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1984-present

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current


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2002-present

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to 1967


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1967-present


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1960-present


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1965-present


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1973-present


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1929-present


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1969-present


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to 1956


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1999-present


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to 1965


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1965-present


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to 1964


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1964-present


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1967-present


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1912-1959


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1907-1912


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1890-1896


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1890


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1876-1889


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1864-1867


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1861-1863


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1850-1858


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1848-1850


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1846-1848


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1845-1846


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1845


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1837-1845


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1836-1837


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1821-1836


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1820-1821


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1818-1820


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1817-1818


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1817-1818


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1777-1795


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1777-1795


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1777-1795


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1777-1795


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1776


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1776


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1861


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1865

 




Alabama
1895-present


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1927-present


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1917-present


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1927-present


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1911-present


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1911-present


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1913-present


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1900-present


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1879-1902


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1920-1956


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1956-2001


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1845-present


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1815-1845


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1907-present


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1917-present


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1921-present


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1963-present


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1918-present


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1912-present


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1861-1912


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1909-present


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1904-present


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1908-present


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1911-present


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1957-present


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1894-present


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1913-present


Montana
1981-present


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1925-present


Nevada
1991-present


New Hampshire
1932-present


New Jersey
1896-present


New Mexico
1925-present


New York
1901-present


North Carolina
1885-present


North Dakota
1911-present


Ohio
1902-present


Oklahoma
1941-present


Oregon
1925-present


Pennsylvania
1791-present


Rhode Island
1897-present


South Carolina
1861-present


South Dakota
1992-present


Tennessee
1905-present


Texas
1845-present


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1836-1845


Utah
1913-present


Vermont
1923-present


Virginia
1861-present


Washington
1923-present


West Virginia
1929-present


Wisconsin
1981-present


Wyoming
1917-present


District of Columbia
1938-present


Mexico




Mexico
1968-present


Mexico
1934-1968


Mexico
1917-1934


Mexico
1823-1917


The Caribbean




Antigua & Barbuda
1967-present


Antigua & Barbuda
1956-1967


Anguilla
1990-present

(See Also)


Anguilla
1967-1990


Aruba
1986-present


Bahamas
1964-1973


Bahamas
to 1964

(See Also)


Bahamas
1973-present


Barbados
to 1966

(See Also)


Barbados
1966-present


Bonaire
1981-present


British Virgin Islands
1960-present


Cayman Islands
1958-present


Cuba
1902-present


Curacao
1984-present


Dominica
to 1978

(See Also)


Dominica
1978-present


Grenada
1903-1967

(see also)


Grenada
1967-1974


Grenada
1974-present


Haiti
1804-1805


Haiti
1986-present


Jamaica
1962-present


Jamaica
1875-1962


Leeward Islands
1871-1956

(see also)


Martinique
1766-present


Montserrat
1960-present

(See Also)


Nevis
1983-present


Netherlands Antilles
1959-1985


Puerto Rico
1952-present


Saba
1985-present


St. Christopher, Nevis
& Anguilla, 1967-1969


St. Kitts & Nevis
1983-present


St. Lucia
1967-present


St. Lucia
1937-1967

(see also)


St. Lucia
1875-1937

(see also)


St. Vincent
1912-1979

(see also)


St. Vincent & Grenadines
1979-1985


St. Vincent & Grenadines
1985-present


Trinidad & Tobago
1962-present


Trinidad & Tobago
to 1966

(see also)


Turks & Caicos
1965-present

(see also)


Turks & Caicos
to 1965


West Indies Federation
1958-1962



Central America




Belize
1981-present


British Honduras (Belize)
1870-1971

(See Also)


Costa Rica
1964-present


Costa Rica
1964-present


Costa Rica
1845-1848


El Salvador
1912-present


El Salvador
1912-present


El Salvador
1865


Guatemala
1871-present


Guatemala
1997-present


Guatemala
1858-1871


Guatemala
1851-1858


Guatemala
1825-1851


Honduras
1866-present


Mosquito Coast
1834-1860


Nicaragua
1908-present


Nicaragua
1908-present


Panama
1903-present



South America




Araucania and Patagonia
1860-1871


Argentina
1941-present


Argentina
1862-1941


Argentina
1816-present


Bolivia
1851-present


Bolivia
1851-present


Bolivia
1826-1851


Bolivia
1825-1826


Brazil
1889-present


Brazil
1889


Brazil
1889


Empire of Brazil
1822-1889


Chile
1817-present


Chile
1810-1817


Colombia
1861-present


Colombia
1861-present


New Granada
(Colombia)
1830-1861


Great Colombia
1819-1830


Ecuador
1861-present


Ecuador
1861-present


Ecuador
1845-1861


Ecuador
1822-1845


Ecuador
1820-1822


Guyana
1966-present


(British) Guyana
1875-1966

(See Also)


Paraguay
1842-present


Paraguay
1812-1842


Peru
1825-present


Peru
1825-present


Peru
1823-1825


Peru
1822-1823


Peru
1820-1822


Peru
1820


Surinam
1975-present


Surinam
1954-1975


Dutch Guiana
(Surinam)
1954-1975


Uruguay
1830-present


Uruguay
1828-1830


Uruguay
1828


Venezuela
1930-present


Venezuela
1905-1930


Venezuela
1863-1905


Venezuela
1859-1863



Europe




Albania
1912-present


Andorra
1993-present


Austria
1945-present


Austria
1804-1918


Belgium
1831-present


Belgium
1789-1831


Belarus
1995-present


Bohemia-Moravia
1939-1945


Bosnia-Herzegovina
1998-present


Croat-Muslim Federation
(Bosnia-Herzegovina)
1996-present


Serbian Republic
(Bosnia-Herzegovina)
1992-present


Chechnya
1991-present


Bulgaria
1878-1954, 1990-present


Crete
1898-1913


Croatia
1878-1954, 1990-present


Croatia
1848-1878


Cyprus
1960-present


Cyprus
to 1960

(see also)


Czechoslovakia
1920-1992


Czech Republic
1992-present


Denmark
1625-present


East Germany
1946-1990


East Karelia
1920-1922


East Karelia
1922-1930


Estonia
1920-1940, 1990-present


Finland
1918-present


Aland Islands
(Finland)
1918-present


France
1830-present


France
1792-1830


France
to 1792, 1814-1830


France
1370-1604


Free French
1940-1944


Germany
1848-1867, 1919-1933
1949-present


Germany
1867-1919, 1933-1935


Germany
1935-1945


Gibraltar
1966-present


Gibraltar
to 1966

(see also)


Greece
1978-present


Greece
to 1978


Heligoland
1814-1890


Holland or Netherlands
1796-present


Holland or Netherlands
1580-1796


Hungary
1948-present


Ionian Islands
1815-1864


Ireland
1937-present


Italy
1946-present


Italy
1802-1805


Italy
1848-1946


Latvia
1921-1940, 1990-present


Liechtenstein
1937-present


Lithuania
1918-1940, 1989-present


Luxemburg
1972-present


Macedonia
1995-present


Macedonia
1991-1995


Malta
1964-present


Malta
1943-1964


Malta
1943-1964

(see also)


Malta
1898-1943

(see also)


Malta
1875-1898

(see also)


Malta
in 1771


Moldova
1990-present


Gagauzia
(Moldova)
1995-present


Trans-Dniester Republic
(Moldova)
1991-present


Monaco
1881-present


Monaco
in 1771


Northern Cyprus
1984-present


Norway
1838-present


Poland
1919-present


Portugal
1911-present


Portugal
1821-1910


Montenegro
1881-1918


Montenegro
2003-present


Roumania
1867-1945, 1989-present


Roumania
1861-1867


Saar
1945-1956


Samos
1832-1913


San Marino
1862-present


Serbia
1835-1954, 1992-present


Serbia & Montenegro
2003-present


Slovakia
1992-present


Slovakia
1848


Slovenia
1991-present


Spain
1785-present


Spain
1931-1939


Sweden
1663-present


Switzerland
1889-present


Ukraine
1992-present


Crimea
(Ukraine)
1992-present


Vatican
1929-present


Yugoslavia
1928-1945, 1992-2003


Yugoslavia
1945-1992


Yugoslavia
1992-2003



Russia




Russia
1699-1917, 1991-present


Russia
1858-1883


Russia
1914-1917


Adygea
1992-present


Alania
1991-present


Altay
1992-present


Bashkortostan
1992-present


Buryatia
1992-present


Chuvashia
1992-present


Dagestan
1994-present


Dagestan
1918-1921


Ingushetia
1994-present


Kabardino-Balkaria
1994-present


Kalmykia
1993-present


Karachayevo-Cherkesiya
1994-present


Karelia
1993-present


Khakassia
1992-present


Komi
1991-present


Kokland
1917


Mari El
1992-present


Mordovia
1995-present


North Caucasia
1918-1919


North Caucasia
1919-1920


Sakha
1992-present


Tatarstan
1991-present


Turkestan
1918-1924


Tuva
1992-present


Udmurtia
1993-present



Soviet Union




Soviet Union
1924-1991


Russia
1918-1937


Russia
1937-1954


Russia
1954-1991


Armenia
1922


Armenia
1936-1940


Armenia
1940-1952


Armenia
1952-1991


Azerbaijan
1952-1991


Byelorussia
1920-1951


Byelorussia
1951-1991


Crimea
1938-1945


Daghestan
1954-1992


Estonia
1940-1953


Estonia
1953-1990


Georgia
1951-1990


Karelia
1953-1978


Karelia
1978-1990


Kazakhstan
1953-1992


Kirghizia
1952-1992


Latvia
1917-1919


Latvia
1919-1920


Latvia
1944-1953


Latvia
1953-1991


Lithuania
1940-1953


Lithuania
1953-1990


Moldavia
1952-1990


Tajikistan
1953-1991


Tatarstan
1954-1992


Turkmenistan
1953-1992


Ukraine
1949-1991


Uzbekistan
1952-1991



Africa




Algeria
1962-present


Angola
1975-present


Angola
to 1975


Basutoland
(Lesotho)
1951-1966


Belgian Congo
(Zaire)
1908-1960


Benin
(Dahomey)
1990-present


Benin
(Dahomey)
1975-1990


Botwsana
(Bechuanaland)
1966-present


British Central Africa
(Nyasaland)
to 1894


British East Africa
(Kenya)
1889-1895


British Somaliland
1950-1960

(See Also)


Burkina Faso
(Upper Volta)
1984-present


Burundi
1967-present


Burundi
1962-1966


Cameroon
1975-present


Cameroon
1961-1975


Cameroon
(German Kamerun)
to 1919


Cape Colony
(South Africa)
1875-1910


Central African Republic
(French Equatorial Africa)
1958-present


Chad
1959-present


Congo
(French Equatorial Africa)
1991-present


Congo (Zaire)
(Belgian Congo)
1960-1963 & 1997-present


Congo (Zaire)
(Belgian Congo)
1963-1971


Congo Free State
(Zaire)
1877-1908


Dahomey
(Benin)
1958-1975


Djibouti
1977-present


Egypt
1972-present


Egypt
(United Arab Republic)
1922-1958


Equatorial Guinea
(Spanish Guinea)
1968-present


Eritrea
(Ethiopia)
1993-present


Eritrea
1952-1959


Ethiopia
1991-present


Ethiopia
1941-1987


Gabon
(French Equatorial Africa)
1960-present


Gambia
1889-1965

(see also)


German East Africa
(Tanganyika)
to 1919


German S.W. Africa
(Namibia)
1889-1915


Ghana (Gold Coast)
1957-present


Gold Coast (Ghana)
to 1957

(see also)


Goshen Republic
1882-1885


Guinea
1958-present


Guinea-Bissau
(Portuguese Guinea)
1973-present


Ivory Coast
1959-present


Kenya
(British East Africa)
1895-1963

(see also)


Lagos
(Nigeria)
1889-1906


Lesotho
(Basutoland)
1987-present


Kenya
(British East Africa)
1963-present


Liberia
1847-present


Libya
1977-present


Libya
1951-1977


Libya (Tripoli)
in 1771


Malawi
(Nyasaland)
1964-present


Mali
1961-present


Mali
1959-1961


Mauritania
1959-present


Morocco
1915-present


Mozambique
1983-present


Mozambique
1975-1983


Mozambique
1974-1975


Mozambique
to 1974


Namibia
(British S.W. Africa)
1990-present


Natal
1839-1843


Natal
1870-1905


New Republic
1884-1888


Niger
1959-present


Nigeria
to 1960

(see also)


Nigeria
1960-present


Northern Rhodesia (Zambia)
to 1964

(see also)


Nyasaland (Malawi)
1914-1953

(see also)


Orange Free State
1857-1902


Rhodesia & Nyasaland
1953-1963

(see also)


Rif Republic
1921-1926


Ruanda
2002-present


Ruanda
1961-2002


Sao Tome & Principe
1975-present


Senegal
1960-present


Sierra Leone
1961-present


Sierra Leone
1914-1961

(see also)


Sierra Leone
1889-1914

(see also)


Somalia
1954-present


Somaliland
1996-present


South Africa
1994-present


South Africa
1928-1994


South Africa
(Cape Colony)
1910-1928


Southern Rhodesia
1964-1979

(see also)


South-West Somalia
2002-present


Sudan
1970-present


Sudan
1956-1970


Swaziland
1967-present


Tanganyika (Tanzania)
1919-1961

(see also)


Tanganyika
(Tanzania)
1961-1964


Tanzania
(Tanganyika)
1964-present


The Gambia
1965-present


Togo
1960-present


Togo
to 1919


Transvaal
1857-1877


Tunisia
1850-present


Tunisia
in 1771


Uganda
to 1962

(see also)


Uganda
1962-present


United Arab Republic
(Egypt)
1958-1972


Upper Volta
1959-1984


Western Sahara
(Spanish Sahara)
1976-present


Zaire (Congo)
1971-1997


Zambia
(Northern Rhodesia)
1964-present


Zanzibar
(Tanzania)
1964


Zanzibar
(Tanzania)
1964-1965


Zanzibar
(Tanzania)
1890-1964

(see also)


Zululand
(Boer)
1884-1897


Zululand
1897-?


Zimbabwe
(Southern Rhodesia))
1980-present



Australia




Australia
1908-present


Australia
1903-1908


New South Wales
1876-present


Northern Territory
1978-present


Queensland
1876-present


South Australia
1904-present


Tasmania
1876-present


Victoria
1877-present


Western Australia
1953-present


Christmas Island
1987-present


Lord Howe Island
current


Norfolk Island
1980-present


Torres Strait Islands
1992-present



New Zealand




New Zealand
1902-present


New Zealand
1900-1902


Cook Islands
1979-present


Niue
1975-present


Tokelau
1986-present



Indonesia and Malaysia Region




East Timor
2002-present


Indonesia
1945-present


North Borneo (Malaysia)
to 1963

(see also)


Malacca (Malaysia)
to 1950

(see also)


Malaysia
1950-present


Penang
1949-1961

(See Also)


Sarawak
1988-present


Sarawak
1973-1988


Sarawak
1870-1946, 1963-1973


Sarawak
1946-1963

(See Also)


Singapore
1959-present


Singapore
1946-1959

(See Also)


Straits Settlements
(Singapore)
to 1946



Pacific Ocean




Abemama
(Gilbert Islands)
1888-1892


Abemama
(Gilbert Islands)
1884-1888


Alo
(Wallis & Futuna)
to 1888


Bora-Bora
(French Polynesia)
1847-1888


Cook Islands
1979-present


Cook Islands
1893-1901


Cook Islands
1888-1893


Cook Islands
1850-1888


Gilbert & Ellice Islands
1937-1976


Ellice Islands
1976-1978


Fiji
to 1970

(See Also)


Fiji
1970-present


French Polynesia
1984-present


Huahine
(French Polynesia)
1847-1888


Kiribati
(Gilbert Islands)
1979-present


Marshall Islands
1979-present


Nauru
1968-present


New Hebrides
(Vanuatu)
1889-1906


New Hebrides
(Vanuatu)
1906-1980


Palau
1980-present


Papua
1906-1949

(see also)


Pitcairn Island
1984-present


Raiatea
(French Polynesia)
1847-1880


Raiatea
(French Polynesia)
1880-1888


Ralik
(Marshall Islands)
1878-1885


Rimatara
1856-1891


Samoa
1949-present


Samoa
1873-1885


Sigave
(Wallis & Futuna)
to 1888


Solomon Islands
1977-present


Solomon Islands
1947-1956

(See Also)


Solomon Islands
to 1947


Tahiti
1822-1829


Tahiti
1829-1842


Tahiti
1842-1880


Tonga
1875-present


Tuvalu
(Ellice Islands)
1978-present


Uvea
(Wallis & Futuna)
1842-1860


Uvea
(Wallis & Futuna)
1860-1888


Vanuatu
(New Hebrides)
1889-1906


Wallis & Futuna
1888-present


West Samoa
to 1949

(See Also)



Indian Ocean




Anjouan
1998-present


British Indian Ocean Territory
1990-present


Ceylon
1870-1948

(See Also)


Ceylon
1948-1951


Ceylon
1951-1972


Comoros
2001-present


Comoros
1996-2001


Comoros
1992-1996


Comoros
1978-1992


Comoros
1975-1978


Madagascar
1958-present


Maldives
1934


Maldives
1949-1965


Maldives
1965-present


Mauritius
to 1968

(see also)


Mauritius
1968-present


Moheli
2002-present


Seychelles
1996-present


Seychelles
1977-1996


Seychelles
1976-1977


Seychelles
to 1976

(see also)


Sri Lanka
1972-present



Antarctica




British Antarctic Territory
1998-present


Falkland Islands
1948-present

(See Also)


South Georgia
1992-present

(See Also)



Asia




Abkhazia
1992-present


Aden
1963-1967


Aden
to 1963

(See Also)


Armenia
1991-present


Azerbaijan
1991-present


Bahrain
2002-present


Bahrain
1972-2002


Bahrain
1932-1972


Bangladesh
1972-present


British East India
1616-1707


British East India
1707-1801


British East India
1801-1873


Bhutan
1965-present


Burma
(Myanmar)
1938-1948


Burma
(Japanese Occupation)
1943-1945


Burma
(Myanmar)
1948-1974


Ceylon
1870-1948

(See Also)


Ceylon
1948-1951


Ceylon
1951-1972


China
1889-1912


China
1912-1929


China
1929-1949


China
1949-present


Georgia
1990-present


Hong Kong
1876-1959

(See Also)


Hong Kong
1959-1999

(See Also)


Hong Kong
1999-present


India
to 1947

(See Also)


India
1947-present


Indonesia
1945-present


Iran
1980-present


Iran
to 1980


Iraq
1991-present


Iraq
1963-1991


Iraq
1959-1963


Iraq
1924-1958


Iraq
1921-1924


Israel
1948-present


Japan
1854-present


Jordan
1921-present


Kuwait
1961-present


Laos
1975-present


Lebanon
1943-present


Lebanon
1920-1943


Lebanon
1920


Lebanon
1918-1920


Lebanon
1918


Malaysia
1950-present


Manchuria
1934-1945


Myanmar
(Burma)
1974-present

(Artsakh)
Nagorno-Karabakh
1992-present


Nepal
1962-present


North Korea
1948-present


Oman
1995-present


Ottoman Empire
to 1918


Pakistan
1947-present


Palestine
1922-present


Qatar
1948-present


Saudi Arabia
1932-present


Singapore
1959-present


Singapore
1946-1959

(See Also)


South Arabia
1959-1967


South Vietnam
1948-1975


South Vietnam
1975


Sri Lanka
1972-present


Syria
1980-present


Thailand
1917-present


Tibet
1912-present


Turkey
1936-present


Turkey
1793-1844


Turkey
to 1793


Turkey
in 1771


United Arab Emirates
1971-present


Vietnam
1955-present


Yemen
1990-present