Cold War Countries 2026

Cold War Alignment

Chinese Third Way

Communist (Unaligned)

Divided

Eastern Bloc

NATO

NATO-Aligned

Non-Aligned Movement

Soviet-Aligned

Western Colony

Cold War Alignment

71 countries

21 countries

23 countries

21 countries

	Country	Cold War Alignment 1991↓
	Hong Kong	Western Colony
	Reunion	Western Colony
	Macau	Western Colony
	Mayotte	Western Colony
	Martinique	Western Colony
	French Guiana	Western Colony
	New Caledonia	Western Colony
	French Polynesia	Western Colony
	Curacao	Western Colony
	Guam	Western Colony
	United States Virgin Islands	Western Colony
	Turks and Caicos Islands	Western Colony
	American Samoa	Western Colony
	Sint Maarten	Western Colony
	Northern Mariana Islands	Western Colony
	Saint Martin	Western Colony
	Cook Islands	Western Colony
	Saint Barthelemy	Western Colony
	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Western Colony
	Montserrat	Western Colony
	Tokelau	Western Colony
	Afghanistan	Soviet-Aligned
	Mozambique	Soviet-Aligned
	North Korea	Soviet-Aligned
	Syria	Soviet-Aligned
	Cuba	Soviet-Aligned
	Laos	Soviet-Aligned
	Nicaragua	Soviet-Aligned
	Republic of the Congo	Soviet-Aligned
	Mongolia	Soviet-Aligned
	Sao Tome and Principe	Soviet-Aligned
	India	Non-Aligned Movement
	Pakistan	Non-Aligned Movement
	Nigeria	Non-Aligned Movement
	Bangladesh	Non-Aligned Movement
	Egypt	Non-Aligned Movement
	Vietnam	Non-Aligned Movement
	Iran	Non-Aligned Movement
	Tanzania	Non-Aligned Movement
	Myanmar	Non-Aligned Movement
	Colombia	Non-Aligned Movement
	Sudan	Non-Aligned Movement
	Uganda	Non-Aligned Movement
	Algeria	Non-Aligned Movement
	Yemen	Non-Aligned Movement
	Angola	Non-Aligned Movement
	Morocco	Non-Aligned Movement
	Malaysia	Non-Aligned Movement
	Ghana	Non-Aligned Movement
	Saudi Arabia	Non-Aligned Movement
	Peru	Non-Aligned Movement
	Madagascar	Non-Aligned Movement
	Cameroon	Non-Aligned Movement
	Nepal	Non-Aligned Movement
	Niger	Non-Aligned Movement
	Venezuela	Non-Aligned Movement
	Mali	Non-Aligned Movement
	Burkina Faso	Non-Aligned Movement
	Sri Lanka	Non-Aligned Movement
	Zambia	Non-Aligned Movement
	Chad	Non-Aligned Movement
	Senegal	Non-Aligned Movement
	Ecuador	Non-Aligned Movement
	Zimbabwe	Non-Aligned Movement
	Guinea	Non-Aligned Movement
	Benin	Non-Aligned Movement
	Burundi	Non-Aligned Movement
	Bolivia	Non-Aligned Movement
	South Sudan	Non-Aligned Movement
	Tunisia	Non-Aligned Movement
	Jordan	Non-Aligned Movement
	United Arab Emirates	Non-Aligned Movement
	Togo	Non-Aligned Movement
	Libya	Non-Aligned Movement
	Serbia	Non-Aligned Movement
	Lebanon	Non-Aligned Movement
	Central African Republic	Non-Aligned Movement
	Palestine	Non-Aligned Movement
	Mauritania	Non-Aligned Movement
	Panama	Non-Aligned Movement
	Croatia	Non-Aligned Movement
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Non-Aligned Movement
	Gambia	Non-Aligned Movement
	Jamaica	Non-Aligned Movement
	Gabon	Non-Aligned Movement
	Botswana	Non-Aligned Movement
	Lesotho	Non-Aligned Movement
	Slovenia	Non-Aligned Movement
	Equatorial Guinea	Non-Aligned Movement
	North Macedonia	Non-Aligned Movement
	Trinidad and Tobago	Non-Aligned Movement
	Eswatini	Non-Aligned Movement
	Mauritius	Non-Aligned Movement
	Djibouti	Non-Aligned Movement
	Guyana	Non-Aligned Movement
	Bhutan	Non-Aligned Movement
	Suriname	Non-Aligned Movement
	Montenegro	Non-Aligned Movement
	Maldives	Non-Aligned Movement
	Cape Verde	Non-Aligned Movement
	Vanuatu	Non-Aligned Movement
	Grenada	Non-Aligned Movement
	Indonesia	NATO-Aligned
	Japan	NATO-Aligned
	Philippines	NATO-Aligned
	Thailand	NATO-Aligned
	Kenya	NATO-Aligned
	South Korea	NATO-Aligned
	Ivory Coast	NATO-Aligned
	Australia	NATO-Aligned
	Taiwan	NATO-Aligned
	Somalia	NATO-Aligned
	Guatemala	NATO-Aligned
	Honduras	NATO-Aligned
	Israel	NATO-Aligned
	El Salvador	NATO-Aligned
	Liberia	NATO-Aligned
	Oman	NATO-Aligned
	Ireland	NATO-Aligned
	New Zealand	NATO-Aligned
	Costa Rica	NATO-Aligned
	Qatar	NATO-Aligned
	Timor-Leste	NATO-Aligned
	Cyprus	NATO-Aligned
	Bahamas	NATO-Aligned
	United States	NATO
	Turkey	NATO
	United Kingdom	NATO
	France	NATO
	Italy	NATO
	Spain	NATO
	Canada	NATO
	Netherlands	NATO
	Belgium	NATO
	Portugal	NATO
	Greece	NATO
	Denmark	NATO
	Norway	NATO
	Puerto Rico	NATO
	Iceland	NATO
	Guadeloupe	NATO
	Isle of Man	NATO
	Faroe Islands	NATO
	Greenland	NATO
	Gibraltar	NATO
	Falkland Islands	NATO
	Russia	Eastern Bloc
	Ukraine	Eastern Bloc
	Uzbekistan	Eastern Bloc
	Kazakhstan	Eastern Bloc
	Tajikistan	Eastern Bloc
	Azerbaijan	Eastern Bloc
	Belarus	Eastern Bloc
	Turkmenistan	Eastern Bloc
	Kyrgyzstan	Eastern Bloc
	Georgia	Eastern Bloc
	Moldova	Eastern Bloc
	Armenia	Eastern Bloc
	Latvia	Eastern Bloc
	Estonia	Eastern Bloc
	China	Communist (Unaligned)

The organization NATO was formally formed in 1949. However, many countries’ participation in equivalent alliances or power blocs predates this year, and so NATO is used for simplicity’s sake.
Many countries remained in the Non-Aligned Movement despite their allegience shifting more clearly towards one of the super-powers. The alignment of countries is based on the degree of political and military cooperation between the country and one of the Cold War blocs. Countries including Cuba or the Ivory Coast were founding members of the Non-Aligned Movement but were more closely aligned with the USSR or USA.
Superpower funding refers more to economic and military aid without explicit diplomatic agreements.
The Cold War ended with the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. A number of countries, particularly in the Eastern Bloc, were aligned with a Cold War faction in 1990, but not in 1991.
Some countries listed (such as Russia) existed in a different form or under a different government and/or name at the time of the Cold War.
Current countries which belonged to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in the Cold War era are: Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Current countries which were part of Yugoslavia during the Cold War are: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo and North Macedonia.
Current countries Czechia and Slovakia were, during the Cold War, a single country named Czechoslovakia.
Germany was partitioned into West Germany and East Germany from 1945 to 1990.
Eritrea was part of Ethiopia until 1993.
Gambia and Senegal were one country, named Senegambia, from 1982-1989.
South Sudan was part of Sudan during the Cold War.
Sweden was formally neutral, but actually maintained close military connections with the US throughout the Cold War period.
The parts of Palestine (as per the 1947 UN Partition) not under Israeli occupation were divided between Jordan and Egypt from 1948 to 1967.
Bangladesh was a part of Pakistan, known sometimes as East Pakistan, from 1947 to 1971.
Timor-Leste was occupied by Indonesia from 1975 to 1999.
Syria and Egypt were one combined country, called the United Arab Republic, from 1958 to 1961.

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