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Over 17.5 percent of the world’s 193 countries have been ‘born’ since 1990. We think that’s a pretty high number.

The birth of nations is nothing new, of course. History is jam-packed with the creation, merging, fragmentation and destruction of countries.

The trend in recent times has been toward fragmentation, flipping those set up by the colonialism and imperialism of the previous two centuries.

Of course, no new country is worth its salt without a capital. Here we take a look at the five countries born in this millennium.

Juba – South Sudan (Northeast Africa)

  • Independence: July 9, 2011
  • Population: 370,000

Pristina – Kosovo (The Balkans, Europe)

  • Independence: February 17, 2008
  • Population: 198,000

Belgrade – Serbia (The Balkans, Europe)

  • Independence: June 5, 2006
  • Population: 1,154,000

Podgorica – Montenegro (The Balkans, Europe)

  • Independence: June 3, 2006
  • Population: 625,000

Dili – East Timor (Southeast Asia)

  • Independence: May 20, 2002
  • Population: 193,000

Written by insider city guide series Hg2 | A Hedonist’s Guide to…

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Brett AckroydBrett hopes to one day reach the shores of far-flung Tristan da Cunha, the most remote of all the inhabited archipelagos on Earth…as to what he’ll do when he gets there, he hasn’t a clue. Over the last 10 years, London, New York, Cape Town and Pondicherry have all proudly been referred to as home. Now it’s Copenhagen’s turn, where he lends his travel expertise to momondo.com.

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