United Nations: Member States
There are currently 193 member states in the United Nations
(Year indicates date of admission; No date indicates original member in 1945; * indicates shortned name)
| Afghanistan (1946) Albania (1955) Algeria (1962) Andorra (1993) Angola (1976) Antigua & Barbuda (1981) Argentina Armenia (1992) Australia Austria (1955) Azerbaijan (1992) Bahamas (1973) Bahrain (1971) Bangladesh (1974) Barbados (1966) Belarus Belgium Belize (1981) Benin (1960) Bhutan (1971) Bolivia * Bosnia * (1992) Botswana (1966) Brazil Brunei * (1984) Bulgaria (1955) Burkina Faso (1960) Burundi (1962) Cambodia (1955) Cameroon (1960) Canada Cape Verde (1975) CAR * (1960) Chad (1960) Chile China [1] Colombia Comoros (1975) Congo (1960) | Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire * (1960) Croatia (1992) Cuba Cyprus (1960) Czech Republic (1993) DPRK * (1991) DRC * (1960) Denmark Djibouti (1977) Dominica (1978) Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea (1968) Eritrea (1993) Estonia (1991) Ethiopia Fiji (1970) Finland (1955) France Gabon (1960) Gambia (1965) Georgia (1992) Germany (1973) Ghana (1957) Greece Grenada (1974) Guatemala Guinea (1958) Guinea-Bissau (1974) Guyana (1966) Haiti Honduras Hungary (1955) Iceland (1946) India Indonesia (1950) | Iran * Iraq Ireland (1955) Israel (1949) Italy (1955) Jamaica (1962) Japan (1956) Jordan (1955) Kazakhstan (1992) Kenya (1963) Kiribati (1999) Kuwait (1963) Kyrgyzstan (1992) Laos * (1955) Latvia (1991) Lebanon Lesotho (1966) Liberia Libya (1955) Liechtenstein (1990) Lithuania (1991) Luxembourg Macedonia * (1993) Madagascar (1960) Malawi (1964) Malaysia (1957) Maldives (1965) Mali (1960) Malta (1964) Marshall Islands (1991) Mauritania (1961) Mauritius (1968) Mexico Micronesia * (1991) Moldova * (1992) Monaco (1993) Mongolia (1961) Montenegro (2006) Morocco (1956) | Mozambique (1975) Myanmar (1948) Namibia (1990) Nauru (1999) Nepal (1955) Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger (1960) Nigeria (1960) Norway Oman (1971) Pakistan (1947) Palau (1994) Panama Papua New Guinea (1975) Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal (1955) Qatar (1971) Romania (1955) Russia * [2] Rwanda (1962) Saint Kitts & Nevis (1983) Saint Lucia (1979) Saint Vincent (1980) Samoa (1976) San Marino (1992) Sao Tome * (1975) Saudi Arabia Senegal (1960) Serbia (2000) Seychelles (1976) Sierra Leone (1961) Singapore (1965) Slovakia (1993) | Slovenia (1992) Solomon Islands (1978) Somalia (1960) South Africa South Korea * (1991) South Sudan (2011) Spain (1955) Sri Lanka (1955) Sudan (1956) Suriname (1975) Swaziland (1968) Sweden (1946) Switzerland (2002) Syria * Tajikistan (1992) Tanzania * (1961) Thailand (1946) Timor-Leste (2002) Togo (1960) Tonga (1999) Trinidad & Tobago (1962) Tunisia (1956) Turkey Turkmenistan (1992) Tuvalu (2000) Uganda (1962) Ukraine United Arab Emirates (1971) United Kingdom * United States * Uruguay Uzbekistan (1992) Vanuatu (1981) Venezuela * Vietnam (1977) Yemen (1947) Zambia (1964) Zimbabwe (1980) |
The UN also recognizes two states with Non-Member State Observer Status[3]: Holy See (1964) and Palestine (2011)
[1] By Resolution 2758 (XXVI) of Oct. 25, 1971, the General Assembly decided "to restore all its rights to the People's Republic of China and to recognize the representative of its Government as the only legitimate representative of China to the United Nations."
[2] In December 1991, Russia assumed the permanent Security Council seat previously held by the U.S.S.R.
[3] Non-member observer states are recognized as sovereign states and are free to submit a petition to the Security Council join as a full member at their discretion* Full Names:
Bolivia - Plurinational State of Bolivia
Bosnia - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brunei - Brunei Darussalam
CAR - Central African Republic
DPRK - Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
DRC - Democratic Republic of the Congo
Iran - Islamic Republic of Iran
Laos - Lao People's Democratic Republic
Macedonia - The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Micronesia - Federated States of Micronesia
Moldova - Republic of Moldova
Russia - Russian Federation
Sao Tome - Sao Tome & Principe
South Korea - Republic of Korea
Syria - Syrian Arab Republic
Tanzania - United Republic of Tanzania
United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United States - United States of America
Venezuela - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Sources: United Nations
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