Timeline of national flags

This article contains a list of the flags and/or modifications made on the flags of current sovereign nations.

Sovereign states

Countries / decades	before/Pre-1700s	1700s to 1710s					1710s to 1720s					1720s to 1730s					1730s to 1740s					1740s to 1750s					1750s to 1760s					1760s to 1770s					1770s to 1780s					1780s to 1790s					1790s to 1800s					1800s to 1810s					1810s to 1820s					1820s to 1830s					1830s to 1840s					1840s to 1850s					1850s to 1860s					1860s to 1870s					1870s to 1880s					1880s to 1890s					1890s to 1900s					1900s to 1910s					1910s to 1920s					1920s to 1930s					1930s to 1940s					1940s to 1950s					1950s to 1960s					1960s to 1970s					1970s to 1980s					1980s to 1990s					1990s to 2000s					2000s to 2010s					2010s to 2020s					2020s to present					Current	Decades / countries
Afghanistan	549-330 BC	320	500	661	750-821	1231	1369	1506	1576	1709											1738				1747																																																																1880										1901									1919		1926		1928	1929 1929	1930																					1973	1974		1978 1978	1980			1987			1992 1992		1996	1997		2001 2001	2002	2004				2013				2021					Afghanistan
	549-256 BC
Åland	1562																																																							1809																									1858												1883																	1917	1918	1921																	1954																																							Åland
Albania	1385																																																																1844																	1878	1881											1902				1910 1911	1912 1914				1920			1926	1928			1934		1939		1943	1944	1946																							1992						2002														Albania
Algeria	661	750-778	1516																																																													1830																																																																1962																																			Algeria
Andorra																																																							1806			1812 1813																											1866																																		1934		1939					1949					1959						1971																															Andorra
Angola	1667				1707																						1750																																1816					1826			1830																																									1911																															1975											1996	1997			2003	2004													Angola
Antigua and Barbuda	1632																																																				1801																																			1871																																										1957	1958		1962		1967																																	Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina	1536									1717																																		1785														1812 1812			1818 1819	1820				1829			1835								1850					1861																																																																	Argentina
Armenia	549-331 BC	428	654	750-884	1236-1335	1468-1502	1508																																																											1828														1858													1883	1885																	1918 1918		1922							1936		1940						1952																			1990																					Armenia
Aruba	1581																								/ 1652																								1795						1806		1810		1814																																																																1959									1976																												Aruba
Australia																																					1770																1801																																																		1901	1903		1908																																																														Australia
Austria	1230																																																					1804																																1869																									1918										1938			1945																																												Austria
Azerbaijan	550-330 BC	661	750-1258	1370-1507	1576															1736					1747							1760																		1796								1813																							1858												1883																		1918 1918 1918	1920	1922							1937		1940						1952																			1990																					Azerbaijan
Bahamas	1648				1706						1718																																										1801																																	1869																		1904										1923														1953						1964				1972	1973																2006													Bahamas
Bahrain	976-1076																																										1783																			1820																																																								1932																				1972															2002															Bahrain
Bangladesh	1352	1576																												1757																											1801																								1858																																												1947												1971	1972																														Bangladesh
Barbados	1632																																																				1801																																									1885																																					1958		1962		1966																																	Barbados
Belarus	1587																																															1793																																	1858												1883																		1918	1919 1919								1937		1940	1941	1944			1951																				1991		1995									2012										Belarus
Belgium	1482																																						1781								1790	1792	1795										1815								1830 1831																																																																	Belgium
Belize	1519																																																													1821	1823	1825							1838																		1875					1884																	1919																															1981																			2019							Belize
Benin																																																																	1900																													1958								1975								1990																					Benin
Bermuda	1684																																																				1801																																				1875																		1910																																												1999		2002	2003														Bermuda
Bhutan																																																																	1949				1956						1969																																Bhutan
Bolivia																																			1534									1785																				1825	1826												1851																																																																	Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1377	1463																																																																1844																	1878 1878															1908					1918											1941			1946																							1992			1995	1997	1998															Bosnia and Herzegovina
	1448																																																																																																	1908
Botswana																																																																	1885																																									1966																																	Botswana
Brazil	1697																																																											1816 1816			1822 1822																								1870									1889 1889																																				1960				1968												1992																				Brazil
Brunei	1368																																																																1906																	1941		1945							1959																																					Brunei
Bulgaria	1396																																																																1844																	1878															1908					1918														1946	1948									1967		1971										1991																					Bulgaria
																																																																																		1878															1908
Burkina Faso																																																																	1896																															1959													1984																								Burkina Faso
Burundi																																																																	1885																	1919																					1961	1962		1966 1966	1967							1982																									Burundi
Cambodia	1431?																																																																1863												1887																											1942	1945					1953								1970		1975		1979					1989	1992	1993																				Cambodia
Cameroon																																																																	1884																1916																				1957		1961							1975																													Cameroon
																																																																																	1916			1922
Canada	1606				1707																																																1801																																	1868																										1921																		1957					1964	1965																																Canada
	1663									1715
Cape Verde	1667				1707																						1750																																1816					1826			1830																																									1911																															1975									1992																				Cape Verde
Cayman Islands	1670																																																				1801																																																																1958																				1999																	Cayman Islands
Central African Republic																																																																	1903																												1958																																					Central African Republic
Chad	700	1380																																																																1900																													1959																																					Chad
Chile	1541									1717																																		1785														1812		1817 1817																																																																	Chile
China	1644																																																																1890											1912	1915	1916	1917					1928										1949																																										China, People's Republic of
Colombia	1525																																											1785													1811		1814	1816	1819	1820 1821					1831		1834													1861 1861																																																																	Colombia
Comoros																																																																	1887																																						1963						1975		1978							1992		1996		2001																Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the																																																																	1877																																										1960	1963	1966			1971													1997			2003		2006													Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the																																																																	1891																																	1958						1970											1991																				Congo, Republic of the
Cook Islands																																																																	1858															1888		1893				1901	1902																																			1973			1979																											Cook Islands
Costa Rica	1506																																																													1821 1821	1823	1824 1824 1824								1840	1842			1848																													1906																																																															Costa Rica
Croatia	1527																																																							1809			1815																	1848		1852							1868																										1918 1918										1939	1941	1943	1945																						1990	1990																					Croatia
Curaçao	1581																								/ 1652																								1795						1806		1810		1814																																																																1959											1981																										Curaçao
Cuba	1506																																											1785																																													1873												1898		1902		1906	1908	1909																								1959																																					Cuba
Cyprus	545 BC	321-305 BC	668	750-965	1192	1489	1571																																																																1844																	1878	1881																					1922																			1960																						2004	2006													Cyprus
Czech Republic	1198																																																					1804																																1869																									1918	1920									/ 1939			1945																							/ 1990	1993																				Czech Republic
Denmark	1219		1396			1500																																																																	Denmark
Djibouti																																																																	1844																										1896																																								1977																												Djibouti
Dominica	1663									1715																							1763																			1801																																				1871																																		1940									1958		1962								1978	1981							1988	1990																		Dominica
Dominican Republic	1506																																																	1795								1808				1821												1844		1849							1861		1865																																																																	Dominican Republic
East Timor			1702		1707																						1750																																	1816				1826			1830																																									1911															1942	1945															1975	1975	1976										1999		2002															East Timor
Ecuador	1534																																											1785												1809		1812				1820	1822 1822				1830		1835					1845 1845								1860																				1900																																																						2009												Ecuador
Egypt	525-404 BC	343 BC	332-323 BC	619-629	661	750-969																																																																1844																			1882																				1922														1951	1952			1958							1972						1984																								Egypt
El Salvador	1519																																																													1821	1823	1825							1839														1865					1873		1875/1877								1898	1900							1912																																																												El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea	1667				1707																						1750														1778				1785																																																																1931			1936	1938			1945												1968		1973			1979																											Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea																																																																	1890																									1941	1941					1952										1974							1987		1991		1993	1995																		Eritrea
Estonia	1562											1721																																																																1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923						1940	1941	1944				1953																			1990										2001	2002										Estonia
Eswatini																																																																	1890		1894				1903																																	1968																					2011											Eswatini
Ethiopia																																																																	1853																			1875						1891			1897										1914										1936													1941					1974							1987		1991			1996						2009												Ethiopia
Faroe Islands	1219																																																																1940																																														Faroe Islands
Fiji																																																																	1865	1867	1869	1871			1878																								1924																							1970																									2015	2016					Fiji
Finland	1562																																																							1809																									1858												1883																	1917	1918																																																									Finland
France	1643																																														1790		1794										1814								1830																																																							1940		1944						1958										1976																												France
French Guiana	1643																																																1794										1814								1830																																																															1958										1976									1995																			French Guiana
French Polynesia	1643																																														1790		1794										1814								1830																																																																1976				1984																								French Polynesia
Gabon																																																																	1903																												1959	1960																																				Gabon
Gambia																																											1783										1801																																																																1965																																	Gambia
Georgia	1008-1490																																1762																			1801																													1858												1883																		1918 1918	1921	1922							1937							1951																				1990							2004														Georgia
Germany	1400																																																1806					1815	1817	1818										1832				1833								1848													1867																					1919						1933		1935			1946			1949																																										Germany
	1433																																																																																																																													1949					1959
Ghana																																																														1821																												1877																																								1957		1961		1964	1966																																	Ghana
	1612																																																	1795					1806		1810		1814
Greece	330	1261																														1769																															1822																								1833																				1862																				1967										1970			1975		1978																										Greece
																																																															1822 naval ensign
Greenland	1606																																																																1973				1983	1984	1985										1991	1992	1993												Greenland
Grenada	1663									1715																							1763													1779		1783				1801																																						1875													1903																												1958		1962	1967				1974																														Grenada
Guam																																																																	1885							1899								1914		1919													1944	1947	1948																																										Guam
Guatemala	1519																																																													1821	1823	1825							1838			1843			1851				1858	1871																																																																	Guatemala
Guinea																																																																	1898																													1958																																						Guinea
Guinea-Bissau	1667				1707																						1750																																1816					1826			1830																																									1911																														1974																														Guinea-Bissau
Guyana	1581																																																	1795					1806		1810		1814																														1875															1906							1919																		1955						1966																																	Guyana
Haiti	1663									1715																																				1790	1791								1798		1803	1804	1806	1811		1821													1849				1859																																																						1964													1986																						Haiti
Honduras	1519																																																													1821	1823	1825							1838														1866															1898	1898																																																																	Honduras
Hong Kong																																																																	1843														1871		1876																																	1941		1945					1955		1959																			1997																		Hong Kong
Hungary	895	1046	1172	c. 1196	c. 1301	1301	1387	1446	c. 1453	1458	1506	1516-1526																																																					1794										1848	1848–1849												1867–1869	1869–1918														1896–1915								1918	1919	1919									1940			1946	1949	1956	1956	1957																																							Hungary
Iceland	1536																																																													1809	1810																																							1900									1918													1944																																												Iceland
India	1526																																																																1858																						1904		1906	1907	1908				1917			1921					1931							1947																																											India
	1674																																								1773																																																		1910
Indonesia	1293	1602	1640																																																	1800																																																																1942	1945																																												Indonesia
Iran	661	750-1258	1370-1507	1576																1736					1747												1760													1796																										1849																																		1905/1906/1907				1925/1933																		1964										1980																										Iran
Iraq	539-330 BC	661	750-945	1194-1258	1394-1451	1534																																																																1844																																						1921																		1958	1959		1963														1991							2004		2007	2008											Iraq
				1194-1258
Ireland	1542																																																				1801																																																												1922																																																							Ireland
Israel	1516																																																																1844																																						1920													1948	1948																																										Israel
Italy																																																						1802		1805			1814																									1861																																						()			1946																														2003		2006											Italy
																																																																																																																										() 1943
Ivory Coast																																																																	1896																																1959																																					Ivory Coast
Jamaica	1655																																																				1801	1875																1906																									1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962																																	Jamaica
Japan	701																																																																1870																																																																1999																	Japan
Jordan	539-330 BC	661	750-969	1516																																																																1844																																						1920				1921														1958	1958																																					Jordan
Kazakhstan																																																															1822																		1858												1883																	1915		1920						1927	1932	1937		1940					1953																			1991		1992																				Kazakhstan
Kenya																																																																	1885					1885													1921																					1963																																			Kenya
Kiribati																																																																	1892																						1937			1942	1943																	1979																											Kiribati
Korea, North	960																																																	1800																												1856													1882	1882		1888				1893	1893		1899						1910																	1945	1946 1946	1948																					1992																					Korea, North
Korea, South																																																																																																																												1945		1948	1949																									1997							2011									Korea, South
Kosovo	1281										1346												1454																																																												1844								1912																				1918												1941	1943	1946																							1992						2004	2005	2006	2007	2008										Kosovo
Kuwait	1521																										1752																																															1844																											1899			1914									1921									1940										1961																																				Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan																																																																	1876			1883																		1918									1936								1952																			1991	1992												2010	2011	2012						Kyrgyzstan
Laos				1707																																																																1893																														1952										1975																													Laos
Latvia	1562	1661	1692									1721																																																																1917	1918	1919	1920										1940	1941	1944				1953																			1990																					Latvia
Lebanon	538-332 BC	750-876	905-969	1516	1516	1697																																																																1840		1844																																					1918	1920											1943																																													Lebanon
Lesotho																																																	1795				1801																																				1875					1884																																									1966										1987										2006													Lesotho
Liberia																																																																	1827											1847																																																																	Liberia
Libya	525-331 BC	663				750-969	1711																																																																1912																			1951									1969		1972		1977																		2011										Libya
Liechtenstein	1400										1719																																																																1852																																		1921								1937																							1982																									Liechtenstein
Lithuania	1587																																																1795																																1858												1883																		1918											1940	1941	1944				1953																		1988								2004														Lithuania
Luxembourg	1482																																							1781									1795										1815															1845																																																1940		1944																																												Luxembourg
Macau	1667				1707																						1750																																	1816					1826		1830																																								1911																																1975												1999																	Macau
Madagascar																																													1787																																																	1885					1896																															1958																																						Madagascar
Malawi																																																																	1907																							1953					1963	1964																							2010	2012										Malawi
Malaysia	1641																																															/ 1795			/ 1801									1818			/ 1824																																					1896																							1942	1945	1948	1949							1963																																			Malaysia
Maldives																																																		1796																																																					1903												1926													1953	1954					1965																																		Maldives
Mali																																																																	1892																																	1958	1959	1961																																				Mali
Malta	870-909	1530																																																	1798	1800 1801							1814																														1875												1898												1923										1943											1964																																		Malta
Marshall Islands																																																																	1885		1889													1914		1919													1944	1947									1965							1979																											Marshall Islands
Mauritania																																																																	1900																													1959																														2017					2020		Mauritania
Mauritius	1666						1710																																							1789											1810																													1869																			1906								1923																							1968																																Mauritius
Mexico	1519																																																													1821	1821	1823																				1864	1867												1893													1916									1934																	1968																																Mexico
Micronesia																																																																	1885							1899								1914		1919													1944	1947									1965							1979																											Micronesia
Moldova	1396																																																																1834																1866								1883																	1917	1919			1925						1937	1938	1940						1952																			1990																					Moldova
																																																																													1859		1862		1867
Monaco																																																1793																																												1881																															1942	1945																																												Monaco
Mongolia																																																																	1862														1890										1911							1924			1930					1940		1945																							1992										2011											Mongolia
Montenegro	1281										1346												1696																																																	1851												1876															1905						1918						1918														1946																							1992		1994			2003	2004/2006														Montenegro
Morocco	1666																																																																1913																					1956																																							Morocco
																																																																					1921
Mozambique	1667				1707																						1750																																1816					1826			1830																																									1911																															1974	1975				1983	1983																							Mozambique
Myanmar																												1753																																																																1885																										1937			1943	1945	1948														1974																2006		2010								2019	2020		Myanmar
Namibia																																																																	1884															1915							1928																										1982					1990																					Namibia
Nauru																																																																	1888	1889													1914														1942	1945												1968																																Nauru
Nepal																																																								1768																			1856																																											c.1930															1962																																			Nepal
Netherlands	1581																								/ 1652																								1795						1806		1810		1814																																																																	Netherlands
New Zealand																																				1769																																	1834			1840													1867	1869																																																																	New Zealand
Nicaragua	1524																																																														1823	1825								1839									1858													1889			1893		1896							1908																																1971																														Nicaragua
Niger																																																																	1922																		1959																																					Niger
Nigeria																																																																	1886							1900																														1959	1960				1967	1970																														Nigeria
																																																																																																											1967
New Caledonia	1643																																														1790		1794										1814								1830																																																																1976								1991																				New Caledonia
Niue																																				1769																																	1834			1840													1867	1902																																																					1975																													Niue
North Macedonia	479 BC	324-148 BC	1281								1346												c. 1453																																																			1844																													1903 1903					1912			1918											1941		1944	1946																						1992	1993	early 1994	1994	early 1995	1995																North Macedonia
Norway	1536																																																										1814 1821		1818 1844		1821 1844															1844																				1899				1905/1906																																																																	Norway
Oman																																																																	1856																																																									1970												1995																			Oman
Pakistan	550-330 BC	329-323 BC	240-410	670-860	854-1011	1227-1351	1526																	1747							1761																																													1849					1858					1880																																							1947																																											Pakistan
Palau																																																																	1885							1899								1914		1919													1944	1947									1965								1981																										Palau
Palestine	1516																																																																1844																																						1920													1948	1949				1958	1958				1967								1982						1994																			Palestine
																																																																																																																					1949		1952			1958
Panama	1510									1717																																		1785													1811			1816	1819	1820	1821						1834													1861																					1902	1903										1925																																																		2017				Panama
Papua New Guinea																																																																	1884											1906																		1942	1945		1949								1965			1970	1971																														Papua New Guinea
																																																																	1884		1889													1914															1945
Paraguay	1537									1717																																		1785													1811 1811 1811	1812							1826								1842																																																								1954																	1988	1990											2013/2015										Paraguay
Peru	1532 1532									1717																																		1785																		1820 1820	1822 1822	1825						1825		1825																																																							1950																																									Peru
																																																																						1836
Philippines	1515 1521	1565																																1762	1764																												1821																																					1897	1898 1899	1901 1902					1908		1912		1919									1936			1942	1943	1945																		1985	1985	1986				1995	1996	1997	1998					2010	2011				2016	2017					Philippines
																																																																																																																																															1985
Poland	c. 1605																																																Partitions 1795						1807	1815				1815																																																				1863	1919					1928					1944																		1980																											Poland
Portugal	721-750	1667			1707																						1750																																	1816					1826		/ 1830																																							1908	1910/1911	1912																																																												Portugal
																																																																			/ 1830 (sea)
Puerto Rico	1506	1701																								1760																		1785																																												1873											1895																													1952																																								Puerto Rico
Qatar	661-750																																																												1818																											1872																						1916								1932		1936						1949												1971																														Qatar
Romania	168 BC	1330																																																																1834			1848			1859		1862		1867																																									1948		1952						1965												1989	1989																					Romania
		1111
		1396																																																																1834
Russia	1552	1668											1721																																																																1858												1883															1914		1917						1924				1936												1955																			1993																	Russia
																																																																																																										1917−18	1918	1922		1923							1937										1954																		1991
Rwanda																																																																	1885																	1919																				1959	1961	1962																			2001																Rwanda
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic																																																																	1884																								1931		1936	1938			1945																1976																												Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1626						1713																																													1801																																				1871																																											1958		1962		1967								1983																									Saint Kitts and Nevis
	1663
Saint Lucia	1663									1715													1743							1756			1762	1763						1778		1783				1789				1796		1801	1802	1803																																																	1903																			1939											1962		1967					1979													2002															Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1663									1715																							1763								1778		1783									1801																																																			1903																														1962								1979			1985 1985																								Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa																																																																	1858							1873			1879				1887								1900						1914				1922													1948	1949																																									Samoa
San Marino	1465																																																																1862																																																																2011										San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe	1667				1707																						1750																																	1816						1826	1830																																									1911																															1975																													São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia	661	750-945	1517																				/ 1744																																						1818		1824																																	1891							1902												1926			1932	1934		1938																		1973																													Saudi Arabia
																																																																										1844																																						1920
Senegal	1643																																													1789													1814								1830																																																															1958	1959	1960																																				Senegal
Serbia	1281										1346																																										1804										1835																									1882																				1918											1941					1946																								1992 1992					2003	2004			2010											Serbia
Seychelles																																1756																										1811																																														1903																												1961								1976	1977									1996																		Seychelles
Sierra Leone																																																1792					1801																																												1889																																			1961																																				Sierra Leone
Singapore	1699																																																											/ 1819																													1874																								1925										1942	1945	1946						1959		1963	1965																																		Singapore
Slovakia	825																																																					1804																																1869																									1918	1920									1938			1945																								1992																				Slovakia
Slovenia	1335																																																				1803					1813																												1869																									1918 1918												1943	1945																				1988	1989	1990	1991																					Slovenia
Solomon Islands																																																																	1886								1906																				1942	1945	1947					1956				1966						1977																												Solomon Islands
																																																																				1893
Somalia	1415																																																																1888						1896												1888/1920													1946							1960																																				Somalia
South Africa	1652						1664																																										1795				1801																																				1875																		1910	1912								1927	1928																									1982						1994																				South Africa
																																																																																									1854
South Sudan																																																																	1844																			1882	1885							1899												1922															1952		1956							1970																					2005/2011										South Sudan
Spain	661-750	1506	1701																							1760																		1785																																												1873 1875																													1931			1936	1938			1945																1977		1981																										Spain
Sri Lanka	1593																																																					1815																																																																1948		1951										1972																														Sri Lanka
Sudan																																																																	1844																			1882	1885							1899												1922															1952		1956							1970																															Sudan
Suriname	1581																																																	1795					1806		1810		1814																																																																1959								1975																													Suriname
Sweden	1562																																																										1815															1844																															1905/1906																																																															Sweden
Switzerland	1470																																																		1798		1803																																											1889																																																																	Switzerland
Syria	539-331 BC	750-890	905-990	1395-1405	1516																																																																1844																																						1920 1920	1922					1932													1958		1961	1963					1972				1980																								Syria
Taiwan	1624	1640	1661	1683																																																																1890	1895	1895																								1945																																												China, Republic of Taiwan
	1626
Tajikistan																																																																	1869												1883																		1918		1921			1929		1931	1935	1936	1938	1940						1953																			1991	1992																				Tajikistan
Tanzania																																																																	1885																	1919																					1961	1964																																			Tanzania
																																																																																																							1964
Thailand	1680																																										1782																		1817													1843																								1893												1916	/ 1917																																														/ 2011					/ / 2017						Thailand
Togo																																																																	1884															1914																					1957	1958	1960																																				Togo
Tonga																																																																	1858			1862						1875																																																																	Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago	1498																																																			1796		1801																																													1889																																		1962																																			Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia	1574																																																																1831																																																																1974	1974										1999																	Tunisia
Turkey	550 BC	334-306 BC	1453																																																																1844																																														1936																																																Turkey
			1453
Turkmenistan	1517																																																																1868												1883																	1917		1920	1922		1926					1937		1940						1953																				1992		1997			2001															Turkmenistan
Tuvalu																																																																	1892																						1937																				1976	1978								1995 1996	1997																		Tuvalu
Uganda																																																																	1894										1914																													1962 1962																														Uganda
Ukraine	1119	1700																																													1793																																	1858												1883																	1917		1918	1919				1929			1937		1941		1944		1949																					1991	1992																					Ukraine
United Arab Emirates	224-629	661	750-1258																																																																1892																													1950										1971																															United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom	1265	1606	1707																																																						1801																																																																	United Kingdom
	/ 1542	1606
	1485
United States of America	1606				1707																																			1775	1777									1795											1818	1819 1820	1822							1836	1837				1845 1846	1847 1848	1851			1858	1859	1861	1863	1865	1867					1877							1890	1891		1896						1908		1912																							1959	1960																																				United States of America
																																																																																		1861	1863	1865
Uruguay	1624									1717																																		1785														1812	1815			1821	1822			1828	1830																																																																	Uruguay
Uzbekistan	530 BC	330-312 BC	661	750-819	1206-1226	1370-1511																																						1785																																																																1920		1924												1953																			1991																					Uzbekistan
Vanuatu																																																																	1887															1906																			1953													1980																										Vanuatu
																																																																																1906												1940		1945
Vatican City	509 BC-395	556	754																																																		1803												1825											1849	1849										1870																													1929																																																				Vatican City
Venezuela	1522																																											1785													1811	1812 1813	1814	1817 1817	1819	1820	1821							1836											1859 1859		1863																					1905											1930														1954																										2006													Venezuela
Vietnam																																									1778				1788								1802																																									1885	1887		1890															1920												1945					1955										1976																													Vietnam
																																																																																																																												7/1945 9/1945	1946	1948												1975
Wallis and Futuna	1643																																														1790		1794										1814								1830						1842									1860													1886	1887											1910																								1958														1985																							Wallis and Futuna
Yemen																																																																	1872																							1918		1923		1927																		1962														1990																					Yemen
																																																																									1886																								1937													1962		1967
Zambia																																																																	1924														1953					1963	1964																1996																		Zambia
Zimbabwe																																																																	1896													1923															1953						1964		1968			1979	late 1979	early 1980	1980																										Zimbabwe
Countries / decades	before																																																																																																																																																																						Current	Decades / countries
		1700s to 1710s					1710s to 1720s					1720s to 1730s					1730s to 1740s					1740s to 1750s					1750s to 1760s					1760s to 1770s					1770s to 1780s					1780s to 1790s					1790s to 1800s					1800s to 1810s					1810s to 1820s					1820s to 1830s					1830s to 1840s					1840s to 1850s					1850s to 1860s					1860s to 1870s					1870s to 1880s					1880s to 1890s					1890s to 1900s					1900s					1910s					1920s					1930s					1940s					1950s					1960s					1970s					1980s					1990s					2000s					2010s					2020s

States with limited recognition

Countries / decades	before	1700s					1710s					1720s					1730s					1740s					1750s					1760s					1770s					1780s					1790s					1800s					1810s					1820s					1830s					1840s					1850s					1860s					1870s					1880s					1890s					1900s					1910s					1920s					1930s					1940s					1950s					1960s					1970s					1980s					1990s					2000s					2010s					2020s					Current	Decades / countries
Abkhazia	778–1354																																																			File:Flag of Abkhazia (18th century).svg 1810																																1864	1866	1867														1896										1917			1921						1935	1937	1938						1951														1978							1992																				Abkhazia
Adjara	778	1008-1490																																1762																			1801																													1858												1883																		1918	1921																																		1990						2004															Adjara
Artsakh	549-331 BC	428-654	654	750-884	1000	1236-1335	1468-1502	1606							1724					1733	1747																									1791		1796						1806																								1858													1886																		1918 1918 1918	1920	1923																																					1991																				Artsakh
Northern Cyprus	545-321 BC	321-305 BC	668	750-965	1192	1489	1571																																																																1844																	1878	1881																					1922																			1960								1975				1984																								Northern Cyprus
Somaliland	1415																																																																1884						1903/1920																											1950					1960																1991		1994																		Somaliland
South Ossetia	778	1008-1490																																1762																			1801																													1858												1883																		1918  1918	1921	1922																																	1990		1992																			South Ossetia
Transnistria	1396																																																																1834																1866								1883																	1917	1920			1925						1937	1938	1940						1952																			1990	1992																				Transnistria
Countries / decades	before																																																																																																																																																																						Current	Decades / countries
		1700s					1710s					1720s					1730s					1740s					1750s					1760s					1770s					1780s					1790s					1800s					1810s					1820s					1830s					1840s					1850s					1860s					1870s					1880s					1890s					1900s					1910s					1920s					1930s					1940s					1950s					1960s					1970s					1980s					1990s					2000s					2010s					2020s

Dependent territories

Territories / decades	before	1700s					1710s					1720s					1730s					1740s					1750s					1760s					1770s					1780s					1790s					1800s					1810s					1820s					1830s					1840s					1850s					1860s					1870s					1880s					1890s					1900s					1910s					1920s					1930s					1940s					1950s					1960s					1970s					1980s					1990s					2000s					2010s					2020s					Current	Decades / territories
American Samoa																																																																	1858							1873			1879				1887							1900				1908		1912																							1959	1960																																				American Samoa
Anguilla	1667																																																				1801																																		1871																																												1958				1967	1969											1990																					Anguilla
Ascension Island	1657																																																				1801																																			1874																																																								1984													2009											Ascension Island
Bonaire	1581																								/ 1652																								1795						1806		1810		1814																																																																1959											1981																										Bonaire
British Virgin Islands	1672																																																				1801																																																																1960																																				British Virgin Islands
Christmas Island																																					1770																1801																																																		1901	1903		1908																							1954																1986																							Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands																																					1770																1801																																																		1901	1903		1908																							1954																									2003														Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Easter Island	1541									1717																																		1785														1812		1817 1817																																																																2006/2011										Easter Island
Falkland Islands																																																																	1876																									1925												1948																									1999																	Falkland Islands
Gibraltar	1704																																																				1801																																				1875																							1921									1939																						1982																									Gibraltar
Guadeloupe	1643																																														1790		1794										1814								1830																																																																1976									1993	1995																		Guadeloupe
Guernsey																																																					1801																																												1890																				1936																											1985																								Guernsey
Jersey																																																					1801																																													1907																																									1977	1981																												Jersey
Martinique	1643																																														1790		1794										1814								1830																																																																1976								1992																				Martinique
Mayotte	1643																																														1790		1794										1814								1830																																																																1976															2006				2015									Mayotte
Montserrat	1672																																																				1801																																																																1960																			1999																	Montserrat
Norfolk Island																																					1770																1801																																																		1901	1903		1908																							1954												1979																											Norfolk Island
Northern Mariana Islands																																																																	1885							1899								1914		1919													1944	1947									1965				1972		1976						1989																						Northern Mariana Islands
Pitcairn Islands																																															1790																								1838																																																																1984																								Pitcairn Islands
Reunion	1643																																														1790		1794										1814								1830																																																																1976											1999		2003															Reunion
Saba	1581																								/ 1652																								1795						1806		1810		1814																																																																1959													1985																								Saba
Saint Barthélemy	1643																																														1790		1794										1814								1830																																																																1976															2007													Saint Barthélemy
Saint Helena	1657																																																				1801																																			1874																																																								1984																								Saint Helena
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1643																																														1790		1794										1814								1830																																																																1976												2001																Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Sint Eustatius	1581																								/ 1652																								1795						1806		1810		1814																																																																1959														1986									2004														Sint Eustatius
Sint Maarten	1581																								/ 1652																								1795						1806		1810		1814																																																																1959													1985																								Sint Maarten
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands																																																																	1876																									1925												1948																						1992			1999																	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Tibet	1644																																																																1890											1912		1916																																																										Tibet
Tristan da Cunha	1657																																																				1801																																			1874																																																								1984									2002															Tristan da Cunha
Tokelau																																				1769																																	1834			1840													1867																		1902																																											1989										2009												Tokelau
Turks and Caicos Islands	1681	1706																																																			1801																																											1889																																								1968															1999																	Turks and Caicos Islands
Virgin Islands	1672																																																																1917		1921																																																							Virgin Islands
Territories / decades	before																																																																																																																																																																						Current	Decades / territories
		1700s					1710s					1720s					1730s					1740s					1750s					1760s					1770s					1780s					1790s					1800s					1810s					1820s					1830s					1840s					1850s					1860s					1870s					1880s					1890s					1900s					1910s					1920s					1930s					1940s					1950s					1960s					1970s					1980s					1990s					2000s					2010s					2020s

U.S. States

U.S. states / decades	Before	1700s					1710s					1720s					1730s					1740s					1750s					1760s					1770s					1780s					1790s					1800s					1810s					1820s					1830s					1840s					1850s					1860s					1870s					1880s					1890s					1900s					1910s					1920s					1930s					1940s					1950s					1960s					1970s					1980s					1990s					2000s					2010s					2020s					Current	Decades / U.S. states
Alabama																																																																	/ 1861		1865															1895																																																																	Alabama
Alaska																																																																	1927																																																					Alaska
Arizona																																																																	1917																																																										Arizona
Arkansas																																																																	1913					1923	1924																																											2011											Arkansas
California																																																																	1911																																																													California
Colorado																																																																	1907		1911																											1964																																		Colorado
Connecticut																																																																	1897																																																																	Connecticut
Delaware																																																																	1913																																																												Delaware
Florida																																																																	1861		1865		1868																1900																																										1985																								Florida
Georgia (U.S. state)																																																																	1861		1865							1879												1902		1906							1920																		1956																						2001	2003															Georgia (U.S. state)
Hawaii																																																																	1845																																																																	Hawaii
Idaho																																																																	1957																																						Idaho
Illinois																																																																	1915																											1969																																Illinois
Indiana																																																																	1917																																																										Indiana
Iowa																																																																	1921																																																	2018							Iowa
Kansas																																																																	1927																	1961																																				Kansas
Kentucky																																																																	1918																						1963																																			Kentucky
Louisiana																																																																	1861 1861																										1912																																															2006		2010											Louisiana
Maine																																																																	1901				1909																																																														Maine
Maryland																																																																	1904 1904																																																																Maryland
Massachusetts																																																																	1908																															1971																															Massachusetts
Michigan																																																																	1911																																																													Michigan
Minnesota																																																																	/ 1893 1893																																1957													1983																									Minnesota
Mississippi																																																																	1861		1865															1894																																																			1996		2001										2020						Mississippi
Missouri																																																																	1913																																																												Missouri
Montana																																																																	1905																																						1981																										Montana
Nebraska																																																																	1963																																			Nebraska
Nevada																																																																	1905					1915							1929																															1991																					Nevada
New Hampshire																																																																	1909											1931																																																			New Hampshire
New Jersey																																																																	1896																																																																	New Jersey
New Mexico																																																																	1915			1920																																																								New Mexico
New York																																									1778																																																													1901																																																																	New York
North Carolina																																																																	1861												1885																																																					1991																					North Carolina
North Dakota																																																																	1911																																																													North Dakota
Ohio																																																																	1902																																																																	Ohio
Oklahoma																																																																	1911							1925								1941																								1988									2006													Oklahoma
Oregon																																																																	/ 1925																																																						Oregon
Pennsylvania																																																																	1907																																																															Pennsylvania
Rhode Island	1640																																																																1877			1882							1897																																																																	Rhode Island
South Carolina																																							1775																																											1861 1861																																																																	South Carolina
South Dakota																																																																	1909																											1963															1992																				South Dakota
Tennessee																																																																	1897				1905																																																																Tennessee
Texas																																																																	1836	1839																																																																	Texas
Utah																																																																	1850																										1903					1913																																																	2011											Utah
Vermont																																					1770																	1804																1837																																											1923																																																							Vermont
Virginia																																																																	1861		1865																																											1950																																									Virginia
Washington																																																																	1923																						1967																																	Washington
Washington D.C.																																																																	1924										1938																																												Washington D.C.
West Virginia																																																																	1905	1907											1929																																																				West Virginia
Wisconsin																																																																	1866																							1913																																		1981																										Wisconsin
Wyoming																																																																	1917																																																										Wyoming
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Antarctica																																																																	1978								1995	1996																		Antarctica
Argentine Antarctica																																																																	1943																												1999																	Argentine Antarctica
British Antarctic Territory																																																																	1908								1925												1948							1963																																			British Antarctic Territory
Chilean Antarctic Territory																																																																	1940																												1997																		Chilean Antarctic Territory
French Southern and Antarctic Territories																																																																	1840																																																											1958									1976															2007													French Southern and Antarctic Territories
Johnston Atoll																																																																	1858	1859	1861	1863	1865	1867					1877							1890	1891		1896						1908		1912																							1959	/ 1960																				File:Flag of Johnston Atoll (local).svg 2001															File:Flag of Johnston Atoll (local).svg	Johnston Atoll
Midway Atoll																																																																	1859	1861	1863	1865	1867					1877							1890	1891		1896						1908		1912																							1959	/ 1960																				2000																Midway Atoll
Ross Dependency																																																																	1923																																				1995																			Ross Dependency
United Nations																																																																	1943	1945	1946																																											United Nations
Wake Island																																																																	1899					1908		1912																							1959	/ 1960																				2001																Wake Island
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Catalonia	1150																																																																1900																																																																	Catalonia
England	1265																																																																	England
Scotland	1542																																																																2003															Scotland
Wales	1485																																																																	Wales
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