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DEFINITION:
The date on which each country (or its precursor) changed its form of government to a republic. In a republic, the power resides in the country’s people, the government and legislature is elected and the country is ruled according to its laws.
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| COUNTRY | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | July 17, 1973 |
| Albania | January 1, 1946 |
| Angola | October 5, 1910 |
| Argentina | July 9, 1816 |
| Armenia | September 14, 1917 |
| Austria | November 12, 1918 |
| Bangladesh | March 23, 1956 |
| Bolivia | August 6, 1825 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | November 29, 1945 |
| Botswana | September 30, 1966 |
| Brazil | November 15, 1889 |
| Bulgaria | September 15, 1946 |
| Burma | January 4, 1948 |
| Burundi | November 28, 1966 |
| Cambodia | March 18, 1970 |
| Central African Republic | September 21, 1979 |
| Chile | February 12, 1818 |
| China | October 10, 1911 |
| Colombia | December 17, 1819 |
| Comoros | 1912 |
| Costa Rica | July 1, 1823 |
| Cyprus | August 16, 1960 |
| Czech Republic | October 18, 1918 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | June 30, 1960 |
| Dominica | November 3, 1978 |
| Dominican Republic | March 25, 1865 |
| Ecuador | May 24, 1822 |
| Egypt | June 18, 1953 |
| England | May 19, 1649 |
| Equatorial Guinea | October 12, 1968 |
| Eritrea | March 21, 1975 |
| Fiji | October 6, 1987 |
| Finland | December 14, 1918 |
| France | September 4, 1870 |
| Germany | November 9, 1918 |
| Ghana | July 1, 1960 |
| Greece | December 8, 1974 |
| Guyana | February 23, 1970 |
| Haiti | January 15, 1859 |
| Hungary | February 1, 1946 |
| Iceland | June 17, 1944 |
| India | January 26, 1950 |
| Indonesia | August 17, 1945 |
| Iran | February 11, 1979 |
| Iraq | July 14, 1958 |
| Ireland | April 18, 1949 |
| Israel | May 14, 1948 |
| Italy | June 12, 1946 |
| Kenya | December 12, 1964 |
| Kiribati | July 12, 1979 |
| Laos | December 2, 1975 |
| Lebanon | July 23, 1920 |
| Liberia | July 26, 1847 |
| Libya | September 1, 1969 |
| Lithuania | November 2, 1918 |
| Madagascar | February 28, 1897 |
| Malawi | July 6, 1966 |
| Maldives | November 11, 1968 |
| Malta | December 13, 1974 |
| Marshall Islands | July 18, 1947 |
| Mauritius | March 12, 1992 |
| Mexico | July 15, 1867 |
| Moldova | August 2, 1940 |
| Mongolia | November 25, 1925 |
| Nauru | January 31, 1968 |
| Nepal | May 28, 2008 |
| Netherlands | July 26, 1581 |
| Nigeria | October 1, 1963 |
| Paraguay | May 15, 1811 |
| Peru | December 9, 1824 |
| Philippines | July 1, 1902 |
| Poland | November 14, 1918 |
| Portugal | October 5, 1910 |
| Romania | December 30, 1947 |
| Rwanda | July 1, 1962 |
| San Marino | September 3, 301 |
| Seychelles | June 29, 1976 |
| Sierra Leone | April 19, 1971 |
| Singapore | August 9, 1965 |
| Somalia | June 26, 1960 |
| South Africa | May 31, 1961 |
| South Korea | August 15, 1945 |
| South Sudan | January 1, 1956 |
| Spain | April 14, 1931 |
| Sri Lanka | May 22, 1972 |
| Suriname | November 25, 1975 |
| Switzerland | October 24, 1648 |
| Tajikistan | October 8, 1920 |
| The Gambia | April 24, 1970 |
| Togo | July 20, 1922 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | August 1, 1976 |
| Tunisia | July 25, 1957 |
| Turkey | October 29, 1923 |
| Turkmenistan | April 26, 1920 |
| Uganda | October 9, 1963 |
| United States | September 3, 1783 |
| Uruguay | August 25, 1825 |
| Venezuela | August 15, 1819 |
| Vietnam | August 25, 1945 |
| Yemen | September 27, 1962 |
| Zambia | October 24, 1964 |
| Zimbabwe | April 17, 1980 |
