Countries with Nuclear Weapons

Nine countries are known or widely believed to possess nuclear weapons. Five of them, the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France and China, are recognised nuclear-weapon states under the Non-Proliferation Treaty. The other four, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel, developed weapons outside that framework. Israel has never officially confirmed its arsenal.

9 countries The nine states known or widely assessed to possess nuclear weapons.

CountryCapitalCurrencyPopulation
Flag of ChinaChinaBeijingCNY ¥1,406,585,000
Flag of FranceFranceParisEUR68,720,337
Flag of IndiaIndiaNew DelhiINR1,463,865,525
Flag of IsraelIsraelJerusalemILS10,122,800
Flag of North KoreaNorth KoreaPyongyangKPW26,571,036
Flag of PakistanPakistanIslamabadPKR255,219,554
Flag of RussiaRussiaMoscowRUB143,513,328
Flag of United KingdomUnited KingdomLondonGBP £69,487,000
Flag of United StatesUnited StatesWashington D.C.USD $341,784,857

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Populations from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); other fields from open datasets. Sources and vintage on the data page. Membership of cultural regions can vary between sources; this list uses the definition described above.