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NATO has 12 original founding member states. Three more members joined between 1952 and 1955, and a fourth joined in 1982. Since the end of the Cold War, NATO has added 16 more members from 1999 to 2024. [1]
11 mar 2024 · At present, NATO has 32 member countries. These countries, called NATO Allies, are sovereign states that come together through NATO to discuss political and security issues and make collective decisions by consensus. NATO was created by 12 countries from Europe and North America on 4 April 1949.
In the map above you can see all the 29 NATO members, including Finland which joined in April, 2023. In the map of Europe below , you can see the countries with and without NATO membership before Montenegro joined in 2017, North Macedonia in 2020, and most recently, Finland joined in April 2023.
11 lip 2023 · NATO and the European Union have 22 member countries in common and the two are partners, meaning the EU can access NATO's planning capabilities for its own military operations, according to...
7 paź 2024 · The original 12 members of NATO were Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States. How Does NATO Functions?
Animated map of NATO membership over time. The following four states joined the treaty after the 12 founding states, but before the dissolution of the Soviet Union:
Guidelines for the proper citation of NATO publicly disclosed information can be found on the NATO Archives website (http://www.nato.int/archives).
