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Country	before 1700s	1700s					1710s					1720s					1730s					1740s					1750s					1760s					1770s					1780s					1790s					1800s					1810s					1820s					1830s					1840s					1850s					1860s					1870s					1880s					1890s					1900s					1910s					1920s					1930s					1940s					1950s					1960s					1970s					1980s					1990s					2000s					2010s					2020s					Current	Country
Afghanistan																																																																	1870										1901									1919				1926	1928 1929	1930																					1973	1974		1978 1978	1980			1987			1992	1992	1996	1997	2001	2002	2004				2013				2021						Afghanistan
Albania																																																																	1878[1]											1902[2]				1910	1911	1912[3]	1914			1920			1926	1928			1934		1939		1943	1944	1946																							1992					2002															Albania
Algeria	1516																																																																1830																																																																1962																																Algeria
Andorra																																																							1806																														1866																																		1934		1939					1949					1959						1971																															Andorra
Angola																																																											1816					1826			1830																																									1911																															1975																													Angola
Antigua and Barbuda																																																																																																																																		1957	1958		1962		1967																																	Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina																																																										1812	1812	1818	1819	1820				1829			1835								1850					1861																																																																2010											Argentina
Armenia																																																																																													1885																	1918	1918	1922							1936		1940						1952																			1990																					Armenia
Australia																																					1769																1801																																																		1901	1903		1908																							1954																																							Australia
Austria	1522																																																																																																														1918										1938			1945					1955																																							Austria
Azerbaijan	1555																																																																																																													1918	1918	1920	1922							1937		1940						1952																			1991											2013										Azerbaijan
Bahamas																																																																																						1869																		1904										1923														1953						1964					1973																2007													Bahamas
Bahrain																																											1783																			1820																																																								1932																				1972															2002															Bahrain
Bangladesh																																																																																																																																									1971	1972																														Bangladesh
Barbados																																																																																														1885																																					1958		1962		1966																																	Barbados
Belarus																																																																																																															1918	1919	1919			1927				1937		1940	1941	1944			1951																				1991		1995									2012										Belarus
Belgium																																															1790																				1830	1831																																																																	Belgium
Belize																																																																																																															1919																															1981																			2019							Belize
Benin																																																																																														1958								1975								1990																					Benin
Bhutan																																																																	1949				1956						1969																																Bhutan
Bolivia																																																																1825	1826												1851																																																																	Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1377																																																																																		1878	1878														1908					1918											1941			1946																							1992					1998															Bosnia and Herzegovina
	1448																																																																																																	1908
Botswana																																																																	1885																																									1966																																	Botswana
Brazil																																																												1816	1816		1822	1822																							1870									1889	1889																																			1960				1968												1992																				Brazil
Brunei																																																																	pre-1906	1906																	1941		1945							1959																																					Brunei
Bulgaria																																																																																		1878															1908					1918														1946	1948									1967		1971										1991																					Bulgaria
																																																																																		1878															1908
Burkina Faso																																																																																																1959													1984																								Burkina Faso
Burundi																																																																	1885																	1919																					1961	1962	1966	1966	1967							1982																									Burundi
Cambodia																																																																	1863												1887																											1942	1945					1953								1970		1975		1979					1989	1992	1993																				Cambodia
Cameroon																																																																	1884																1916																				1957		1961							1975																													Cameroon
																																																																																	1916			1922
Canada																																																																	1868																										1921																		1957						1965																																Canada
Cape Verde																																																											1816					1826			1830																																									1911																															1975									1992																				Cape Verde
Central African Republic																																																																	1903																												1958																																					Central African Republic
Chad																																																																	1959																																					Chad
Chile																																																										1812		1817	1818																																																																	Chile
China																																																																	1888[4]											1912[4]								1928[4]										1949[4]																																										China, People's Republic of
Colombia	1525																																											1785													1811		1814	1816	1819	1820	1821				1831		1834													1861 1861																																																																	Colombia
Comoros																																																																	1887																																						1963						1975		1978							1992		1996		2001																Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the																																																																	1877																																										1960	1963	1966			1971													1997			2003		2006													Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the																																																																	1891																																	1958						1970											1991																				Congo, Republic of the
Costa Rica	1506																																																													1821	1823	1824	1824	1824						1840	1842			1848																													1906																																																															Costa Rica
Croatia	1527																																																							1809			1815																	1848		1852							1868																										1918	1918									1939	1941	1943	1945																						1990	1990																					Croatia
Cuba	1506																																											1785																																													1873												1898		1902		1906	1908	1909																								1959																																					Cuba
Cyprus	1192	1489																																																																	1844																	1878	1881																					1922																			1960	1960																						2006													Cyprus
Czechia	1198																																																					1804																																																								1918			1920								1939			1945																							1990	1993																				Czech Republic
Denmark	14th c.[5]																																																																	Denmark
Djibouti																																																																	1844																										1896																																								1977																												Djibouti
Dominica	1663									1715																							1763																			1801																																				1871																																		1940									1958		1962								1978	1981							1988	1990																		Dominica
Dominican Republic	1506																																																	1795								1808				1821												1844		1849							1861		1865																																																																	Dominican Republic
East Timor			1702		1707																						1750																																	1816				1826			1830																																									1911															1942	1945															1975	1975	1976										1999		2002															East Timor
Ecuador	1534																																											1785												1809		1812				1820	1822	1822			1830		1835					1845	1845							1860																				1900																																																						2009												Ecuador
Egypt	661	750-969																																																																1844																			1882																				1922															1952			1958							1972						1984																								Egypt
El Salvador	1525									1717																																		1785																		1821	1823	1826	1827								1842				1850		1854			1860	1864	1865		1869		1873	1875										1896	1898	1900					1912	1916					1921	1923																																																							El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea	1667				1707																						1750														1778				1785																																																																1931			1936	1938			1945												1968		1973			1979																											Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea																																																																	1890																									1941	1941					1952										1975							1987		1991		1993	1995																		Eritrea
Estonia																																																																	1918											1940	1941	1944				1953																			1990																					Estonia
Eswatini																																																																	1890		1894				1903																																	1968																					2011											Eswatini
Ethiopia																																									1897																				1914																																														1936					1941																				1974					1987					1991					1996									2009												Ethiopia
Fiji																																																																	1865	1867	1869	1871			1878																								1924																							1970																															Fiji
Finland	1562																																																							1809																									1858												1883																	1917	1918																																																									Finland
France	1643[citation needed]																																														1790[citation needed]		1794[6]										1814								1830[7]																																																							1940		1944						1958									1974[8]																							2020[8]						France
																																																																																																																										1940
Gabon																																																																	1903																												1959	1960																																				Gabon
Gambia																																											1783										1801																																																																1965																																	Gambia
Georgia	1008-1490																																																			1801																													1858												1883																		1918	1921	1922							1937							1951																				1990							2004														Georgia
Germany	1400																																																																										1848										1867																											1919						1933		1935			1946			1949																																										Germany
	1433																																																																																																																													1949					1959
Ghana																																																														1821																												1877																																								1957		1961		1964	1966																																	Ghana
	1612																																																	1795				1806			1810		1814
Greece	1378																															1769																															1822																								1833																				1862																				1967										1970			1975		1978																										Greece
																																																															1822 (naval ensign)
Grenada	1663									1715																							1763													1779		1783				1801																																						1875													1903																												1958		1962	1967				1974																														Grenada
Guatemala	1519																																																													1821	1823	1825							1838			1843			1851				1858	1871																																																																	Guatemala
Guinea																																																																	1898																													1958																																						Guinea
Guinea-Bissau	1667				1707																						1750																																1816					1826			1830																																									1911																														1974																														Guinea-Bissau
Guyana	1581																																																	1795					1806		1810		1814																														1875															1906							1919																		1955						1966																																	Guyana
Haiti	1663									1715																																				1790	1791								1798		1803	1804	1806	1811		1821													1849				1859																																																						1964													1986																						Haiti
Honduras	1519																																																													1821	1823	1825							1838														1866															1898	1898																									1949																																					2022					Honduras
Hungary	1526																																																																1848	1848		1849								1867			1869–1918														1896–1915								1918	1919	1919									1940			1946	1949	1956	1956	1957																																							Hungary
Iceland	1536																																																													1809	1810																																							1900									1918													1944																																												Iceland
India	1526																																																																1858																								1906	1907	1908				1917			1921					1931							1947																																											India
	1674																																								1773
Indonesia	1640																																																			1800																																																																1942	1945																																												Indonesia
Iran	1576																			1736						1747												1760																																								1852																											1907														1933														1964									1980																										Iran
Iraq																																																																	1844																																						1921																		1958	1959		1963														1991							2004			2008											Iraq
Ireland	1542																																																				1801																																																												1922																																																							Ireland
Israel																																																																	1844																																						1920													1948	1948																																										Israel
Italy																																																						1802		1805			1814																									1861																																									1946																														2003		2006											Italy
																																																																																																																										1943-april 1945
Ivory Coast																																																																	1896																																1959																																					Ivory Coast
Jamaica	1655																																																				1801																																				1875																1906																									1957	1958				1962																																	Jamaica
Japan																																																																	1868																																						1945				1952																							1999																	Japan
Jordan																																																																	1844																																						1920				1921														1958	1958																																					Jordan
Kazakhstan																																																															1822																		1858												1883																	1915		1917		1920					1932	1937		1940					1953																				1991	1992																				Kazakhstan
Kenya																																																																	1885					1885													1921																					1963																																			Kenya
Kiribati																																																																	1892																						1937			1942	1943																	1979																											Kiribati
Korea, North	960																																																	1800																												1856													1882	1882		1888				1893	1893		1899						1910																	1945	1946	1946	1948																				1992																					Korea, North
Korea, South																																																																																																																												1945		1948	1949																		1984							1997							2011									Korea, South
Kuwait	1521																																																																									1844																											1899			1914									1921									1940										1961																																				Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan																																																																	1876			1883																		1918									1936								1952																			1991	1992	1992														2023					Kyrgyzstan
Laos				1707																																																																1893																														1952										1975																													Laos
Latvia	1562	1661	1692									1721																																																																1918	1919	1920										1940	1941	1944				1953																			1990																					Latvia
Lebanon	1697																																																																		1844																																					1918	1920											1943																																													Lebanon
Lesotho																																																	1795				1801																																				1875					1884																																									1966										1987										2006													Lesotho
Liberia																																																																	1827											1847																																																																	Liberia
Libya	1711																																																																1912																			1951									1969		1972		1977																		2011										Libya
Liechtenstein	1400										1719																																																																1852																																		1921								1937																							1982																									Liechtenstein
Lithuania	1587																																																1795																																1858												1883																		1918											1940	1941	1944				1953																		1988								2004														Lithuania
Luxembourg	1482																																							1781									1795										1815															1845																																																1940		1944																																												Luxembourg
Madagascar																																													1787																																																	1885					1896																															1958																																						Madagascar
Malawi																																																																	1907																							1953					1963	1964																							2010	2012										Malawi
Malaysia	1641																																															1795			1801									1818			1824																																					1896																							1942	1945		1949							1963																																			Malaysia
Maldives																																																		1796																																																					1903												1926													1953	1954					1965																																		Maldives
Mali																																																																	1892																																	1958	1959	1961																																				Mali
Malta	1530																																																		1798	1800	1801						1814																														1875												1898												1923										1943											1964																																		Malta
Marshall Islands																																																																	1885		1889													1914		1919													1944	1947									1965							1979																											Marshall Islands
Mauritania																																																																	1900																													1959																															2017						Mauritania
Mauritius	1666						1710																																							1789											1810																													1869																			1906								1923																							1968																																Mauritius
Mexico	1519																																																													1821	1821	1823																				1864	1867												1893													1916									1934																	1968																																Mexico
Micronesia																																																																	1885							1899								1914		1919													1944	1947									1965							1979																											Micronesia
Moldova	1396																																																																1834																1866								1883																	1917	1919			1925						1937	1938	1940						1952																			1990										2010											Moldova
																																																																													1859		1862		1867
Monaco																																																1793																																												1881																															1942	1945																																												Monaco
Mongolia																																																																	1862														1890										1911							1924			1930					1940		1945																							1992										2011											Mongolia
Montenegro	1696																																																																1851												1876															1905						1918						1918														1946																							1992		1994				2004														Montenegro
Morocco	1666																																																																1913																					1956																																							Morocco
																																																																					1921
Mozambique	1667	1707																									1750																																1816					1826			1830																																									1911																															1974	1975				1983	1983																							Mozambique
Myanmar																												1753																																																																1885																										1937			1943	1945	1948														1974																		2010											Myanmar
Namibia																																																																	1884															1915							1928																										1982					1990																					Namibia
Nauru																																																																	1888														1914														1942	1945												1968																																Nauru
Nepal																																																								1768																			1856																																											c. 1930															1962																																			Nepal
Netherlands	1581																								/ 1652																								1795						1806		1810		1814																																																																	Netherlands
New Zealand																																				1769																																	1834			1840													1867	1869																																																																	New Zealand
Nicaragua	1524																																																														1823	1825								1839									1858													1889			1893		1896							1908																																1971																														Nicaragua
Niger																																																																	1922																		1959																																					Niger
Nigeria																																																																	1886							1900																															1960																																			Nigeria
																																																																																																											1967
North Macedonia																																																																	1844																													1903	1903				1912			1918											1941		1944	1946																						1992			1995																		North Macedonia
Norway	1536																																																										1814		1818		1821															1844																				1900																																																																	Norway
Oman																																																																	1856																																																									1970												1995																			Oman
Pakistan	1526																							1747							1761																																													1849					1858					1880																																							1947																																											Pakistan
Palau																																																																	1885							1899								1914		1919													1944	1947									1965								1981																										Palau
Palestine																																																																	1844																																						1920													1948	1949				1958	1958				1967								1982						1994																			Palestine
																																																																																																																					1949		1952			1958
Panama	1510									1717																																		1785													1811			1816	1819	1820	1821						1834													1861																						1903										1925																																														2017								Panama
Papua New Guinea																																																																	1884											1906																		1942	1945		1949								1965				1971																														Papua New Guinea
																																																																	1884		1889													1914															1945
Paraguay	1537									1717																																		1785													1811	1811	1811	1812					1826								1842																																																								1954																	1988	1990											2013										Paraguay
Peru	1542									1717																																		1785																	1820	1822	1822	1825																																																															1950																																									Peru
																																																																						1836
Philippines	1565																																	1762	1764																												1821																																					1897	1898	1901					1908		1912		1919									1936			1942	1943	1945																			1985	1986								1998															Philippines
Poland	966	c. 1605																																															Partitions 1795						1807	1815				1815																																																1863	1919					1928					1939					1944																		1980																										Poland
Portugal	1667				1707																						1750																																	1816					1826		1830																																									1911																																																												Portugal
Qatar	661-750	c. 1700																																																																1860																																1916	1916							1932		1936						1949												1971																														Qatar
Romania	1330																																																																1834						1848			1859		1862		1867																																									1948	1948	1952						1965												1989	1989																					Romania
	1396																																																																1834
Russia	1668	1696																																																																1858																										1914		1917			1922		1924	1924					1936												1955																			1993																	Russia
																																																																																															1918	1918										1937										1954																		1991
Rwanda																																																																	1885																	1919																				1959	1961	1962																			2001																Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1626						1713																																													1801																																				1871																																											1958		1962		1967								1983																									Saint Kitts and Nevis
	1663
Saint Lucia	1663									1715													1743							1756			1762	1763						1778		1783				1789				1796		1801	1802	1803																																																	1903																			1939											1962		1967					1979													2002															Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1663									1715																							1763								1778		1783									1801																																																			1903																														1962								1979			1985	1985																							Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa																																																																	1858							1873			1879				1887								1900						1914				1922													1948	1949																																									Samoa
San Marino																																																																	1862																																																																2011											San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe	1667				1707																						1750																																	1816						1826	1830																																									1911																															1975																													São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia	1517																						1744																																						1818		1824																																	1891							1902												1926			1932	1934		1938																		1973																													Saudi Arabia
																																																																										1844																																						1920
Senegal	1643																																													1789													1814								1830																																																															1958	1959	1960																																				Senegal
Serbia	1346																																																				1804										1835																									1882																				1918											1941					1946																								1992						2004			2010											Serbia
Seychelles																																1756																										1811																																														1903																												1961								1976	1977									1996																		Seychelles
Sierra Leone																																																1792					1801																																												1889																																			1961																																				Sierra Leone
Singapore	1699																																																											1819																													1874																								1925										1942	1945	1946						1959		1963	1965																																		Singapore
Slovakia																																																																	1920									1938			1945																								1992																				Slovakia
Slovenia	1335																																																				1803					1813																																																					1918	1918											1943	1945																							1991																					Slovenia
Solomon Islands																																																																	1886								1906																				1942	1945	1947					1956				1966						1977																												Solomon Islands
																																																																				1893
Somalia	1415																																																																1888						1896												1888/1920													1946							1960																																				Somalia
South Africa	1652						1664																																										1795				1801																																				1875																		1910	1912									1928																									1982						1994																				South Africa
																																																																																									1854
South Sudan																																																																	1844																			1882	1885							1899												1922															1952		1956							1970																				2005						2023					South Sudan
Spain	1506	1701																								1760																		1785																																												1873	1875																												1931			1936	1938			1945																1977		1981																										Spain
Sri Lanka	161 BC[9]	1593																																																				1815																																																																1948		1951										1972																														Sri Lanka
Sudan																																																																	1844																			1882	1885							1899												1922															1952		1956							1970																															Sudan
Suriname	1581																																																	1795					1806		1810		1814																																																																1959								1975																													Suriname
Sweden	1562																																																										1815															1844																															1905/1906																																																															Sweden
Switzerland	1470																																																		1798		1803																																											1889																																																																	Switzerland
Syria																																																																	1844																																						1920	1920	1922				1932													1958		1961	1963					1972				1980																								Syria
Taiwan	1661	1683																																																																1890	1895	1895																								1945																																												China, Republic of (Taiwan)
Tajikistan																																																																	1869												1883																		1918		1921			1929	1929	1931	1935	1936	1938	1940						1953																			1991	1992																				Tajikistan
Tanzania																																																																	1885																	1919																					1961	1964																																			Tanzania
																																																																																																							1964
Thailand	1680																																										1782																		1817													1843																								1893												1916	1917																																																		2017							Thailand
Togo																																																																	1884															1914																					1957	1958	1960																																				Togo
Tonga																																																																	1858			1862						1875																																																																	Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago	1498																																																			1796		1801																																													1889																																		1962																																			Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia	1574																																																																1831																																																																1999																	Tunisia
Turkey																																																																	1844																																														1936																																																Turkey
Turkmenistan																																																																	1868							1883																	1917		1920	1922		1926					1937		1940						1953																				1992		1997			2001															Turkmenistan
Tuvalu																																																																	1892																						1937																				1976	1978							1995	1996	1997																		Tuvalu
Uganda																																																																	1894										1914																								1962																																			Uganda
Ukraine	1119	1362	1471	1569																																		c. 1772																																						1849																					1890														1917	1920											1941	1944		1949																					1991	1992																				Ukraine
					1654	1668	1696																																																																										1858																															1919				1929					1937
				1649
United Arab Emirates	?-1820																																																																1892																													1968										1971																															United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom	1277[10]	1606[11]		1707[12]																																																					1801[13]																																																																	United Kingdom
	1542[14]	1606[11]
United States																																								1775	1777									1795											1818	1819	1820	1822						1836	1837			1845	1846	1847	1848	1851		1858	1859	1861	1863	1865	1867					1877							1890	1891		1896						1908		1912																							1959	1960																																				United States
Uruguay	1624									1717																																		1785														1812	1815			1821	1822		1825	1828	1830																																																																	Uruguay
Uzbekistan																																												1785																																																																1920		1924												1953																			1991																					Uzbekistan
Vanuatu																																																																	1887															1906																			1953													1980																										Vanuatu
																																																																																1906												1940		1945
Vatican City	754																																																				1803												1825											1849	1849										1870																													1929																																				2001											2023					Vatican City
Venezuela	1522																																											1785													1811	1813	1814	1817	1819	1820	1821							1836											1859	1859	1863																					1905											1930														1954																										2006													Venezuela
Vietnam																																																																	1885	1887		1890															1920												1945					1955										1976																													Vietnam
																																																																																															1945	1945	1946	1948											1975
Yemen																																																																	1872																							1918		1923		1927																		1962														1990																					Yemen
																																																																									1886																								1937													1962		1967
Zambia																																																																	1924														1953					1963	1964																1996																		Zambia
Zimbabwe																																																																	1896													1923															1953						1964		1968			1979	1979		1980																										Zimbabwe
Country	before 1700s																																																																																																																																																																						Current	Country
		1700s					1710s					1720s					1730s					1740s					1750s					1760s					1770s					1780s					1790s					1800s					1810s					1820s					1830s					1840s					1850s					1860s					1870s					1880s					1890s					1900s					1910s					1920s					1930s					1940s					1950s					1960s					1970s					1980s					1990s					2000s					2010s					2020s