word | | Independence |
| administration | 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 |
| administration | Israel | 14 May 1948 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration) |
| administration | Jordan | 25 May 1946 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration) |
| administration | Lebanon | 22 November 1943 (from League of Nations mandate under French administration) |
| administration | Syria | 17 April 1946 (from League of Nations mandate under French administration) |
| administrative | Faroe Islands | none (part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark) |
| administrative | Hong Kong | none (special administrative region of China) |
| administrative | Macau | none (special administrative region of China) |
| adopted | United Kingdom | ... 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 |
| adoption | United Kingdom | ... agreed to permanently join 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 ... |
| affairs | Afghanistan | 19 August 1919 (from UK control over Afghan foreign affairs) |
| affairs | Greenland | none (extensive self-rule as part of the Kingdom of Denmark; foreign affairs is the responsibility of Denmark, but Greenland actively participates in international agreements relating to Greenland) |
| Afghan | Afghanistan | 19 August 1919 (from UK control over Afghan foreign affairs) |
| Africa | Ethiopia | oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 years |
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