knowledge United Nations Member States

 Countries in the UN:

193

United Nations Member States

There are currently 193 Member States in the United Nations. Each member state is a member of the United Nations General Assembly. Following is the list with dates on which they joined:

U.N. Member State Date of Admission

   

Afghanistan 19 November 1946

Albania 14 December 1955

Algeria 8 October 1962

Andorra 28 July 1993

Angola 1 December 1976

Antigua and Barbuda 11 November 1981

Argentina 24 October 1945

Armenia 2 March 1992

Australia 1 November 1945

Austria 14 December 1955

Azerbaijan 2 March 1992

Bahamas 18 September 1973

Bahrain 21 September 1971

Bangladesh 17 September 1974

Barbados 9 December 1966

Belarus [1] 24 October 1945

Belgium 27 December 1945

Belize 25 September 1981

Benin 20 September 1960

Bhutan 21 September 1971

Bolivia 14 November 1945

Bosnia and Herzegovina [2] 22 May 1992

Botswana 17 October 1966

Brazil 24 October 1945

Brunei Darussalam 21 September 1984

Bulgaria 14 December 1955

Burkina Faso 20 September 1960

Burundi 18 September 1962

Cambodia 14 December 1955

Cameroon 20 September 1960

Canada 9 November 1945

Cape Verde 16 September 1975

Central African Republic 20 September 1960

Chad 20 September 1960

Chile 24 October 1945

China 24 October 1945

Colombia 5 November 1945

Comoros 12 November 1975

Congo (Republic of the) 20 September 1960

Costa Rica 2 November 1945

Côte d’Ivoire 20 September 1960

Croatia [3] 22 May 1992

Cuba 24 October 1945

Cyprus 20 September 1960

Czechia (Czech Republic) [4] 19 January 1993

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 17 September 1991

Democratic Republic of the Congo [5] 20 September 1960

Denmark 24 October 1945

Djibouti 20 September 1977

Dominica 18 December 1978

Dominican Republic 24 October 1945

Ecuador 21 December 1945

Egypt [6] 24 October 1945

El Salvador 24 October 1945

Equatorial Guinea 12 November 1968

Eritrea 28 May 1993

Estonia 17 September 1991

Ethiopia 13 November 1945

Fiji 13 October 1970

Finland 14 December 1955

France 24 October 1945

Gabon 20 September 1960

Gambia 21 September 1965

Georgia 31 July 1992

Germany [7] 18 September 1973

Ghana 8 March 1957

Greece 25 October 1945

Grenada 17 September 1974

Guatemala 21 November 1945

Guinea 12 December 1958

Guinea-Bissau 17 September 1974

Guyana 20 September 1966

Haiti 24 October 1945

Honduras 17 December 1945

Hungary 14 December 1955

Iceland 19 November 1946

India 30 October 1945

Indonesia [8] 28 September 1950

Iran 24 October 1945

Iraq 21 December 1945

Ireland 14 December 1955

Israel 11 May 1949

Italy 14 December 1955

Jamaica 18 September 1962

Japan 18 December 1956

Jordan 14 December 1955

Kazakhstan 2 March 1992

Kenya 16 December 1963

Kiribati 14 September 1999

Kuwait 14 May 1963

Kyrgyzstan 2 March 1992

Lao People’s Democratic Republic 14 December 1955

Latvia 17 September 1991

Lebanon 24 October 1945

Lesotho 17 October 1966

Liberia 2 November 1945

Libya 14 December 1955

Liechtenstein 18 September 1990

Lithuania 17 September 1991

Luxembourg 24 October 1945

Madagascar 20 September 1960

Malawi 1 December 1964

Malaysia [9] 17 September 1957

Maldives 21 September 1965

Mali 28 September 1960

Malta 1 December 1964

Marshall Islands 17 September 1991

Mauritania 27 October 1961

Mauritius 24 April 1968

Mexico 7 November 1945

Micronesia (Federated States of) 17 September 1991

Monaco 28 May 1993

Mongolia 27 October 1961

Montenegro [10] 28 June 2006

Morocco 12 November 1956

Mozambique 16 September 1975

Myanmar 19 April 1948

Namibia 23 April 1990

Nauru 14 September 1999

Nepal 14 December 1955

Netherlands 10 December 1945

New Zealand 24 October 1945

Nicaragua 24 October 1945

Niger 20 September 1960

Nigeria 7 October 1960

Norway 27 November 1945

Oman 7 October 1971

Pakistan 30 September 1947

Palau 15 December 1994

Panama 13 November 1945

Papua New Guinea 10 October 1975

Paraguay 24 October 1945

Peru 31 October 1945

Philippines 24 October 1945

Poland 24 October 1945

Portugal 14 December 1955

Qatar 21 September 1971

Republic of Korea 17 September 1991

Republic of Moldova 2 March 1992

Romania 14 December 1955

Russian Federation [11] 24 October 1945

Rwanda 18 September 1962

Saint Kitts and Nevis 23 September 1983

Saint Lucia 18 September 1979

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 16 September 1980

Samoa 15 December 1976

San Marino 2 March 1992

Sao Tome and Principe 16 September 1975

Saudi Arabia 24 October 1945

Senegal 28 September 1960

Serbia [12] 1 November 2000

Seychelles 21 September 1976

Sierra Leone 27 September 1961

Singapore 21 September 1965

Slovakia [13] 19 January 1993

Slovenia [14] 22 May 1992

Solomon Islands 19 September 1978

Somalia 20 September 1960

South Africa 7 November 1945

South Sudan 14 July 2011

Spain 14 December 1955

Sri Lanka 14 December 1955

Sudan 12 November 1956

Suriname 4 December 1975

Swaziland 24 September 1968

Switzerland 10 September 2002

Sweden 19 November 1946

Syria [15] 24 October 1945

Tajikistan 2 March 1992

Thailand 16 December 1946

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia [16] 8 April 1993

Timor Leste 27 September 2002

Togo 20 September 1960

Tonga 14 September 1999

Trinidad and Tobago 18 September 1962

Tunisia 12 November 1956

Turkey 24 October 1945

Turkmenistan 2 March 1992

Tuvalu 5 September 2000

Uganda 25 October 1962

Ukraine 24 October 1945

United Arab Emirates 9 December 1971

United Kingdom 24 October 1945

United of Republic of Tanzania [17] 14 December 1961

United States 24 October 1945

Uruguay 18 December 1945

Uzbekistan 2 March 1992

Vanuatu 15 September 1981

Venezuela 15 November 1945

Vietnam 20 September 1977

Yemen [18] 30 September 1947

Zambia 1 December 1964

Zimbabwe 25 August 1980

 

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The admission of any such state to membership in the United Nations will be effected by a decision of the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council."

(Article 4, Chapter 2, United Nations Charter)

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