State
Declaration
Date
Association
Signatories First recognizing state(s)
Algeria Declaration of 1 November 1954
November 1, 1954 Algeria Algerian War French Algeria
Albania Albanian Declaration of Independence
November 28, 1912 Ottoman Empire Assembly of Vlorë Austria-Hungary
Ambazonia Ambazonian Declaration of Independence
October 1, 2017 Cameroon Southern Cameroons Ambazonia Consortium United Front
Armenia Declaration of Independence of Armenia
May 28, 1918 TDFR Armenian National Congress (1917) , Armenian Revolutionary Federation Ottoman Empire
Armenia
Declaration of State Sovereignty of Armenia
August 23, 1990
Soviet Union
Levon Ter-Petrosyan and Supreme Council of Armenia secretary Ara Sahakian
Lithuania
Artsakh
Proclamation of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic
September 2, 1991
Soviet Union
Nagorno-Karabakh Regional and Shahumyan District Councils of People's Deputies of the Azerbaijan SSR
Azawad
Azawadi Declaration of Independence
April 6, 2012
Mali
National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad
Azerbaijan
Declaration of Independence of Azerbaijan
May 28, 1918
TDFR
Azerbaijani National Council Ottoman Empire
Azerbaijan
Act on Restoration of State Independence of Azerbaijan
October 18, 1991
Soviet Union
Supreme Council of Azerbaijan
Turkey
Bangladesh Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence 1947
August 15, 1947
United Kingdom
Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh
United Kingdom
Bangladesh Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence
March 26, 1971
United Kingdom
Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh
India
Belarus
Third Constituent Charter
March 25, 1918
Russian SFSR
Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic
Belarus
Announcement of the Declaration of Independence of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Byelorussia
July 31, 1920
Poland
Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Byelorussia, trade unions
Russian SFSR
Belarus
Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic
July 27, 1990
Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet of the BSSR
Turkey
Belgium Belgian Declaration of Independence
October 4, 1830 Netherlands Provisional Government of Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian Declaration of Independence
March 1, 1992 Yugoslavia Bulgaria
Bougainville Bougainville Declaration of Independence
May 1990 Papua New Guinea Bougainville Interim Government
Brazil Declaration of the Independence of Brazil
September 7, 1822 Portugal Pedro I of Brazil United States
Bulgaria Bulgarian Declaration of Independence
September 22, 1908 Ottoman Empire Ferdinand of Bulgaria and the Government of Bulgaria Russia
Burma Burmese Declaration of Independence
January 4, 1948 United Kingdom
Catalonia Declaration of the Catalan Republic as a state of the Iberian Federation
April 14, 1931 Spain Francesc Macià , Generalitat Government of Catalonia
Catalonia Declaration of the Catalan state within the Federal Republic of Spain
October 6, 1934 Spain Lluís Companys , Generalitat Government of Catalonia
Catalonia Declaration from the representatives of Catalonia as the Catalan Republic
October 27, 2017 Spain
Central America (present-day: Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua )
Act of Independence of Central America
September 15, 1821 Spain
Chile Chilean Declaration of Independence
February 12, 1818 Spain National Congress Portugal
Colombia Colombian Declaration of Independence
July 20, 1810 Spain
Comoros Comorian Declaration of Independence
July 6, 1975 France Guinea
Crimea Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Crimea
March 11, 2014 Ukraine Supreme Council of Crimea Russia
Croatia Declaration of the Establishment of the Sovereign and Independent Republic of Croatia
June 25, 1991 Yugoslavia Iceland
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Declaration of Independence
October 18, 1918 Austria-Hungary Czechoslovak National Council United States
Czechoslovakia Martin Declaration
October 30, 1918 Austria-Hungary Slovak National Council France
Dominican Republic Dominican Act of Independence (1844)
February 27, 1844 Haiti United Kingdom
Dominican Republic Dominican Act of Independence (1863)
August 16, 1863 Spain Spain
East Timor East Timorese declaration of independence
November 28, 1975 Portugal Morocco
Egypt Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence
February 28, 1922 United Kingdom Unilateral grant of independence by the British government United Kingdom
Estonia Estonian Declaration of Independence
February 24, 1918 Germany Russia Estonian Salvation Committee Finland
Estonia Estonian Reconfirmation of Independence
August 20, 1991 Soviet Union Congress of Estonia Iceland (reconfirmed earlier recognition)
Finland Finnish Declaration of Independence
December 6, 1917 Russia Parliament of Finland Russian SFSR
First Mexican Empire (present-day Mexico )Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire (real independence) [ clarification needed ]
September 28, 1821 Spain Supreme Provisional Governmental Board United Kingdom [ 2]
Florida Florida's Constitution of 1861
January 10, 1861 United States Florida State Legislature
Galicia Declaration of the Republic of Galicia
June 27, 1931 Spain
Georgia, Democratic Republic of Georgian Declaration of Independence, 1918
May 26, 1918 TDFR Georgian National Council Germany
Georgia, Republic of Act of Restoration of State Independence of Georgia
April 9, 1991 [ 3] Soviet Union Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia Switzerland
Georgia, State of Georgia's secession declaration
January 29, 1861 United States
Greece Greek Declaration of Independence
January 15, 1822 Ottoman Empire First National Assembly Haiti
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau Declaration of Independence
September 24, 1973 Portugal
Haiti Haitian Declaration of Independence
January 1, 1804 France Jean-Jacques Dessalines France [ 4]
Hungary Hungarian Declaration of Independence
April 14, 1849 Habsburgs
Iceland Icelandic Declaration of Independence
June 17, 1944 Denmark United States
India
Indian Rebellion of 1857
May 10, 1857
United Kingdom
Mughal Empire
India Declaration of the Independence of India
January 26, 1930 United Kingdom
India
Declaration of Independence
August 15, 1947
United Kingdom
Indonesia Proclamation of Indonesian Independence
August 17, 1945 Netherlands Sukarno & Mohammad Hatta Kingdom of Egypt [ 5]
Iraq Iraq Declaration of Independence
October 3, 1932 United Kingdom United Kingdom
Ireland Proclamation of the Irish Republic
April 24, 1916 United Kingdom Provisional Government of the Irish Republic
Irish Republic Irish Declaration of Independence
January 21, 1919 United Kingdom Dáil Éireann Russian SFSR
Israel Israeli Declaration of Independence
May 14, 1948 United Kingdom Jewish People's Council United States
Katanga Katangan Declaration of Independence[ citation needed ]
July 11, 1960 Congo-Léopoldville
Kazakhstan On the State Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan
December 16, 1991 Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Turkey
Korea Korean Declaration of Independence
March 1, 1919 Japan Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea China
Kosova Proclamation of the Republic of Kosova
September 22, 1992 FR Yugoslavia Assembly of Kosovo Albania
Kosovo Kosovo declaration of independence
February 17, 2008 Serbia UN Administration "Democratically elected leaders of our people"[ a] Costa Rica
Latvia Latvian Declaration of Independence
November 18, 1918 Germany Russian SFSR
People's Council of Latvia Russian SFSR
Latvia On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia
May 4, 1990 Soviet Union Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR Iceland
Liberia Liberian Declaration of Independence
July 16, 1847 American Colonization Society Liberian Constitutional Convention United Kingdom
Lithuania Act of Independence of Lithuania
February 16, 1918 Germany Russian SFSR
Council of Lithuania Germany
Lithuania Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
March 11, 1990 Soviet Union Supreme Council of Lithuania Iceland
Lower Canada Declaration of Independence of Lower Canada
February 22, 1838 United Kingdom Robert Nelson
Macedonia Independence of the Republic of Macedonia
September 8, 1991 Yugoslavia Bulgaria
Malaya (present-day Malaysia )Federation of Malaya Independence Act 1957
August 31, 1957 United Kingdom Tunku Abdul Rahman , Prime Minister of Malaysia United Kingdom [ 6]
Mississippi A Declaration of the Immediate Causes which Induce and Justify the Secession of the State of Mississippi from the Federal Union
January 9, 1861 United States
Moldova Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Moldova
August 27, 1991 Soviet Union Parliament of the Republic of Moldova Romania
Montenegro Montenegro declaration of independence
June 3, 2006 Serbia and Montenegro Assembly of the Republic of Montenegro Iceland
Morocco Moroccan Declaration of Independence
January 11, 1944 France Istiqlal Party
Netherlands Act of Abjuration
July 26, 1581 Spain Union of Utrecht
Northern America (present-day Mexico )Solemn Act of the Declaration of Independence of Northern America
November 6, 1813 Spain Congress of Anáhuac
Northern Cyprus Declaration of Independence of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
November 15, 1983 Cyprus Turkey
Northern Epirus Northern Epirote Declaration of Independence
February 28, 1914 Albania Provisional Government of Northern Epirus
North Solomons Declaration of Independence of the Republic of the North Solomons
September 1, 1975 Territory of Papua and New Guinea (Australia )Unknown Vatican City
Norway (Kingdom of Norway ) Declaration of Independence of Norway (short after,[ clarification needed ] sovereign under the Swedish monarchy ) , and the Constitution of Norway
May 17, 1814 Denmark-Norway (As of Treaty of Kiel ) Norwegian Constituent Assembly
North Korea National Liberation Day of Korea
September 9, 1948 Japan Kim Il Sung Soviet Union
Padania Padanian Declaration of Independence
September 15, 1996 Italy
Pakistan Lahore Resolution
March 24, 1940 United Kingdom Muslim League (Pakistan)
Palestine Palestinian Declaration of Independence
November 15, 1988 Palestinian territories
Jordan (claimed the West Bank until 1988)
Palestinian National Council Arab League
Peru Act of the Declaration of Independence of Peru
July 28, 1821 Spain José de San Martín Argentina
Panama Secession of Panama from Colombia
November 3, 1903 Colombia
United States
Philippines Philippine Declaration of Independence
June 12, 1898 Spain
98 representatives of Dictatorial Government of the Philippines [ 7] (ratified on September 29, 1898, by the Malolos Congress [ 8] )
Provinces of the Río de la Plata (present-day: Argentina Bolivia Uruguay ) Argentine Declaration of Independence
July 9, 1816 Spain Congress of Tucumán Hawaii
Rhodesia Rhodesian Unilateral Declaration of Independence
November 11, 1965 United Kingdom Ian Smith and the rest of the Cabinet
Romania Romanian Declaration of Independence
May 22, 1877 Ottoman Empire King Carol I
Russia Belovezha Accords
December 12, 1991 Soviet Union Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Bir Lehlou Declaration
February 27, 1976 Spanish Sahara Polisario Front Madagascar
Scotland Declaration of Arbroath
April 6, 1320 England Scottish leaders
Serbia The Proclamation (Proglašenije/Проглашеније)
February 1809 Ottoman Empire Karađorđe Petrović and Serbian MPs
Singapore Proclamation of Singapore [ 9]
August 9, 1965 Malaysia [ 10] [ 11] Lee Kuan Yew , Prime Minister of Singapore United Kingdom [ 12]
Slovakia Slovak National Council's Declaration of Independence of the Slovak Nation
July 17, 1992 Czechoslovakia Slovak National Council Czech Republic
Slovenia Slovenian Declaration of Independence
June 25, 1991 Yugoslavia Croatia
Somaliland Somaliland Declaration of Independence
May 18, 1991 Somalia
South Korea National Liberation Day of Korea
August 15, 1948 Japan Syngman Rhee United States
South Carolina Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union
December 24, 1860 United States South Carolinians in Charleston
Sri Lanka Declaration of Independence of Sri Lanka (Then known as "Ceylon")
February 4, 1948 United Kingdom
Syria Syrian Declaration of Independence (1920)
March 8, 1920 Ottoman Empire Syrian National Congress
Syria Syrian Declaration of Independence (1941)
September 27, 1941 Free France Georges Catroux United Kingdom Egypt
Texas, Republic of Texas Declaration of Independence
March 2, 1836 Mexico France
Texas, State of A Declaration of the Causes which Impel the State of Texas to Secede from the Federal Union
February 1, 1861 United States Texas Legislature
Tibet Tibet's Declaration of Independence
February 13, 1913 China 13th Dalai Lama Bogd Khanate of Mongolia
Turkmenistan About Independence and Bases of a State System of Turkmenistan
October 27, 1991 Soviet Union none Turkey
Ukraine IV Universal
January 22, 1918 Russian SFSR Central Council of Ukraine
Ukraine Declaration of Independence of Ukraine
August 24, 1991 Soviet Union Verkhovna Rada Canada Poland [ 13]
United States United States Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1776 [ b] Great Britain Second Continental Congress Morocco [ 16] [ 17]
United Tribes of New Zealand Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand
October 28, 1835 — Māori chiefs United Kingdom [ 18]
Uzbekistan Declaration of Independence
August 31, 1991 Soviet Union Supreme Council of Uzbekistan Turkey
Venezuela Venezuelan Declaration of Independence
July 5, 1811 Spain National Congress
Vermont Vermont Declaration of Independence
January 15, 1777 United States
British Quebec
Vietnam Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
September 2, 1945 France Hồ Chí Minh China
Democratic Republic of the Yorubaland
Declaration of Independence
April 13, 2024 Nigeria
Modupe Onitiri-Abiola and Ominira Yoruba Group