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UN member states

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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[note 1] 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

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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.
Byzantine Empire 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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