How many countries are members of the UN today?

The answer

There are 193 countries that are members of the United Nations (UN) today.

Why

The UN is an international group where almost every country in the world is a member. Each member country works together to solve world problems like peace, health, and development.

Remember it

Think: "Almost every country in the world is in the UN — that's 193!"

Quick recap

There are 193 member countries in the UN.
Almost every country in the world is a UN member.
The UN brings countries together to solve big problems.

Read it in the NCERT book

United Nations · Class 6

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Written by the LLOS.ai tutor, checked against NCERT chapters. Asked by Anonymous from Seattle, United States on 23 Oct 2026, 3:07 PM IST