The United Nations (UN) is an international organization founded in 1945, currently comprising 193 member states. Each member state plays a crucial role in global governance, peacekeeping, and international cooperation. The following table provides an overview of all UN member states, including their ISO Alpha-2 country codes, capitals, and geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude). This comprehensive list serves as a reference for understanding the geographical distribution and administrative centers of the world’s nations.

Country	ISO Alpha-2	Membership Year
Afghanistan	AF	1946
Albania	AL	1992
Algeria	DZ	1962
Andorra	AD	1993
Angola	AO	1976
Antigua and Barbuda	AG	1981
Argentina	AR	1945
Armenia	AM	1992
Australia	AU	1945
Austria	AT	1955
Azerbaijan	AZ	1992
Bahamas	BS	1973
Bahrain	BH	1971
Bangladesh	BD	1974
Barbados	BB	1966
Belarus	BY	1945
Belgium	BE	1945
Belize	BZ	1981
Benin	BJ	1960
Bhutan	BT	1971
Bolivia	BO	1945
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BA	1992
Botswana	BW	1966
Brazil	BR	1945
Brunei	BN	1984
Bulgaria	BG	1955
Burkina Faso	BF	1960
Burundi	BI	1962
Cabo Verde	CV	1975
Cambodia	KH	1955
Cameroon	CM	1960
Canada	CA	1945
Central African Republic	CF	1960
Chad	TD	1960
Chile	CL	1945
China	CN	1945
Colombia	CO	1945
Comoros	KM	1975
Congo (Republic)	CG	1960
Congo (Democratic Republic)	CD	1960
Costa Rica	CR	1945
Croatia	HR	1992
Cuba	CU	1945
Cyprus	CY	1960
Czech Republic	CZ	1993
Denmark	DK	1945
Djibouti	DJ	1977
Dominica	DM	1978
Dominican Republic	DO	1945
Ecuador	EC	1945
Egypt	EG	1945
El Salvador	SV	1945
Equatorial Guinea	GQ	1968
Eritrea	ER	1993
Estonia	EE	1991
Eswatini	SZ	1968
Ethiopia	ET	1945
Fiji	FJ	1970
Finland	FI	1955
France	FR	1945
Gabon	GA	1960
Gambia	GM	1965
Georgia	GE	1992
Germany	DE	1973
Ghana	GH	1957
Greece	GR	1945
Grenada	GD	1974
Guatemala	GT	1945
Guinea	GN	1958
Guinea-Bissau	GW	1974
Guyana	GY	1966
Haiti	HT	1945
Honduras	HN	1945
Hungary	HU	1955
Iceland	IS	1946
India	IN	1945
Indonesia	ID	1950
Iran	IR	1945
Iraq	IQ	1945
Ireland	IE	1955
Israel	IL	1949
Italy	IT	1955
Jamaica	JM	1962
Japan	JP	1956
Jordan	JO	1955
Kazakhstan	KZ	1992
Kenya	KE	1963
Kiribati	KI	1999
South Korea	KR	1991
Kuwait	KW	1963
Kyrgyzstan	KG	1992
Laos	LA	1955
Latvia	LV	1991
Lebanon	LB	1945
Lesotho	LS	1966
Liberia	LR	1945
Libya	LY	1955
Liechtenstein	LI	1990
Lithuania	LT	1991
Luxembourg	LU	1945
Madagascar	MG	1960
Malawi	MW	1964
Malaysia	MY	1957
Maldives	MV	1965
Mali	ML	1960
Malta	MT	1964
Marshall Islands	MH	1991
Mauritania	MR	1961
Mauritius	MU	1968
Mexico	MX	1945
Micronesia	FM	1991
Moldova	MD	1992
Monaco	MC	1993
Mongolia	MN	1961
Montenegro	ME	2006
Morocco	MA	1956
Mozambique	MZ	1975
Myanmar	MM	1948
Namibia	NA	1990
Nauru	NR	1999
Nepal	NP	1955
Netherlands	NL	1945
New Zealand	NZ	1945
Nicaragua	NI	1945
Niger	NE	1960
Nigeria	NG	1960
North Korea	KP	1991
North Macedonia	MK	1993
Norway	NO	1945
Oman	OM	1971
Pakistan	PK	1947
Palau	PW	1994
Panama	PA	1945
Papua New Guinea	PG	1975
Paraguay	PY	1945
Peru	PE	1945
Philippines	PH	1945
Poland	PL	1945
Portugal	PT	1955
Qatar	QA	1971
Romania	RO	1955
Russia	RU	1945
Rwanda	RW	1962
Saint Kitts and Nevis	KN	1983
Saint Lucia	LC	1979
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	VC	1980
Samoa	WS	1976
San Marino	SM	1992
São Tomé and Príncipe	ST	1975
Saudi Arabia	SA	1945
Senegal	SN	1960
Serbia	RS	2000
Seychelles	SC	1976
Sierra Leone	SL	1961
Singapore	SG	1965
Slovakia	SK	1993
Slovenia	SI	1992
Solomon Islands	SB	1978
Somalia	SO	1960
South Africa	ZA	1945
South Sudan	SS	2011
Spain	ES	1955
Sri Lanka	LK	1955
Sudan	SD	1956
Suriname	SR	1975
Sweden	SE	1946
Switzerland	CH	2002
Syria	SY	1945
Tajikistan	TJ	1992
Tanzania	TZ	1961
Thailand	TH	1946
Timor-Leste	TL	2002
Togo	TG	1960
Tonga	TO	1999
Trinidad and Tobago	TT	1962
Tunisia	TN	1956
Turkey	TR	1945
Turkmenistan	TM	1992
Tuvalu	TV	2000
Uganda	UG	1962
Ukraine	UA	1945
United Arab Emirates	AE	1971
United Kingdom	GB	1945
United States	US	1945
Uruguay	UY	1945
Uzbekistan	UZ	1992
Vanuatu	VU	1981
Venezuela	VE	1945
Vietnam	VN	1977
Yemen	YE	1947
Zambia	ZM	1964
Zimbabwe	ZW	1980

UN Observer States:

• Holy See: Represents Vatican City; has observer status since 1964. Coordinates are for Vatican City.
• Palestine: Granted non-member observer state status in 2012. Coordinates are for Jerusalem (claimed capital), though Ramallah serves as the de facto administrative center due to the ongoing conflict with Israel.

Non-UN Recognized and Disputed Territories:

• Abkhazia and South Ossetia: Claim independence from Georgia; recognized by a few states (e.g., Russia) but considered part of Georgia by most of the international community.
• Kosovo: Declared independence from Serbia in 2008; recognized by over 100 UN members but not a UN member due to opposition from Serbia and Russia.
• Northern Cyprus: Recognized only by Turkey; considered part of Cyprus by the UN.
• Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic: Claims Western Sahara; recognized by some states but largely controlled by Morocco.
• Somaliland: Functions independently from Somalia but lacks broad international recognition.
• Taiwan: Operates as a sovereign entity (Republic of China) but is claimed by the People’s Republic of China; recognized by a small number of states.
• Transnistria: De facto independent from Moldova but unrecognized by any UN member state.