History of Europe

Which countries were under British colonial rule?

Africa

* Angola

* Bechuanaland (now Botswana)

* Basutoland (now Lesotho)

* Cameroon

* Cape Colony (now part of South Africa)

* Gambia

* Ghana (formerly Gold Coast)

* Kenya

* Malawi (formerly Nyasaland)

* Mauritius

* Nigeria

* Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia)

* Nyasaland (now Malawi)

* Sierra Leone

* Somalia (formerly British Somaliland)

* South Africa

* South Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)

* Swaziland (now Eswatini)

* Tanganyika (now part of Tanzania)

* Uganda

* Zanzibar (now part of Tanzania)

Asia

* Aden (now part of Yemen)

* Bahrain

* Bhutan

* British Borneo (now part of Malaysia and Brunei)

* British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)

* Burma (now Myanmar)

* Hong Kong

* India

* Kuwait

* Maldive Islands

* Malaya (now part of Malaysia)

* North Borneo (now part of Malaysia)

* Oman

* Pakistan

* Palestine (now part of Israel and the Palestinian territories)

* Qatar

* Sarawak (now part of Malaysia)

* Singapore

* Trucial States (now the United Arab Emirates)

Americas

* Anguilla

* Bahamas

* Barbados

* Bermuda

* British Guiana (now Guyana)

* British Honduras (now Belize)

* Cayman Islands

* Dominica

* Falkland Islands (disputed with Argentina)

* Grenada

* Jamaica

* Leeward Islands

* Montserrat

* Saint Kitts and Nevis

* Saint Lucia

* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

* Trinidad and Tobago

* Turks and Caicos Islands

* United States (during the American Revolution, 1775-1783)

* Virgin Islands (British)

Europe

* Cyprus

* Gibraltar

* Malta

Oceania

* Australia

* Cook Islands

* Fiji

* Gilbert and Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu and Kiribati)

* New Zealand

* Niue

* Norfolk Island

* Papua New Guinea

* Solomon Islands

* Tonga

* Western Samoa (now Samoa)