Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations

██ ASEAN full members
██ ASEAN observers
██ ASEAN candidate members
██ ASEAN Plus Three
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██████ ASEAN Regional Forum

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
Brunei

نڬارا بروني دارالسلام
Negara Brunei Darussalam 		Bandar Seri Begawan 5,765 401,890
(2011 Est.) 		65 54,389 0.855 Brunei dollar
(BND; B$) 		Malay Head of State and Government:
Hassanal Bolkiah 		7 January 1984
Cambodia

ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា
(Preăh Réachéanachâk Kâmpŭchéa) 		Phnom Penh 181,035 13,388,910
(2008 Census) 		78 2,402 0.543 Cambodian riel
(KHR; ៛) 		Khmer Head of State: Norodom Sihamoni
Head of Government: Hun Sen 		30 April 1999
Indonesia

Republik Indonesia 		Jakarta 1,904,569 237,556,363
(2010 Census) 		113 4,977 0.629 Indonesian rupiah
(IDR; Rp) 		Indonesian Head of State and Government:
Joko Widodo 		8 August 1967
Laos

ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ
(Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao) 		Vientiane 236,800 6,477,211
(2011 Est.) 		24 3,011 0.543 Lao kip
(LAK; ₭) 		Lao Head of State: Choummaly Sayasone
Head of Government: Thongsing Thammavong 		23 July 1997
Malaysia

Malaysia 		Kuala Lumpur 329,847 27,565,821
(2010 Census) 		72 16,922 0.769 Malaysian ringgit
(MYR; RM) 		Malay Head of State: Abdul Halim
Head of Government: Najib Abdul Razak 		8 August 1967
Myanmar

ပြည်ထောင်စု သမ္မတ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်
(Pyidaunzu Thanmăda Myăma Nainngandaw) 		Naypyidaw 676,578 58,840,000
(2010 Est.) 		81 1,405 0.498 Myanmar kyat
(MMK; K) 		Burmese Head of State and Government:
Thein Sein 		23 July 1997
Philippines

Republic of the Philippines
Republika ng Pilipinas
República de Filipinas 		Manila 300,000 101,833,938
(2011 Est.) 		295 4,430 0.654 Philippine peso
(PHP; ₱) 		Filipino,
English		 Head of State and Government:
Benigno Aquino III 		8 August 1967
Singapore

Republic of Singapore
Republik Singapura
新加坡共和国
(Xīnjiāpō Gònghéguó)
சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசு
(Ciṅkappūr Kuṭiyaracu) 		Singapore 707.1 5,076,700
(2010 Census) 		6,619 60,410 0.895 Singapore dollar
(SGD; S$) 		Malay,
Mandarin,
English,
Tamil		 Head of State: Tony Tan Keng Yam
Head of Government: Lee Hsien Loong 		8 August 1967
Thailand

ราชอาณาจักรไทย
(Ratcha Anachak Thai) 		Bangkok 513,115 66,720,153
(2011 Est.) 		126 10,126 0.690 Thai baht
(THB; ฿) 		Thai Head of State: Bhumibol Adulyadej
Head of Government: Prayut Chan-o-cha 		8 August 1967
Vietnam

Cộng hòa Xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam 		Hanoi 331,690 90,549,390
(2011 Est.) 		248 3,548 0.617 Vietnamese đồng
(VND; ₫) 		Vietnamese Head of State: Truong Tan Sang
Head of Government: Nguyen Tan Dung 		28 July 1995
Association of Southeast Asian Nations — 4,479,210 602,658,000
(2011 Est.) 		135 3,909 (2012 UNDP) 0.663 (2011 UNDP cal.) — — Secretary General: Le Luong Minh —

Non-member states

ASEAN candidate/observer states

Flag Country
 Capital
 Area
(km²)
 Population
 Density
(/km²)
 GDP per cap.
(PPP) 		HDI Currency
 Official languages Leaders Status
Papua New Guinea[5][6]

Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini 		Port Moresby 462,840 6,187,591
(2011 Est.) 		14.5 2,797 0.466 Papua New Guinean kina
(PGK; K) 		English,
Tok Pisin,
Hiri Motu 		Head of State: Queen Elizabeth II, Michael Ogio (Governor-General)
Head of Government: Peter O'Neill 		1976[7]
(status)
Timor-Leste[8]

Repúblika Demokrátika Timór-Leste
República Democrática de Timor-Leste 		Dili 14,874 1,066,409
(2010 Census) 		76.2 9,873 0.576 United States dollar
(USD; $) 		Portuguese,
Tetum 		Head of State: Taur Matan Ruak
Head of Government: Xanana Gusmão 		2002
(status)

ASEAN Plus Three

The present members of ASEAN together with:

Flag Country
 Capital
 Area
(km²)
 Population
 Density
(/km²)
 GDP per cap.
(PPP) 		HDI Currency
 Official languages Leaders
China

中华人民共和国
(Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó) 		Beijing 9,640,011 1,339,724,852
(2010 Census) 		139.6 9,162 0.699 Renminbi (Chinese yuan)
(CNY; ¥) 		Standard Chinese/Mandarin (de facto),[9]
Written vernacular Chinese written in simplified characters (de facto)[9]
see also languages of China 		Head of State: Xi Jinping
Head of Government: Li Keqiang
Japan

日本国
(Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku) 		Tokyo 377,873 128,056,026
(2010 Census) 		337.6 36,266 0.912 Japanese yen
(JPY; ¥) 		Japanese (de facto) Head of State: Akihito
Head of Government: Shinzo Abe
South Korea

대한민국
大韓民國
(Daehanminguk) 		Seoul 100,140 48,875,000
(2010 Census) 		493 32,272 0.909 South Korean won
(KRW; ₩) 		Korean (de facto) Head of State: Park Geun-hye
Head of Government: Jung Hong-won

East Asia Summit

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
Australia

Commonwealth of Australia 		Canberra 7,686,850 22,674,736
(2011 Est.) 		2.833 42,640 0.938 Australian dollar
(AUD; A$) 		English (de facto) Head of State: Queen Elizabeth II, Peter Cosgrove (Governor-General)
Head of Government: Tony Abbott
India

Republic of India
भारत गणराज्य
(Bhārat Gaṇarājya) 		New Delhi 3,287,240 1,210,193,422
(2011 Census) 		364.4 3,830 0.554 Indian rupee
(INR; INR) 		Hindi (Devanagari script),
English
also see Languages of India 		Head of State: Pranab Mukherjee
Head of Government: Narendra Modi
New Zealand

New Zealand
Aotearoa 		Wellington 268,680 4,393,500
(2010 Est.) 		16.1 29,730 0.919 New Zealand dollar
(NZD; NZ$) 		English,
Māori,
NZ Sign Language 		Head of State: Queen Elizabeth II, Jerry Mateparae (Governor-General)
Head of Government: John Key
Russia

Российская Федерация
(Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) 		Moscow 17,075,400 142,905,208
(2010 Census) 		8.3 17,709 0.788 Russian ruble
(RUB; ) 		Russian
also see Languages of Russia 		Head of State: Vladimir Putin
Head of Government: Dmitry Medvedev
United States

United States of America 		Washington 9,629,091 308,745,538
(2010 Census) 		32 49,922 0.937 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[10]

গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ
(Gônoprojatontri Bangladesh) 		Dhaka 147,570 142,319,000
(2011 Census) 		1,099.3 2,039 0.515 Bangladeshi taka
(BDT; ৳) 		Bengali Head of State: Abdul Hamid
Head of Government: Sheikh Hasina Wazed
Canada

Canada
Canada 		Ottawa 9,984,670 34,545,000
(2011 Est.) 		3.41 42,734 0.911 Canadian dollar
(CAD; C$) 		English and French Head of State: Queen Elizabeth II, David Johnston (Governor-General)
Head of Government: Stephen Harper
Mongolia

Монгол улс
(Mongol uls)
ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯᠤᠯᠤᠰ
(Mongγol ulus) 		Ulaanbaatar 1,564,115 2,754,685
(2010 Census) 		1.75 5,372 0.675 Mongolian tögrög
(MNT; ₮) 		Mongolian Head of State: Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Head of Government: Norovyn Altankhuyag
North Korea

조선민주주의인민공화국
朝鮮民主主義人民共和國
(Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk) 		Pyongyang 120,540 24,052,231
(2008 Census) 		198.3 1,800 est. 0.766 (1995 UNDP) North Korean won
(KPW; ₩) 		Korean Head of State: Kim Yong-Nam (de jure),
Kim Jong-Un (supreme leader), Kim Yong-nam (de facto)
Head of Government: Choe Yong-rim
Pakistan

Islamic Republic of Pakistan
اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان
(Islāmī Jumhūrī-ye Pākistān) 		Islamabad 796,095 187,342,721
(2011 Est.) 		214.3 2,881 0.515 Pakistani rupee
(PKR; ₨) 		Urdu (national)
English 		Head of State: Mamnoon Hussain
Head of Government: Nawaz Sharif
Sri Lanka

ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජය
(Sri Lankā Prajathanthrika Samajavadi Janarajaya)
இலங்கை சனநாயக சோசலிசக் குடியரசு
(Ilaṅkai Caṉanāyaka Cōcalicak Kuṭiyaracu) 		Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (Administrative)
Colombo (Commercial) 		65,610 >20,277,597
(2012 Census) 		323 6,107 0.715 Sri Lankan rupee
(LKR; රු) 		Sinhala
Tamil
English (recognised) 		Head of State and Government: Mahinda Rajapaksa
European Union

 Brussels
Luxembourg
Strasbourg 		4,324,782 502,486,499
(2011 Est.) 		115.9 32,021 0.876 (2011 UNDP cal.) Euro
(EUR; €) 		see languages of the European Union Head of State: Herman Van Rompuy (council)
Head of Government: José Manuel Barroso (commission)

References

  1. ↑ About Us, ASEAN Regional Forum official website. Retrieved 12 June 2006
  2. ↑ Overview, ASEAN Secretariat official website. Retrieved 12 June 2006
  3. ↑ at purchasing power parity, per capita, in international dollars (rounded IMF 2012)
  4. ↑ at Human Development Index (New 2013 Estimates for 2012)
  5. ↑ Papua New Guinea asks RP support for Asean membership bid Retrieved 8 July 2009
  6. ↑ Somare seeks PGMA's support for PNG's ASEAN membership bid Retrieved 8 July 2009
  7. ↑ ASEAN secretariat
  8. ↑ East Timor ASEAN Bid Retrieved 28 July 2006
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Law of the People's Republic of China on the Standard Spoken and Written Chinese Language (Order of the President No.37)
  10. ↑ Bangladesh joins ASEAN Regional Forum, Hindustan Times, 22 July 2006.

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