FIFA, the world governing body of association football, has 211 member countries and territories; that number is higher than that of the 193 member states of the United Nations, because FIFA previously allowed non sovereign countries or territories to become members, though that is no longer the case (only sovereign countries are now allowed to become new members of FIFA).
There are 26 countries and territories that are members of FIFA while not being members of the United Nations: American Samoa, Anguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Chinese Taipei, Cook Islands, Curaçao, England, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Guam, Hong Kong, Kosovo, Macau, Montserrat, New Caledonia, Northern Ireland, Palestine, Puerto Rico, Scotland, Tahiti, Turks and Caicos, US Virgin Islands, and Wales.
Conversely, there are 8 (eight) United Nations member states which are not members of FIFA: Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Palau, Tuvalu, and the United Kingdom. (The four UK constituent countries – England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales – are members instead, as are several British Overseas Territories.).
One of the two United Nations General Assembly observer states, the Holy See (sovereign over Vatican City) is also not a member of a FIFA.
List of current FIFA members +Member stateBodyNotesAfghanistan Football FederationAlbanian Football AssociationAlgerian Football FederationFootball Federation American SamoaNot a member of the UN; an unincorporated territory of the USAAndorran Football FederationAngolan Football FederationAnguilla Football AssociationNot a member of the UN; a British Overseas TerritoryAntigua and Barbuda Football AssociationArgentine Football AssociationFootball Federation of ArmeniaAruba Football FederationNot a member of the UN; a constituent country of the Kingdom of the NetherlandsFootball AustraliaAustrian Football AssociationAssociation of Football Federations of AzerbaijanBahamas Football AssociationBahrain Football AssociationBangladesh Football FederationBarbados Football AssociationFootball Federation of BelarusRoyal Belgian Football AssociationFootball Federation of BelizeBenin Football FederationBermuda Football AssociationNot a member of the UN; a British Overseas TerritoryBhutan Football FederationBolivian Football FederationFootball Federation of Bosnia and HerzegovinaBotswana Football AssociationBrazilian Football ConfederationBritish Virgin Islands Football AssociationNot a member of the UN; a British Overseas TerritoryFootball Association of Brunei DarussalamBulgarian Football UnionBurkinabé Football FederationFootball Federation of BurundiCape Verdean Football FederationFootball Federation of CambodiaCameroonian Football FederationCanadian Soccer AssociationCayman Islands Football AssociationNot a member of the UN; a British Overseas TerritoryCentral African Football FederationChadian Football FederationChilean Football Federation Chinese Football Association Chinese Taipei Football Association Not a UN member; represents the island of Taiwan, which claims to be the Republic of China, but whose territory is claimed in whole by the People's Republic of ChinaColombian Football FederationComoros Football FederationCongolese Football FederationCongolese Association Football FederationCook Islands Football AssociationNon member state of the UN, in free association with New Zealand Costa Rican Football FederationIvorian Football FederationCroatian Football FederationFootball Association of CubaCuraçao Football FederationNot a member of the UN; a constituent country of the Kingdom of the NetherlandsCyprus Football AssociationFootball Association of the Czech RepublicDanish Football AssociationDjiboutian Football FederationDominica Football AssociationDominican Football FederationDPR Korea Football AssociationEcuadorian Football FederationEgyptian Football AssociationSalvadoran Football AssociationThe Football AssociationNot a UN member; a constituent country of the United KingdomEquatoguinean Football FederationEritrean National Football FederationEstonian Football AssociationEswatini Football AssociationEthiopian Football FederationFaroe Islands Football Association Not a UN member, an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of DenmarkFiji Football AssociationFootball Association of FinlandFrench Football FederationGabonese Football FederationGeorgian Football FederationGerman Football AssociationGhana Football AssociationGibraltar Football AssociationNot a UN member; a British Overseas TerritoryHellenic Football FederationGrenada Football AssociationGuam Football AssociationNot a UN member; an unincorporated territory of the USANational Football Federation of GuatemalaGuinean Football FederationFootball Federation of Guinea-BissauGuyana Football FederationHaitian Football FederationNational Autonomous Federation of Football of HondurasHong Kong Football AssociationNot a UN member; a special administrative region of ChinaHungarian Football FederationFootball Association of IcelandAll India Football FederationFootball Association of IndonesiaFootball Federation Islamic Republic of IranIraq Football AssociationFootball Association of IrelandIsrael Football AssociationItalian Football FederationJamaica Football FederationJapan Football AssociationJordan Football AssociationFootball Federation of KazakhstanFootball Kenya FederationKorea Football AssociationFootball Federation of KosovoNot a UN member; whole territory claimed by SerbiaKuwait Football AssociationFootball Federation of the Kyrgyz RepublicLao Football FederationLatvian Football FederationLebanon Football AssociationLesotho Football AssociationLiberia Football AssociationLibyan Football FederationLiechtenstein Football AssociationLithuanian Football FederationLuxembourg Football FederationMacau Football AssociationNot a UN member; a special administrative region of ChinaMalagasy Football FederationFootball Association of MalawiFootball Association of MalaysiaFootball Association of MaldivesMalian Football FederationMalta Football AssociationFootball Federation of the Islamic Republic of MauritaniaMauritius Football AssociationMexican Football FederationFootball Association of MoldovaMongolian Football FederationFootball Association of MontenegroMontserrat Football AssociationNot a member of the UN; a British Overseas TerritoryRoyal Moroccan Football FederationMozambican Football FederationMyanmar Football FederationNamibia Football AssociationAll Nepal Football AssociationRoyal Dutch Football AssociationNew Caledonian Football FederationNot a UN member; French territoryNew Zealand FootballNicaraguan Football FederationNigerien Football FederationNigeria Football FederationFootball Federation of MacedoniaIrish Football AssociationNot a UN member; a constituent country of the United KingdomFootball Association of NorwayOman Football AssociationPakistan Football FederationPalestinian Football AssociationAn observer state of the United Nations General Assembly. Affiliated on 17 May 1929 and recognised by FIFA's government on 6 July 1929.Panamanian Football FederationPapua New Guinea Football AssociationParaguayan Football AssociationPeruvian Football FederationPhilippine Football FederationPolish Football AssociationPortuguese Football FederationPuerto Rican Football FederationNot a member of the UN; an unincorporated territory of the USAQatar Football AssociationRomanian Football FederationRussian Football UnionRwandese Association Football FederationSt. Kitts and Nevis Football AssociationSaint Lucia Football AssociationSaint Vincent and the Grenadines Football FederationFootball Federation SamoaSan Marino Football FederationSão Toméan Football FederationSaudi Arabian Football FederationScottish Football AssociationNot a UN member; a constituent country of the United KingdomSenegalese Football FederationFootball Association of SerbiaSeychelles Football FederationSierra Leone Football AssociationFootball Association of SingaporeSlovak Football AssociationFootball Association of SloveniaSolomon Islands Football FederationSomali Football FederationSouth African Football AssociationSouth Sudan Football AssociationRoyal Spanish Football FederationFootball Federation of Sri LankaSudan Football AssociationSurinamese Football AssociationSwedish Football AssociationSwiss Football AssociationSyrian Football AssociationTahitian Football FederationNot a UN member; largest island of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France and its sole overseas country, classified as a non-self-governing territory by the United NationsTajikistan Football FederationTanzania Football FederationFootball Association of ThailandGambia Football AssociationEast Timor Football FederationTogolese Football FederationTonga Football AssociationTrinidad and Tobago Football AssociationTunisian Football FederationTurkish Football FederationFootball Federation of TurkmenistanTurks and Caicos Islands Football AssociationNot a member of the UN; a British Overseas TerritoryFederation of Uganda Football AssociationsFootball Federation of UkraineUnited Arab Emirates Football AssociationUnited States Soccer FederationUruguayan Football AssociationU.S. Virgin Islands Soccer FederationNot a UN member; an unincorporated territory of the USAUzbekistan Football FederationVanuatu Football FederationVenezuelan Football FederationVietnam Football FederationFootball Association of WalesNot a UN member; a constituent country of the United KingdomYemen Football AssociationFootball Association of ZambiaZimbabwe Football Association
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