29 countries were in nato in 2017.
29 countries were in nato in 2017.
how many countries are in nato in 2017?
29
nato has added new members seven times since its founding in 1949, and since 2017 nato has had 29 members. twelve countries were part of the founding of nato: belgium, canada, denmark, france, iceland, italy, luxembourg, the netherlands, norway, portugal, the united kingdom, and the united states. in 1952, greece and turkey became members of the alliance, joined later by west germany (in 1955) and spain (in 1982). in 1990, with the reunification of germany, nato grew to include the former country of east germany. between 1994 and 1997, wider forums for regional cooperation between nato and its neighbors were set up, including the partnership for peace, the mediterranean dialogue initiative and the euro-atlantic partnership council. in 1997, three former warsaw pact countries, hungary, the czech republic, and poland, were invited to join nato. after this fourth enlargement in 1999, the vilnius group of the baltics and seven east european countries formed in may 2000 to cooperate and lobby for further nato membership. seven of these countries joined in the fifth enlargement in 2004. the adriatic states albania and croatia joined in the sixth enlargement in 2009, montenegro in 2017.
member states of nato
a nato stock number, or national stock number (nsn) as it is known in the us, is a 13-digit numeric code, identifying all the 'standardized material items of supply' as they have been recognized by all nato countries including united states department of defense. pursuant to the nato standardization agreements, the nsn has come to be used in all treaty countries. however, many countries that use the nsn program are not members of nato (e.g. japan, australia and new zealand). a two-digit material management aggregation code (mmac) suffix may also be appended, to denote asset end use but it is not considered part of the nsn. in the united kingdom it is known as a domestic management code (dmc).
nato stock number