State
|
Declaration
|
Date
|
Association
|
Signatories |
First recognizing state(s)
|
Albania |
Albanian Declaration of Independence
|
November 28, 1912 |
Ottoman Empire |
Assembly of Vlorë |
Austria-Hungary
|
Armenia |
Declaration of Independence of Armenia
|
May 28, 1918 |
Soviet Russia |
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
|
Soviet Russia
|
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
|
March 26, 1971
|
Pakistan
|
Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh
|
Bhutan
|
Belarus
|
Third Constituent Charter
|
March 25, 1918
|
Soviet Russia
|
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
|
Soviet Russia
|
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
|
Dominican Republic |
Dominican Declaration of Independence
|
February 27, 1844 |
Haiti |
|
United Kingdom
|
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 |
Soviet Russia
|
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 |
Soviet Russia |
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 |
Declaration of the Independence of India
|
January 26, 1930 |
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 |
Soviet Russia
|
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 |
|
|
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
Soviet Russia
|
People's Council of Latvia |
Soviet Russia
|
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
Soviet Russia
|
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 |
|
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
|
Philippines |
Philippine Declaration of Independence
|
June 12, 1898 |
Spain
United States
|
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]
|
Czechoslovakia |
Martin Declaration
|
October 30, 1918 |
Austria-Hungary |
Slovak National Council |
France
|
Slovakia |
Slovak National Council's Declaration of Independence of the Slovak Nation
|
July 17, 1992 |
Czechoslovakia |
Slovak National Council |
|
Slovenia |
Slovenian Declaration of Independence
|
June 25, 1991 |
Yugoslavia |
|
Croatia
|
Somaliland |
Somaliland Declaration of Independence
|
May 18, 1991 |
Somalia |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
Soviet Russia |
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
|