Member states of ASEAN explained

, 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 member states: 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

CountryCapitalArea
PopulationDensity
GDP
(PPP)		HDICurrencyOfficial languagesLeadersAccession[3]
Head of stateHead of government
BruneiBandar Seri Begawan5,765j411,900[4] 6529,7310.838Brunei dollar
(BND; B$)		MalayHassanal Bolkiah7 January 1984
CambodiaPhnom Penh181,035g15,626,444[5] 7878,0650.594Cambodian riel
(KHR; ៛)
United States dollar
(USD; $)		KhmerNorodom SihamoniHun Manet30 April 1999
IndonesiaJakarta1,904,569a255,975,000[6] 1133,507,2390.718Indonesian rupiah
(IDR; Rp)		IndonesianJoko Widodo<--Prabowo Subianto-->8 August 1967
LaosVientianealign=right rowspan="2"236,800align=right rowspan="2"h6,492,400[7] align=right rowspan="2"24align=right rowspan="2"62,7970.613 Lao kip
(LAK; ₭)		align=center rowspan="2"LaoThongloun Sisoulith23 July 1997
Thongloun SisoulithSonexay Siphandone
MalaysiaKuala Lumpur329,847f31,427,096[8] 72978,7810.810Malaysian ringgit
(MYR; RM)		MalayIbrahimAnwar Ibrahim8 August 1967
MyanmarNaypyidawalign=right rowspan="2"676,578align=right rowspan="2"e51,419,420[9] align=right rowspan="2"81align=right rowspan="2"258,677align=right rowspan="2"0.583Burmese kyat
(MMK; K)		BurmeseMin Aung Hlaing23 July 1997
Myint Swe (acting)Min Aung Hlaing
PhilippinesManila343,448b103,371,800[10] 2951,000,6170.718Philippine peso
(PHP; ₱)		Filipino and EnglishBongbong Marcos8 August 1967
SingaporeSingapore707.1i5,535,000[11] 6,619600,0630.938Singapore dollar
(SGD; S$)		Malay, Mandarin, English, and TamilTharman ShanmugaratnamLawrence Wong8 August 1967
ThailandBangkok513,115d65,339,612[12] 1261,329,3240.777Thai baht
(THB; ฿)		ThaiVajiralongkornPaetongtarn Shinawatra8 August 1967
VietnamHanoialign=right rowspan="2"331,690align=right rowspan="2"c99,000,000[13] 248align=right rowspan="2"1,148,0540.704Vietnamese đồng
(VND; ₫)		align=center rowspan="2"VietnameseTô Lâm28 July 1995
Tô LâmPhạm Minh Chính
ASEAN (total)4,479,210673.655135
—Kao Kim Hourn (Secretary-general)—

Non-member states

ASEAN candidate/observer states

See also: Enlargement of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

CountryCapitalArea
PopulationDensity
GDP per cap.
(PPP)		HDICurrencyOfficial languagesLeadersStatus
Head of stateHead of government
East Timor[14] [15] Dili14,874b1,231,116[16] 76.2United States dollar
(USD; $)		Tetum and PortugueseJosé Ramos-HortaXanana GusmãoObserver
Papua New Guinea[17] [18] Port Moresby462,840a7,400,000[19] 14.5Papua New Guinean kina
(PGK; K)		English, Tok Pisin, and Hiri MotuCharles IIIJames MarapeObserver

ASEAN Plus Three Nation States

The present members of ASEAN together with:

CountryCapitalArea
PopulationDensity
GDP per cap.
(PPP)		HDICurrencyOfficial languagesLeaders
Head of stateHead of government
ChinaBeijingalign=right 9,640,011align=right a1,371,790,000[20] align=right 139.6align=right align=right align=center Chinese yuan
(CNY; ¥)		Standard ChineseXi JinpingLi Qiang
JapanTokyo377,873b126,865,000[21] 337.6Japanese yen
(JPY; ¥)		Japanese (de facto) NaruhitoFumio Kishida
South KoreaSeoul100,140c51,448,183[22] 493South Korean won
(KRW; ₩)		KoreanYoon Suk-yeolHan Duck-soo

East Asia Summit

See main article: East Asia Summit. The present members of ASEAN Plus Three together with:

CountryCapitalArea
PopulationDensity
GDP per cap.
(PPP)		HDICurrencyOfficial languagesLeaders
Head of stateHead of government
AustraliaCanberra7,686,850d 25,978,935 [23] 3.4Australian dollar
(AUD; A$)		English (de facto)Charles IIIAnthony Albanese
IndiaNew Delhi3,287,240a1,366,417,750[24] 364.4Indian rupee
(INR;)		Hindi in Devanagari script and EnglishDroupadi MurmuNarendra Modi
New ZealandWellington268,680e4,612,280[25] 16.1New Zealand dollar
(NZD; NZ$)		English, Māori, and NZ Sign LanguageCharles IIIChristopher Luxon
RussiaMoscow17,075,400c146,567,880[26] 8.3Russian ruble
(RUB; ₽)		RussianVladimir PutinMikhail Mishustin
United StatesWashington, D.C.9,629,091b321,719,000[27] 32United 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:

CountryCapitalArea
PopulationDensity
GDP per cap.
(PPP)		HDICurrencyOfficial languagesLeaders
Head of stateHead of government
Bangladesh[28] Dhaka148,460b159,143,012[29] 1,099.3Bangladeshi taka
(BDT; ৳)		BengaliMohammed ShahabuddinMuhammad Yunus (acting)
CanadaOttawa9,984,670c35,749,600[30] 3.41Canadian dollar
(CAD; C$)		English and FrenchCharles IIIJustin Trudeau
MongoliaUlaanbaatar1,564,115e3,032,606[31] 1.75Mongolian tögrög
(MNT; ₮)		MongolianUkhnaagiin KhürelsükhLuvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene
North KoreaPyongyangalign=right 120,540align=right d25,155,000[32] align=right 198.3align=right 1,800 align=right align=center North Korean won
(KPW; ₩)		align=center KoreanKim Jong-unKim Tok-hun
PakistanIslamabad796,095a191,198,263[33] 214.3Pakistani rupee
(PKR; ₨)		Urdu and EnglishAsif Ali ZardariShehbaz Sharif
Sri Lanka65,61020,771,00[34] 323Sri Lankan rupee
(LKR; රු)		Sinhalese and TamilRanil WickremesingheDinesh Gunawardena
European UnionBrussels (de facto)4,233,262447,706,209[35] 106 Euro (EUR; €) and 10 othersVariousCharles MichelUrsula von der Leyen

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.aseanregionalforum.org/Default.aspx?tabid=49 About Us
  2. http://www.asean.org/64.htm Overview
  3. Web site: ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN). 2017-01-31. 2017-08-19. Nuclear Threat Initiative.
  4. Web site: The World Factbook . CIA . 30 August 2015.
  5. Web site: The World Factbook . CIA . 30 August 2015.
  6. Web site: Population Projection by Province, 2010–2035 . Central Bureau of Statistics . 30 August 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150725020946/http://www.bps.go.id/linkTabelStatis/view/id/1274 . 25 July 2015 .
  7. Web site: The World Factbook . CIA . 30 August 2015.
  8. Web site: The World Factbook . CIA . 30 August 2015.
  9. Web site: 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 . 30 August 2015.
  10. Web site: Republic of the Philippines Department of Health – Commission on Population (Region III) . 30 August 2015.
  11. Web site: Statistics Singapore - Latest Data . Department of Statistics Singapore . 30 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151129094649/http://www.singstat.gov.sg/statistics/latest-data#14 . 29 November 2015 . dead .
  12. Web site: Population of Thailand, 2015 (Vol.24 : January 2015) . Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University . 30 August 2015.
  13. Web site: Population Projection for Vietnam, 2009 – 2049 . General Statistics Office of Vietnam . 30 August 2015.
  14. http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/east-timor-asean-bid/2006/07/22/1153166635002.html East Timor ASEAN Bid
  15. Web site: Ibrahim . Achmad . Karmini . Niniek . 2022-07-20 . Timor-Leste Hopes to Join ASEAN When Indonesia Chairs in 2023 . 2022-07-31 . thediplomat.com . en-US.
  16. Web site: The World Factbook . CIA . 30 August 2015.
  17. http://www.gmanews.tv/story/154860/Papua-New-Guinea-asks-RP-support-for-Asean-membership-bid Papua New Guinea asks RP support for Asean membership bid
  18. http://www.op.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22879&Itemid=2 Somare seeks PGMA's support for PNG's ASEAN membership bid
  19. Web site: Papua New Guinea Population 2015 . World Population Review . 30 August 2015.
  20. Web site: Official Population Clock . National Bureau Statistics of China . 30 August 2015.
  21. Web site: Population Estimates by Age (5 Year Age Group) and Sex . Statistics Japan . 30 August 2015.
  22. Web site: Monthly Official Estimate . https://web.archive.org/web/20110303195830/http://rcps.egov.go.kr:8081/jsp/stat/ppl_stat_jf.jsp . dead . 3 March 2011 . 30 August 2015 .
  23. Web site: faaca2568a900154b63?OpenDocument Official Population Clock . Australian Bureau of Statistics . 18 February 2023.
  24. Web site: Pouplation, total - India . 2019 . . 2020-09-08 .
  25. Web site: Official Population Clock . Statistics New Zealand . 30 August 2015.
  26. Web site: Official Population Clock . 30 August 2015.
  27. Web site: U.S. and World Population Clock . United States Census Bureau . 30 August 2015.
  28. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/bangladesh-joins-asean-regional-forum/story-IZQcvtn3wMPW1EbvhfPdON.html Bangladesh joins ASEAN Regional Forum
  29. Web site: Official Population Clock . Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics . 30 August 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110904045106/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/Home.aspx . 4 September 2011 .
  30. Web site: Canada's population estimates, first quarter 2015 . 17 June 2015 . Statistics Canada . 30 August 2015.
  31. Web site: Official Population Clock . National Statistics Office of Mongolia . 30 August 2015.
  32. Web site: World Population Prospects . United Nations . 30 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140320035709/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/unpp/panel_population.htm . 20 March 2014 . dead .
  33. Web site: Pakistan Population Clock . Population Welfare Department (Punjab) . 30 August 2015.
  34. Web site: Revised Mid-year Population Estimates by District and Sex 2012 – 2014 . Registrar General's Department . 30 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140630074924/http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/VitalStatistics/MidYearPopulation/Mid-year%20population%20by%20district.pdf . 30 June 2014 . live .
  35. Web site: Population on 1 January . eurostat . 30 August 2015.

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