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Countries Adopting New Names since 1950

A number of countries have changed name to their current one at various dates since 1950 - sometimes upon or even before independence, sometimes for other reasons. Identify them by their CURRENT name.
The asterisk in Former Name column indicates that this was a colonial (or equivalent) name.
Countries may have had one or more names BETWEEN Former and Current Names.
Year is that on which Current Name was adopted.
Obvious changes (e.g. Samoa) are omitted, and I will NOT join a Burma/Myanmar debate 🇰🇭!
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Former Name
Year
CURRENT NAME
Gold Coast*
1957
Ghana
Ubangi-Shari*
1958
Central African Republic
French Togoland*
1960
Togo
French Sudan*
1960
Mali
Nyasaland*
1964
Malawi
Northern Rhodesia*
1964
Zambia
Bechuanaland*
1966
Botswana
British Guiana*
1966
Guyana
Basutoland*
1966
Lesotho
Spanish Guinea*
1968
Equatorial Guinea
South West Africa*
1968
Namibia
Ceylon
1972
Sri Lanka
British Honduras*
1973
Belize
Former Name
Year
CURRENT NAME
Portuguese Guinea*
1973
Guinea-Bissau
Dutch Guiana*
1975
Suriname
Dahomey
1975
Benin
Ellice Islands*
1975
Tuvalu
Afars and the Issas*
1977
Djibouti
Gilbert Islands*
1979
Kiribati
Southern Rhodesia*
1980
Zimbabwe
New Hebrides*
1980
Vanuatu
Upper Volta
1984
Burkina Faso
Khmer Republic
1989
Cambodia
Zaire
1997
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Swaziland
2018
eSwatini
Macedonia
2019
North Macedonia
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