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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