Turkey backs Sweden’s bid to join NATO 

Turkish MPs have approved Sweden’s accession to NATO, leaving Hungary as the last hurdle to the Nordic nation’s full membership


EUROPE’S NATO MEMBERS 

Founder members 1949* 
Joined 1950-2000 
2000-present
Imminent

SWEDEN
NORWAY
FINLAND
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Baltic Sea
RUSSIA 
North Sea
ESTONIA
DENMARK
LATVIA
IRELAND
NED
LITHUANIA
UK
BELARUS
POLAND
GERMANY
CZECH
BELGIUM
REP.
LUX
UKRAINE 
SLOVAKIA
FRANCE
ROMANIA 
PORTUGAL 
SUI
AUT 
HUNGARY
SLOVENIA
Black Sea 
CROATIA
BULGARIA 
SPAIN
Mediterranean Sea
ITALY
TURKEY
MONTENEGRO
ALBANIA
NORTH MACEDONIA
GREECE

*Includes United States, Canada and Iceland 


SWEDEN’S MILITARY STRENGTH (2022 data)

Active personnel: 14,600
Reserve: 10,000

Tanks: 120

Armoured vehicles: 1,475

Artillery: 357

Surface-to-air missile systems: 11+

Submarines: 5

Patrol and coastal craft: 150 

Mine countermeasures  vessels: 7

Fighter/ground attack aircraft: 96

Transport helicopters: 53 


Sources: Bloomberg, Forces Network
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