On May 14, 1948, the day the British Mandate over Palestine expired, the Jewish People's Council officially approved a proclamation declaring the establishment and independence of the State of Israel.

The United States was the first country to recognize Israel when President Harry Truman granted de-facto recognition eleven minutes after the proclamation of independence. Three days later, the USSR granted Israel de-jure recognition. Nearly a year after its creation, on May 11, 1949, Israel was admitted as the 59th member of the United Nations.

At least 167 of the 193 UN member states officially recognize Israel with the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan, Morocco, and Bhutan the most recent in 2020. Twenty-nine countries have never recognized Israel, most are Arab/Muslim nations.

May 14, 1948 - December 31, 1948 (21 Countries)

Country	Date
United States	May 14
Russia (USSR)	May 17
Nicaragua	May 18
Czech Republic / Slovakia	May 18
Serbia	May 18
Poland	May 18
Uruguay	May 19
Guatemala	May 19
Hungary	May 24
South Africa	May 24
Romania	June 11
Finland	June 11
Costa Rica	June 19
Panama	June 19
Venezuela **	June 27
Paraguay	September 6
El Salvador	September 11
Honduras	November 8
Bulgaria	December 4
Dominican Republic	December 29

January 1, 1949 - May 11, 1949 (33 Countries)

Country	Date	Country	Date
Cuba **	January 14	Sweden	February 15
France	January 24	Bolivia	February 22
Switzerland	January 25	Haiti	February 26
Australia	January 29	China	March 1
New Zealand	January 29	Greece	March 15
Colombia	February 1	Austria	March 15
Denmark	February 2	Turkey	March 28
Ecuador	February 2	Albania	April 16
Norway	February 4	Canada	May 11
Chile	February 5	Ukraine	May 11
Brazil	February 7	Belarus	May 11
Italy	February 8	Uruguay	May 11
Peru	February 9	Netherlands	May 11
Iceland	February 11	Luxembourg	May 11
Liberia	February 11	Philippines	May 11
Ireland	February 12	Mexico	May 11
Argentina	February 14

May 11, 1949 - Present (97 Countries)

Country	Date	Country	Date	Country	Date
Belgium	Jan 15, 1950	Singapore	May 11, 1969	Estonia	Jan 9, 1992
Iran **	March 14, 1950	Fiji	August 1970	Armenia	April 4, 1992
Sri Lanka	Sept 16, 1950	Bahamas	Sept 24, 1974	Azerbaijan	April 7, 1992
India	Sept 17, 1950	Grenada	January 1975	Angola	April 16, 1992
Thailand	Sept 26, 1950	Suriname	February 1976	Eritrea	May 6, 1993
Japan	May 15, 1952	Portugal	May 12, 1977	Vietnam	July 12, 1993
Myanmar	July 13, 1953	Tonga	June 1977	Mozambique	July 23, 1993
Laos	Feb 1957	Samoa	June 1977	Mauritius	Sept 29, 1993
Senegal	1960	Dominica	January 1978	Gabon	Sept 29, 1993
Nigeria	1960	St. Lucia	January 1979	Turkmenistan	Oct 6, 1993
Nepal	June 1, 1960	Egypt	March 26, 1979	Sao Tome	November 1993
D.R.C.	June 26, 1960	St. Vincent	January 1981	Zimbabwe	Nov 26, 1993
Cambodia	Aug 30, 1960	Antigua & Barbuda	June 22, 1983	Vanuatu	Dec 16, 1993
Cameroon	Sept 15, 1960	St Kitts & Nevis	January 1984	Namibia	Feb 11, 1994
Rep. of Congo	Nov 9, 1960	Kiribati	May 21, 1984	Guinea-Bissau	March 1994
Chad ***	Jan 10, 1961	Tuvalu	July 1984	Andorra	April 13, 1994
Cyprus	Jan 21, 1961	Belize	Sept 6, 1984	Cape Verde	July 17, 1994
Ivory Coast	Feb 15, 1961	Spain	Jan 17, 1986	Morocco ***	Sept 1, 1994
Burkina Faso	July 5, 1961	Marshall Islands	Sept 16, 1987	Palau	Oct 2, 1994
Ethiopia	Oct 24, 1961	Mongolia	Oct 2, 1991	Tunisia **	Oct 3, 1994
Benin	Dec 5, 1961	Liechtenstein	January 1992	Jordan	Oct 26, 1994
Jamaica	January 1962	Latvia	Jan 6, 1992	Nauru	December 1994
Trinidad	January 1962	Lithuania	Jan 8, 1992	San Marino	March 1, 1995
South Korea	April 10, 1962	Uzbekistan	Feb 21, 1992	Oman **	Jan 28, 1996
Kenya	December 1963	Kyrgyzstan	March 1992	Qatar **	April 1996
Monaco	January 1964	Tajikistan	April 1992	Croatia	Sept 4, 1997
Malawi	July 1964	Kazakhstan	April 10, 1992	Bosnia & Herz.	Sept. 26, 1997
Malta	January 1965	Slovenia	April 28, 1992	Mauritania **	Oct 28, 1999
Germany	May 12, 1965	Georgia	June 1, 1992	Timor-Leste	Aug 29, 2002
Barbados	Aug 29, 1967	Moldova	June 22, 1992	Montenegro	July 12, 2006
Swaziland	September 1968	Seychelles	Sept 1992	South Sudan	July 28, 2011
		Macedonia	Dec 7, 1992	UAE	Sept 15, 2020
				Bahrain	Sept 15, 2020
				Bhutan	Dec 12, 2020
				Kosovo	Feb 1, 2021

Do Not Recognize Israel (26 Countries)

Afghanistan	Iraq	Oman
Algeria	Kuwait	Pakistan
Bangladesh	Lebanon	Qatar
Brunei	Libya	Saudi Arabia
Comoros	Malaysia	Somalia
Cuba	Maldives	Syria
Djibouti	Mali	Tunisia
Guinea	Niger	Venezuela
Indonesia	North Korea	Yemen
Iran

**- Iran, Chad, Cuba, Mauritania, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Tunisia, Oman, Qatar, and Venezuela recognized Israel on the above dates but later rescinded that recognition.
***Chad restored ties in 2019. Morocco restored ties in 2020.

Unverified dates of recognition or non-recognition: Lesotho, Ghana, Gambia, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Madagascar, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Togo, Tanzania, Zambia, Equatorial Guinea, Botswana, Bhutan, Central African Republic and Burundi

Sources: “International recognition of Israel,” Wikipedia.
Sabir Shah, “30 countries, including Pakistan, still do not recognise Israel,” The News, (August 22, 2020).
Ben Simon, “Kosovo establishes Israel ties, to open embassy in Jerusalem,” AFP, (February 1, 2021).
News reports.

Israel International Relations: International Recognition of Israel