Member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation explained

Member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
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Caption:Member states of the OIC in dark green, observer states in light green, suspended states in purple.
Category:Sovereign state
Territory:Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
Start Date:1969
Current Number:57 members & 5 observer states
Number Date:2022
Type:Republics (47)
Type1:Monarchies (10)
Population Range: 2 billion

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation founded in 1969 has 57 members, 56 of which are also member states of the United Nations, with 48 countries being Muslim majority countries. Some member countries, especially in West Africa and South America, are – though with large Muslim populations – not necessarily Muslim majority countries. A few countries with significant Muslim populations, such as Russia and Thailand, sit as Observer States.

The collective population of OIC member states is over 2 billion as of 2022.

Member states

width=35% Member state
width=10% Joined
width=10% Population
width=10% Muslim percentage
width=10% Area (km2)
width=10% Languages
Notes
valign=top Afghanistan1969[1] 99.7[2] Dari
Pashto		Suspended 1980 - March 1989.
valign=top Algeria196997.9[3] Arabic
Tamazight
Chad196955.3[4] Arabic
French
Egypt196994.9[5] ArabicOriginally as . Suspended May 1979 - March 1984 after signing a peace treaty with Israel.[6]
Guinea[7] 196984.4[8] French
Indonesia196987.2[9] Indonesian
196999.5[10] PersianAzerbaijani and other Turkic languages Kurdish
Jordan196997.2[11] Arabic
Kuwait196974.1[12] Arabic
Lebanon196961.3[13] Arabic
Libya196996.6[14] Arabic
Malaysia196963.7[15] Malay
Mali196994.4[16] Bambara
Mauritania196999.1[17] Arabic
Morocco196999.9[18] Arabic
Tamazight
Niger196998.4[19] French
Pakistan196996.4[20] Urdu
English
[21] 1969[22] 97.6[23] [24] Arabic
Saudi Arabia196993.0[25]
Senegal196996.4[26] French
Somalia196999.8[27] Arabic
Somali
Sudan196990.7[28] Arabic
English
Tunisia196999.5[29] Arabic
Turkey196965.0[30] Turkish
Yemen196999.1[31] ArabicJoined separately as and . Both unified in 1990.
Bahrain197070.3[32] Arabic
Oman197085.9[33] Arabic
Qatar197067.7[34] Arabic
197092.8[35] ArabicKurdishSuspended in August 2012 during the Syrian civil war.[36]
United Arab Emirates197176.9[37] Arabic
Sierra Leone197278.0[38] English
Bangladesh1974[39] 90.4[40] Bengali
Gabon197411.2[41] French
197495.1[42] English
Guinea-Bissau197445.1[43] Portuguese
Uganda197411.5[44] English
Swahili
Burkina Faso[45] 197561.6[46] French
Cameroon197518.3[47]
Comoros197698.3[48] Comorian
French
Arabic
Iraq197699.0[49] Arabic
Kurdish
Maldives197698.4[50] Dhivehi
Djibouti197896.9[51] Arabic
French
Benin198223.8[52] French
198475.1[53] Malay
Nigeria198653.5[54] English
Azerbaijan199196.9[55] Azerbaijani
valign=top Albania199256.7[56] Albanian
Kyrgyzstan199288.0[57] Kyrgyz
Russian
Tajikistan199296.7[58] Tajiki
Turkmenistan199293.0[59] Turkmen
Mozambique199418.0[60] Portuguese
Kazakhstan199570.4[61] Kazakh
Russian
Uzbekistan199596.7[62] Uzbek
Suriname199615.2[63] Dutch
Togo199714.0[64] French
Guyana19986.4[65] English
Cote d'Ivoire200142.5[66] French

Observer states

width=35% Observer state
width=10% Joined
width=10% Population
width=10% Muslim percentage
width=10% Area (km2)
width=10% Languages
Notes
Bosnia and Herzegovina199450.7[67] Bosnian
Serbian
Croatian		Given an invitation in 2013 by the OIC to join as a full member.[68]
Central African Republic19978.5[69] French
1979 [70] [71] 99[72] Turkish
Thailand19985.5[82] Thai
200510.0[83] Russian

Observer Islamic institutions

Islamic institutionJoinedNotes
Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States2000
Islamic Conference Youth Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation2005

Observer international organisations

OrganisationJoinedNotes
League of Arab States1975
United Nations1976
Non-Aligned Movement1977
African Union1977
Economic Cooperation Organization1995

Membership attempts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population, total Data. data.worldbank.org. en-us. 2017-05-10.
  2. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/afghanistan/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Afghanistan
  3. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/algeria/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Algeria
  4. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/chad/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Chad
  5. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/egypt/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Egypt
  6. News: Timeline: Organisation of the Islamic Conference. 26 December 2010. BBC. 8 July 2013.
  7. Also known as Guinea-Conakry.
  8. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/guinea/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Guinea
  9. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/indonesia/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Indonesia
  10. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/iran/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Iran
  11. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/jordan/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Jordan
  12. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/kuwait/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Kuwait
  13. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/lebanon/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Lebanon
  14. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/libya/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Libya
  15. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/malaysia/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Malaysia
  16. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/mali/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Mali
  17. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/mauritania/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Mauritania
  18. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/morocco/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Morocco
  19. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/niger/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Niger
  20. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/pakistan/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Pakistan
  21. The State of Palestine succeeded the seat of the Palestine Liberation Organization following the 1988 Palestinian Declaration of Independence.
  22. http://www.oic-oci.org/member_states.asp OIC member states
  23. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/palestinian-territories/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Palestinian Territories
  24. It is not clear whether this figure includes areas such as Gaza, East Jerusalem, and other parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank that are not controlled by the Palestinian Authority.
  25. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/saudi-arabia/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Saudi Arabia
  26. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/senegal/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Senegal
  27. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/somalia/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Somalia
  28. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/sudan/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Sudan
  29. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/tunisia/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Tunisia
  30. https://web.archive.org/web/20170905105138/https://www.ipsosglobaltrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Slide13-6.jpg
  31. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/yemen/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Yemen
  32. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/bahrain/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Bahrain
  33. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/oman/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Oman
  34. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/qatar/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Qatar
  35. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/syria/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Syria
  36. Web site: Organization of Islamic Cooperation suspends Syria's membership. 2012-08-13. 2012-08-13. Al Arabiya.
  37. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/united-arab-emirates/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: United Arab Emirates
  38. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/sierra-leone/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Sierra Leone
  39. News: জনসংখ্যা সাড়ে ১৬ কোটি, অধিকাংশ নারী, কমেছে হিন্দু জনগোষ্ঠীর হার . BBC News বাংলা.
  40. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/bangladesh/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Bangladesh
  41. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/gabon/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Gabon
  42. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/gambia/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Gambia
  43. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/guinea-bissau/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Guinea-Bissau
  44. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/uganda/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Uganda
  45. Also known as Burkina; formerly referred to as Upper Volta, its official name until 1984.
  46. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/burkina-faso/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Burkina Faso
  47. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/cameroon/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Cameroon
  48. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/comoros/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Comoros
  49. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/iraq/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Iraq
  50. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/maldives/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Maldives
  51. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/djibouti/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Djibouti
  52. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/benin/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Benin
  53. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/brunei/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Brunei
  54. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/nigeria/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Nigeria
  55. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/azerbaijan/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Azerbaijan
  56. https://web.archive.org/web/20170326091156/http://www.instat.gov.al/media/177358/njoftim_per_media_-_fjala_e_drejtorit_te_instat_ines_nurja_per_rezultatet_finale_te_census_2011.pdf 2011 Census-AL
  57. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/kyrgyzstan/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Kyrgyzstan
  58. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/tajikistan/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Tajikistan
  59. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/turkmenistan/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Turkmenistan
  60. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/mozambique/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Mozambique
  61. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/kazakhstan/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Kazakhstan
  62. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/uzbekistan/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Uzbekistan
  63. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/suriname/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Suriname
  64. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/togo/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Togo
  65. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/guyana/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Guyana
  66. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/ivory-coast/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Ivory Coast
  67. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/bosnia-herzegovina/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Bosnia-Herzegovina
  68. Web site: OIC Invites Bosnia to Become Full Member. 2013-04-16. 2016-10-14. Kenan. Efendic. Balkan Insight.
  69. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/central-african-republic/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Central African Republic
  70. http://www.oic-oci.org/page_detail.asp?p_id=179 OIC observers
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  73. See The World Factbook|Cyprus (10 January 2006). Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved January 17, 2006.
  74. The Turkish Cypriot community of Cyprus became an OIC “observer community” in 1979 under the name “Turkish Muslim community of Cyprus”. The 31st OIC Meeting of Foreign Ministers which met in Istanbul in June 2004, decided that the Turkish Cypriot Community (represented by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) will participate in the OIC meetings under the name envisaged in the Annan Plan for Cyprus (i.e. “Turkish Cypriot constituent state of the United Cyprus Republic” or Turkish Cypriot State in short). OIC Official Website
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