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Sven Bernhard Gareis and Johannes Varwick: The United Nations
Member States of the United Nations (as of March 2004)
Member |
Date of Admission |
Contribution to the Regular Budget 2004 - 06 (Per Cent) |
Population |
Afghanistan |
19 November 1946 |
0.002 |
18.797.000 |
Albania |
14 December 1955 |
0.005 |
3.791.000 |
Algeria |
8 October 1962 |
0.076 |
29.800.000 |
Andorra |
28 July 1993 |
0.005 |
72.000 |
Angola |
1 December 1976 |
0.001 |
12.092.000 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
11 November 1981 |
0.003 |
67.000 |
Argentina |
24 October 1945 |
0.956 |
36.125.000 |
Armenia |
2 March 1992 |
0.002 |
3.536.000 |
Australia |
1 November 1945 |
1.592 |
18.750.000 |
Austria |
14 December 1955 |
0.859 |
8.077.000 |
Azerbaijan |
2 March 1992 |
0.005 |
7.953.000 |
Bahamas |
18 September 1973 |
0.013 |
298.000 |
Bahrain |
21 September 1971 |
0.030 |
642.000 |
Bangladesh |
17 September 1974 |
0.010 |
124.774.000 |
Barbados |
9 December 1966 |
0.010 |
266.000 |
Belarus |
24 October 1945 |
0.018 |
10.190.000 |
Belgium |
27 December 1945 |
1.069 |
10.213.00 |
Belize |
25 September 1981 |
0.001 |
238.000 |
Benin |
20 September 1960 |
0.002 |
6.044.000 |
Bhutan |
21 September 1971 |
0.001 |
2.004.000 |
Bolivia |
14 November 1945 |
0.009 |
7.949.000 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
22 May 1992 |
0.003 |
4.211.000 |
Botswana |
17 October 1966 |
0.012 |
1.571.000 |
Brazil |
24 October 1945 |
1.523 |
161.790.000 |
Brunei Darussalam |
21 September 1984 |
0.034 |
315.000 |
Bulgaria |
14 December 1955 |
0.017 |
8.256.000 |
Burkina Faso |
20 September 1960 |
0.002 |
10.682.000 |
Burundi |
18 September 1962 |
0.001 |
6.300.000 |
Cambodia |
14 December 1955 |
0.002 |
11.426.000 |
Cameroon |
20 September 1960 |
0.008 |
14.305.000 |
Canada |
9 November 1945 |
2.813 |
30.301.000 |
Cape Verde |
16 September 1975 |
0.001 |
417.000 |
Central African Republic |
20 September 1960 |
0.001 |
3.485.000 |
Chad |
20 September 1960 |
0.001 |
7.270.000 |
Chile |
24 October 1945 |
0.223 |
14.821.000 |
China |
24 October 1945 |
2.053 |
1.255.698.000 |
Colombia |
5 November 1945 |
0.155 |
40.826.000 |
Comoros |
12 November 1975 |
0.001 |
658.000 |
Congo |
20 September 1960 |
0.001 |
2.785.000 |
Costa Rica |
2 November 1945 |
0.030 |
3.340.000 |
Côte d'Ivoire |
20 September 1960 |
0.010 |
14.292.000 |
Croatia |
22 May 1992 |
0.037 |
4.572.000 |
Cuba |
24 October 1945 |
0.043 |
11.116.000 |
Cyprus |
20 September 1960 |
0.039 |
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Czech Republic |
19 January 1993 |
0.183 |
10.294.000 |
Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
17 September 1991 |
0.010 |
23.348.000 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
20 September 1960) |
0.003 |
46.812.000 |
Denmark |
24 October 1945 |
0.718 |
5.301.000 |
Djibouti |
20 September 1977 |
0.001 |
623.000 |
Dominica |
18 December 1978 |
0.001 |
71.000 |
Dominican Republic |
24 October 1945 |
0.035 |
9.327.000 |
Ecuador |
21 December 1945 |
0.019 |
12.174.000 |
Egypt |
24 October 1945 |
0.120 |
65.978.000 |
El Salvador |
24 October 1945 |
0.022 |
6.031.000 |
Equatorial Guinea |
12 November 1968 |
0.002 |
431.000 |
Eritrea |
28 May 1993 |
0.001 |
3.577,000 |
Estonia |
17 September 1991 |
0.012 |
1.429.000 |
Ethiopia |
13 November 1945 |
0.004 |
59.882.000 |
Fiji |
13 October 1970 |
0.004 |
796.000 |
Finland |
14 December 1955 |
0.533 |
5.154.000 |
France |
24 October 1945 |
6.030 |
58.846.000 |
Gabon |
20 September 1960 |
0.009 |
1.118.000 |
Gambia |
21 September 1965 |
0.001 |
1.229.000 |
Georgia |
31 July 1992 |
0.003 |
5.059.000 |
Germany |
18 September 1973 |
8.662 |
82.024.000 |
Ghana |
8 March 1957 |
0.004 |
19.162.000 |
Greece |
25 October 1945 |
0.530 |
10.115.000 |
Grenada |
17 September 1974 |
0.001 |
93.000 |
Guatemala |
21 November 1945 |
0.030 |
10.799.000 |
Guinea |
12 December 1958 |
0.003 |
7.337.000 |
Guinea Bissau |
7 September 1974 |
0.001 |
1.161.000 |
Guyana |
20 September 1966 |
0.001 |
850.000 |
Haiti |
24 October 1945 |
0.003 |
7.647.000 |
Honduras |
17 December 1945 |
0.005 |
6.179.000 |
Hungary |
14 December 1955 |
0.126 |
10.113.000 |
Iceland |
19 November 1946 |
0.034 |
273.000 |
India |
30 October 1945 |
0.421 |
970.933.000 |
Indonesia |
28 September 1950 |
0.142 |
204.392.000 |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
24 October 1945 |
0.157 |
61.626.000 |
Iraq |
21 December 1945 |
0.016 |
21.800.000 |
Ireland |
14 December 1955 |
0.350 |
3.705.000 |
Israel |
11 May 1949 |
0.467 |
5.963.000 |
Italy |
14 December 1955 |
4.885 |
57.588.000 |
Jamaica |
18 September 1962 |
0.008 |
2.576.000 |
Japan |
18 December 1956 |
19.468 |
126.410.000 |
Jordan |
14 December 1955 |
0.011 |
6.304.000 |
Kazakhstan |
2 March 1992 |
0.025 |
15.049.000 |
Kenya |
16 December 1963 |
0.009 |
29.008.000 |
Kiribati |
14 Sept. 1999 |
0.001 |
81.000 |
Kuwait |
14 May 1963 |
0.162 |
2.027.000 |
Kyrgyzstan |
2 March 1992 |
0.001 |
4.699.000 |
Lao People's Democratic Republic |
14 December 1955 |
0.001 |
5.163.000 |
Latvia |
17 September 1991 |
0.015 |
2.449.000 |
Lebanon |
24 October 1945 |
0.024 |
3.191.000 |
Lesotho |
17 October 1966 |
0.001 |
2.062.000 |
Liberia |
2 November 1945 |
0.001 |
2.062.000 |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
14 December 1955 |
0.132 |
5.339.000 |
Liechtenstein |
18 September 1990 |
0.005 |
32.000 |
Lithuania |
17 September 1991 |
0.024 |
3.072.000 |
Luxembourg |
24 October 1945 |
0.077 |
426.000 |
Madagascar |
20 September 1960 |
0.003 |
15.057.000 |
Malawi |
1 December 1964 |
0.001 |
10.346.000 |
Malaysia |
17 September 1957 |
0.203 |
22.179.000 |
Maldives |
21 September 1965 |
0.001 |
271.000 |
Mali |
28 September 1960 |
0.002 |
10.694.000 |
Malta |
1 December 1964 |
0.014 |
377.000 |
Marshall Islands |
17 September 1991 |
0.001 |
63.000 |
Mauritania |
27 October 1961 |
0.001 |
2.529.000 |
Mauritius |
24 Apr. 1968 |
0.011 |
1.159.000 |
Mexico |
7 November 1945 |
1.883 |
95.831.000 |
Micronesia (Federated States of) |
17 September 1991 |
0.001 |
114.000 |
Monaco |
8 May 1993 |
0.003 |
33.000 |
Mongolia |
27 October 1961 |
0.001 |
2.403.000 |
Morocco |
12 November 1956 |
0.047 |
27.775.000 |
Mozambique |
16 September 1975 |
0.001 |
16.916.000 |
Myanmar |
19 April 1948 |
0.010 |
44.497.000 |
Namibia |
23 April 1990 |
0.006 |
1.666.000 |
Nauru |
14 September 1999 |
0.001 |
11.000 |
Nepal |
14 December 1955 |
0.004 |
21.843.000 |
Netherlands |
10 December 1945 |
1.690 |
15.707.000 |
New Zealand |
24 October 1945 |
0.221 |
3.790.000 |
Nicaragua |
24 October 1945 |
0.001 |
4.807.000 |
Niger |
20 September 1960 |
0.001 |
10.078.000 |
Nigeria |
7 October 1960 |
0.042 |
106.409.000 |
Norway |
27 November 1945 |
0.679 |
4.431.000 |
Oman |
7 October 1971 |
0.070 |
2.287.000 |
Pakistan |
30 September 1947 |
0.055 |
148.166.000 |
Palau |
15 December 1994 |
0.001 |
19.000 |
Panama |
13 November 1945 |
0.019 |
2.763.000 |
Papua New Guinea |
10 October 1975 |
0.003 |
4.600.000 |
Paraguay |
24 October 1945 |
0.012 |
5.218.000 |
Peru |
31 October 1945 |
0.092 |
24.800.000 |
Philippines |
24 October 1945 |
0.095 |
75.154.000 |
Poland |
24 October 1945 |
0.461 |
38.671.000 |
Portugal |
14 December 1955 |
0.470 |
9.957.000 |
Qatar |
21 September 1971 |
0.064 |
534.000 |
Republic of Korea |
17 September 1991 |
1.796 |
46.429.000 |
Republic of Moldova |
2 March 1992 |
0.001 |
3.652.000 |
Romania |
14 December 1955 |
0.060 |
22.502.000 |
Russian Federation |
24 October 1945 |
1.100 |
147.739.000 |
Rwanda |
18 September 1962 |
0.001 |
6.604.000 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
23 September 1983 |
0.001 |
39.000 |
Saint Lucia |
18 September 1979 |
0.002 |
151.000 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
16 September 1980 |
0.001 |
112.000 |
Samoa |
15 December 1976 |
0.001 |
168.000 |
San Marino |
2 March 1992 |
0.003 |
26.000 |
Sao Tome and Principe |
16 September 1975 |
0.001 |
141.000 |
Saudi Arabia |
24 October 1945 |
0.713 |
20.181.000 |
Senegal |
28 September 1960 |
0.005 |
9.037.000 |
Serbia and Montenegro |
1 November 2000 |
0.019 |
10.615.000 |
Seychelles |
21 September 1976 |
0.002 |
78.000 |
Sierra Leone |
27 September 1961 |
0.001 |
4.568.000 |
Singapore |
21 September 1965 |
0.388 |
3.865.000 |
Slovakia |
19 January 1993 |
0.051 |
5.390.000 |
Slovenia |
22 May 1992 |
0.082 |
1.983.000 |
Solomon Islands |
19 September 1978 |
0.001 |
417.000 |
Somalia |
20 September 1960 |
0.001 |
9.237.000 |
South Africa |
7 November 1945 |
0.292 |
39.357.000 |
Spain |
14 December 1955 |
2.520 |
39.371.000 |
Sri Lanka |
14 December 1955 |
0.017 |
18.774.000 |
Sudan |
12 November 1956 |
0.008 |
28.292.000 |
Suriname |
4 December 1975 |
0.001 |
414.000 |
Swaziland |
24 September 1968 |
0.002 |
952.000 |
Sweden |
19 November 1946 |
0.998 |
8.854.000 |
Switzerland |
10 September 2002 |
1.197 |
7.283.000 |
Syrian Arab Republic |
24 October 1945 |
0.038 |
15.597,000 |
Tajikistan |
2 March 1992 |
0.001 |
6.103.000 |
Thailand |
16 December 1946 |
0.209 |
61.201.000 |
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
8 April 1993 |
0.006 |
1.999.000 |
Timor Leste |
7 September 2002 |
0.001 |
800.000 |
Togo |
20 September 1960 |
0.001 |
4.397.000 |
Tonga |
14 September 1999 |
0.001 |
98.000 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
18 September 1962 |
0.022 |
1.283.000 |
Tunisia |
12 November 1956 |
0.032 |
9.332.000 |
Turkey |
24 October 1945 |
0.372 |
63.451.000 |
Turkmenistan |
2 March 1992 |
0.005 |
4.858.000 |
Tuvalu |
5 September 2000 |
0.001 |
10.000 |
Uganda |
25 October 1962 |
0.006 |
21.029.000 |
Ukraine |
24 October 1945 |
0.036 |
50.499.000 |
United Arab Emirates |
9 December 1971 |
0.235 |
2.724.000 |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
24 October 1945 |
6.127 |
58.649.000 |
United Republic of Tanzania |
14 December 1961 |
0.006 |
32.102.000 |
United States of America |
24 October 1945 |
22.000 |
270.561.000 |
Uruguay |
18 December 1945 |
0.048 |
3.289.000 |
Uzbekistan |
2 March 1992 |
0.014 |
24.050.000 |
Vanuatu |
15 September 1981 |
0.001 |
182.000 |
Venezuela |
15 November 1945 |
0.171 |
23.436.000 |
Viet Nam |
20 September 1977 |
0.021 |
76.325.000 |
Yemen |
30 September 1947 |
0.006 |
17.071.000 |
Zambia |
1 December 1964 |
0.002 |
8.781.000 |
Zimbabwe |
25 August 1980 |
0.007 |
12.684.000 |
Source: United Nations