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Current Name
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Year of Name Change
Bangladesh
1971
Belarus
1991
Belize
1973
Benin
1975
Botswana
1966
Brazil
16th Century
Burkina Faso
1984
Burundi
1962
Cambodia
1989
Cabo Verde
2013
Central African Republic
1979
Colombia
1863
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1997
Dominican Republic
1844
Djibouti
1977
Egypt
1971
Equatorial Guinea
1963
Ghana
1957
Guinea-Bissau
1974
Guyana
1966
Haiti
1804
Indonesia
1949
Iran
1935
Ireland
1937
Israel
1948
Jordan
1949
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Kiribati
1979
Lesotho
1966
Madagascar
1975
Malawi
1964
Mali
1960
Mexico
1821
Moldova
1991
Namibia
1990
Netherlands
1810
Oman
1970
Samoa
1997
Sri Lanka
1972
Sudan
1956
Suriname
1975
Syria
1961
Tanzania
1974
Thailand
1939
Togo
1956
Türkiye
2022
Tuvalu
1978
United Arab Emirates
1971
Uruguay
1828
Vanuatu
1980
Zambia
1964
Zimbabwe
1980
Cambodia
Djibouti
Ireland
Netherlands
Zimbabwe
Sudan
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda & part of Somalia
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