Countries with historical names
| Current name | Old Name |
|---|---|
| Algeria | Numidia |
| Bangladesh | East Pakistan |
| Belize | British Honduras |
| Bohemia | Czech Republic |
| Botswana | Bechuanaland |
| Burkina Faso | Upper Volta |
| Cambodia | Kampuchea |
| Central African Republic, Chad | French Equatorial Africa |
| China (north) | Cathay |
| China (south) | Mangi |
| Cook Islands | Harvey Islands |
| Czech Republic and Slovakia | Bohemia, Moravia, Chechoslovakia |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | Zaire |
| Djibouti | Afars and Issas Territory |
| Ethiopia | Abyssinia |
| France | Gaul |
| Ghana | Gold Coast |
| Iran | Persia |
| Iraq | Mesopotamia |
| Kiribati | Gilbert Islands |
| Korea (North and South) | Choson |
| Lesotho | Basutoland |
| Liberia | Grain Coast |
| Libya | Tripolitania and Cyrenaica |
| Malawi | Nyasaland |
| Mali | Sudanese Republic |
| Moldova | Moldavia |
| Myanmar | Burma |
| Namibia | South-West Africa |
| Niue | Savage Island |
| Reunion Island | Bourbon Island |
| Rwanda and Burundi | German East Africa |
| Somalia | Benadir |
| Sri Lanka | Ceylon |
| Taiwan | Formosa |
| Tanzania | Tanganyika and Zanzibar, German East Africa |
| Thailand | Siam |
| Tonga | Friendly Islands |
| Tuvalu | Ellice Islands |
| Vanuatu | New Hebrides |
| Vietnam | Cochin-China (south), Annam (central), Tonkin (north) |
| Zambia | Northern Rhodesia |
| Zimbabwe | Southern Rhodesia |
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