List of the 190 Member States (and the 6 Associate Members) of UNESCO and the date on which they became Members (or Associate Members) of the Organization, as of 1 October 2003 (in alphabetical order)

     Member States

1	Afghanistan	4 May 1948
2	Albania	16 October 1958
3	Algeria	15 October 1962
4	Andorra	20 October 1993
5	Angola	11 March 1977
6	Antigua and Barbuda	15 July 1982
7	Argentina	15 September 1948
8	Armenia	9 June 1992
9	Australia	4 November 1946
10	Austria	13 August 1948
11	Azerbaijan	3 June 1992
12	Bahamas	23 April 1981
13	Bahrain	18 January 1972
14	Bangladesh	27 October 1972
15	Barbados	24 October 1968
16	Belarus	12 May 1954
17	Belgium	29 November 1946
18	Belize	10 May 1982
19	Benin	18 October 1960
20	Bhutan	13 April 1982
21	Bolivia	13 November 1946
22	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2 June 1993
23	Botswana	16 January 1980
24	Brazil	4 November 1946
25	Bulgaria	17 May 1956
26	Burkina Faso	14 November 1960
27	Burundi	16 November 1962
28	Cambodia	3 July 1951
29	Cameroon	11 November 1960
30	Canada	4 November 1946
31	Cape Verde	15 February 1978
32	Central African Republic	11 November 1960
33	Chad	19 December 1960
34	Chile	7 July 1953
35	China	4 November 1946
36	Colombia	31 October 1947
37	Comoros	22 March 1977
38	Congo	24 October 1960
39	Cook Islands	25 October 1989
40	Costa Rica	19 May 1950
41	Côte d'Ivoire	27 October 1960
42	Croatia	1 June 1992
43	Cuba	29 August 1947
44	Cyprus	6 February 1961
45	Czech Republic	22 February 1993
46	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	18 October 1974
47	Democratic Republic of the Congo	25 November 1960
48	Denmark	4 November 1946
49	Djibouti	31 August 1989
50	Dominica	9 January 1979
51	Dominican Republic	4 November 1946
52	Ecuador	22 January 1947
53	Egypt	4 November 1946
54	El Salvador	28 April 1948
55	Equatorial Guinea	29 November 1979
56	Eritrea	2 September 1993
57	Estonia	14 October 1991
58	Ethiopia	1 July 1955
59	Fiji	14 July 1983
60	Finland	10 October 1956
61	France	4 November 1946
62	Gabon	16 November 1960
63	Gambia	1 August 1973
64	Georgia	7 October 1992
65	Germany	11 July 1951
66	Ghana	11 April 1958
67	Greece	4 November 1946
68	Grenada	17 February 1975
69	Guatemala	2 January 1950
70	Guinea	2 February 1960
71	Guinea-Bissau	1 November 1974
72	Guyana	21 March 1967
73	Haiti	18 November 1946
74	Honduras	16 December 1947
75	Hungary	14 September 1948
76	Iceland	8 June 1964
77	India	4 November 1946
78	Indonesia	27 May 1950
79	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	6 September 1948
80	Iraq	21 October 1948
81	Ireland	3 October 1961
82	Israel	16 September 1949
83	Italy	27 January 1948
84	Jamaica	7 November 1962
85	Japan	2 July 1951
86	Jordan	14 June 1950
87	Kazakhstan	22 May 1992
88	Kenya	7 April 1964
89	Kiribati	24 October 1989
90	Kuwait	18 November 1960
91	Kyrgyzstan	2 June 1992
92	Lao People's Democratic Republic	9 July 1951
93	Latvia	14 October 1991
94	Lebanon	4 November 1946
95	Lesotho	29 September 1967
96	Liberia	6 March 1947
97	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	27 June 1953
98	Lithuania	7 October 1991
99	Luxembourg	27 October 1947
100	Madagascar	10 November 1960
101	Malawi	27 October 1964
102	Malaysia	16 June 1958
103	Maldives	18 July 1980
104	Mali	7 November 1960
105	Malta	10 February 1965
106	Marshall Islands	30 June 1995
107	Mauritania	10 January 1962
108	Mauritius	25 October 1968
109	Mexico	4 November 1946
110	Micronesia (Federated States of)	19 October 1999
111	Monaco	6 July 1949
112	Mongolia	1 November 1962
113	Morocco	7 November 1956
114	Mozambique	11 October 1976
115	Myanmar	27 June 1949
116	Namibia	2 November 1978
117	Nauru	17 October 1996
118	Nepal	1 May 1953
119	Netherlands	1 January 1947
120	New Zealand	4 November 1946
121	Nicaragua	22 February 1952
122	Niger	10 November 1960
123	Nigeria	14 November 1960
124	Niue	26 October 1993
125	Norway	4 November 1946
126	Oman	10 February 1972
127	Pakistan	14 September 1949
128	Palau	20 September 1999
129	Panama	10 January 1950
130	Papua New Guinea	4 October 1976
131	Paraguay	20 June 1955
132	Peru	21 November 1946
133	Philippines	21 November 1946
134	Poland	6 November 1946
135	Portugal (1)	11 September 1974
136	Qatar	27 January 1972
137	Republic of Korea	14 June 1950
138	Republic of Moldova	27 May 1992
139	Romania	27 July 1956
140	Russian Federation	21 April 1954
141	Rwanda	7 November 1962
142	Saint Kitts and Nevis	26 October 1983
143	Saint Lucia	6 March 1980
144	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	14 January 1983
145	Samoa	3 April 1981
146	San Marino	12 November 1974
147	Sao Tome and Principe	22 January 1980
148	Saudi Arabia	4 November 1946
149	Senegal	10 November 1960
150	Serbia and Montenegro (2)	20 December 2000
151	Seychelles	18 October 1976
152	Sierra Leone	28 March 1962
153	Slovakia	9 February 1993
154	Slovenia	27 May 1992
155	Solomon Islands	7 September 1993
156	Somalia	15 November 1960
157	South Africa (3)	12 December 1994
158	Spain	30 January 1953
159	Sri Lanka	14 November 1949
160	Sudan	26 November 1956
161	Suriname	16 July 1976
162	Swaziland	25 January 1978
163	Sweden	23 January 1950
164	Switzerland	28 January 1949
165	Syrian Arab Republic	16 November 1946
166	Tajikistan	6 April 1993
167	Thailand	1 January 1949
168	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	28 June 1993
169	Timor-Leste	5 June 2003
170	Togo	17 November 1960
171	Tonga	29 September 1980
172	Trinidad and Tobago	2 November 1962
173	Tunisia	8 November 1956
174	Turkey	4 November 1946
175	Turkmenistan	17 August 1993
176	Tuvalu	21 October 1991
177	Uganda	9 November 1962
178	Ukraine	12 May 1954
179	United Arab Emirates	20 April 1972
180	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (4)	1 July 1997
181	United Republic of Tanzania	6 March 1962
182	United States of America (5)	1 October 2003
183	Uruguay	8 November 1947
184	Uzbekistan	26 October 1993
185	Vanuatu	10 February 1994
186	Venezuela	25 November 1946
187	Viet Nam	6 July 1951
188	Yemen	2 April 1962
189	Zambia	9 November 1964
190	Zimbabwe	22 September 1980

Associate Members

1	Aruba	20 October 1987
2	British Virgin Islands	24 November 1983
3	Cayman Islands	30 October 1999
4	Macao, China	25 October 1995
5	Netherlands Antilles	26 October 1983
6	Tokelau	15 October 2001