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List of former territories of the British
Colonial Empire,
and
remaining UK Overseas Territories
| Name of Territory | Date of Independence | Present name if different |
| Aden | 30 November 1967 | Yemen (part) |
| Bahamas | 10 July 1973 | |
| Barbados | 30 November 1966 | |
| Basutoland | 4 October 1966 | Lesotho |
| Bechuanaland | 30 September 1966 | Botswana |
| Bermuda | * | |
| British Guiana | 26 May 1966 | Guyana |
| British Honduras | 21 September 1981 | Belize |
| Brunei | 1 January 1984 | Negara Brunei Darussalam |
| Cameroons: |
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| Northern Cameroons | 1 June 1961 |
Nigeria (part) |
| Southern Cameroons | 1 October 1961 | Republic of Cameroon (part) |
| Cayman Islands | * | |
| Central African Federation (of Rhodesia and Nyasaland) | December 1963 (dissolved) | |
| Ceylon | 4 February 1948 | Sri Lanka |
| Cyprus | 16 August 1960 | |
| East Africa High Commission (and Departments) | n.a | |
| East African Railways and Harbours | n.a. | |
| Falkland Islands | * | |
| Fiji | 10 October 1970 | |
| Gambia | 18 February 1965 | The Gambia |
| Gibraltar | * | |
| Gold Coast | 6 March 1957 | Ghana |
| Hong Kong | 1 July 1997 (to China) | |
| Jamaica | 6 August 1962 | |
| Kenya | 12 December 1963 | |
| Leeward Islands: |
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| Anguilla | * | |
| Antigua | 1 November 1981 | Antigua and Barbuda |
| British Virgin Islands | * | |
| Montserrat | * | |
| St Kitts-Nevis | 19 September 1983 | St Christopher and Nevis |
| Malaya | 31 August 1957 | Malaysia (part) |
| Malta | 21 September 1964 | |
| Mauritius | 12 March 1968 | |
| Nigeria | 1 October 1960 | |
| North Borneo | 16 September 1963 | Sabah, Malaysia |
| Northern Rhodesia | 24 October 1964 | Zambia |
| Nyasaland | 6 July 1964 | Malawi |
| Palestine | 14 May 1948 | Israel/Jordan |
| St Helena with Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | * | |
| Sarawak | 16 September 1963 | Malaysia (part) |
| Seychelles | 29 June 1976 | |
| Sierra Leone | 27 April 1961 | |
| Somaliland Protectorate | 26 June 1960 1 July 1960 |
Independence Somalia (part) |
| Southern Rhodesia # | 18 April 1980 | Zimbabwe |
| Sudan |
1 January 1956 9 July 2011 |
South Sudan |
| Swaziland | 6 September 1968 | |
| Tanganyika | 9 December 1961 | Tanzania (part) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 31 August 1962 | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | * | |
| Uganda | 9 October 1962 | |
| West Indies Federation | 1962 (dissolved) | |
| Western Pacific Territories: | ||
| British Solomon Islands | 7 July 1978 | Solomon Islands |
| Gilbert & Ellice Islands | 12 July 1979 |
Kiribati/Tuvalu |
| New Hebrides | 3 July 1980 | Vanuatu |
| Pitcairn # | * | |
| Tonga | 4 June 1970 | |
| Windward Islands: | ||
| Dominica | 3 November 1978 | |
| Grenada | 7 February 1974 | |
| St Lucia | 22 February 1979 | |
| St Vincent | 27 October 1979 | St Vincent & the Grenadines |
| Zanzibar | 10 December 1963 | Tanzania (part) |