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UN member states

Member state	Constitutional formation	Date of admission	Notes
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan	19 August 1919	19 November 1946
Republic of Albania	28 November 1912	14 December 1955
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria	5 July 1962	8 October 1962
Principality of Andorra	14 March 1993	28 July 1993
Republic of Angola	11 November 1975	1 December 1976
Antigua and Barbuda	11 November 1981	11 November 1981
Argentine Republic	9 July 1816	24 October 1945
Republic of Armenia	21 September 1991	2 March 1992	see Former members: USSR
Commonwealth of Australia	1 January 1901	1 November 1945
Republic of Austria	15 May 1955	14 December 1955
Republic of Azerbaijan	18 October 1991	2 March 1992	see Former members: USSR
Commonwealth of The Bahamas	10 July 1973	18 September 1973
Kingdom of Bahrain	16 December 1971	21 September 1971
People's Republic of Bangladesh	16 December 1971	17 September 1974
Barbados	30 November 1966	9 December 1966
Republic of Belarus	25 December 1991	24 October 1945	see Former members: USSR
Kingdom of Belgium	19 April 1839	27 December 1945
Belize	21 September 1981	25 September 1981
Republic of Benin	1 August 1960	20 September 1960
Kingdom of Bhutan	1 January 2008	21 September 1971	original admission as an absolute monarchy, since 2008 a constitutional monarchy
Plurinational State of Bolivia	6 August 1825	14 November 1945
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6 April 1992	22 May 1992	see Former members: Yugoslavia
Republic of Botswana	30 September 1966	17 October 1966
Federative Republic of Brazil	15 November 1889	24 October 1945
State of Brunei Darussalam	1 January 1984	21 September 1984
Republic of Bulgaria	22 September 1908	14 December 1955
Burkina Faso	5 August 1960	20 September 1960	Name was changed from Upper Volta on 6 August 1984
Republic of Burundi	1 July 1962	18 September 1962
Kingdom of Cambodia	9 November 1953	14 December 1955	Name was changed to the Khmer Republic on 7 October 1970, and back to Cambodia on 30 April 1975, again to Democratic Kampuchea on 6 April 1976, and back to Cambodia on 3 February 1990.
Cameroon	1 January 1960	20 September 1960	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.
Canada	1 July 1867	9 November 1945
Republic of Cape Verde	5 July 1975	16 September 1975
Central African Republic	13 August 1960	20 September 1960	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.
Republic of Chad	11 August 1960	20 September 1960
Republic of Chile	12 February 1818	24 October 1945
People's Republic of China	1 October 1949	25 October 1971	China was represented by the Republic of China from 1945 to 1971, see China and the United Nations.
Republic of Colombia	20 July 1810	5 November 1945
Union of the Comoros	6 July 1975	12 November 1975
Democratic Republic of the Congo	30 June 1960	20 September 1960	Previously referred to as Congo-Leopoldville, to differentiate it from the Republic of the Congo. Name was changed to Zaire on 27 October 1971, and back to the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 17 May 1997.
Republic of the Congo	20 September 1960	20 September 1960	Previously referred to as Congo-Brazzaville and the People's Republic of the Congo, to differentiate it from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Name was changed to Congo on 15 November 1971, after the Democratic Republic of the Congo changed its name to Zaire.
Republic of Costa Rica	10 September 1821	2 November 1945
Republic of Côte d'Ivoire	17 August 1960	20 September 1960	Previously referred to as Ivory Coast. On 6 November 1985, Côte d’lvoire requested that its name no longer be translated into different languages; this became fully effective on 1 January 1986.
Republic of Croatia	25 June 1991	22 May 1992	see Former members: Yugoslavia
Republic of Cuba	20 May 1902	24 October 1945	admission as a parliamentary republic, constitution suspended 1952-1976, socialist republic since 1976.
Republic of Cyprus	16 August 1960	20 September 1960	de facto partition since the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
Czech Republic	1 January 1993	19 January 1993	see Former members: Czechoslovakia
Kingdom of Denmark	5 June 1849	24 October 1945	constitutional monarchy, since 1953 parliamentary democracy.
Republic of Djibouti	27 June 1977	20 September 1977
Commonwealth of Dominica	3 November 1978	18 December 1978
Dominican Republic	16 August 1865	24 October 1945
Republic of Ecuador	13 May 1830	21 December 1945
Arab Republic of Egypt	1 April 1923	24 October 1945	successor state of the UN founding member Kingdom of Egypt, parliamentary republic since the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, United Arab Republic from 1958 to 1971, current constitution adopted 11 September 1971; see Former members: United Arab Republic
Republic of El Salvador	31 May 1838	24 October 1945
Republic of Equatorial Guinea	12 October 1868	12 November 1968
State of Eritrea	24 May 1993	28 May 1993
Republic of Estonia	20 August 1991	17 September 1991	Former members: USSR
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia	10 September 1987	13 November 1945	admission as the kingdom of Abyssinia, federation with Eritrea 1952-1962, military rule 1975-1987, People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia 1987-1991, current constitution since 1994.
Republic of the Fiji Islands	10 October 1970	13 October 1970
Republic of Finland	6 December 1917	14 December 1955
French Republic	3 September 1791	24 October 1945	admission under the Provisional Government of the French Republic, French Fourth Republic 1946-1958, French Fifth Republic since 1958.
Gabonese Republic	17 August 1960	20 September 1960
Republic of The Gambia	24 April 1970	21 September 1965	admission as constitutional monarchy, known as The Gambia, democratic republic since 1970.
Georgia	15 December 1991	31 July 1992	see Former members: USSR
Federal Republic of Germany	23 May 1949	18 September 1973	see Former members: East Germany and West Germany
Republic of Ghana	6 March 1957	8 March 1957
Hellenic Republic	25 March 1821	25 October 1945	military rule  1967-1974, current constitution since 1975.
Grenada	7 February 1974	17 September 1974
Republic of Guatemala	15 September 1821	21 November 1945
Republic of Guinea	2 October 1958	12 December 1958
Republic of Guinea-Bissau	24 September 1973	17 September 1974
Co-operative Republic of Guyana	26 May 1966	20 September 1966
Republic of Haiti	1 January 1804	24 October 1945
Republic of Honduras	15 September 1821	17 December 1945
Republic of Hungary	16 November 1918	14 December 1955	admission as People's Republic of Hungary, current constitution since 1989.
Republic of Iceland	17 June 1944	19 November 1946
Republic of India	26 January 1950	30 October 1945	founding member as British India under viceroy viscount Wavell, partition in 1947, constitution since 1950.
Republic of Indonesia	17 August 1945	28 September 1950	see Withdrawal of Indonesia (1965–1966)
Islamic Republic of Iran	24 October 1979	24 October 1945	admission as constitutional monarchy, Imperial State of Iran, Islamic republic since 1979. By a communication of 5 March 1981, Iran informed the Secretary-General that it should be referred to by its complete name of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Republic of Iraq	3 October 1932	21 December 1945	admission as Kingdom of Iraq, republic since the 14 July Revolution of 1958, current constitution since 2005.
Republic of Ireland	29 December 1937	14 December 1955
State of Israel	14 May 1948	11 May 1949
Republic of Italy	2 June 1946	14 December 1955
Jamaica	6 August 1962	18 September 1962
Japan	3 May 1947	18 December 1956
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan	25 May 1946	14 December 1955
Republic of Kazakhstan	16 December 1991	2 March 1992	Spelling was changed from Kazakstan on 20 June 1997. see also Former members: USSR
Republic of Kenya	12 December 1963	16 December 1963
Republic of Kiribati	12 July 1979	14 September 1999
State of Kuwait	19 June 1961	14 May 1963
Kyrgyz Republic	31 August 1991	2 March 1992	see Former members: USSR
Lao People's Democratic Republic	19 July 1949	14 December 1955	Name was changed from Laos on 2 December 1975.
Republic of Latvia	6 September 1991	17 September 1991	see Former members: USSR
Lebanese Republic	26 November 1941	24 October 1945
Kingdom of Lesotho	4 October 1966	17 October 1966
Republic of Liberia	26 July 1847	2 November 1945
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	24 December 1951	14 December 1955	Previously referred to as Libya and the Libyan Arab Republic. 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.
Principality of Liechtenstein	26 September 1862	18 September 1990
Republic of Lithuania	11 March 1990	17 September 1991	see Former members: USSR
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg	17 October 1868	24 October 1945
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	8 September 1991	8 April 1993	see Former members: Yugoslavia
Republic of Madagascar	26 June 1960	20 September 1960	Previously referred to as the Malagasy Republic
Republic of Malaŵi	6 July 1964	1 December 1964
Malaysia	31 August 1957	17 September 1957	Name was changed from the Federation of Malaya on 16 September 1963, after the admission of Singapore, Sabah (formerly North Borneo), and Sarawak to the federation. Singapore became an independent state on 9 August 1965.
Republic of Maldives	26 July 1965	21 September 1965	Previously referred to as the Maldive Islands.
Republic of Mali	22 September 1960	28 September 1960
Republic of Malta	21 September 1964	1 December 1964
Republic of the Marshall Islands	21 October 1986	17 September 1991
Islamic Republic of Mauritania	28 November 1960	27 October 1961
Republic of Mauritius	12 March 1968	24 April 1968
United Mexican States	27 September 1821	7 November 1945
Federated States of Micronesia	3 November 1986	17 September 1991
Principality of Monaco	1911	28 May 1993
Mongolia	29 December 1911	27 October 1961
Montenegro	19 October 2007	28 June 2006	see Former members: Yugoslavia
Kingdom of Morocco	7 April 1956	12 November 1956
Republic of Mozambique	25 June 1975	16 September 1975
Union of Myanmar	4 January 1948	19 April 1948	Name was changed from Burma on 18 June 1989.
Republic of Namibia	21 March 1990	23 April 1990
Republic of Nauru	31 January 1968	14 September 1999
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal	28 May 2008	14 December 1955	original admission as Kingdom of Nepal, Republic declared in 2008.
Kingdom of the Netherlands	24 August 1815	10 December 1945
New Zealand	10 December 1947	24 October 1945
Republic of Nicaragua	15 September 1821	24 October 1945	new constitution in 1987 as a result of the 1979 Nicaraguan Revolution.
Republic of Niger	3 August 1960	20 September 1960
Federal Republic of Nigeria	1 October 1960	7 October 1960
Kingdom of Norway	17 May 1814	27 November 1945
Sultanate of Oman	1966	7 October 1971
Islamic Republic of Pakistan	14 August 1947	30 September 1947	"Islamic republic" since 1956
Republic of Palau	1 October 1994	15 December 1994
Republic of Panama	3 November 1903	13 November 1945
Independent State of Papua New Guinea	16 September 1975	10 October 1975
Republic of Paraguay	14 May 1811	24 October 1945
Republic of Peru	28 July 1821	31 October 1945
Republic of the Philippines	12 June 1898	24 October 1945	Previously referred to as the Philippine Commonwealth, before becoming a republic in 1946, and the Philippine Republic.
Republic of Poland	20 February 1919	24 October 1945
Portuguese Republic	5 October 1910	14 December 1955	admission under the Estado Novo dictatorship, current constitution since 1976 as a result of the 1974 Carnation Revolution.
State of Qatar	1970	21 September 1971
North Korea	9 September 1948	17 September 1991
South Korea	15 August 1945	17 September 1991
Republic of Moldova	23 June 1990	2 March 1992	Previously referred to as Moldova; see Former members: USSR
Romania	1 July 1866	14 December 1955
Russian Federation	25 December 1991	24 October 1945	The 1991 Russian Federation is considered the legal successor of founding member and security council member Soviet Union; see Former members: USSR
Republic of Rwanda	1 July 1962	18 September 1962
Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis	19 September 1983	23 September 1983	Previously referred to as Saint Christopher and Nevis. It officially changed its name to Saint Kitts and Nevis on 26 November 1986; the United Nations, however, continued to use the former name throughout the year.
Saint Lucia	22 February 1979	18 September 1979
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	27 October 1979	16 September 1980
Independent State of Samoa	1 January 1962	15 December 1976
Most Serene Republic of San Marino	8 October 1600	2 March 1992
Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe	12 July 1975	16 September 1975
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	31 January 1992	24 October 1945	absolute monarchy without formal constitution, "constitution-like" Basic Law since 1992.
Republic of Senegal	20 August 1960	28 September 1960
Republic of Serbia	8 November 2006	1 November 2000	admission as Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro in 2003-2006, see also Former members: Yugoslavia
Republic of Seychelles	29 June 1976	21 September 1976
Republic of Sierra Leone	27 April 1961	27 September 1961
Republic of Singapore	1958	21 September 1965
Slovak Republic	1 September 1992	19 January 1993	see Former members: Czechoslovakia
Republic of Slovenia	25 June 1991	22 May 1992	see Former members: Yugoslavia
Solomon Islands	7 July 1978	19 September 1978
Republic of Somalia	20 July 1961	20 September 1960	Formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic. Since 1978 in a state of civil war.
South Africa	7 November 1945	7 November 1945	Previously referred to as the Union of South Africa, before becoming a republic in 1961.
Kingdom of Spain	6 December 1978	14 December 1955	Admission as the Spanish State under Franco's rule, constitutional democracy since 1978.
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka	7 September 1978	14 December 1955	Name was changed from Ceylon on 22 May 1972.
Republic of the Sudan	2005	12 November 1956	admission during the First Sudanese Civil War. Constitution since 2005.
Republic of Suriname	25 November 1975	4 December 1975	Name was changed from Surinam on 23 January 1978.
Kingdom of Swaziland	6 September 1968	24 September 1968	1968 constitution suspended in 1973, new constitution since 2005.
Kingdom of Sweden	17 May 1814	19 November 1946
Swiss Confederation	12 September 1848	10 September 2002
Syrian Arab Republic	1941	24 October 1945	part of the United Arab Republic from 1958 to 1961, current constitution since 1971; see Former members: United Arab Republic
Republic of Tajikistan	9 September 1991	2 March 1992	see Former members: USSR
Kingdom of Thailand	24 June 1932	16 December 1946	Previously referred to as Siam.
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste	28 November 1975	27 September 2002
Togolese Republic	27 April 1960	20 September 1960
Kingdom of Tonga	4 June 1970	14 September 1999
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago	31 August 1962	18 September 1962
Tunisian Republic	20 March 1956	12 November 1956
Republic of Turkey	1921	24 October 1945	current constitution adopted during the military rule of 1980-1983.
Turkmenistan	27 October 1991	2 March 1992	see Former members: USSR
Tuvalu	1 October 1978	5 September 2000
Republic of Uganda	9 October 1962	25 October 1962
Ukraine	28 June 1996	24 October 1945	listed as a founding member by the UN together with the Russian Federation as a successor state of the Soviet Union; see Former members: USSR
United Arab Emirates	2 December 1971	9 December 1971
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	1 May 1707	24 October 1945
United Republic of Tanzania	1964	14 December 1961	admission as Tanganyika; current constitution since 1992; see Former members: Tanganyika and Zanzibar
United States of America	4 July 1776	24 October 1945
Oriental Republic of Uruguay	18 July 1830	18 December 1945
Republic of Uzbekistan	1 September 1991	2 March 1992	see Former members: USSR
Republic of Vanuatu	30 July 1980	15 September 1981
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela	13 January 1830	15 November 1945	Previously referred to as Venezuela.
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	30 April 1975	20 September 1977	admission as the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, Socialist Republic since 1980, current constitution since 1992.
Republic of Yemen	1990	30 September 1947	admission as the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, divided in Yemen Arab Republic vs. People's Democratic Republic of Yemen during 1967-1990, unification in 1990, ; see Former members: North Yemen and South Yemen
Republic of Zambia	24 October 1964	1 December 1964
Republic of Zimbabwe	11 November 1965	25 August 1980

Other states or state-like entities

Member state	Establishment	Status
Sovereign Military Order of Malta	1834	established 1099, without territory 1798-1834, granted extraterritoriality within Rome since 1834.
State of the Vatican City	11 February 1929	Fully recognized, UN permanent observer status.
Palestinian territories	4 May 1994	territorial dispute with Israel, governed by the Palestinian National Authority since 1994, wide recognition, see Proposals for a Palestinian state.
Republic of Kosovo	17 February 2008	secession from Serbia, considerable recognition, status disputed, see political status of Kosovo.
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	27 February 1976	secession from Morocco, considerable recognition
Taiwan	12 January 1912	founding member of the UN, since 1971 only partial recognition, see political status of Taiwan
Republic of Abkhazia	25 August 1990	secession from Georgia, recognized only by Russia and Nicaragua, see International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
South Ossetia	28 November 1991	secession from Georgia, recognized only by Russia and Nicaragua, see International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	15 November 1983	secession from Republic of Cyprus , recognized only by Turkey.
Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic	2 September 1990	secession from the Republic of Moldova, unrecognized except by the themselves-unrecognized Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic	10 September 1991	secession from Azerbaijan, unrecognized except by the themselves-unrecognized Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria.
Republic of Somaliland	18 May 1991	secession from Somalia, unrecognized.
Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain	1975	territorial autonomy within Greece
Cook Islands	4 August 1965	associated state of New Zealand
Niue	19 October 1974	associated state of New Zealand
Puerto Rico	1917	associated state of the USA, see Political status of Puerto Rico
Northern Mariana Islands	1975	associated state of the USA
Isle of Man	1765	crown dependency of the UK
Jersey	1771	crown dependency of the UK
Guernsey		crown dependency of the UK

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