Year of Independence by Country

French recognition of Algerian referendum on independence

Austrian Independence Treaty re-established Austria as a sovereign state

The French colony of Saint-Domingue gains independence as Haiti

Independence from the British Empire

Independence from the Netherlands recognized

End of the British Mandate for Palestine

Declaration of independence from Serbia and Montenegro

Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden

Independence from Colombia

Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, creating Slovakia and the Czech Republic

Creation of the Union of South Africa from the previously separate colonies of the Cape, Natal, Transvaal and Orange River

2011 South Sudanese independence referendum

Independence from the Netherlands

Independence from Indonesia was recognized by the international community following the UN-sponsored act of self-determination of 1999

Independence from the United Kingdom

Independence from the Soviet Union

Independence from Great Britain recognized

Ratification of the Lateran Treaty, making the Vatican City a sovereign state

Dissolution of Gran Colombia

Independence from the United Kingdom recognized