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| * denotes multiple listing;
use caution when dating your globe. |
| S.S.R. = Soviet Socialist Republic |
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| New Name |
Date |
Former Name |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
2003 |
Serbia(pt.) |
| East Timor |
1999 |
Indonesia (pt.) |
| Congo, Dem. Repub. Of * |
1997 |
Zaire * |
| Samoa |
1997 |
Western Samoa |
| Czech. Rep. |
1993 |
Czechoslovakia (pt.) |
| Eritrea * |
1993 |
Ethiopia (pt.) |
| Slovakia |
1993 |
Czechoslovakia (pt.) |
| Serbia |
1992 |
Yugoslavia (pt.) |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina |
1992 |
Yugoslavia (pt.) |
| Croatia |
1992 |
Yugoslavia (pt.) |
| Macedonia |
1992 |
Yugoslavia (pt.) |
| Slovenia |
1992 |
Yugoslavia (pt.) |
| Armenia |
1991 |
Armenian S.S.R. |
| Azerbaijan |
1991 |
Azerbaydjzhan S.S.R. |
| Belarus |
1991 |
Byelorussian S.S.R. |
| Estonia |
1991 |
Estonian S.S.R. |
| Georgia |
1991 |
Georgian S.S.R. |
| Kazakhstan |
1991 |
Kazakh S.S.R. |
| Kyrgyzstan |
1991 |
Kirghiz S.S.R. |
| Latvia |
1991 |
Latvian S.S.R. |
| Lithuania |
1991 |
Lithuanian S.S.R. |
| Moldova |
1991 |
Moldavian S.S.R. |
| Russia |
1991 |
Russian S.S.R. |
| Tajikistan |
1991 |
Tajik S.S.R. |
| Turkmenistan |
1991 |
Turkmen S.S.R. |
| Ukraine |
1991 |
Ukrainian S.S.R. |
| Uzbekistan |
1991 |
Uzbek S.S.R. |
| Germany * |
1990 |
East Germany, West Germany unifies |
| Namibia |
1990 |
Southwest Africa (S. Afr.) |
| Yemen |
1990 |
Nth & Sth Yemen unifies |
| Marshall Islands |
1986 |
Marshall Islands (U.S.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
1986 |
Micronesia, Federated States of (U.S.) |
| Nevis (See St. Kitts & Nevis) |
1983 |
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| St .Kitts & Nevis |
1983 |
Leeward Is. (Br.) |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
1981 |
Antigua (Br.) Barbuda (Br.) |
| Barbuda (See Antigua and Barbuda) |
1981 |
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| Belize |
1981 |
British Honduras |
| Vanuatu |
1980 |
New Hebrides Islands (Br. & Fr.) |
| Zimbabwe |
1980 |
Rhodesia |
| Grenadines (See St. Vincent) |
1979 |
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| Kiribati |
1979 |
Gilbert Is. & Phoenix Is. (Br.) |
| Saint Lucia |
1979 |
Saint Lucia (Br.) |
| Saint Vincent & The Grenadines |
1979 |
Saint Vincent (Br.) |
| Dominica |
1978 |
Dominica (Br.) |
| Solomon Islands |
1978 |
Solomon Islands (Br.) |
| Tuvalu |
1978 |
Ellice Is. (Br.) |
| Djibouti |
1977 |
French Somaliland |
| Seychelles |
1976 |
Seychelles (Br.) Seychelle Dependencies (Br.) |
| Vietnam |
1976 |
North & South Vietnam unifies |
| Western Sahara (admin. by Morocco) |
1976 |
Rio de Oro (Spanish Sahara ) |
| Cape Verde |
1975 |
Cape Verde (Port.) |
| Comoros |
1975 |
Iles Comore (Fr.) |
| Papua New Guinea |
1975 |
Papua (Austr.) |
| Principe (See Sao Tome) |
1975 |
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| Sao Tome & Principe |
1975 |
Sao Tome , Principe (Port.) |
| Suriname |
1975 |
Dutch Guiana |
| Grenada |
1974 |
Grenada (Br.) |
| Guinea-Bissau |
1974 |
Portuguese Guinea |
| Bahamas, The |
1973 |
Bahama Is. (Br.) |
| Bangladesh |
1972 |
India (pt.) |
| Qatar |
1971 |
Hadhramaut , Aden Br. Protectorate (pt.) |
| United Arab Emirates |
1971 |
Oman (pt.) |
| Zaire * |
1971 |
Congo, Dem. Repub. Of * |
| Fiji |
1970 |
Fiji Is. (Br.) |
| Tonga |
1970 |
Tonga Is. (Br.) |
| Equatorial Guinea |
1968 |
Fernando Po, Rio Muni (Spanish Guinea) |
| Mauritius |
1968 |
Mauritius (Br.) |
| Nauru |
1968 |
Nauru (Br.) |
| Yemen, South |
1967 |
Hadhramaut or Aden Br. Protectorate |
| Barbados |
1966 |
Barbados (Br.) |
| Botswana |
1966 |
Bechuanaland |
| Guyana |
1966 |
Br. Guyana (or Guiana) |
| Lesotho |
1966 |
Basutoland |
| Maldives |
1965 |
Maldive Islands |
| Rhodesia |
1965 |
Southern Rhodesia |
| Malawi |
1964 |
Nyasaland |
| Malta |
1964 |
Malta (Br.) |
| Tanzania |
1964 |
Tanganyika , Zanzibar unifies |
| Zambia |
1964 |
Northern Rhodesia |
| Algeria |
1962 |
French West Africa (pt.), Algeria |
| Burundi |
1962 |
Belgian Congo (pt.) , Urundi |
| Jamaica |
1962 |
Jamaica (Br.) |
| Rwanda |
1962 |
Belgian Congo (pt.), Ruanda |
| Tobago (See Trinidad & Tobago) |
1962 |
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| Trinidad & Tobago |
1962 |
Trinidad (Br.) Tobago (Br.) |
| Western Samoa |
1962 |
Samoa Is. (N.Z.) |
| Egypt * |
1961 |
Egypt (U.A.R.) |
| Syria * |
1961 |
Syria (U.A.R.) |
| Tanganyika |
1961 |
Tanganyika Territory |
| French Equatorial Africa disolves, creating five
new countries
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| French West Africa disolves, creating eleven
new countries
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| Belgian Congo disolves, creating three new countries
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| Benin |
1960 |
French West Africa (pt.), Dahomey (pt.) |
| Burkina |
1960 |
French West Africa (pt.), Upper Volta |
| Cameroon |
1960 |
French Equatorial Africa (pt.), Cameroon |
| Central African Republic |
1960 |
French Equatorial Africa (pt.), Oubangi, Chari |
| Chad |
1960 |
French Equatorial Africa (pt.), Chad |
| Congo, Dem. Repub. Of * |
1960 |
Belgian Congo (pt.) |
| Congo, Peopleís Repub. |
1960 |
French Equatorial Africa (pt.), Gabon (pt.) |
| Cyprus |
1960 |
Cyprus (Br.) |
| Gabon |
1960 |
French Equatorial Africa (pt.), Gabon |
| Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) |
1960 |
French West Africa, Ivory Coast |
| Mali |
1960 |
French West Africa (pt.), French Sudan |
| Mauritania |
1960 |
French West Africa (pt.), Mauritania |
| Niger |
1960 |
French West Africa (pt.), Niger |
| Senegal |
1960 |
French West Africa (pt.), Senegal |
| Somalia |
1960 |
Italian, British Somaliland unifies |
| Togo |
1960 |
French West Africa (pt.), Dahomey (pt.) |
| Egypt U.A.R. (United Arab Republic) |
1958 |
Egypt * |
| Guinea |
1958 |
Fr. Guinea |
| Syria U.A.R. (United Arab Republic) |
1958 |
Syria * |
| Ghana |
1957 |
Ashanti and/or Gold Coast |
| Malaysia |
1957 |
Malay States |
| Morocco |
1956 |
French West Africa (pt.), Morocco |
| Sudan |
1956 |
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan |
| Tunisia |
1956 |
French West Africa (pt.), Tunisia |
| Vietnam, North |
1954 |
Vietnam * |
| Vietnam, South |
1954 |
Vietnam * |
| Korea, North |
1953 |
Korea |
| Korea, South |
1953 |
Korea |
| Ethiopia * |
1952 |
Ethiopia, Eritrea unifies |
| Cambodia |
1949 |
French Indo-China |
| Germany, East |
1949 |
Germany * |
| Germany, West |
1949 |
Germany * |
| Indonesia |
1949 |
Netherland Indies |
| Laos |
1949 |
French Indo-China |
| Thailand * |
1949 |
Siam * |
| Vietnam * |
1949 |
French Indo-China |
| Israel |
1948 |
Palestine (pt.) |
| Sri Lanka |
1948 |
Ceylon |
| Pakistan |
1947 |
Baluchistan |
| Jordan |
1946 |
Trans Jordan |
| Philippines |
1946 |
Philippine Islands |
| Korea |
1945 |
Chosen (Jap.) |
| Siam * |
1945 |
Thailand * |
| Eritrea * |
1941 |
Italian East Africa (pt.), Eritrea |
| Ethiopia * |
1941 |
Italian East Africa (pt.), Ethiopia |
| ithuania* |
1940 |
Lithuanian S.S.R. |
| Latvia * |
1940 |
Latvian S.S.R. |
| Estonia * |
1940 |
Estonian S.S.R. |
| Thailand * |
1939 |
Siam * |
