Before 1914, the UK exercised authority over one fifth of the world's entire population with the British Empire made up of 88 million subjects. In 1939, Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand were the first to be given independence within the Commonwealth. Since then a total of 62 countries have gained independence from the United Kingdom. This is followed by France with 28, Spain with 17, The Soviet Union with 16, Portugal with 7 and the USA with 5.
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GlasnevinGraveRobber on September 5th, 2020 at 23:47 UTC »
Ironically one of the first, Ireland (Republic of Ireland) doesn't have a neat "independence day" to celebrate. Largely due to the Irish Civil War around that time and differences between accepting limited independence or continuing a war.
waterutalkinabt on September 5th, 2020 at 22:13 UTC »
It would be interesting to get the full list of countries with independence dates. You could make a heat map to see if there was a month where people declared independence more often
CurlSagan on September 5th, 2020 at 22:09 UTC »
Is that why they voted for Brexit? The UK was jealous and wanted their own Independence Day?