List of former European colonies - wikipedia List of former European colonies This is a list of former European colonies. Contents 1 North America 2 West Indies and the Caribbean 3 South America 4 Africa 5 Indian Ocean 6 Middle East 7 Indian Subcontinent 8 Asia - Pacific 9 Europe 10 See also 11 References North america Britain and United Kingdom British America Canadian colonies Island of St. John Colony of Newfoundland Province of Nova Scotia Province of Quebec Rupert 's Land ( A private estate stretching from the Atlantic to the Rocky Mountains, and from the prairies to the Arctic Circle. ) `` Thirteen Colonies '' New England Colonies : Province of Massachusetts Bay Province of New Hampshire Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Connecticut Colony Province of New York Province of New Jersey Province of Pennsylvania Delaware Colony Province of Maryland Colony of Virginia Province of North Carolina Province of South Carolina Province of Georgia Other North American colonies Province of East Florida Province of West Florida Indian Reserve Oregon Country ( disputed with France ) Bermuda British Honduras Mosquito Coast Denmark Greenland Norway France New France Newfoundland Île - Royale ( Cape Breton Island ) Saint - Domingue ( Haiti ) Netherlands New Netherlands ( Nieuw - Amsterdam / New York ) Norway Greenland Vinland Portugal Claim to Labrador Settlement in Terra Nova ( Newfoundland ) Russia North America Fort Ross, California Spain Viceroyalty of New Spain ( 1535 -- 1821 ) Las Californias Nuevo Reino de León Nuevo Santander Nueva Vizcaya Santa Fe de Nuevo México Nueva Extremadura Nueva Galicia Captaincy General of Cuba Puerto Rico Santo Domingo ( Dominican Republic ) Captaincy General of Guatemala Costa Rica El Salvador East Florida and West Florida Settlement at Nootka, near Vancouver Island, Canada Sweden New Sweden ( Nya Sverige ) West Indies and the Caribbean Brandenburg St Thomas Britain Bahamas Barbados Jamaica Leeward Islands Antigua and Barbuda Dominica Saint Christopher ( St Kitts ) - Nevis Windward Islands Grenada Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Courland New Courland ( Tobago ) Denmark - Norway Saint John Saint Thomas Saint Croix France Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Dominica Grenada Haiti Montserrat Saint Barthélemy Nevis Saint Christophe ( St Kitts ) Saint Croix Saint - Domingue ( Haiti ) Sainte - Lucia ( St Lucia ) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Eustatius Tobago Knights of Malta Saint - Barthélemy Saint Christopher ( St Kitts ) Saint Croix Tortuga ( off coast of Haiti ) Netherlands Anegada New Walcheren ( Tobago ) Saint Croix Tortola Virgin Gorda Portugal Barbados Spain Bahamas Cuba Island of Hispaniola ( Haiti and the Dominican Republic ) Jamaica Puerto Rico Trinidad Sweden Guadeloupe Saint - Barthélemy South America Britain British Guiana Berbice, Essequibo, Demerara Falkland Islands South Georgia South Sandwich Islands France Brazil ( Rio de Janeiro briefly, and São Luís briefly ) ( see France Antarctique and France Équinoxiale ) Iles Malouines ( Falkland Islands ) French Guiana Netherlands Berbice ( Guyana ) Demerara Surinam ( Suriname ) Essequibo New Holland ( Brazil -- Half the capitanas ) Spain Perú New Granada Río de la Plata Portugal Brazil Cisplatina ( Uruguay ) French Guiana Africa Netherlands Arguin Island ( in Mauritania ) Dutch Cape Colony Dutch Gold Coast ( settlements along coast of Ghana, including El Mina ) Dutch Loango - Angola ( Luanda, Sonyo and Cabinda ) Gorée ( Senegal ) Moçambique ( Delagoa Bay ) São Tomé South Africa Belgium Belgian Congo ( Democratic Republic of the Congo ) Lado Enclave Ruanda - Urundi ( Rwanda and Burundi ) Brandenburg Arguin ( in Mauritania ) Brandenburger Gold Coast ( coastal settlements in Ghana ) Britain Anglo - Egyptian Sudan ( Sudan ) Basutoland ( Lesotho ) Balleland ( Benin ) Bechuanaland ( Botswana ) British East Africa ( Kenya ) British Somaliland ( northern Somalia ) British Togoland ( eastern Ghana ) British Cameroons ( split between Nigeria and Cameroon ) British Egypt Khedivate of Egypt Sultanate of Egypt Kingdom of Egypt Gambia Colony and Protectorate Gold Coast ( Ghana ) Colonial Nigeria Niger Coast Protectorate Northern Nigeria Protectorate Southern Nigeria Protectorate Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria Northern Rhodesia ( Zambia ) Nyasaland ( Malawi ) Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate South Africa British Cape Colony Colony of Natal Orange Free State Transvaal Colony South - West Africa ( Namibia ) Walvis Bay Southern Rhodesia ( Zimbabwe ) Swaziland Tanganyika Territory ( mainland Tanzania ) Uganda Protectorate Sultanate of Zanzibar ( insular Tanzania ) Courland St. Andrews Island ( in Gambia ) Denmark - Norway Danish Gold Coast ( coastal settlements in Ghana ) France Albreda ( in Gambia ) Dahomey ( Benin ) French Algeria French Cameroons ( 91 % of modern Cameroon ) French Chad French Congo ( Republic of Congo ) French Guinea ( Guinea ) French Upper Volta ( Republic of Upper Volta, Burkina Faso ) French Somaliland ( Djibouti ) French Sudan ( Mali ) French Togoland ( Togo ) Gabon Ivory Coast ( Côte d'Ivoire ) Malagasy Protectorate Colonial Mauritania French protectorate in Morocco ( 89 % of Morocco ) Niger Oubangui - Chari ( Central African Republic ) Senegambia and Niger Upper Senegal and Niger Colony of Niger French protectorate of Tunisia Germany German East Africa ( Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania ) German South - West Africa ( Namibia ) Kamerun ( split between Cameroon and Nigeria ) Togoland ( split between Togo and Ghana ) Wituland Italy Italian East Africa Italian Ethiopia Italian Eritrea Italian Somaliland Italian Libya Portugal Ajuda ( Whydah, in Benin ) Angola Annobon Cabinda Cape Verde Ceuta Gorée ( in Senegal ) Malindi Mombasa Algarve Ultramar ( Morocco ) Agadir Alcacer Ceguer Arzila Azamor Mazagan Mogador Safim Nigeria ( Lagos area ) Mozambique Portuguese Gold Coast ( settlements along coast of Ghana ) Portuguese Guinea ( Guinea - Bissau ) Quíloa São Tomé and Príncipe Tangier Zanzibar Ziguinchor Spain Bona Bougie Jerba Fernando Po and Annobon ( insular Equatorial Guinea ) Oran Port Guinea Rio Muni ( mainland Equatorial Guinea ) Spanish North Africa Spanish Protectorate in Morocco Ceuta Melilla Spanish West Africa Río de Oro Saguia el - Hamra Tarfaya Strip Ifni Sweden Swedish Gold Coast ( coastal settlements in Ghana ) Indian Ocean France French Comoros Isle de France ( now Mauritius ) French Madagascar French Seychelles Netherlands Dutch Mauritius ( now Mauritius ) Portugal Laccadive Islands ( Lakshadweep ) Maldive Islands Socotra Middle East Britain Aden Protectorate Bahrain History of Egypt under the British Mandatory Iraq Sheikhdom of Kuwait Muscat and Oman Mandatory Palestine Qatar South Arabia Emirate of Transjordan Trucial States France French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon Netherlands Jemen, Al Mukha ( Mocca ) Mesopotamia ( Iraq, Al Basrah ) Portugal Bandar Abbas Hormuz Manama Muharraq Island Muscat Qeshm Russia Russian Armenia Russian Azerbaijan Georgia within the Russian Empire Indian Subcontinent Austria Nicobar Islands Britain British India ( After independence from Britain, ` British India became Pakistan ( East and West ) and India -- later East Pakistan was to become Bangladesh ) Bangladesh India Pakistan Burma ( Myanmar ) Ceylon ( Sri Lanka ) Denmark - Norway Frederik Oerne Islands ( Nicobar Islands ) Serampore Tranquebar France India Pondicherry, Karikal, Yanaon, Mahé, and Chandernagore Netherlands Bangladesh ( Dutch Bengal ) Burma ( Myanmar ) ( Mrohaung ( Arakan ), Siriangh, Syriam, Ava, Martaban ) Ceylon India ( Dutch Bengal, Suratte, Malabar, Coromandel ) Portugal Bombay Calicut Cambay Cannanore Ceylon ( Cilão ) Chaul Chittagong Cochin Dadra and Nagar Haveli Daman and Diu Goa Hughli Masulipatnam Mangalore Surat Syriam Asia - Pacific United Kingdom Australia New South Wales Queensland South Australia Swan River Colony / Western Australia Van Diemen 's Land ( Tasmania ) Victoria British Solomon Islands British Western Pacific Territories Brunei Colonial Fiji Gilbert and Ellice Islands ( Kiribati & Tuvalu ) Kingdom of Rarotonga ( Cook Islands ) New Zealand Auckland Islands New Hebrides Niue Malaysia British Malaya Federated Malay States Straits Settlements Unfederated Malay States British Borneo North Borneo Kingdom of Sarawak Nauru Singapore Territory of Papua and New Guinea Territory of New Guinea Western Samoa Phoenix Islands ( part of Kiribati ) Solomon Islands Territory of Papua Tokelau Tonga Hong Kong New Hebrides ( Vanuatu, condominium with France ) Belgium Tientsin ( concession territory ) France East Asia Kwang - Chou - Wan ( 廣州 灣 ) leased territory, now the city of Zhanjiang ( Guangdong province ) French settlements ( concessions ) in Shanghai, Guangdong, Tianjin, and Hankou French zone of influence officially recognized by China over the provinces of Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan, and Guangdong Indochina Cambodia Laos Vietnam Annam Cochinchina Tonkin New Hebrides ( Vanuatu, condominium with Britain ) Germany Bismarck Archipelago Caroline Islands ( Karolinen ) German Samoa Jiaozhou Bay ( Kiautschou ) Kaiser - Wilhelmsland Marshall Islands Nauru North Solomon Islands Northern Marianas Islands ( Marianen ) Palau Italy Tientsin ( concession ) Netherlands Dutch East Indies ( Indonesia ) Malacca Taiwan ( Tayowan ) Portugal Flores Macau Malacca Moluccas Ambon Ternate Tidore Portuguese Timor ( Timor - Leste ) Russia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Spain Spanish East Indies Philippines Marianas Islands ( Ladrones ) Guam Northern Marianas Islands Caroline Islands Marshall Islands Europe Austria Austrian Netherlands Saarland or Saar ( protectorate ) Britain Corsica ( the Anglo - Corsican Kingdom was a protectorate or in personal union with Britain ) Cyprus Heligoland Ionian islands Ireland ( Originally as the Lordship of Ireland ) Malta Menorca Denmark Danish Estonia Iceland Greece Magna Graecia Italy See also : Colonia ( Roman ), Venetian Empire, and Genoese Empire Albania Dodecanese Norway See also : Viking expansion Faroe Islands Hebrides Iceland Isle of Man Orkney Shetland Russia Belarus Finland Estonia Latvia Lithuania Moldova Ukraine Poland USSR Baltic States Estonia Latvia Lithuania Eastern Europe Belarus Ukraine Moldova Transcaucasia Georgia Azerbaijan Armenia Central Asia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Spain Spanish Netherlands Crown of Castile Gibraltar Crown of Aragon Duchy of Milan Sweden Main article : Dominions of Sweden Swedish Estonia Swedish Ingria Swedish Livonia Swedish Pomerania See also Austrian colonial policy Belgian colonial empire British colonial empire Danish colonial empire Dutch colonial empire French colonial empire German colonial empire List of former German colonies Italian colonial empire Evolution of the Portuguese Empire Spanish colonial empire Swedish colonial empire References Jump up ^ http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ruperts-land/ Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_former_European_colonies&oldid=803901382 '' Categories : Former European colonies Lists of former colonies Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català ไทย 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 5 October 2017, at 11 : 43. 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Question: name a country that use a lot of colonies
Answer: Britain