1945 (from Japan)

Kuwait:
19 June 1961 (from UK)

Kyrgyzstan:
31 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)

Laos:
19 July 1949 (from France)

Latvia:
18 November 1991 (from Soviet Union)

Lebanon:
22 November 1943 (from League of Nations mandate under
French administration)

Lesotho:
4 October 1966 (from UK)

Liberia:
26 July 1847

Libya:
24 December 1951 (from Italy)

Liechtenstein:
23 January 1719 Imperial Principality of
Liechtenstein established; 12 July 1806 established independence
from the Holy Roman Empire

Lithuania:
11 March 1990 (independence declared from Soviet Union);
6 September 1991 (Soviet Union recognizes Lithuania's independence)

Luxembourg:
1839 (from the Netherlands)

Macau:
none (special administrative region of China)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
17 September 1991 (from
Yugoslavia)

Madagascar:
26 June 1960 (from France)

Malawi:
6 July 1964 (from UK)

Malaysia:
31 August 1957 (from UK)

Maldives:
26 July 1965 (from UK)

Mali:
22 September 1960 (from France)

Malta:
21 September 1964 (from UK)

Man, Isle of:
none (British crown dependency)

Marshall Islands:
21 October 1986 (from the US-administered UN
trusteeship)

Martinique:
none (overseas department of France)

Mauritania:
28 November 1960 (from France)

Mauritius:
12 March 1968 (from UK)

Mayotte:
none (territorial collectivity of France)

Mexico:
16 September 1810 (from Spain)

Micronesia, Federated States of:
3 November 1986 (from the
US-administered UN Trusteeship)

Moldova:
27 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)

Monaco:
1419 (beginning of the rule by the House of Grimaldi)

Mongolia:
11 July 1921 (from China)

Montserrat:
none (overseas territory of the UK)

Morocco:
2 March 1956 (from France)

Mozambique:
25 June 1975 (from Portugal)

Namibia:
21 March 1990 (from South African mandate)

Nauru:
31 January 1968 (from the Australia-, NZ-, and
UK-administered UN trusteeship)

Nepal:
1768 (unified by Prithvi Narayan Shah)

Netherlands:
1579 (from Spain)

Netherlands Antilles:
none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

New Caledonia:
none (overseas territory of France); note - a
referendum on independence was held in 1998 but did not pass

New Zealand:
26 September 1907 (from UK)

Nicaragua:
15 September 1821 (from Spain)

Niger:
3 August