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Africa
Countries / Decades before 1700 1710 1720 1730 1740 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Current Decades / Countries Algeria
1516
1830
1962Algeria Angola
1667
1707
1750
1816
1826
1830
1911
1975Angola Benin
1900
1958
1975
1990Benin Botswana
1885
1966Botswana Burkina Faso
1896
1959
1984Burkina Faso Burundi
1885
1919
1961
1962
1966 1966
1967
1982Burundi Cameroon
1884
1916
1957
1961
1975Cameroon
1916
1922Cape Verde
1667
1707
1750
1816
1826
1830
1911
1975
1992Cape Verde Central African Republic
1903
1958Central African Republic Chad
1900
1959Chad Comoros
1887
1963
1975
1978
1992
1996
2001Comoros Congo, Democratic Republic of the
1877
1960
1963
1966
1971
1997
2003
2006Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo, Republic of the
1891
1958
1970
1991Republic of the Congo Côte d'Ivoire
1893
1959Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti
1453
1844
1896
1977Djibouti Ethiopia
1890s
1897
1936
1962
1974
1987
1991
1996
2009Ethiopia Eritrea
1890
1941
1941
1952
1974
1987
1991
1993
1995Eritrea Equatorial Guinea
1885
1931
1936
1938
1945
1968
1973
1979Equatorial Guinea Gabon
1903
1959
1960Gabon The Gambia
1783
1801
1965The Gambia Ghana
1821
1877
1957
1961
1964
1966Ghana
1581
1795
1806
1810
1814Guinea
1898
1958Guinea Guinea-Bissau
1667
1707
1750
1816
1826
1830
1911
1974Guinea-Bissau Kenya
1885
1921
1963Kenya Lesotho
1652
1795
1801
1875
1884
1966
1987
2006Lesotho Liberia
1827
1847Liberia Libya
15th century
1912
1951
1969
1972
1977Libya
2011Madagascar
1896
1958Madagascar Malawi
1907
1953
1963
1964
2010Malawi Mali
1892
1958
1959
1961Mali Mauritania
1900
1959Mauritania Mauritius
1666
1710
1789
1810
1906
1923
1968Mauritius Morocco
1666
1913
1956Morocco
1921Mozambique
1667
1707
1750
1816
1826
1830
1911
1974
1975
1983 1983Mozambique Namibia
1884
1915
1928
1990Namibia Niger
1922
1959Niger Nigeria
1886
1900
1960Nigeria Rwanda
1885
1919
1959
1961
1962
2001Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe
1667
1707
1750
1816
1826
1830
1911
1975São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal
16th century
1789
1814
1830
1958
1959
1960Senegal Seychelles
1756
1811
1976
1977
1996Seychelles Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
1976Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Sierra Leonne
1792
1801
1961Sierra Leonne Somalia
1888
1941
1950
1960Somalia Somaliland
1884
1903
1950
1991
1996Somaliland South Africa
1652
1795
1801
1875
1910
1912
1928
1994South Africa South Sudan
1517
1844
1882
1899
1922
1952
1956
1970
2011South Sudan Sudan Sudan Swaziland
1894
1903
1968Swaziland Tanzania
1885
1919
1961
1964Tanzania Togo
1884
1914
1957
1958
1960Togo Tunisia
1574
1831
1999Tunisia Uganda
1894
1914
1962
1962Uganda Zambia
1924
1953
1963
1964
1996Zambia Zimbabwe
1896
1923
1953
1964
1968
1979
1979
1980Zimbabwe Countries / Decades before 1700 1710 1720 1730 1740 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Current Decades / Countries Asia
Countries / Decades before 1700 1710 1720 1730 1740 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Current Decades / Countries Afghanistan
1576
1738
1747
1880
1901
1919
1921
1928
1928
1929
1929
1930
1973
1974
1978
1978
1979
1987
1992
1992
1996
1997
2001
2002
2004Afghanistan Bahrain
1820
1932
1972
2002Bahrain Bangladesh
1757
1801
1858
1947
1971
1972Bangladesh Bhutan
1949
1956
1969Bhutan Brunei
1906
1941
1945
1959Brunei Cambodia
1863
1887
1953
1970
1975
1979
1989
1992
1993Cambodia China, People's Republic of
1862
1890
1912
1928
1949China, People's Republic of China, Republic of
1862
1890
1912
1928China, Republic of East Timor
1702
1707
1750
1816
1826
1830
1911
1975
1999
2002East Timor India
1674
1820
1858
1880
1947India Indonesia
1603
1800
1942
1945
1949Indonesia Iran
1576
1736
1747
1760
1796
1849
1907
1925
1980Iran Iraq
1453
1844
1921
1958
1959
1963
1991
2004
2008Iraq Israel
1453
1844
1920
1927
1948Israel Japan
1603
1869
1870
2000Japan Jordan
1453
1844
1920
1921Jordan Korea, North
1882
1910
1945
1948Korea, North Korea, South
1882
1910
1945Korea, South Kuwait
1752
1898
1899
1961Kuwait Kyrgyzstan
1858
1883
1920
1925
1936
1952
1992Kyrgyzstan Laos
1893
1952
1975Laos Lebanon
1453
1844
1920
1943Lebanon Malaysia
1641
1795
1801
1818
1824
1896
1942
1945
1949
1963Malaysia The Maldives
1886
1926
1953
1965The Maldives Mongolia
1862
1890
1911
1921
1924
1940
1992Mongolia Myanmar
1753
1885
1937
1943
1945
1948
1974
2010Myanmar Nepal
1928
1962Nepal Oman
1856
1970
1995Oman Pakistan
1526
1747
1761
1849
1858
1880
1947Pakistan Philippines
1535
1762
1764
1821
1898
1901
1908
1912
1919
1942
1943
1945
1981
1986
1998Philippines Qatar
1818
1872
1916
1936
1949
1971Qatar Saudi Arabia
1517
1744
1818
1824
1891
1902
1926
1932
1934
1938
1973Saudi Arabia
1844
1920
1926Singapore
1819
1874
1942
1945
1946
1959
1963
1965Singapore Sri Lanka
1656
1815
1948
1951
1972Sri Lanka
1593Syria
1453
1844
1920 1920
1922
1932
1958
1961
1963
1972
1980Syria Tajikistan
1699
1858
1883
1918
1924
1953
1992Tajikistan Thailand
1700
1782
1817
1855
1916
1917Thailand Turkmenistan
1517
1917
1922
1953
1992
1997
2001Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates
1892
1950
1971United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan
1785
1920
1924
1953
1991Uzbekistan Vietnam
1802
1885
1887
1890
1920
1945
1955
1976Vietnam
1945
1946
1948
1975Yemen
1872
1918
1923
1927
1962
1990Yemen
1886
1937
1962
1967Countries / Decades before 1700 1710 1720 1730 1740 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Current Decades / Countries Europe
Countries / Decades before 1700 1710 1720 1730 1740 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Current Decades / Countries Albania
1453
1844
1912
1914
1920
1926
1928
1934
1939
1943
1944
1946
1992Albania Andorra
1806
1812
1813
1866Andorra Austria
1230
1804
1869
1918
1938
1945Austria Belarus
1793
1858
1883
1918
1919 1919
1937
1940 1941
1944
1951
1991
1995Belarus Belgium
1482
1713
1790
1792
1795
1815
1830
1831
1940
1944Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina
1453
1844
1878 1878
1908
1922
1941
1945
1992
1998Bosnia and Herzegovina
1908Bulgaria
1453
1844
1878
1948
1967
1971
1991Bulgaria Croatia
15th century
1809
Early 18th century
1852
1868
1918 1918
1939
1941
1943
1945
1990Croatia Czech Republic
15th century
1804
1869
1918
1920
1939
1939
1945
1993Czech Republic Denmark
13th century
1940
1945Denmark Estonia
1562
1721
1918
1940
1941
1944
1953
1990Estonia Finland
1562
1809
1858
1883
1917
1918Finland France
16th century
1790
1794
1814
1830
1940
1944France Germany
15th century
1806
1815
1871
1919
1933
1945
1949Germany
1949
1959Greece
1453
1769
1828
1833
1862
1941
1944
1967
1970
1975
1978Greece Hungary
1541
1711
1867
1918 1919 1919
1940
1946
1949
1956 1956
1957Hungary Iceland
1536
1900
1918
1944Iceland Ireland
1801
1919Ireland Italy
1848
1943
1945
2003
2006Italy Kosovo
1453
1835
1882
1918
1941
1943
1991
1999
2008Kosovo Latvia
1692
1721
1918
1919
1920
1940
1941
1944
1953
1990Latvia Liechtenstein
15th century
1719
1852
1921
1937Liechtenstein Lithuania
1795
1858
1883
1918
1940
1941
1944
1953
1988
2004Lithuania Luxembourg
1482
1715
1795
1815
1845
1940
1944Luxembourg Macedonia
15th century
1844
1903
1903
1912
1918
1941
1944
1946
1991
1995Macedonia Malta
1567
1798
1800
1801
1875
1898
1923
1943
1964Malta Moldova
15th century
1834
1866
1917
1919
1925
1937
1938
1940
1952
1990Moldova
1859
1862
1867Monaco
1793
1881
1942
1943
1945Monaco Montenegro
16th century
1876
1905
1946
1993
2004Montenegro Netherlands
1581
1795
1806
1810
1814
1940
1944Netherlands Norway
1536
1814 1815
1844
1899
1940
1945Norway Poland
1919
1939
1944Poland Portugal
1667
1707
1750
1816
1826
1830
1911Portugal Romania
1453
1844
1848
1859
1862
1867
1948
1948
1952
1965
1989
1989Romania San Marino
1465
1862San Marino Serbia
1453
1835
1918
1943
1992
2004
2010Serbia Slovakia
1804
1869
1918
1920
1938
1945
1992Slovakia Slovenia
1848
1868
1918 1918
1943
1945
1991Slovenia Spain
1506
1701
1748
1785
1873
1875
1931
1936
1938
1945
1977
1981Spain Sweden
1562
1815
1844
1906Sweden Switzerland
1798
1889Switzerland Transnistria
15th century
1834
1866
1917
1919
1925
1937
1938
1940
1952
1990
2000Transnistria Ukraine
1793
1858
1883
1917
1918 1919
1929
1937
1941
1944
1949
1991Ukraine United Kingdom
1606
1801United Kingdom Vatican City
1808
1870
1929Vatican City Countries / Decades before 1700 1710 1720 1730 1740 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Current Decades / Countries North America
Countries / Decades before 1700 1710 1720 1730 1740 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Current Decades / Countries Antigua and Barbuda
1632
1801
1958
1962
1967Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas
1648
1801
1869
1904
1923
1953
1964
1973Bahamas Barbados
1632
1801
1885
1958
1966Barbados Belize
1519
1821
1823
1825
1838
1875
1884
1919
1981Belize Canada
1606
1707
1801
1868
1921
1957
1965Canada
1663
1715Costa Rica
1506
1821
1823
1824 1824 1824
1842
1848
1906Costa Rica Cuba
1506
1898
1902Cuba Dominica
1663
1715
1763
1801
1940
1958
1962
1978
1981
1988
1990Dominica Dominican Republic
1506
1795
1808
1821
1844
1849
1861
1865Dominican Republic El Salvador
1519
1821
1823
1825
1839
1865
1875
1898
1875
1912El Salvador Grenada
1663
1715
1763
1779
1783
1801
1958
1962
1967
1974Grenada Guatemala
1519
1821
1823
1825
1838
1843
1851
1858
1871Guatemala Haiti
1663
1715
1789
1804
1811
1821
1849
1859
1964
1986Haiti Honduras
1519
1821
1823
1825
1838
1866
1898
1898Honduras Jamaica
1655
1801
1875
1906
1957
1962Jamaica Mexico
1519
1821
1821
1823
1864
1867
1893
1916
1934
1968Mexico Nicaragua
1524
1821
1823
1825
1839
1858
1889
1893
1896
1908Nicaragua Panama
1510
1717
1785
1810
1816
1819
1820
1821
1834
1858
1861 1861
1903
1925Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis
1626
1713
1801
1958
1983Saint Kitts and Nevis
1663Saint Lucia
1663
1715
1743
1756
1762
1763
1778
1783
1789
1796
1801
1802
1803
1903
1958
1962
1967
1979
2002Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1663
1715
1763
1778
1783
1801
1903
1958
1962
1979
1985 1985Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago
1498
1796
1801
1958
1962Trinidad and Tobago United States
1606
1707
1775
1776
1777
1795
1818 1819
1820
1822
1836 1837
1845
1846 1847
1848
1851
1858 1859
1861
1863
1865
1867
1877
1890 1891
1896
1908
1912
1959
1960United States Countries / Decades before 1700 1710 1720 1730 1740 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Current Decades / Countries Oceania
Countries / Decades before 1700 1710 1720 1730 1740 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Current Decades / Countries Australia
1770
1801
1901
1903
1909Australia Federated States of Micronesia
1885
1899
1914
1944
1947
1965
1979Federated States of Micronesia Fiji
1878
1924
1970
2009Fiji Kiribati
1892
1937
1942
1943
1979
2005Kiribati Marshall Islands
1885
1889
1914
1944
1947
1965
1979Marshall Islands Nauru
1888
1889
1914
1942
1945
1968Nauru New Zealand
1834
1840
1867
1902New Zealand Palau
1885
1899
1914
1944
1947
1965
1981Palau Papua New Guinea
1884
1906
1942
1945
1949
1965
1970
1971Papua New Guinea
1884
1889
1914
1945Samoa
1900
1914
1922
1948
1949
1962
2007Samoa Solomon Islands
1886
1942
1945
1977Solomon Islands
1893Tonga
1884Tonga Tuvalu
1892
1937
1976
1978
1995 1996
1997Tuvalu Vanuatu
1887
1906
1980Vanuatu
1906Countries / Decades before 1700 1710 1720 1730 1740 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Current Decades / Countries South America
Countries / Decades before 1700 1710 1720 1730 1740 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Current Decades / Countries Argentina
1536
1717
1785
1812
1816
1818
1830
1835
1850
1861Argentina Bolivia
1534
1717
1785
1825
1826
1851Bolivia Brazil
1645
1816
1821
1822 1822
1870
1889 1889
1960
1968
1992Brazil Chile
1541
1717
1785
1812
1817 1817Chile Colombia
1525
1717
1785
1810
1816
1819
1820
1821
1834
1858
1861 1861 1861Colombia Ecuador
1534
1717
1785
1809
1812
1820
1822 1822
1845 1845
1860Ecuador Guyana
1581
1795
1806
1810
1814
1966Guyana Paraguay
1537
1717
1785
1811 1811 1811
1812
1826
1842
1954
1988
1991Paraguay Peru
1532
1717
1785
1820
1822 1822
1825
1950Peru
1836Suriname
1581
1795
1806
1810
1814
1959
1975Suriname Uruguay
1624
1717
1785
1812
1815
1821
1822 1822
1828
1830Uruguay Venezuela
1522
1717
1785
1811
1812 1813
1814
1817 1817
1819
1820
1821
1836
1859 1859
1863
1905
1930
2006Venezuela Countries / Decades before 1700 1710 1720 1730 1740 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Current Decades / Countries Transcontinental
Countries / Decades before 1700 1710 1720 1730 1740 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Current Decades / Countries Armenia
1453
1828
1858
1883
1918
1918
1922
1936
1940
1952
1990Armenia Azerbaijan
1576
1736
1747
1760
1796
1813
1858
1883
1918
1918
1918
1920
1922
1937
1940
1952
1990Azerbaijan Cyprus
1453
1844
1878
1922
1960
1960Cyprus Egypt
1517
1844
1882
1922
1952
1958
1972
1984Egypt Georgia
14th century
1801
1858
1883
1918
1918
1921
1922
1937
1951
1990
2004Georgia Kazakhstan
1831
1858
1883
1917
1920
1925
1937
1940
1953
1992
1996Kazakhstan Russia
1699
1858
1883
1918
1925
1937
1954
1991
1993Russia Turkey
1453
1844
1936Turkey Countries / Decades before 1700 1710 1720 1730 1740 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Current Decades / Countries Categories:- Flags
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