Statistics for Old names of countries

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country	Answer	% Correct
Iran	Persia	95%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Zaire	95%
Thailand	Siam	84%
Myanmar	Burma	74%
Sri Lanka	Ceylon	68%
Bangladesh	East Pakistan	68%
Northern Macedonia	Macedonia	68%
Eswatini	Swaziland	63%
Ethiopia	Abbyssinia	58%
Ghana	Gold Coast	58%
Indonesia	Dutch East Indies	53%
Taiwan	Formosa	53%
Zimbabwe	Southern Rhodesia	53%
Zambia	Northern Rhodesia	47%
Burkina Faso	Upper Volta	42%
Cambodia	Kampuchea	37%
Jordan	Transjordan	37%
Belarus	White Russia	37%
Guyana	British Guiana	26%
Suriname	Dutch Guiana	26%
Suriname	Dutch Guiana	26%
Equatorial Guinea	Spanish Guinea	26%
Pakistan	West Pakistan	26%
Belize	British Honduras	21%
Lebanon	Phoenicia	21%
Namibia	South West Africa	21%
Ethiopia	Abbysinia	16%
Botswana	Bechuanaland	16%
Tuvalu	Ellice Islands	16%
Vietnam	French Indochina	16%
Malawi	Nyasaland	16%
Benin	Dahomey	11%
Ireland	Irish Free State	11%
Mozambique	Portuguese East Africa	11%
United Arab Emirates	Trucial States	11%
Lesotho	Basutoland	5%
Tonga	Friendly Islands	5%
Madagascar	Malagasy Republic	5%
Liberia	Grain Coast	0%