Title 30 from the Pitt Rivers Museum History, 1884

Geographical statistics - Comparison Document

Part 1 Colonial Status of countries

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[Blue countries non-colonial, red countries have been colonial]

Countries	Related continent	Colonial status
Afghanistan	Asia	Never part of British Empire
Albania	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Algeria	Africa	Never part of British Empire
American Samoa	Oceania P	included as Samoa. Technically never part of British Empire [but included because no provenanced items specifically to it]
Andaman Islands India	Asia	see India. In 1789-96 penal colony established and ended but in 1858 penal colony re-formed
Andorra	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Angola	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Anguilla	America M	Excluded from stats 1713 British possession still Colony
Antigua	America M	1632 colonised 1981 independence Colony
Argentina	America S	Never part of British Empire
Armenia	Asia	Never part of British Empire
Aruba	America M	Excluded from stats Part of British Empire during early 19th century but not part during this time period
Ascension Island	Africa	Excluded from stats
Australia	Australia	Australia was a colony before 1884 and gained Commonwealth status in 1901. Colony.
Australia [Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Asia	Excluded from stats British possession from 1857 Colony
Australia [Norfolk Island]	Oceania Me	Excluded from stats. 1774 discovered by Cook, 1979 self-government Colony
Austria	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Azerbaijan	Asia	Never part of British Empire
Bahamas	America M	1783 British colony 1973 independence Colony
Bahrain	Asia	1861 protectorate 1971 independence Colony
Bangladesh	Asia	essentially colony from 1799, independence as part of Pakistan 1947 full independence in 1972 Colony
Barbados	America M	1662 Crown Colony 1966 independence Colony
Belarus	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Belgium	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Belize	America M	Excluded from stats 1862 colony 1981 independence Colony
Benin Republic	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Bermuda	America M	1684 Crown Colony still continues
Bhutan	Asia	Never part of British Empire
Bolivia	America S	Never part of British Empire
Bosnia Herzegovina Yugoslavia	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Botswana	Africa	1884 protectorate formed, 1966 independence Colony
Brazil	America S	Never part of British Empire
Brunei	Asia	1888 protectorate 1983 independence Colony
Bulgaria	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Burkina Faso	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Burundi	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Cambodia	Asia	Never part of British Empire
Cameroon Cameroun	Africa	Part was colony from 1919 to 1961, all excluded from colonial stats
Canada	America N	1871 Dominion status but counted as Colony
Cape Verde	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Cayman Islands	America M	Excluded from stats 1859 Crown Colony continues
Central African Republic	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Chad	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Chechnya	Asia	Excluded from stats Never part of British Empire
Chile	America S	Never part of British Empire
China [Excluding Hong Kong]	Asia	Never part of British Empire
China [Hong Kong]	Asia	1843 British colony, 1997 revert to China Colony
Colombia	America S	Never part of British Empire
Comoros Islands	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Congo, Democratic Republic of	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Congo, People's Republic of	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Cook Islands	Oceania P	1888 became Protectorate, independent 1965. Colony
Costa Rica	America M	Never part of British Empire
Ivory Coast	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Croatia Yugoslavia	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Cuba	America M	Never part of British Empire
Cyprus	Europe	1878 administered by UK, 1960 independence Colony
Czech Republic	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Denmark	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Djibouti	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Dominica	America M	1815 granted to UK 1978 independence Colony
Dominican Republic	America M	Never part of British Empire
East Timor	Asia	Never part of British Empire
Easter Island Rapa Nui	Oceania P	Never part of British Empire
Ecuador	America S	Never part of British Empire
Egypt	Africa	1882 under British control, 1914 becomes protectorate 1922 independence Colony
El Salvador	America M	Never part of British Empire
Equatorial Guinea	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Eritrea	Africa	1941 becomes British 1962 independence as part of Ethiopia etc Not counted as colonial
Estonia	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Ethiopia	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Falkland Islands	America S	Colony from 1832
Fiji	Oceania Me	1874 became colony, independent 1970. Colony
Finland	Europe	Never part of British Empire
France	Europe	Never part of British Empire
French Guiana	America S	Never part of British Empire
Gabon	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Galapagos Islands Ecuador	America S	Excluded from stats Never part of British Empire
The Gambia	Africa	1843 becomes colony, 1965 independence Colony
Gambier Islands French Polynesia	Oceania P	Never part of British Empire
Georgia	Asia	Never part of British Empire
Germany	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Ghana	Africa	1821 direct rule begins, 1957 independence Colony
Gibraltar	Europe	Colony from 1704
Greece	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Greenland	America N	Never part of British Empire
Grenada	America M	1885 Crown Colony 1964 independence Colony
Guadeloupe	America M	Never part of British Empire
Guam	Asia	Excluded from stats Never part of British Empire
Guatemala	America M	Never part of British Empire
Guinea	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Guinea-Bissau	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Guyana	America S	1831 Colony formally created 1966 independence Colony
Haiti	America M	Never part of British Empire
Heard & McDonald Islands	?	Excluded from stats
Honduras	America M	Never part of British Empire
Hungary	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Iceland	Europe	Never part of British Empire
India	Asia	1858 British formal rule begins 1947 independence Colony
'British India'	Asia	see above
Indonesia	Asia	Never part of British Empire
Iran	Asia	Although never part of British Empire formally was under Anglo-Russian sphere of influence from 1907
Iraq	Asia	1921 British mandate 1932 independence
Ireland	Europe	Not counted as part of British Empire but of course part of UK until 1916
Irian Jaya (Indonesia)	Oceania Me	Never part of British Empire
Israel	Asia	1918 conquered by Britain, 1948 British mandate ends Colony
Italy	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Jamaica	America M	1866 Crown Colony 1962 independence Colony
Japan	Asia	Never part of British Empire
Jordan	Asia	1921 under British mandate 1949 independent Colony
Kazakhstan	Asia	Never part of British Empire
Kenya	Africa	1895 protectorate declared 1963 independence Colony
Kiribati	Oceania Me	1892 Gilbert Islands protectorate, independent 1979 Colony
Korea	Asia	Never part of British Empire
Kuwait	Asia	Under British protection 1899 - 1961 Colony
Kyrgyzstan	Asia	Excluded from stats Never part of British Empire
Laos	Asia	Never part of British Empire
Latvia	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Lebanon	Asia	Never part of British Empire
Lesotho	Africa	1865 protectorate formed, independence 1966 Colony
Liberia	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Libya	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Liechtenstein	Europe	Excluded from stats. Never part of British Empire
Lithuania	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Luxembourg	Europe	Excluded from stats. Never part of British Empire
Macau	Asia	Excluded from stats Never part of British Empire
Macedonia Yugoslavia	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Madagascar	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Malawi	Africa	1891 becomes protectorate 1964 independence Colony
Malaysia	Asia	1896 protectorate formed [nb colonialisation before that] 1957 independence Colony
Maldives	Asia	1887 protectorate 1965 independence Colony
Mali	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Malta	Europe	1814 annexed, 1964 independence Colony
Marquesas Islands French Polynesia	Oceania P	Never part of British Empire
Marshall Islands	Oceania Mi	Never part of British Empire
Martinique France	America M	Excluded from stats Never part of British Empire
Mauritania	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Mauritius	Africa	1814 British 1968 independence
Mayotte	Africa	Excluded from stats Never part of British Empire
Melilla	Africa	Excluded from stats Never part of British Empire
Mexico	America M	Never part of British Empire
Micronesia, Federated States of [Caroline Islands]	Oceania Mi	Never part of British Empire
Moldova	Europe	Excluded from stats. Never part of British Empire
Monaco	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Mongolia	Asia	Never part of British Empire
Montenegro Yugoslavia	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Montserrat	America M	Excluded from stats 1871 and on Colony
Morocco	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Mozambique	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Myanmar (Burma)	Asia	1885 annexed as part of India 1947 independence Colony
Namibia	Africa	1919 comes under S African rule 1990 independence
Nauru	Oceania Mi	Excluded from stats. 1914 becomes colony, 1968 independence Colony
Nepal	Asia	Never part of British Empire
The Netherlands	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Netherlands Antilles	America M	Never part of British Empire
New Caledonia	Oceania Me	Never part of British Empire
New Zealand	Oceania P	1840 becomes colony, 1907 Dominion status Colony
Nicaragua	America M	Never part of British Empire
Nicobar Islands India	Asia	see India. Control began from 1869 when Danes relinquished claims to British
Niger	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Nigeria	Africa	1886 formally British colony, 1960 independence Colony
Niue	Oceania P	1900 annexed 1974 self-government Colony
North Korea	Asia	Included as Korea Never part of British Empire
Northern Mariana Islands	Oceania Mi	Excluded from stats. Never part of British Empire
Norway	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Oman	Asia	Never part of British Empire
Pakistan	Asia	see India, independent 1947 Colony
Palau, Republic of [Caroline Islands]	Oceania Mi	Never part of British Empire
Palestine	Asia	1918 conquered by Britain, 1948 British mandate ends Colony
Panama	America M	Never part of British Empire
Papua New Guinea	Oceania Me	1884 Papua becomes protectorate, 1914 north of island taken over from Germans 1975 independence Colony
Paraguay	America S	Never part of British Empire
Peru	America S	Never part of British Empire
Philippines	Asia	Never part of British Empire
Pitcairn Islands	Oceania P	1838 British colony established Colony
Poland	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Portugal	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Portugal [Madeira]	Africa	Excluded from stats, included as part of Portugal in European stats Never part of British Empire
Puerto Rico	America M	Never part of British Empire
Qatar	Asia	Excluded from stats 1916 protectorate 1971 independence Colony
Reunion	Africa	Excluded from stats Never part of British Empire
Romania	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Ross Dependency	Oceania	Excluded from stats Never part of British Empire
Russia [excluding Siberia]	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Russia [Siberia]	Asia	Never part of British Empire
Rwanda	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Samoa	Oceania P	see Western Samoa, impossible to differentiate between American Samoa and Western Samoa in most entries so decided to conclude that all undifferentiated Samoa entries were part of Western Samoa and therefore Colony
San Marino	Europe	Never part of British Empire
São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	Excluded from stats Never part of British Empire
Saudi Arabia	Asia	Never part of British Empire
Senegal	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Serbia Yugoslavia	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Seychelles	Asia	1794 dependency 1904 Crown Colony 1976 independence Colony
Sierra Leone	Africa	1808 becomes Crown Colony 1961 independence Colony
Singapore	Asia	1824 island purchased 1963 federated to Malaysia 1965 independent Colony
Slovakia	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Slovenia	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Society Islands French Polynesia	Oceania P	Never part of British Empire
Solomon Islands	Oceania Me	1893 becomes colony 1978 independence Colony
Somalia	Africa	1887 part became protectorate 1941 UK gains Italian Somaliland 1960 independence Colony
South Africa	Africa	1910 Union of SA
South Georgia	America S	Excluded from stats see Falklands colony
South Korea	Asia	Included as Korea Never part of British Empire
South Sandwich Islands	Oceania P	Excluded from stats. Part of British Falkland Islands Colony
Spain	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Sri Lanka	Asia	1802 colony, 1948 independence Colony
St Helena	Africa	Excluded from stats. from 1834 British colony
St Kitts - Nevis	America M	1713 Colony 1983 independence Colony
St Lucia	America M	1814 colony 1979 independence Colony
Sta Pierre & Miquelon	America M	Excluded from stats Never part of British Empire
St Vincent & the Grenadines	America M	1773 colony 1979 independence Colony
Sudan	Africa	1899 effectively becomes Protectorate 1955 independence Colony
Surinam Suriname	America S	Never part of British Empire
Swaziland	Africa	part of South Africa 1968 independence Colony
Sweden	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Switzerland	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Syria	Asia	Never part of British Empire
Taiwan	Asia	Never part of British Empire
Tajikistan	Asia	Excluded from stats Never part of British Empire
Tanzania	Africa	1919 becomes British 1961 independence Colony
Thailand	Asia	Never part of British Empire
Tibet	Asia	Never part of British Empire
Togo	Africa	Part British colony from 1914 to 1957 when joined Nigeria Counted as never part of British Empire
Tokelau Islands	Oceania P	1889 protectorate established 1948 becomes part of NZ Colony
Tonga	Oceania P	1900 becomes colony 1970 independence Colony
Trinidad & Tobago	America M	1802-14 and on colony Independence 1962 Colony
Tristan da Cunha St Helena	Africa	Excluded from stats. Colony
Tuamotu Archipelago French Polynesia	Oceania P	Never part of British Empire
Tubuai Islands French Polynesia	Oceania P	Never part of British Empire
Tunisia	Africa	Never part of British Empire
Turkey	Asia	Never part of British Empire
Turkmenistan	Asia	Excluded from stats Never part of British Empire
Turks & Caicos Islands	America M	Excluded from stats 1874 and on Colony
Tuvalu	Oceania P	1892 becomes protectorate, 1978 independence Colony
Uganda	Africa	1894 British protectorate formed 1962 independence Colony
UK	Europe
Ukraine	Europe	Never part of British Empire
United Arab Emirates	Asia	Excluded from stats. Under British influence from 1853 but never part of British Empire
Uruguay	America S	Never part of British Empire
USA	America N	Not part of British Empire [during this time period]
USA [Hawaii]	Oceania P	Never part of British Empire
Uzbekistan	Asia	Never part of British Empire
Vanuatu	Oceania Me	1887 becomes colony, 1980 independence Colony
Vatican City	Europe	Never part of British Empire
Venezuela	America S	Never part of British Empire
Vietnam	Asia	Never part of British Empire
Virgin Islands	America M	1766 and on Colony
Wallis & Futuna Islands	Oceania P	Never part of British Empire
Western Sahara	Africa	Excluded from stats Never part of British Empire
Western Samoa	Oceania P	Included as Samoa. 1914 becomes colony, 1962 independence Colony
Windward Islands	America M	Independent from 1979 Colony
Wrangel Island (Vrangelya Ostrov)	Asia	Excluded from stats Never part of British Empire
Yemen	Asia	1839 annexed 1937 British colony 1967 independence Colony
Yugoslavia	Europe	Excluded from stats [see separate countries]. Never part of British Empire
Zambia	Africa	1889 under British control, 1924 becomes protectorate 1964 independence Colony
Zimbabwe	Africa	1889 under British control, 1924 becomes protectorate 1964 independence Colony

Glossary:

America M = Middle America

America N = North America

America S = South America

Oceania Me = Oceania Melanesia

Oceania Mi = Oceania Micronesia

Oceania P = Oceania Polynesia

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