Statistics for Countries by Former Name (HARD!)

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Former Name	Current Name	% Correct
Burma	Myanmar	86%
Abyssinia	Ethiopia	84%
British North America	Canada	81%
Macedonia	North Macedonia	81%
Ottoman Empire	Turkey	79%
Persia	Iran	78%
East Pakistan	Bangladesh	77%
Ceylon	Sri Lanka	77%
British Honduras	Belize	76%
Bohemia	Czech Republic	76%
Byelorussia	Belarus	75%
Mesopotamia	Iraq	75%
Siam	Thailand	75%
Swaziland	Eswatini	73%
Dutch East Indies	Indonesia	73%
Malaya	Malaysia	73%
Middle Congo	Rep. of the Congo	73%
Hispania	Spain	73%
Dutch Guiana	Suriname	72%
Zaire	D. R. Congo	71%
Hindustan	India	70%
Regency of Algiers	Algeria	69%
South Arabia	Yemen	69%
Spanish Haiti	Dominican Republic	68%
British East Africa	Kenya	68%
French Togoland	Togo	68%
Kamerun	Cameroon	67%
Judea	Israel	67%
Nova Zeelandia	New Zealand	67%
Ruanda	Rwanda	67%
Cape Colony	South Africa	67%
Southern Rhodesia	Zimbabwe	67%
Gold Coast	Ghana	66%
Thirteen Colonies	United States	66%
Northern Rhodesia	Zambia	66%
French Somaliland	Djibouti	65%
Austrian Netherlands	Belgium	64%
Gaul	France	64%
Transjordan	Jordan	64%
South West Africa	Namibia	63%
Kampuchea	Cambodia	61%
Tsardom of Muscovy	Russia	61%
Upper Hungary	Slovakia	61%
Formosa	Taiwan	61%
German East Africa	Tanzania	61%
Portuguese East Africa	Mozambique	60%
Western Samoa	Samoa	60%
Rio de la Plata	Argentina	59%
Portuguese Guinea	Guinea-Bissau	59%
Spanish Guinea	Equatorial Guinea	56%
New Spain	Mexico	56%
Portuguese West Africa	Angola	55%
Tripolitania	Libya	55%
Spanish East Indies	Philippines	55%
Wallachia and Moldavia	Romania	55%
Feejee	Fiji	54%
Helvetic Republic	Switzerland	53%
Upper Peru	Bolivia	52%
Malagasy Republic	Madagascar	52%
Kirghizia	Kyrgyzstan	50%
Dahomey	Benin	49%
Phoenicia	Lebanon	49%
Urundi	Burundi	48%
Upper Volta	Burkina Faso	46%
French Sudan	Mali	44%
East Francia	Germany	43%
Cossackia	Ukraine	42%
New Holland	Australia	39%
Bechuanaland	Botswana	39%
Gilbert Islands	Kiribati	39%
Hejaz and Nejd	Saudi Arabia	39%
Cathay	China	38%
Saint-Domingue	Haiti	38%
Basutoland	Lesotho	38%
Nyasaland	Malawi	38%
Hibernia	Ireland	36%
Lusitania	Portugal	36%
Mamluk Sultanate	Egypt	35%
Bessarabia	Moldova	35%
Côte de Dents	Ivory Coast	33%
Lan Xang	Laos	33%
Mauretania Tingitana	Morocco	31%
Gorkha Kingdom	Nepal	28%
Norðmanna Land	Norway	28%
Horion Bosona	Bosnia and Herzegovina	27%
New Hebrides	Vanuatu	26%
Snæland	Iceland	25%
New Granada	Colombia	24%
Batavia	Netherlands	24%
Trucial States	United Arab Emirates	24%
Annam	Vietnam	24%
Chrobatia	Croatia	22%
Melita	Malta	22%
Ostmark	Austria	21%
Ellice Islands	Tuvalu	21%
Pannonia	Hungary	19%
Alash Autonomy	Kazakhstan	19%
Ifriqiya	Tunisia	19%
Kibris	Cyprus	18%
Durrani Empire	Afghanistan	16%
Cuzcatlan	El Salvador	16%
Österland	Finland	16%
Carniola	Slovenia	16%
Cisplatina	Uruguay	15%
Bilad al-Sham	Syria	14%
Mahdist State	Sudan	13%
Lho Mon	Bhutan	12%
Ubangi-Shari	Central African Republic	12%
Wa	Japan	12%
Pepper Coast	Liberia	12%
New Castile	Peru	12%
Catara	Qatar	12%
Friendly Islands	Tonga	12%
Isla Juana	Cuba	11%
Dheeva Mahal	Maldives	11%
Isle de France	Mauritius	11%
Monoikos	Monaco	11%
Zeta	Montenegro	11%
Pleasant Island	Nauru	11%
Klein-Venedig	Venezuela	11%
Arbanon	Albania	9%
Urartu	Armenia	8%
Terra de Santa Cruz	Brazil	8%
Comayagua	Honduras	8%
Xaymaca	Jamaica	8%
Dardania	Kosovo	8%
Lucilinburhuc	Luxembourg	8%
New Extremadura	Chile	7%
Barune	Brunei	6%
Civitas Schinesghe	Poland	6%
Rascia	Serbia	6%
Medri Bahri	Eritrea	5%
Intendencia of León	Nicaragua	5%
Province of Freedom	Sierra Leone	5%
Camajuya	Grenada	4%
Enchanted Islands	Palau	4%
Arran	Azerbaijan	3%
Ichirouganaim	Barbados	3%
New Carthage	Costa Rica	3%
Hieros Kolpos	Kuwait	3%
Syonan-to	Singapore	3%
Onoguria	Bulgaria	2%
Orungu	Gabon	2%
Magan	Oman	2%
Tierra Firme	Panama	2%
Liamuiga	St. Kitts and Nevis	2%
El Falcon	St. Lucia	2%
Wadadli and Wa'omoni	Antigua and Barbuda	1%
Wai‘tu kubuli	Dominica	1%
Wehali	East Timor	1%
Youloumain	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1%