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List of countries that have gained independence from the United Kingdom

List of countries that have gained independence from the United Kingdom:

Afghanistan: 1919

Antigua and Barbuda: 1981

Bahrain: 1971

Barbados: 1966

Belize: 1981

Botswana: 1966

Brunei: 1984

Cyprus: 1960

Dominica: 1978

Egypt: 1922

Eswatini: 1968

Fiji: 1970

Ghana: 1957

Grenada: 1974

Guyana: 1966

India: 1947

Iraq: 1932

Israel: 1948

Jamaica: 1962

Jordan: 1946

Kenya: 1963

Kiribati: 1979

Kuwait: 1961

Lesotho: 1966

Libya: 1951

Malawi: 1964

Malaya: 1957

Maldives: 1965

Malta: 1964

Mauritius: 1968

Myanmar: 1948

Nauru: 1968

Nigeria: 1960

Oman: 1970

Pakistan: 1947

Qatar: 1971

Saint Lucia: 1979

Saint Kitts and Nevis: 1983

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 1979

Seychelles: 1976

Sierra Leone: 1961

Solomon Islands: 1978

South Yemen: 1967

Sri Lanka: 1948

Sudan: 1956

Tanganyika: 1961

The Bahamas: 1973

Gambia: 1965

Tonga: 1970

Trinidad and Tobago: 1962

Tuvalu: 1978

Uganda: 1962

UAE: 1971

USA: 1776

Vanuatu: 1980

Zambia: 1964

Zanzibar: 1963

Zimbabwe: 1980
*year of independence or first stage