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Congo, Republic of the
15 August 1960 (from France)
Cook Islands
none (became self-governing in free association with
New Zealand on 4 August 1965 and has the right at any time to move
to full independence by unilateral action)
Costa Rica
15 September 1821 (from Spain)
Cote d'Ivoire
7 August 1960 (from France)
Croatia
25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
Cuba
20 May 1902 (from Spain 10 December 1898; administered by the
US from 1898 to 1902); not acknowledged by the Cuban Government as a
day of independence
Cyprus
16 August 1960 (from UK); note - Turkish Cypriots proclaimed
self-rule on 13 February 1975 and independence in 1983, but these
proclamations are only recognized by Turkey
Czech Republic
1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech
Republic and Slovakia)
Denmark
first organized as a unified state in 10th century; in 1849
became a constitutional monarchy
Djibouti
27 June 1977 (from France)
Dominica
3 November 1978 (from UK)
Dominican Republic
27 February 1844 (from Haiti)
Ecuador
24 May 1822 (from Spain)
Egypt
28 February 1922 (from UK)
El Salvador
15 September 1821 (from Spain)
Equatorial Guinea
12 October 1968 (from Spain)
Eritrea
24 May 1993 (from Ethiopia)
Estonia
20 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Ethiopia
oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest
in the world - at least 2,000 years
European Union
7 February 1992 (Maastricht Treaty signed
establishing the EU); 1 November 1993 (Maastricht Treaty entered
into force)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
none (overseas territory of the
UK; also claimed by Argentina)
Faroe Islands
none (part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing
overseas administrative division of Denmark)
Fiji
10 October 1970 (from UK)
Finland
6 December 1917 (from Russia)
France
486 (Frankish tribes unified); 843 (Western Francia
established from the division of the Carolingian Empire)
French Polynesia
none (overseas lands of France)
Gabon
17 August 1960 (from France)
Gambia, The
18 February 1965 (from UK)
Georgia
9 April 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Germany
18 January 1871 (German Empire unification); divided into
four zones of occupation (UK, US, USSR, and later, France) in 1945
following World War II; Federal Republic of Germany (FRG or West
Germany) proclaimed 23 May 1949 and included the former UK, US, and
French zones; German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany)
proclaimed 7 October 1949 and included the former USSR zone;
unification of West Germany and East Germany took place 3 October
1990; all four powers formally relinquished rights 15 March 1991
Ghana
6 March 1957 (from UK)
Gibraltar
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Greece
1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
Greenland
none (extensive self-rule as part of the Kingdom of
Denmark; foreign affairs is the responsibility of Denmark, but
Greenland actively participates in international agreements relating
to Greenland)
Grenada
7 February 1974 (from UK)
Guam
none (territory of the US)
Guatemala
15 September 1821 (from Spain)
Guernsey
none (British crown dependency)
Guinea
2 October 1958 (from France)
Guinea-Bissau
24 September 1973 (declared); 10 September 1974 (from
Portugal)
Guyana
26 May 1966 (from UK)
Haiti
1 January 1804 (from France)
Holy See (Vatican City)
11 February 1929 (from Italy); note - the
three treaties signed with Italy on 11 February 1929 acknowledged,
among other things, the full sovereignty of the Vatican and
established its territorial extent; however, the origin of the Papal
States, which over the years have varied considerably in extent, may
be traced back to the 8th century
Honduras
15 September 1821 (from Spain)
Hong Kong
none (special administrative region of China)
Hungary
25 December 1000 (crowning of King STEPHEN I, traditional
founding date)
Iceland
1 December 1918 (became a sovereign state under the Danish
Crown); 17 June 1944 (from Denmark)
India
15 August 1947 (from UK)
Indonesia
17 August 1945 (declared)
note: recognized by the Netherlands on 27 December 1949; in August
2005, the Netherlands announced it recognized de facto Indonesian
independence on 17 August 1945
Iran
1 April 1979 (Islamic Republic of Iran proclaimed)
Iraq
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 Government
Ireland
6 December 1921 (from UK by treaty)
Isle of Man
none (British crown dependency)
Israel
14 May 1948 (from League of Nations mandate under British
administration)
Italy
17 March 1861 (Kingdom of Italy proclaimed; Italy was not
finally unified until 1870)
Jamaica
6 August 1962 (from UK)
Japan
660 B.C. (traditional founding by Emperor JIMMU)
Jersey
none (British crown dependency)
Jordan
25 May 1946 (from League of Nations mandate under British
administration)
Kazakhstan
16 December 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Kenya
12 December 1963 (from UK)
Kiribati
12 July 1979 (from UK)
Korea, North
15 August 1945 (from Japan)
Korea, South
15 August 1945 (from Japan)
Kosovo
17 February 2008 (from Serbia)
Kuwait
19 June 1961 (from UK)
Kyrgyzstan
31 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Laos
19 July 1949 (from France)
Latvia
18 November 1918 (from Soviet Russia)
Lebanon
22 November 1943 (from League of Nations mandate under
French administration)
Lesotho
4 October 1966 (from UK)
Liberia
26 July 1847
Libya
24 December 1951 (from UN trusteeship)
Liechtenstein
23 January 1719 (Principality of Liechtenstein
established); 12 July 1806 (independence from the Holy Roman Empire)
Lithuania
11 March 1990 (declared); 6 September 1991 (recognized by
Soviet Union)
Luxembourg
1839 (from the Netherlands)
Macau
none (special administrative region of China)
Macedonia
8 September 1991 (referendum by registered voters endorsed
independence from Yugoslavia)
Madagascar
26 June 1960 (from France)
Malawi
6 July 1964 (from UK)
Malaysia
31 August 1957 (from UK)
Maldives
26 July 1965 (from UK)
Mali
22 September 1960 (from France)
Malta
21 September 1964 (from UK)
Marshall Islands 21 October 1986 (from the US-administered UN trusteeship)
Mauritania
28 November 1960 (from France)
Mauritius
12 March 1968 (from UK)
Mayotte
none (territorial overseas collectivity of France)
Mexico
16 September 1810 (declared); 27 September 1821 (recognized
by Spain)
Micronesia, Federated States of
3 November 1986 (from the
US-administered UN trusteeship)
Moldova
27 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Monaco
1419 (beginning of rule by the House of Grimaldi)
Mongolia
11 July 1921 (from China)
Montenegro
3 June 2006 (from Serbia and Montenegro)
Montserrat
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Morocco
2 March 1956 (from France)
Mozambique
25 June 1975 (from Portugal)
Namibia
21 March 1990 (from South African mandate)
Nauru
31 January 1968 (from the Australia-, NZ-, and UK-administered
UN trusteeship)
Nepal
1768 (unified by Prithvi Narayan SHAH)
Netherlands
23 January 1579 (the northern provinces of the Low
Countries conclude the Union of Utrecht breaking with Spain; on 26
July 1581 they formally declared their independence with an Act of
Abjuration; however, it was not until 30 January 1648 and the Peace
of Westphalia that Spain recognized this independence)
Netherlands Antilles
none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
New Caledonia
none (overseas territory of France); note - a
referendum on independence was held in 1998 but did not pass; a new
referendum is scheduled for 2014
New Zealand
26 September 1907 (from UK)
Nicaragua
15 September 1821 (from Spain)
Niger
3 August 1960 (from France)
Nigeria
1 October 1960 (from UK)
Niue
on 19 October 1974, Niue became a self-governing parliamentary
government in free association with New Zealand
Norfolk Island
none (territory of Australia)
Northern Mariana Islands
none (commonwealth in political union with
the US)
Norway
7 June 1905 (Norway declared the union with Sweden
dissolved); 26 October 1905 (Sweden agreed to the repeal of the
union)
Oman
1650 (expulsion of the Portuguese)
Pakistan
14 August 1947 (from British India)
Palau
1 October 1994 (from the US-administered UN trusteeship)
Panama
3 November 1903 (from Colombia; became independent from Spain
28 November 1821)
Papua New Guinea
16 September 1975 (from the Australian-administered
UN trusteeship)
Paraguay
14 May 1811 (from Spain)
Peru
28 July 1821 (from Spain)
Philippines
12 June 1898 (independence proclaimed from Spain); 4
July 1946 (from the US)
Pitcairn Islands
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Poland
11 November 1918 (republic proclaimed)
Portugal
1143 (Kingdom of Portugal recognized); 5 October 1910
(republic proclaimed)
Puerto Rico
none (territory of the US with commonwealth status)
Qatar
3 September 1971 (from UK)
Romania
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)
Russia
24 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Rwanda
1 July 1962 (from Belgium-administered UN trusteeship)
Saint Barthelemy
none (overseas collectivity of France)
Saint Helena
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
19 September 1983 (from UK)
Saint Lucia
22 February 1979 (from UK)
Saint Martin
none (overseas collectivity of France)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon none (territorial collectivity of France; has been under French control since 1763)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
27 October 1979 (from UK)
Samoa
1 January 1962 (from New Zealand-administered UN trusteeship)
San Marino
3 September AD 301
Sao Tome and Principe
12 July 1975 (from Portugal)
Saudi Arabia
23 September 1932 (unification of the kingdom)
Senegal
4 April 1960 (from France); note - complete independence
achieved upon dissolution of federation with Mali on 20 August 1960
Serbia
5 June 2006 (from Serbia and Montenegro)
Seychelles
29 June 1976 (from UK)
Sierra Leone
27 April 1961 (from UK)
Singapore
9 August 1965 (from Malaysian Federation)
Slovakia
1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech
Republic and Slovakia)
Slovenia
25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
Solomon Islands
7 July 1978 (from UK)
Somalia
1 July 1960 (from a merger of British Somaliland, which
became independent from the UK on 26 June 1960, and Italian
Somaliland, which became independent from the Italian-administered
UN trusteeship on 1 July 1960, to form the Somali Republic)
South Africa
31 May 1910 (Union of South Africa formed from four
British colonies: Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal, and Orange Free
State); 31 May 1961 (republic declared) 27 April 1994 (majority rule)
Spain
the Iberian peninsula was characterized by a variety of
independent kingdoms prior to the Muslim occupation that began in
the early 8th century A.D. and lasted nearly seven centuries; the
small Christian redoubts of the north began the reconquest almost
immediately, culminating in the seizure of Granada in 1492; this
event completed the unification of several kingdoms and is
traditionally considered the forging of present-day Spain
Sri Lanka
4 February 1948 (from UK)
Sudan
1 January 1956 (from Egypt and UK)
Suriname
25 November 1975 (from the Netherlands)
Svalbard
none (territory of Norway)
Swaziland
6 September 1968 (from UK)
Sweden
6 June 1523 (Gustav VASA elected king)
Switzerland
1 August 1291 (founding of the Swiss Confederation)
Syria
17 April 1946 (from League of Nations mandate under French
administration)
Tajikistan
9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Tanzania
26 April 1964; Tanganyika became independent 9 December
1961 (from UK-administered UN trusteeship); Zanzibar became
independent 19 December 1963 (from UK); Tanganyika united with
Zanzibar 26 April 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and
Zanzibar; renamed United Republic of Tanzania 29 October 1964
Thailand
1238 (traditional founding date; never colonized)
Timor-Leste
28 November 1975 (independence proclaimed from
Portugal); note - 20 May 2002 is the official date of international
recognition of Timor-Leste's independence from Indonesia
Togo
27 April 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)
Tokelau
none (territory of New Zealand)
Tonga
4 June 1970 (from UK protectorate)
Trinidad and Tobago
31 August 1962 (from UK)
Tunisia
20 March 1956 (from France)
Turkey
29 October 1923 (successor state to the Ottoman Empire)
Turkmenistan
27 October 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Turks and Caicos Islands
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Tuvalu
1 October 1978 (from UK)
Uganda
9 October 1962 (from UK)
Ukraine
24 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
United Arab Emirates
2 December 1971 (from UK)
United Kingdom
England has existed as a unified entity since the
10th century; the union between England and 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 and Scotland
agreed to permanently join as Great Britain; the legislative union
of Great Britain and Ireland was implemented in 1801, with the
adoption of the name the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland; the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921 formalized a partition of
Ireland; six northern Irish counties remained part of the United
Kingdom as Northern Ireland and the current name of the country, the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, was adopted in
1927
United States
4 July 1776 (from Great Britain)
Uruguay
25 August 1825 (from Brazil)
Uzbekistan
1 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Vanuatu
30 July 1980 (from France and UK)
Venezuela
5 July 1811 (from Spain)
Vietnam
2 September 1945 (from France)
Virgin Islands
none (territory of the US)
Wallis and Futuna
none (overseas territory of France)
Yemen
22 May 1990 (Republic of Yemen was established with the merger
of the Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen] and the
Marxist-dominated People's Democratic Republic of Yemen [Yemen
(Aden) or South Yemen]); note - previously North Yemen became
independent in November 1918 (from the Ottoman Empire) and became a
republic with the overthrow of the theocratic Imamate in 1962; South
Yemen became independent on 30 November 1967 (from the UK)
Zambia
24 October 1964 (from UK)
Zimbabwe
18 April 1980 (from UK)
This page was last updated on 18 December 2008
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@2089 Industrial production growth rate (%)
Afghanistan
NA%
Albania
4% (2007 est.)
Algeria
5% (2007 est.)
American Samoa
NA%
Andorra
NA%
Angola
23.9% (2007 est.)
Anguilla
3.1% (1997 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda
NA%
Argentina
7.5% (2007 est.)
Armenia
3.2% (2007 est.)
Aruba
NA%
Australia
4.1% (2007 est.)
Austria
5.7% (2007 est.)
Azerbaijan
25% (2007 est.)
Bahamas, The
NA%
Bahrain
5.2% (2007 est.)
Bangladesh
8.4% (2007 est.)
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