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United Nations members

The following is a list of the members of the United Nations, together with their dates of admission to the U.N. The last to join was Montenegro in 2006, bringing the total to 192. The names used are those officially recognized by the U.N. for member states which may, in some cases, differ from their more commonly used name in English.

A

Afghanistan, joined 19/11/1946 Albania, joined 14/12/1955 Algeria, joined 08/10/1962 Andorra, joined 28/07/1993 Angola, joined 01/12/1976 Antigua and Barbuda, joined 11/11/1981

Argentina, joined 24/10/1945 Armenia, joined 02/03/1992 Australia, joined 01/11/1945 Austria, joined 14/12/1955 Azerbaijan, joined 02/03/1992

B

Bahamas, joined 18/09/1973 Bahrain, joined 21/09/1971 Bangladesh, joined 17/09/74 Barbados, joined 09/12/1966 Belarus, joined 24/10/1945 Belgium, joined 27/12/1945 Belize, joined 25/09/1981 Benin, joined 20/09/1960 Bhutan, joined 21/09/1971

Bolivia (Plurinational State of), joined 14/11/1945 Bosnia and Herzegovina, joined 22/05/1992 Botswana, joined 17/10/1966 Brazil, joined 24/10/1945 Brunei Darussalam, joined 21/09/1984 Bulgaria, joined 14/12/1955 Burkina Faso, joined 20/09/1960 Burundi, joined 18/09/1962

C

Cambodia, joined 14/12/1955 Cameroon, joined 20/09/1960 Canada, joined 09/11/1945 Cape Verde, joined 16/09/1975 Central African Republic, joined 20/09/1960 Chad, joined 20/09/1960 Chile, joined 24/10/1945 China, joined 24/10/1945 Colombia, joined 05/11/1945

Comoros, joined 12/11/1974 Congo, joined 20/09/1960 Costa Rica, joined 02/11/1945 Côte D'Ivoire, joined 20/09/1960 Croatia, joined 22/05/1992 Cuba, joined 24/10/1945 Cyprus, joined 20/09/1960 Czech Republic, joined 19/01/1993

D

Democratic People's Republic of Korea, joined 17/09/1991 Democratic Republic of the Congo, joined 20/09/1960 Denmark, joined 24/10/1945

Djibouti, joined 20/09/1977 Dominica, joined 18/12/1978 Dominican Republic, joined 24/10/1945

E

Ecuador, joined 21/12/1945 Egypt, joined 24/10/1945 El Salvador, joined 24/10/1945 Equatoral Guinea, joined 12/11/1968

Eritrea, joined 28/05/1993 Estonia, joined 17/09/1991 Ethiopia, joined 13/11/1945

F

Fiji, joined 13/10/1970 Finland, joined 14/12/1955

France, joined 24/10/1945

G

Gabon, joined 20/09/1960 Gambia, joined 21/09/1965 Georgia, joined 31/07/1992 Germany, joined 18/09/1973 Ghana, joined 08/03/1957 Greece, joined 25/10/1945

Grenada, joined 17/09/1974 Guatemala, joined 21/11/1945 Guinea, joined 12/12/1958 Guinea Bissau, joined 17/09/1974 Guyana, joined 20/09/1966

H

Haiti, joined 24/10/1945 Honduras, joined 17/12/1945

Hungary, 14/12/1955

I

Iceland, joined 19/11/1946 India, joined 30/10/1945 Indonesia, joined 28/09/1950 Iran (Islamic Republic of), joined 24/10/1945

Iraq, joined 21/12/1945 Ireland, joined 14/12/1955 Israel, joined 11/05/1949 Italy, joined 14/12/1955

J

Jamaica, joined 18/09/1962 Japan, joined 18/12/1956

Jordan, joined 14/12/1955

K

Kazakhstan, joined 02/03/1992 Kenya, joined 16/12/1963 Kiribati, joined 14/09/1999

Kuwait, joined 14/05/1963 Kyrgyzstan, joined 02/03/1992

L

Lao People's Democratic Republic, joined 14/12/1955 Latvia, joined 17/09/1991 Lebanon, joined 24/10/1945 Lesotho, 17/10/1966 Liberia, joined 02/11/1945

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, joined 14/12/1955 Leichtenstein, joined 18/09/1990 Lithuania, joined 17/09/1991 Luxembourg, joined 24/10/1945

M

Madagascar, joined 20/09/1960 Malawi, joined 01/12/1964 Malaysia, joined 17/09/1957 Maldives, joined 21/09/1965 Mali, joined 28/09/1960 Malta, joined 01/12/1964 Marshall Islands, joined 17/09/1991 Mauritania, 27/10/1961 Mauritius, joined 24/04/1968

Mexico, joined 07/11/1945 Micronesia, Federated States of, joined 17/09/1991 Monaco, joined 28/05/1993 Mongolia, joined 27/10/1961 Montenegro, joined 28/06/2006 Morocco, joined 12/11/1956 Mozambique, joined 16/09/1975 Myanmar, joined 19/04/1948

N

Namibia, joined 23/04/1990 Nauru, joined 14/09/1999 Nepal, joined 14/12/1955 Netherlands, joined 10/12/1945 New Zealand, joined 24/10/1945

Nicaragua, joined 24/10/1945 Niger, joined 20/09/1960 Nigeria, joined 07/10/1960 Norway, joined 27/11/1945

O

• Oman, joined 07/10/1971

P

Pakistan, joined 30/09/1947 Palau, joined 15/12/1994 Panama, joined 13/11/1945 Papua New Guinea, joined 10/10/1975 Paraguay, joined 24/10/1945

Peru, joined 31/10/1945 Philipines, joined 24/10/1945 Poland, joined 24/10/1945 Portugal, joined 14/12/1955

Q

• Qatar, joined 21/09/1971

R

Republic of Korea, joined 17/09/1991 Republic of Moldova, joined 02/03/1992 Romania, joined 14/12/1955

Russian Federation, joined 24/10/1945 Rwanda, joined 18/09/1962

S

Saint Kitts and Nevis, joined 23/09/1983 Saint Lucia, joined 18/09/1979 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, joined 16/09/1980 Samoa, joined 15/12/1976 San Marino, joined 12/13/1992 Sao Tome and Principe, joined 16/09/1975 Saudi Arabia, joined 24/10/1945 Senegal, joined 28/09/1960 Serbia, joined 01/11/2000 Seychelles, joined 21/09/1976 Sierra Leone, joined 27/09/1961 Singapore, joined 21/09/1965 Slovakia, joined 19/01/1993

Slovenia, joined 22/05/1992 Solomon Islands, joined 19/09/1978 Somalia, joined 20/09/1960 South Africa, joined 07/11/1945 Spain, joined 14/12/1955 Sri Lanka, joined 14/12/1955 Sudan, joined 12/11/1956 Suriname, joined 04/12/1975 Swaziland, joined 24/09/1968 Sweden, joined 19/11/1946 Switzerland, joined 10/09/2002 Syrian Arab Republic, joined 24/10/1945

T

Tajikistan, joined 02/03/1992 Thailand, joined 16/12/1946 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, joined 08/04/1993 Timor-Leste, joined 27/09/2002 Togo, joined 20/09/1960 Tonga, joined 14/09/1999

Trinidad and Tobago, joined 18/09/1962 Tunisia, joined 12/11/1956 Turkey, joined 24/10/1945 Turkmenistan, joined 02/03/1992 Tuvalu, joined 05/09/2000

U

Uganda, joined 25/10/1962 Ukraine, joined 24/10/1945 United Arab Emirates, joined 09/12/1971 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, joined 24/10/1945

United Republic of Tanzania, joined 14/12/1961 United States of America, joined 24/10/1945 Uruguay, joined 18/12/1945 Uzbekistan, joined 02/03/1992

V

Vanuatu, joined 15/09/1981 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, joined 15/11/1945

Viet Nam, joined 20/09/1977

Y

• Yemen, joined 30/09/1947

Z

Zambia, joined 01/12/1964

Zimbabwe, joined 25/08/1980