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The Founding Members (1949):

United States of America, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Canada, Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Luxembourg.

Joined in 1952:

Greece and Turkey

Joined in 1955:

Germany

Joined in 1982:

Spain

Joined in 1999:

Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland (all were members of the former rival Warsaw Pact)

Joined in 2004:

Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia. (all were previously Warsaw Pact - except Slovenia which was previously part of neutral Yugoslavia)

Joined in 2009:

Croatia (former Yugoslavia) and Albania (former Warsaw Pact)

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