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Name: Newest Countries
Creator: Rankodex

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Member States - United Nations; The World's Newest Countries Since 1990; These Are the 5 Youngest Countries - U.S. News and World Report; Dissolution of the Soviet Union - Wiki.

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Antigua and Barbuda	1 Nov 1981	11-11-1981	Became independent from the United Kingdom
Armenia	23 Sep 1991	02-03-1992	Seceded from USSR
Azerbaijan	30 Aug 1991	02-03-1992	Seceded from USSR
Belarus	25 Aug 1991	24-10-1945	Joined U.N. separately from USSR in 1945, seceded from USSR 1991
Belize	21 Sep 1981	25-09-1981	Became independent from the United Kingdom
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3 Mar 1992	22-05-1992	Seceded from Yugoslavia
Brunei	1 Jan 1984	21-09-1984	Became independent from the United Kingdom
Croatia	8 Oct 1991	22-05-1992	Seceded from Yugoslavia
Czechia	1 Jan 1993	19-01-1993	Split from Czechoslovakia
Eritrea	24 May 1993	28-05-1993	Split from Ethiopia
Estonia	20 Aug 1991	17-09-1991	Seceded from USSR
Georgia	9 Apr 1991	31-07-1992	Seceded from USSR
Germany	15 Mar 1991	18-09-1973	Became unified in 1990 by merging West Germany and East Germany, continuing UN membership from 1973
Kazakhstan	16 Dec 1991	02-03-1992	Seceded from USSR
Kyrgyzstan	31 Aug 1991	02-03-1992	Seceded from USSR
Latvia	4 May 1990	17-09-1991	Seceded from USSR
Lithuania	11 Mar 1990	17-09-1991	Seceded from USSR
Marshall Islands	21 Oct 1986	17-09-1991	Fostered by United States
Micronesia	3 Nov 1986	17-09-1991	Graduated from UN trust
Moldova	27 Aug 1991	02-03-1992	Seceded from USSR
Montenegro	June 3, 2006	28-06-2006	Seceded from Yugoslavia, later split from Serbia and Montenegro
Namibia	21 Mar 1990	23-04-1990	Rebelled against South Africa
North Macedonia	8 Sep 1991	08-04-1993	Seceded from Yugoslavia
Palau	1 Oct 1994	15-12-1994	Graduated from UN trust
Palestine	15 Nov 1988	Non-member observer state (since 2012)	Sovereignty disputed by Israel, Recognized by ~138 UN member states
Russia	26 December 1991	24-10-1945	Remainder of U.S.S.R, continuing UN membership from 1945
Saint Kitts and Nevis	19 Sep 1983	23-09-1983	Became independent from the United Kingdom
Serbia	3 June 2006	01-11-2000	Seceded from Yugoslavia, later split from Serbia and Montenegro
Slovakia	1 Jan 1993	19-01-1993	Split from Czechoslovakia
Slovenia	25 June 1991	22-05-1992	Seceded from Yugoslavia
South Sudan	9 July 2011	14-07-2011	Split from Sudan
Tajikistan	9 Sep 1991	02-03-1992	Seceded from USSR
Timor-Leste	20 May 2002	27-09-2002	Rebelled against Indonesia
Turkmenistan	27 Oct 1991	02-03-1992	Seceded from USSR
Ukraine	24 August 1991	24-10-1945	Joined U.N. separately from USSR in 1945, seceded from USSR 1991
Uzbekistan	1 Sep 1991	02-03-1992	Seceded from USSR
Vanuatu	30 July 1980	15-09-1981	Became independent from France and the United Kingdom
Yemen	22 May 1990	30-09-1947	The current unified Yemen was formed in 1990 by the merger of North Yemen and South Yemen, continuing UN membership since North Yemen’s original admission in 1947.

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Where does this newest countries data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Member States - United Nations; The World's Newest Countries Since 1990; These Are the 5 Youngest Countries - U.S. News and World Report; Dissolution of the Soviet Union - Wiki.