The United Nations has had 193 member states since 2011, when its most recent member joined. Which state was it?

MontenegroCorrect answerYour answerTimor-LesteCorrect answerYour answerSwitzerlandCorrect answerYour answerSouth SudanCorrect answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer D

Correct answer: D

South Sudan became independent in July 2011 and was admitted to the United Nations the same month, taking the membership to 193.
No state has been admitted since, which is why the figure has held for well over a decade.
The others named all joined earlier: Switzerland and Timor-Leste in 2002, Montenegro in 2006.

Worth noting

A membership figure is usually a bad thing to memorise because it moves. This one is an exception precisely because nothing has moved it since 2011.

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