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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 . It is headquartered in Jakarta.
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 [ edit ]
Flag
Country
Capital
Area(km2 )
Population
Density (/km2 )
GDP per cap. (PPP) [3]
HDI [4]
Currency
Official languages
Leaders
Accession[5]
Heads of State
Heads of Government
Brunei Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace
Bandar Seri Begawan
5,765
j 411,900[6]
65
76,743
0.853
Brunei dollar (BND; B$)
Malay
Sultan and Prime Minister Hassanal Bolkiah
7 January 1984
Cambodia Kingdom of Cambodia
Phnom Penh
181,035
g 15,626,444[7]
78
4,010
0.582
Cambodian riel (KHR; ៛)
Khmer
King Norodom Sihamoni
Prime Minister Hun Sen
30 April 1999
Indonesia Republic of Indonesia
Jakarta
1,904,569
a 255,975,000[8]
113
12,378
0.707
Indonesian rupiah (IDR; Rp)
Indonesian
President Joko Widodo
8 August 1967
Laos Lao People's Democratic Republic
Vientiane
236,800
h 6,492,400[9]
24
7,367
0.601
Lao kip (LAK; ₭)
Lao
General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Thongloun Sisoulith
23 July 1997
President Thongloun Sisoulith
Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh
Malaysia
Federation of Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
329,847
f 31,427,096[10]
72
28,871
0.802
Malaysian ringgit (MYR; RM)
Malaysian
Yang di-Pertuan Agong Abdullah
Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob
8 August 1967
Myanmar Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Naypyidaw
676,578
e 51,419,420[11]
81
6,285
0.578
Burmese kyat (MMK; K)
Burmese
Chairman of the State Administration Council Min Aung Hlaing
23 July 1997
Acting President Myint Swe
Prime Minister Min Aung Hlaing
Philippines Republic of the Philippines
Manila
343,448
b 103,371,800[12]
295
8,229
0.712
Philippine peso (PHP; ₱)
Filipino and English
President Rodrigo Duterte
8 August 1967
Singapore Republic of Singapore
Singapore
707.1
i 5,535,000[13]
6,619
90,531
0.932
Singapore dollar (SGD; S$)
Malay , Mandarin , English , and Tamil
President Halimah Yacob
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
8 August 1967
Thailand Kingdom of Thailand
Bangkok
513,115
d 65,339,612[14]
126
17,786
0.755
Thai baht (THB; ฿)
Thai
King Vajiralongkorn
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha
8 August 1967
Vietnam Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Hanoi
331,690
c 99,000,000[15]
248
6,876
0.694
Vietnamese đồng (VND; ₫)
Vietnamese
General Secretary of the Communist Party Nguyễn Phú Trọng
28 July 1995
President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Jakarta (Secretariat)
4,479,210
625,000,000[16]
135
5,869 [17]
0.669 (UNDP cal.)
—
English (Working language)
Secretary General : Lim Jock Hoi
—
Non-member states [ edit ]
ASEAN candidate/observer states [ edit ]
Flag
Country
Capital
Area(km2 )
Population
Density (/km2 )
GDP per cap. (PPP)
HDI
Currency
Official languages
Leaders
Status
Heads of State
Heads of Government
East Timor Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste[18]
Dili
14,874
b 1,231,116[19]
76.2
4,928
0.620
United States dollar (USD; $)
Tetum and Portuguese
President Francisco Guterres
Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak
Observer
Papua New Guinea Independent State of Papua New Guinea[20] [21]
Port Moresby
462,840
a 7,400,000[22]
14.5
2,399
0.491
Papua New Guinean kina (PGK; K)
English , Tok Pisin , and Hiri Motu
Queen Elizabeth II (Governor-General : Bob Dadae )
Prime Minister James Marape
Observer
ASEAN Plus Three Nation States [ edit ]
The present members of ASEAN together with:
Flag
Country
Capital
Area(km2 )
Population
Density (/km2 )
GDP per cap. (PPP)
HDI
Currency
Official languages
Leaders
Heads of State
Heads of Government
China People's Republic of China
Beijing
9,640,011
a 1,371,790,000[23]
139.6
12,880
0.719
Chinese yuan (CNY; ¥)
Standard Chinese
General Secretary of the Communist Party Xi Jinping
President Xi Jinping
Premier Li Keqiang
Japan
Tokyo
377,873
b 126,865,000[24]
337.6
37,390
0.890
Japanese yen (JPY; ¥)
Japanese (de facto )
Emperor Naruhito
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga
South Korea Republic of Korea
Seoul
100,140
c 51,448,183[25]
493
35,277
0.891
South Korean won (KRW; ₩)
Korean
President Moon Jae-in
Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum
East Asia Summit [ edit ]
The present members of ASEAN Plus Three together with:
Flag
Country
Capital
Area(km2 )
Population
Density (/km2 )
GDP per cap. (PPP)
HDI
Currency
Official languages
Leaders
Heads of State
Heads of Government
Australia Commonwealth of Australia
Canberra
7,686,850
d 23,881,139[26]
2.833
46,433
0.933
Australian dollar (AUD; A$)
English (de facto )
Queen Elizabeth II (Governor-General : David Hurley )
Prime Minister Scott Morrison
India Republic of India
New Delhi
3,287,240
a 1,366,417.75[27]
364.4
5,855
0.586
Indian rupee (INR; ₹ )
Hindi in Devanagari script and English
President Ram Nath Kovind
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
New Zealand
Wellington
268,680
e 4,612,280[28]
16.1
35,152
0.910
New Zealand dollar (NZD; NZ$)
English , Māori , and NZ Sign Language
Queen Elizabeth II (Governor-General : Patsy Reddy )
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Russia Russian Federation
Moscow
17,075,400
c 146,567,880[29]
8.3
24,805
0.778
Russian ruble (RUB; )
Russian
President Vladimir Putin
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin
United States United States of America
Washington, D.C.
9,629,091
b 321,719,000[30]
32
54,597
0.914
United States dollar (USD; $)
English (de facto )
President Joe Biden
ASEAN Regional Forum [ edit ]
The ASEAN Regional Forum is an informal multilateral dialogue of 28 members that seeks to address security issues in the Asia-Pacific region.
The list includes the members of the East Asia Summit plus:
Flag
Country
Capital
Area(km2 )
Population
Density (/km2 )
GDP per cap. (PPP)
HDI
Currency
Official languages
Leaders
Heads of State
Heads of Government
Bangladesh People's Republic of Bangladesh[31]
Dhaka
147,570
b 159,143,012[32]
1,099.3
5,453
0.608
Bangladeshi taka (BDT; ৳)
Bengali
President Abdul Hamid
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed
Canada
Ottawa
9,984,670
c 35,749,600[33]
3.41
44,843
0.902
Canadian dollar (CAD; C$)
English and French
Queen Elizabeth II (Governor-General : Mary Simon )
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar
1,564,115
e 3,032,606[34]
1.75
11,882
0.698
Mongolian tögrög (MNT; ₮)
Mongolian
President Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh
Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene
North Korea Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Pyongyang
120,540
d 25,155,000[35]
198.3
1,800 1,800 est.
0.766 0.540 (2012 UNDP)
North Korean won (KPW; ₩)
Korean
General Secretary of the Workers' Party and Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un
President of the State Affairs Commission Kim Jong-un (Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly : Choe Ryong-hae )
Premier Kim Tok-hun
Pakistan Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Islamabad
796,095
a 191,198,263[36]
214.3
4,736
0.537
Pakistani rupee (PKR; ₨)
Urdu and English
President Arif Alvi
Prime Minister Imran Khan
Sri Lanka Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (Administrative) Colombo (Commercial)
65,610
20,771,00[37]
323
10,372
0.750
Sri Lankan rupee (LKR; රු)
Sinhalese and Tamil
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa
United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
London
242,495
a 67,886,004
270.7
47,089
0.932
Pound sterling (GBP; £)
English
Queen Elizabeth II
Prime Minister Boris Johnson
European Union
Brussels (de facto )
4,233,262
447,706,209[38]
106
37,607
0.876 0.876 (UNDP cal.)
Euro (EUR; €) and 10 others
Various
President of the Council Charles Michel
President of the Commission Ursula von der Leyen
References [ edit ]
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^ Overview Archived 9 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine , ASEAN Secretariat official website . Retrieved 12 June 2006
^ at purchasing power parity, per capita , in international dollars (IMF 2016 est.)
^ at Human Development Index (2015 est. for 2014)
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^ "Republic of the Philippines Department of Health – Commission on Population (Region III)" . Retrieved 30 August 2015 .
^ "Archived copy" . Department of Statistics Singapore. Archived from the original on 29 November 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015 .CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )
^ "Population of Thailand, 2015 (Vol.24 : January 2015)" . Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University. Retrieved 30 August 2015 .
^ "Population Projection for Vietnam, 2009 – 2049" . General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 30 August 2015 .
^ "Selected basic ASEAN indicators" (PDF) . ASEAN Stats. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015 .
^ "ASEAN Community in Figures 2013" (PDF) . The ASEAN Secretariat. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015 .
^ East Timor ASEAN Bid Retrieved 28 July 2006
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^ Papua New Guinea asks RP support for Asean membership bid Retrieved 8 July 2009
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^ "Papua New Guinea Population 2015" . World Population Review. Retrieved 30 August 2015 .
^ "Official Population Clock" . National Bureau Statistics of China. Retrieved 30 August 2015 .
^ "Population Estimates by Age (5 Year Age Group) and Sex" . Statistics Japan. Retrieved 30 August 2015 .
^ "Monthly Official Estimate" . Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2015 .
^ "Official Population Clock" . Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 30 August 2015 .
^ "Pouplation, total - India" . World Bank . World Bank . 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2020 .
^ "Official Population Clock" . Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 30 August 2015 .
^ "Official Population Clock" . Retrieved 30 August 2015 .
^ "U.S. and World Population Clock" . United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 30 August 2015 .
^ Bangladesh joins ASEAN Regional Forum Hindustan Times, 22 July 2006.
^ "Official Population Clock" . Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2015 .
^ "Canada's population estimates, first quarter 2015" . Statistics Canada. Retrieved 30 August 2015 .
^ "Official Population Clock" . National Statistics Office of Mongolia. Retrieved 30 August 2015 .
^ "World Population Prospects" . United Nations. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2015 .
^ "Pakistan Population Clock" . Population Welfare Department (Punjab). Retrieved 30 August 2015 .
^ "Revised Mid-year Population Estimates by District and Sex 2012 – 2014" (PDF) . Registrar General's Department. Retrieved 30 August 2015 .
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