Barbados
30 November 1966 (from the UK)
Belarus
25 August 1991 (from the Soviet Union)
Belgium
4 October 1830 (a provisional government declared
independence from the Netherlands); 21 July 1831 (King LEOPOLD I
ascended to the throne)
Belize
21 September 1981 (from the UK)
Benin
1 August 1960 (from France)
Bermuda
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Bhutan
1907 (became a unified kingdom under its first hereditary
king)
Bolivia
6 August 1825 (from Spain)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 March 1992 (from Yugoslavia; referendum for
independence completed 1 March 1992; independence declared 3 March
1992)
Botswana
30 September 1966 (from the UK)