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Countries by Recognition with the United States

Dates with an asterisk are for countries that no longer exist
Some countries are listed twice, as they achieved independence multiple times.
Countries are listed with the name used at the time. However, current names will work.
Source: https://history.state.gov/countries
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Date
Country
February 6, 1778
France
April 19, 1782
Netherlands
February 20, 1783
Spain
April 3, 1783
Sweden
September 3, 1783
United Kingdom
December 15, 1784*
Papal States
September 18, 1785*
Prussia
June 23, 1786
Morocco
June 17, 1790*
Hamburg
May 13, 1791
Portugal
October 25, 1791*
Genoa
June 9, 1792
Denmark
May 28, 1794*
Bremen
May 29, 1794*
Tuscany
Mid-1795*
Tunis
September 5, 1795*
Algiers
May 20, 1796*
Naples
November 4, 1796*
Tripoli
1797*
Austria-Hungary
1802*
Piedmont-Sardinia
October 28, 1803
Russia
January 22, 1816*
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
June 19, 1822
Colombia
December 12, 1822
Mexico
January 27, 1823
Buenos Ayres
January 27, 1823
Chile
May 26, 1824
Brazil
August 4, 1824*
Central American Federation
August 6, 1824*
Lübeck
November 21, 1825*
Württemberg
May 2, 1826
Peru
December 23, 1826*
Hawaii
May 14, 1829*
Hesse
November 30, 1829
Switzerland
December 2, 1829*
Oldenburg
January 8, 1830*
Hanover
February 11, 1830*
Ottoman Empire
January 6, 1832
Belgium
June 4, 1832
Ecuador
July 13, 1832*
Baden
March 20, 1833
Siam
July 4, 1833*
Bavaria
September 21, 1833
Oman
February 28, 1835
Venezuela
January 25, 1836
Uruguay
March 3, 1837*
Texas
March 16, 1837*
Peru-Bolivian Confederation
June 27, 1837
Greece
April 5, 1844
Guatemala
June 16, 1844
China
May 27, 1846*
Nassau
April 5, 1848*
Brunswick and Lüneburg
May 30, 1848
Bolivia
July 8, 1848*
Germany
April 24, 1849
Costa Rica
May 1, 1849
Salvador
December 24, 1849
Nicaragua
1850
Brunei
June 1850*
Parma
June 28, 1850
Persia
April 27, 1852
Paraguay
April 19, 1853
Honduras
December 2, 1853*
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
March 31, 1854
Japan
June 7, 1854*
Schaumburg-Lippe
July 11, 1854*
Lew Chew
April 11, 1861
Italy
May 7, 1861
San Marino
July 12, 1862
Hayti
September 23, 1862
Liberia
May 1866
Monaco
February 13, 1866*
Madagascar
September 17, 1866
Dominican Republic
October 2, 1886
Tonga
December 9, 1867*
North German Union
December 22, 1871*
Orange Free State
June 1, 1872
Germany
May 31, 1878
Luxembourg
April 7, 1881
Romania
October 14, 1881
Serbia
May 20, 1883*
Korea
September 11, 1885*
Independent State of Congo
May 19, 1902
Cuba
November 6, 1903
Panama
December 27, 1903
Ethiopia
March 3, 1905*
Montenegro
October 30, 1905
Norway
May 3, 1909
Bulgaria
September 3, 1918*
Czechoslovakia
January 22, 1919
Poland
February 10, 1919*
Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes
May 7, 1919
Finland
April 23, 1920*
Armenia
July 26, 1921
Afghanistan
August 24, 1921
Austria
August 29, 1921
Hungary
April 26, 1922
Egypt
July 25, 1922
Albania
July 28, 1922*
Estonia
July 28, 1922*
Latvia
July 28, 1922*
Lithuania
June 28, 1924
Irish Free State
1926
Liechtenstein
February 17, 1927
Turkey
February 18, 1927
Canada
November 5, 1929
South Africa
January 9, 1930
Iraq
May 1, 1931
Hejaz and Nejd
November 16, 1933*
Soviet Union
January 8, 1940
Australia
February 16, 1942
New Zealand
June 17, 1944
Iceland
September 8, 1944
Lebanon
September 8, 1944
Syria
March 4, 1946*
Yemen
July 4, 1946
Philippines
April 21, 1947
Nepal
August 15, 1947
India
August 15, 1947
Pakistan
January 4, 1948
Burma
February 4, 1948
Ceylon
Date
Country
May 14, 1948
Israel
January 31, 1949
Transjordan
March 25, 1949
Republic of Korea
December 28, 1949
Indonesia
February 7, 1950
Cambodia
February 7, 1950
Laos
February 7, 1950
Vietnam
January 1, 1956
Sudan
March 6, 1957
Ghana
August 31, 1957
Malaysia
November 1, 1958
Guinea
January 1, 1960
Cameroon
April 27, 1960
Togo
June 20, 1960
Mali
June 25, 1960
Madagascar
June 30, 1960
Republic of the Congo
July 1, 1960
Somalia
August 1, 1960
Dahomey
August 5, 1960
Upper Volta
August 3, 1960
Niger
August 7, 1960
Cote d’Ivoire
August 11, 1960
Chad
August 13, 1960
Central African Republic
August 15, 1960
Republic of the Congo
August 16, 1960
Cyprus
August 17, 1960
Gabon
September 24, 1960
Senegal
October 1, 1960
Nigeria
November 28, 1960
Mauritania
April 27, 1961
Sierra Leone
June 19, 1961
Kuwait
December 9, 1961*
Tanganyika
January 1, 1962
Samoa
July 1, 1962
Burundi
July 1, 1962
Rwanda
July 3, 1962
Algeria
August 16, 1962
Jamaica
August 31, 1962
Trinidad and Tobago
October 9, 1962
Uganda
December 19, 1962*
North Yemen
December 12, 1963
Kenya
26 April 1964
Tanzania
July 6, 1964
Malawi
September 18, 1964
Malta
October 24, 1964
Zambia
February 18, 1965
The Gambia
August 10, 1965
Maldives
August 11, 1965
Singapore
May 26, 1966
Guyana
September 30, 1966
Botswana
October 4, 1966
Lesotho
November 30, 1966
Barbados
December 7, 1967*
South Yemen
March 12, 1968
Mauritius
September 6, 1968
Swaziland
October 28, 1968
Equatorial Guinea
October 10, 1970
Fiji
August 15, 1971
Bahrain
September 5, 1971
Qatar
December 2, 1971
United Arab Emirates
April 4, 1972
Bangladesh
July 10, 1973
Bahamas
February 29, 1974
Grenada
September 4, 1974*
East Germany
September 10, 1974
Guinea-Bissau
June 25, 1975
Mozambique
July 5, 1975
Cabo Verde
July 12, 1975
Sao Tome and Principe
September 16, 1975
Papua New Guinea
November 25, 1975
Suriname
June 29, 1976
Seychelles
October 24, 1976
Nauru
June 27, 1977
Djibouti
August 15, 1977
Comoros
July 7, 1978
Solomon Islands
October 1, 1978
Tuvalu
November 3, 1978
Dominica
May 17, 1979
Saint Lucia
September 20, 1979
Kiribati
April 18, 1980
Zimbabwe
July 30, 1980
Vanuatu
October 29, 1981
Belize
November 1, 1981
Antigua and Barbuda
November 23, 1981
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
September 19, 1983
Saint Christopher and Nevis
January 10, 1984
Holy See
October 21, 1986
Marshall Islands
November 3, 1986
Federated States of Micronesia
January 27, 1987
Mongolia
March 21, 1990
Namibia
May 22, 1990
Yemen
September 2, 1991
Estonia
September 2, 1991
Latvia
September 2, 1991
Lithuania
December 25, 1991
Armenia
December 25, 1991
Azerbaijan
December 25, 1991
Belarus
December 25, 1991
Kazakhstan
December 25, 1991
Kyrgyzstan
December 25, 1991
Moldova
December 25, 1991
Russia
December 25, 1991
Tajikistan
December 25, 1991
Turkmenistan
December 25, 1991
Ukraine
December 25, 1991
Uzbekistan
March 24, 1992
Georgia
April 7, 1992
Bosnia and Herzegovina
April 7, 1992
Croatia
April 7, 1992
Slovenia
January 1, 1993
Czechia
January 1, 1993
Slovakia
April 27, 1993
Eritrea
May 19, 1993
Angola
February 9, 1994
Macedonia
September 27, 1994
Palau
February 21, 1995
Andorra
November 12, 2000
Yugoslavia
May 20, 2002
Timor-Leste
June 13, 2006
Montenegro
February 18, 2008
Kosovo
July 9, 2011
South Sudan
1 Comments
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Level 42
Apr 12, 2024
Wasn’t Morocco the 1st one?