Growth in United Nations membership

1945-1950          1950s          1960s          1970s          1980s          1990s          2000-Present

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippine Republic, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of South Africa, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yugoslavia

Added: Afghanistan, Iceland, Siam, Sweden

Added: Pakistan, Yemen (the Yemen Arab Republic)

Added: Israel

Added: Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania, Spain

Added: Japan, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia

Added: Guinea
* On 22 February 1958, Syria merged with Egypt (both original members of the United Nations) to become the United Arab Republic. 

Added: Cameroun, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Leopoldville), Cyprus, Dahomey, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Malagasy Republic, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Togo, Upper Volta

Added: Mauritania, Mongolia, Sierra Leone, Tanganyika
*On 13 October 1961, Syria, having resumed its status as an independent State from the United Arab Republic, resumed its separate membership in the United Nations.

Added: Algeria, Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda

Added: Kenya, Kuwait, Zanzibar

Added: Malawi, Malta, Zambia
*On 26 April 1964, Zanzibar merged with Tanganyika to become the United Republic of Tanzania.

Added: The Gambia, Maldive Islands, Singapore
*On 20 January 1965, Indonesia temporarily withdrew from the United Nations.

Added: Barbados, Botswana, Guyana, Lesotho
* On 28 September 1966, Indonesia rejoined the United Nations.

Added: Yemen (People's Democratic Republic of Yemen)

Added: Equatorial Guinea, Mauritius, Swaziland

Added: Fiji

Added: Bahrain, Bhutan, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates

Added: Bangladesh, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau

Added: Cape Verde, Comoros, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Suriname

Added: Angola, Samoa, Seychelles

Added: Djibouti, Viet Nam

Added: Dominica, Solomon Islands

Added: Saint Lucia

Added: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Zimbabwe

Added: Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Vanuatu

Added: Brunei Darussalam

Added: Liechtenstein, Namibia
*On 22 May 1990, the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (member since 1967) was united with the Yemen Arab Republic (member since 1947), forming the Republic of Yemen
On 3 October 1990, the German Democratic Republic acceded to the Federal Republic of Germany (both members since 1973), resulting in the reunification of Germany.

Added: Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Korea

Added: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova, San Marino, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Added: Andorra, Czech Republic, Eritrea, Monaco, Slovakia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
*Czechoslovakia was an original Member of the United Nations from 24 October 1945. The Czech and Slovak Federal Republic ceased to exist on 31 December 1992. On 19 January 1993, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic were both admitted separately to United Nations membership.

Added: Palau

Added: Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga

Added: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Tuvalu
*The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which was an original member of the United Nations and was removed from the official roster of UN members in 2000, following its dissolution.

Added: Switzerland, Timor-Leste

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