Independence Dates for Countries of the World
This wall map answers the question of when the world’s countries gained independence visually, sorting every nation by the era it gained sovereignty so students can see how much of the modern political map was drawn after 1945.
Part of the Kappa Map Group Classroom Series, it groups countries into date bands that make the waves of decolonization in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean, and the Soviet successor states of the 1990s, read at a glance.
- States independent before 1945
- States independent 1945 to 1950
- States independent 1950 to 1975
- States independent 1975 to the present
- Territories and dependencies that are not independent
- Countries with no date recorded
Meets U.S. History curriculum requirements and suits public, private, parochial, and home school settings. Map Shop offers it as paper, laminated, mounted to foam core, framed, or spring roller with backboard, and can combine it with other Classroom Series history maps on a single roller system.

