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List of countries by date of nationhood

Below is a list of nations in chronological order of their nationhood

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The dates are most commonly accepted ones and not standardized according to either declaractions or recognitions.

 
 
     

     
     
     
pre-1250 AD
660 BC Japan
c. 1 AD Ethiopia
301 AD San Marino
486 AD France
980 AD Denmark
1001 Hungary
1066 England
1140 Portugal
1238 Thailand
 
1250-1777
1278 Andorra from Spain and France
August 1, 1291 Switzerland
1419 Monaco
1492 Spain from the Moors
June 6, 1523 Sweden
1579 Netherlands from Spain
1650 Oman from Portugal
1707 Kingdom of Great Britain from Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland
January 23, 1719 Liechtenstein
1768 Nepal
July 4, 1776 United States of America from Kingdom of Great Britain
 
1778-1827
January 1, 1801 United Kingdom from Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of Ireland
January 1, 1804 Haiti from France
July 20, 1810 Republic of Colombia from Spain
September 16, 1810 Republic of Mexico from Spain
September 18, 1810 Republic of Chile from Spain
May 14, 1811 Republic of Paraguay from Spain
July 5, 1811 Republic of Venezuela from Spain
July 9, 1816 Republic of Argentina from Spain
July 28, 1821 Republic of Peru from Spain
September 15, 1821 Republic of Costa Rica from Spain
September 15, 1821 Republic of El Salvador from Spain
September 15, 1821 Republic of Guatemala from Spain
September 15, 1821 Republic of Honduras from Spain
September 15, 1821 Republic of Nicaragua from Spain
May 24, 1822 Republic of Ecuador from Spain
September 7, 1822 Republic of Brazil from Portugal
August 6, 1825 Republic of Bolivia from Spain
 
1828-1877
August 25, 1828 Republic of Uruguay from Brazil
1829 Greece from the Ottoman Empire
October 4, 1830 Belgium from the Netherlands
1839 Luxembourg
February 27, 1844 Dominican Republic from Haiti
July 26, 1847 Liberia
March 17, 1861 Italy
July 1, 1867 Dominion of Canada under the United Kingdom
January 18, 1871 German Empire from North German Confederation, Bavaria, etc.
 
1878-1917
March 3, 1878 Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire
1881 Romania from Turkey
January 1, 1901 Commonwealth of Australia from the Federation of United Kingdom Colonies
May 20, 1902 Cuba from the United States
November 3, 1903 Panama from Colombia
October 26, 1905 Norway from Sweden
September 26, 1907 New Zealand from the United Kingdom
May 31, 1910 South Africa from the United Kingdom
November 18, 1912 Albania from the Ottoman Empire
December 6, 1917 Finland from the Russian Empire
 
1918-1937
November 11, 1918 Poland
November 12, 1918 Austria from the Austro-Hungarian Empire
August 19, 1919 Afghanistan from the United Kingdom
March 13, 1921 Mongolia from Republic of China
December 6, 1921 Republic of Ireland from the United Kingdom
February 28, 1922 Egypt from the United Kingdom
October 29, 1923 Turkey from the Ottoman Empire
February 11, 1929 Vatican City from Italy
September 23, 1932 Saudi Arabia
October 3, 1932 Iraq from League of Nations mandate under British administration
 
1938-1948
November 22, 1943 Lebanon from League of Nations mandate underFrench administration
June 17, 1944 Iceland from Denmark
August 17, 1945 Indonesia from the Netherlands
September 2, 1945 Vietnam from France
April 17, 1946 Syria from League of Nations mandate under French administration
May 25, 1946 Jordan from League of Nations mandate under British administration
July 4, 1946 Philippines from the United States
August 14, 1947 Pakistan from the United Kingdom
August 15, 1947 India from the United Kingdom
January 4, 1948 Myanmar from the United Kingdom
February 4, 1948 Sri Lanka from the United Kingdom
May 14, 1948 Israel from League of Nations mandate under British administration
September 9, 1948 North Korea
August 15, 1948 South Korea
 
1949-1959
May 23, 1949 West Germany from United Kingdom, United States, France
July 19, 1949 Laos from France
August 8, 1949 Bhutan from India
October 1, 1949 People's Republic of China from Republic of China
October 7, 1949 East Germany from Soviet Union
December 24, 1951 Libya from Italy
November 9, 1953 Cambodia from France
January 1, 1956 Sudan ''from Egypt and the United Kingdom
March 20, 1956 Tunisia from France
March 2, 1956 Morocco from France
March 6, 1957 Ghana from the United Kingdom
August 31, 1957 Malaysia from the United Kingdom
October 2, 1958 Guinea from France
 
1960-1970
January 1, 1960 Cameroon from United Nations trusteeship under French administration
April 4, 1960 Senegal from France
April 27, 1960 Togo from United Nations trusteeship under French administration
June 26, 1960 Madagascar from France
June 30, 1960 Congo from Belgium
July 1, 1960 Somalia ''from the United Kingdom and Italy''
July 13, 1960 Central African Republic from France
August 1, 1960 Benin from France
August 3, 1960 Niger from France
August 5, 1960 Burkina Faso from France
August 7, 1960 Côte d'Ivoire from France
August 11, 1960 Chad from France
August 15, 1960 Congo Republic from France
August 16, 1960 Cyprus from the United Kingdom
August 17, 1960 Gabon from France
September 22, 1960 Mali from France
October 1, 1960 Nigeria from the United Kingdom
November 28, 1960 Mauritania from France
April 27, 1961 Sierra Leone from the United Kingdom
June 19, 1961 Kuwait from the United Kingdom
January 1, 1962 Samoa
July 1, 1962 Burundi from United Nations trusteeship under Belgian administration
July 1, 1962 Rwanda from United Nations trusteeship under Belgian administration
July 5, 1962 Algeria from France
August 6, 1962 Jamaica from the West Indies Federation
August 31, 1962 Trinidad and Tobago from the West Indies Federation
October 9, 1962 Uganda from the United Kingdom
December 12, 1963 Kenya from the United Kingdom
April 26, 1964 Tanzania from United Nations trusteeship under British administration, and the United Kingdom
July 6, 1964 Malawi from the United Kingdom
September 21, 1964 Malta from the United Kingdom
October 24, 1964 Zambia from the United Kingdom
February 18, 1965 Gambia from the United Kingdom
July 26, 1965 Maldives from the United Kingdom
August 9, 1965 Singapore from Malaysia
May 26, 1966 Guyana from the United Kingdom
September 30, 1966 Botswana from the United Kingdom
October 4, 1966 Lesotho from the United Kingdom
November 30, 1966 Barbados from the United Kingdom
January 31, 1968 Nauru ''from United Nations trusteeship under Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom
March 12, 1968 Mauritius from the United Kingdom
September 6, 1968 Swaziland from the United Kingdom
October 12, 1968 Equatorial Guinea from Spain
June 4, 1970 Tonga from the United Kingdom
October 10, 1970 Fiji from the United Kingdom
 
1971-1981
August 15, 1971 Bahrain from the United Kingdom
September 3, 1971 Qatar from the United Kingdom
December 2, 1971 United Arab Emirates from the United Kingdom
December 16, 1971 Bangladesh from Pakistan
July 10, 1973 Bahamas from the United Kingdom
February 7, 1974 Grenada from the United Kingdom
September 10, 1974 Guinea-Bissau from Portugal
June 25, 1975 Mozambique from Portugal
July 5, 1975 Cape Verde from Portugal
July 6, 1975 Comoros from France
July 12, 1975 São Tomé and Príncipe from Portugal
September 16, 1975 Papua New Guinea from United Nations trusteeship under Australian administration
November 11, 1975 Angola from Portugal
November 25, 1975 Suriname from the Netherlands
June 29, 1976 Seychelles from United Kingdom
June 27, 1977 Djibouti from France
July 7, 1978 Solomon Islands from the United Kingdom
October 1, 1978 Tuvalu from the United Kingdom
November 3, 1978 Dominica from the United Kingdom
February 22, 1979 Saint Lucia from the United Kingdom
April 1, 1979 Iran
July 12, 1979 Kiribati from the United Kingdom
October 27, 1979 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from the United Kingdom
April 18, 1980 Zambia ''from the United Kingdom
July 30, 1980 Vanuatu from the United Kingdom and France
September 21, 1981 Belize from the United Kingdom
November 1, 1981 Antigua and Barbuda from the United Kingdom
 
1982-1992
September 19, 1983 Saint Kitts and Nevis from the United Kingdom
January 1, 1984 Brunei from the United Kingdom
October 21, 1986 Marshall Islands ''from United States administered United Nations Trusteeship''
November 3, 1986 Micronesia ''from United States administered United Nations Trusteeship''
March 21, 1990 Namibia ''from South Africa
May 22, 1990 Yemen
October 3, 1990 Federal Republic of Germany from West Germany, East Germany
April 9, 1991 Georgia from the Soviet Union
June 25, 1991 Croatia from Yugoslavia
June 25, 1991 Slovenia from Yugoslavia
August 24, 1991 Russia from the Soviet Union
August 25, 1991 Belarus from the Soviet Union
August 27, 1991 Moldova from the Soviet Union
August 30, 1991 Azerbaijan from the Soviet Union
August 31, 1991 Kyrgyzstan from the Soviet Union
August 31, 1991 Uzbekistan from the Soviet Union
September 6, 1991 Estonia from the Soviet Union
September 6, 1991 Latvia from the Soviet Union
September 6, 1991 Lithuania from the Soviet Union
September 9, 1991 Tajikistan from the Soviet Union
September 17, 1991 Macedonia from Yugoslavia
September 21, 1991 Armenia from the Soviet Union
October 27, 1991 Turkmenistan from the Soviet Union
December 1, 1991 Ukraine from the Soviet Union
December 16, 1991 Kazakhstan from the Soviet Union
March 1, 1992 Bosnia and Herzegovina from Yugoslavia
April 11, 1992 Serbia and Montenegro from Yugoslavia
 
1993-present
January 1, 1993 Czech Republic from Czechoslovakia
January 1, 1993 Slovakia from Czechoslovakia
May 24, 1993 Eritrea from Ethiopia
October 1, 1994 Palau from United States-administered United Nations trusteeship
May 20, 2002 East Timor from United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor