<Tr> <Td> Netherlands </Td> <Td> Indonesia </Td> <Td> However, just two days later, the Dutch East Indies declares independence, which after four years of armed struggle and mounting international pressure is recognized by the Netherlands in 1949 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> France </Td> <Td> Vietnam </Td> <Td> Before France is able to regain control over French Indochina, Vietnam declares independence . France will recognize Vietnam in 1954 following a humiliating defeat, although between that year and 1975 Vietnam was divided into a communist north and a largely anti-communist south under American influence, before reuniting under North Vietnam rule . </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Colonizer </Th> <Th> Decolonized state </Th> <Th> Event </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1946 </Th> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Philippines </Td> <Td> The treaty of Manila is signed, effectively ending over 380 years of foreign domination in the Philippines . United States military bases continued to be stationed in the islands . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Jordan </Td> <Td> The former Emirate of Transjordan became an independent Hashemite kingdom when the United Kingdom relinquishes its League of Nations mandate . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> France </Td> <Td> Syria </Td> <Td> The former Mandate of Syria became an independent Republic . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1947 </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> New Zealand </Td> <Td> New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster 1931 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> India, Pakistan (today Pakistan and Bangladesh) </Td> <Td> The British government leaves India, which is partitioned into the secular, but Hindu - majority state of India and the Muslim state of Pakistan (the eastern half of which will later became independent as Bangladesh in 1971). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1948 </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Myanmar, Sri Lanka </Td> <Td> Burma, which had separated from British India earlier and did not gain independence in 1947, and Ceylon, which despite being a part of the Indian subcontinent was only briefly a part of British India, became independent . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Israel, Palestine </Td> <Td> The Jewish - controlled part of Palestine declares independence as the state of Israel; the remainder of Palestine became de facto part of the Arab states of Egypt (Gaza strip) and Transjordan (West Bank). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> South Korea </Td> <Td> The Republic of Korea is established in the southern part of the Korean peninsula . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Soviet Union </Td> <Td> North Korea </Td> <Td> The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is established in the northern part of the peninsula . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1949 </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Newfoundland (today part of Canada) </Td> <Td> The Dominion of Newfoundland joins Canada . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1951 </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Eritrea </Td> <Td> The Mandate of Eritrea is given by the British to Ethiopia . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> France, United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Libya </Td> <Td> The British - controlled Tripolitania and the French - controlled Fezzan unifies with the Emirate of Cyrenaica to form the Kingdom of Libya . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1953 </Th> <Td> France </Td> <Td> Cambodia, Laos </Td> <Td> The two non-Vietnamese protectorates of French Indochina, Cambodia and Laos, became independent . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1954 </Th> <Td> France </Td> <Td> Pondicherry (today part of India) </Td> <Td> The Puducherry enclave is incorporated into India . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Suez Canal (today part of Egypt) </Td> <Td> In the aftermath of July 23 revolution, the United Kingdom withdraws from the last part of Egypt it controls: the Suez Canal zone . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1956 </Th> <Td> United Kingdom, Egypt (de jure, de facto just United Kingdom) </Td> <Td> Sudan (today Sudan and South Sudan) </Td> <Td> Egypt ends it claims of sovereignty over Sudan, forcing the United Kingdom to do the same . The southern non-Arab half will later became an independent state in 2011 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> France </Td> <Td> Tunisia </Td> <Td> Tunisia achieve independence . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> France, Spain </Td> <Td> Morocco </Td> <Td> After large - scale protests forces France to return the sultan of Morocco, the French - controlled territories, most of the Spanish - controlled territories (except Cape Juby and Ifni) and the Tangier International Zone are united into an independent kingdom . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1957 </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Ghana </Td> <Td> The Gold Coast became independent, initiating the decolonisation of sub-Saharan Africa . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Malaysia </Td> <Td> The Federation of Malaya became independent . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1958 </Th> <Td> France </Td> <Td> Guinea </Td> <Td> After being the only colony to vote against the 1958 French constitution, Guinea is granted independence . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1960 </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Cyprus (today de facto Cyprus and Northern Cyprus) </Td> <Td> Most of Cyprus became independent, though the UK retains sovereign control over Akrotiri and Dhekelia . In 1983, the northern Turkish half of Cyprus declared its independence (this state is only recognized by Turkey). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nigeria </Td> <Td> Nigeria became independent . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Italy, United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Somalia (today de facto Somalia and Somaliland) </Td> <Td> British Somaliland became independent . As the State of Somaliland, the former British Somaliland protectorate merges as scheduled five days later with the Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic . (In the aftermath of the Somali Civil War, the former British Somaliland split from Somalia and has been an internationally - unrecognized independent state called Somaliland since 1991 .) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> France </Td> <Td> Ivory Coast, Benin, Mauritania, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali Federation (today Mali and Senegal) </Td> <Td> All remaining colony members of French West Africa became independent, including Côte d'Ivoire, Dahomey, Mauritania, Niger, Upper Volta, French Sudan, and Senegal (the last two originally as a single - entity called the Mali Federation; within the same year the two split off into Mali and Senegal). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chad, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Gabon </Td> <Td> All colony members of French Equatorial Africa became independent, including Chad, Ubangi - Shari, the French Congo, and Gabon . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cameroon, Togo </Td> <Td> The United Nations trust territories of Cameroun and French Togoland became independent . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Madagascar </Td> <Td> Madagascar became independent . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Belgium </Td> <Td> Democratic Republic of the Congo </Td> <Td> The Belgian Congo (also known as Congo - Kinshasa, later renamed Zaire and presently the Democratic Republic of the Congo) became independent . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1961 </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Tanzania </Td> <Td> The United Nations trust territory of Tanganyika became independent . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sierra Leone </Td> <Td> Sierra Leone became independent . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kuwait </Td> <Td> The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over the Sheikhdom of Kuwait . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> British Cameroons (today part of Nigeria and part of Cameroon) </Td> <Td> After a referendum, United Nations trust territory of Cameroons is dissolved, with the northern Muslim half deciding to merge with Nigeria and the southern Christian half deciding to merge with Cameroon . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Africa </Td> <Td> The Union of South Africa declares itself a republic . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Portugal </Td> <Td> Goa, Daman and Diu (today part of India) </Td> <Td> The former coastal enclave colonies of Goa, Daman and Diu are taken over by India . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1962 </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Uganda </Td> <Td> Uganda achieves independence . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago </Td> <Td> With the collapse of the West Indies Federation, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago became independence as separate entities . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> France </Td> <Td> Algeria </Td> <Td> Following the end of the Algerian War and the signing of the Évian Accords, both French and Algerian voters approve the independence of Algeria . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Belgium </Td> <Td> Rwanda, Burundi </Td> <Td> Following a period of ethnic violence in Rwanda that led to abolition of its monarchy, Belgium ends its trusteeship over it and Burundi . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New Zealand </Td> <Td> Samoa </Td> <Td> The South Sea UN trusteeship over Western Samoa (formerly German Samoa and nowadays called just Samoa) is relinquished . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1963 </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Kenya, Zanzibar (today part of Tanzania) </Td> <Td> The United Kingdom and the Sultanate of Zanzibar ceded its sovereignty over Kenya . Zanzibar, itself a British Protectorate, would also have its protectorate terminated in the same year . After the Zanzibar Revolution that occurred a year later, Zanzibar merged with Tanganyika, which promptly renamed itself the United Republic of Tanzania . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sarawak (today part of Malaysia), North Borneo (today part of Malaysia), Singapore </Td> <Td> Sarawak, North Borneo and Singapore merges with the independent Federation of Malaya, which promptly renamed itself Malaysia . Within two years, however, Singapore would be expelled from Malaysia . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United Nations </Td> <Td> Western New Guinea (today part of Indonesia) </Td> <Td> Less than a year after Netherlands transferred Netherlands New Guinea to the United Nations, the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority transfers West Papua to Indonesia . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1964 </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Zambia, Malawi </Td> <Td> Following the dissolution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland declare independence . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Malta </Td> <Td> The Mediterranean island of Malta became independent . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1965 </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Zimbabwe </Td> <Td> Southern Rhodesia declares independence as Rhodesia, but is not recognized due to its unwillingness to accommodate to black - majority rule . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Gambia </Td> <Td> The Gambia receives independence . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Maldives </Td> <Td> The British protectorate over the Maldives archipelago in the Indian Ocean ends . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1966 </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Barbados, Guyana </Td> <Td> In the British West Indies, Barbados (which was a former member of the West Indies Federation) and British Guiana became independent . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Botswana, Lesotho </Td> <Td> Near South Africa, Bechuanaland and Basutoland became independent . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1967 </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> South Yemen (today part of Yemen) </Td> <Td> On the Arabian peninsula, the Protectorate of South Arabia and the Federation of South Arabia became independent as a single entity called the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (or South Yemen). In 1990, South Yemen merged with the Yemen Arab Republic (or North Yemen), which promptly renamed itself as the Republic of Yemen . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1968 </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Mauritius </Td> <Td> Mauritius achieves independence . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Swaziland </Td> <Td> The Kingdom of Swaziland has its protectorate terminated . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Spain </Td> <Td> Equatorial Guinea </Td> <Td> Spanish Guinea achieves independence . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom (de jure, de facto just Australia) </Td> <Td> Nauru </Td> <Td> Australia relinquishes UN trusteeship (nominally shared by the United Kingdom and New Zealand) of Nauru in the South Sea . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1970 </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Oman </Td> <Td> The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Muscat and Oman . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1971 </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Fiji, Tonga </Td> <Td> In Oceania, Fiji became independent, while the protectorate over the Kingdom of Tonga ends . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar </Td> <Td> All seven members of the Trucial States became independent upon the termination of their protectorates, with six (Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Sharjah, and Umm al - Quwain) forming the United Arab Emirates; the seventh, Ras al - Khaimah, would join the UAE a year after . Two other Arab monarchies in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain and Qatar (which despite discussions of joining the UAE were not considered part of the Trucial States) also became independent as their British protectorates are lifted . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1973 </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> The Bahamas </Td> <Td> The Bahamas are granted independence . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Portugal </Td> <Td> Guinea - Bissau </Td> <Td> After more than a decade of fighting, guerrillas unilaterally declare independence in the Southeastern regions of Portuguese Guinea . It would not be recognized by Portugal until a year later, in the aftermath of Carnation Revolution . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Grenada </Td> <Td> Grenada, a former member of the West Indies Federation became independent . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> France </Td> <Td> Comoros </Td> <Td> The Comoros archipelago in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa is granted independence . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Portugal </Td> <Td> Angola, Mozambique </Td> <Td> After the Carnation Revolution, the two other colonies who have been fighting against colonial rule, Angola and Mozambique achieve independence . East Timor declares independence, but is subsequently occupied and annexed by Indonesia nine days later . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cape Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe </Td> <Td> After the Carnation Revolution, the Western African island groups of Cape Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe achieve independence . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> East Timor </Td> <Td> After the Carnation Revolution, East Timor declares independence, but is subsequently invaded and occupied by Indonesia nine days later . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Netherlands </Td> <Td> Suriname </Td> <Td> Surinam (also known as Dutch Guiana) achieves independence . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Australia </Td> <Td> Papua New Guinea </Td> <Td> Released from Australian trusteeship, Papua New Guinea gains independence . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1976 </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Seychelles </Td> <Td> The Seychelles archipelago in the Indian Ocean off the African coast became independent (one year after granting of self - rule). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Spain </Td> <Td> Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic </Td> <Td> The Spanish colonial rule is de facto terminated over the Western Sahara (then Rio de Oro), when the territory was passed on to and partitioned between Mauritania and Morocco (which annexes the entire territory in 1979), rendering the declared independence of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ineffective to the present day . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1977 </Th> <Td> France </Td> <Td> Djibouti </Td> <Td> French Somaliland, also known as the "French Territory of the Afars and the Issas" (after its dominant ethnic groups), gains independence . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1978 </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Dominica </Td> <Td> Dominica, a former member of the West Indies Federation, became independent . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Solomon Islands, Tuvalu </Td> <Td> The Solomon Islands and the Ellice Islands (which previously split off from the Gilbert and Ellice Islands) became independent . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1979 </Th> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Panama Canal (today part of Panama) </Td> <Td> The United States promises to return the Panama Canal Zone (held under a regime sui generis since 1903) to the republic of Panama after 1999 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Kiribati </Td> <Td> The Gilbert Islands became independent . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia </Td> <Td> Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Saint Lucia, both former members of the West Indies Federation, became independent . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1980 </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Zimbabwe </Td> <Td> In the aftermath of the Rhodesian Bush War, Rhodesia, which temporary regained its colonial status, became formally independent under black - majority rule . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United Kingdom, France </Td> <Td> Vanuatu </Td> <Td> The joint Anglo - French colony of the New Hebrides became the independent island Republic of Vanuatu . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1981 </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Belize, Antigua and Barbuda </Td> <Td> In the British West Indies, British Honduras and Antigua and Barbuda (which was a former member of the West Indies Federation) became independent . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1982 </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Canada </Td> <Td> Canada gains full independence from the British parliament with the Canada Act 1982 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Saint Kitts and Nevis </Td> <Td> Saint Kitts and Nevis (an associated state since 1963) became independent . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1984 </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Brunei </Td> <Td> The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over the Brunei sultanate . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1986 </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Australia, New Zealand </Td> <Td> Australia and New Zealand became fully independent with the Australia Act 1986 and the Constitution Act 1986 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> South Africa </Td> <Td> Namibia </Td> <Td> South West Africa, the only League of Nation mandate that did not become a United Nation trust territory via independence, became independent from South Africa . South Africa would continue hold on to Walvis Bay and the Penguin Islands until 1994 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Marshall Islands, Micronesia </Td> <Td> The UN Security Council gives final approval to end the U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific (dissolved already in 1986), finalizing the independence of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia, having been a colonial possession of the empire of Japan before UN trusteeship . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1991 </Th> <Td> Soviet Union </Td> <Td> Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan </Td> <Td> Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Byelorussia, Moldova, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kirghizia, and Turkmenia became independent from the Soviet Union . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Colonizer </Th> <Th> Decolonized state </Th> <Th> Event </Th> </Tr>

Name any two countries which became independent after the second world war