Member states of ASEAN

█ ASEAN full member states
█ ASEAN candidate member state
█ ASEAN observer state
██ ASEAN Plus Three
███ East Asia Summit
██████ ASEAN Regional Forum

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 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

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 j411,900[4] 65 29,731 0.838 Brunei dollar
(BND; B$) 		Malay Hassanal Bolkiah 7 January 1984
Cambodia Phnom Penh 181,035 g15,626,444[5] 78 78,065 0.594 Cambodian riel
(KHR; ៛)[a]
United States dollar
(USD; $)[b] 		Khmer Norodom Sihamoni Hun Manet 30 April 1999
Indonesia Jakarta 1,904,569 a255,975,000[6] 113 3,507,239 0.718 Indonesian rupiah
(IDR; Rp) 		Indonesian Prabowo Subianto 8 August 1967
Laos Vientiane 236,800 h6,492,400[7] 24 62,797 0.613 Lao kip
(LAK; ₭) 		Lao Thongloun Sisoulith 23 July 1997
Thongloun Sisoulith Sonexay Siphandone
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 329,847 f31,427,096[8] 72 978,781 0.810 Malaysian ringgit
(MYR; RM) 		Malay Ibrahim Anwar Ibrahim 8 August 1967
Myanmar Naypyidaw 676,578 e51,419,420[9] 81 258,677 0.583 Burmese kyat
(MMK; K) 		Burmese Min Aung Hlaing 23 July 1997
Philippines Manila 343,448 b103,371,800[10] 295 1,000,617 0.718 Philippine peso
(PHP; ₱) 		Filipino and English Bongbong Marcos 8 August 1967
Singapore Singapore 707.1 i5,535,000[11] 6,619 600,063 0.938 Singapore dollar
(SGD; S$) 		Malay, Mandarin, English, and Tamil Tharman Shanmugaratnam Lawrence Wong 8 August 1967
Thailand Bangkok 513,115 d65,339,612[12] 126 1,329,324 0.777 Thai baht
(THB; ฿) 		Thai Vajiralongkorn Paetongtarn Shinawatra 8 August 1967
Vietnam Hanoi 331,690 c99,000,000[13] 248 1,148,054 0.704 Vietnamese đồng
(VND; ₫) 		Vietnamese Tô Lâm 28 July 1995
Tô Lâm Phạm Minh Chính
ASEAN (total) Jakarta (Headquarters) 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

See also: Enlargement of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
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 b1,231,116[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 a7,400,000[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

Main article: ASEAN Free Trade Area § ASEAN Plus Three

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 a1,371,790,000[21] 139.6 12,880 0.719 Chinese yuan
(CNY; ¥) 		Standard Chinese Xi Jinping Li Qiang
Japan Tokyo 377,873 b126,865,000[22] 337.6 37,390 0.890 Japanese yen
(JPY; ¥) 		Japanese (de facto) Naruhito Shigeru Ishiba
South Korea Seoul 100,140 c51,448,183[23] 493 35,277 0.891 South Korean won
(KRW; ₩) 		Korean Yoon Suk-yeol Han Duck-soo

East Asia Summit

Main article: 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 d 25,978,935 [24] 3.4 46,433 0.933 Australian dollar
(AUD; A$) 		English (de facto) Charles III Anthony Albanese
India New Delhi 3,287,240 a1,366,417,750[25] 364.4 5,855 0.586 Indian rupee
(INR; ₹) 		Hindi in Devanagari script and English Droupadi Murmu Narendra Modi
New Zealand Wellington 268,680 e4,612,280[26] 16.1 35,152 0.910 New Zealand dollar
(NZD; NZ$) 		English, Māori, and NZ Sign Language Charles III Christopher Luxon
Russia Moscow 17,075,400 c146,567,880[27] 8.3 24,805 0.778 Russian ruble
(RUB; ₽) 		Russian Vladimir Putin Mikhail Mishustin
United States Washington, D.C. 9,629,091 b321,719,000[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 b159,143,012[30] 1,099.3 6,636 0.632 Bangladeshi taka
(BDT; ৳) 		Bengali Mohammed Shahabuddin Muhammad Yunus (acting)
Canada Ottawa 9,984,670 c35,749,600[31] 3.41 44,843 0.902 Canadian dollar
(CAD; C$) 		English and French Charles III Justin Trudeau
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 1,564,115 e3,032,606[32] 1.75 11,882 0.698 Mongolian tögrög
(MNT; ₮) 		Mongolian Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene
North Korea Pyongyang 120,540 d25,155,000[33] 198.3 1,8001,800 est. 0.7660.540 (2012 UNDP) North Korean won
(KPW; ₩) 		Korean Kim Jong-un Kim Tok-hun
Pakistan Islamabad 796,095 a191,198,263[34] 214.3 4,736 0.537 Pakistani rupee
(PKR; ₨) 		Urdu and English Asif Ali Zardari Shehbaz Sharif
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 Anura Kumara Dissanayake Harini Amarasuriya
European Union Brussels (de facto) 4,233,262 447,706,209[36] 106 37,607 0.8760.876 (UNDP cal.) Euro (EUR; €) and 10 others Various Charles Michel Ursula von der Leyen

Notes

  1. ^ de jure and de facto
  2. ^ de facto

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