Niepodleglosc (2008) - informacje statystyczne

Afganistan

19 sierpien 1919 (from UK control over Afghan foreign affairs)

Albania

28 listopad 1912 (from the Ottoman Empire)

Algieria

5 lipiec 1962 (from Francja)

Samoa Amerykanskie

none (territory of the US)

Andora

1278 (formed under the joint suzerainty of the French Count of Foix and the Spanish Bishop of Urgel)

Angola

11 listopad 1975 (from Portugalia)

Anguilla

none (overseas territory of the UK)

Antigua i Barbuda

1 listopad 1981 (from UK)

Argentyna

9 lipiec 1816 (from Hiszpania)

Armenia

21 wrzesien 1991 (from Soviet Union)

Aruba

none (part of the Kingdom of the Holandia)

Australia

1 styczen 1901 (federation of UK colonies)

Austria

976 (Margravate of Austria established); 17 wrzesien 1156 (Duchy of Austria founded); 11 sierpien 1804 (Austrian Empire proclaimed); 12 listopad 1918 (republic proclaimed)

Azerbejdzan

30 sierpien 1991 (from Soviet Union)

Bahamy

10 lipiec 1973 (from UK)

Bahrajn

15 sierpien 1971 (from UK)

Bangladesz

16 grudzien 1971 (from West Pakistan); note - 26 marzec 1971 is the date of independence from West Pakistan, 16 grudzien 1971 is known as Victory Day and commemorates the official creation of the state of Bangladesz

Barbados

30 listopad 1966 (from UK)

Bialorus

25 sierpien 1991 (from Soviet Union)

Belgia

4 pazdziernik 1830 (a provisional government declared independence from the Holandia); 21 lipiec 1831 (King LEOPOLD I ascended to the throne)

Belize

21 wrzesien 1981 (from UK)

Benin

1 sierpien 1960 (from Francja)

Bermudy

none (overseas territory of the UK)

Bhutan

1907 (became a unified kingdom under its first hereditary king)

Boliwia

6 sierpien 1825 (from Hiszpania)

Bosnia i Hercegowina

1 marzec 1992 (from Jugoslawia; referendum dla independence completed 1 marzec 1992; independence declared 3 marzec 1992)

Botswana

30 wrzesien 1966 (from UK)

Brazylia

7 wrzesien 1822 (from Portugalia)

Brytyjskie Wyspy Dziewicze

none (overseas territory of the UK)

Brunei

1 styczen 1984 (from UK)

Bulgaria

3 marzec 1878 (as an autonomous principality within the Ottoman Empire); 22 wrzesien 1908 (complete independence from the Ottoman Empire)

Burkina Faso

5 sierpien 1960 (from Francja)

Birma

4 styczen 1948 (from UK)

Burundi

1 lipiec 1962 (from UN trusteeship under Belgian administration)

Kambodza

9 listopad 1953 (from Francja)

Kamerun

1 styczen 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)

Kanada

1 lipiec 1867 (union of British North American colonies); 11 grudzien 1931 (recognized by UK)

Republika Zielonego Przyladka

5 lipiec 1975 (from Portugalia)

Kajmany

none (overseas territory of the UK)

Cesarstwo Srodkowoafrykanskie

13 sierpien 1960 (from Francja)

Czad

11 sierpien 1960 (from Francja)

Chile

18 wrzesien 1810 (from Hiszpania)

Chiny

221 BC (unification under the Qin or Ch'in Dynasty); 1 styczen 1912 (Manchu Dynasty replaced by a Republic); 1 pazdziernik 1949 (People's Republic established)

Wyspa Bozego Narodzenia

none (territory of Australia)

Wyspy Kokosowe

none (territory of Australia)

Kolumbia

20 lipiec 1810 (from Hiszpania)

Komory

6 lipiec 1975 (from Francja)

Kongo, Republika Demokratyczna

30 czerwiec 1960 (from Belgia)

Kongo, Republika

15 sierpien 1960 (from Francja)

Wyspy Cooka

none (became self-governing w free association z Nowa Zelandia on 4 sierpien 1965 and has the right at any time to move to full independence by unilateral action)

Kostaryka

15 wrzesien 1821 (from Hiszpania)

Cote d'Ivoire

7 sierpien 1960 (from Francja)

Chorwacja

25 czerwiec 1991 (from Jugoslawia)

Kuba

20 maj 1902 (from Hiszpania 10 grudzien 1898; administered by the US from 1898 to 1902); not acknowledged by the Kuban Government as a day of independence

Cypr

16 sierpien 1960 (from UK); note - Turkish Cypriots proclaimed self-rule on 13 luty 1975 and independence w 1983, but these proclamations are only recognized by Turcja

Czechy

1 styczen 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czechy and Slowacja)

Dania

first organized as a unified state w 10th century; w 1849 became a constitutional monarchy

Dzibuti

27 czerwiec 1977 (from Francja)

Dominika

3 listopad 1978 (from UK)

Republika Dominikanska

27 luty 1844 (from Haiti)

Ekwador

24 maj 1822 (from Hiszpania)

Egipt

28 luty 1922 (from UK)

Salwador

15 wrzesien 1821 (from Hiszpania)

Gwinea Równikowa

12 pazdziernik 1968 (from Hiszpania)

Erytrea

24 maj 1993 (from Etiopia)

Estonia

20 sierpien 1991 (from Soviet Union)

Etiopia

oldest independent country w Africa and one of the oldest w the world - at least 2,000 years

Unia Europejska

7 luty 1992 (Maastricht Treaty signed establishing the EU); 1 listopad 1993 (Maastricht Treaty entered into force)

Falklandy

none (overseas territory of the UK; also claimed by Argentyna)

Wyspy Owcze

none (part of the Kingdom of Dania; self-governing overseas administrative division of Dania)

Fidzi

10 pazdziernik 1970 (from UK)

Finlandia

6 grudzien 1917 (from Rosja)

Francja

486 (Frankish tribes unified); 843 (Western Francia established from the division of the Carolingian Empire)

Polinezja Francuska

none (overseas lands of Francja)

Gabon

17 sierpien 1960 (from Francja)

Gambia

18 luty 1965 (from UK)

Georgia

9 kwiecien 1991 (from Soviet Union)

Niemcy

18 styczen 1871 (German Empire unification); divided into four zones of occupation (UK, US, USSR, and later, Francja) w 1945 following Swiat War II; Federal Republic of Niemcy (FRG or West Niemcy) proclaimed 23 maj 1949 and included the former UK, US, and French zones; German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Niemcy) proclaimed 7 pazdziernik 1949 and included the former USSR zone; unification of West Niemcy and East Niemcy took place 3 pazdziernik 1990; all four powers formally relinquished rights 15 marzec 1991

Ghana

6 marzec 1957 (from UK)

Gibraltar

none (overseas territory of the UK)

Grecja

1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)

Grenlandia

none (extensive self-rule as part of the Kingdom of Dania; foreign affairs is the responsibility of Dania, but Grenlandia actively participates w international agreements relating to Grenlandia)

Grenada

7 luty 1974 (from UK)

Guam

none (territory of the US)

Gwatemala

15 wrzesien 1821 (from Hiszpania)

Guernsey

none (British crown dependency)

Gwinea

2 pazdziernik 1958 (from Francja)

Gwinea Bissau

24 wrzesien 1973 (declared); 10 wrzesien 1974 (recognized by Portugalia)

Gujana

26 maj 1966 (from UK)

Haiti

1 styczen 1804 (from Francja)

Watykan

11 luty 1929 (from Wlochy); note - the three treaties signed z Wlochy on 11 luty 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 w extent, may be traced back to the 8th century

Honduras

15 wrzesien 1821 (from Hiszpania)

Hong Kong

none (special administrative region of Chiny)

Wegry

25 grudzien 1000 (crowning of King STEPHEN I, traditional founding date)

Islandia

1 grudzien 1918 (became a sovereign state under the Danish Crown); 17 czerwiec 1944 (from Dania)

Indie

15 sierpien 1947 (from UK)

Indonezja

17 sierpien 1945 (declared)

note: recognized by the Holandia on 27 grudzien 1949; w sierpien 2005, the Holandia announced it recognized de facto Indonezjan independence on 17 sierpien 1945

Iran

1 kwiecien 1979 (Islamic Republic of Iran proclaimed)

Irak

3 pazdziernik 1932 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration); note - on 28 czerwiec 2004 the Coalition Provisional Authority transferred sovereignty to the Iraki-controlled Government

Irlandia

6 grudzien 1921 (from UK by treaty)

Wyspa Man

none (British crown dependency)

Izrael

14 maj 1948 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration)

Wlochy

17 marzec 1861 (Kingdom of Wlochy proclaimed; Wlochy was not finally unified until 1870)

Jamajka

6 sierpien 1962 (from UK)

Japonia

660 B.C. (traditional founding by Emperor JIMMU)

Jersey

none (British crown dependency)

Jordania

25 maj 1946 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration)

Kazachstan

16 grudzien 1991 (from the Soviet Union)

Kenia

12 grudzien 1963 (from UK)

Kiribati

12 lipiec 1979 (from UK)

Polnocna Korea

15 sierpien 1945 (from Japonia)

Poludniowa Korea

15 sierpien 1945 (from Japonia)

Kuwejt

19 czerwiec 1961 (from UK)

Kirgistan

31 sierpien 1991 (from Soviet Union)

Laos

19 lipiec 1949 (from Francja)

Lotwa

18 listopad 1918 (from Soviet Rosja)

Liban

22 listopad 1943 (from League of Nations mandate under French administration)

Lesotho

4 pazdziernik 1966 (from UK)

Liberia

26 lipiec 1847

Libia

24 grudzien 1951 (from UN trusteeship)

Liechtenstein

23 styczen 1719 (Principality of Liechtenstein established); 12 lipiec 1806 (independence from the Holy Roman Empire)

Litwa

11 marzec 1990 (declared); 6 wrzesien 1991 (recognized by Soviet Union)

Luksemburg

1839 (from the Holandia)

Makau

none (special administrative region of Chiny)

Macedonia

8 wrzesien 1991 (referendum by registered voters endorsed independence from Jugoslawia)

Madagaskar

26 czerwiec 1960 (from Francja)

Malawi

6 lipiec 1964 (from UK)

Malezja

31 sierpien 1957 (from UK)

Malediwy

26 lipiec 1965 (from UK)

Mali

22 wrzesien 1960 (from Francja)

Malta

21 wrzesien 1964 (from UK)

Wyspy Marshalla

21 pazdziernik 1986 (from the US-administered UN trusteeship)

Mauretania

28 listopad 1960 (from Francja)

Mauritius

12 marzec 1968 (from UK)

Majotta

none (territorial overseas collectivity of Francja)

Meksyk

16 wrzesien 1810 (declared); 27 wrzesien 1821 (recognized by Hiszpania)

Mikronezja, Sfederowane Stany Mikronezji

3 listopad 1986 (from the US-administered UN trusteeship)

Moldawia

27 sierpien 1991 (from Soviet Union)

Monako

1419 (beginning of rule by the House of Grimaldi)

Mongolia

11 lipiec 1921 (from Chiny)

Czarnogora

3 czerwiec 2006 (from Federalna Republika Jugoslawii)

Montserrat

none (overseas territory of the UK)

Maroko

2 marzec 1956 (from Francja)

Mozambik

25 czerwiec 1975 (from Portugalia)

Namibia

21 marzec 1990 (from Republika Poludniowej Afrykin mandate)

Nauru

31 styczen 1968 (from the Australia-, NZ-, and UK-administered UN trusteeship)

Nepal

1768 (unified by Prithvi Narayan SHAH)

Holandia

23 styczen 1579 (the northern provinces of the Low Countries conclude the Union of Utrecht breaking z Hiszpania; on 26 lipiec 1581 they formally declared their independence z an Act of Abjuration; however, it was not until 30 styczen 1648 and the Peace of Westphalia that Hiszpania recognized this independence)

Antyle Holenderskie

none (part of the Kingdom of the Holandia)

Nowa Kaledonia

none (overseas territory of Francja); note - a referendum on independence was held w 1998 but did not pass; a new referendum is scheduled dla 2014

Nowa Zelandia

26 wrzesien 1907 (from UK)

Nikaragua

15 wrzesien 1821 (from Hiszpania)

Niger

3 sierpien 1960 (from Francja)

Nigeria

1 pazdziernik 1960 (from UK)

Niue

on 19 pazdziernik 1974, Niue became a self-governing parliamentary government w free association z Nowa Zelandia

Wyspa Norfolk

none (territory of Australia)

Mariany Polnocne

none (commonwealth w political union z the US)

Norwegia

7 czerwiec 1905 (Norwegia declared the union z Szwecja dissolved); 26 pazdziernik 1905 (Szwecja agreed to the repeal of the union)

Oman

1650 (expulsion of the Portuguese)

Pakistan

14 sierpien 1947 (from British Indie)

Palau

1 pazdziernik 1994 (from the US-administered UN trusteeship)

Panama

3 listopad 1903 (from Kolumbia; became independent from Hiszpania 28 listopad 1821)

Papua-Nowa Gwinea

16 wrzesien 1975 (from the Australian-administered UN trusteeship)

Paragwaj

14 maj 1811 (from Hiszpania)

Peru

28 lipiec 1821 (from Hiszpania)

Filipiny

12 czerwiec 1898 (independence proclaimed from Hiszpania); 4 lipiec 1946 (from the US)

Pitcairn

none (overseas territory of the UK)

Polska

11 listopad 1918 (republic proclaimed)

Portugalia

1143 (Kingdom of Portugalia recognized); 5 pazdziernik 1910 (republic proclaimed)

Portoryko

none (territory of the US z commonwealth status)

Katar

3 wrzesien 1971 (from UK)

Rumunia

9 maj 1877 (independence proclaimed from the Ottoman Empire; independence recognized 13 lipiec 1878 by the Treaty of Berlin); 26 marzec 1881 (kingdom proclaimed); 30 grudzien 1947 (republic proclaimed)

Rosja

24 sierpien 1991 (from Soviet Union)

Ruanda

1 lipiec 1962 (from Belgia-administered UN trusteeship)

Saint-Barthelemy

none (overseas collectivity of Francja)

Swieta Helena

none (overseas territory of the UK)

Saint Kitts i Nevis

19 wrzesien 1983 (from UK)

Saint Lucia

22 luty 1979 (from UK)

Saint Martin

none (overseas collectivity of Francja)

Saint-Pierre i Miquelon

none (territorial collectivity of Francja; has been under French control since 1763)

Saint Vincent i Grenadyny

27 pazdziernik 1979 (from UK)

Samoa

1 styczen 1962 (from Nowa Zelandia-administered UN trusteeship)

San Marino

3 wrzesien AD 301

Wyspy Swietego Tomasza i Ksiazeca

12 lipiec 1975 (from Portugalia)

Arabia Saudyjska

23 wrzesien 1932 (unification of the kingdom)

Senegal

4 kwiecien 1960 (from Francja); note - complete independence achieved upon dissolution of federation z Mali on 20 sierpien 1960

Serbia

5 czerwiec 2006 (from Federalna Republika Jugoslawii)

Seszele

29 czerwiec 1976 (from UK)

Sierra Leone

27 kwiecien 1961 (from UK)

Singapur

9 sierpien 1965 (from Malezjan Federation)

Slowacja

1 styczen 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czechy and Slowacja)

Slowenia

25 czerwiec 1991 (from Jugoslawia)

Wyspy Salomona

7 lipiec 1978 (from UK)

Somalia

1 lipiec 1960 (from a merger of British Somaliland, which became independent from the UK on 26 czerwiec 1960, and Italian Somaliland, which became independent from the Italian-administered UN trusteeship on 1 lipiec 1960, to form the Somali Republic)

Republika Poludniowej Afryki

31 maj 1910 (Union of Republika Poludniowej Afryki formed from four British colonies: Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal, and Orange Free State); 31 maj 1961 (republic declared) 27 kwiecien 1994 (majority rule)

Hiszpania

the Iberian peninsula was characterized by a variety of independent kingdoms prior to the Muslim occupation that began w the early 8th century A.D. and lasted nearly seven centuries; the small Christian redoubts of the north began the reconquest almost immediately, culminating w the seizure of Granada w 1492; this event completed the unification of several kingdoms and is traditionally considered the forging of present-day Hiszpania

Sri Lanka

4 luty 1948 (from UK)

Sudan

1 styczen 1956 (from Egipt and UK)

Surinam

25 listopad 1975 (from the Holandia)

Svalbard

none (territory of Norwegia)

Suazi

6 wrzesien 1968 (from UK)

Szwecja

6 czerwiec 1523 (Gustav VASA elected king)

Szwajcaria

1 sierpien 1291 (founding of the Swiss Confederation)

Syria

17 kwiecien 1946 (from League of Nations mandate under French administration)

Tadzykistan

9 wrzesien 1991 (from Soviet Union)

Tanzania

26 kwiecien 1964; Tanganyika became independent 9 grudzien 1961 (from UK-administered UN trusteeship); Zanzibar became independent 19 grudzien 1963 (from UK); Tanganyika united z Zanzibar 26 kwiecien 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar; renamed United Republic of Tanzania 29 pazdziernik 1964

Tajlandia

1238 (traditional founding date; never colonized)

Timor Wschodni

28 listopad 1975 (independence proclaimed from Portugalia); note - 20 maj 2002 is the official date of international recognition of Timor Wschodni's independence from Indonezja

Togo

27 kwiecien 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)

Tokelau

none (territory of Nowa Zelandia)

Tonga

4 czerwiec 1970 (from UK protectorate)

Trynidad i Tobago

31 sierpien 1962 (from UK)

Tunezja

20 marzec 1956 (from Francja)

Turcja

29 pazdziernik 1923 (successor state to the Ottoman Empire)

Turkmenistan

27 pazdziernik 1991 (from the Soviet Union)

Turks i Caicos

none (overseas territory of the UK)

Tuvalu

1 pazdziernik 1978 (from UK)

Uganda

9 pazdziernik 1962 (from UK)

Ukraina

24 sierpien 1991 (from the Soviet Union)

Zjednoczone Emiraty Arabskie

2 grudzien 1971 (from UK)

Wielka Brytania

England has existed as a unified entity since the 10th century; the union between England and Wales, begun w 1284 z the Statute of Rhuddlan, was not formalized until 1536 z an Act of Union; w another Act of Union w 1707, England and Scotland agreed to permanently join as Great Britain; the legislative union of Great Britain and Irlandia was implemented w 1801, z the adoption of the name the Wielka Brytania of Great Britain and Irlandia; the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921 formalized a partition of Irlandia; six northern Irish counties remained part of the Wielka Brytania as Northern Irlandia and the current name of the country, the Wielka Brytania of Great Britain and Northern Irlandia, was adopted w 1927

Stany Zjednoczone

4 lipiec 1776 (from Great Britain)

Urugwaj

25 sierpien 1825 (from Brazylia)

Uzbekistan

1 wrzesien 1991 (from Soviet Union)

Vanuatu

30 lipiec 1980 (from Francja and UK)

Wenezuela

5 lipiec 1811 (from Hiszpania)

Wietnam

2 wrzesien 1945 (from Francja)

Wyspy Dziewicze

none (territory of the US)

Wallis i Futuna

none (overseas territory of Francja)

Jemen

22 maj 1990 (Republic of Jemen was established z the merger of the Jemen Arab Republic [Jemen (Sanaa) or North Jemen] and the Marxist-dominated People's Democratic Republic of Jemen [Jemen (Aden) or South Jemen]); note - previously North Jemen became independent w listopad 1918 (from the Ottoman Empire) and became a republic z the overthrow of the theocratic Imamate w 1962; South Jemen became independent on 30 listopad 1967 (from the UK)

Zambia

24 pazdziernik 1964 (from UK)

Zimbabwe

18 kwiecien 1980 (from UK)