Asian Geographic - 08.2018

Country Ruled/Occupied by Independence

BRUNEI

CAMBODIA

INDONESIA

LAOS

MALAYSIA

MYANMAR

PHILIPPINES

SINGAPORE

THAILAND

VIETNAM

British (1888–1984)

Japanese (1941–1945)

French (1863–1953)

Japanese (1942–1945)

Dutch (1610–1949)

British (1811–1815)

Japanese (1945–1949)

French (1893–1954)

Japanese (1945–1946)

Portuguese (1511–1641)

British (1786–1957)

Japanese (1942–1945)

British (1885–1942)

Japanese (1942–1945)

Spanish (1565–1898)

Americans (1899–1946)

Japanese (1941–1944)

British (1819–1965)

Japanese (1942–1945)

Malaysia (1963–1965)

Never been ruled

French (1862–1954)

Japanese (1841–1945)

Americans (1964–1975)

JAN 1, 1984

NOV 9, 1953

DEC 27, 1949

DEC 24 1954

AUG 31, 1963

JAN 4, 1948

JUN 12, 1898

AUG 9, 1965

Never been conquered

SEP 2, 1945

* For countries with ambiguous beginnings of colonial rule, the dates

of earliest presence of appointed foreign officials or treaties is used