Former and Current Names of Cities and Countries

Former and Current Names of Cities

Current Name Former Name
Ankara, Turkey Angora, Turkey
Beijing, China Peking, China
Guangzhou, China Canton, China
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Saigon, Vietnam
Istanbul, Turkey Constantinople, Turkey
Mumbai, India Bombay, India
St. Petersburg, Russia Petrograd and Leningrad, Russia
Tokyo, Japan Edo, Japan

Former and Current Names of Countries

Current Name Former Name
Algeria Numidia
Bangladesh East Pakistan
Botswana Bechuanaland
Burkina Faso Upper Volta
Burundi Urundi
Cambodia Kampuchea
Central African Republic Central African Empire
Democratic Republic of Congo Zaire
Djibouti French Somaliland
Ethiopia Abyssinia
Equatorial Guinea Spanish Guinea
France Gaul
Ghana Gold Coast
Germany Prussia
Guinea French Guinea
Iran Persia
Iraq Mesopotamia
Lesotho Basutoland
Madagascar Malagasy Republic
Malawi Nyasaland

Prepared By: Hans Matthew Antiojo

 Mali Sudanese Republic
Moldova Moldavia
Mozambique Portuguese East Africa
Myanmar Burma
Namibia South-West Africa
Sri Lanka Ceylon
Taiwan Formosa
Thailand Siam
Western Sahara Sahara Occidental
Zambia Northern Rhodesia
Zimbabwe Southern Rhodesia

Former and Current Names of Multiple Countries

Current Name(s) Former Name(s)
Central African Republic and Chad French Equatorial Africa
Czech Republic and Slovakia Bohemia, Moravia, and Czechoslovakia
Egypt and Sudan Nubia
Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia Italian East Africa
Libya Tripolitania and Cyrenaica
North and South China Cathay and Mangi
North and South Korea Choson/ Joseon
Rwanda and Burundi German East Africa
Mali and Mauritania Songhay
Senegal and The Gambia Senegambia
Tanzania Tanganyika and Zanzibar, German East
Africa
Vietnam Cochin-China (south), Annam (central),
and Tonkin (north)

Prepared By: Hans Matthew Antiojo