The CIA World Factbook Edition 2001 Government
Independence In 36 editions of 36.
Independence was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2001 edition carries it in 230 entries, in its Government section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2001 edition
- 230
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Independence” (1990 to 2025).
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Africa
56 entriesEthiopia
oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 years
Guinea-Bissau
24 September 1973 (unilaterally declared by Guinea-Bissau); 10 September 1974 (recognized by Portugal)
Senegal
4 April 1960 (from France); complete independence was achieved upon dissolution of federation with Mali on 20 August 1960
Somalia
1 July 1960 (from a merger of British Somaliland, which became independent from the UK on 26 June 1960, and Italian Somaliland, which became independent from the Italian-administered UN trusteeship on 1 July 1960, to form the Somali Republic)
Tanzania
- 26 April 1964;
- Tanganyika became independent 9 December 1961 (from UK-administered UN trusteeship);
- Zanzibar became independent 19 December 1963 (from UK);
- Tanganyika united with Zanzibar 26 April 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar;
- renamed United Republic of Tanzania 29 October 1964
Arctic Region
3 entriesGreenland
none (part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark since 1979) note: foreign affairs is the responsibility of Denmark, but Greenland actively participates in international agreements relating to Greenland
Asia
22 entriesBangladesh
16 December 1971 (from West Pakistan); note - 26 March 1971 is the date of independence from West Pakistan, 16 December 1971 is known as Victory Day and commemorates the official creation of the state of Bangladesh
China
221 BC (unification under the Qin or Ch'in Dynasty 221 BC; Qing or Ch'ing Dynasty replaced by the Republic on 12 February 1912; People's Republic established 1 October 1949)
Central America and the Caribbean
30 entriesEurope
46 entriesCzech Republic now Czechia
1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Denmark
first organized as a unified state in 10th century; in 1849 became a constitutional monarchy
Faroe Islands
none (part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark)
Germany
- 18 January 1871 (German Empire unification);
- divided into four zones of occupation (UK, US, USSR, and later, France) in 1945 following World War II;
- Federal Republic of Germany (FRG or West Germany) proclaimed 23 May 1949 and included the former UK, US, and French zones;
- German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany) proclaimed 7 October 1949 and included the former USSR zone;
- unification of West Germany and East Germany took place 3 October 1990;
- all four powers formally relinquished rights 15 March 1991
Liechtenstein
23 January 1719 Imperial Principality of Liechtenstein established; 12 July 1806 established independence from the Holy Roman Empire
Lithuania
11 March 1990 (independence declared from Soviet Union); 6 September 1991 (Soviet Union recognizes Lithuania's independence)
Norway
7 June 1905 Norway declared the union with Sweden dissolved; 26 October 1905 Sweden agreed to the repeal of the union
Yugoslavia now Serbia and Montenegro
27 April 1992 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia or FRY formed as self-proclaimed successor to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia or SFRY)
United Kingdom
- England has existed as a unified entity since the 10th century;
- the union between England and Wales was enacted under the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284;
- in the Act of Union of 1707, England and Scotland agreed to permanent union as Great Britain;
- the legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland was implemented in 1801, with the adoption of the name the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland;
- the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921 formalized a partition of Ireland;
- six northern Irish counties remained part of the United Kingdom as Northern Ireland and the current name of the country, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, was adopted in 1927
Middle East
15 entriesCyprus
16 August 1960 (from UK); note - Turkish Cypriot area proclaimed self-rule on 13 February 1975
Yemen
- 22 May 1990, Republic of Yemen was established with the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen] and the Marxist-dominated People's Democratic Republic of Yemen [Yemen (Aden) or South Yemen];
- previously North Yemen had become independent on NA November 1918 (from the Ottoman Empire) and South Yemen had become independent on 30 November 1967 (from the UK)
North America
5 entriesSaint Pierre and Miquelon
none (territorial collectivity of France; has been under French control since 1763)
Oceania
25 entriesCook Islands
none (became self-governing in free association with New Zealand on 4 August 1965 and has the right at any time to move to full independence by unilateral action)
Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia
3 November 1986 (from the US-administered UN Trusteeship)
New Caledonia
none (overseas territory of France); note - a referendum on independence was held in 1998 but did not pass
Niue
on 19 October 1974, Niue became a self-governing parliamentary government in free association with New Zealand
South America
14 entriesSoutheast Asia
14 entriesIndonesia
17 August 1945 (proclaimed independence; on 27 December 1949, Indonesia became legally independent from the Netherlands)
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2001, “Independence”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/independence/2001.