<Tr> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> 09 - 03! 3 September </Td> <Td> 1783 </Td> <Td> Fourth of July . Declaration of Independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1776 . Independence achieved de facto 1781, and de jure 1783 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vanuatu </Td> <Td> 07 - 30! 30 July </Td> <Td> 1980 </Td> <Td> Independence from United Kingdom and France in 1980 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Yemen </Td> <Td> 11 - 30! 30 November </Td> <Td> 1967 </Td> <Td> South Yemen 1967 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Zambia </Td> <Td> 10 - 24! 24 October </Td> <Td> 1964 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr>

List of countries in the old british empire