This is a list of national federations that are members of World Aquatics, the international swimming federations. As at November 30, 2017, there are 209 countries/members (one national federation is allowed per sport nation).
Continental Associations
Members are grouped by continent, and there are 5 continental associations of which they can choose to be a member:
- Africa (52): Africa Aquatics
- Americas (45): PanAm Aquatics
- Asia (45): Asia Aquatics
- Europe (52): European Aquatics
- Oceania (16): Oceania Aquatics
Note: The number following each continental name is the number of FINA members which fall into the given geographical area. It is not necessarily the number of members in the continental association.
List of FINA National Federations
This list is based on FINA Directory, with founding and affiliated dates coming from FINA's 2009 membership report.
| Code | Country | Continent | Founded | Affiliated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFG |  Afghanistan |
Asia | 2008 | |
| AGU |  Anguilla |
Americas | 2017 | |
| ALB |  Albania |
Europe | 1931 | 1991 |
| ALG |  Algeria |
Africa | 1962 | 1963 |
| AND |  Andorra |
Europe | 1986 | 1986 |
| ANG |  Angola |
Africa | 1976 | 1980 |
| ANT |  Antigua and Barbuda |
Americas | 1986 | 1986 |
| ARG |  Argentina |
Americas | 1921 | 1924 |
| ARM |  Armenia |
Europe | 1993 | 1993 |
| ARU |  Aruba |
Americas | 1969 | 1985 |
| ASA |  American Samoa |
Oceania | 2003 | 2004 |
| AUS |  Australia |
Oceania | 1909 | 1909 |
| AUT |  Austria |
Europe | 1899 | 1909 |
| AZE |  Azerbaijan |
Europe | 1992 | 1993 |
| BAH |  Bahamas |
Americas | 1952 | |
| BAN |  Bangladesh |
Asia | 1974 | |
| BAR |  Barbados |
Americas | 1947 | 1951 |
| BDI |  Burundi |
Africa | 1994 | 2000 |
| BEL |  Belgium |
Europe | 1902 | 1908 |
| BEN |  Benin |
Africa | 2000 | 2001 |
| BER |  Bermuda |
Americas | 1974 | 1974 |
| BIH |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Europe | 1946/1992 | 1993 |
| BIZ |  Belize |
Americas | ||
| BHU |  Bhutan |
Asia | 2017 | |
| BLR |  Belarus |
Europe | 1959 | 1992 |
| BOL |  Bolivia |
Americas | 1935 | 1936 |
| BOT |  Botswana |
Africa | 2006 | |
| BRA |  Brazil |
Americas | 1977 | 1978 |
| BRN |  Bahrain |
Asia | 1974 | 1979 |
| BRU |  Brunei |
Asia | 1984 | |
| BUL |  Bulgaria |
Europe | 1931 | 1933 |
| BUR |  Burkina Faso |
Africa | 2000 | 2001 |
| CAF |  Central African Republic |
Africa | 2009 | 2009 |
| CAM |  Cambodia |
Asia | 1994 | 1996 |
| CAN |  Canada |
Americas | 1909 | 1910 |
| CAY |  Cayman Islands |
Americas | 1987 | |
| CGO |  Congo |
Africa | 1970 | 1976 |
| CHA |  Chad |
Africa | 2004 | |
| CHI |  Chile |
Americas | 1920 | 1926 |
| CHN |  China |
Asia | 1957 | 1979 |
| CIV |  Côte d'Ivoire |
Africa | 1960 | 1961 |
| CMR |  Cameroon |
Africa | 1984 | |
| COD |  DR Congo |
Africa | 2008 | |
| COK |  Cook Islands |
Oceania | 1998 | |
| COL |  Colombia |
Americas | 1939 | 1940 |
| COM |  Comoros |
Africa | 1998 | |
| CPV |  Cape Verde |
Africa | 2009 | |
| CRC |  Costa Rica |
Americas | 1963 | |
| CRO |  Croatia |
Europe | 1991 | 1992 |
| CUB |  Cuba |
Americas | 1920 | 1928 |
| CUR |  Curaçao |
Americas | 1928 | |
| CYP |  Cyprus |
Europe | 1972 | 1973 |
| CZE |  Czech Republic |
Europe | 1919/1993 | 1919/1993 |
| DEN |  Denmark |
Europe | 1907 | 1908 |
| DJI |  Djibouti |
Africa | 2009 | |
| DMA |  Dominica |
Americas | 1992 | |
| DOM |  Dominican Republic |
Americas | 1974 | 1974 |
| ECU |  Ecuador |
Americas | 1982 | 1982 |
| EGY |  Egypt |
Africa | 1910 | 1924 |
| ERI |  Eritrea |
Africa | 2009 | |
| ESA |  El Salvador |
Americas | 1950 | 1950 |
| ESP |  Spain |
Europe | 1920 | 1920 |
| EST |  Estonia |
Europe | 1910 | 1991 |
| ETH |  Ethiopia |
Africa | 1980 | 1985 |
| FAR |  Faroe Islands |
Europe | 1981 | |
| FIJ |  Fiji |
Oceania | 1963 | 1964 |
| FIN |  Finland |
Europe | 1906 | 1908 |
| FRA |  France |
Europe | 1920 | 1908 |
| FSM |  Federated States of Micronesia |
Oceania | 1997 | 1998 |
| GAB |  Gabon |
Africa | ||
| GAM |  Gambia |
Africa | 2009 | |
| GBR |  Great Britain |
Europe | 1909 | 1908 |
| GBS |  Guinea-Bissau |
Africa | 2004 | |
| GEO |  Georgia |
Europe | 1991 | 1992 |
| GEQ |  Equatorial Guinea |
Africa | 2000 | 2000 |
| GER |  Germany |
Europe | 1886 | 1908 |
| GHA |  Ghana |
Africa | 2004 | |
| GIB |  Gibraltar |
Europe | 1946 | 1966 |
| GRE |  Greece |
Europe | 1927 | 1921 |
| GRN |  Grenada |
Americas | 1992 | 1992 |
| GUA |  Guatemala |
Americas | 1949 | |
| GUI |  Guinea |
Africa | ||
| GUM |  Guam |
Oceania | 1965 | 1966 |
| GUY |  Guyana |
Americas | 1973 | 1993 |
| HAI |  Haiti |
Americas | 2014 | |
| HKG |  Hong Kong |
Asia | 1951 | 1951 |
| HON |  Honduras |
Americas | 1974 | |
| HUN |  Hungary |
Europe | 1907 | 1908 |
| INA |  Indonesia |
Asia | 1951 | 1952 |
| IND |  India |
Asia | 1936 | |
| IRI |  Iran |
Asia | 1946 | 1947 |
| IRL |  Ireland |
Europe | 1893 | 1927 |
| IRQ |  Iraq |
Asia | 1956 | 1957 |
| ISL |  Iceland |
Europe | 1951 | 1951 |
| ISR |  Israel |
Europe | 1951 | 1952 |
| ISV |  Virgin Islands |
Americas | 1973 | |
| ITA |  Italy |
Europe | 1899 | 1909 |
| IVB |  British Virgin Islands |
Americas | 2008 | |
| JAM |  Jamaica |
Americas | 1936 | |
| JOR |  Jordan |
Asia | 1976 | 1984 |
| JPN |  Japan |
Asia | 1920 | |
| KAZ |  Kazakhstan |
Asia | 1992 | 1991 |
| KEN |  Kenya |
Africa | 1953 | 1954 |
| KGZ |  Kyrgyzstan |
Asia | 1994 | 1995 |
| KOR |  South Korea |
Asia | 1946 | 1948 |
| KOS |  Kosovo |
Europe | 2015 | |
| KSA |  Saudi Arabia |
Asia | 1974 | 1976 |
| KUW |  Kuwait |
Asia | 1964 | 1968 |
| LAO |  Laos |
Asia | 1995 | 2000 |
| LAT |  Latvia |
Europe | 1905/1988 | 1932/1991 |
| LBA |  Libya |
Africa | 1963 | |
| LBN |  Lebanon |
Asia | 1961 | 1961 |
| LBR |  Liberia |
Africa | 1999 | 2001 |
| LCA |  Saint Lucia |
Americas | 1988 | 1989 |
| LES |  Lesotho |
Africa | 2001 | |
| LIE |  Liechtenstein |
Europe | 1981 | 1982 |
| LTU |  Lithuania |
Europe | 1924/1990 | 1992 |
| LUX |  Luxembourg |
Europe | 1924 | 1924 |
| MAA |  Sint Maarten |
Americas | 2010 | 2014 |
| MAC |  Macau |
Asia | 1956 | 1988 |
| MAD |  Madagascar |
Africa | 1964 | 1992 |
| MAR |  Morocco |
Africa | 1956 | 1957 |
| MAS |  Malaysia |
Asia | 1955 | 1955 |
| MAW |  Malawi |
Africa | 2000 | 2000 |
| MDA |  Moldova |
Europe | 1989 | 1992 |
| MDV |  Maldives |
Asia | 1983 | 1984 |
| MEX |  Mexico |
Americas | 1959 | 1960 |
| MGL |  Mongolia |
Asia | 1996 | |
| MHL |  Marshall Islands |
Oceania | 1987 | |
| MKD |  North Macedonia |
Europe | 1947 | 1993 |
| MLI |  Mali |
Africa | 1968/1975 | |
| MLT |  Malta |
Europe | 1925 | 1928 |
| MNE |  Montenegro |
Europe | 2006 | |
| MON |  Monaco |
Europe | 1976 | 1977 |
| MOZ |  Mozambique |
Africa | 1980 | |
| MRI |  Mauritius |
Africa | 1975 | 1976 |
| MTN |  Mauritania |
Africa | 2000 | 2001 |
| MYA |  Myanmar |
Asia | 1948 | 1952/1994 |
| NAM |  Namibia |
Africa | 1963 | 1989 |
| NCA |  Nicaragua |
Americas | 1961 | 1962 |
| NED |  Netherlands |
Europe | 1888 | 1909 |
| NEP |  Nepal |
Asia | 1984 | |
| NGR |  Nigeria |
Africa | 1958 | 1958 |
| NIG |  Niger |
Africa | 1964 | |
| NMA |  Northern Mariana Islands |
Oceania | 1974 | 1986 |
| NOR |  Norway |
Europe | 1910 | 1912 |
| NZL |  New Zealand |
Oceania | 1890 | 1910 |
| OMA |  Oman |
Asia | 1975 | 1981 |
| PAK |  Pakistan |
Asia | 1948 | 1948 |
| PAN |  Panama |
Americas | 1950 | |
| PAR |  Paraguay |
Americas | 1954 | |
| PER |  Peru |
Americas | 1926 | 1928 |
| PHI |  Philippines |
Asia | 1927 | 1928 |
| PLE |  Palestine |
Asia | 1993 | 1999 |
| PLW |  Palau |
Oceania | 1996 | |
| PNG |  Papua New Guinea |
Oceania | 1997 | |
| POL |  Poland |
Europe | 1922 | 1923 |
| POR |  Portugal |
Europe | 1930 | 1930 |
| PRK |  North Korea |
Asia | 1946 | 1964 |
| PUR |  Puerto Rico |
Americas | 1957 | 1958 |
| QAT |  Qatar |
Asia | 1992 | 1993 |
| ROU |  Romania |
Europe | 1930 | 1923 |
| RSA |  South Africa |
Africa | 1908 | 1994 |
| RUS |  Russia |
Europe | 1991 | 1992 |
| RWA |  Rwanda |
Africa | 2000 | 2000 |
| SAM |  Samoa |
Oceania | 1998 | 1998 |
| SEN |  Senegal |
Africa | 1962 | 1962 |
| SEY |  Seychelles |
Africa | 1985 | 1987 |
| SKN |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Americas | 2009 | |
| SLE |  Sierra Leone |
Africa | 1990 | |
| SLO |  Slovenia |
Europe | 1922 | 1992 |
| SMR |  San Marino |
Europe | 1980 | 1981 |
| SOL |  Solomon Islands |
Oceania | 2009 | 1998 |
| SOM |  Somalia |
Africa | 1993 | 2005 |
| SGP |  Singapore |
Asia | 1939 | 1993 |
| SRB |  Serbia |
Europe | 1921 | 1923 |
| SRI |  Sri Lanka |
Asia | 1975 | 1975 |
| SUD |  Sudan |
Africa | 1961 | |
| SUI |  Switzerland |
Europe | 1918 | 1920 |
| SUR |  Suriname |
Americas | 1953 | 1972 |
| SVK |  Slovakia |
Europe | 1990 | 1993 |
| SWE |  Sweden |
Europe | 1904 | 1908 |
| SWZ |  Swaziland |
Africa | 1979 | 1980 |
| SYR |  Syrian Arab Republic |
Asia | 1948 | 1952 |
| TAN |  United Republic of Tanzania |
Africa | 2006 | 2006 |
| TCN |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
Americas | 1996 | 2001 |
| TGA |  Tonga |
Oceania | 2010 | |
| THA |  Thailand |
Asia | 1958 | 1959 |
| TJK |  Tajikistan |
Asia | 1996 | 1996 |
| TKM |  Turkmenistan |
Asia | 1995 | |
| TLS |  Timor-Leste |
Asia | ||
| TOG |  Togo |
Africa | 1984 | |
| TPE |  Chinese Taipei |
Asia | 1973 | 1978 |
| TTO |  Trinidad and Tobago |
Americas | 1949 | 1951 |
| TUN |  Tunisia |
Africa | 1957 | |
| TUR |  Turkey |
Europe | 1928 | |
| UAE |  United Arab Emirates |
Asia | 1974 | 1981 |
| UGA |  Uganda |
Africa | 1995 | |
| UKR |  Ukraine |
Europe | 1990 | 1992 |
| URU |  Uruguay |
Americas | 1918 | 1920 |
| USA |  USA |
Americas | 1909 | 1909 |
| UZB |  Uzbekistan |
Asia | 1974 | 1981 |
| VAN |  Vanuatu |
Oceania | 2009 | |
| VEN |  Venezuela |
Americas | 1950 | 1955 |
| VIE |  Vietnam |
Asia | 1963 | 1952/1983 |
| VIN |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Americas | 1998 | |
| YEM |  Yemen |
Asia | 2003 | |
| ZAM |  Zambia |
Africa | 1963 | |
| ZIM |  Zimbabwe |
Africa | 1915 | 1980 |
Note: Netherlands Antilles (AHO) was a member prior to its sports-nation status dissolution in 2011–12; Curaçao and Sint Maarten originated out of that. Tahiti (TAH) was also a member from 1992 onwards, but as of 2016 is no longer listed as a member on FINA's website.
As of 2019, Kiribati, Nauru, South Sudan, São Tomé and Príncipe and Tuvalu are not FINA members.
Anguilla, Curaçao, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Macau, Northern Mariana Islands, Sint Maarten, and Turks and Caicos Islands are not IOC members.
References
- FINA Press Release 2010-02: FINA Bureau Meeting in Bangkok (THA) - Main decisions Archived 2012-08-01 at the Wayback Machine (a report on the January 14+15, 2010 FINA Bureau meeting). Published 2010-01-16; retrieved 2010-01-25.
- "Continental Organisations". World Aquatics. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- FINA National Federations list Archived 2015-06-21 at the Wayback Machine from the FINA website (www.fina.org); retrieved 2010-02-20.
- ActionFINA: From Montreal 2005 to Rome 2009 (Volume 5). Published by FINA in 2009.
- Aquatics pages of the China Olympic Committee's website; retrieved 2010-03-05.
- The French Swimming Federation (Fédération Française de Natation, FFN), was created on November 20, 1920; and declared official on December 9, 1920 according to the (in French) Statuts et Règlements de la FFN Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine page (trans: Rules and Regulations) of the FFN. This is after its affiliation date with FINA, which most likely means that an initial body/group was a member in 1908 on FINA's founding and that group later changed into/became FFN, upon its official recognition by the Government of France.
- Note on ISV: The United States Virgin Islands are referred to as simply "Virgin Islands" and not some variant with a "US" reference in them. This is most likely because for a time the USVIs were the only Virgin Islands that were a member of either the International Olympic Committee or FINA. When the British Virgin Islands became a FINA member (2008), they were given a separate country code (IVB); however, the U.S. Virgin Islands country label was not changed--it has remained "Virgin Islands".
- "FINA granted full membership to Kosovo". in News. InSerbia Network Foundation. 20 February 2015.
- Norwegian Swimming Federation was formed on August 19, 1910. Published by NSF on 2010-01-06; retrieved 2010-03-05.
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