Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
As of 2010[update], the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has 10 member states, one candidate member state, and one observer state.
ASEAN was founded on 8 August 1967 with five members: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.
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A list of member states is provided below. The members of ASEAN Plus Three and the East Asia Summit are also listed. Both forums are ASEAN-led and meetings are held following the ASEAN Summit.
Also listed are participants of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), an organisation throughout the Asia-Pacific region whose objectives are to foster dialogue and consultation, and promote confidence-building and preventive diplomacy in the region.[1]
The ASEAN is an organisation on the Southeast Asian region that aims to accelerate economic growth, social progress, and cultural development among its members and to promote regional peace.[2]
ASEAN member states
Flag | Country |
Capital |
Area (km²) |
Population |
Density (/km²) |
GDP per cap. (PPP)[3] |
HDI[4] | Currency |
Official languages | Leaders | Accession |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 5,765 | [5] | 429,64665 | 73,233 | 0.852 | Brunei dollar (BND; B$) |
Malay | Head of state and government: Hassanal Bolkiah |
7 January 1984 | |
Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 181,035 | [6] | 15,708,75678 | 3,263 | 0.584 | Cambodian riel (KHR; ៛) |
Khmer | Head of state: Norodom Sihamoni Head of government: Hun Sen |
30 April 1999 | |
Indonesia | Jakarta | 1,904,569 | [7] | 255,461,700113 | 10,641 | 0.684 | Indonesian rupiah (IDR; Rp) |
Indonesian | Head of state and government: Joko Widodo |
8 August 1967 | |
Laos | Vientiane | 236,800 | [8] | 6,911,54424 | 4,987 | 0.569 | Lao kip (LAK; ₭) |
Lao | Head of state: Choummaly Sayasone Head of government: Thongsing Thammavong |
23 July 1997 | |
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 329,847 | [9] | 30,513,84872 | 24,654 | 0.773 | Malaysian ringgit (MYR; RM) |
Malay | Head of state: Abdul Halim Head of government: Najib Razak |
8 August 1967 | |
Myanmar | Naypyidaw | 676,578 | [10] | 51,486,25381 | 4,706 | 0.524 | Myanmar kyat (MMK; K) |
Burmese | Head of state and government: Thein Sein |
23 July 1997 | |
Philippines | Manila | 300,000 | [11] | 101,974,400295 | 6,962 | 0.660 | Philippine peso (PHP; ₱) |
Filipino and English | Head of state and government: Benigno Aquino III |
8 August 1967 | |
Singapore | Singapore | 707.1 | [12] | 5,469,7006,619 | 82,762 | 0.901 | Singapore dollar (SGD; S$) |
Malay, Mandarin, English and Tamil | Head of state: Tony Tan Head of government: Lee Hsien Loong |
8 August 1967 | |
Thailand | Bangkok | 513,115 | [13] | 65,104,000126 | 14,354 | 0.722 | Thai baht (THB; ฿) |
Thai | Head of state: Bhumibol Adulyadej Head of government: Prayut Chan-o-cha |
8 August 1967 | |
Vietnam | Hanoi | 331,690 | [14] | 91,812,000248 | 5,635 | 0.638 | Vietnamese đồng (VND; ₫) |
Vietnamese | Head of state: Trương Tấn Sang Head of government: Nguyễn Tấn Dũng |
28 July 1995 | |
ASEAN | — | 4,479,210 | 625,000,000[15] | 135 | 5,869[16] | 0.669 (UNDP cal.) | — | — | Secretary General: Lê Lương Minh | — |
Non-member states
ASEAN candidate/observer states
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Flag | Country |
Capital |
Area (km²) |
Population |
Density (/km²) |
GDP per cap. (PPP) |
HDI | Currency |
Official languages | Leaders | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Papua New Guinea[17][18] | Port Moresby | 462,840 | [19] | 7,400,00014.5 | 2,399 | 0.491 | Papua New Guinean kina (PGK; K) |
English, Tok Pisin and Hiri Motu | Head of state: Elizabeth II Governor-General: Michael Ogio Head of government: Peter O'Neill |
Observer | |
Timor-Leste[20] | Dili | 14,874 | [21] | 1,231,11676.2 | 4,928 | 0.620 | United States dollar (USD; $) |
Tetum and Portuguese | Head of state: Taur Matan Ruak Head of government: Rui Maria de Araújo |
Observer |
ASEAN Plus Three
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The present members of ASEAN together with:
Flag | Country |
Capital |
Area (km²) |
Population |
Density (/km²) |
GDP per cap. (PPP) |
HDI | Currency |
Official languages | Leaders |
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China | Beijing | 9,640,011 | [22] | 1,371,790,000139.6 | 12,880 | 0.719 | Chinese yuan (CNY; ¥) |
Standard Chinese | Head of state: Xi Jinping Head of government: Li Keqiang |
|
Japan | Tokyo | 377,873 | [23] | 126,865,000337.6 | 37,390 | 0.890 | Japanese yen (JPY; ¥) |
Japanese (de facto) | Head of state: Akihito Head of government: Shinzo Abe |
|
South Korea | Seoul | 100,140 | [24] | 51,448,183493 | 35,277 | 0.891 | South Korean won (KRW; ₩) |
Korean | Head of state: Park Geun-hye Head of government: Hwang Kyo-ahn |
East Asia Summit
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The present members of ASEAN Plus Three together with:
Flag | Country |
Capital |
Area (km²) |
Population |
Density (/km²) |
GDP per cap. (PPP) |
HDI | Currency |
Official languages | Leaders |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia | Canberra | 7,686,850 | [25] | 23,881,1392.833 | 46,433 | 0.933 | Australian dollar (AUD; A$) |
English (de facto) | Head of state: Elizabeth II Governor-General: Peter Cosgrove Head of government: Malcolm Turnbull |
|
India | New Delhi | 3,287,240 | [26] | 1,276,370,000364.4 | 5,855 | 0.586 | Indian rupee (INR; ₹) |
Hindi in Devanagari script, English and others |
Head of state: Pranab Mukherjee Head of government: Narendra Modi |
|
New Zealand | Wellington | 268,680 | [27] | 4,612,28016.1 | 35,152 | 0.910 | New Zealand dollar (NZD; NZ$) |
English, Māori and NZ Sign Language | Head of state: Elizabeth II Governor-General: Jerry Mateparae Head of government: John Key |
|
Russia | Moscow | 17,075,400 | [28] | 146,567,8808.3 | 24,805 | 0.778 | Russian ruble (RUB; 8px) |
Russian | Head of state: Vladimir Putin Head of government: Dmitry Medvedev |
|
United States | Washington, D.C. | 9,629,091 | [29] | 321,719,00032 | 54,597 | 0.914 | United States dollar (USD; $) |
English (de facto) | Head of state and government: Barack Obama |
ASEAN Regional Forum
The ASEAN Regional Forum is an informal multilateral dialogue of 27 members that seeks to address security issues in the Asia-Pacific region.
The list includes the members of the East Asia Summit plus:
Flag | Country |
Capital |
Area (km²) |
Population |
Density (/km²) |
GDP per cap. (PPP) |
HDI | Currency |
Official languages | Leaders |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bangladesh[30] | Dhaka | 147,570 | [31] | 159,143,0121,099.3 | 3,373 | 0.558 | Bangladeshi taka (BDT; ৳) |
Bengali | Head of state: Abdul Hamid Head of government: Sheikh Hasina Wazed |
|
Canada | Ottawa | 9,984,670 | [32] | 35,749,6003.41 | 44,843 | 0.902 | Canadian dollar (CAD; C$) |
English and French | Head of state: Elizabeth II Governor-General: David Johnston Head of government: Justin Trudeau |
|
Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 1,564,115 | [33] | 3,032,6061.75 | 11,882 | 0.698 | Mongolian tögrög (MNT; ₮) |
Mongolian | Head of state: Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Head of government: Norovyn Altankhuyag |
|
North Korea | Pyongyang | 120,540 | [34] | 25,155,000198.3 | 1,800 est. | 0.540 (2012 UNDP) | North Korean won (KPW; ₩) |
Korean | Supreme Leader: Kim Jong-Un Head of state: Kim Yong-Nam (de jure & de facto) Head of government: Pak Pong-ju |
|
Pakistan | Islamabad | 796,095 | [35] | 191,198,263214.3 | 4,736 | 0.537 | Pakistani rupee (PKR; ₨) |
Urdu and English | Head of state: Mamnoon Hussain Head of government: Nawaz Sharif |
|
Sri Lanka | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (Administrative) Colombo (Commercial) |
65,610 | 20,771,00[36] | 323 | 10,372 | 0.750 | Sri Lankan rupee (LKR; රු) |
Sinhalese and Tamil | Head of state and government: Maithripala Sirisena | |
European Union | Brussels (de facto) | 4,324,782 | 508,191,116[37] | 115.9 | 37,607 | 0.876 (UNDP cal.) | Euro (EUR; €) and 10 others | Various | Head of state: Donald Tusk (Council) Head of government: Jean-Claude Juncker (Commission) |
References
- ↑ About Us, ASEAN Regional Forum official website. Retrieved 12 June 2006
- ↑ Overview, ASEAN Secretariat official website. Retrieved 12 June 2006
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- ↑ Somare seeks PGMA's support for PNG's ASEAN membership bid Retrieved 8 July 2009
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