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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. It is headquartered in Jakarta.

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

Country Capital Area
(km2)
Population Density
(/km2)
GDP
(PPP)
HDI Currency Official languages Leaders Accession[3]
Head of state Head of government
Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan 5,765 411,900[4] 65 29,731 0.838 Brunei dollar
(BND; B$)
Malay Hassanal Bolkiah 7 January 1984
Cambodia Phnom Penh 181,035 15,626,444[5] 78 78,065 0.594 Cambodian riel
(KHR; ៛)[lower-alpha 1]
United States dollar
(USD; $)[lower-alpha 2]
Khmer Norodom Sihamoni Hun Manet 30 April 1999
Indonesia Jakarta 1,904,569 255,975,000[6] 113 3,507,239 0.718 Indonesian rupiah
(IDR; Rp)
Indonesian Joko Widodo 8 August 1967
Laos Vientiane 236,800 6,492,400[7] 24 62,797 0.613 Lao kip
(LAK; ₭)
Lao Thongloun Sisoulith 23 July 1997
Thongloun Sisoulith Sonexay Siphandone
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 329,847 31,427,096[8] 72 978,781 0.810 Malaysian ringgit
(MYR; RM)
Malay Abdullah Anwar Ibrahim 8 August 1967
Myanmar Naypyidaw 676,578 51,419,420[9] 81 258,677 0.583 Burmese kyat
(MMK; K)
Burmese Min Aung Hlaing 23 July 1997
Myint Swe (acting) Min Aung Hlaing
Philippines Manila 343,448 103,371,800[10] 295 1,000,617 0.718 Philippine peso
(PHP; ₱)
Filipino and English Bongbong Marcos 8 August 1967
Singapore Singapore 707.1 5,535,000[11] 6,619 600,063 0.938 Singapore dollar
(SGD; S$)
Malay, Mandarin, English, and Tamil Tharman Shanmugaratnam Lee Hsien Loong 8 August 1967
Thailand Bangkok 513,115 65,339,612[12] 126 1,329,324 0.777 Thai baht
(THB; ฿)
Thai Vajiralongkorn Srettha Thavisin 8 August 1967
Vietnam Hanoi 331,690 99,000,000[13] 248 1,148,054 0.704 Vietnamese đồng
(VND; ₫)
Vietnamese Nguyễn Phú Trọng 28 July 1995
Võ Văn Thưởng Phạm Minh Chính
ASEAN (total) Jakarta (Secretariat) 4,479,210 673.655 135 5,869[14] 0.729
(UNDP cal.)
— English (Working language) Kao Kim Hourn (Secretary-general) —

Non-member states

ASEAN candidate/observer states

Country Capital Area
(km2)
Population Density
(/km2)
GDP per cap.
(PPP)
HDI Currency Official languages Leaders Status
Head of state Head of government
East Timor[15][16] Dili 14,874 1,231,116[17] 76.2 4,928 0.620 United States dollar
(USD; $)
Tetum and Portuguese José Ramos-Horta Xanana Gusmão Observer
Papua New Guinea[18][19] Port Moresby 462,840 7,400,000[20] 14.5 2,399 0.491 Papua New Guinean kina
(PGK; K)
English, Tok Pisin, and Hiri Motu Charles III James Marape Observer

ASEAN Plus Three Nation States

The present members of ASEAN together with:

Country Capital Area
(km2)
Population Density
(/km2)
GDP per cap.
(PPP)
HDI Currency Official languages Leaders
Head of state Head of government
China Beijing 9,640,011 1,371,790,000[21] 139.6 12,880 0.719 Chinese yuan
(CNY; ¥)
Standard Chinese Xi Jinping Li Qiang
Japan Tokyo 377,873 126,865,000[22] 337.6 37,390 0.890 Japanese yen
(JPY; ¥)
Japanese (de facto) Naruhito Fumio Kishida
South Korea Seoul 100,140 51,448,183[23] 493 35,277 0.891 South Korean won
(KRW; ₩)
Korean Yoon Suk-yeol Han Duck-soo

East Asia Summit

The present members of ASEAN Plus Three together with:

Country Capital Area
(km2)
Population Density
(/km2)
GDP per cap.
(PPP)
HDI Currency Official languages Leaders
Head of state Head of government
Australia Canberra 7,686,850 25,978,935 [24] 3.4 46,433 0.933 Australian dollar
(AUD; A$)
English (de facto) Charles III Anthony Albanese
India New Delhi 3,287,240 1,366,417,750[25] 364.4 5,855 0.586 Indian rupee
(INR; ₹)
Hindi in Devanagari script and English Droupadi Murmu Narendra Modi
New Zealand Wellington 268,680 4,612,280[26] 16.1 35,152 0.910 New Zealand dollar
(NZD; NZ$)
English, Māori, and NZ Sign Language Charles III Christopher Luxon
Russia Moscow 17,075,400 146,567,880[27] 8.3 24,805 0.778 Russian ruble
(RUB; ₽)
Russian Vladimir Putin Mikhail Mishustin
United States Washington, D.C. 9,629,091 321,719,000[28] 32 54,597 0.914 United States dollar
(USD; $)
English (de facto) Joe Biden

ASEAN Regional Forum

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:

Country Capital Area
(km2)
Population Density
(/km2)
GDP per cap.
(PPP)
HDI Currency Official languages Leaders
Head of state Head of government
Bangladesh[29] Dhaka 148,460 159,143,012[30] 1,099.3 6,636 0.632 Bangladeshi taka
(BDT; ৳)
Bengali Mohammed Shahabuddin Sheikh Hasina
Canada Ottawa 9,984,670 35,749,600[31] 3.41 44,843 0.902 Canadian dollar
(CAD; C$)
English and French Charles III Justin Trudeau
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 1,564,115 3,032,606[32] 1.75 11,882 0.698 Mongolian tögrög
(MNT; ₮)
Mongolian Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene
North Korea Pyongyang 120,540 25,155,000[33] 198.3 1,800 est. 0.540 (2012 UNDP) North Korean won
(KPW; ₩)
Korean Kim Jong-un Kim Tok-hun
Pakistan Islamabad 796,095 191,198,263[34] 214.3 4,736 0.537 Pakistani rupee
(PKR; ₨)
Urdu and English Arif Alvi Anwaar ul Haq Kakar (acting)
Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (Administrative)
Colombo (Commercial)
65,610 20,771,00[35] 323 10,372 0.750 Sri Lankan rupee
(LKR; රු)
Sinhalese and Tamil Ranil Wickremesinghe Dinesh Gunawardena
European Union Brussels (de facto) 4,233,262 447,706,209[36] 106 37,607 0.876 (UNDP cal.) Euro (EUR; €) and 10 others Various Charles Michel Ursula von der Leyen

Notes

  1. ↑ de jure and de facto
  2. ↑ de facto

References

  1. ↑ About Us Archived 25 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine, ASEAN Regional Forum official website. Retrieved 12 June 2006
  2. ↑ Overview Archived 9 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine, ASEAN Secretariat official website. Retrieved 12 June 2006
  3. ↑ "ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN)". Nuclear Threat Initiative. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "The World Factbook". CIA. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
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  6. ↑ "Population Projection by Province, 2010–2035". Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
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  9. ↑ "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.
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  11. ↑ "Statistics Singapore - Latest Data". Department of Statistics Singapore. Archived from the original on 29 November 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "Population of Thailand, 2015 (Vol.24 : January 2015)". Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  13. ↑ "Population Projection for Vietnam, 2009 – 2049". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "ASEAN Community in Figures 2013" (PDF). The ASEAN Secretariat. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  15. ↑ East Timor ASEAN Bid Retrieved 28 July 2006
  16. ↑ Ibrahim, Achmad; Karmini, Niniek (20 July 2022). "Timor-Leste Hopes to Join ASEAN When Indonesia Chairs in 2023". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  17. ↑ "The World Factbook". CIA. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  18. ↑ Papua New Guinea asks RP support for Asean membership bid Retrieved 8 July 2009
  19. ↑ Somare seeks PGMA's support for PNG's ASEAN membership bid Archived 6 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 8 July 2009
  20. ↑ "Papua New Guinea Population 2015". World Population Review. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  21. ↑ "Official Population Clock". National Bureau Statistics of China. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  22. ↑ "Population Estimates by Age (5 Year Age Group) and Sex". Statistics Japan. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  23. ↑ "Monthly Official Estimate". Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  24. ↑ faaca2568a900154b63?OpenDocument "Official Population Clock". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 18 February 2023. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  25. ↑ "Pouplation, total - India". World Bank. 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  26. ↑ "Official Population Clock". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  27. ↑ "Official Population Clock". Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  28. ↑ "U.S. and World Population Clock". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  29. ↑ Bangladesh joins ASEAN Regional Forum Hindustan Times, 22 July 2006.
  30. ↑ "Official Population Clock". Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  31. ↑ "Canada's population estimates, first quarter 2015". Statistics Canada. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  32. ↑ "Official Population Clock". National Statistics Office of Mongolia. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  33. ↑ "World Population Prospects". United Nations. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  34. ↑ "Pakistan Population Clock". Population Welfare Department (Punjab). Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  35. ↑ "Revised Mid-year Population Estimates by District and Sex 2012 – 2014" (PDF). Registrar General's Department. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
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