![]() | 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) |