TABLE 25.1
Worldwide Nuclear Stockpiles, 1945–1975
Country 1945 1955 1965 1975
United States 2 3,057 32,135 27,235
USSR 0 200 6,129 19,443
United Kingdom 0 10 310 350
France 0 0 32 188
China 0 0 5 185
Israel 0 0 0 20*

*Estimated

SOURCES: Adapted from Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Resources Defense Council, and Nuclear Weapons and Nonproliferation (2007).