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Since 1990, 34 new countries have been created. The dissolution
of the USSR and Yugoslavia in theearl 1990s caused the creation of
!ost of the newl inde"endent states.
You "robabl #now about !an of these changes but a few of these
new countries see!ed to sli" bal!ost unnoticed. This co!"rehensive
listing will u"date ou about the countries which have for!ed
since 1990.
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
$ifteen new countries beca!e inde"endent with the dissolution of
the USSR in 1991. %ost of thesecountries declared inde"endence a
few !onths "receding the fall of the Soviet Union in late 1991.
1. &r!enia'. &(erbai)an3. *elarus4. +stonia
. -eorgia. /a(a#hstan
. / rg (stan
. 2atvia9. 2ithuania10. %oldova11. Russia1'. Ta)i#istan13.
Tur#!enistan14. U#raine1 . U(be#istan
Former Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia dissolved in the earl 1990s into five inde"endent
countries.
1. *osnia and er(egovina , $ebruar '9, 199''. roatia , 5une ' ,
19913. %acedonia 6officiall The $or!er Yugoslav Re"ublic of
%acedonia7 declared inde"endence
on Se"te!ber , 1991 but wasn8t recogni(ed b the United ations
until 1993 and the UnitedStates and Russia in $ebruar of 1994
4. Serbia and %ontenegro , 6also #nown as the $ederal Re"ublic
of Yugoslavia7, &"ril 1 , 199'
6see below for se"arate Serbia and %ontenegro entries7. Slovenia
, 5une ' , 1991
Other New Countries
Thirteen other countries beca!e inde"endent through a variet of
causes.
%arch '1, 1990 : a!ibia beca!e inde"endent of South
&frica.
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%a '', 1990 : orth and South Ye!en !erged to for! a unified
Ye!en . ;ctober 3, 1990 : +ast -er!an and acific =slands
6ad!inistered b the United States7 and gained inde"endence as a
for!er colon .
Se"te!ber 1 , 1991 : %icronesia, "reviousl #nown as the aroline
=slands, beca!einde"endent fro! the United States. 5anuar 1, 1993 :
The (ech Re"ublic and Slova#ia beca!e inde"endent nations when
(echoslova#ia dissolved. %a ' , 1993 : +ritrea was a "art of
+thio"ia but seceded and gained inde"endence. ;ctober 1, 1994 :
>alau was "art of the Trust Territor of >acific =slands
6ad!inistered b the
United States7 and gained inde"endence as a for!er colon . %a
'0, '00' : +ast Ti!or 6Ti!or:2este7 declared inde"endence fro!
>ortugal in 19 but
did not beca!e inde"endent fro! =ndonesia until '00'. 5une 3,
'00 : %ontenegro was "art of Serbia and %ontenegro 6also #nown as
Yugoslavia7 but
gained inde"endence after a referendu!.
5une , '00 : Serbia beca!e its own entit after %ontenegro s"lit.
$ebruar 1 , '00 : /osovo unilaterall declared inde"endence fro!
Serbia. 5ul 9, '011 : South Sudan "eacefull seceded fro! Sudan
following a 5anuar '011
referendu!. Sudan itself was the first to recogni(e South Sudan
and did so one da earl , on5ul , '011.
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