word | | Independence |
| Britain | United States | 4 July 1776 (from Great Britain) |
| British | Canada | 1 July 1867 (union of British North American colonies); 11 December 1931 (recognized by UK) |
| British | Guernsey | none (British crown dependency) |
| British | Iraq | 3 October 1932 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration); note - on 28 June 2004 the Coalition Provisional Authority transferred sovereignty to the Iraqi-controlled Government |
| British | Isle of Man | none (British crown dependency) |
| British | Israel | 14 May 1948 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration) |
| British | Jersey | none (British crown dependency) |
| British | Jordan | 25 May 1946 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration) |
| British | Pakistan | 14 August 1947 (from British India) |
| British | 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 ... |
| British | South Africa | 31 May 1910 (Union of South Africa formed from four British colonies: Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal, and Orange Free State); 31 May 1961 (republic declared) 27 April 1994 (majority rule) |
| Cape | South Africa | 31 May 1910 (Union of South Africa formed from four British colonies: Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal, and Orange Free State); 31 May 1961 (republic declared) 27 April 1994 (majority rule) |
| Carolingian | France | 486 (Frankish tribes unified); 843 (Western Francia established from the division of the Carolingian Empire) |
| centuries | Spain | ... to the Muslim occupation that began in the early 8th century A.D. and lasted nearly seven centuries; the small Christian redoubts of the north began the reconquest almost immediately, culminating in the ... |