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Years[a] | Country | First Year | Most Recent Year | Regional Group | Notes |
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80 | France | 1945 | 2025 | WEOG | Permanent member |
80 | United Kingdom | 1945 | 2025 | WEOG | Permanent member |
80 | United States | 1945 | 2025 | WEOG | Permanent member |
54 | China | 1971 | 2025 | Asia-Pacific | Permanent member |
46 | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | 1945 | 1991 | E. European | Former permanent member, replaced by the Russian Federation |
34 | Russia | 1991 | 2025 | E. European | Permanent member |
26 | Republic of China | 1945 | 1971 | Asian | Former permanent member, replaced by the People's Republic of China |
24 | Japan | 1958 | 2024 | Asia-Pacific | |
22 | Brazil | 1946 | 2023 | GRULAC | |
18 | Argentina | 1948 | 2014 | GRULAC | |
16 | India | 1950 | 2022 | Asia-Pacific | |
15 | Pakistan | 1952 | 2025 | Asia-Pacific | |
14 | Colombia | 1947 | 2012 | GRULAC | |
13 | Italy | 1959 | 2017 | WEOG | |
12 | Belgium | 1947 | 2020 | WEOG | |
12 | Canada | 1948 | 2000 | WEOG | |
12 | Germany | 1977 | 2020 | WEOG | Includes 4 years when the Federal Republic of Germany consisted only of West Germany (but does not include East Germany's 2 years, listed separately below). |
11 | Panama | 1958 | 2025 | GRULAC | |
11 | Poland | 1946 | 2019 | E. European | |
10 | Australia | 1946 | 2014 | WEOG | |
10 | Chile | 1952 | 2015 | GRULAC | |
10 | Netherlands | 1946 | 2018 | WEOG | |
10 | Nigeria | 1966 | 2015 | African | |
10 | Norway | 1949 | 2022 | WEOG | |
10 | Peru | 1955 | 2019 | GRULAC | |
10 | Spain | 1969 | 2016 | WEOG | |
10 | Venezuela | 1962 | 2016 | GRULAC | |
9 | Denmark | 1953 | 2025 | WEOG | |
9 | Egypt | 1946 | 2017 | African (Arab) | Excludes 2 years with the seat held in the name of the United Arab Republic, of which for more than 15 months UAR served as the name of modern-day Egypt |
9 | Mexico | 1946 | 2022 | GRULAC | |
8 | Algeria | 1968 | 2025 | African (Arab) | |
8 | Ecuador | 1950 | 2024 | GRULAC | |
8 | Gabon | 1978 | 2023 | African | |
8 | Ghana | 1962 | 2023 | African | |
8 | Indonesia | 1973 | 2020 | Asia-Pacific | |
8 | Sweden | 1957 | 2018 | WEOG | |
8 | Ukraine | 1948 | 2017 | E. European | Includes 4 years of membership under the name of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic; the Ukrainian SSR held its own seat in the General Assembly while being part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 46 years of Security Council membership |
8 | Tunisia | 1959 | 2021 | African (Arab) | |
7 | Ireland | 1962 | 2022 | WEOG | |
7 | Malaysia | 1965 | 2016 | Asia-Pacific | |
7 | New Zealand | 1954 | 2016 | WEOG | |
7 | Romania | 1962 | 2005 | E. European | |
7 | Turkey | 1951 | 2010 | WEOG | |
7 | Yugoslavia | 1950 | 1989 | E. European | Predecessor of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia |
6 | Austria | 1973 | 2010 | WEOG | |
6 | Bulgaria | 1966 | 2003 | E. European | |
6 | Costa Rica | 1974 | 2009 | GRULAC | |
6 | Ivory Coast | 1964 | 2019 | African | |
6 | Cuba | 1949 | 1991 | GRULAC | |
6 | Ethiopia | 1967 | 2018 | African | |
6 | Guyana | 1975 | 2025 | GRULAC | |
6 | Jordan | 1965 | 2015 | Asia-Pacific (Arab) | |
6 | Kenya | 1973 | 2022 | African | |
6 | South Korea | 1996 | 2025 | Asia-Pacific | |
6 | Morocco | 1963 | 2013 | African (Arab) | |
6 | Philippines | 1957 | 2005 | Asia-Pacific | |
6 | Portugal | 1979 | 2012 | WEOG | |
6 | Bolivia | 1964 | 2018 | GRULAC | |
6 | Senegal | 1968 | 2017 | African | |
6 | South Africa | 2007 | 2020 | African | |
6 | Syria | 1947 | 2003 | Asia-Pacific (Arab) | Excludes one year (1961) during which the United Arab Republic was a member, for the greater part of which Syria was a member of that union |
6 | Zambia | 1969 | 1988 | African | |
5 | Greece | 1952 | 2025 | WEOG | |
5 | Uganda | 1966 | 2010 | African | |
4 | Angola | 2003 | 2016 | African | |
4 | Bangladesh | 1979 | 2001 | Asia-Pacific | |
4 | Benin | 1976 | 2005 | African | |
4 | Burkina Faso | 1984 | 2009 | African | For the first 7 months of membership of the Security Council in 1984 was known as Upper Volta. |
4 | Cameroon | 1974 | 2003 | African | |
4 | Congo | 1986 | 2007 | African | |
4 | Finland | 1969 | 1990 | WEOG | |
4 | Guinea | 1972 | 2003 | African | |
4 | Hungary | 1968 | 1993 | E. European | |
4 | Iraq | 1957 | 1975 | Asia-Pacific (Arab) | |
4 | Jamaica | 1979 | 2001 | GRULAC | |
4 | Kuwait | 1978 | 2019 | Asia-Pacific (Arab) | |
4 | Lebanon | 1953 | 2011 | Asia-Pacific (Arab) | |
4 | Libya | 1976 | 2009 | African (Arab) | |
4 | Mali | 1966 | 2001 | African | |
4 | Malta | 1983 | 2024 | WEOG | |
4 | Mauritius | 1977 | 2002 | African | |
4 | Nepal | 1969 | 1989 | Asia-Pacific | |
4 | Nicaragua | 1970 | 1984 | GRULAC | |
4 | Niger | 1980 | 2021 | African | |
4 | Rwanda | 1994 | 2014 | African | |
4 | Sierra Leone | 1970 | 2025 | African | |
4 | Slovenia | 1998 | 2025 | E. European | Was part of Yugoslavia during its 7 years of Security Council membership |
4 | Tanzania | 1975 | 2006 | African | |
4 | Togo | 1982 | 2013 | African | |
4 | United Arab Emirates | 1986 | 2023 | Asia-Pacific (Arab) | |
4 | Uruguay | 1965 | 2017 | GRULAC | |
4 | Vietnam | 2008 | 2021 | Asia-Pacific | |
4 | Zaire | 1982 | 1991 | African | Now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
4 | Zimbabwe | 1983 | 1992 | African | |
3 | Czechoslovakia | 1964 | 1979 | E. European | Predecessor of the Czech Republic and Slovakia |
3 | Somalia | 1971 | 2025 | African | |
2 | Albania | 2022 | 2023 | E. European | |
2 | Azerbaijan | 2012 | 2013 | E. European | Was part of the Soviet Union during its 46 years of Security Council membership |
2 | Bahrain | 1998 | 1999 | Asia-Pacific (Arab) | |
2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2010 | 2011 | E. European | Was part of Yugoslavia during its 7 years of Security Council membership |
2 | Botswana | 1995 | 1996 | African | |
2 | Burundi | 1970 | 1971 | African | |
2 | Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic | 1974 | 1975 | E. European | Now known as Belarus; the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic held its own seat in the General Assembly while being part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 46 years of Security Council membership |
2 | Cape Verde | 1992 | 1993 | African | |
2 | Ceylon | 1960 | 1961 | Asia-Pacific | Now known as Sri Lanka |
2 | Chad | 2014 | 2015 | African | |
2 | Croatia | 2008 | 2009 | E. European | Was part of Yugoslavia during its 7 years of Security Council membership |
2 | Czech Republic | 1994 | 1995 | E. European | Was part of Czechoslovakia during its 3 years of Security Council membership |
2 | Djibouti | 1993 | 1994 | African | |
2 | Dominican Republic | 2019 | 2020 | GRULAC | |
2 | East Germany | 1980 | 1981 | E. European | Now subsumed into Germany, which has 8 years of Security Council membership since it has included the former territory of East Germany |
2 | Estonia | 2020 | 2021 | E. European | Was part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 46 years of Security Council membership |
2 | Equatorial Guinea | 2018 | 2019 | African | |
2 | Guatemala | 2012 | 2013 | GRULAC | |
2 | Guinea-Bissau | 1996 | 1997 | African | |
2 | Honduras | 1995 | 1996 | GRULAC | |
2 | Iran | 1955 | 1956 | Asia-Pacific | |
2 | Kazakhstan | 2017 | 2018 | Asia-Pacific | Was part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 46 years of Security Council membership |
2 | Lithuania | 2014 | 2015 | E. European | Was part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 46 years of Security Council membership |
2 | Luxembourg | 2013 | 2014 | WEOG | |
2 | Madagascar | 1985 | 1986 | African | |
2 | Mauritania | 1974 | 1975 | African | |
2 | Mozambique | 2023 | 2024 | African | |
2 | Namibia | 1999 | 2000 | African | |
2 | Oman | 1994 | 1995 | Asia-Pacific (Arab) | |
2 | Paraguay | 1968 | 1969 | GRULAC | |
2 | Qatar | 2006 | 2007 | Asia-Pacific (Arab) | |
2 | Gambia | 1998 | 1999 | African | |
2 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2020 | 2021 | GRULAC | Smallest nation to have held a place on the Security Council[1] |
2 | Singapore | 2001 | 2002 | Asia-Pacific | Was part of Malaysia for 8 months in 1965 during its membership of the Security Council |
2 | Slovakia | 2006 | 2007 | E. European | Was part of Czechoslovakia during its 3 years of Security Council membership |
2 | Sudan | 1972 | 1973 | African (Arab) | |
2 | Switzerland | 2023 | 2024 | WEOG | |
2 | Thailand | 1985 | 1986 | Asia-Pacific | |
2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1985 | 1986 | GRULAC | |
2 | United Arab Republic | 1961 | 1962 | Middle East | Union of Syria and Egypt |
1 | Democratic Yemen | 1990 | 1990 | Asian (Arab) | Held the Security Council seat for the first five months of membership, then unified with Yemen (i.e., North Yemen) and passed the seat to Yemen. |
1 | Liberia | 1961 | 1961 | African | Served only one year.[b] |
1 | Yemen | 1990 | 1991 | Asia-Pacific (Arab) | Inherited the seat from Democratic Yemen; served the remaining of the term, for one year and seven months. |
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- ^ St. Vincent and the Grenadines breaks a record, as smallest ever Security Council seat holder, UN News
- ^ Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics. Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia No. 47 – 1961. Aust. Bureau of Statistics. p. 1143. GGKEY:5SX8QTW3P5T.