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The US is the largest NATO member in population. Which country is the second-largest?

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The US is the largest NATO member in population. Which country is the second-largest?

The US has a population of an est. 335 million in 2022, making it the largest NATO member. Turkey is the second-largest, with a population of 85.5 million, Germany comes next with a population of 84 million, and the UK is fourth with a population of 68.5 million. Russia is not a member of NATO._x000D_

What’s Turkey’s stand on broadening NATO?

_x000D_As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated on May 16, 2022, hours after Stockholm followed Helsinki by confirming it would apply for membership in NATO, diplomatic delegations from the two countries should not bother coming to Ankara to discuss Turkey’s approval of the move. The Turkish government objects to Finnish and Swedish NATO membership, citing their history of hosting Kurdish militant groups and Sweden’s recent suspension of arms sales to Turkey over Ankara’s military operation in Syria.

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