Has there been a national referendum since 1980?

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Breakdown by Continent

Continent	Yes	No	Countries researched
Africa	42 (87.5%)	6 (12.5%)	48
Americas	21 (72.4%)	8 (27.6%)	29
Asia	27 (64.3%)	15 (35.7%)	42
Europe	42 (95.5%)	2 (4.5%)	44
Oceania	9 (81.8%)	2 (18.2%)	11
Total	141	33	174

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Country	Value	Details
Afghanistan	No	view
Albania	Yes	view
Algeria	Yes	view
Andorra	Yes	view
Angola	No	view
Argentina	Yes	view
Armenia	Yes	view
Australia	Yes	view
Austria	Yes	view
Azerbaijan	Yes	view
Bahamas	Yes	view
Bahrain	Yes	view
Bangladesh	Yes	view
Belarus	Yes	view
Belgium	No	view
Benin	Yes	view
Bermuda	Yes	view
Bolivia	Yes	view
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes	view
Botswana	Yes	view
Brazil	Yes	view
Bulgaria	Yes	view
Burkina Faso	Yes	view
Burundi	Yes	view
Cambodia	No	view
Cameroon	No	view
Canada	Yes	view
Central African Republic	Yes	view
Chad	Yes	view
Chile	Yes	view
China	No	view
Colombia	Yes	view
Congo, Democratic Republic of	Yes	view
Cook Islands	Yes	view
Costa Rica	Yes	view
Cote d'Ivoire	Yes	view
Croatia	Yes	view
Cuba	No	view
Cyprus	Yes	view
Cyprus (North)	Yes	view
Czech Republic	Yes	view
Denmark	Yes	view
Djibouti	Yes	view
Dominican Republic	No	view
Ecuador	Yes	view
Egypt	Yes	view
El Salvador	No	view
Equatorial Guinea	Yes	view
Eritrea	Yes	view
Estonia	Yes	view
Ethiopia	Yes	view
Finland	Yes	view
France	Yes	view
Gabon	Yes	view
Gambia	Yes	view
Georgia	Yes	view
Germany	No	view
Ghana	Yes	view
Gibraltar	Yes	view
Greece	Yes	view
Greenland	Yes	view
Guatemala	Yes	view
Guinea	Yes	view
Guyana	No	view
Haiti	Yes	view
Honduras	No	view
Hungary	Yes	view
Iceland	Yes	view
India	No	view
Indonesia	No	view
Iran, Islamic Republic of	Yes	view
Iraq	Yes	view
Ireland	Yes	view
Italy	Yes	view
Jamaica	No	view
Japan	No	view
Jordan	No	view
Kazakhstan	Yes	view
Kenya	Yes	view
Kiribati	Yes	view
Korea, Republic of	Yes	view
Kyrgyzstan	Yes	view
Lao People's Dem. Republic	No	view
Latvia	Yes	view
Liberia	Yes	view
Libya	No	view
Liechtenstein	Yes	view
Lithuania	Yes	view
Luxembourg	Yes	view
Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic (1993-)	Yes	view
Madagascar	Yes	view
Malawi	Yes	view
Malaysia	No	view
Maldives	Yes	view
Mali	Yes	view
Malta	Yes	view
Marshall Islands	Yes	view
Mauritania	Yes	view
Mexico	Yes	view
Micronesia, Federated States of	Yes	view
Moldova, Republic of	Yes	view
Mongolia	Yes	view
Montenegro	Yes	view
Morocco	Yes	view
Mozambique	No	view
Myanmar	Yes	view
Namibia	No	view
Nepal	Yes	view
Netherlands	Yes	view
New Zealand	Yes	view
Nicaragua	No	view
Niger	Yes	view
Nigeria	No	view
Niue	Yes	view
Norway	Yes	view
Oman	No	view
Pakistan	Yes	view
Palau	Yes	view
Panama	Yes	view
Papua New Guinea	No	view
Paraguay	Yes	view
Peru	Yes	view
Philippines	Yes	view
Poland	Yes	view
Portugal	Yes	view
Qatar	Yes	view
Republic of The Congo (Brazzaville)	Yes	view
Romania	Yes	view
Russian Federation	Yes	view
Rwanda	Yes	view
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes	view
Samoa	Yes	view
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes	view
Saudi Arabia	No	view
Senegal	Yes	view
Serbia	Yes	view
Seychelles	Yes	view
Sierra Leone	Yes	view
Singapore	No	view
Slovakia	Yes	view
Slovenia	Yes	view
Somalia	Yes	view
South Africa	Yes	view
South Sudan	Yes	view
Spain	Yes	view
Sri Lanka	Yes	view
State of Palestine	No	view
Sudan	Yes	view
Suriname	Yes	view
Sweden	Yes	view
Switzerland	Yes	view
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes	view
Taiwan	Yes	view
Tajikistan	Yes	view
Tanzania, United Republic of	Yes	view
Thailand	Yes	view
Timor-Leste	Yes	view
Togo	Yes	view
Tonga	No	view
Tunisia	Yes	view
Turkey	Yes	view
Turkmenistan	Yes	view
Uganda	Yes	view
Ukraine	Yes	view
United Arab Emirates	No	view
United Kingdom	Yes	view
United States	No	view
Uruguay	Yes	view
Uzbekistan	Yes	view
Venezuela	Yes	view
Viet Nam	No	view
Yemen	Yes	view
Zambia	Yes	view
Zimbabwe	Yes	view

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