States that have gained their independence since 1943
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| Date | Name of the State | Duration of foreign domination | Notes |
| 1943 | Lebanon | ||
| 1944 | Syria | ||
| 1944 | Iceland | ||
| 1945 | Indonesia | ||
| 1945 | Taiwan | ||
| 1946 | Jordan | ||
| 1947 | Philippines | ||
| 1948 | Burma (now Myanmar) | ||
| 1948 | Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) | ||
| 1948 | Israel | ||
| 1948 | Korea (South) | ||
| 1948 | Korea (North) | ||
| 1951 | Oman | ||
| 1951 | Libya | ||
| 1953 | Laos | ||
| 1953 | Cambodia (Kampuchea) | ||
| 1954 | Vietnam | ||
| 1956 | Sudan | ||
| 1956 | Morocco | ||
| 1956 | Tunisia | ||
| 1957 | Ghana | ||
| 1957 | Malaysia | ||
| 1958 | Guinea | ||
| 1960 | Cameroon | ||
| 1960 | Togo | ||
| 1960 | Madagascar | ||
| 1960 | Congo (now Zaire) | ||
| 1960 | Somalia | ||
| 1960 | Dahomey (now Benin) | ||
| 1960 | Niger | ||
| 1960 | Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) | ||
| 1960 | Ivory Coast (now Cote d'Ivoire) | ||
| 1960 | Chad | ||
| 1960 | Central African Republic | ||
| 1960 | Republic of The Congo | ||
| 1960 | Cyprus | ||
| 1960 | Gabon Senegal | ||
| 1960 | Mali | ||
| 1960 | Nigeria | ||
| 1960 | Mauritania | ||
| 1961 | Sierra Leone | ||
| 1961 | Kuwait | ||
| 1961 | Tanganyika (with Zanzibar, now Tanzania) | ||
| 1962 | Western Samoa | ||
| 1962 | Burundi | ||
| 1962 | Rwanda | ||
| 1962 | Algeria | ||
| 1962 | Jamaica | ||
| 1962 | Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| 1962 | Uganda | ||
| 1963 | Zanzibar (with Tanganyika, now Tanzania) | ||
| 1963 | Kenya | ||
| 1964 | Malawi | ||
| 1964 | Malta | ||
| 1964 | Zambia | ||
| 1965 | The Gambia | ||
| 1965 | Maldives | ||
| 1965 | Singapore | ||
| 1966 | Guyana | ||
| 1966 | Botswana | ||
| 1966 | Lesotho | ||
| 1966 | Barbados | ||
| 1968 | Nauru | ||
| 1968 | Mauritius | ||
| 1968 | Swaziland | ||
| 1968 | Equatorial Guinea | ||
| 1970 | Tonga | ||
| 1970 | Fiji | ||
| 1971 | Bangladesh | ||
| 1971 | Bahrain | ||
| 1971 | Qatar | ||
| 1971 | United Arab Emirates | ||
| 1973 | The Bahamas | ||
| 1974 | Grenada | ||
| 1974 | Guinea-Bissau | ||
| 1975 | Mozambique | ||
| 1975 | Cape Verde | ||
| 1975 | Comoros | ||
| 1975 | Sao Tome e Principe | ||
| 1975 | Papua New Guinea | ||
| 1975 | Angola | ||
| 1975 | Suriname | ||
| 1976 | Seychelles | ||
| 1977 | Djibouti | ||
| 1978 | Solomon Islands | ||
| 1978 | Tuvalu | ||
| 1978 | Dominica | ||
| 1979 | Saint Lucia | ||
| 1979 | Kiribati | ||
| 1979 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | ||
| 1980 | Zimbabwe | ||
| 1980 | Vanuatu | ||
| 1981 | Belize | ||
| 1981 | Antigua and Barbuda | ||
| 1983 | Saint Christopher and Nevis(now Saint Kitts and Nevis) | ||
| 1984 | Brunei | ||
| 1986 | Marshall Islands | ||
| 1986 | Federated States of Micronesia | ||
| 1990 | Namibia | ||
| 1990 | Armenia | ||
| 1991 | Georgia | ||
| 1991 | Croatia | ||
| 1991 | Slovenia | ||
| 1991 | Estonia | ||
| 1991 | Latvia | ||
| 1991 | Ukraine | ||
| 1991 | Belarus | ||
| 1991 | Moldova | ||
| 1991 | Azerbaijan | ||
| 1991 | Kyrgyzstan | ||
| 1991 | Uzbekistan | ||
| 1991 | Lithuania | ||
| 1991 | Tajikistan | ||
| 1991 | Turkmenistan | ||
| 1991 | Russia | ||
| 1991 | Kazakhstan | ||
| 1992 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| 1993 | Eritrea | ||
| 1994 | Palau |