How well do you know geography what is the newest country?

Question

Geography encyclopedia

Answer 1

Kosovo

Answer 2

Do you mean recognised or unrecognised?

Answer 3

Kosovo...my husband worked there for a short time and that's the ONLY reason I know this information.

Answer 4

To my recollection the newest country is the republic of Kosovo which became independent from Serbia on Sunday the 17th of February 2008 A.D.

However it is only partially recognized as only 43 countries and one other partially recognized country recognize it theses are (given with their dates of recognition) :

Afghanistan  2008-02-18  

Costa Rica 2008-02-18

Albania 2008-02-18

France 2008-02-18

Turkey 2008-02-18

United States 2008-02-18

United Kingdom 2008-02-18

Australia 2008-02-19  

Senegal 2008-02-19  

Latvia 2008-02-20

Germany 2008-02-20

Estonia 2008-02-21

Italy 2008-02-21

Denmark 2008-02-21

Luxembourg 2008-02-21

Peru 2008-02-22  

Belgium 2008-02-24

Poland 2008-02-26

Switzerland 2008-02-27  

Austria 2008-02-28

Ireland 2008-02-29

Sweden 2008-03-04

Netherlands 2008-03-04

Iceland 2008-03-05

Slovenia 2008-03-05

Finland 2008-03-07

Japan 2008-03-18  

Canada 2008-03-18

Monaco 2008-03-19  

Hungary 2008-03-19

Croatia 2008-03-19

Bulgaria 2008-03-20

Liechtenstein 2008-03-25  

South Korea 2008-03-28  

Norway 2008-03-28

Marshall Islands 2008-04-17  

Nauru 2008-04-23  

Burkina Faso 2008-04-24

Lithuania 2008-05-06

San Marino 2008-05-11  

Czech Republic 2008-05-21

Liberia 2008-05-30  

Sierra Leone 2008-06-13

Also Taiwan recognizes kosovo and this was announced on 18th February 2008

Answer 5

East Timor

Answer 6

Kosovo.

Answer 7

British Saskatchalbertatoba

Answer 8

Two sided here.

Most recent country to declare independence and get some recognitions: Kosovo.

Most recent country to declare independence and actually achieve it (with recognition from the mother country): East Timor .