Dominica
3 November 1978 (from UK)
Dominican Republic
27 February 1844 (from Haiti)
East Timor
28 November 1975 (date of proclamation of independence
from Portugal); note - 20 May 2002 is the official date of
international recognition of East Timor's independence from Indonesia
Ecuador
24 May 1822 (from Spain)
Egypt
28 February 1922 (from UK)
El Salvador
15 September 1821 (from Spain)
Equatorial Guinea
12 October 1968 (from Spain)
Eritrea
24 May 1993 (from Ethiopia)
Estonia
20 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Ethiopia
oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest
in the world - at least 2,000 years