Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
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[]
Flag | Country |
Capital |
Area (km2) |
Population |
Density (/km2) |
GDP per cap. (PPP)[3] |
HDI[4] | Currency |
Official languages | Leaders | Accession[5] | |
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Heads of State | Heads of Government | |||||||||||
Brunei Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace |
Bandar Seri Begawan | 5,765 | [6] | 411,90065 | 76,743 | 0.853 | Brunei dollar (BND; B$) |
Malay | Sultan and Prime Minister Hassanal Bolkiah | 7 January 1984 | ||
Cambodia Kingdom of Cambodia |
Phnom Penh | 181,035 | [7] | 15,626,44478 | 4,010 | 0.582 | Cambodian riel (KHR; ៛) |
Khmer | King Norodom Sihamoni | Prime Minister Hun Sen | 30 April 1999 | |
Indonesia Republic of Indonesia |
Jakarta | 1,904,569 | [8] | 255,975,000113 | 12,378 | 0.707 | Indonesian rupiah (IDR; Rp) |
Indonesian | President Joko Widodo | 8 August 1967 | ||
Laos Lao People's Democratic Republic |
Vientiane | 236,800 | [9] | 6,492,40024 | 7,367 | 0.601 | Lao kip (LAK; ₭) |
Lao | General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Thongloun Sisoulith | 23 July 1997 | ||
President Thongloun Sisoulith | Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh | |||||||||||
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 329,847 | [10] | 31,427,09672 | 28,871 | 0.802 | Malaysian ringgit (MYR; RM) |
Malaysian | Yang di-Pertuan Agong Abdullah | Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob | 8 August 1967 | |
Myanmar Republic of the Union of Myanmar |
Naypyidaw | 676,578 | [11] | 51,419,42081 | 6,285 | 0.578 | Burmese kyat (MMK; K) |
Burmese | Chairman of the State Administration Council Min Aung Hlaing | 23 July 1997 | ||
Acting President Myint Swe | Prime Minister Min Aung Hlaing | |||||||||||
Philippines Republic of the Philippines |
Manila | 343,448 | [12] | 103,371,800295 | 8,229 | 0.712 | Philippine peso (PHP; ₱) |
Filipino and English | President Rodrigo Duterte | 8 August 1967 | ||
Singapore Republic of Singapore |
Singapore | 707.1 | [13] | 5,535,0006,619 | 90,531 | 0.932 | Singapore dollar (SGD; S$) |
Malay, Mandarin, English, and Tamil | President Halimah Yacob | Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong | 8 August 1967 | |
Thailand Kingdom of Thailand |
Bangkok | 513,115 | [14] | 65,339,612126 | 17,786 | 0.755 | Thai baht (THB; ฿) |
Thai | King Vajiralongkorn | Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha | 8 August 1967 | |
Vietnam Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
Hanoi | 331,690 | [15] | 99,000,000248 | 6,876 | 0.694 | Vietnamese đồng (VND; ₫) |
Vietnamese | General Secretary of the Communist Party Nguyễn Phú Trọng | 28 July 1995 | ||
President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc | Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính | |||||||||||
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
Jakarta (Secretariat) | 4,479,210 | 625,000,000[16] | 135 | 5,869[17] | 0.669 (UNDP cal.) | — | English (Working language) | Secretary General: Lim Jock Hoi | — |
Non-member states[]
ASEAN candidate/observer states[]
Flag | Country |
Capital |
Area (km2) |
Population |
Density (/km2) |
GDP per cap. (PPP) |
HDI | Currency |
Official languages | Leaders | Status | |
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Heads of State | Heads of Government | |||||||||||
East Timor Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste[18] |
Dili | 14,874 | [19] | 1,231,11676.2 | 4,928 | 0.620 | United States dollar (USD; $) |
Tetum and Portuguese | President Francisco Guterres | Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak | Observer | |
Papua New Guinea Independent State of Papua New Guinea[20][21] |
Port Moresby | 462,840 | [22] | 7,400,00014.5 | 2,399 | 0.491 | Papua New Guinean kina (PGK; K) |
English, Tok Pisin, and Hiri Motu | Queen Elizabeth II (Governor-General: Bob Dadae) |
Prime Minister James Marape | Observer |
ASEAN Plus Three Nation States[]
The present members of ASEAN together with:
Flag | Country |
Capital |
Area (km2) |
Population |
Density (/km2) |
GDP per cap. (PPP) |
HDI | Currency |
Official languages | Leaders | |
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Heads of State | Heads of Government | ||||||||||
China People's Republic of China |
Beijing | 9,640,011 | [23] | 1,371,790,000139.6 | 12,880 | 0.719 | Chinese yuan (CNY; ¥) |
Standard Chinese | General Secretary of the Communist Party Xi Jinping | ||
President Xi Jinping | Premier Li Keqiang | ||||||||||
Japan | Tokyo | 377,873 | [24] | 126,865,000337.6 | 37,390 | 0.890 | Japanese yen (JPY; ¥) |
Japanese (de facto) | Emperor Naruhito | Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga | |
South Korea Republic of Korea |
Seoul | 100,140 | [25] | 51,448,183493 | 35,277 | 0.891 | South Korean won (KRW; ₩) |
Korean | President Moon Jae-in | Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum |
East Asia Summit[]
The present members of ASEAN Plus Three together with:
Flag | Country |
Capital |
Area (km2) |
Population |
Density (/km2) |
GDP per cap. (PPP) |
HDI | Currency |
Official languages | Leaders | |
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Heads of State | Heads of Government | ||||||||||
Australia Commonwealth of Australia |
Canberra | 7,686,850 | [26] | 23,881,1392.833 | 46,433 | 0.933 | Australian dollar (AUD; A$) |
English (de facto) | Queen Elizabeth II (Governor-General: David Hurley) |
Prime Minister Scott Morrison | |
India Republic of India |
New Delhi | 3,287,240 | [27] | 1,366,417.75364.4 | 5,855 | 0.586 | Indian rupee (INR; ₹) |
Hindi in Devanagari script and English | President Ram Nath Kovind | Prime Minister Narendra Modi | |
New Zealand | Wellington | 268,680 | [28] | 4,612,28016.1 | 35,152 | 0.910 | New Zealand dollar (NZD; NZ$) |
English, Māori, and NZ Sign Language | Queen Elizabeth II (Governor-General: Patsy Reddy) |
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern | |
Russia Russian Federation |
Moscow | 17,075,400 | [29] | 146,567,8808.3 | 24,805 | 0.778 | Russian ruble (RUB; ) |
Russian | President Vladimir Putin | Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin | |
United States United States of America |
Washington, D.C. | 9,629,091 | [30] | 321,719,00032 | 54,597 | 0.914 | United States dollar (USD; $) |
English (de facto) | President Joe Biden |
ASEAN Regional Forum[]
The ASEAN Regional Forum is an informal multilateral dialogue of 28 members that seeks to address security issues in the Asia-Pacific region.
The list includes the members of the East Asia Summit plus:
Flag | Country |
Capital |
Area (km2) |
Population |
Density (/km2) |
GDP per cap. (PPP) |
HDI | Currency |
Official languages | Leaders | |
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Heads of State | Heads of Government | ||||||||||
Bangladesh People's Republic of Bangladesh[31] |
Dhaka | 147,570 | [32] | 159,143,0121,099.3 | 5,453 | 0.608 | Bangladeshi taka (BDT; ৳) |
Bengali | President Abdul Hamid | Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed | |
Canada | Ottawa | 9,984,670 | [33] | 35,749,6003.41 | 44,843 | 0.902 | Canadian dollar (CAD; C$) |
English and French | Queen Elizabeth II (Governor-General: Mary Simon) |
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau | |
Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 1,564,115 | [34] | 3,032,6061.75 | 11,882 | 0.698 | Mongolian tögrög (MNT; ₮) |
Mongolian | President Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh | Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene | |
North Korea Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
Pyongyang | 120,540 | [35] | 25,155,000198.3 | 1,800 est. | 0.540 (2012 UNDP) | North Korean won (KPW; ₩) |
Korean | General Secretary of the Workers' Party and Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un | ||
President of the State Affairs Commission Kim Jong-un (Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly: Choe Ryong-hae) |
Premier Kim Tok-hun | ||||||||||
Pakistan Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
Islamabad | 796,095 | [36] | 191,198,263214.3 | 4,736 | 0.537 | Pakistani rupee (PKR; ₨) |
Urdu and English | President Arif Alvi | Prime Minister Imran Khan | |
Sri Lanka Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka |
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (Administrative) Colombo (Commercial) |
65,610 | 20,771,00[37] | 323 | 10,372 | 0.750 | Sri Lankan rupee (LKR; රු) |
Sinhalese and Tamil | President Gotabaya Rajapaksa | Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa | |
United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
London | 242,495 | 67,886,004 | 270.7 | 47,089 | 0.932 | Pound sterling (GBP; £) |
English | Queen Elizabeth II | Prime Minister Boris Johnson | |
European Union | Brussels (de facto) | 4,233,262 | 447,706,209[38] | 106 | 37,607 | 0.876 (UNDP cal.) | Euro (EUR; €) and 10 others | Various | President of the Council Charles Michel | President of the Commission Ursula von der Leyen |
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External links[]
- Member states of ASEAN
- Lists of countries in Asia
- Countries by international organization