90 Quốc Gia Cựu Thuộc Địa Anh Và Năm Độc Lập (trang HCĐ )

Rank British Colonies              Year of Independence from Britain

1        Aden Protectorate            1967

2        Anglo-Egyptian Sudan    1956

3        Auckland Islands             1931

4        Bahamas                          1973

5        Bahrain                            1971

6        Bangladesh                      1971 (From Pakistan)

7        Barbados                         1966

8        Basutoland (Lesotho)      1966

9        Bechuanaland (Botswana)         1966

10      Bermuda                          1995

11      British Borneo (Brunei)   1984

12      British Cameroon            1961

13      British East Africa (Kenya)       1963

14      British East Africa (Uganda)     1962

15      British Egypt                   1922

16      British Guiana                 1966

17      British Honduras (Belize)          1981

18      British India                     1947

19      British Malaya (Malaysia)         1957

20      British Solomon Islands  1978

21      British Somaliland (Somalia)     1960

22      British Togoland              1957

23      British Western Pacific Territories       1976

24      Burma (Myanmar)           1948

25      Ceylon (Sri Lanka)          1948

26      Colonial Fiji 1970

27      Colonial Nigeria              1960

28      Colony of Newfoundland 1949 (Became a province of Canada)

29      Cyprus                             1960

30      Emirate of Transjordan (Jordan)          1946

31      Gambia Colony and Protectorate         1965

32      Gilbert and Ellice Islands (Kiribati and Tuvalu)      1978

33      Gold Coast (Ghana)         1957

34      Helgoland    1890 (Now part of Germany)

35      Hong Kong  1997 (Now a Chinese special administrative region)

36      Ionian Islands                  1830

37      Ireland                             1921

38      Island of St. John (Antigua and Barbuda)      1981

39      Jamaica                            1962

40      Kingdom of Rarotonga (Cook Islands)          1965 (self governing island state in free association with New Zealand)

41      Kingdom of Sarawak       1963 (now a state of Malaysia)

42      Leeward Islands               1983

43      Malta 1964

44      Mandatory Iraq                1932

45      Mandatory Palestine (Israel, Jordanian annexation of the West Bank, Palestine Protectorate)     1948

46      Menorca (Spanish Island)          1802 (now part of Spain)

47      Mosquito Coast                1860 (now part of Nicaragua and Honduras)

48      Muscat and Oman            1951

49      Nauru 1968

50      New Hebrides (Vanuatu) 1906

51      New South Wales (state in Australia)  1901

52      Nigeria                             1960

53      Niue   1974 (from New Zealand)

54      Northern Rhodesia (Zambia)     1964

55      Nyasaland (Malawi)         1964

56      Oregon Country               1846 (became a US territory, then a state)

57      Pakistan                           1947

58      Phoenix Islands               1979 (now part of Kiribati)

59      Province of East Florida  1783 (became a Spanish colony, later a US territory

60      Province of Nova Scotia (one of the founding provinces of Canada)          1867

61      Province of Quebec (one of the founding provinces of Canada)          1867

62      Province of West Florida 1783 (became a Spanish colony, later a US territory

63      Qatar                                1868

64      Queensland (state in Australia)  1901

65      Rupert's Land                  1869 (became part of the Canadian confederation)

66      Sheikhdom of Kuwait      1961

67      Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate  1961

68      Singapore    1963 (became a state of Malaysia, then separated in 1965)

69      Solomon Islands              1978

70      South Africa 1931

71      South Arabia                    1932

72      South Australia (state in Australia)      1901

73      South-West Africa           1931 (South Africa territory until 1990)

74      Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) 1980

75      Straits Settlements (Singapore, Malaysia, Borneo)  1946 (Separated and passed to other nations)

76      Sultanate of Zanzibar       1963

77      Swan River Colony (Western Australia, state in Australia)          1901

78      Swaziland                        1968

79      Tanganyika Territory (Tanzania)         1961

80      Territory of New Guinea 1975

81      Thirteen Colonies (United States)        1776

82      Tokelau                           1949 (Became a territory of New Zealand)

83      Tonga                              1970

84      Trucial States (Oman)     1951

85      Uganda Protectorate         1962

86      Unfederated Malay States          1957

87      Van Diemen's Land         1856

88      Victoria (State in Australia)       1901

89      Western Samoa                1970

90      Windward Islands            1979