Chad
11 August 1960 (from France)
Chile
18 September 1810 (from Spain)
China
221 BC (unification under the Qin or Ch'in Dynasty); 1 January
1912 (Manchu Dynasty replaced by a Republic); 1 October 1949
(People's Republic established)
Christmas Island
none (territory of Australia)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
none (territory of Australia)
Colombia
20 July 1810 (from Spain)
Comoros
6 July 1975 (from France)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
30 June 1960 (from Belgium)
Congo, Republic of the
15 August 1960 (from France)
Cook Islands
none (became self-governing in free association with
New Zealand on 4 August 1965 and has the right at any time to move
to full independence by unilateral action)