Statistics for Countries Adopting New Names since 1950

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Former Name	Year	CURRENT NAME	% Correct
French Togoland*	1960	Togo	89%
Khmer Republic	1989	Cambodia	85%
Northern Rhodesia*	1964	Zambia	83%
Southern Rhodesia*	1980	Zimbabwe	83%
Ceylon	1972	Sri Lanka	81%
British Honduras*	1973	Belize	80%
Gold Coast*	1957	Ghana	80%
South West Africa*	1968	Namibia	80%
Macedonia	2019	North Macedonia	78%
Portuguese Guinea*	1973	Guinea-Bissau	76%
British Guiana*	1966	Guyana	76%
Dutch Guiana*	1975	Suriname	76%
Swaziland	2018	eSwatini	69%
Spanish Guinea*	1968	Equatorial Guinea	65%
Upper Volta	1984	Burkina Faso	61%
Bechuanaland*	1966	Botswana	50%
Zaire	1997	Democratic Republic of the Congo	48%
Gilbert Islands*	1979	Kiribati	48%
Nyasaland*	1964	Malawi	46%
Dahomey	1975	Benin	44%
French Sudan*	1960	Mali	41%
Basutoland*	1966	Lesotho	39%
New Hebrides*	1980	Vanuatu	33%
Ellice Islands*	1975	Tuvalu	31%
Ubangi-Shari*	1958	Central African Republic	22%
Afars and the Issas*	1977	Djibouti	20%