| Date | Country | Notes | ||||||||
| 19-Jul-49 | Laos | from France | ||||||||
| 8-Aug-49 | Bhutan | from India | ||||||||
| 24-Dec-51 | Libya | from Italy | ||||||||
| 9-Nov-53 | Cambodia | from France | ||||||||
| 1-Jan-56 | Sudan | from Egypt and UK | ||||||||
| 2-Mar-56 | Morocco | from France and Spain | ||||||||
| 20-Mar-56 | Tunisia | from France | ||||||||
| 6-Mar-57 | Ghana | from UK | ||||||||
| 31-Aug-57 | Malaysia | from UK | ||||||||
| 2-Oct-58 | Guinea | from France | ||||||||
| 1-Jan-60 | Cameroon | from French-administered UN trusteeship | ||||||||
| 4-Apr-60 | Senegal | from France | ||||||||
| 27-Apr-60 | Togo | from French-administered UN trusteeship | ||||||||
| 26-Jun-60 | Madagascar | from France | ||||||||
| 26-Jun-60 | Somalia | from the UK | ||||||||
| 30-Jun-60 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | from Belgium | ||||||||
| 1-Jul-60 | Somalia | from the Italian-administered UN trusteeship | ||||||||
| 1-Aug-60 | Benin | from France | ||||||||
| 3-Aug-60 | Niger | from France | ||||||||
| 5-Aug-60 | Burkina Faso | from France | ||||||||
| 7-Aug-60 | Côte d'Ivoire | from France | ||||||||
| 11-Aug-60 | Chad | from France | ||||||||
| 13-Aug-60 | Central African Republic | from France | ||||||||
| 15-Aug-60 | Republic of the Congo | from France | ||||||||
| 17-Aug-60 | Gabon | from France | ||||||||
| 22-Sep-60 | Mali | from France | ||||||||
| 1-Oct-60 | Nigeria | from UK | ||||||||
| 28-Nov-60 | Mauritania | from France | ||||||||
| 27-Apr-61 | Sierra Leone | from UK | ||||||||
| 19-Jun-61 | Kuwait | from UK | ||||||||
| 1-Jan-62 | Samoa | from New Zealand-administered UN trusteeship | ||||||||
| 1-Jul-62 | Burundi | from UN trusteeship under Belgian administration | ||||||||
| 1-Jul-62 | Rwanda | from Belgium-administered UN trusteeship | ||||||||
| 5-Jul-62 | Algeria | from France | ||||||||
| 6-Aug-62 | Jamaica | from UK | ||||||||
| 31-Aug-62 | Trinidad and Tobago | from UK | ||||||||
| 9-Oct-62 | Uganda | from UK | ||||||||
| 12-Dec-63 | Kenya | from UK | ||||||||
| 26-Apr-64 | Tanzania | from UK-administered UN trusteeship | ||||||||
| 6-Jul-64 | Malawi | from UK | ||||||||
| 21-Sep-64 | Malta | from UK | ||||||||
| 24-Oct-64 | Zambia | from UK | ||||||||
| 18-Feb-65 | The Gambia | from UK | ||||||||
| 26-Jul-65 | Maldives | from UK | ||||||||
| 9-Aug-65 | Singapore | from Malaysian Federation | ||||||||
| Date | Country | Notes | ||||||||
| 26-May-66 | Guyana | from UK | ||||||||
| 30-Sep-66 | Botswana | from UK | ||||||||
| 4-Oct-66 | Lesotho | from UK | ||||||||
| 30-Nov-66 | Barbados | from UK | ||||||||
| 30-Nov-67 | South Yemen | from UK | ||||||||
| 31-Jan-68 | Nauru | from Australia-/NZ-/UK-administered UN trusteeship | ||||||||
| 12-Mar-68 | Mauritius | from UK | ||||||||
| 6-Sep-68 | Swaziland | from UK | ||||||||
| 12-Oct-68 | Equatorial Guinea | from Spain | ||||||||
| 4-Jun-70 | Tonga | from UK protectorate | ||||||||
| 10-Oct-70 | Fiji | from UK | ||||||||
| 15-Aug-71 | Bahrain | from UK | ||||||||
| 3-Sep-71 | Qatar | from UK | ||||||||
| 2-Dec-71 | United Arab Emirates | from UK | ||||||||
| 16-Dec-71 | Bangladesh | from Pakistan | ||||||||
| 10-Jul-73 | The Bahamas | from UK | ||||||||
| 24-Sep-73 | Guinea-Bissau | declared independence from Portugal | ||||||||
| 7-Feb-74 | Grenada | from UK | ||||||||
| 19-Oct-74 | Niue | in free association with New Zealand | became a self-governing parliamentary government in free association with New Zealand | |||||||
| 25-Jun-75 | Mozambique | from Portugal | ||||||||
| 5-Jul-75 | Cape Verde | from Portugal | ||||||||
| 6-Jul-75 | Comoros | from France | ||||||||
| 12-Jul-75 | São Tomé and Principe | from Portugal | ||||||||
| 16-Sep-75 | Papua New Guinea | from the Australian-administered UN trusteeship | ||||||||
| 11-Nov-75 | Angola | from Portugal | ||||||||
| 25-Nov-75 | Suriname | from Netherlands | ||||||||
| 27-Feb-76 | Western Sahara | from Spain | ||||||||
| 29-Jun-76 | Seychelles | from UK | ||||||||
| 27-Jun-77 | Djibouti | from France | ||||||||
| 7-Jul-78 | Solomon Islands | from UK | ||||||||
| 1-Oct-78 | Tuvalu | from UK | ||||||||
| 3-Nov-78 | Dominica | from UK | ||||||||
| 22-Feb-79 | Saint Lucia | from UK | ||||||||
| 12-Jul-79 | Kiribati | from UK | ||||||||
| 27-Oct-79 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | from UK | ||||||||
| 18-Apr-80 | Zimbabwe | from UK | ||||||||
| 30-Jul-80 | Vanuatu | from France and UK | ||||||||
| 21-Sep-81 | Belize | from UK | ||||||||
| 1-Nov-81 | Antigua and Barbuda | from UK | ||||||||
| 19-Sep-83 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | from UK | ||||||||
| 1-Jan-84 | Brunei | from UK | ||||||||
| 21-Oct-86 | Marshall Islands | from the US-administered UN trusteeship | from the US-administered UN Trusteeship as Compact of Free Association takes effect | |||||||
| 3-Nov-86 | Federated States of Micronesia | from the US-administered UN trusteeship | ||||||||
| 21-Mar-90 | Namibia | from South Africa | ||||||||
| 24-May-93 | Eritrea | from Ethiopia | ||||||||
| 1-Oct-94 | Palau | from the US-administered UN trusteeship | ||||||||