Peru
28 July 1821 (from Spain)
Philippines
12 June 1898 (from Spain)
Pitcairn Islands
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Poland
11 November 1918 (independent republic proclaimed)
Portugal
1143 (Kingdom of Portugal recognized); 5 October 1910
(independent republic proclaimed)
Puerto Rico
none (territory of the US with commonwealth status)
Qatar
3 September 1971 (from UK)
Reunion
none (overseas department of France)
Romania
9 May 1877 (independence proclaimed from the Ottoman Empire;
independence recognized 13 July 1878 by the Treaty of Berlin;
kingdom proclaimed 26 March 1881); 30 December 1947 (republic
proclaimed)
Russia
24 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)