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National Olympic Committees (or NOCs) are the national constituents of the worldwide olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, they are responsible for organizing their country's participation in the Olympic Games. For a list of NOC country codes, see List of IOC country codes. The first year is the date of creation, the second the date of recognition.

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  • Flag of Algeria Comité Olympique Algérien (1963/1964)
  • Flag of Angola Comité Olímpico Angolano (1979/1980)
  • Flag of Benin Comité National Olympique et Sportif Béninois (1962/1962)
  • Flag of Botswana Botswana National Olympic Committee (1978/1980)
  • Flag of Burkina Faso Comité National Olympique et des Sports Burkinabé (1965/1972)
  • Flag of Burundi Comité National Olympique du Burundi (1990/1993)
  • Flag of Cameroon Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Cameroun (1963/1963)
  • Flag of Cape Verde Comité Olímpico Caboverdeano (1989/1993)
  • Flag of the Central African Republic Comité National Olympique et Sportif Centrafricain (1964/1965)
  • Flag of Chad Comité Olympique et Sportif Tchadien (1963/1964)
  • Flag of the Comoros Comité Olympique et Sportif des Îles Comores (1979/1993)
  • Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Comité National Olympique et Sportif Congolais (1964/1964)
  • Flag of Côte d'Ivoire Comité National Olympique de Côte d'Ivoire (1962/1963)
  • Flag of the Republic of the Congo Comité Olympique Congolais (1963/1968)
  • Flag of Djibouti Comité National Olympique Djiboutien (1983/1984)
  • Flag of Egypt Egyptian Olympic Committee (1910/1910)
  • Flag of Equatorial Guinea Comité National Olympique Equato-Guinéen (1980/1984)
  • Flag of Eritrea Eritrean National Olympic Committee (1996/1998)
  • Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopian Olympic Committee (1948/1954)
  • Flag of Gabon Comité Olympique Gabonais (1965/1968)
  • Flag of The Gambia Gambia National Olympic Committee (1972/1976)
  • Flag of Ghana Ghana Olympic Committee (1952/1952)
  • Flag of Guinea Comité National Olympique et Sportif Guinéen (1964/1965)
  • Flag of Guinea-Bissau Comité Olímpico da Guiné-Bissau (1992/1995)
  • Flag of Kenya National Olympic Committee Kenya (1955/1955)
  • Flag of Lesotho Lesotho National Olympic Committee (1971/1972)
  • Flag of Liberia Liberia National Olympic Committee (1954/1955)
  • Flag of Libya Libyan Olympic Committee (1962/1963)
  • Flag of Madagascar Comité Olympique Malgache (1963/1964)
  • Flag of Malawi Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association of Malawi (1968/1968)
  • Flag of Mali Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Mali (1962/1963)
  • Flag of Mauritania Comité Olympique Mauritanien (1962/1979)
  • Flag of Mauritius Mauritius Olympic Committee (1971/1972)
  • Flag of Morocco Comité Olympique Marocain (1959/1959)
  • Flag of Mozambique Comité Olímpico Nacional de Moçambique (1979/1979)
  • Flag of Namibia Namibian National Olympic Committee (1991/1991)
  • Flag of Niger Comité Olympique et Sportif National du Niger (1964/1964)
  • Flag of Nigeria Nigeria Olympic Committee Inc. (1951/1951)
  • Flag of Rwanda Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Rwanda (1984/1984)
  • Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe Comité Olímpico de São Tomé e Príncipe (1979/1993)
  • Flag of Senegal Comité National Olympique et Sportif Sénégalais (1961/1963)
  • Flag of the Seychelles Seychelles National Olympic Committee (1979/1979)
  • Flag of Sierra Leone National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone (1964/1964)
  • Flag of Somalia Somali Olympic Committee (1959/1972)
  • Flag of South Africa South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (1991/1991)
  • Flag of Sudan Sudan Olympic Committee (1956/1959)
  • Flag of Swaziland Swaziland Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (1971/1972)
  • Flag of Tanzania Tanzania Olympic Committee (1968/1968)
  • Flag of Togo Comité National Olympique Togolais (1963/1965)
  • Flag of Tunisia Comité National Olympique Tunisien (1957/1957)
  • Flag of Uganda Uganda Olympic Committee (1950/1956)
  • Flag of Zambia National Olympic Committee of Zambia (1964/1964)
  • Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (1934/1980)

  • Flag of Antigua and Barbuda The Antigua and Barbuda Olympic Association (1966/1976)
  • Flag of Argentina Comité Olímpico Argentino (1923/1923)
  • Flag of Aruba Comité Olímpico Arubano (1985/1986)
  • Flag of the Bahamas Bahamas Olympic Association (1952/1952)
  • Flag of Barbados The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. (1955/1955)
  • Flag of Belize Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (1967/1967)
  • Flag of Bermuda Bermuda Olympic Association (1935/1936)
  • Flag of Bolivia Comité Olímpico Boliviano (1932/1936)
  • Flag of Brazil Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro (1935/1935)
  • Flag of the British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands Olympic Committee (1980/1982)
  • Flag of Canada Canadian Olympic Committee (1904/1907)
  • Flag of Cayman Islands Cayman Islands Olympic Committee (1973/1976)
  • Flag of Chile Comité Olímpico de Chile (1934/1934)
  • Flag of Colombia Comité Olímpico Colombiano (1936/1939)
  • Flag of Costa Rica Comité Olímpico de Costa Rica (1953/1954)
  • Flag of Cuba Comité Olímpico Cubano (1937/1954)
  • Flag of Dominica Dominica Olympic Committee (1987/1993)
  • Flag of the Dominican Republic Comité Olímpico Dominicano (1946/1962)
  • Flag of Ecuador Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano (1948/1959)
  • Flag of El Salvador Comité Olímpico de El Salvador (1949/1962)
  • Flag of Grenada The Grenada Olympic Committee (1984/1984)
  • Flag of Guatemala Comité Olímpico Guatemalteco (1947/1947)
  • Flag of Guyana Guyana Olympic Association (1935/1948)
  • Flag of Haiti Comité Olympique Haïtien (1914/1924)
  • Flag of Honduras Comité Olímpico Hondureño (1956/1956)
  • Flag of Jamaica Jamaica Olympic Association Ltd. (1936/1936)
  • Flag of Mexico Comité Olímpico Mexicano (1923/1923)
  • Flag of the Netherlands Antilles Nederlands Antilliaans Olympisch Comité (1931/1950)
  • Flag of Nicaragua Comité Olímpico Nicaragüense (1959/1959)
  • Flag of Panama Comité Olímpico de Panamá (1934/1947)
  • Flag of Paraguay Comité Olímpico Paraguayo (1970/1970)
  • Flag of Peru Comité Olímpico Peruano (1924/1936)
  • Flag of Puerto Rico Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico (1948/1948)
  • Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis St. Kitts and Nevis Olympic Association (1986/1993)
  • Flag of Saint Lucia St. Lucia Olympic Committee (1987/1993)
  • Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines The St. Vincent and the Grenadines National Olympic Committee (1982/1987)
  • Flag of Sudan Surinaams Olympisch Comité (1959/1959)
  • Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (1946/1948)
  • Flag of the United States United States Olympic Committee (1894/1894)
  • Flag of Uruguay Comité Olímpico Uruguayo (1923/1923)
  • Flag of Venezuela Comité Olímpico Venezolano (1935/1935)
  • Flag of the United States Virgin Islands Virgin Islands Olympic Committee (1967/1967)

  • Afghanistan National Olympic Committee (1935/1936)
  • Bahrain Olympic Committee (1978/1979)
  • Bangladesh Olympic Association (1979/1980)
  • Bhutan Olympic Committee (1983/1983)
  • Brunei Darussalam National Olympic Council (1984/1984)
  • National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (1983/1994)
  • Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee (1960/1960)
  • Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1953/1957)
  • Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong China (1950/1951)
  • Indian Olympic Association (1927/1927)
  • Komite Olahraga Nasional Indonesia (1946/1952)
  • National Olympic Committee of Iraq (1948/1948)
  • National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1947/1947)
  • Japanese Olympic Committee (1911/1912)
  • Jordan Olympic Committee (1957/1963)
  • National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan (1990/1993)
  • Korean Olympic Committee (1946/1947)
  • Kuwait Olympic Committee (1957/1966)
  • National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan (1991/1993)
  • National Olympic Committee of Lao (1975/1979)
  • Lebanese Olympic Committee (1947/1948)
  • Olympic Council of Malaysia (1953/1954)
  • Maldives Olympic Committee (1985/1985)
  • Mongolian National Olympic Committee (1961/1962)
  • Myanmar Olympic Committee (1947/1947)
  • Nepal Olympic Committee (1962/1963)
  • Oman Olympic Committee (1982/1982)
  • Pakistan Olympic Association (1948/1948)
  • Palestine Olympic Committee (1995/1995)
  • Chinese Olympic Committee (1910/1979)
  • Philippine Olympic Committee (1911/1929)
  • Qatar National Olympic Committee (1979/1980)
  • Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee (1964/1965)
  • Singapore National Olympic Council (1947/1948)
  • National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (1937/1937)
  • Syrian Olympic Committee (1948/1948)
  • National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan (1992/1993)
  • Olympic Committee of Thailand (1948/1950)
  • Comité Olímpico Nacional de Timor-Leste (2003/2003)
  • National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan (1990/1993)
  • United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee (1979/1980)
  • National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan (1992/1993)
  • Vietnam Olympic Committee (1976/1979)
  • Yemen Olympic Committee (1971/1981)

  • National Olympic Committee of Albania (1959/1959)
  • Comitè Olímpic Andorrà (1971/1975)
  • National Olympic Committee of Armenia (1990/1993)
  • Österreichisches Olympisches Comité (1908/1912)
  • National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic (1992/1993)
  • Belarus Olympic Committee (1991/1993)
  • Comité Olympique et Interfédéral Belge - Belgisch Olympisch en Interfederaal Comité (1906/1906)
  • Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992/1993)
  • Bulgarian Olympic Committee (1923/1924)
  • Croatian Olympic Committee (1991/1993)
  • The Cyprus National Olympic Committee (1974/1978)
  • Czech Olympic Committee (1899/1993)
  • National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark (1905/1905)
  • Estonian Olympic Committee (1923/1991)
  • Finnish Olympic Committee (1907/1907)
  • Olympic Committee of Macedonia (1992/1993)
  • Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français (1894/1894)
  • Georgian National Olympic Committee (1989/1993)
  • German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) (1895/1895)
  • British Olympic Association (1905/1905)
  • Comité Olympique Hellénique (1894/1895)
  • Hungarian Olympic Committee (1895/1895)
  • The National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland (1921/1935)
  • Olympic Council of Ireland (1922/1922)
  • The Olympic Committee of Israel (1933/1952)
  • Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1908/1915)
  • Latvian Olympic Committee (1922/1991)
  • Liechtensteinischer Olympischer Sportverband (1935/1935)
  • National Olympic Committee of Lithuania (1937/1991)
  • Luxembourgian Olympic and Sporting Committee (1912/1912)
  • Malta Olympic Committee (1928/1936)
  • Comité Olympique Monégasque (1907/1953)
  • Montenegrin Olympic Committee (2006/2007)
  • Nederlands Olympisch Comité (1912/1912)
  • Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (1900/1900)
  • Polish Olympic Committee (1918/1919)
  • Comité Olímpico de Portugal (1909/1909)
  • Comité National Olympique de la République de Moldova (1991/1993)
  • Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (1914/1914)
  • Russian Olympic Committee (1989/1993)
  • Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Sammarinese (1959/1959)
  • Olympic Committee of Serbia (1919/1920)
  • Slovak Olympic Committee (1992/1993)
  • Olympic Committee of Slovenia (1991/1993)
  • Comité Olímpico Español (1924/1924)
  • Swedish Olympic Committee (1913/1913)
  • Swiss Olympic Association (1912/1912)
  • National Olympic Committee of Turkey (1908/1911)
  • National Olympic Committee of Ukraine (1990/1993)

  • American Samoa National Olympic Committee (1987/1987)
  • Australian Olympic Committee (1895/1895)
  • Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (1986/1986)
  • Federated States of Micronesia National Olympic Committee (1995/1997)
  • Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (1949/1955)
  • Guam National Olympic Committee (1976/1986)
  • Kiribati National Olympic Committee (2002/2003)
  • Marshall Islands National Olympic Committee (2001/2006)
  • Nauru Olympic Committee (1991/1994)
  • New Zealand Olympic Committee (1911/1920)
  • Palau National Olympic Committee (1997/1999)
  • Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee (1973/1974)
  • Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (1983/1983)
  • National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands (1983/1983)
  • Tonga Sports Association and National Olympic Committee (1963/1984)
  • Tuvalu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (2004/2007)
  • Vanuatu Amateur Sports Association and National Olympic Committee (1987/1987)

Below is a chronological list of the NOC recognized by the International Olympic Committee, since its foundation in 1894. Many of these NOC were founded many years before its official recognition, while others were immediately accepted after being founded. Former states, nowadays non-extant (e.g. Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, etc.), are not listed, only the current states they have derived into. Non-UN members countries are in italic.

# NOC IOC code IOC recognition
1 France FRA 1894
- United States USA 1894
3 Australia AUS 1895
- Germany GER 1895
- Greece GRE 1895
- Hungary HUN 1895
7 Norway NOR 1900
8 United Kingdom GBR 1905
- Denmark DEN 1905
10 Belgium BEL 1906
11 Canada CAN 1907
- Finland FIN 1907
13 Portugal POR 1909
14 Egypt EGY 1910
15 Turkey TUR 1911
16 Austria AUT 1912
- Japan JPN 1912
- Luxembourg LUX 1912
- Netherlands NED 1912
- Switzerland SUI 1912
21 Sweden SWE 1913
22 Romania ROU 1914
23 Italy ITA 1915
24 Poland POL 1919
25 New Zealand NZL 1920
- Serbia SRB 1920
27 Ireland IRL 1922
28 Argentina ARG 1923
- Mexico MEX 1923
- Uruguay URU 1923
31 Bulgaria BUL 1924
- Haiti HAI 1924
- Spain ESP 1924
34 India IND 1927
35 Philippines PHI 1929
36 Chile CHI 1934
37 Brazil BRA 1935
- Iceland ISL 1935
- Liechtenstein LIE 1935
- Venezuela VEN 1935
41 Afghanistan AFG 1936
- Bermuda BER 1936
- Bolivia BOL 1936
- Jamaica JAM 1936
- Malta MLT 1936
- Peru PER 1936
47 Sri Lanka SRI 1937
48 Colombia COL 1939
49 Guatemala GUA 1947
- Iran IRI 1947
- Myanmar MYA 1947
- Panama PAN 1947
- South Korea KOR 1947
54 Guyana GUY 1948
- Iraq IRQ 1948
- Lebanon LIB 1948
- Pakistan PAK 1948
- Puerto Rico PUR 1948
- Singapore SIN 1948
- Syria SYR 1948
- Trinidad and Tobago TRI 1948
62 Netherlands Antilles AHO 1950
- Thailand THA 1950
64 Hong Kong HKG 1951
- Nigeria NGR 1951
66 Bahamas BAH 1952
- Ghana GHA 1952
- Indonesia INA 1952
- Israel ISR 1952
70 Monaco MON 1953
71 Costa Rica CRC 1954
- Cuba CUB 1954
- Ethiopia ETH 1954
- Malaysia MAS 1954
75 Fiji FIJ 1955
- Kenya KEN 1955
- Liberia LBR 1955
- Barbados BAR 1955
79 Honduras HON 1956
- Uganda UGA 1956
81 North Korea PRK 1957
- Tunisia TUN 1957
83 Albania ALB 1959
- Ecuador ECU 1959
- Morocco MAR 1959
- Nicaragua NCA 1959
- San Marino SMR 1959
- Sudan SUD 1959
- Suriname SUR 1959
90 Chinese Taipei TPE 1960
91 Benin BEN 1962
- Dominican Republic DOM 1962
- El Salvador ESA 1962
- Mongolia MGL 1962
95 Cameroon CMR 1963
- Côte d'Ivoire CIV 1963
- Jordan JOR 1963
- Libya LBA 1963
- Mali MLI 1963
- Nepal NEP 1963
- Senegal SEN 1963
102 Algeria ALG 1964
- Chad CHA 1964
- Democratic Republic
of Congo
COD 1964
- Madagascar MAD 1964
- Niger NIG 1964
- Sierra Leone SLE 1964
- Zambia ZAM 1964
109 Central African Republic CAF 1965
- Guinea GUI 1965
- Saudi Arabia KSA 1965
- Togo TOG 1965
113 Kuwait KUW 1966
114 Belize BIZ 1967
- Virgin Islands ISV 1967
116 Republic of Congo CGO 1968
- Gabon GAB 1968
- Malawi MAW 1968
- Tanzania TAN 1968
120 Paraguay PAR 1970
121 Burkina Faso BUR 1972
- Lesotho LES 1972
- Mauritius MRI 1972
- Somalia SOM 1972
- Swaziland SWZ 1972
126 Papua New Guinea PNG 1974
127 Andorra AND 1975
128 Antigua and Barbuda ANT 1976
- Cayman Islands CAY 1976
- Gambia GAM 1976
131 Cyprus CYP 1978
132 Bahrain BRN 1979
- China CHN 1979
- Laos LAO 1979
- Mauritania MTN 1979
- Mozambique MOZ 1979
- Seychelles SEY 1979
- Vietnam VIE 1979
139 Angola ANG 1980
- Bangladesh BAN 1980
- Botswana BOT 1980
- Qatar QAT 1980
- United Arab Emirates UAE 1980
- Zimbabwe ZIM 1980
145 Yemen YEM 1981
146 British Virgin Islands IVB 1982
- Oman OMA 1982
148 Bhutan BHU 1983
- Samoa SAM 1983
- Solomon Islands SOL 1983
151 Brunei Darussalam BRU 1984
- Djibouti DJI 1984
- Equatorial Guinea GEQ 1984
- Grenada GRN 1984
- Rwanda RWA 1984
- Tonga TGA 1984
157 Maldives MDV 1985
158 Aruba ARU 1986
- Cook Islands COK 1986
- Guam GUM 1986
161 American Samoa ASA 1987
- Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines
VIN 1987
- Vanuatu VAN 1987
164 Estonia EST 1991
- Latvia LAT 1991
- Lithuania LTU 1991
- Namibia NAM 1991
- South Africa RSA 1991
169 Armenia ARM 1993
- Azerbaijan AZE 1993
- Belarus BLR 1993
- Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 1993
- Burundi BDI 1993
- Cape Verde CPV 1993
- Comoros COM 1993
- Croatia CRO 1993
- Czech Republic CZE 1993
- Dominica DMA 1993
- Macedonia MKD 1993
- Georgia GEO 1993
- Kazakhstan KAZ 1993
- Kyrgyztan KGZ 1993
- Moldova MDA 1993
- Russia RUS 1993
- Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN 1993
- Saint Lucia LCA 1993
- São Tomé and Príncipe STP 1993
- Slovakia SVK 1993
- Slovenia SLO 1993
- Tajikistan TJK 1993
- Turkmenistan TKM 1993
- Ukraine UKR 1993
- Uzbekistan UZB 1993
194 Cambodia CAM 1994
- Nauru NRU 1994
196 Guinea-Bissau GBS 1995
- Palestine PLE 1995
198 Federated States
of Micronesia
FSM 1997
199 Eritrea ERI 1998
200 Palau PLW 1999
201 Kiribati KIR 2003
- Timor-Leste TLS 2003
203 Marshall Islands MHL 2006
204 Montenegro MNE 2007
- Tuvalu TUV 2007
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