Countries by their Former Names

We give you the former name(s) of countries, can you guess the modern day country? List the MAIN country or countries
Includes countries which were once part of one main country
Does not include Kosovo since it is not a fully recognised member of the UN
Does not include countries of former empires e.g. Soviet Empire, Ottoman Empire etc.
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Former Name/Country
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East & West Germany
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Yugoslavia
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Croatia
Serbia
Macedonia (FYROM)
Montenegro
Slovenia
Upper Volta
Burkina Faso
Kemet
Egypt
Zaire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tanganyika
Tanzania
Northern Rhodesia
Zambia
(Southern) Rhodesia
Zimbabwe
Union of South Africa
South Africa
Basutoland
Lesotho
Bechuanaland
Botswana
Persia
Iran
United Arab Republic
Egypt
Syria
East Pakistan
Bangladesh
Burma
Myanmar
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7 Comments
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Level 56
Jan 26, 2016
Spellings and type-ins fixed!
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Level 81
Jan 26, 2016
Great quiz :) Tanzania is not in the list somehow.
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Level 56
Jan 27, 2016
Thanks, Tangyanika box is fixed now :)
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Level 67
Jan 27, 2016
Typed in everything available, but still showed as one missing. According to the answers, it's Tanzania.
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Level 70
Jan 27, 2016
Missed Egypt, great quiz otherwise..
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Level 56
Jan 29, 2016
Added :)
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Level 72
May 18, 2017
Kosovo is missing from the Yugoslavia question. Also, Czechia is the modern name for the Czech Republic.