Most Recently Independent Countries by Continent

Can you name the most recently independent countries by each continent?

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For the former USSR states, I put the states with the later dates of independence as most of them are 1991.

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Africa
2011	South Sudan
1993	Eritrea
1990	Namibia
1980	Zimbabwe
1977	Djibouti
1976	Seychelles

Asia
2003	Iraq
2002	East Timor
1991	Kazakhstan
1991	Turkmenistan
1991	Armenia
1991	Tajikistan

Europe
2008	Kosovo
2006	Montenegro
2006	Serbia
1993	Czechia
1993	Slovakia
1992	Bosnia and Herzegovina

North America
1990	Panama
1983	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1981	Antigua and Barbuda
1981	Belize
1979	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1979	Saint Lucia

Oceania
1994	Palau
1986	F.S. Micronesia
1986	Marshall Islands
1980	Vanuatu
1979	Kiribati
1978	Tuvalu

South America
1975	Suriname
1966	Guyana
1876	Paraguay
1839	Peru
1830	Ecuador
1830	Venezuela

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