Member states of the Union of South American Nations explained

There are four active member states of the Union of South American Nations after six member states suspended their participation in the organization in April 2018, while Ecuador and Uruguay announced their withdrawals in March 2019 and March 2020 respectively.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Member States

Flag	Country	Capital	Area (km^2)	Population	Density (/km^2)		GDP per cap. (PPP)^[4]			Official, National, & Recognized languages
	Bolivia Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia Bulivya Mamallaqta Wuliwya Suyu	Sucre La Paz			/km^2	Bolivian boliviano	^[5]	^[6]	^[7]	Spanish Quechua Aymara
	Guyana Co-operative Republic of Guyana	Georgetown			/km^2	align=center	Guyanese dollar				align=center	English Guyanese Creole
	Suriname Republiek Suriname	Paramaribo			/km^2	align=center	Surinamese dollar				align=center	Dutch
	Venezuela República Bolivariana de Venezuela	Caracas			/km^2	align=center	Venezuelan bolívar				align=center	Spanish

Suspended states

Six member states suspended their participation in the organization in April 2018.^{[8] [9] [10] [11]}

Flag	Country	Capital	Area (km^2)	Population	Density (/km^2)					Official, National, & Recognized languages
	Argentina República Argentina	Buenos Aires			/km^2	Argentine peso				Spanish (de facto)
	Brazil República Federativa do Brasil	Brasília			/km^2	Brazilian real				Portuguese
	Chile República de Chile	Santiago			/km^2	Chilean peso				Spanish (de facto)
	Colombia República de Colombia	Bogotá			/km^2	Colombian peso				Spanish
	Ecuador República del Ecuador	Quito			/km^2	align=center	Ecuadorian centavo United States dollar				align=center	Spanish
	Paraguay República del Paraguay Tetã Paraguái	Asunción			/km^2	Paraguayan guaraní				Spanish Guaraní
	Peru República del Perú Piruw Ripuwlika Piruw Suyu	Lima			/km^2	Peruvian sol				Spanish Quechuan Aymara
	Uruguay República Oriental del Uruguay	Montevideo			/km^2	align=center	Uruguayan peso				align=center	Spanish

On 28 August 2018, Colombian president Iván Duque announced that foreign minister Carlos Holmes had officially notified Unasur of their intention to leave the bloc, effective in 6 months, denouncing it as an institution created by Hugo Chávez to sideline existing international treaties and referring to it as an accomplice to what they referred to as the dictatorship in Venezuela.^{[12] [13]} Ecuador announced its withdrawal on 13 March 2019.^[14] Uruguay followed suit in March 2020.^[3] Following the 2022 Brazilian general election, newly elected president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signalled his intention to rejoin UNASUR.^[15] Brazil rejoined on 5 May 2023.^[16]

Non-member States

Observer States

Flag	Country^[17]	Capital	Area (km^2)	Population	Density (/km^2)					Official, National, & Recognized languages
	Mexico Estados Unidos Mexicanos	Mexico City			/km^2	align=center	Mexican peso				align=center	Spanish (de facto)
	Panama República de Panamá	Panama City			/km^2	align=center	Panamanian balboa United States dollar				align=center	Spanish

Proposed Member States

Notes and References

1. Web site: South American leaders launch new bloc to replace Unasur . . 22 March 2019 .
2. Web site: Ecuador Withdraws from Unasur, in Stunning Rebuke to 21st Century Socialism . panampost.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190410222354/https://panampost.com/mamela-fiallo/2019/03/15/ecuador-withdraws-from-unasur-in-stunning-rebuke-to-21st-century-socialism/ . 2019-04-10.
3. Web site: Uruguayan government withdraws from UNASUR and returns to TIAR. 2020-03-11. 2020-03-14.
4. at purchasing power parity, per capita, in internatifhjnal dollars (rounded)
5. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2010/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=36&pr.y=1&sy=2008&ey=2015&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=336%2C213%2C273%2C218%2C223%2C283%2C228%2C288%2C233%2C293%2C248%2C366%2C298%2C299&s=PPPPC&grp=0&a= Report for Selected Countries and Subjects
6. http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2010_EN_Complete_reprint.pdf Human Development Report 2010
7. Web site: Human Development Report 2011. 2011. United Nations. 12 November 2011.
8. Web site: Paraguay y cinco países de la región anuncian el retiro temporal de la Unasur. 2018-04-20. 2018-05-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20190817212832/http://www2.mre.gov.py/index.php/noticias/paraguay-y-cinco-paises-de-la-region-anuncian-el-retiro-temporal-de-la-unasur. 2019-08-17. dead.
9. Web site: Paraguay y otros cinco países se retiran temporalmente de Unasur. 2018-04-20. 2018-05-22.
10. Web site: Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay y Perú suspenden participación en bloque Unasur. https://web.archive.org/web/20180420211020/https://lta.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idLTAKBN1HR2J3-OUSLD. dead. 2018-04-20. 2018-04-20. 2018-05-22. Reuters.
11. Web site: Bolivia takes formal actions to reactivate UNASUR. 2018-04-24. 2018-05-22.
12. News: 'En seis meses, Colombia estará oficialmente fuera de Unasur': Duque. 2018-08-28. El Tiempo. 2018-08-28. es-CO.
13. News: Iván Duque: Nos retiramos de la Unasur por no denunciar crisis en Venezuela. 2018-08-28. El Nacional. 2018-08-28. es-VE.
14. News: 'Ecuador pulls out of South American regional group Unasur. 2019-03-14. UPI. 2019-03-28.
15. Web site: Lula's government plan. 23 November 2022 . Superior Electoral Court . pt.
16. Web site: Brazil rejoins Union of South American Nations after 4-year absence. 2023-04-08. 2023-10-22. Anadolu Agency.
17. Web site: Historia. 2013-07-12. Secretary General of UNASUR. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130709131323/http://www.unasursg.org/inicio/organizacion/historia. 2013-07-09.
18. News: Venezuela President Maduro talked energy, transport while in T&T . Raphael . Johnlall . . Guardian Media . 18 July 2013. 29 September 2013 . Apart from Mercosur, Maduro also invited T&T to be "incorporated" into Union of South American Nations (Unasur) because of its geographical proximity to the South American mainland." Maduro said. .