The Archive: Former Countries

Explore 24 countries that no longer exist — dissolved, merged, renamed or annexed — from the Soviet Union to Siam.

• Austria-Hungary (1867–1918, Dissolved)
• Burma (1948–1989, Renamed)
• Ceylon (1948–1972, Renamed)
• Czechoslovakia (1918–1992, Dissolved)
• Dahomey (1960–1975, Renamed)
• East Germany (1949–1990, Merged)
• Gran Colombia (1819–1831, Dissolved)
• Kingdom of Hawaiʻi (1795–1893, Annexed)
• Newfoundland (1907–1949, Merged)
• Ottoman Empire (1299–1922, Dissolved)
• Persia (1501–1935, Renamed)
• Prussia (1701–1947, Dissolved)
• Republic of Texas (1836–1845, Annexed)
• Siam (1782–1939, Renamed)
• Sikkim (1642–1975, Annexed)
• South Vietnam (1955–1975, Merged)
• South Yemen (1967–1990, Merged)
• Soviet Union (1922–1991, Dissolved)
• Tanganyika (1961–1964, Merged)
• United Arab Republic (1958–1971, Dissolved)
• Upper Volta (1960–1984, Renamed)
• West Indies Federation (1958–1962, Dissolved)
• Yugoslavia (1918–1992, Dissolved)
• Zaire (1971–1997, Renamed)