List of ASEAN member states

██ ASEAN full members
██ ASEAN observers
██ ASEAN candidate members
ASEAN Plus Three
East Asia Summit
ASEAN Regional Forum

This is a list of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) member states. ASEAN was founded on 8 August 1967 with five members: Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. As of 2010, there are 10 member states within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, with one candidate and one observer. The members of ASEAN Plus Three and the East Asia Summit are also listed. Both forums are ASEAN led and meetings are helding following the ASEAN Summit.

Also listed are participants of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), an organization 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 organization on the Southeast Asian region that aims to accelerate economic growth, social progress, and cultural development among its members and the promotion of regional peace.[2]

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ASEAN member states

Flag Country Capital Area (km²) Population
(2008 unless noted)
Density UTC Currency Official languages Head of State Head of Government Membership date
Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei Darussalam Bandar Seri Begawan 5,765 490,000
65/km² +8 dollar Malay Hassanal Bolkiah January 7, 1984
Flag of Myanmar.svg Burma (Myanmar) Naypyidaw 676,578 50,020,000 81/km² +6:30 kyat Burmese Than Shwe Thein Sein July 23, 1997
Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia Phnom Penh 181,035 13,388,910 78/km² +7 riel Khmer Norodom Sihamoni Hun Sen April 30, 1999
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Jakarta 1,904,569 230,130,000 113/km² +7, +8, +9 rupiah Indonesian Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono August 8, 1967
Flag of Laos.svg Laos Vientiane 236,800 6,320,000 24/km² +7 kip Lao Choummaly Sayasone Bouasone Bouphavanh July 23, 1997
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 329,847 28,200,000 72/km² +8 ringgit Malay,
English,
Mizan Zainal Abidin Najib Abdul Razak August 8, 1967
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Manila 300,000 92,226,600
(2007)
295/km² +8 peso Filipino,
English
Benigno Aquino III August 8, 1967
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Singapore 707.1 4,839,400
(2007)
6,619/km² +8 dollar Malay,
Chinese (Mandarin),
English,
Tamil
Sellapan Ramanathan Lee Hsien Loong August 8, 1967
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Bangkok 513,115 63,389,730
(2003)
126/km² +7 baht Thai Bhumibol Adulyadej Abhisit Vejjajiva August 8, 1967
Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam Hanoi 331,690 88,069,000 248/km² +7 đồng Vietnamese Nguyễn Minh Triết Nguyễn Tấn Dũng July 28, 1995

Non-member states

ASEAN candidate states

Flag Country Capital Area (km²) Population (2009) Density UTC Currency Official languages Head of State Head of Government
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea[3][4]
(observer since 1976) [5]
Port Moresby 462,840 6,732,000 14.5/km² +10 kina English,
Tok Pisin,
Hiri Motu
Queen Elizabeth II Sir Michael Somare
Flag of East Timor.svg Timor-Leste[6] Dili 14,874 1,134,000 76.2/km² +9 dollar Portuguese,
Tetum
José Ramos-Horta Xanana Gusmão

ASEAN Plus Three

The present members of ASEAN together with:

Flag Country Capital Area (km²) Population (2009) Density UTC Currency Official languages Head of State Head of Government
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China,
People's Republic
Beijing 9,596,961 –
9,639,688
1,345,751,000 139.6/km² +8 renminbi (yuan) Standard Mandarin (spoken),[7]
Simplified Chinese (written)[7]
Hu Jintao Wen Jiabao
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Seoul 100,140 48,379,392 493/km² +9 won Korean Lee Myung-bak Chung Un-chan
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Tokyo (de facto) 377,873 127,590,000 337.6/km² +9 yen Japanese (de facto) Akihito Naoto Kan

East Asia Summit

The present members of ASEAN Plus Three together with:

Flag Country Capital Area (km²) Population (2009) Density UTC Currency Official languages Head of State Head of Government
Flag of Australia.svg Australia Canberra 7,686,850 22,008,225 2.833/km² +8-+10:30
(+8-+11:30) DST
dollar English (de facto) Queen Elizabeth II Julia Gillard
Flag of India.svg India New Delhi 3,287,240 1,198,003,000 364.4/km² +5:30 rupee Hindi (Devanagari script),
English
Pratibha Patil Manmohan Singh
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Wellington 268,680 4,315,800 16.1/km² +12
(+13) DST
dollar English,
Māori,
NZ Sign Language
Queen Elizabeth II John Key

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:

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