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              | Афганистан | 19 August 1919 (from Великобритания control over Afghan foreign affairs) | 
            
              | Албания | 28 November 1912 (from the Ottoman Empire) | 
            
              | Алжир | 5 July 1962 (from Франция) | 
            
              | Американское Самоа | none (территория США) | 
            
              | Андорра | 1278 (formed under the joint suzerainty of the French Count of Foix и the испанский Bishop of Urgel) | 
            
              | Ангола | 11 November 1975 (from Португалия) | 
            
              | Ангилья | none (overseas territory of the Великобритания) | 
            
              | Антигуа и Барбуда | 1 November 1981 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Аргентина | 9 July 1816 (from Испания) | 
            
              | Армения | 21 September 1991 (from Soviet Union) | 
            
              | Аруба | none (part of the Kingdom of the Нидерланды) | 
            
              | Австралия | 1 January 1901 (федерация of Великобритания colonies) | 
            
              | Австрия | 976 (Margravate Австрии established); 17 September 1156 (Duchy Австрии founded); 11 August 1804 (Austrian Empire proclaimed); 12 November 1918 (republic proclaimed) | 
            
              | Азербайджан | 30 August 1991 (from Soviet Union) | 
            
              | Багамские Острова, The | 10 July 1973 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Бахрейн | 15 August 1971 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Бангладеш | 16 December 1971 (from West Пакистан); note - 26 March 1971 is the date of independence from West Пакистан, 16 December 1971 is known as Victory Day и commemorates the official creation of the state Бангладеша | 
            
              | Барбадос | 30 November 1966 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Беларусь | 25 August 1991 (from Soviet Union) | 
            
              | Бельгия | 4 October 1830 (a provisional government declared independence from the Нидерланды); 21 July 1831 (King LEOPOLD I ascended to the throne) | 
            
              | Белиз | 21 September 1981 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Бенин | 1 August 1960 (from Франция) | 
            
              | Бермуды | none (overseas territory of the Великобритания) | 
            
              | Бутан | 1907 (became a unified kingdom under its first hereditary king) | 
            
              | Боливия | 6 August 1825 (from Испания) | 
            
              | Босния и Герцеговина | 1 March 1992 (from Yugoslavia; referendum for independence completed 1 March 1992; independence declared 3 March 1992) | 
            
              | Ботсвана | 30 September 1966 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Бразилия | 7 September 1822 (from Португалия) | 
            
              | Британские Виргинские острова | none (overseas territory of the Великобритания) | 
            
              | Бруней | 1 January 1984 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Болгария | 3 March 1878 (as an autonomous principality within the Ottoman Empire); 22 September 1908 (complete independence from the Ottoman Empire) | 
            
              | Буркина Фасо | 5 August 1960 (from Франция) | 
            
              | Мьянма | 4 January 1948 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Бурунди | 1 July 1962 (from UN trusteeship under Belgian administration) | 
            
              | Камбоджа | 9 November 1953 (from Франция) | 
            
              | Камерун | 1 January 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship) | 
            
              | Канада | 1 July 1867 (union of British Северный American colonies); 11 December 1931 (recognized by Великобритания) | 
            
              | Кабо-Верде | 5 July 1975 (from Португалия) | 
            
              | Каймановы Острoва | none (overseas territory of the Великобритания) | 
            
              | Центральноафриканская Республика | 13 August 1960 (from Франция) | 
            
              | Чад | 11 August 1960 (from Франция) | 
            
              | Чили | 18 September 1810 (from Испания) | 
            
              | Китай | 221 BC (unification under the Qin или Ch'in Dynasty); 1 January 1912 (Manchu Dynasty replaced by a Republic); 1 October 1949 (Люди's Republic established) | 
            
              | Рождества Остров | none (territory Австралии) | 
            
              | Кокосовые Острова | none (territory Австралии) | 
            
              | Колумбия | 20 July 1810 (from Испания) | 
            
              | Коморские Острова | 6 July 1975 (from Франция) | 
            
              | Congo, Democratic Республика the | 30 June 1960 (from Бельгия) | 
            
              | Congo, Республика the | 15 August 1960 (from Франция) | 
            
              | Острова Кука | none (became self-governing in free association with Новая Зеландия on 4 August 1965 и has the right at any time to move to full independence by unilateral action) | 
            
              | Коста-Рика | 15 September 1821 (from Испания) | 
            
              | Кот-д’Ивуар | 7 August 1960 (from Франция) | 
            
              | Хорватия | 25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia) | 
            
              | Куба | 20 May 1902 (from Испания 10 December 1898; administered by the US from 1898 to 1902); not acknowledged by the Cuban Правление as a day of independence | 
            
              | Кипр | 16 August 1960 (from Великобритания); note - Turkish Cypriots proclaimed self-rule on 13 February 1975 и independence in 1983, but these proclamations are only recognized by Турция | 
            
              | Чешская республика | 1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Чешская республика и Словакия) | 
            
              | Дания | first organized as a unified state in 10th century; in 1849 became a constitutional monarchy | 
            
              | Джибути | 27 June 1977 (from Франция) | 
            
              | Доминика | 3 November 1978 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Доминиканская республика | 27 February 1844 (from Гаити) | 
            
              | Эквадор | 24 May 1822 (from Испания) | 
            
              | Египет | 28 February 1922 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Сальвадор | 15 September 1821 (from Испания) | 
            
              | Экваториальная Гвинея | 12 October 1968 (from Испания) | 
            
              | Эритрея | 24 May 1993 (from Эфиопия) | 
            
              | Эстония | 20 August 1991 (from Soviet Union) | 
            
              | Эфиопия | oldest independent country in Africa и один of the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 лет | 
            
              | Европейское сообщество | 7 February 1992 (Maastricht Treaty signed establishing the EU); 1 November 1993 (Maastricht Treaty entered into force) | 
            
              | Фолклендские ( Мальвинские) осторова | none (overseas territory of the Великобритания; also claimed by Аргентина) | 
            
              | Фарерские Острова | none (part of the Kingdom Дании; self-governing overseas administrative division Дании) | 
            
              | Фиджи | 10 October 1970 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Финляндия | 6 December 1917 (from Россия) | 
            
              | Франция | 486 (Frankish tribes unified); 843 (Western Francia established from the division of the Carolingian Empire) | 
            
              | Французская Полинезия | none (overseas lands Франции) | 
            
              | Габон | 17 August 1960 (from Франция) | 
            
              | Гамбия | 18 February 1965 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Грузия | 9 April 1991 (from Soviet Union) | 
            
              | Германия | 18 January 1871 (German Empire unification); divided into four zones of occupation (Великобритания, US, USSR, и later, Франция) in 1945 following Мир War II; Federal Республика Германия (FRG или West Германия) proclaimed 23 May 1949 и included the former Великобритания, US, и French zones; German Democratic Republic (GDR или East Германия) proclaimed 7 October 1949 и included the former USSR zone; unification of West Германия и East Германия took place 3 October 1990; all four powers formally relinquished rights 15 March 1991 | 
            
              | Гана | 6 March 1957 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Гибралтар: заморская территория Великобритании | none (overseas territory of the Великобритания) | 
            
              | Греция | 1829 (from the Ottoman Empire) | 
            
              | Гренландия | none (extensive self-rule as part of the Kingdom Дании; foreign affairs is the responsibility Дании, but Гренландия actively participates in international agreements relating to Гренландия) | 
            
              | Гренада | 7 February 1974 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Гуам | none (территория США) | 
            
              | Гватемала | 15 September 1821 (from Испания) | 
            
              | Гернси: коронная земля Великобритании | none (British crown dependency) | 
            
              | Гвинея | 2 October 1958 (from Франция) | 
            
              | Гвинея-Бисау | 24 September 1973 (declared); 10 September 1974 (from Португалия) | 
            
              | Гвиана | 26 May 1966 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Гаити | 1 January 1804 (from Франция) | 
            
              | Ватикан | 11 February 1929 (from Италия); note - the three treaties signed with Италия on 11 February 1929 acknowledged, among other things, the full sovereignty of the Vatican и established its territorial extent; however, the origin of the Papal States, which over the лет have varied considerably in extent, may be traced back to the 8th century | 
            
              | Гондурас | 15 September 1821 (from Испания) | 
            
              | Гонконг | none (special administrative region Китая) | 
            
              | Венгрия | 25 December 1000 (crowning of King STEPHEN I, traditional founding date) | 
            
              | Исландия | 1 December 1918 (became a sovereign state under the Danish Crown); 17 June 1944 (from Дания) | 
            
              | Индия | 15 August 1947 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Индонeзия | 17 August 1945 (declared) примечание: recognized by the Нидерланды on 27 December 1949; in August 2005, the Нидерланды announced it recognized de facto Indonesian independence on 17 August 1945
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              | Иран | 1 April 1979 (Islamic Республика Иран proclaimed) | 
            
              | Ирак | 3 October 1932 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration); note - on 28 June 2004 the Coalition Provisional Authority transferred sovereignty to the Iraqi-controlled Правление | 
            
              | Ирландия | 6 December 1921 (from Великобритания by treaty) | 
            
              | Остров Мэн | none (British crown dependency) | 
            
              | Израиль | 14 May 1948 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration) | 
            
              | Италия | 17 March 1861 (Kingdom Италии proclaimed; Италия was not finally unified until 1870) | 
            
              | Ямайка | 6 August 1962 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Япония | 660 B.C. (traditional founding by Emperor JIMMU) | 
            
              | Джерси: коронная земля Великобритании | none (British crown dependency) | 
            
              | Иордания | 25 May 1946 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration) | 
            
              | Казахстан | 16 December 1991 (from Soviet Union) | 
            
              | Кения | 12 December 1963 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Кирибати | 12 July 1979 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Северная Корея | 15 August 1945 (from Япония) | 
            
              | Южная Корея | 15 August 1945 (from Япония) | 
            
              | Косовo | 17 February 2008 (from Сербия) | 
            
              | Кювейт | 19 June 1961 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Киргизия | 31 August 1991 (from Soviet Union) | 
            
              | Лаоc | 19 July 1949 (from Франция) | 
            
              | Латвия | 18 November 1918 (from Soviet Россия) | 
            
              | Ливан | 22 November 1943 (from League of Nations mandate under French administration) | 
            
              | Лесото | 4 October 1966 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Либерия | 26 July 1847 | 
            
              | Либия | 24 December 1951 (from UN trusteeship) | 
            
              | Лихтенштейн | 23 January 1719 (Principality Лихтенштейна established); 12 July 1806 (independence from the Holy Roman Empire) | 
            
              | Литва | 11 March 1990 (declared); 6 September 1991 (recognized by Soviet Union) | 
            
              | Люксембург | 1839 (from the Нидерланды) | 
            
              | Macau | none (special administrative region Китая) | 
            
              | Македония | 8 September 1991 (referendum by registered voters endorsed independence from Yugoslavia) | 
            
              | Мадагаскар | 26 June 1960 (from Франция) | 
            
              | Малави | 6 July 1964 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Малазия | 31 August 1957 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Мальдивы | 26 July 1965 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Мали | 22 September 1960 (from Франция) | 
            
              | Мальта | 21 September 1964 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Маршалловы Острова | 21 October 1986 (from the US-administered UN trusteeship) | 
            
              | Мавритания | 28 November 1960 (from Франция) | 
            
              | Маврикий | 12 March 1968 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Майотта: заморская территория Франции | none (territorial overseas collectivity Франции) | 
            
              | Мексика | 16 September 1810 (declared); 27 September 1821 (recognized by Испания) | 
            
              | Микронезия | 3 November 1986 (from the US-administered UN trusteeship) | 
            
              | Молдавия | 27 August 1991 (from Soviet Union) | 
            
              | Монако | 1419 (beginning of rule by the House of Grimaldi) | 
            
              | Монголия | 11 July 1921 (from Китай) | 
            
              | Монтенегро | 3 June 2006 (from Сербия и Монтенегро) | 
            
              | Монтсеррат: заморская территория Великобритании | none (overseas territory of the Великобритания) | 
            
              | Мороккo | 2 March 1956 (from Франция) | 
            
              | Мозамбик | 25 June 1975 (from Португалия) | 
            
              | Намибия | 21 March 1990 (from South African mandate) | 
            
              | Науру | 31 January 1968 (from the Австралия-, NZ-, и Великобритания-administered UN trusteeship) | 
            
              | Непал | 1768 (unified by Prithvi Narayan SHAH) | 
            
              | Нидерланды | 23 January 1579 (the northern provinces of the Low Countries conclude the Union of Utrecht breaking with Испания; on 26 July 1581 they formally declared their independence with an Act of Abjuration; however, it was not until 30 January 1648 и the Peace of Westphalia that Испания recognized this independence) | 
            
              | Нидерландские Антильские о-ва | none (part of the Kingdom of the Нидерланды) | 
            
              | Новая Каледония: заморская территория Франции | none (overseas territory Франции); note - a referendum on independence was held in 1998 but did not pass; a new referendum is scheduled for 2014 | 
            
              | Новая Зеландия | 26 September 1907 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Никарагуа | 15 September 1821 (from Испания) | 
            
              | Нигер | 3 August 1960 (from Франция) | 
            
              | Нигерия | 1 October 1960 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Ниуэ | on 19 October 1974, Ниуэ became a self-governing parliamentary government in free association with Новая Зеландия | 
            
              | Норфолк | none (territory Австралии) | 
            
              | Северные Марианские острова | none (commonwealth in political union with the US) | 
            
              | Норвегия | 7 June 1905 (Норвегия declared the union with Швеция dissolved); 26 October 1905 (Швеция agreed to the repeal of the union) | 
            
              | Оман | 1650 (expulsion of the Portuguese) | 
            
              | Пакистан | 14 August 1947 (from British Индия) | 
            
              | Палау | 1 October 1994 (from the US-administered UN trusteeship) | 
            
              | Панама | 3 November 1903 (from Колумбия; became independent from Испания 28 November 1821) | 
            
              | Папуа — Новая Гвинея | 16 September 1975 (from the Australian-administered UN trusteeship) | 
            
              | Парагвай | 14 May 1811 (from Испания) | 
            
              | Перу | 28 July 1821 (from Испания) | 
            
              | Филиппины | 12 June 1898 (independence proclaimed from Испания); 4 July 1946 (from the US) | 
            
              | Питкэрн: заморская территория Великобритании | none (overseas territory of the Великобритания) | 
            
              | Польша | 11 November 1918 (republic proclaimed) | 
            
              | Португалия | 1143 (Kingdom Португалии recognized); 5 October 1910 (republic proclaimed) | 
            
              | Пуэрто-Рико | none (territory of the US with commonwealth status) | 
            
              | Катар | 3 September 1971 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Румыния | 9 May 1877 (independence proclaimed from the Ottoman Empire; independence recognized 13 July 1878 by the Treaty of Berlin); 26 March 1881 (kingdom proclaimed); 30 December 1947 (republic proclaimed) | 
            
              | Россия | 24 August 1991 (from Soviet Union) | 
            
              | Руанда | 1 July 1962 (from Бельгия-administered UN trusteeship) | 
            
              | Сен-Бартельми | none (overseas collectivity Франции) | 
            
              | Святой Елены остров | none (overseas territory of the Великобритания) | 
            
              | Сент-Китс и Невис | 19 September 1983 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Сент-Люсия | 22 February 1979 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Saint Martin | none (overseas collectivity Франции) | 
            
              | Сен-Пьер и Микелон: заморская территория Франции | none (territorial collectivity Франции; has been under French control since 1763) | 
            
              | Сент-Винсент и Гренадины | 27 October 1979 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Самоа | 1 January 1962 (from Новая Зеландия-administered UN trusteeship) | 
            
              | Сан-Маринo | 3 September AD 301 | 
            
              | Сан-Томе и Принсипи | 12 July 1975 (from Португалия) | 
            
              | Саудовская Аравия | 23 September 1932 (unification of the kingdom) | 
            
              | Сенегал | 4 April 1960 (from Франция); note - complete independence achieved upon dissolution of федерация with Мали on 20 August 1960 | 
            
              | Сербия | 5 June 2006 (from Сербия и Монтенегро) | 
            
              | Сейшельские Острова | 29 June 1976 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Сьерра-Леоне | 27 April 1961 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Сингапур | 9 August 1965 (from Malaysian Federation) | 
            
              | Словакия | 1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Чешская республика и Словакия) | 
            
              | Словения | 25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia) | 
            
              | Соломоновы Острова | 7 July 1978 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Сомали | 1 July 1960 (from a merger of British Somaliland, which became independent from the Великобритания on 26 June 1960, и Italian Somaliland, which became independent from the Italian-administered UN trusteeship on 1 July 1960, to form the Somali Republic) | 
            
              | Южно-Африканская Республика | 31 May 1910 (Union Южно-Африканской Республики formed from four British colonies: Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal, и Orange Free State); 31 May 1961 (republic declared) 27 April 1994 (majority rule) | 
            
              | Испания | the Iberian peninsula was characterized by a variety of independent kingdoms prior to the мусульмане occupation that began in the early 8th century A.D. и lasted nearly seven centuries; the small Christian redoubts of the север began the reconquest almost immediately, culminating in the seizure of Granada in 1492; this event completed the unification of several kingdoms и is traditionally considered the forging of present-day Испания | 
            
              | Шри-Ланка | 4 February 1948 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Судан | 1 January 1956 (from Египет и Великобритания) | 
            
              | Суринам | 25 November 1975 (from the Нидерланды) | 
            
              | Свальбард | none (territory Норвегии) | 
            
              | Свазиленд | 6 September 1968 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Швеция | 6 June 1523 (Gustav VASA elected king) | 
            
              | Швейцария | 1 August 1291 (founding of the Swiss Confederation) | 
            
              | Сирия | 17 April 1946 (from League of Nations mandate under French administration) | 
            
              | Таджикистан | 9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union) | 
            
              | Танзания | 26 April 1964; Tanganyika became independent 9 December 1961 (from Великобритания-administered UN trusteeship); Zanzibar became independent 19 December 1963 (from Великобритания); Tanganyika united with Zanzibar 26 April 1964 to form the United Республика Tanganyika и Zanzibar; renamed United Республика Танзания 29 October 1964 | 
            
              | Таиланд | 1238 (traditional founding date; never colonized) | 
            
              | Восточный Тимор | 28 November 1975 (independence proclaimed from Португалия); note - 20 May 2002 is the official date of international recognition Восточного Тимора's independence from Индонeзия | 
            
              | Того | 27 April 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship) | 
            
              | Токелау | none (territory Новой Зеландии) | 
            
              | Тонга | 4 June 1970 (from Великобритания protectorate) | 
            
              | Тринидад и Тобаго | 31 August 1962 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Тунис | 20 March 1956 (from Франция) | 
            
              | Турция | 29 October 1923 (successor state to the Ottoman Empire) | 
            
              | Туркменистан | 27 October 1991 (from Soviet Union) | 
            
              | Тёркс и Кайкос | none (overseas territory of the Великобритания) | 
            
              | Тувалу | 1 October 1978 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Угадна | 9 October 1962 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Украина | 24 August 1991 (from Soviet Union) | 
            
              | Объединенные Арабские Эмираты | 2 December 1971 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Великобритания | England has existed as a unified entity since the 10th century; the union between England и Wales, begun in 1284 with the Statute of Rhuddlan, was not formalized until 1536 with an Act of Union; in another Act of Union in 1707, England и Scotland agreed to permanently join as Great Britain; the legislative union of Great Britain и Ирландия was implemented in 1801, with the adoption of the name the Великобритания of Great Britain и Ирландия; the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921 formalized a partition Ирландии; six northern Irish counties remained part of the Великобритания as Northern Ирландия и the current name of the country, the Великобритания of Great Britain и Northern Ирландия, was adopted in 1927 | 
            
              | США | 4 July 1776 (от Великобритании) | 
            
              | Уругвай | 25 August 1825 (from Бразилия) | 
            
              | Узбекистан | 1 September 1991 (from Soviet Union) | 
            
              | Вануату | 30 July 1980 (from Франция и Великобритания) | 
            
              | Венесуэлa | 5 July 1811 (from Испания) | 
            
              | Вьетнам | 2 September 1945 (from Франция) | 
            
              | Виргинские Острова (Британские) | none (территория США) | 
            
              | Уоллис и Футуна | none (overseas territory Франции) | 
            
              | Емен | 22 May 1990 (Республика Емен was established with the merger of the Емен Arab Republic [Емен (Sanaa) или Северный Емен] и the Marxist-dominated Люди's Democratic Республика Емен [Емен (Aden) или South Емен]); note - previously Северный Емен became independent in November 1918 (from the Ottoman Empire) и became a republic with the overthrow of the theocratic Imamate in 1962; South Емен became independent on 30 November 1967 (from the Великобритания) | 
            
              | Замбия | 24 October 1964 (from Великобритания) | 
            
              | Зимбабве | 18 April 1980 (from Великобритания) | 
          
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