States and territories disestablished in 1979

Rhodesia ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was a country in Southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979. Rhodesia served as the de facto successor state to the British dominion of Southern Rhodesia following a unilateral declaration of independence issued by the ruling government. Throughout this fourteen-year period, Rhodesia faced internal conflict and political unrest. Following the Lancaster House Agreement in 1979, the territory returned to British political control and then subsequently gained internationally recognised independence as Zimbabwe in 1980.

former totalitarian state in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge

former sovereign state (1925–1979)

former country

American concession in Panama between 1903 and 1979

government of Iran from February to November 1979

former Mauritanian territory in Western Sahara (1975-1979)

Danish colony from 1953 to 1979

geographical object