United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories
Independence

United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories

Section Title: Independence
Table Section Text: None

Continent	Non-Self-Governing Territory	Sub-unit	(Independent as)	Administering state	Population	Area / km2	Area / mi2	Year removed	See also

Asia	Colony of Aden Aden Protectorate	South Yemen	United Kingdom	285,192	111,013	1967

French Indochina	North Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam	France	1945

South Vietnam State of Vietnam	1949

Kingdom of Laos

Cambodia Cambodia	1953

Portugal Portuguese Timor	Indonesia	Portugal	15,007	5,794	1975	Indonesian occupation of East Timor

Indonesia East Timor	East Timor	Indonesia	688,711	15,007	5,794	2002	Politics of East Timor

Dutch East Indies	Indonesia	Netherlands	1950

Africa	Portuguese Angola	Angola Angola	Portugal	1,246,700	481,354	1975	Including the enclave of Cabinda

Basutoland	Lesotho	United Kingdom	30,355	12,727	1966

Bechuanaland Protectorate	Botswana

France French Algeria	Algeria	France	1962

Belgian Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo Léopoldville	Belgium	16,610,000	2,344,858	905,355	1960

British Somaliland	Somalia State of Somaliland	United Kingdom	Joined the Trust Territory of Somalia within a week to form Somalia

Spanish Guinea	Equatorial Guinea	Spain	28,051	10,828	1968

France French Cameroun	Cameroon	France	1960	Trust Territory

Togo French Togoland	Togo

-	The Gambia	United Kingdom	10,380	4,007	1965

Gold Coast	Ghana	1957

French Equatorial Africa	France French Chad	Chad	France	1960

France French Gabon	Gabon

France French Congo	Republic of the Congo

France Ubangi Shari	Central African Republic

-	Somalia	Italy	Joined the State of Somaliland to form Somalia

Kenya Colony of Kenya	Kenya	United Kingdom	1963	Formed by the unification of the Colony of Kenya and the Kenya Protectorate

Sultanate of Zanzibar	Protectorate of Kenya. Formed by the unification of the Colony of Kenya and the Kenya Protectorate.Under Zanzibari sovereignty, administered by the UK

Morocco French protectorate of Morocco	Morocco	France	1956

Portuguese Mozambique	Mozambique	Portugal	7,300,000	784,955	303,073	1975

Nigeria British Nigeria	Nigeria	United Kingdom	1960

Northern Rhodesia	Zambia	3,545,200	752,618	290,587	1964

Nyasaland	Malawi	752,618	290,587

Portuguese Guinea	Guinea-Bissau	Portugal	36,125	13,948	1974

Belgium Ruanda-Urundi	Burundi	Belgium	1962

Rwanda

Portugal Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé and Príncipe	Portugal	1,001	372	1975

-	Sierra Leone	United Kingdom	71,740	27,699	1961

French Somaliland	Djibouti	France	200,000	23,200	8,958	1977

Southern Rhodesia	Zimbabwe	United Kingdom	6,930,000	390,580	150,804	1980

Swaziland	17,364	6,704	1968

-	Tanganyika	1963	Trust Territory. Later joined with the People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, now Tanzania

Africa	French Tunisia	Tunisia	France	163,610	63,170	1956

Uganda Uganda Protectorate	Uganda	United Kingdom	1962

French West Africa	France French Dahomey	Dahomey	France	1960

France French Guinea	Guinea	1958

French Sudan	Mali	1960

Ivory Coast

Mauritania

France Colony of Niger	Upper Volta

Niger

Senegal

South Africa South West Africa	Namibia	South Africa	2,088,669	825,418	318,696	1990	Foreign relations of Namibia

Zanzibar	-	United Kingdom	2,643	1,020	1963	Later joined with the Republic of Tanganyika to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, now Tanzania

Portuguese Cape Verde	Cape Verde	Portugal	4,033	1,557	1975

France French Madagascar	Madagascar	France	1960

Comoros	1975

Mauritius British Mauritius	Mauritius	United Kingdom	2,040	787	1968

Europe	Cyprus British Cyprus	Cyprus	United Kingdom	9,251	3,572	1960

Malta Colony of Malta	Malta	316	121	1964

North America	Bahamas	The Bahamas	13,878	5,358	1973

Barbados	431	167	1966

British Leeward Islands	Antigua	Antigua and Barbuda	1981

Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla	St. Kitts and Nevis	1983	Separated from Anguilla, which is still a non-self-governing territory

Jamaica Colony of Jamaica	Jamaica	11,100	4,444	1962

Trinidad and Tobago	5,128	1,978

British Windward Islands	Dominica	1978

Grenada	1974

St. Lucia	1979

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

British Honduras	Belize	145,000	22,966	8,867	1981

Africa	Seychelles	United Kingdom	451	174	1976

Asia	-	South Yemen	1967

Brunei	Brunei Darussalam	5,765	2,226	1984

Malayan Union	Federation of Malaya	132,364	51,106	1957	Later became Malaysia

Singapore Singapore	4,608,167	693	268	1963	Singapore briefly joined Malaysia incorporated into Malaya to form a state of Malaysia in 1963

SingaporeMalaysia Singapore	Singapore	Malaysia	4,608,167	693	268	1965	Regained independence in 1965.

Oceania	Fiji Fiji Islands	Fiji	United Kingdom	1970

Gilbert and Ellice Islands	Kiribati	1979

Tuvalu	1978

-	Nauru	Australia	21	8	1968

New Hebrides	Vanuatu	United KingdomFrance Anglo-French Condominium	100,000	12,189	4,706	1980

-	Papua New Guinea	Australia	1975

Solomon Islands British Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands	United Kingdom	28,896	11,157	1978

-	Western Samoa	New Zealand	1962

Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands	Marshall Islands	United States	68,000	180	70	1990	An independent state in free association with the United States

Federated States of Micronesia	111,000	702	271

Palau	20,956	459	177	1994

South America	Dutch Guiana	Suriname	Netherlands	475,996	163,270	63,039	1975	Politics of Suriname

British Guiana	Guyana	United Kingdom	1966

Asia	Colony of Sarawak	Sarawak	124,450	48,050	1963	Later Incorporated into Malaya to form a state of Malaysia

Sentence(s)

In 1990, The Namibia removed its independence in Africa.

final_sentence: In 1990, The Namibia removed its independence in Africa.