The dates are most commonly accepted ones and not standardized according to either declaractions or recognitions.
| pre-1250 AD |
|
660 BC |
Japan |
|
c. 1 AD |
Ethiopia |
|
301 AD |
San Marino |
|
486 AD |
France |
|
980 AD |
Denmark |
|
1001 |
Hungary |
|
1066 |
England |
| 1140 |
Portugal |
| 1238 |
Thailand |
| |
| 1250-1777 |
| 1278 |
Andorra from Spain and France |
| August 1, 1291 |
Switzerland |
| 1419 |
Monaco |
| 1492 |
Spain from the Moors |
|
June 6, 1523 |
Sweden |
|
1579 |
Netherlands from Spain |
|
1650 |
Oman from Portugal |
| 1707
| Kingdom of Great Britain from Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland
|
|
January 23, 1719 |
Liechtenstein |
|
1768 |
Nepal |
|
July 4, 1776 |
United States of America from Kingdom of Great Britain |
| |
| 1778-1827 |
|
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 |
Republic of 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 El Salvador from Spain |
|
September 15, 1821 |
Republic of Guatemala from Spain |
|
September 15, 1821 |
Republic of Honduras from Spain |
|
September 15, 1821 |
Republic of Nicaragua from Spain |
|
May 24, 1822 |
Republic of Ecuador from Spain |
| September 7, 1822 |
Republic of Brazil from Portugal |
| August 6, 1825 |
Republic of Bolivia from Spain |
| |
| 1828-1877 |
| August 25, 1828 |
Republic of Uruguay from Brazil |
|
1829 |
Greece from the Ottoman Empire |
| October 4, 1830 |
Belgium from the Netherlands |
|
1839 |
Luxembourg |
|
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. |
| |
| 1878-1917 |
| March 3, 1878 |
Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire |
|
1881 |
Romania from Turkey |
| 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 |
New Zealand from the United Kingdom |
|
May 31, 1910 |
South Africa from the United Kingdom |
| November 18, 1912 |
Albania from the Ottoman Empire |
|
December 6, 1917 |
Finland from the Russian Empire |
| |
| 1918-1937 |
|
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 |
|
September 23, 1932 |
Saudi Arabia |
|
October 3, 1932 |
Iraq from League of Nations mandate under British administration |
| |
| 1938-1948 |
|
November 22, 1943 |
Lebanon from League of Nations mandate underFrench administration |
|
June 17, 1944 |
Iceland from Denmark |
|
August 17, 1945 |
Indonesia from the Netherlands |
|
September 2, 1945 |
Vietnam from France |
|
April 17, 1946 |
Syria from League of Nations mandate under French administration |
|
May 25, 1946 |
Jordan from League of Nations mandate under British 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 |
| |
| 1949-1959 |
| 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
|
|
December 24, 1951 |
Libya from Italy |
| November 9, 1953 |
Cambodia from France |
|
January 1, 1956 |
Sudan ''from Egypt and the United Kingdom |
|
March 20, 1956 |
Tunisia from France |
|
March 2, 1956 |
Morocco from France |
|
March 6, 1957 |
Ghana from the United Kingdom |
|
August 31, 1957 |
Malaysia from the United Kingdom |
|
October 2, 1958 |
Guinea from France |
| |
| 1960-1970 |
| January 1, 1960 |
Cameroon from United Nations trusteeship under French administration |
| April 4, 1960 |
Senegal from France |
| April 27, 1960 |
Togo from United Nations trusteeship under French administration |
| June 26, 1960 |
Madagascar from France |
| June 30, 1960 |
Congo from Belgium |
| July 1, 1960 |
Somalia ''from the United Kingdom and
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
|
June 4, 1970 |
Tonga from the United Kingdom |
|
October 10, 1970 |
Fiji from the United Kingdom |
| |
| 1971-1981 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| |
| 1982-1992 |
|
September 19, 1983 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis from the United Kingdom |
| January 1, 1984 |
Brunei from the United Kingdom |
| October 21, 1986 |
Marshall Islands ''from United States
administered United Nations Trusteeship'' |
| November 3, 1986 |
Micronesia ''from
United States administered United Nations Trusteeship'' |
| March 21, 1990 |
Namibia ''from South Africa |
| May 22, 1990 |
Yemen |
| October 3, 1990
| Federal Republic of Germany from West Germany, East Germany
|
| 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 |
Estonia 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-present |
| January 1, 1993 |
Czech Republic from Czechoslovakia |
| January 1, 1993 |
Slovakia from Czechoslovakia |
| May 24, 1993 |
Eritrea from Ethiopia |
| October 1, 1994 |
Palau from United States-administered United Nations trusteeship |
|
May 20, 2002 |
East Timor from United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor |
