List of National Independence Days:

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CountryDate and Year of IndependenceIndependence From
AfghanistanAugust 19 – 1919United Kingdom
AlbaniaNovember 28 – 1912Ottoman rule.
AlgeriaJuly 5 – 1962France
AngolaNovember 11 – 1975Portugal
Antigua and BarbudaNovember 1 – 1981United Kingdom
ArgentinaJuly 9 – 1816Spain
ArmeniaSeptember 21 – 1991Soviet Union
AustriaOctober 26 – 1955Allies of World War II
AzerbaijanOctober 18 – 1918 and May 28 – 1991October 18 from Russian Empire in 1918; May 28 Independence re – declared from Soviet Union 1991
BahamasJuly 10 – 1973United Kingdom
BahrainDecember 16 – 1971United Kingdom
BangladeshMarch 26 – 1971Pakistan
BarbadosNovember 30 – 1966United Kingdom
BelarusJuly 3 – 1944Liberation Minsk from German occupatiby Soviet troops in 1944.
BelgiumJuly 21 – 1831Netherlands (Belgian revolution)
BelizeSeptember 21 – 1981United Kingdom
BeninAugust 1 – 1960France
BoliviaAugust 6 – 1825Spain
Bosnia and HerzegovinaMarch 1 – 1992Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
BotswanaSeptember 30 – 1966United Kingdom
BrazilSeptember 7 – 1822Portugal
BruneiJanuary 1 – 1984United Kingdom
BulgariaSeptember 22 – 1908Ottoman Empire
Burkina FasoAugust 5 – 1960France
BurundiJuly 1 – 1962Belgium
CambodiaNovember 9 – 1953France
Cape VerdeJuly 5 – 1975Portugal
Central African RepublicAugust 13 – 1960France
ChadAugust 11 – 1960France
ChileFebruary 12 – 1818Spain
ColombiaJuly 20 – 1810Spain
Costa RicaSeptember 15 – 1821Spain
Côte d’IvoireAugust 7 – 1960France
CroatiaMay 30 – 1990Yugoslavia
CubaMay 20 – 1902United States
CyprusOctober 1 – 1960United Kingdom
Czech RepublicOctober 28 – 1918Czechoslovakia
CongoJune 30 – 1960Belgium
DjiboutiJune 27 – 1977France
DominicaNovember 3 – 1978United Kingdom
Dominican RepublicFebruary 27 – 1844Haiti
Timor – LesteMay 20 – 2002Portugal
EcuadorAugust 10 – 1809Spain
El SalvadorSeptember 15 – 1821Spain
EritreaMay 24 – 1993Ethiopia
EstoniaFebruary 24 – 1918 Russian Empire
FijiOctober 10 – 1970United Kingdom
FinlandDecember 6 – 1917Russia
GeorgiaMay 26 – 1918Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
GhanaMarch 6 – 1957United Kingdom
GreeceMarch 25 – 1821Ottoman Empire
GrenadaFebruary 7 – 1974United Kingdom
GuatemalaSeptember 15 – 1821Spain
GuineaOctober 2 – 1958France
GuyanaMay 26 – 1966United Kingdom
HaitiJanuary 1 – 1804France
HondurasSeptember 15 – 1821Spain
IcelandDecember 1 – 1918Kingdom of Denmark
IndiaAugust 15,1947United Kingdom
IndonesiaAugust 17 – 1945Netherlands
IranFebruary 11 – 1979Iranian Revolution ends Monarchy
IrelandApril 24 – 1916United Kingdom.
IsraelMay 14 – 1948British Mandate of Palestine
JamaicaAugust 6 – 1962 United Kingdom
JordanMay 25 – 1946 United Kingdom
KazakhstanDecember 16 – 1991 Soviet Union
KenyaDecember 12 – 1963 United Kingdom
Korea – NorthSeptember 9 – 1948Empire of Japan
Korea – SouthAugust 15 – 1945Empire of Japan
KuwaitJune 19 – 1961 United Kingdom
KyrgyzstanAugust 31 – 1991USSR
LatviaNovember 18 – 1918Russia
LebanonNovember 22 – 1943France
LesothoOctober 4 – 1966 United Kingdom
LiberiaJuly 26 – 1847American Colonization Society
LibyaDecember 24 – 1951Italy
LithuaniaMarch 11- 1990Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and German Empire
MadagascarJune 26 – 1960France
MalawiJuly 6 – 1964 United Kingdom
MalaysiaAugust 31 – 1957United Kingdom
MaldivesJuly 26 – 1965 United Kingdom
MaliSeptember 22 – 1960France
MaltaSeptember 21 – 1964United Kingdom
MauritiusMarch 12 – 1968 United Kingdom
MexicoSeptember 16 – 1810Spanish Empire
MoldovaAugust 27 – 1991 Soviet Union
MongoliaNovember 26 – 1921China
MontenegroMay 21 – 2006Serbia and Montenegro
MoroccoNovember 18 – 1956France and Spain
MozambiqueJune 25 – 1975Portugal
BurmaJanuary 4 – 1948 United Kingdom
NamibiaMarch 21 – 1990South African
NetherlandsMay 5 – 1945Spanish Empire
NicaraguaSeptember 15 – 1821Spain
NigerAugust 3 – 1960France
NigeriaOctober 1 – 1960United Kingdom
PakistanAugust 14 – 1947 United Kingdom
PanamaNovember 3 – 1903Colombia
Papua New GuineaSeptember 16 – 1975Australia
ParaguayMay 15 – 1811Spain
PeruJuly 28 – 1821Spain
PhilippinesJune 12 – 1898Spain
PolandNovember 11 – 1918Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and German Empire
PortugalDecember 1 – 1640Spanish Empire
QatarDecember 18 – 1971 United Kingdom
RomaniaMay 9 – 1877 Ottoman Empire
RwandaJuly 1 – 1962Belgium
Saint Kitts and NevisSeptember 19 – 1983 United Kingdom
SamoaJune 1 – 1962New Zealand
Sao Tome and PrincipeJuly 12 – 1975Portugal
SerbiaFebruary 15 – 1804 Ottoman Empire
SeychellesJune 29 – 1976 United Kingdom
Sierra LeoneApril 27 – 1961 United Kingdom in 1961.
SingaporeAugust 9 – 1965Malaysia
SloveniaDecember 26 – 1990Yugoslavia
Solomon IslandsJuly 7 – 1978United Kingdom
South AfricaDecember 11 – 1931 United Kingdom
Sri LankaFebruary 4 – 1948 United Kingdom in 1948.
SudanJanuary 1 – 1956 United Kingdom
SurinameNovember 25 – 1975 Netherlands
SwazilandSeptember 6 – 1968 United Kingdom
TajikistanSeptember 9 – 1991 Soviet Union
TanzaniaDecember 9 – 1961United Kingdom
Gambia –February 18 – 1965 United Kingdom
TogoApril 27 – 1960France
Trinidad and TobagoAugust 31 – 1962 United Kingdom
TunisiaMarch 20 – 1956France
TurkeyOctober 29 – 1923Ottoman Empire
TurkmenistanOctober 27 – 1991 Soviet Union
UkraineAugust 24 – 1991Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
United Arab EmiratesDecember 2 – 1971United Kingdom
United StatesJuly 4 – 1776Kingdom of Great Britain
UruguayAugust 25 – 1825Brazil
UzbekistanSeptember 1 – 1991USSR
VanuatuJuly 30 – 1980United Kingdom and France
VenezuelaJuly 5 – 1811Spain
VietnamSeptember 2 – 1945Japan and France
YemenNovember 30 – 1967United Kingdom
ZambiaOctober 24 – 1964United Kingdom
ZimbabweApril 18 – 1980United Kingdom

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