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Added, Removed, Consolidated • Renamed • Other

Added, Removed, Consolidated

2011

(+)

  • South Sudan -- added following independence from Sudan

2010

(+)

  • Curacao -- added after the Netherlands Antilles dissolves
  • Sint Maarten -- " "

(-)

  • Netherlands Antilles -- dropped after the Netherlands Antilles dissolves

2008

(+)

  • Kosovo

2006

(+)

  • Serbia -- added due to independence of Montenegro
  • Montenegro -- " "

(-)

  • Serbia and Montenegro -- dropped due to independence of Montenegro

2002

(+)

  • East Timor

1993

(+)

  • Czech Republic -- added after Czechoslovakia splits
  • Slovakia -- " "
  • Eritrea -- added upon independence from Ethiopia

(-)

  • Czechoslovakia -- dropped after the country splits into the Czech Republic and Slovakia

1992

(+)

replaced the Soviet Union

  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Belarus
  • Estonia
  • Georgia
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Moldova
  • Russia
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Ukraine
  • Uzbekistan

replaced Yugoslavia

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Croatia
  • Macedonia
  • Serbia and Montenegro
  • Slovenia

(-)

  • Soviet Union
  • Yugoslavia
  • Iraq-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone

Renamed

2014

  • Cape Verde => Cabo Verde

2010

  • Saint Helena => Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

2009

  • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands => South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

2007

  • East Timor => Timor-Leste

2006

  • Man, Isle of => Isle of Man

2004

  • Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of => Macedonia

2003

  • Yugoslavia => Serbia and Montenegro

2001

  • Serbia and Montenegro => Yugoslavia

1998

  • Western Samoa => Samoa
  • Kazakstan => Kazakhstan -- spelling change

1997

  • Zaire => Congo, Democratic Republic of the
  • Congo => Congo, Republic of the

1996

  • Kazakhstan => Kazakstan -- spelling changed
  • Burkina => Burkina Faso

1995

  • Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the (Palau) => Palau

1994

  • Macedonia => The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

1993

  • Vatican City => Holy See (Vatican City)
  • Ivory Coast => Cote d'Ivoire

Others

2011

  • Mayotte -- dropped because the area is now an Overseas department and a part of France proper

2007

dropped because the area is now part of the Iles Eparses district of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands

  • Bassas da India
  • Europa Island
  • Glorioso Islands
  • Juan de Nova Island
  • Tromelin Island
  • Iles Eparses

dropped because the area is now an Overseas region and a part of France proper

  • French Guiana
  • Guadeloupe
  • Martinique
  • Reunion

added due to the fact the area is now an Overseas collectivity of France

  • Saint Barthelemy
  • Saint Martin

2006

consolidated in Iles Eparses entry

  • Bassas da India
  • Europa Island
  • Glorioso Islands
  • Juan de Nova Island
  • Tromelin Island

consolidated in United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges entry

  • Baker Island
  • Howland Island
  • Jarvis Island
  • Johnston Atoll
  • Kingman Reef
  • Midway Islands
  • Palmyra Atoll

2004

  • Akrotiri -- added because both Akrotiri and Dhekelia are dependencies and not lease areas
  • Dhekelia -- " "
  • European Union -- added due to the fact the European Union has nation like qualities

2000

  • Wake Atoll => Wake Island -- renamed
  • Southern Ocean -- added

1999

  • Wake Island => Wake Atoll -- renamed

1988

  • Antarctica -- added
  • Arctic Ocean -- added
  • Atlantic Ocean -- added
  • Indian Ocean -- added
  • Pacific Ocean -- added
  • World -- added

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