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We currently have 191 member states.</p> <p>To become a member, a state must deposit an instrument of ratification or accession with the <a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/dgo/">Director General</a>. The <a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/convention/trtdocs_wo029.html">WIPO Convention</a> provides that membership is open to any state that is: </p> <ul class="dot__list"> <li>a <a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ShowResults.jsp?country_id=ALL&search_what=B&bo_id=5">member of the Paris Union</a> for the Protection of Industrial Property, or <a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ShowResults.jsp?country_id=ALL&search_what=B&bo_id=7">member of the Berne Union</a> for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works; or</li> <li>a member of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180813185541/http://www.un.org/" target="_blank">United Nations</a>, or of any of the United Nations' <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180813185541/http://www.un.org/en/sections/about-un/funds-programmes-specialized-agencies-and-others/index.html" target="_blank">Specialized Agencies</a>, or of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180813185541/http://www.iaea.org/" target="_blank">International Atomic Energy Agency</a>, or that is a party to the Statute of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180813185541/http://www.icj-cij.org/en" target="_blank">International Court of Justice</a>; or</li> <li>invited by the <a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/assemblies/">WIPO General Assembly</a> to become a member state of the Organization.</li></ul> </div> <div class="complementary"><img alt="World Map" src="/web/20180813185541im_/http://www.wipo.int/shared/pics/wipo_worldmap_600.png"></div> </div> <div class="content"><h2>Information by member state</h2> <p>Find contact details, treaty membership, national intellectual property (IP) laws, IP statistics, technical cooperation, outreach activities, case studies and more.</p> <div class="nav-az nav-az--small"><ul><li><a href="#1">A</a></li><li><a href="#2">B</a></li><li><a href="#3">C</a></li><li><a href="#4">D</a></li><li><a href="#5">E</a></li><li><a href="#6">F</a></li><li><a href="#7">G</a></li><li><a href="#8">H</a></li><li><a href="#9">I</a></li><li><a href="#10">J</a></li><li><a href="#11">K</a></li><li><a href="#12">L</a></li><li><a href="#13">M</a></li><li><a href="#14">N</a></li><li><a href="#15">O</a></li><li><a href="#16">P</a></li><li><a href="#17">Q</a></li><li><a href="#18">R</a></li><li><a href="#19">S</a></li><li><a href="#20">T</a></li><li><a href="#21">U</a></li><li><a href="#22">V</a></li><li><a href="#23">Y</a></li><li><a href="#24">Z</a></li></ul></div><div class="cols cols--three"><div class="col col--one"><a name="1"></a><h3>A</h3><ul> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=3">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=5">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=50">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=1">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=7">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=4">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=8">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=6">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=10">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=9">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=11">Azerbaijan</a></li> </ul> <a name="2"></a><h3>B</h3><ul> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=24">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=18">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=14">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=13">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=27">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=15">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=28">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=20">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=25">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=22">Bolivia (Plurinational State of)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=12">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=26">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=23">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=21">Brunei Darussalam</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=17">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=16">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=19">Burundi</a></li> </ul> <a name="3"></a><h3>C</h3><ul> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=42">Cabo Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=90">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=37">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=29">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=31">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=166">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=36">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=38">China</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=39">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=92">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=32">Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=196">Cook Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=40">Costa Rica</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=34">Côte d'Ivoire</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=74">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=41">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=43">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=44">Czech Republic</a></li> </ul> <a name="4"></a><h3>D</h3><ul> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=94">Democratic People's Republic of Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=30">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=47">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=46">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=48">Dominica</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=49">Dominican Republic</a></li> </ul> <a name="5"></a><h3>E</h3><ul> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=51">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=53">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=163">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=68">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=54">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=52">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=165">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=56">Ethiopia</a></li> </ul> <a name="6"></a><h3>F</h3><ul> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=58">Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=57">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=60">France</a></li> </ul> <a name="7"></a><h3>G</h3><ul> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=61">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=66">Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=64">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=45">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=65">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=69">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=63">Grenada</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=70">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=67">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=71">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=72">Guyana</a></li> </ul></div> <div class="col col--two"><a name="8"></a><h3>H</h3><ul> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=75">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=182">Holy See</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=73">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=76">Hungary</a></li> </ul> <a name="9"></a><h3>I</h3><ul> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=83">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=80">India</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=77">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=82">Iran (Islamic Republic of)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=81">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=78">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=79">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=84">Italy</a></li> </ul> <a name="10"></a><h3>J</h3><ul> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=85">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=87">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=86">Jordan</a></li> </ul> <a name="11"></a><h3>K</h3><ul> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=97">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=88">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=91">Kiribati</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=96">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=89">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> </ul> <a name="12"></a><h3>L</h3><ul> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=98">Lao People's Democratic Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=107">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=99">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=104">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=103">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=108">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=101">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=105">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813185541/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_id=106">Luxembourg</a></li> </ul> <a name="13"></a><h3>M</h3><ul> <li><a 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