Former Country Names

  1. Algeria
    Ancient Numidia (French)
  2. Angola
    Portugese West Africa
  3. Armenia
    • Armenian SSR
    • Transcaucasian SSR
    • Transcaucasian Federation
    • Armenia
    • Persia
  4. Azerbaijan
    • Azerbaijan SSR
    • Transcaucasian SSR
    • Transcaucasian Federation
    • Armenia
    • Persia
  5. Bangladesh
    • East Pakistan
    • British India
  6. Belarus
    • Belarussia
    • White Russia
  7. Belize
    British Hondouras
  8. Benin
    Dahomey (French)
  9. Bosnia-Herzgovina
    • Yugoslavia
    • Serbia
  10. Botswana
    Bechuanaland (English)
  11. Burkina Faso
    Upper Volta (French)
  12. Burundi
    • Ruanda-Urundi
    • Belgian Congo
    • German East Africa
  13. Cambodia
    • Kampuchea
    • Khmer Republic
    • French Indo-China
  14. Central African Republic
    • Central African Empire
    • French Equatorial Africa
    • Ubangi-Shari
  15. Chad
    French Equiatorial Africa
  16. Congo (capital Brazzaville)
    Middle Congo (French)
  17. Congo (capital Kinshasa)
    • Zaire
    • Belgian Congo
    • Congo Free State
  18. Croatia
    Yugoslavia
  19. Czech Republic
    • Czechoslovakia
    • Czechoslavak Austria-Hungary
  20. Dijbouti
    • Afars and Issas
    • French Somaliland
  21. East Timor
    • Portuguese Timor
    • Indonesia
  22. England
    Ancient Albion
  23. Equitorial Guinea
    Spanish Guinea
  24. Estonia
    • Estonian SSR
    • Sweden
    • Germany
  25. Ethopia
    • Ancient Abyssinia
    • Itanlian East Aftrica
  26. France
    Ancient Gaul
  27. Gabon
    French Equitorial Africa
  28. Georgia
    • Georgian SSR
    • Transcaucasian SSR
    • Transcaucasian Federation
  29. Germany
    Prussia
  30. Ghana
    Gold Coast (English)
  31. Greece
    • Ancient Hellas
    • Ottoman Empire
  32. Guinea
    Frence Guinea
  33. Guinea-Bissau
    Portugese Guinea
  34. Guyana
    British Guinea
  35. Indonesia
    • Netherlands East Indies
    • Ditch East Indies
  36. Iran
    Persia
  37. Iraq
    • Ancient Babylonia
    • Assyria
    • Ancient Mesopotamia
    • Ottoman Empire
  38. Isreal
    • Palestine
    • ancient Canaan
  39. Jordan
    • Palestine
    • Transjordan
    • Ancient Edom and Moab
  40. Kiribati
    Gilbert Islands (English)
  41. Lao People's Democratic Republic
    French Indo-China
  42. Latvia & Lithuania
    • Latvian SSR (Latvia)
    • Lithuanian SSR (Lithuania)
    • Russia
    • Poland
  43. Lesotho
    Basutoland (English)
  44. Macedonia
    • Yugoslavia
    • Bulgaria
    • Greece
  45. Madagascar
    Malagasy Republic (French)
  46. Malawi
    Nyasaland (English)
  47. Malaysia
    • Malaya and Sabah (North Borneo)
    • Sarawak (English)
  48. Mali
    French Sudan
  49. Moldova
    • Moldovan SSR
    • Moldavia
    • Turkey
    • Romania
    • Bessarbia
  50. Mozambique
    Portugese East Africa
  51. Myanmar
    • Burma
    • British India
  52. Namibia
    • Southwest Africa
    • German Southwest Africa
    • (English & Afrikaans)
  53. Niger
    French West Africa
  54. Oman
    Muscat and Oman (Portuguese)
  55. Pakistan
    • West Pakistan
    • British India
  56. Rwanda
    • Ruanda-Urundi
    • Belgian Congo
    • German East Africa
  57. Senegal
    French West Africa
  58. Spain
    Ancient Iberia
  59. Sri Lanka
    Ceylon (English)
  60. Sudan
    • Angl-Egyptian Sudan
    • Ancient Nubia
  61. Suriname
    Dutch Guiana
  62. Switzerland
    Ancient Helvetia
  63. Taiwan
    Formosa
  64. Tajikistan
    • Tajik SSR
    • Afganistan
    • Persia
  65. Thailand
    Siam
  66. Tunisia
    Ancient Carthage
  67. Tuvalu
    Ellice Islands (English)
  68. United Republic of Tanzania
    Tanganyika and Zanzibar (English)
  69. Vanuatu
    New Hebrides (English & French)
  70. Vietnam
    French Indo-China
  71. Yemen
    Ottoman Empire (English)
  72. Zambia
    Northern Rhodesia (English)
  73. Zimbabwe
    Rhodesia (English)
Author
elboe
ID
31634
Card Set
Former Country Names
Description
modern country names/previous names
Updated