Statistics for Countries' Past Names

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Country	Old Name	% Correct
Myanmar	Burma	87%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Zaire	85%
Zimbabwe	Rhodesia	73%
Timor-Leste	East Timor	60%
United Kingdom	Great Britain	60%
United Kingdom	England	58%
Unrecognized Somali state	Somaliland	48%
United States of America (Civil War north)	The Union	42%
Kazakhstan former capital	Almaty	38%
United States of America (Civil War south)	The Confederacy	37%
North Macedonia	Fyrom	27%
United Kingdom (long version)	United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland	19%
Canada	Dominion of Canada	10%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kongo	8%
Germany	Germanic Empire	6%
Germany	Almany	4%
The name of the government that took over Libya	Libyan Government of National Accord	4%