word | | Independence |
December
 map | United Arab Emirates | 2 December 1971 (from the UK) |
December
map | United Kingdom | ... and Scotland as Great Britain); 1 January 1801 (Acts of Union formally unite Great Britain and Ireland as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland); 6 December 1921 (Anglo-Irish Treaty ... |
| declared | Azerbaijan | 30 August 1991 (declared from the Soviet Union); 18 October 1991 (adopted by the Supreme Council of Azerbaijan) |
| declared | Belgium | 4 October 1830 (a provisional government declared independence from the Netherlands); 21 July 1831 (King Leopold I ascended to the throne) |
| declared | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 March 1992 (from Yugoslavia; referendum for independence completed on 1 March 1992; independence declared on 3 March 1992) |
| declared | Czech Republic | ... although 1 January is the day the Czech Republic came into being, the Czechs generally consider 28 October 1918, the day the former Czechoslovakia declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire |
| declared | Egypt | ... 28 February 1922 (from UK protectorate status; the revolution that began on 23 July 1952 led to a republic being declared on 18 June 1953 and all British troops withdrawn on 18 ... |
| declared | Estonia | 20 August 1991 (declared); 6 September 1991 (recognized by the Soviet Union) |
| declared | Guinea-Bissau | 24 September 1973 (declared); 10 September 1974 (from Portugal) |
| declared | Indonesia | 17 August 1945 (declared); 27 December 1949 (recognized by the Netherlands); note - in August 2005 the Netherlands announced that it had recognized de facto Indonesian independence on 17 August 1945 |
| declared | Latvia | 4 May 1990 (declared); 6 September 1991 (recognized by the Soviet Union) |
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