202 UNITED NATIONS AT A GLANCE
MEMBER STATES Membership in the United Nations has grown from 51 States in 1945 to 193 in 2012. States are admitted by decision of the General Assembly upon recommendation of the Security Council.
Member state Afghanistan
Population (est.) for 2010
Date of Admission
29,117,000
19 November 1946
Albania
3,169,000
14 December 1955
Algeria
35,423,000
Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda
87,000 18,993,000 89,000
8 October 1962 28 July 1993 1 December 1976 11 November 1981
Argentina
40,666,000
24 October 1945
Armenia
3,090,000
Australia
21,512,000
1 November 1945
Austria
8,387,000
14 December 1955
Azerbaijan
8,934,000
2 March 1992
2 March 1992
Bahamas
346,000
18 September 1973
Bahrain
807,000
21 September 1971
164,425,000
17 September 1974
Bangladesh Barbados
257,000
9 December 1966
Belarus
9,588,000
Belgium
10,698,000
27 December 1945
Belize
313,000
25 September 1981
Benin
9,212,000
20 September 1960
708,000
21 September 1971
10,031,000
14 November 1945
Bhutan Bolivia (Plurinational State of )
24 October 1945
Bosnia and Herzegovina
3,760,000
22 May 1992
Botswana
1,978,000
17 October 1966
195,423,000
24 October 1945
Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria
407,000
21 September 1984
7,497,000
14 December 1955