Former / Historical Country Names

Can you guess the current name of a country based on its former/historical name?

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Last updated: March 5, 2020

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Former Name	Current Name
East Pakistan	Bangladesh
Byelorussia	Belarus
Dahomey	Benin
Bechuanaland	Botswana
Upper Volta	Burkina Faso
Kampuchea	Cambodia
Great Qing	China
New Granada	Colombia
Bohemia	Czechia
Zaire	DR Congo
Spanish Haiti	Dominican Republic
Swaziland	Eswatini
Abyssinia	Ethiopia
Persia	Iran
Irish Free State	Ireland
Malagasy Republic	Madagascar
Bessarabia	Moldova
Burma	Myanmar
Batavia	Netherlands
Moldavia & Wallachia	Romania
Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd	Saudi Arabia
Ceylon	Sri Lanka
Formosa	Taiwan
Tanganyika and Zanzibar	Tanzania
Siam	Thailand
Rhodesia	Zimbabwe

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