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List of countries by date of nationhood/simplified version
Below is a list of nations in chronological order of their nationhood
You can also browse countries alphabetically by capital city, by continent, by population, by area, by population density, and by time zone.
The dates are most commonly accepted ones and not standardized according to either declaractions or recognitions.
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upto 1799
1800-1829
- 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 - 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 Guatemala from Spain
- September 15, 1821 - Republic of Honduras from Spain
- September 15, 1821 - Kingdom of Nicaragua from Spain
- May 24, 1822 - Republic of Ecuador from Spain
- September 7, 1822 - Brazil from Portugal
- August 6, 1825 - Republic of Bolivia from Spain
- August 25, 1828 - Republic of Uruguay from Brazil
- 1829 - Greece from the Ottoman Empire
1830-1899
- October 4, 1830 - Belgium from the Netherlands
- 1839 - Luxembourg
- February 2, 1841 - El Salvador from Central American Republic
- 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.
- March 3, 1878 - Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire
1881 - Romania from Turkey
1900-1929
- 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 - Dominion of New Zealand under the United Kingdom
- May 31, 1910 - Union of South Africa from the United Kingdom
- November 18, 1912 - Albania from the Ottoman Empire
- December 6, 1917 - Finland from the Russian Empire
- February 24, 1918 - Estonia from the Russian Empire
- 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
1930-1939
1940-1965
1940-1945
1946-1949
- April 17, 1946 - Syria from League of Nations mandate under French administration
- May 25, 1946 - Jordan from League of Nations mandate underBritish 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
- 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
1950-1959
1960
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
1961-1965
- 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
1966-1989
1966-1969
- 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
1970-1975
- June 4, 1970 - Tonga from the United Kingdom
- October 10, 1970 - Fiji from the United Kingdom
- 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
1976-1985
- 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
- September 19, 1983 - Saint Kitts and Nevis from the United Kingdom
- January 1, 1984 - Brunei from the United Kingdom
1986-1989
administered United Nations Trusteeship
1990-
1990
1991-2
- 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 - 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-
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