NATO Countries List 2025 - Summary
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and other western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. NATO constitutes a system of collective security, whereby its independent member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party.
At present the intergovernmental military alliance, NATO comprises 30 countries from the original 12 countries that signed the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949. The founding members of NATO are- Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom and the United States.
NATO Countries List 2025
| Year of Joining | Member States |
|---|---|
| 1949 | Belgium |
| Canada | |
| Denmark | |
| France | |
| Iceland | |
| Italy | |
| Luxembourg | |
| Netherlands | |
| Norway | |
| Portugal | |
| United Kingdom | |
| United States | |
| 1952 | Greece |
| Turkey | |
| 1955 | Germany |
| 1982 | Spain |
| 1999 | Czech Republic |
| Hungary | |
| Poland | |
| 2004 | Bulgaria |
| Estonia | |
| Latvia | |
| Lithuania | |
| Romania | |
| Slovakia | |
| Slovenia | |
| 2009 | Albania |
| Croatia | |
| 2017 | Montenegro |
| 2020 | North Macedonia |
NATO Partner Countries List
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Finland
- Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- Ireland, Kazakhstan
- Georgia
- Kyrghyz Republic
- Malta
- The Republic of Moldova
- Russia
- Serbia
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
NATO Headquarters
The NATO headquarters are located in Brussels, Belgium, while the headquarters of Allied Command Operations is near Mons, Belgium.
NATO Member MAP
Map NATO Countries 2025
NATO Members List
You can download the NATO Members List PDF using the link given below.
