Former to Present Geographic Name - Statistics

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Former name	Modern name	Date changed	% Correct
Persia	Iran	1932	96%
Constantinople, Turkey	Istanbul, Turkey	1930	95%
Peking, China	Beijing, China	1980's	93%
Siam	Thailand	1939	89%
Zaire	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1997	87%
Bombay	Mumbai	1995	87%
Ceylon	Sri Lanka	1972	86%
Edo, Japan	Tokyo, Japan	1868	86%
Saigon, Vietnam	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	1975	84%
Rhodesia	Zimbabwe	1980	79%
Abyssinia	Ethiopia	1941	76%
South-West Africa	Namibia	1990	76%
Calcutta	Kolkata	2001	71%
British Honduras	Belize	1973	69%
Formosa	Taiwan	1684	67%
Nanking	Nanjing	1980's	48%
Cape Verde	Cabo Verde	2013	46%
Madras	Chennai	1996	44%
Canton	Guangzhou	1980's	43%
Cathay	China (North)	~1605	40%
Gilbert Islands	Kiribati	1979	31%
Bangalore	Bengaluru	2006*	29%
Upper Canada	Ontario	1840	24%

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