User:SpinnerLaserzthe2nd/Timeline of sovereign states/1961

Sovereign states

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  Afghanistan
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  Albania
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  Andorra
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  Argentina
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  Australia
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  Austria
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  Belgium
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  Bhutan
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  Bolivia
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  Brazil
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  Bulgaria
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  Burma
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  Cambodia
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  Cameroon (from 1 October)
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  Cameroun (until 1 October)
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  Canada
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  Central African Republic
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  Ceylon
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  Chad
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  Chile
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  People's Republic of China
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  Republic of China
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  Colombia
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  Free Republic of the Congo (until 5 August)
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  Republic of the Congo
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  Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)
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  Costa Rica
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  Côte d'Ivoire
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  Cuba
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  Cyprus
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  Czechoslovakia
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  Dahomey
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  Denmark
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  Dominican Republic
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  Ecuador
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  El Salvador
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  Ethiopia
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  Eritrea
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  Finland
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  France
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  Gabon
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  East Germany
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  West Germany
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  Ghana
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  Greece
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  Guatemala
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  Guinea
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  Haiti
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  Honduras
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  Hungary
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  Iceland
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  India
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  Indonesia
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  Iran
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  Iraq
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  Ireland
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  Israel
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  Italy
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  Japan
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  Jordan
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  North Korea
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  South Korea
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  Kuwait (from 19 June)
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  Laos
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  Lebanon
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  Liberia
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  Libya
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  Liechtenstein
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  Luxembourg
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  Madagascar
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  Malaya
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  Mali (until 1 March)
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  Mali (from 1 March)
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  Mauritania
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  Mexico
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  Monaco
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  Mongolia
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  Morocco
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  Nepal
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  Netherlands
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  New Zealand
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  Nicaragua
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  Niger
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  Nigeria
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  Norway
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  Pakistan
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  Panama
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  Paraguay
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  Paraguay
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  Peru
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  Philippines
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  Poland
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  Portugal
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  Romania
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  San Marino
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  Saudi Arabia
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  Senegal
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  Sierra Leone (from 27 April)
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  Sikkim
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  Somalia
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  South Africa
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  Soviet Union
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  Spain
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  Sweden
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  Switzerland
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  Sudan
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  Syria (from 28 September)
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  Tanganyika (from 9 December)
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  Thailand
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  Togo
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  Tunisia
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  Turkey
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  United Arab Republic (from 26 December)
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  United Arab States (until 26 December)
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  United Kingdom
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  United States
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  Upper Volta
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  Uruguay
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  Vatican City
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  Venezuela
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  North Vietnam
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  South Vietnam
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  Yemen (from 26 December)
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  Yugoslavia

Colonies, concessions, possessions, protectorates, mandates and territories

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  Australian Antarctic Territory (Australia)
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  Christmas Island (Australia)
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  Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)
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  Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Australia)
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  Nauru (Australia)
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  Norfolk Island (Australia)
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  Papua and New Guinea (Australia)
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  Ruanda-Urundi (Belgium)
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  Faroe Islands (Denmark)
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  Clipperton Island (France)
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  French Comoros (France)
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  French Polynesia (France)
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  French Somaliland (France)
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  French Southern and Antarctic Lands (France)
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  New Caledonia (France)
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  New Hebrides (France)
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  Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)
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  Wallis and Futuna (from 29 July; France)
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  Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)
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  New Guinea (until 1 December; Netherlands)
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  Suriname (Netherlands)
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  West Papua (from 1 December; Netherlands)
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  Cook Islands (New Zealand)
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  Niue (New Zealand)
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  Ross Dependency (New Zealand)
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  Tokelau Islands (New Zealand)
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  Western Samoa (until 31 December; New Zealand)
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  Bouvet Island (Norway)
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  Peter I Island (Norway)
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  Queen Maud Land (Norway)
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  Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá (until 1 August; Portugal)
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  Portuguese Angola (Portugal)
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  Portuguese Cape Verde (Portugal)
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  Portuguese Guinea (Portugal)
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  Portuguese India (until 19 December; Portugal)
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  Portuguese Macau (Portugal)
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  Portuguese Mozambique (Portugal)
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  Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe (Portugal)
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  Portuguese Timor (Portugal)
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  South West Africa (South Africa)
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  Fernando Pó (Spain)
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  Ifni (Spain)
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  Río Muni (Spain)
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  Spanish Sahara (Spain)
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  Aden (United Kingdom)
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  Akrotiri and Dhekelia (United Kingdom)
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  Bahamas (United Kingdom)
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  Bahrain (United Kingdom)
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  Basutoland (United Kingdom)
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  Bechuanaland (United Kingdom)
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  Bermuda (United Kingdom)
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  British Cameroons (until 30 September; United Kingdom)
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  British Guiana (United Kingdom)
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  British Honduras (United Kingdom)
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  British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)
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  British Western Pacific Territories (United Kingdom)
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  Brunei (United Kingdom)
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  Falkland Islands (United Kingdom)
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  Fiji (United Kingdom)
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  Gambia (United Kingdom)
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  Gibraltar (United Kingdom)
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  Guernsey (United Kingdom)
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  Hong Kong (United Kingdom)
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  Isle of Man (United Kingdom)
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  Jersey (United Kingdom)
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  Kenya (United Kingdom)
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  Kuwait (until 19 June; United Kingdom)
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  Maldives (United Kingdom)
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  Malta (United Kingdom)
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  Mauritius (United Kingdom)
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  Muscat and Oman (United Kingdom)
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  North Borneo (United Kingdom)
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  Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom)
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  Qatar (United Kingdom)
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  Rhodesia and Nyasaland (United Kingdom)
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  Saint Helena and Dependencies (United Kingdom)
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  Sarawak (United Kingdom)
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  Seychelles (until mid-1961; United Kingdom)
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  Seychelles (from mid-1961; United Kingdom)
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  Sierra Leone (until 26 April; United Kingdom)
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  Singapore ​(United Kingdom)
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  Swaziland (United Kingdom)
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  Tanganyika (until 8 December; United Kingdom)
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  Tonga (United Kingdom)
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  Trucial States (United Kingdom)
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  Uganda (United Kingdom)
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  West Indies Federation (United Kingdom)
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  Zanzibar (United Kingdom)
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  American Samoa (United States)
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  Baker Island (United States)
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  Corn Islands (United States)
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  Guam (United States)
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  Howland Island (United States)
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  Jarvis Island (United States)
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  Johnston Atoll (United States)
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  Kingman Reef (United States)
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  Midway Atoll (United States)
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  Navassa Island (United States)
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  Palmyra Atoll (United States)
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  Panama Canal Zone (United States)
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  Petrel Islands (United States)
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  Puerto Rico (United States)
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  Quita Sueno Bank (United States)
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  Roncador Bank (United States)
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  Serrana Bank (United States)
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  Serranilla Bank (United States)
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  Swan Islands (United States)
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  Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (United States)
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  United States Virgin Islands (United States)
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  Wake Island (United States)

Other entities

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  Katanga
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  Suvadive Islands