Countries of the World by Date Founded

In order, list the countries of the world by their date of acquired sovereignty.
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Date
Country
2600 BC
Iran
2500 BC
India
1600 BC
China
1600 BC (China)
Taiwan
660 BC
Japan
202 BC
Algeria
301
San Marino
481
France
681
Bulgaria
762
Iraq
780
Serbia
788
Morocco
843
Germany
872
Norway
879
Croatia
880
Armenia
882 (Russia)
Belarus
882
Russia
882 (Russia)
Ukraine
895
Hungary
900
Ethiopia
918
North Korea
918
South Korea
927
United Kingdom
965
Denmark
966
Poland
970
Sweden
1008
Georgia
1143
Portugal
1156
Austria
1190
Albania
1206
Mongolia
1278
Andorra
1291
Switzerland
1297
Monaco
1299
Turkey
1479
Spain
1542
Ireland
1581
Netherlands
1650
Oman
1720
Italy
1747
Afghanistan
1752
Kuwait
1767
Thailand
1768
Nepal
1776
United States of America
1804
Haiti
1809
Ecuador
1810
Venezuela
1810
Argentina
1810
Colombia
1810
Mexico
1810
Chile
1811
Paraguay
1813
Liechtenstein
1821
Peru
1821
Greece
1821
Costa Rica
1821
El Salvador
1821
Guatemala
1821
Honduras
1821
Nicaragua
1822
Brazil
1825
Bolivia
1825
Uruguay
1830
Belgium
1844
Dominican Republic
1847
Liberia
1853
New Zealand
1859
Romania
1878
Qatar
1885
Bhutan
1896
Philippines
1898
Cuba
1901
Australia
1902
Saudi Arabia
1903
Panama
1910
South Africa
1917
Finland
1918
Lithuania
1918
Azerbaijan
1918
Czech Republic
1918
Slovakia
1918
Yemen
1918
Iceland
1922
Egypt
1929
Vatican City
1931
Canada
1941
Lebanon
1945
Luxembourg
1945
Indonesia
1945
Vietnam
1946
Jordan
1947
Pakistan
1948
Myanmar
1948
Sri Lanka
1948
Israel
1951
Libya
1953
Laos
1953
Cambodia
1954
Suriname
1956
Sudan
1956
Tunisia
1957
Ghana
1958
Togo
1958
Guinea
1958
Madagascar
1958
Mali
1958
Niger
1960
Cameroon
1960
DR Congo
1960
Somalia
1960
Benin
1960
Burkina Faso
1960
Chad
1960
Central African Republic
1960
Republic of the Congo
1960
Cyprus
1960
Gabon
1960
Senegal
1960
Nigeria
1960
Mauritania
1961
Sierra Leone
1961
Syria
1961
Tanzania
1962
Uganda
1962
Samoa
1962
Burundi
1962
Rwanda
1962
Jamaica
1962
Trinidad and Tobago
1963
Malaysia
1963
Kenya
1964
Belize
1964
Bahamas
1964
Malawi
1964
Malta
1964
Zambia
1965
Gambia
1965
Singapore
1965
Maldives
1965
Zimbabwe
1966
Guyana
1966
Botswana
1966
Lesotho
1966
Barbados
1967
Dominica
1967
Grenada
1967
Saint Kitts and Nevis
1967
Saint Lucia
1968
Nauru
1968
Mauritius
1968
Eswatini
1968
Equatorial Guinea
1969
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1970
Tonga
1970
Fiji
1971
Bangladesh
1971
Bahrain
1971
United Arab Emirates
1973
Guinea Bissau
1973
Papua New Guinea
1973
Ivory Coast
1975
Mozambique
1975
Cape Verde
1975
Comoros
1975
Sao Tome and Principe
1975
Angola
1976
Solomon Islands
1976
Seychelles
1977
Djibouti
1978
Tuvalu
1979
Kiribati
1980
Vanuatu
1981
Antigua and Barbuda
1984
Brunei
1986
Marshall Islands
1986
Micronesia
1990
Namibia
1990
Latvia
1991
Slovenia
1991
Estonia
1991
Moldova
1991
Kyrgyzstan
1991
Uzbekistan
1991
North Macedonia
1991
Tajikistan
1991
Turkmenistan
1991
Kazakhstan
1992
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1993
Eritrea
1994
Palau
2002
East Timor
2006
Montenegro
2008
Kosovo
2011
South Sudan
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5 Comments
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Level 42
Apr 6, 2026
Why should Italy be 1720? It's either 1861 or 1946 depending on how you count it
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Level 45
Apr 6, 2026
what a terrible quiz. Modern Iran has nothing to do with the first settlements in the region. It's like saying Roman Empire and modern Italy are same
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Level 80
Apr 6, 2026
What is the source for this quiz? The dates in here don't make much sense.
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Level 80
Apr 6, 2026
For example why is the UK given as 927? The Kingdom of Great Britain formed in 1707 via the Act of Union between England and Scotland, it became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1800 and then renamed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1927. Ireland is given a date of 1542 which links to the formation of the Kingdom of Ireland but this was in personal union with the English (and then British) crown, so it was not a sovereign entity.
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Level 80
Apr 6, 2026
The dates for Australia, Canada and New Zealand are inconsistent. For Australia and New Zealand the dates coincide with the dates of self-government. For Canada (excluding Newfoundland) the equivalent date would be 1867 not 1931. The 1931 Statue of Westminster in 1931 restricted the ability of the British parliament to legislate for each of these countries, but it was only in the 1980s that all remaining links to the British parliament were removed (1982 for Canada, and 1986 for Australia and New Zealand).