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The 12 original members were countries of North America and Europe:

- The US

- Canada

- Great Britain

- Belgium

- The Netherlands

- Luxembourg

- France

- Portugal

- Denmark

- Norway

- Iceland

- Italy

* France left NATO from 1959 to 2009, although participating in several NATO exercises.

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