Country First tests by nuclear weapon design
Fission Year Boosted fission Year Multi-stage Year Multi-stage above one megaton Year
United States Trinity 1945 Greenhouse George 1951 Greenhouse George 1951 Ivy Mike 1952
Soviet Union RDS-1 1949 RDS-6s 1953 RDS-37 1955 RDS-37 1955
United Kingdom Operation Hurricane 1952 Mosaic G1 1956 Grapple 1 1957 Grapple X 1957
China 596 1964 596L 1966 629 1966 639 1967
France Gerboise Bleue 1960 Rigel 1966 Canopus 1968 Canopus 1968
India Smiling Buddha 1974 Shakti I (unconfirmed) 1998 Shakti I (unconfirmed) 1998 n/a
Pakistan Chagai I 1998 Chagai I 1998 n/a n/a
North Korea #1 2006 #4 (unconfirmed) 2016 #6 (unconfirmed) 2017 n/a
Israel See Nuclear weapons and Israel § Nuclear testing n/a
South Africa See South Africa and weapons of mass destruction § Nuclear weapons n/a