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Date of Independence
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Country
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660 BCE
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Japan
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221 BCE
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China
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301
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San Marino
|
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843
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France
|
|
976
|
Austria
|
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Circa 980
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Denmark
|
|
1001
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Hungary
|
|
1143
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Portugal
|
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1206
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Mongolia
|
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1238
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Thailand
|
|
1278
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Andorra
|
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1 August, 1291
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Switzerland
|
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1419
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Monaco
|
|
Circa 1420
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Spain
|
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1502
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Iran
|
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6 June, 1523
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Sweden
|
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23 January, 1579
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Netherlands
|
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1650
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Oman
|
|
1 May, 1707
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UK
|
|
23 January, 1719
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Liechtenstein
|
|
1768
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Nepal
|
|
4 July, 1776
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USA
|
|
1 January, 1804
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Haiti
|
|
20 July, 1810
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Colombia
|
|
16 September, 1810
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Mexico
|
|
18 September, 1810
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Chile
|
|
14 May, 1811
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Paraguay
|
|
5 July, 1811
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Venezuela
|
|
9 July, 1816
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Argentina
|
|
28 July, 1821
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Peru
|
|
15 September, 1821
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Costa Rica
|
|
15 September, 1821
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El Salvador
|
|
15 September, 1821
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Guatemala
|
|
15 September, 1821
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Honduras
|
|
15 September, 1821
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Nicaragua
|
|
24 May,1822
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Ecuador
|
|
7 September, 1822
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Brazil
|
|
6 August, 1825
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Bolivia
|
|
25 August, 1825
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Uruguay
|
|
1829
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Greece
|
|
4 October, 1830
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Belgium
|
|
1839
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Luxembourg
|
|
27 February, 1844
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Dominican Republic
|
|
26 July, 1847
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Liberia
|
|
17 March, 1861
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Italy
|
|
1 July, 1867
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Canada
|
|
18 January, 1871
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Germany
|
|
9 May, 1877
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Romania
|
|
3 March, 1878
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Bulgaria
|
|
1896
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Ethiopia
|
|
12 June, 1898
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Philippines
|
|
1 January, 1901
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Australia
|
|
20 May, 1902
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Cuba
|
|
3 November, 1903
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Panama
|
|
7 June, 1905
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Norway
|
|
26 September, 1907
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New Zealand
|
|
31 May, 1910
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South Africa
|
|
28 November, 1912
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Albania
|
|
6 December, 1917
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Finland
|
|
24 February, 1918
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Estonia
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|
11 November, 1918
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Poland
|
|
1 December, 1918
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Iceland
|
|
19 August, 1919
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Afghanistan
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|
6 December, 1921
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Ireland
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|
28 February, 1922
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Egypt
|
|
29 October, 1923
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Turkey
|
|
11 February, 1929
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Vatican City
|
|
23 September, 1932
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Saudi Arabia
|
|
3 October, 1932
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Iraq
|
|
22 November, 1943
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Lebanon
|
|
15 August, 1945
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North Korea
|
|
15 August, 1945
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South Korea
|
|
17 August, 1945
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Indonesia
|
|
2 September, 1945
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Vietnam
|
|
17 April, 1946
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Syria
|
|
25 May, 1946
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Jordan
|
|
14 August, 1947
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Pakistan
|
|
15 August, 1947
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India
|
|
4 January, 1948
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Myanmar
|
|
4 February, 1948
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Sri Lanka
|
|
14 May, 1948
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Israel
|
|
19 July, 1949
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Laos
|
|
8 August, 1949
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Bhutan
|
|
24 December, 1951
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Libya
|
|
9 November, 1953
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Cambodia
|
|
1 January, 1956
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Sudan
|
|
2 March, 1956
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Morocco
|
|
20 March, 1956
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Tunisia
|
|
6 March, 1957
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Ghana
|
|
31 August, 1957
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Malaysia
|
|
2 October, 1958
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Guinea
|
|
1 January, 1960
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Cameroon
|
|
4 April, 1960
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Senegal
|
|
27 May, 1960
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Togo
|
|
30 June, 1960
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Republic of the Congo
|
|
1 July, 1960
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Somalia
|
|
26 July, 1960
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Madagascar
|
|
1 August, 1960
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Benin
|
|
3 August, 1960
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Niger
|
|
5 August, 1960
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Burkina Faso
|
|
7 August, 1960
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Ivory Coast
|
|
11 August, 1960
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Chad
|
|
13 August, 1960
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CAR
|
|
15 August, 1960
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DRC
|
|
16 August, 1960
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Cyprus
|
|
17 August, 1960
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Gabon
|
|
22 September, 1960
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Mali
|
|
1 October, 1960
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Nigeria
|
|
28 November, 1960
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Mauritania
|
|
27 April, 1961
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Sierra Leone
|
|
19 June, 1961
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Kuwait
|
|
1 January, 1962
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Samoa
|
|
1 July, 1962
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Burundi
|
|
1 July, 1962
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Rwanda
|
|
5 July, 1962
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Algeria
|
|
6 August, 1962
|
Jamaica
|
|
31 August, 1962
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
|
9 October, 1962
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Uganda
|
|
12 December, 1963
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Kenya
|
|
26 April, 1964
|
Tanzania
|
|
6 July, 1964
|
Malawi
|
|
21 September, 1964
|
Malta
|
|
24 October, 1964
|
Zambia
|
|
18 February, 1965
|
Gambia
|
|
26 July, 1965
|
Maldives
|
|
9 August, 1965
|
Singapore
|
|
26 May, 1966
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Guyana
|
|
30 September, 1966
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Botswana
|
|
4 October, 1966
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Lesotho
|
|
30 November, 1966
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Barbados
|
|
31 January, 1968
|
Nauru
|
|
12 March, 1968
|
Mauritius
|
|
6 September, 1968
|
Eswatini
|
|
12 October, 1968
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Equatorial Guinea
|
|
4 June, 1970
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Tonga
|
|
10 October, 1970
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Fiji
|
|
26 March, 1971
|
Bangladesh
|
|
15 August, 1971
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Bahrain
|
|
3 September, 1971
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Qatar
|
|
2 November, 1971
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UAE
|
|
10 July, 1973
|
Bahamas
|
|
24 September, 1973
|
Guinea Bissau
|
|
7 September, 1974
|
Grenada
|
|
25 June, 1975
|
Mozambique
|
|
5 June, 1975
|
Cape Verde
|
|
6 July, 1975
|
Comoros
|
|
12 July, 1975
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
|
16 September, 1975
|
Papua New Guinea
|
|
11 November, 1975
|
Angola
|
|
25 November, 1975
|
Suriname
|
|
29 June, 1976
|
Seychelles
|
|
27 June, 1977
|
Djibouti
|
|
7 July, 1978
|
Solomon Islands
|
|
1 October, 1978
|
Tuvalu
|
|
3 November, 1978
|
Dominica
|
|
22 February, 1979
|
Saint Lucia
|
|
12 July, 1979
|
Kiribati
|
|
27 October, 1979
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
|
18 April, 1980
|
Zimbabwe
|
|
30 July, 1980
|
Vanuatu
|
|
11 January, 1981
|
Antigua and Barbuda
|
|
21 September, 1981
|
Belize
|
|
19 September, 1983
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
|
1 January, 1984
|
Brunei
|
|
21 October, 1986
|
Marshall Islands
|
|
3 November, 1986
|
FSM
|
|
11 March, 1990
|
Lithuania
|
|
21 March, 1990
|
Namibia
|
|
22 May, 1990
|
Yemen
|
|
9 April, 1991
|
Georgia
|
|
25 June, 1991
|
Croatia
|
|
25 June, 1991
|
Slovenia
|
|
21 August, 1991
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
|
24 August, 1991
|
Russia
|
|
25 August, 1991
|
Belarus
|
|
27 August, 1991
|
Moldova
|
|
30 August, 1991
|
Azerbaijan
|
|
1 September, 1991
|
Uzbekistan
|
|
6 September, 1991
|
Latvia
|
|
8 September, 1991
|
North Macedonia
|
|
9 September, 1991
|
Tajikistan
|
|
21 September, 1991
|
Armenia
|
|
27 October, 1991
|
Turkmenistan
|
|
24 November, 1991
|
Ukraine
|
|
16 December, 1991
|
Kazakhstan
|
|
3 March, 1992
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
|
1 January, 1993
|
Czech Republic
|
|
1 January, 1993
|
Slovakia
|
|
24 May, 1993
|
Eritrea
|
|
1 October, 1994
|
Palau
|
|
20 May, 2002
|
East Timor
|
|
3 June, 2006
|
Montenegro
|
|
5 June, 2008
|
Serbia
|
|
17 February, 2008
|
Kosovo
|
|
9 July, 2011
|
South Sudan
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