Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations

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As of 2010, 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.

Lists

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
Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan 5,765 j429,646[5] 65 73,233 0.852 Brunei dollar
(BND; B$)		 Malay Head of state and government:
Hassanal Bolkiah		 7 January 1984
Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia Phnom Penh 181,035 g15,708,756[6] 78 3,263 0.584 Cambodian riel
(KHR; ៛)		 Khmer Head of state: Norodom Sihamoni
Head of government: Hun Sen		 30 April 1999
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Jakarta 1,904,569 a255,461,700[7] 113 10,641 0.684 Indonesian rupiah
(IDR; Rp)		 Indonesian Head of state and government:
Joko Widodo		 8 August 1967
Flag of Laos.svg Laos Vientiane 236,800 h6,911,544[8] 24 4,987 0.569 Lao kip
(LAK; ₭)		 Lao Head of state: Choummaly Sayasone
Head of government: Thongsing Thammavong		 23 July 1997
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 329,847 f30,513,848[9] 72 24,654 0.773 Malaysian ringgit
(MYR; RM)		 Malay Head of state: Abdul Halim
Head of government: Najib Razak		 8 August 1967
Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar Naypyidaw 676,578 e51,486,253[10] 81 4,706 0.524 Myanmar kyat
(MMK; K)		 Burmese Head of state and government:
Thein Sein		 23 July 1997
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Manila 300,000 b101,974,400[11] 295 6,962 0.660 Philippine peso
(PHP; ₱)		 Filipino and English Head of state and government:
Benigno Aquino III		 8 August 1967
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Singapore 707.1 i5,469,700[12] 6,619 82,762 0.901 Singapore dollar
(SGD; S$)		 Malay, Mandarin, English and Tamil Head of state: Tony Tan
Head of government: Lee Hsien Loong		 8 August 1967
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Bangkok 513,115 d65,104,000[13] 126 14,354 0.722 Thai baht
(THB; ฿)		 Thai Head of state: Bhumibol Adulyadej
Head of government: Prayut Chan-o-cha		 8 August 1967
Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam Hanoi 331,690 c91,812,000[14] 248 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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See also: Enlargement of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Flag Country
 Capital
 Area
(km²)
 Population
 Density
(/km²)
 GDP per cap.
(PPP)		 HDI Currency
 Official languages Leaders Status
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea[17][18] Port Moresby 462,840 a7,400,000[19] 14.5 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
Flag of East Timor.svg Timor-Leste[20] Dili 14,874 b1,231,116[21] 76.2 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
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Beijing 9,640,011 a1,371,790,000[22] 139.6 12,880 0.719 Chinese yuan
(CNY; ¥)		 Standard Chinese Head of state: Xi Jinping
Head of government: Li Keqiang
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Tokyo 377,873 b126,865,000[23] 337.6 37,390 0.890 Japanese yen
(JPY; ¥)		 Japanese (de facto) Head of state: Akihito
Head of government: Shinzo Abe
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Seoul 100,140 c51,448,183[24] 493 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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Main article: East Asia Summit

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
Flag of Australia.svg Australia Canberra 7,686,850 d23,881,139[25] 2.833 46,433 0.933 Australian dollar
(AUD; A$)		 English (de facto) Head of state: Elizabeth II
Governor-General: Peter Cosgrove
Head of government: Malcolm Turnbull
Flag of India.svg India New Delhi 3,287,240 a1,276,370,000[26] 364.4 5,855 0.586 Indian rupee
(INR; ₹)		 Hindi in Devanagari script,
English and others		 Head of state: Pranab Mukherjee
Head of government: Narendra Modi
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Wellington 268,680 e4,612,280[27] 16.1 35,152 0.910 New Zealand dollar
(NZD; NZ$)		 English, Māori and NZ Sign Language Head of state: Elizabeth II
Governor-General: Jerry Mateparae
Head of government: John Key
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Moscow 17,075,400 c146,567,880[28] 8.3 24,805 0.778 Russian ruble
(RUB; 8px)		 Russian Head of state: Vladimir Putin
Head of government: Dmitry Medvedev
Flag of the United States.svg United States Washington, D.C. 9,629,091 b321,719,000[29] 32 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
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh[30] Dhaka 147,570 b159,143,012[31] 1,099.3 3,373 0.558 Bangladeshi taka
(BDT; ৳)		 Bengali Head of state: Abdul Hamid
Head of government: Sheikh Hasina Wazed
Flag of Canada.svg Canada Ottawa 9,984,670 c35,749,600[32] 3.41 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
Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 1,564,115 e3,032,606[33] 1.75 11,882 0.698 Mongolian tögrög
(MNT; ₮)		 Mongolian Head of state: Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Head of government: Norovyn Altankhuyag
Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea Pyongyang 120,540 d25,155,000[34] 198.3 1,8001,800 est. 0.7660.540 (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
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Islamabad 796,095 a191,198,263[35] 214.3 4,736 0.537 Pakistani rupee
(PKR; ₨)		 Urdu and English Head of state: Mamnoon Hussain
Head of government: Nawaz Sharif
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 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
Flag of Europe.svg European Union Brussels (de facto) 4,324,782 508,191,116[37] 115.9 37,607 0.8760.876 (UNDP cal.) Euro (EUR; €) and 10 others Various Head of state: Donald Tusk (Council)
Head of government: Jean-Claude Juncker (Commission)

References

  1. ↑ About Us, ASEAN Regional Forum official website. Retrieved 12 June 2006
  2. ↑ Overview, ASEAN Secretariat official website. Retrieved 12 June 2006
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  17. ↑ Papua New Guinea asks RP support for Asean membership bid Retrieved 8 July 2009
  18. ↑ Somare seeks PGMA's support for PNG's ASEAN membership bid Retrieved 8 July 2009
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  20. ↑ East Timor ASEAN Bid Retrieved 28 July 2006
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