List of member states

1. ^Originally joined onFebruary 6, 1958 but withdrew onMarch 26, 2003.^[5][6][7]
2. ^Joined as theRepublic of China (Taiwan), which is currently only recognized by11 UN member states, on 10 September 1957.^[8] However, theUnited Nations General Assemblyvote to transfer China's seat to thePeople's Republic of China (PRC) in 1971, after which China ceased to be a member of the IAEA^[9] until the PRC joined on January 1, 1984.
3. ^As Swaziland until 2018.
4. ^Joined asWest Germany.East Germany was also a member of the IAEA prior toGerman reunification.^[10]
5. ^Originally joined onJuly 9, 1957 but withdrew onJune 19, 1967.^[11]
6. ^Originally joined onSeptember 17, 1957 but withdrew onDecember 14, 1970.^[12][13]
7. ^Listed under the provisional designation "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" until 2019.

Non-member states

Former member state

Observer state

1. ^Palestine Liberation Organization originally granted observer status by the IAEA on 23 September 1976.^[17] Designation changed to "Palestine" on 29 September 1989,^[18] and "State of Palestine" on 28 September 2023.^[19]

Other states

• Andorra
• Bhutan
• Equatorial Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kiribati
• Maldives^{[Note 1]}
• Micronesia
• Nauru
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Solomon Islands
• South Sudan
• Suriname
• Timor-Leste
• Tuvalu

1. ^Application for membership approved by the General Conference in September 2025, which is pending ratification.^[2]

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