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The United Nations in 1945, after World War II. In light blue, the founding members. In dark blue, protectorates and territories of the founding members.

This is a list of members of the United Nations. The list includes the date each country joined the United Nations.

The member states can be sorted by their official designations and dates of joining by clicking on the buttons in the header of the columns. Original members are listed with a blue background.

Member state Date joined
 Afghanistan[a] 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 24 October 1945
 Belgium 27 December 1945
 Belize 25 September 1981
 Benin[b] 20 September 1960
 Bhutan 21 September 1971
 Plurinational State of Bolivia[c] 14 November 1945
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 22 May 1992
 Botswana 17 October 1966
 Brazil 24 October 1945
 Brunei Darussalam 21 September 1984
 Bulgaria 14 December 1955
 Burkina Faso[d] 20 September 1960
 Burundi 18 September 1962
 Cabo Verde[e] 16 September 1975
 Cambodia[f] 14 December 1955
 Cameroon[g] 20 September 1960
 Canada 9 November 1945
 Central African Republic[h] 20 September 1960
 Chad 20 September 1960
 Chile 24 October 1945
 China 24 October 1945
 Colombia 5 November 1945
 Comoros 12 November 1975
 Congo[i] 20 September 1960
 Costa Rica 2 November 1945
 Côte d'Ivoire[j] 20 September 1960
 Croatia 22 May 1992
 Cuba 24 October 1945
 Cyprus 20 September 1960
 Czechia[k] 19 January 1993
 North Korea 17 September 1991
 Democratic Republic of the Congo[l] 20 September 1960
 Denmark[m] 24 October 1945
 Djibouti 20 September 1977
 Dominica 18 December 1978
 Dominican Republic 24 October 1945
 Ecuador 21 December 1945
 Egypt 24 October 1945
 El Salvador 24 October 1945
 Equatorial Guinea 12 November 1968
 Eritrea 28 May 1993
 Estonia 17 September 1991
 Eswatini[n] 24 September 1968
 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 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 28 September 1950[o]
 Islamic Republic of Iran[p] 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[q] 2 March 1992
 Kenya 16 December 1963
 Kiribati 14 September 1999
 Kuwait 14 May 1963
 Kyrgyzstan 2 March 1992
 Lao People's Democratic Republic[r] 14 December 1955
 Latvia 17 September 1991
 Lebanon 24 October 1945
 Lesotho 17 October 1966
 Liberia 2 November 1945
 Libya[s] 14 December 1955
 Liechtenstein 18 September 1990
 Lithuania 17 September 1991
 Luxembourg 24 October 1945
 Madagascar 20 September 1960
 Malawi 1 December 1964
 Malaysia 17 September 1957
 Maldives[t] 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
 Federated States of Micronesia 17 September 1991
 Monaco 28 May 1993
 Mongolia 27 October 1961
 Montenegro 28 June 2006
 Morocco 12 November 1956
 Mozambique 16 September 1975
 Myanmar[u] 19 April 1948
 Namibia 23 April 1990
 Nauru 14 September 1999
   Nepal 14 December 1955
 Netherlands[m] 10 December 1945
 New Zealand[m] 24 October 1945
 Nicaragua 24 October 1945
 Niger 20 September 1960
 Nigeria 7 October 1960
 North Macedonia[v] 8 April 1993
 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
 South Korea 17 September 1991
 Republic of Moldova[w] 2 March 1992
 Romania 14 December 1955
 Russian Federation 24 October 1945
 Rwanda 18 September 1962
 Saint Kitts and Nevis[x] 23 September 1983
 Saint Lucia 18 September 1979
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 16 September 1980
 Samoa[y] 15 December 1976
 San Marino 2 March 1992
 São Tomé and Príncipe 16 September 1975
 Saudi Arabia 24 October 1945
 Senegal 28 September 1960
 Serbia 1 November 2000
 Seychelles 21 September 1976
 Sierra Leone 27 September 1961
 Singapore 21 September 1965
 Slovakia 19 January 1993
 Slovenia 22 May 1992
 Solomon Islands 19 September 1978
 Somalia 20 September 1960
 South Africa[z] 7 November 1945
 South Sudan 14 July 2011
 Spain 14 December 1955
 Sri Lanka[aa] 14 December 1955
 Sudan 12 November 1956
 Suriname[ab] 4 December 1975
 Sweden 19 November 1946
  Switzerland 10 September 2002
 Syrian Arab Republic 24 October 1945
 Tajikistan 2 March 1992
 Thailand 16 December 1946
 Timor-Leste 27 September 2002
 Togo 20 September 1960
 Tonga 14 September 1999
 Trinidad and Tobago 18 September 1962
 Tunisia 12 November 1956
 Türkiye[ac] 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 of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 24 October 1945
 United Republic of Tanzania[ad] 14 December 1961
 United States of America 24 October 1945
 Uruguay 18 December 1945
 Uzbekistan 2 March 1992
 Vanuatu 15 September 1981
 Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela[ae] 15 November 1945
 Viet Nam 20 September 1977
 Yemen 30 September 1947
 Zambia 1 December 1964
 Zimbabwe 25 August 1980

Notes

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All notes are based on Official list of member states

  1. ↑ Afghanistan: The United Nations currently recognizes the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan as the government of Afghanistan instead of the de facto ruling government, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
  2. ↑ Benin: Name was changed from Dahomey on 2 December 1975.
  3. ↑ Plurinational State of Bolivia: Previously referred to as Bolivia until 9 April 2009.
  4. ↑ Burkina Faso: Name was changed from Upper Volta on 6 August 1984.
  5. ↑ Cabo Verde: Previously referred to as Cape Verde. On 24 October 2013, Cabo Verde requested that its name no longer be translated into different languages.[1]
  6. ↑ Cambodia: Name was changed to the Khmer Republic on 7 October 1970, and back to Cambodia on 30 April 1975. Name was changed again to Democratic Kampuchea on 6 April 1976, and back to Cambodia on 3 February 1990.
  7. ↑ Cameroon: Previously referred to as Cameroun (before merging with Southern Cameroons in 1961). By a letter of 4 January 1974, the Secretary-General was informed that Cameroon had changed its name to the United Republic of Cameroon. Name was changed back to Cameroon on 4 February 1984.
  8. ↑ Central African Republic: By a letter of 20 December 1976, the Central African Republic advised that it had changed its name to the Central African Empire. Name was changed back to the Central African Republic on 20 September 1979.
  9. ↑ Congo: Previously referred to as the People's Republic of the Congo. Name was changed to Congo on 15 November 1971.
  10. ↑ Côte d'Ivoire: Until 31 December 1985 referred to as Ivory Coast.
  11. ↑ Czechia: Previously referred to as Czech Republic until 17 May 2016.
  12. ↑ Name was changed from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Zaire on 27 October 1971, and back to the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 16 May 1997.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 The member states of the Realm of Denmark, Realm of New Zealand and Kingdom of the Netherlands represent their metropolitan countries as well as their other constituent countries: Faroe Islands and Greenland (Denmark); Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten (Netherlands); Niue and Cook Islands (New Zealand).[2][3][not in the source given] Niue and the Cook Islands have full treaty-making capabilities and have the option of seeking membership.
  14. ↑ Eswatini: Name was changed from Swaziland on 19 April 2018.
  15. ↑ Withdrew from the UN on 20 January 1965. It rejoined on 28 September 1966.
  16. ↑ Islamic Republic of Iran: Previously referred to as Iran. By a communication of 4 November 1982, Iran informed the Secretary-General that it should be referred to by its complete name of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
  17. ↑ Kazakhstan: Spelling was changed from Kazakstan on 20 June 1997.
  18. ↑ Lao People's Democratic Republic: Name was changed from Laos on 2 December 1975.
  19. ↑ Libya: Formerly recognised as the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 after originally being admitted as Libya. By notes verbales of 1 and 21 April 1977, the Libyan Arab Republic advised that it had changed its name to the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. On 16 September 2011, the UN General Assembly awarded the UN seat to the National Transitional Council, thereby restoring the original name of Libya.
  20. ↑ Maldives: Name was changed from Maldive Islands on 14 April 1969.
  21. ↑ Myanmar: Name was changed from Burma on 17 June 1989.
  22. ↑ North Macedonia: Name was changed from The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on 11 February 2019.
  23. ↑ Republic of Moldova: Referred to as Moldova from 6 October 2006 to 10 September 2008.
  24. ↑ Saint Kitts and Nevis: Referred to as Saint Christopher and Nevis until 28 December 1986.
  25. ↑ Samoa: The country was formerly named "Western Samoa" until 4 July 1997, but nevertheless always referred to as just "Samoa".
  26. ↑ South Africa: Referred to as the Union of South Africa until 13 May 1961.
  27. ↑ Sri Lanka: Name was changed from Ceylon on 29 August 1972.
  28. ↑ Suriname: Name was changed from Surinam on 23 January 1978.
  29. ↑ Türkiye: Previously referred to as Turkey until 31 May 2022.
  30. ↑ United Republic of Tanzania: Name was changed from United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar on 2 November 1964.
  31. ↑ Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela: Previously referred to as Venezuela until 17 November 2004.

References

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  1. ↑ "Change of name – Cape Verde" (PDF). United Nations. 29 October 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Organs Supplement", Repertory of Practice (PDF), UN, p. 10
  3. ↑ The World today, UN

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