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List of MembersLast Updated: June 13, 2012

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an organization of 188 countries, working to foster

global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote

high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world.

Membership of the IMF (Date of entry into force: December 27, 1945)

Chronological List(188 Member Countries)

Member Effective Date of Membership

Belgium1 December 27, 1945

Bolivia1 December 27, 1945

Canada1 December 27, 1945

China1 December 27, 1945

Colombia1 December 27, 1945

(Czechoslovakia)1,2 ,3 (December 27, 1945)

Egypt1 December 27, 1945

Ethiopia1 December 27, 1945

France1 December 27, 1945

Greece1 December 27, 1945

Honduras1 December 27, 1945

Iceland1 December 27, 1945

India1 December 27, 1945

Iraq1 December 27, 1945

Luxembourg1 December 27, 1945

Netherlands1 December 27, 1945

Norway1 December 27, 1945

Philippines1 December 27, 1945

South Africa1 December 27, 1945

United Kingdom1 December 27, 1945

United States1 December 27, 1945

(Yugoslavia)1,4 ,5 (December 27, 1945)

Dominican Republic1 December 28, 1945

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Ecuador1 December 28, 1945

Guatemala1 December 28, 1945

Paraguay1 December 28, 1945

Iran, Islamic Republic of (Iran)1 December 29, 1945

Chile1 December 31, 1945

Mexico1 December 31, 1945

Peru1 December 31, 1945

Costa Rica1 January 8, 1946

(Poland)1, 6 (January 10, 1946)

Brazil1 January 14, 1946

Uruguay1 March 11, 1946

(Cuba)1, 7 (March 14, 1946)

El Salvador8 March 14, 1946

Nicaragua8 March 14, 1946

Panama8 March 14, 1946

Denmark8 March 30, 1946

Venezuela, República Bolivariana de8 December 30, 1946

Turkey March 11, 1947

Italy March 27, 1947

Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) April 10, 1947

Lebanon April 14, 1947

Australia August 5, 1947

Finland January 14, 1948

Austria August 27, 1948

Thailand (Siam) May 3, 1949

Pakistan July 11, 1950

Sri Lanka (Ceylon) August 29, 1950

Sweden August 31, 1951

Myanmar (Burma) January 3, 1952

Japan August 13, 1952

Germany August 14, 1952

Jordan August 29, 1952

Haiti September 8, 1953

(Indonesia)9 (April 15, 1954)

Israel July 12, 1954

Afghanistan, Islamic Rep. of (Afghanistan) July 14, 1955

Korea August 26, 1955

Argentina September 20, 1956

Vietnam (Viet Nam) September 21, 1956



Ireland August 8, 1957

Saudi Arabia August 26, 1957

Sudan September 5, 1957

Ghana September 20, 1957

Malaysia (Malaya) March 7, 1958

Tunisia April 14, 1958

Morocco April 25, 1958

Spain September 15, 1958

Libya September 17, 1958

Portugal March 29, 1961

Nigeria March 30, 1961

Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos) July 5, 1961

New Zealand August 31, 1961

Nepal September 6, 1961

Cyprus December 21, 1961

Liberia March 28, 1962

Togo August 1, 1962

Senegal August 31, 1962

Somalia August 31, 1962

Sierra Leone September 10, 1962

Tanzania (Tanganyika) September 10, 1962

Kuwait September 13, 1962

Jamaica February 21, 1963

Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) March 11, 1963

Niger April 24, 1963

Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) May 2, 1963

Cameroon July 10, 1963

Central African Republic July 10, 1963

Chad July 10, 1963

Congo, Republic of July 10, 1963

Benin (Dahomey) July 10, 1963

Gabon September 10, 1963

Mauritania September 10, 1963

Trinidad and Tobago September 16, 1963

Madagascar (Malagasy Republic) September 25, 1963

Algeria September 26, 1963

Mali September 27, 1963

Uganda September 27, 1963

Burundi September 28, 1963

Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Zaïre) September 28, 1963

Guinea September 28, 1963

Rwanda September 30, 1963

Kenya February 3, 1964



Malawi July 19, 1965

Zambia September 23, 1965

Singapore August 3, 1966

Guyana September 26, 1966

Indonesia9 February 21, 1967

Gambia, The September 21, 1967

Botswana July 24, 1968

Lesotho July 25, 1968

Malta September 11, 1968

Mauritius September 23, 1968

Swaziland September 22, 1969

(Yemen, People's Democratic

Republic of (Southern Yemen))10 (September 29, 1969)

Equatorial Guinea December 22, 1969

Cambodia December 31, 1969

(Yemen Arab Republic)10 (May 22, 1970)

Barbados December 29, 1970

Fiji May 28, 1971

Oman December 23, 1971

Samoa (Western Samoa) December 28, 1971

Bangladesh August 17, 1972

Bahrain September 7, 1972

Qatar September 8, 1972

United Arab Emirates September 22, 1972

Romania December 15, 1972

Bahamas, The August 21, 1973

Grenada August 27, 1975

Papua New Guinea October 9, 1975

Comoros September 21, 1976

Guinea-Bissau March 24, 1977

Seychelles June 30, 1977

São Tomé and Príncipe September 30, 1977

Maldives January 13, 1978

Suriname April 27, 1978

Solomon Islands September 22, 1978

Cape Verde November 20, 1978

Dominica December 12, 1978

Djibouti December 29, 1978

St. Lucia November 15, 1979

St. Vincent and the Grenadines December 28, 1979

Zimbabwe September 29, 1980



Bhutan September 28, 1981

Vanuatu September 28, 1981

Antigua and Barbuda February 25, 1982

Belize March 16, 1982

Hungary May 6, 1982

St. Kitts and Nevis August 15, 1984

Mozambique September 24, 1984

Tonga September 13, 1985

Kiribati June 3, 1986

Poland1,6 June 12, 1986

Angola September 19, 1989

Yemen, Republic of10 May 22, 1990 7

(Czechoslovakia)1,2 ,3 (September 20, 1990)

Bulgaria September 25, 1990

Namibia September 25, 1990

Mongolia February 14, 1991

Albania October 15, 1991

Lithuania April 29, 1992

Georgia May 5, 1992

Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan) May 8, 1992

Latvia May 19, 1992

Marshall Islands May 21, 1992

Estonia May 26, 1992

Armenia May 28, 1992

Switzerland May 29, 1992

Russian Federation June 1, 1992

Belarus July 10, 1992

Kazakhstan July 15, 1992

Moldova August 12, 1992

Ukraine September 3, 1992

Azerbaijan September 18, 1992

Uzbekistan September 21, 1992

Turkmenistan September 22, 1992

San Marino September 23, 1992

Bosnia and Herzegovina5 December 14, 1992

Croatia5 December 14, 1992

Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of5 December 14, 1992

Slovenia5 December 14, 1992

Serbia5 December 14, 1992

Czech Republic3 January 1, 1993

January 1, 1993



Slovak Republic3

Tajikistan April 27, 1993

Micronesia, Federated States of June 24, 1993

Eritrea July 6, 1994

Brunei Darussalam October 10, 1995

Palau December 16, 1997

Timor-Leste (East Timor) July 23, 2002

Montenegro5 January 18, 2007

Kosovo June 29, 2009

Tuvalu June 24, 2010

South Sudan April 18, 2012

1 "Original members" (Article II, Section 1), which signed the Articles of Agreement by December 31, 1945.

Costa Rica, Poland, Brazil, Uruguay, and Cuba signed the Articles by that date but their membership became

effective upon deposit of their respective instruments of acceptance.

2 Czechoslovakia became a member of the Fund on December 27, 1945 and ceased to be a member,

effective December 31, 1954; Czechoslovakia was readmitted as a member of the Fund on September 20,

1990, and ceased to be a member, effective January 1, 1993.

3 The Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic succeeded to the membership of Czechoslovakia on

January 1, 1993.

4 The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ceased to be a member, effective December 14, 1992.

5 Croatia (on January 15, 1993), Slovenia (on January 15, 1993), the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

(on April 21, 1993), Bosnia and Herzegovina (on December 20, 1995), and the Federal Republic of

Yugoslavia (on December 20, 2000) succeeded to the membership in the Fund of the former Socialist Federal

Republic of Yugoslavia, in each case, effective December 14, 1992. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was

later renamed Serbia and Montenegro. In June 2006, Serbia and Montenegro, separated to become the

Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro. Serbia succeeded to the membership of Serbia and

Montenegro.

6 Poland became a member of the Fund on January 10, 1946 and withdrew from membership, effective

March 14, 1950; Poland was readmitted as a member of the Fund on June 12, 1986.

7 Cuba withdrew from the Fund, effective April 2, 1964.

8 Countries that joined the Fund under the provisions for original members as extended to December 31,

1946 by Board of Governors Resolution IM-9.

9 Indonesia became a member of the Fund on April 15, 1954 and withdrew from membership, effective

August 17, 1965; Indonesia was readmitted as a member of the Fund on February 21, 1967.

10 The Republic of Yemen succeeded to the membership of the Yemen Arab Republic and of the People's

Democratic Republic of Yemen on May 22, 1990.

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