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Top 5 newest countries (most recently gaining independence/UN membership)

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Year of independence / UN admission — Country geography

Snapshot · 2026-05-31

  1. 1

    South Sudan

    2011

  2. 2

    Montenegro

    2006

  3. 3

    Serbia (as successor state)

    2006

  4. 4

    Timor-Leste (East Timor)

    2002

  5. 5

    Palau

    1994