Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations

██ ASEAN full members
██ ASEAN observers
██ ASEAN candidate members
██ ASEAN Plus Three
███ East Asia Summit
██████ 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 Bandar Seri Begawan 5,765 429,646[5] 65 73,233 0.852 Brunei dollar
(BND; B$) 		Malay Head of state and government:
Hassanal Bolkiah 		7 January 1984
Cambodia Phnom Penh 181,035 15,708,756[6] 78 3,263 0.584 Cambodian riel
(KHR; ៛) 		Khmer Head of state: Norodom Sihamoni
Head of government: Hun Sen 		30 April 1999
Indonesia Jakarta 1,904,569 255,461,700[7] 113 10,641 0.684 Indonesian rupiah
(IDR; Rp) 		Indonesian Head of state and government:
Joko Widodo 		8 August 1967
Laos Vientiane 236,800 6,911,544[8] 24 4,987 0.569 Lao kip
(LAK; ₭) 		Lao Head of state: Choummaly Sayasone
Head of government: Thongsing Thammavong 		23 July 1997
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 329,847 30,513,848[9] 72 24,654 0.773 Malaysian ringgit
(MYR; RM) 		Malay Head of state: Abdul Halim
Head of government: Najib Razak 		8 August 1967
Myanmar Naypyidaw 676,578 51,486,253[10] 81 4,706 0.524 Myanmar kyat
(MMK; K) 		Burmese Head of state and government:
Thein Sein 		23 July 1997
Philippines Manila 300,000 101,974,400[11] 295 6,962 0.660 Philippine peso
(PHP; ₱) 		Filipino and English Head of state and government:
Benigno Aquino III 		8 August 1967
Singapore Singapore 707.1 5,469,700[12] 6,619 82,762 0.901 Singapore dollar
(SGD; S$) 		Malay, Mandarin, English and Tamil Head of state: Tony Tan
Head of government: Lee Hsien Loong 		8 August 1967
Thailand Bangkok 513,115 65,104,000[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
Vietnam Hanoi 331,690 91,812,000[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

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 7,400,000[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
Timor-Leste[20] Dili 14,874 1,231,116[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

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 Beijing 9,640,011 1,371,790,000[22] 139.6 12,880 0.719 Chinese yuan
(CNY; ¥) 		Standard Chinese Head of state: Xi Jinping
Head of government: Li Keqiang
Japan Tokyo 377,873 126,865,000[23] 337.6 37,390 0.890 Japanese yen
(JPY; ¥) 		Japanese (de facto) Head of state: Akihito
Head of government: Shinzo Abe
South Korea Seoul 100,140 51,448,183[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

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 Canberra 7,686,850 23,881,139[25] 2.833 46,433 0.933 Australian dollar
(AUD; A$) 		English (de facto) Head of state: Elizabeth II
Governor-General: Peter Cosgrove
Head of government: Malcolm Turnbull
India New Delhi 3,287,240 1,276,370,000[26] 364.4 5,855 0.586 Indian rupee
(INR; ₹) 		Hindi in Devanagari script,
English and others 		Head of state: Pranab Mukherjee
Head of government: Narendra Modi
New Zealand Wellington 268,680 4,612,280[27] 16.1 35,152 0.910 New Zealand dollar
(NZD; NZ$) 		English, Māori and NZ Sign Language Head of state: Elizabeth II
Governor-General: Jerry Mateparae
Head of government: John Key
Russia Moscow 17,075,400 146,567,880[28] 8.3 24,805 0.778 Russian ruble
(RUB; ) 		Russian Head of state: Vladimir Putin
Head of government: Dmitry Medvedev
United States Washington, D.C. 9,629,091 321,719,000[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
Bangladesh[30] Dhaka 147,570 159,143,012[31] 1,099.3 3,373 0.558 Bangladeshi taka
(BDT; ৳) 		Bengali Head of state: Abdul Hamid
Head of government: Sheikh Hasina Wazed
Canada Ottawa 9,984,670 35,749,600[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
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 1,564,115 3,032,606[33] 1.75 11,882 0.698 Mongolian tögrög
(MNT; ₮) 		Mongolian Head of state: Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Head of government: Norovyn Altankhuyag
North Korea Pyongyang 120,540 25,155,000[34] 198.3 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 796,095 191,198,263[35] 214.3 4,736 0.537 Pakistani rupee
(PKR; ₨) 		Urdu and English Head of state: Mamnoon Hussain
Head of government: Nawaz Sharif
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

  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 (IMF 2015 est.)
  4. ↑ at Human Development Index (2014 est. for 2013)
  5. ↑ "The World Factbook". CIA. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "The World Factbook". CIA. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Population Projection by Province, 2010-2035". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "The World Factbook". CIA. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "The World Factbook". CIA. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census Highlights of the Main Results Census Report Volume 2 – A". Department of Population Ministry of Immigration and Population. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Republic of the Philippines Department of Health - Commission on Population (Region III)". Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  12. ↑ . Department of Statistics Singapore http://www.singstat.gov.sg/statistics/latest-data#14. Retrieved 30 August 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ "Population of Thailand, 2015 (Vol.24 : January 2015)". Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "Population Projection for Vietnam, 2009 - 2049". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  15. ↑ "Selected basic ASEAN indicators" (PDF). ASEAN Stats. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  16. ↑ "ASEAN Community in Figures 2013" (PDF). The ASEAN Secretariat. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  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
  19. ↑ "Papua New Guinea Population 2015". World Population Review. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  20. ↑ East Timor ASEAN Bid Retrieved 28 July 2006
  21. ↑ "The World Factbook". CIA. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  22. ↑ "Official Population Clock". National Bureau Statistics of China. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  23. ↑ "Population Estimates by Age (5 Year Age Group) and Sex". Statistics Japan. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  24. ↑ "Monthly Official Estimate". Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  25. ↑ "Official Population Clock". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  26. ↑ "Official Population Clock". Indiastat. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  27. ↑ "Official Population Clock". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  28. ↑ "Official Population Clock". Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  29. ↑ "U.S. and World Population Clock". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  30. ↑ Bangladesh joins ASEAN Regional Forum, Hindustan Times, 22 July 2006.
  31. ↑ "Official Population Clock". Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  32. ↑ "Canada's population estimates, first quarter 2015". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  33. ↑ "Official Population Clock". National Statistics Office of Mongolia. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  34. ↑ "World Population Prospects" (PDF). United Nations. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  35. ↑ "Pakistan Population Clock". Population Welfare Department (Punjab). Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  36. ↑ "Revised Mid-year Population Estimates by District and Sex 2012 - 2014" (PDF). Registrar General's Department. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  37. ↑ "Population on 1 January". eurostat. Retrieved 30 August 2015.

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