virgin Islandsnone (overseas territory of the UK)Brunei

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burma

Burundi1 January 1984 (from UK)

3 March 1878 (from Ottoman Empire)

5 August 1960 (from France)

4 January 1948 (from UK)

1 July 1962 (from UN trusteeship under Belgian administration)Cambodia9 November 1953 (from France)Cameroon1 January 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)Canada1 July 1867 (from UK)Cape Verde

Cayman Islands5 July 1975 (from Portugal)

none (overseas territory of the UK)Central African Republic13 August 1960 (from France)Chad

Chile11 August 1960 (from France)

18 September 1810 (from Spain)China221 BC (unification under the Qin or Ch'in Dynasty 221 BC; Qing or Ch'ing Dynasty replaced by the Republic on 12 February 1912; People's Republic established 1 October 1949)Christmas Islandnone (territory of Australia)Cocos (Keeling) Islandsnone (territory of Australia)Colombia

Comoros20 July 1810 (from Spain)

6 July 1975 (from France)Congo, Democratic Republic of the30 June 1960 (from Belgium)Congo, Republic of the15 August 1960 (from France)Cook Islandsnone (became self-governing in free association with New Zealand on 4 August 1965 and has the right at any time to move to full independence by unilateral action)Costa Rica

Cote d'Ivoire

Croatia

Cuba15 September 1821 (from Spain)

7 August (1960) (from France)

25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)

20 May 1902 (from US)Cyprus16 August 1960 (from UK); note - Turkish Cypriot area proclaimed self-rule on 13 February 1975Czech Republic1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)Denmarkfirst organized as a unified state in 10th century; in 1849 became a constitutional monarchyDjibouti

Dominica27 June 1977 (from France)

3 November 1978 (from UK)Dominican Republic27 February 1844 (from Haiti)East Timor

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia20 May 2002 (from Indonesia)

24 May 1822 (from Spain)

28 February 1922 (from UK)

15 September 1821 (from Spain)

12 October 1968 (from Spain)

24 May 1993 (from Ethiopia)

6 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)

oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 yearsFalkland Islands

(Islas Malvinas)none (overseas territory of the UK; also claimed by Argentina)Faroe Islandsnone (part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark)Fiji

Finland

France

French Guiana

French Polynesia10 October 1970 (from UK)

6 December 1917 (from Russia)

486 (unified by Clovis)

none (overseas department of France)

none (overseas territory of France)Gabon17 August 1960 (from France)Gambia, The18 February 1965 (from UK)Georgia9 April 1991 (from Soviet Union)Germany18 January 1871 (German Empire unification); divided into four zones of occupation (UK, US, USSR, and later, France) in 1945 following World War II; Federal Republic of Germany (FRG or West Germany) proclaimed 23 May 1949 and included the former UK, US, and French zones; German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany) proclaimed 7 October 1949 and included the former USSR zone; unification of West Germany and East Germany took place 3 October 1990; all four powers formally relinquished rights 15 March 1991Ghana

Gibraltar

Greece6 March 1957 (from UK)

none (overseas territory of the UK)

1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)Greenlandnone (part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark since 1979)Grenada

Guadeloupe

Guam

Guatemala

Guernsey7 February 1974 (from UK)

none (overseas department of France)

none (territory of the US)

15 September 1821 (from Spain)

none (British crown dependency)Guinea2 October 1958 (from France)Guinea-Bissau24 September 1973 (unilaterally declared by Guinea-Bissau); 10 September 1974 (recognized by Portugal)Guyana26 May 1966 (from UK)Haiti1 January 1804 (from France)Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

India15 September 1821 (from Spain)

none (special administrative region of China)

1001 (unification by King Stephen I)

17 June 1944 (from Denmark)

15 August 1947 (from UK)Indonesia17 August 1945 (proclaimed independence; on 27 December 1949, Indonesia became legally independent from the Netherlands)Iran

Iraq

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Jersey

Jordan1 April 1979 (Islamic Republic of Iran proclaimed)

3 October 1932 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration)

6 December 1921 (from UK by treaty)

14 May 1948 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration)

17 March 1861 (Kingdom of Italy proclaimed; Italy was not finally unified until 1870)

6 August 1962 (from UK)

660 BC (traditional founding by Emperor Jimmu)

none (British crown dependency)

25 May 1946 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration)Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kiribati

Korea, North

Korea, South

Kosovo

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan16 December 1991 (from the Soviet Union)

12 December 1963 (from UK)

12 July 1979 (from UK)

15 August 1945 (from Japan)

15 August 1945 (from Japan)

17 February 2008

19 June 1961 (from UK)

31 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya19 July 1949 (from France)

18 November 1991 (from Soviet Union)

22 November 1943 (from League of Nations mandate under French administration)

4 October 1966 (from UK)

26 July 1847

24 December 1951 (from Italy)Liechtenstein23 January 1719 Imperial Principality of Liechtenstein established; 12 July 1806 established independence from the Holy Roman EmpireLithuania11 March 1990 (independence declared from Soviet Union); 6 September 1991 (Soviet Union recognizes Lithuania's independence)Luxembourg1839 (from the Netherlands)Macuanone (special administrative region of China)Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of17 September 1991 (from Yugoslavia)Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Malta

Man, Isle of

Marshall Islands

Martinique

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mayotte

Mexico26 June 1960 (from France)

6 July 1964 (from UK)

31 August 1957 (from UK)

26 July 1965 (from UK)

22 September 1960 (from France)

21 September 1964 (from UK)

none (British crown dependency)

21 October 1986 (from the US-administered UN trusteeship)

none (overseas department of France)

28 November 1960 (from France)

12 March 1968 (from UK)

none (territorial collectivity of France)

16 September 1810 (from Spain)Micronesia, Federated States of3 November 1986 (from the US-administered UN Trusteeship)Moldova

Monaco

Mongolia

Montenegro

Montserrat

Morocco

Mozambique27 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)

1419 (beginning of the rule by the House of Grimaldi)

11 July 1921 (from China)

June 2006

none (overseas territory of the UK)

2 March 1956 (from France)

25 June 1975 (from Portugal)Namibia

Nauru

Nepal

Netherlands

Netherlands Antilles

New Caledonia

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria21 March 1990 (from South African mandate)

31 January 1968 (from the Australia-, NZ-, and UK-administered UN

trusteeship)

1768 (unified by Prithvi Narayan Shah)

1579 (from Spain)

none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

none (overseas territory of France)

26 September 1907 (from UK)

15 September 1821 (from Spain)

3 August 1958 (from France)

1 October 1960 (from UK)Niueon 19 October 1974, Niue became a self-governing parliamentary government in free association with New ZealandNorfolk Islandnone (territory of Australia)Northern Mariana Islandsnone (commonwealth in political union with the US)Norway7 June 1905 Norway declared the union with Sweden dissolved; 26 October 1905 Sweden agreed to the repeal of the unionOman1650 (expulsion of the Portuguese)Pakistan14 August 1947 (from UK)Palau1 October 1994 (from the US-administered UN Trusteeship)Panama3 November 1903 (from Colombia; became independent from Spain 28 November 1821)Papua New Guinea16 September 1975 (from the Australian-administered UN trusteeship)Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Pitcairn Islands

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico14 May 1811 (from Spain)

28 July 1821 (from Spain)

4 July 1946 (from US)

none (overseas territory of the UK)

11 November 1918 (independent republic proclaimed)

1140 (independent republic proclaimed 5 October 1910)

none (commonwealth associated with the US)Quatar3 September 1971 (from UK)Reunion

Romania

Russia

Rwandanone (overseas department of France)

1881 (from Turkey; republic proclaimed 30 December 1947)

24 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)

1 July 1962 (from Belgium-administered UN trusteeship)Saint Helenanone (overseas territory of the UK)Saint Kitts and Nevis19 September 1983 (from UK)Saint Lucia22 February 1979 (from UK)Saint Pierre and Miquelonnone (territorial collectivity of France; has been under French control since 1763)Saint Vincent and the Grenadines27 October 1979 (from UK)Samoa

San Marino1 January 1962 (from New Zealand-administered UN trusteeship)

3 September 301Sao Tome and Principe12 July 1975 (from Portugal)Saudi Arabia23 September 1932 (Unification of the Kingdom)Senegal4 April 1960 (from France); complete independence was achieved upon dissolution of federation with Mali on 20 August 1960Serbia

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands5 June 2006 (after Montenegro declared independence from Yugoslavia)

29 June 1976 (from UK)

27 April 1961 (from UK)

9 August 1965 (from Malaysia)

1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)

25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)

7 July 1978 (from UK)Somalia1 July 1960 (from a merger of British Somaliland, which became independent from the UK on 26 June 1960, and Italian Somaliland, which became independent from the Italian-administered UN trusteeship on 1 July 1960, to form the Somali Republic)South Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Svalbard

Swaziland

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria31 May 1910 (from UK)

1492 (expulsion of the Moors and unification)

4 February 1948 (from UK)

1 January 1956 (from Egypt and UK)

25 November 1975 (from Netherlands)

none (territory of Norway)

6 September 1968 (from UK)

6 June 1523 (Gustav VASA elected king)

1 August 1291 (Founding of the Swiss Confederation)

17 April 1946 (from League of Nations mandate under French administration)Tajikistan9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)Tanzania26 April 1964; Tanganyika became independent 9 December 1961 (from UK-administered UN trusteeship); Zanzibar became independent 19 December 1963 (from UK); Tanganyika united with Zanzibar 26 April 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar; renamed United Republic of Tanzania 29 October 1964Thailand

Togo

Tokelau

Tonga1238 (traditional founding date; never colonized)

27 April 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)

none (territory of New Zealand)

4 June 1970 (from UK protectorate)Trinidad and Tobago31 August 1962 (from UK)Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan20 March 1956 (from France)

29 October 1923 (successor state to the Ottoman Empire)

27 October 1991 (from the Soviet Union)Turks and Caicos Islandsnone (overseas territory of the UK)Tuvalu1 October 1978 (from UK)Uganda9 October 1962 (from UK)Ukraine24 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)United Arab Emirates2 December 1971 (from UK)United KingdomEngland has existed as a unified entity since the 10th century; the union between England and Wales was enacted under the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284; in the Act of Union of 1707, England and Scotland agreed to permanent union as Great Britain; the legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland was implemented in 1801, with the adoption of the name the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921 formalized a partition of Ireland; six northern Irish counties remained part of the United Kingdom as Northern Ireland and the current name of the country, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, was adopted in 1927United States

Uruguay

Uzbekistan4 July 1776 (from Great Britain)

25 August 1825 (from Brazil)

1 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)Vanuatu

Vatican City

Venezuela

Vietnam30 July 1980 (from France and UK)

11 February 1929 (from Italy) (Holy See)

5 July 1811 (from Spain)

2 September 1945 (from France)Wallis and Futunanone (overseas territory of France)Yemen22 May 1990, Republic of Yemen was established with the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen] and the Marxist-dominated People's Democratic Republic of Yemen [Yemen (Aden) or South Yemen]; previously North Yemen had become independent on NA November 1918 (from the Ottoman Empire) and South Yemen had become independent on 30 November 1967 (from the UK)Zambia

Zimbabwe24 October 1964 (from UK)

18 April 1980 (from UK)

See: Country independence dates