<P> Of the 29 member countries , two are located in North America ( Canada and the United States ) and 27 are European countries while Turkey is in Eurasia . All members have militaries , except for Iceland which does not have a typical army ( but does , however , have a coast guard and a small unit of civilian specialists for NATO operations ) . Three of NATO 's members are nuclear weapons states : France , the United Kingdom , and the United States . NATO has 12 original founding member nation states , and from 18 February 1952 to 6 May 1955 , it added three more member nations , and a fourth on 30 May 1982 . After the end of the Cold War , NATO added 13 more member nations ( 10 former Warsaw Pact members and three former Yugoslav republics ) from 12 March 1999 to 5 June 2017 . </P>
<P> Of the 29 member countries , two are located in North America ( Canada and the United States ) and 27 are European countries while Turkey is in Eurasia . All members have militaries , except for Iceland which does not have a typical army ( but does , however , have a coast guard and a small unit of civilian specialists for NATO operations ) . Three of NATO 's members are nuclear weapons states : France , the United Kingdom , and the United States . NATO has 12 original founding member nation states , and from 18 February 1952 to 6 May 1955 , it added three more member nations , and a fourth on 30 May 1982 . After the end of the Cold War , NATO added 13 more member nations ( 10 former Warsaw Pact members and three former Yugoslav republics ) from 12 March 1999 to 5 June 2017 . </P>
how many countries are in nato in 2017
how many countries are in nato in 2017
29
29