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Every Modern-Day Country Colonized by Europeans

Name all the countries that exist today OUTSIDE OF EUROPE that have been colonized by any modern-day European country.
Russia never colonized the Central Asian states, the USSR did
Countries that have been colonized by multiple countries will work for all
If they only occupied a small portion of the country, it will not count
Has to be owned for at least 10 years
Quiz by smcsniper
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Last updated: October 14, 2023
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Algeria
France
Angola
Portugal
Antigua and Barbuda
United Kingdom
Argentina
Spain
Australia
United Kingdom
Bahamas
United Kingdom
Bahrain
United Kingdom
Bangladesh
United Kingdom
Barbados
United Kingdom
Belize
Spain | United Kingdom
Benin
France
Bolivia
Spain
Botswana
United Kingdom
Brasil
Portugal | Netherlands
Brunei
United Kingdom
Burkina Faso
France
Burundi
Belgium | Germany
Cambodia
France
Cameroon
France | Germany | United Kingdom
Canada
France | United Kingdom
Cape Verde
Portugal
Central African Republic
France
Chad
France
Chile
Spain
China (Hong Kong and Macau)
United Kingdom | Portugal
Colombia
Spain
Comoros
France
Costa Rica
Spain
Cuba
Spain
Cyprus
United Kingdom
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Belgium
Djibouti
France
Dominica
France | United Kingdom
Dominican Republic
Spain | France
East Timor
Portugal
Ecuador
Spain
Egypt
France | United Kingdom
Equatorial Guinea
Portugal | Spain
Eritrea
Italy
Eswatini
United Kingdom
Federated States of Micronesia
United Kingdom
Fiji
United Kingdom
Gabon
France
Gambia
France | United Kingdom
Ghana
Germany | Netherlands | United Kingdom
Grenada
France | United Kingdom
Guatemala
Spain
Guinea
France
Guinea-Bissau
Portugal
Guyana
Netherlands
Haiti
Spain | France
Honduras
Spain | United Kingdom
India
United Kingdom | Netherlands
Indonesia
Netherlands
Iraq
United Kingdom
Israel/Palestine
United Kingdom
Ivory Coast
France
Jamaica
Spain | United Kingdom
Jordan
United Kingdom
Kenya
Germany | United Kingdom
Kiribati
United Kingdom
Kuwait
United Kingdom
Laos
France
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Lebanon
France
Lesotho
United Kingdom
Libya
France | Italy
Madagascar
France
Malawi
United Kingdom
Malaysia
United Kingdom
Mali
France
Malta
United Kingdom
Mauritania
France
Mauritius
France
Mexico
Spain
Morocco
Spain
Morocco
France
Mozambique
Portugal
Myanmar
United Kingdom
Namibia
Germany | United Kingdom
Nauru
Germany | United Kingdom
New Zealand
United Kingdom
Nicaragua
Spain | United Kingdom
Niger
France
Nigeria
United Kingdom
Oman
United Kingdom
Pakistan
United Kingdom
Panama
Spain
Papua New Guinea
Germany | United Kingdom
Paraguay
Spain
Peru
Spain
Philippines
Spain
Qatar
United Kingdom
Republic of the Congo
France
Rwanda
Belgium | Germany
Samoa
Germany | United Kingdom
Sao Tome and Principe
Portugal
Senegal
France
Seychelles
France
Sierra Leone
United Kingdom
Singapore
United Kingdom
Solomon Islands
United Kingdom
Somalia
Italy | United Kingdom
South Africa
United Kingdom | Netherlands
Sri Lanka
Netherlands | United Kingdom
St. Kitts and Nevis
France
St. Lucia
France
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
France
Sudan
United Kingdom
Suriname
Netherlands
Syria
France
Tanzania
Germany | United Kingdom
Togo
France | Germany | United Kingdom
Tonga
United Kingdom
Trinidad and Tobago
Spain
Tunisia
France
Tuvalu
United Kingdom
Uganda
United Kingdom
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Spain | France | United Kingdom | Netherlands
Uruguay
Spain
Vanuatu
France | United Kingdom
Venezuela
Spain
Vietnam
France
Yemen
United Kingdom
Zambia
United Kingdom
Zimbabwe
United Kingdom
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Level 66
Oct 14, 2023
This took a while to make, simply because it's hard to decide which countries to include and which colonies were significant enough to be considered "owned" by a country.
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Level 80
Oct 19, 2023
I would contest that Pondicherry and Goa should qualify France and Portugal under India respectively.
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Level 80
Oct 19, 2023
Plus I would also contend that starting with 1864 at least their conquest of Tashkent all the way to the conquest of Merv from the Qajars in the 1890s qualifies Russia as a colonizer of every modern Central Asian nation preceding their Soviet counterpart.
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Level 66
Oct 19, 2023
yeah i had seen that, but i chose not to add it, it was hard because i tried to do research on every single country and it was tough to decide which countries had colonized enough of the land to be worth adding
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Level 43
Dec 19, 2023
Very good quiz, although I think you're missing some stuff there, like Netherlands owning both Suriname and Guyana, because Guyana was mostly a British colony.
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Level 66
Dec 19, 2023
thank you, i was going off the source I had and tbh I don't think some of it really counts as "colonizing", so this quiz isn't fully accurate by any means, but for the most part it is