List of independence dates of states

Independence Day is a redirect to this article. For the novel, see Independence Day (novel) .

The following list contains the independence dates of sovereign states of the world that have gained independence from other states . The data refer to the last declaration of independence or sovereignty. In the case of several consecutive dates, a distinction must often be made between proclamation and factual recognition, or different levels of autonomy. The state name after the independence dates refers to the state that previously administered the area or to which the area previously belonged administratively.

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Country	date	Independence of …	items
Afghanistan	Aug 19, 1919	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Egypt	Feb. 28, 1922	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ( Protectorate )
Albania	Nov 28, 1912	Ottoman Empire
Algeria	05th July 1962	France
Angola	Nov 11, 1975	Portugal
Antigua and Barbuda	0Nov 1, 1981	United Kingdom
Equatorial Guinea	Oct 12, 1968	Spain
Argentina	May 25, 1810 (declaration) July 9, 1816 (recognition) 0	Spain
Armenia	21 Sep 1991	Soviet Union
Azerbaijan	Oct 18, 1991	Soviet Union
Australia	0Jan. 1, 1901 Dec. 11, 1931	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Bahamas	July 10, 1973	United Kingdom
Bahrain	Aug 15, 1971	United Kingdom ( Protectorate )
Bangladesh	26th Mar 1971	Pakistan	Independence Day (Bangladesh)
Barbados	Nov 30, 1966	United Kingdom
Belgium	0Oct. 4, 1830	Kingdom of the United Netherlands
Belize	21 Sep 1981	United Kingdom
Benin	0Aug 1, 1960	France
Bhutan	1907 (hereditary monarchy) 1910 (recognition of the Treaty of Sinchula )	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ( Protectorate )
Bolivia	0Aug 6, 1825	Spain
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Oct 15, 1991 Mar 1 1992 0	Yugoslavia
Botswana	Sep 30 1966	United Kingdom ( Protectorate )
Brazil	0Sep 7 1822	Portugal
Brunei	0Jan. 1, 1984	United Kingdom ( Protectorate )
Bulgaria	22 Sep 1908	Ottoman Empire	Independence Day (Bulgaria)
Burkina Faso	0Aug 5, 1960	France
Burundi	0July 1, 1962	Belgium ( trust territory )
Chile	Feb 12, 1818	Spain
Costa Rica	Sep 15 1821 Nov. 14, 1838	Spain Central American Confederation
Dominica	0Nov 3, 1978	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Dominican Republic	16 Aug 1865	Spain
Djibouti	June 27, 1977	France
Ecuador	Aug 10, 1809 May 13, 1830	Spain Greater Colombia
Ivory Coast	0Aug 7, 1960	France
El Salvador	Sep 15 1821 Apr 13, 1839	Spain
Eritrea	May 24, 1993	Ethiopia
Estonia	Aug 20, 1991	Soviet Union
Fiji	Oct 10, 1970	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Finland	0Dec 6, 1917	Russia	Independence Day (Finland)
Gabon	Aug 17, 1960	France
Gambia	Feb. 18, 1965	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Georgia	0Apr 9, 1991	Soviet Union
Ghana	06th Mar 1957	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (partly trust territory )
Grenada	0Feb. 7, 1974	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Greece	Jan. 13, 1822 Feb. 3, 1830 0	Ottoman Empire
Guatemala	Sep 15 1821 Apr 13, 1839	Spain Central American Confederation
Guinea	0Oct 2, 1958	France
Guinea-Bissau	Sep 24 1973 Sep 10 1974	Portugal
Guyana	May 26, 1966	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Haiti	0Jan. 1, 1804	France
Honduras	Sep 15 1821 Oct. 26, 1838	Spain Central American Confederation
India	Aug 15, 1947	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Independence Day (India)
Indonesia	Aug 17, 1945 Dec 27, 1949	Netherlands
Iraq	0Oct 3, 1932	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( Mandate Area )
Ireland	0Dec. 6, 1921 Apr. 18, 1949	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Iceland	0Jan. 1, 1918 June 17, 1944	Denmark
Israel	May 14, 1948	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( Mandate Area )	Yom HaAtzma'ut
Italy	17th Mar 1861	Papal States and Austria-Hungary , and union with Sardinia and Sicily
Jamaica	0Aug 6, 1962	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Yemen	Oct. 30, 1918: North Yemen . Nov. 30, 1967: South Yemen	Ottoman Empire United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( Protectorate )
Jordan	May 25, 1946	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( Mandate Area )
Cambodia	0Nov 9, 1953	France
Cameroon	0Jan. 1, 1960: East Cameroon Oct. 1, 1961: South Cameroon 0	France ( Trust Territory ) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( Trust Territory )
Canada	0July 1, 1867 December 11, 1931	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Cape Verde	05th July 1975	Portugal
Kazakhstan	0Oct. 5, 1990 Dec. 16, 1991	Soviet Union
Qatar	03rd Sep 1971	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( Protectorate )
Kenya	Dec 12, 1963	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Kyrgyzstan	Dec 15, 1990 Aug 31, 1991	Soviet Union
Kiribati	July 12, 1979	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Colombia	July 20, 1810 Aug. 7, 1819 0	Spain
Comoros	0July 6, 1975	France
Democratic Republic of Congo	June 30, 1960	Belgium
Republic of the Congo	Aug 15, 1960 ( Brazzaville )	France
Kosovo	Feb. 17, 2008 (declaration of sovereignty)	Serbia
Croatia	0Oct 8, 1991	Yugoslavia	Independence Day (Croatia)
Cuba	May 20, 1902	Spain
Kuwait	July 19, 1961	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( Protectorate )
Laos	0Nov 9, 1953 July 21, 1954	France
Lesotho	0Oct 4, 1966	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Latvia	July 28, 1989 (declaration of sovereignty) May 4, 1990 Aug. 21, 1991 0	Soviet Union
Lebanon	Nov 26, 1941	France ( mandate area )
Libya	Dec 24, 1951	Italy
Lithuania	11th Mar 1990 July 29, 1991	Soviet Union
Luxembourg	0June 9, 1815 May 11, 1867 Nov 13, 1890	German Confederation Netherlands
Madagascar	June 26, 1960	France
Malawi	0July 6, 1964	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( Protectorate )
Malaysia	Aug 31, 1957	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( Protectorate )
Maldives	July 26, 1965	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( Protectorate )
Mali	22 Sep 1960	France
Malta	21 Sep 1964	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Morocco	02nd Mar 1956	France and Spain ( protectorate )
Marshall Islands	Oct. 21, 1986 Dec. 22, 1990	United States ( Trust Territory )
Mauritania	Nov 28, 1960	France
Mauritius	March 12 1968	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Mexico	16 Sep 1810	Spain
Federated States of Micronesia	0Nov 3, 1986 Dec 22, 1990	United States ( Trust Territory )
Moldova	June 23, 1990 Aug 27, 1991	Soviet Union
Mongolia	July 11, 1921	China
Montenegro	0June 3, 2006	Serbia and Montenegro
Mozambique	June 25, 1975	Portugal
Myanmar	0Jan. 4, 1948	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Namibia	21 Mar 1990	South Africa ( Trust Territory )
Nauru	Jan. 31, 1968	Australia , New Zealand and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( Trust Territory )
New Zealand	26 Sep 1907 December 11, 1931	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Nicaragua	Sep 15 1821 Apr. 30, 1838	Spain Central American Federation
Niger	0Aug 3, 1960	France
Nigeria	0Oct. 1, 1960	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
North Korea	0Sep 9 1948	Japan
North Macedonia	Jan 25, 1991 Sep 8 1991 0	Yugoslavia
Norway	Oct. 27, 1905	Sweden
Oman	Mid 17th century	Portugal
East Timor	May 20, 2002	United Nations Interim Administration for East Timor	Independence Day (East Timor)
Pakistan	Aug 14, 1947	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Palau	0Oct 1, 1994	United States ( Trust Territory )
Panama	Nov 28, 1821 Nov 3, 1903 0	Spain Greater Colombia
Papua New Guinea	16 Sep 1975	Australia (partly trust territory )
Paraguay	May 14, 1811	Spain
Peru	July 28, 1821	Spain
Philippines	04th July 1946	United States
Poland	0Oct 7, 1918 Nov 11, 1918	German Empire Austria-Hungary Russia	Independence Day (Poland)
Portugal	1640	Spain
Rwanda	0July 1, 1962	Belgium ( trust territory )
Romania	July 13, 1878	Ottoman Empire
Solomon Islands	0July 7, 1978	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( Protectorate )
Zambia	Oct 24, 1964	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( Protectorate )
Samoa	0Jan. 1, 1962	New Zealand ( Trust Territory )
Sao Tome and Principe	July 12, 1975	Portugal
Saudi Arabia	1902 (ab); 23 Sep 1932 (Staatsgr.)	Ottoman Empire
Senegal	0Apr 4, 1960 Aug 20, 1960	France
Serbia	July 13, 1878 June 5, 2006 0	Ottoman Empire Serbia and Montenegro	Berlin Congress
Seychelles	June 29, 1976	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Sierra Leone	Apr 27, 1961	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Zimbabwe	Apr 18, 1980	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Singapore	0Aug 9, 1965	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Slovakia	Oct. 28, 1918 Jan. 1, 1993 0	Austria-Hungary Czechoslovakia
Slovenia	June 25, 1991 Oct. 8, 1991 0	Yugoslavia
Somalia	June 26, 1960: British Somaliland . July 1, 1960: Italian Somaliland 0	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( Protectorate ) Italy ( Trust Territory )
Sri Lanka	0Feb. 4, 1948	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
St. Kitts and Nevis	19 Sep 1983	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
St. Lucia	Feb. 22, 1979	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Oct. 27, 1979	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
South Africa	May 31, 1910 December 11, 1931	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Sudan	0Jan. 1, 1956	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Egypt
South Korea	Aug 15, 1948	Japan
South Sudan	0July 9, 2011	Sudan
Suriname	Nov 25, 1975	Netherlands
Swaziland	06 Sep 1968	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( Protectorate )
Syria	28 Sep 1941 Apr. 17, 1946	France ( mandate area )
Tajikistan	24 Aug 1990 9 Sep 1991 0	Soviet Union
Tanzania	0Dec 9, 1961: Tanganyika June 24, 1963: Zanzibar	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( Trust Territory ) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( Protectorate )
Togo	Apr. 27, 1960	France ( trust territory )
Tonga	04th June 1970	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( Protectorate )
Trinidad and Tobago	Aug 31, 1962	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Chad	Aug 11, 1960	France
Czech Republic	Oct. 28, 1918 Jan. 1, 1993 0	Austria-Hungary (legal successor) Czechoslovakia
Tunisia	20 Mar 1956	France ( protectorate )
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	Nov 15, 1983	Republic of Cyprus
Turkmenistan	Aug 22, 1990 Oct 27, 1990	Soviet Union
Tuvalu	0Oct. 1, 1978	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( Protectorate )
Uganda	0Oct 9, 1962	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( Protectorate )
Ukraine	July 16, 1990 Aug 24, 1991	Soviet Union
Hungary	Nov 16, 1918	Austria-Hungary (legal successor)
Uruguay	25 Aug 1825	Brazil
Uzbekistan	0Sep 1 1991	Soviet Union
Vanuatu	July 30, 1980	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and France
Vatican city	0June 7, 1929 ( Lateran Treaties )	Italy
Venezuela	0July 5, 1811 June 24, 1821 May 6, 1830 0	Spain Greater Colombia
United Arab Emirates	0Dec 2, 1971	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( Protectorate )
United States	04th July 1776	Great Britain	Independence Day (United States)
Vietnam	0Sep 2 1945 June 4th 1954 0	France
Belarus	July 27, 1990 Aug 25, 1991	Soviet Union
Western Sahara	Feb. 27, 1976	Spain ( annexed by Morocco )
Central African Republic	Aug 13, 1960	France
Cyprus (Republic)	Aug 16, 1960	United Kingdom

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• Fischer World Almanac (list of states)

Web links

Wiktionary: Independence Day  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Remarks

1. ↑ East Timor unilaterally declared its independence from the colonial power Portugal on November 28, 1975. On December 7, Indonesia occupied the area and officially annexed it in 1976. Internationally, both processes were not recognized and East Timor was regarded as "Portuguese territory under Indonesian administration". From 1999 to 2002, East Timor was under the administration of the United Nations, until the country was finally given independence.
2. ^ Restoration of independence after personal union with Spain