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@2088 Independence
Afghanistan
19 August 1919 (from UK control over Afghan foreign
affairs)
Albania
28 November 1912 (from Ottoman Empire)
Algeria
5 July 1962 (from France)
American Samoa
none (territory of the US)
Andorra
1278 (formed under the joint suzerainty of the French count
of Foix and the Spanish bishop of Urgel)
Angola
11 November 1975 (from Portugal)
Anguilla
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Antigua and Barbuda
1 November 1981 (from UK)