Statistics for Countries by Former Name (HARD!)

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Former Name	Current Name	% Correct
Burma	Myanmar	87%
Abyssinia	Ethiopia	84%
British North America	Canada	81%
Macedonia	North Macedonia	81%
Ceylon	Sri Lanka	80%
Persia	Iran	79%
Ottoman Empire	Turkey	79%
East Pakistan	Bangladesh	77%
Byelorussia	Belarus	77%
British Honduras	Belize	77%
Bohemia	Czech Republic	76%
Siam	Thailand	76%
Swaziland	Eswatini	75%
Mesopotamia	Iraq	75%
Middle Congo	Rep. of the Congo	74%
Zaire	D. R. Congo	73%
Malaya	Malaysia	73%
Hispania	Spain	73%
Dutch Guiana	Suriname	73%
Regency of Algiers	Algeria	72%
Dutch East Indies	Indonesia	72%
South Arabia	Yemen	71%
Spanish Haiti	Dominican Republic	70%
Hindustan	India	70%
French Togoland	Togo	70%
Kamerun	Cameroon	69%
Thirteen Colonies	United States	69%
Gold Coast	Ghana	68%
Judea	Israel	68%
British East Africa	Kenya	68%
Southern Rhodesia	Zimbabwe	68%
French Somaliland	Djibouti	67%
Gaul	France	67%
Transjordan	Jordan	67%
Cape Colony	South Africa	67%
Nova Zeelandia	New Zealand	66%
Ruanda	Rwanda	66%
Northern Rhodesia	Zambia	66%
Austrian Netherlands	Belgium	64%
South West Africa	Namibia	64%
Tsardom of Muscovy	Russia	64%
Upper Hungary	Slovakia	63%
German East Africa	Tanzania	63%
Kampuchea	Cambodia	62%
Portuguese East Africa	Mozambique	62%
Western Samoa	Samoa	62%
Formosa	Taiwan	62%
Portuguese Guinea	Guinea-Bissau	61%
Rio de la Plata	Argentina	59%
Tripolitania	Libya	59%
Wallachia and Moldavia	Romania	59%
Spanish Guinea	Equatorial Guinea	58%
New Spain	Mexico	58%
Portuguese West Africa	Angola	56%
Helvetic Republic	Switzerland	56%
Upper Peru	Bolivia	55%
Spanish East Indies	Philippines	55%
Feejee	Fiji	54%
Malagasy Republic	Madagascar	51%
Dahomey	Benin	50%
Urundi	Burundi	50%
Kirghizia	Kyrgyzstan	50%
Phoenicia	Lebanon	49%
Upper Volta	Burkina Faso	48%
East Francia	Germany	45%
French Sudan	Mali	44%
Cossackia	Ukraine	43%
Bechuanaland	Botswana	42%
Basutoland	Lesotho	41%
New Holland	Australia	40%
Gilbert Islands	Kiribati	40%
Nyasaland	Malawi	40%
Cathay	China	38%
Lusitania	Portugal	38%
Hejaz and Nejd	Saudi Arabia	38%
Saint-Domingue	Haiti	37%
Hibernia	Ireland	36%
Bessarabia	Moldova	36%
Mamluk Sultanate	Egypt	35%
Côte de Dents	Ivory Coast	33%
Lan Xang	Laos	32%
Mauretania Tingitana	Morocco	32%
Norðmanna Land	Norway	30%
Snæland	Iceland	28%
Trucial States	United Arab Emirates	28%
Horion Bosona	Bosnia and Herzegovina	27%
Gorkha Kingdom	Nepal	27%
New Hebrides	Vanuatu	27%
New Granada	Colombia	24%
Melita	Malta	23%
Batavia	Netherlands	23%
Ellice Islands	Tuvalu	23%
Annam	Vietnam	23%
Ostmark	Austria	22%
Chrobatia	Croatia	21%
Alash Autonomy	Kazakhstan	19%
Pannonia	Hungary	18%
Carniola	Slovenia	18%
Ifriqiya	Tunisia	18%
Österland	Finland	17%
Durrani Empire	Afghanistan	16%
Kibris	Cyprus	16%
Cuzcatlan	El Salvador	16%
Ubangi-Shari	Central African Republic	15%
Cisplatina	Uruguay	15%
Bilad al-Sham	Syria	14%
Wa	Japan	13%
Friendly Islands	Tonga	13%
Catara	Qatar	12%
Pepper Coast	Liberia	11%
Dheeva Mahal	Maldives	11%
Zeta	Montenegro	11%
Mahdist State	Sudan	11%
Klein-Venedig	Venezuela	11%
Lho Mon	Bhutan	10%
Isle de France	Mauritius	10%
Monoikos	Monaco	10%
Pleasant Island	Nauru	10%
New Castile	Peru	10%
Arbanon	Albania	9%
Isla Juana	Cuba	9%
Lucilinburhuc	Luxembourg	9%
Urartu	Armenia	8%
Terra de Santa Cruz	Brazil	8%
Comayagua	Honduras	8%
Xaymaca	Jamaica	8%
New Extremadura	Chile	7%
Dardania	Kosovo	7%
Rascia	Serbia	7%
Civitas Schinesghe	Poland	6%
Province of Freedom	Sierra Leone	6%
Barune	Brunei	5%
Medri Bahri	Eritrea	5%
Camajuya	Grenada	5%
Enchanted Islands	Palau	5%
Intendencia of León	Nicaragua	4%
Arran	Azerbaijan	3%
Ichirouganaim	Barbados	3%
Onoguria	Bulgaria	3%
New Carthage	Costa Rica	3%
Orungu	Gabon	3%
Hieros Kolpos	Kuwait	3%
Tierra Firme	Panama	3%
Wadadli and Wa'omoni	Antigua and Barbuda	2%
Wehali	East Timor	2%
Magan	Oman	2%
Syonan-to	Singapore	2%
El Falcon	St. Lucia	2%
Youloumain	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	2%
Wai‘tu kubuli	Dominica	1%
Liamuiga	St. Kitts and Nevis	1%