Macau
none (special administrative region of China)
Macedonia
8 September 1991 (referendum by registered voters endorsed
independence from Yugoslavia)
Madagascar
26 June 1960 (from France)
Malawi
6 July 1964 (from the UK)
Malaysia
31 August 1957 (from the UK)
Maldives
26 July 1965 (from the UK)
Mali
22 September 1960 (from France)
Malta
21 September 1964 (from the UK)
Marshall Islands 21 October 1986 (from the US-administered UN trusteeship)
Mauritania
28 November 1960 (from France)