List of countries that have gained independence from the United Kingdom

Table columns:
Country
Date
Year of Independence

Table rows:
cells: Afghanistan
08-19 !19 August
1919
Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919
cells: Antigua and Barbuda
11-01 !1 November
1981
cells: Australia
03-03 !3 March
1986
Australia Act 1986  Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australia on 16 September 1975.
cells: The Bahamas
07-10 !10 July
1973
cells: Bahrain
08-15 !15 August
1971
cells: Barbados
11-30 !30 November
1966
Barbados Independence Act 1966
cells: Belize
09-21 !21 September
1981
September Celebrations of Belize
cells: Botswana
09-30 !30 September
1966
cells: Brunei
01-01 !1 January
1984
cells: Canada
07-01 !1 July
1867
British North America Act 1867, Canada Day
cells: Cyprus
10-01 !1 October
1960
16 August 1960, but Cyprus Independence Day is commonly celebrated on 1 October.[1]
cells: Dominica
11-03 !3 November
1978
cells: Egypt
02-28 !28 February
1922
cells: Fiji
10-10 !10 October
1970
cells: The Gambia
02-18 !18 February
1965
cells: Ghana
03-06 !6 March
1957
cells: Grenada
02-07 !7 February
1974
Independence Day (Grenada)
cells: Guyana
05-26 !26 May
1966
cells: India
08-15 !15 August
1947
Independence Day (India)
cells: Ireland
06-12 !6 December
1922
Republic of Ireland Act and Ireland Act 1949
cells: Israel
05-14 !14 May
1948
Yom Ha'atzmaut
cells: Iraq
10-3 !3 October
1932
cells: Jamaica
08-06 !6 August
1962
Independence Day (August 6)
cells: Jordan
05-25 !25 May
1946
cells: Kenya
12 December !12 December
1963
cells: Kiribati
12-7 !12 July
1979
cells: Kuwait
06-26 !25 February
1961
cells: Lesotho
10-04 !4 October
1966
cells: Libya
12-24 !24 December
1951
Libya had been under the rule of the Ottoman Empire since the middle of the sixteenth century. Following the Italo-Turkish war of 1912, Libya became an Italian colony. With their defeat in World War II, the Italians lost control of Libya. The country came under UN administration. Control was split between France and Britain, with France administering the province Fezzan while the British administered the provinces of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania. In 1949, the UN General Assembly declared that Libya should become an independent country by 1 January 1952. On 24 December 1951, Libya declared its independence from France and Britain becoming the United Kingdom of Libya, a constitutional and hereditary monarchy under King Idris.
cells: Malawi
07-06 !6 July
1964
cells: Malaysia
08-31 !31 August
1957
Hari Merdeka  Singapore gained independence from Malaysia on 9 August 1965.
cells: Maldives
07-26 !26 July
1965
cells: Malta
09-21 !21 September
1964
cells: Mauritius
03-12 !12 March
1968
cells: Myanmar
01-04 !4 January
1948
Gained independence as Burma. Renamed Myanmar in 1989, but still officially known by the United Kingdom government as Burma.
cells: Nauru
01-31 !31 January
1968
Independence from the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand on 31 January 1968.
cells: New Zealand
09-26 !26 September
1907
Dominion Day  Samoa gained independence from New Zealand on 1 January 1962. New Zealand has responsibilities for two freely associated states:  Cook Islands (from 4 August 1965)  Niue (from 19 October 1974)
cells: Nigeria
10-01 !1 October
1960
cells: Pakistan
08-14 !14 August
1947
Independence Day (Pakistan)  Bangladesh gained independence from Pakistan in 1971 (recognized in 1972).
cells: Qatar
03-09 !3 September
1971
Qatar National Day
cells: Saint Lucia
04-18 !22 February
1979
cells: Saint Kitts and Nevis
09-19 !19 September
1983
cells: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
10-27 !27 October
1979
cells: Seychelles
06-29 !29 June
1976
cells: Sierra Leone
04-27 !27 April
1961
cells: Solomon Islands
07-07 !7 July
1978
cells: Somalia
07-01 !1 July
1960
The State of Somaliland gained independence from Britain on June 26, 1960 and later was unified with the Trust Territory of Somaliland which was under Italian administration to form the Somali Republic on July 1, 1960.
cells: South Africa
12-11 !11 December
1910
1931 adoption of Statute of Westminster. Not a public holiday. Union of South Africa formed on 31 May 1910 and Republic declared on 31 May 1961 and left the British Commonwealth on the same day.  Namibia gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990.
cells: Sri Lanka
02-04 !4 February
1948
Gained independence as the Dominion of Ceylon. Renamed Sri Lanka in 1972.
cells: Sudan
01-01 !1 January
1956
South Sudan gained independence from Sudan on 9 July 2011.
cells: Swaziland
09-06 !6 September
1968
cells: Tanzania
12-09 !9 December
1961
cells: Tonga
06-04 !4 June
1970
cells: Trinidad and Tobago
08-31 !31 August
1962
cells: Tuvalu
04-18 !1 October
1978
cells: Uganda
04-18 !9 October
1962
cells: United Arab Emirates
12-02 !2 December
1971
National Day (United Arab Emirates)
cells: United States
09-03 !3 September
1783
Fourth of July. Declaration of Independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1776. Independence achieved de facto 1781, and de jure 1783.
cells: Vanuatu
07-30 !30 July
1980
Independence from United Kingdom and France in 1980
cells: Yemen
11-30 !30 November
1967
South Yemen 1967
cells: Zambia
10-24 !24 October
1964
cells: Zimbabwe
04-18 !18 April
1980
Responsible self-government 1923. Unilateral Declaration of Independence 11 November 1965. Recognized Independence 1980.

Questions about this table:
originalText: what was the last colony to leave the british empire
answer: answerTexts: Zimbabwe