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Countries that Have Changed Names Since Their Admission to the UN

Name the countries which have changed the name they are registered under in United Nations, alongside their former names.
Information from UN yearbooks (https://www.un.org/en/yearbook)
Most longform names are required.
The groups denoted by an asterisk contain countries that merged with another country.
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Egypt
Syria
1945
Egypt
Syria
1958
United Arab Republic
1961
United Arab Republic
Syria
1971
Egypt
Syrian Arab Republic
 
 
 
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Yemen
1947
Yemen
N/A
1967
Southern Yemen
1970
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
(Democratic Yemen)
1990
Yemen
 
 
 
Cameroon
1960
Cameroon
1975
United Republic of Cameroon
1984
Cameroon
 
 
 
Central African Republic
1960
Central African Republic
1976
Central African Empire
1979
Central African Republic
 
 
 
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1960
Congo (Leopoldville)
1964
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1971
Zaire
1997
Democratic Republic of the Congo
 
 
 
Venezuela
1945
Venezuela
2004
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
 
 
 
Burkina Faso
1960
Upper Volta
1984
Burkina Faso
 
 
 
Cabo Verde
1975
Cape Verde
2013
Cabo Verde
 
 
 
Côte d'Ivoire
1960
Ivory Coast
1985
Côte d'Ivoire
 
 
 
Eswatini
1968
Swaziland
2018
Eswatini
 
 
 
Malaysia
1957
Federation of Malaya
1963
Malaysia
 
 
 
Laos
1955
Laos
1975
Lao People's Democratic Republic
 
 
 
North Macedonia
1993
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
2019
North Macedonia
 
 
 
Russia
1945
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
1991
Russian Federation
 
 
 
Serbia
2000
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
2003
Serbia and Montenegro
2006
Serbia
 
 
 
South Africa
1945
Union of South Africa
1961
South Africa
 
 
 
Türkiye
1945
Turkey
2022
Türkiye
Cambodia
1955
Cambodia
1970
Khmer Republic
1975
Cambodia
1976
Democratic Kampuchea
1990
Cambodia
 
 
 
Libya
1955
Libya
1969
Libyan Arab Republic
1977
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
2011
Libya
 
 
 
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Tanzania
1961
Tanganyika
N/A
1963
Zanzibar
1964
United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
1964
United Republic of Tanzania
 
 
 
Republic of the Congo
1960
Congo (Brazzaville)
1970
People's Republic of the Congo
1971
Congo
 
 
 
Belarus
1945
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
1991
Belarus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Benin
1960
Dahomey
1975
Benin
 
 
 
Bolivia
1945
Bolivia
2009
Plurinational State of Bolivia
 
 
 
Myanmar
1948
Burma
1989
Myanmar
 
 
 
Sri Lanka
1955
Ceylon
1972
Sri Lanka
 
 
 
Czechia
1993
Czech Republic
2016
Czechia
 
 
 
Germany
1973
Federal Republic of Germany
1990
Germany
 
 
 
Iran
1945
Iran
1982
Islamic Republic of Iran
 
 
 
Maldives
1965
Maldive Islands
1969
Maldives
 
 
 
Philippines
1945
Philippine Republic
1947
Philippines
 
 
 
Saint Kitts and Nevis
1983
Saint Christopher and Nevis
1986
Saint Kitts and Nevis
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thailand
1945
Siam
1949
Thailand
 
 
 
Suriname
1975
Surinam
1978
Suriname
 
 
 
Ukraine
1945
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
1991
Ukraine
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