Nato Countries 2019

What countries are members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization? These are the current 28 member states of NATO: Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, and United States.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization – or NATO, as it is called – is an intergovernmental military alliance between countries in North America and Europe. The organization oversees the implementation of the North Atlantic Treaty that was originally signed in 1949.

Members of NATO have agreed to a system of collective defense for its members. This simply means that member states will step in and offer mutual defense when one of the member states is attacked by an outside party.

When the organization first began, there were 12 original countries. The original 12 founding members were: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom and United States. Other countries joined throughout the years, with the most recent member being Montenegro, which joined the organization in 2017.

NATO also has what it calls aspiring members, who one day may join other states within NATO. This includes Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Macedonia and Ukraine. There are also 21 countries that are members of NATO’s Partnership for Peace program. This program is designed to build trust between the organization and states in Europe and the former Soviet Union. Members of this program include former republics of the Soviet Union: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Members of the program that are former republics of Yugoslavia are Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Macedonia and Serbia. European Union members of the program include Austria, Finland, Ireland, Malta and Sweden. Finally, the European Free Trade Association member Switzerland is also part of the Partnership for Peace program.

Rank Flag Name Population 2019 Area Area (mi²) % of Earth's Area Growth Rate Region Subregion
1United States329,064,9179,372,610 km²3,617,827 mi²6.31%0.60%AmericasNorthern America
2Germany83,517,045357,114 km²137,846 mi²0.24%0.47%EuropeWestern Europe
3Turkey83,429,615783,562 km²302,455 mi²0.53%1.32%AsiaWestern Asia
4United Kingdom67,530,172242,900 km²93,759 mi²0.16%0.58%EuropeNorthern Europe
5France65,129,728551,695 km²212,954 mi²0.37%0.21%EuropeWestern Europe
6Italy60,550,075301,336 km²116,316 mi²0.20%-0.13%EuropeSouthern Europe
7Spain46,736,776505,992 km²195,313 mi²0.34%0.09%EuropeSouthern Europe
8Poland37,887,768312,679 km²120,694 mi²0.21%-0.09%EuropeEastern Europe
9Canada37,411,0479,984,670 km²3,854,083 mi²6.73%0.91%AmericasNorthern America
10Romania19,364,557238,391 km²92,019 mi²0.16%-0.73%EuropeEastern Europe
11Netherlands17,097,13041,850 km²16,154 mi²< 0.1%0.22%EuropeWestern Europe
12Belgium11,539,32830,528 km²11,784 mi²< 0.1%0.50%EuropeWestern Europe
13Czech Republic10,689,20978,865 km²30,442 mi²< 0.1%0.22%EuropeEastern Europe
14Greece10,473,455131,990 km²50,948 mi²< 0.1%-0.46%EuropeSouthern Europe
15Portugal10,226,18792,090 km²35,547 mi²< 0.1%-0.29%EuropeSouthern Europe
16Hungary9,684,67993,028 km²35,909 mi²< 0.1%-0.24%EuropeEastern Europe
17Bulgaria7,000,119110,879 km²42,799 mi²< 0.1%-0.73%EuropeEastern Europe
18Denmark5,771,87643,094 km²16,634 mi²< 0.1%0.34%EuropeNorthern Europe
19Slovakia5,457,01349,037 km²18,928 mi²< 0.1%0.07%EuropeEastern Europe
20Norway5,378,857323,802 km²124,988 mi²0.22%0.77%EuropeNorthern Europe
21Croatia4,130,30456,594 km²21,845 mi²< 0.1%-0.63%EuropeSouthern Europe
22Albania2,880,91728,748 km²11,097 mi²< 0.1%-0.06%EuropeSouthern Europe
23Lithuania2,759,62765,300 km²25,206 mi²< 0.1%-1.49%EuropeNorthern Europe
24Slovenia2,078,65420,273 km²7,825 mi²< 0.1%0.04%EuropeSouthern Europe
25Latvia1,906,74364,559 km²24,920 mi²< 0.1%-1.13%EuropeNorthern Europe
26Estonia1,325,64845,227 km²17,458 mi²< 0.1%0.21%EuropeNorthern Europe
27Montenegro627,98713,812 km²5,331 mi²< 0.1%0.03%EuropeSouthern Europe
28Luxembourg615,7292,586 km²998 mi²< 0.1%1.90%EuropeWestern Europe
29Iceland339,031103,000 km²39,758 mi²< 0.1%0.69%EuropeNorthern Europe

Nato Countries by Population 2019

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