Home › All Countries › Countries Not in the UN — Non-Member States Countries Not in the UN — Non-Member States While the United Nations has 193 member states, there are several countries, territories, and disputed states that are not UN members. Some, like Vatican City and Palestine, hold observer status. Others, like Taiwan and Kosovo, face political obstacles to membership. This list includes all recognized and partially recognized states that are not full UN members.
Complete list # Country Capital Population Area Region 1 Montserrat Plymouth 4.4K 102 km² Americas 2 Norfolk Island Kingston 2.2K 36 km² Oceania 3 Cocos (Keeling) Islands West Island 593 14 km² Oceania 4 Guernsey St. Peter Port 64.8K 78 km² Europe 5 Guinea-Bissau Bissau 1.78M 36,125 km² Africa 6 Curaçao Willemstad 156.1K 444 km² Americas 7 Anguilla The Valley 16.0K 91 km² Americas 8 British Virgin Islands Road Town 39.5K 151 km² Americas 9 Mayotte Mamoudzou 320.9K 374 km² Africa 10 Isle of Man Douglas 84.5K 572 km² Europe 11 United States Virgin Islands Charlotte Amalie 87.1K 347 km² Americas 12 Antarctica — 1.3K 14,000,000 km² Antarctic 13 Tokelau Fakaofo 2.6K 12 km² Oceania 14 Turks and Caicos Islands Cockburn Town 50.8K 948 km² Americas 15 Palestine Ramallah 5.48M 6,220 km² Asia 16 United States Minor Outlying Islands Washington DC 0 34.2 km² Americas 17 Caribbean Netherlands Kralendijk 32.0K 328 km² Americas 18 Wallis and Futuna Mata-Utu 11.6K 142 km² Oceania 19 Taiwan Taipei 23.32M 36,197 km² Asia 20 Aruba Oranjestad 107.6K 180 km² Americas 21 British Indian Ocean Territory Diego Garcia 0 60 km² Africa 22 Martinique Fort-de-France 349.9K 1,128 km² Americas 23 Puerto Rico San Juan 3.20M 8,870 km² Americas 24 Sint Maarten Philipsburg 41.3K 34 km² Americas 25 Bermuda Hamilton 64.1K 54 km² Americas 26 Pitcairn Islands Adamstown 35 47 km² Oceania 27 Cook Islands Avarua 15.0K 236 km² Oceania 28 Åland Islands Mariehamn 30.7K 1,580 km² Europe 29 Falkland Islands Stanley 3.7K 12,173 km² Americas 30 Réunion Saint-Denis 896.2K 2,511 km² Africa 31 Saint Martin Marigot 31.5K 53 km² Americas 32 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Jamestown 5.7K 394 km² Africa 33 Cayman Islands George Town 84.7K 264 km² Americas 34 Bouvet Island — 0 49 km² Antarctic 35 Jersey Saint Helier 103.3K 116 km² Europe 36 Guadeloupe Basse-Terre 378.6K 1,628 km² Americas 37 New Caledonia Nouméa 264.6K 18,575 km² Oceania 38 Kosovo Pristina 1.59M 10,908 km² Europe 39 Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint-Pierre 5.8K 242 km² Americas 40 French Polynesia Papeetē 279.5K 4,167 km² Oceania 41 Greenland Nuuk 56.5K 2,166,086 km² Americas 42 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Longyearbyen 2.5K 61,399 km² Europe 43 Western Sahara El Aaiún 600.9K 266,000 km² Africa 44 French Southern and Antarctic Lands Port-aux-Français 400 7,747 km² Antarctic 45 Faroe Islands Tórshavn 54.9K 1,393 km² Europe 46 Christmas Island Flying Fish Cove 1.7K 135 km² Oceania 47 Macau — 685.9K 30 km² Asia 48 Guam Hagåtña 153.8K 549 km² Oceania 49 American Samoa Pago Pago 49.7K 199 km² Oceania 50 Gibraltar Gibraltar 38.0K 6 km² Europe 51 Vatican City Vatican City 882 0.49 km² Europe 52 South Georgia King Edward Point 0 3,903 km² Antarctic 53 Hong Kong City of Victoria 7.53M 1,104 km² Asia 54 Northern Mariana Islands Saipan 47.3K 464 km² Oceania 55 Heard Island and McDonald Islands — 0 412 km² Antarctic 56 Saint Barthélemy Gustavia 10.6K 21 km² Americas 57 Niue Alofi 1.7K 260 km² Oceania 58 French Guiana Cayenne 292.4K 83,534 km² Americas
Frequently Asked Questions Why are some countries not in the UN? Reasons vary: Vatican City chooses observer status, Taiwan faces opposition from China, Kosovo lacks universal recognition, and some territories are not considered sovereign states.
