Member states of the Organization of American States
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Members
Observers
All 35 independent nations of the Americas are member states of the Organization of American States (OAS).[1]
Member States[]
When formed on 5 May 1948 there were 21 members of the OAS. The organization's membership expanded as other nations in the Americas gained full political independence as sovereign states.
Nation | Capital | Year joined |
GDP (PPP) $Million |
GDP (PPP) per capita[2] |
HDI 2018 est. for 2017[3] |
Currency | Official languages |
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St. John's | 1981 | 1.78 | $20,977 | 0.780 | Eastern Caribbean dollar | English |
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Buenos Aires | 1948 | 716 | $18,600 | 0.825 | Argentine peso | Spanish |
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Bridgetown | 1967 | 7.169 | $15,566 | 0.800 | Barbadian dollar | English |
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Belmopan | 1991 | 2.38 | $8,442 | 0.708 | Belizean dollar | English |
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Sucre | 1948 | 55.4 | $6,130 | 0.693 | Bolivian boliviano | Spanish |
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Brasília | 1948 | 3,012 | $15,034 | 0.759 | Brazilian real | Portuguese |
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Ottawa | 1990 | 1,519 | $43,207 | 0.926 | Canadian dollar | English and French |
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Santiago | 1948 | 386 | $21,911 | 0.843 | Chilean peso | Spanish |
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Bogota | 1948 | 598 | $12,371 | 0.747 | Colombian peso | Spanish |
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San José | 1948 | 64 | $13,872 | 0.794 | Costa Rican colón | Spanish |
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Havana | 1948 | 212 | $18,796 | 0.777 | Cuban peso | Spanish |
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Roseau | 1979 | 0.91 | $10,030 | 0.715 | East Caribbean dollar | English |
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Santo Domingo | 1948 | 200 | $19,291 | 0.736 | Dominican peso | Spanish |
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Quito | 1948 | 165 | $10,469 | 0.752 | United States dollar | Spanish |
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San Salvador | 1948 | 45 | $7,762 | 0.674 | United States dollar | Spanish |
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St. George's | 1975 | 1.142 | $11,498 | 0.772 | East Caribbean dollar | English |
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Guatemala City | 1948 | 113 | $7,295 | 0.650 | Guatemalan quetzal | Spanish |
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Georgetown | 1991 | 2.70 | $6,551 | 0.654 | Guyanese dollar | English |
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Port-au-Prince | 1948 | 13 | $1,703 | 0.498 | Haitian gourde | French |
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Tegucigalpa | 1948 | 33 | $4,591 | 0.617 | Honduran lempira | Spanish |
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Kingston | 1969 | 21 | $8,890 | 0.732 | Jamaican dollar | English |
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Mexico City | 1948 | 2,014 | $16,463 | 0.774 | Mexican peso | Spanish |
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Managua | 1948 | 24.39 | $4,571 | 0.658 | Nicaraguan córdoba | Spanish |
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Panama City | 1948 | 64 | $19,411 | 0.789 | United States dollar | Spanish |
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Asuncion | 1948 | 41 | $8,043 | 0.702 | Paraguayan guaraní | Spanish |
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Lima | 1948 | 358 | $11,775 | 0.750 | Peruvian sol | Spanish |
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Basseterre | 1984 | 0.97 | $20,929 | 0.778 | East Caribbean dollar | English |
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Castries | 1979 | 2.02 | $10,560 | 0.747 | East Caribbean dollar | English |
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Kingstown | 1981 | 1.20 | $10,663 | 0.723 | East Caribbean dollar | English |
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Paramaribo | 1977 | 4.7 | $16,226 | 0.720 | Surinamese dollar | Dutch |
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Nassau | 1982 | 11.8 | $23,102 | 0.807 | Bahamian dollar | English |
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Port of Spain | 1967 | 35.6 | $30,439 | 0.784 | Trinidad and Tobago dollar | English |
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Washington D.C. | 1948 | 16,800 | $53,143 | 0.924 | United States dollar | English (De Facto), See Languages of the United States No official languages |
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Montevideo | 1948 | 62 | $19,590 | 0.804 | Uruguayan peso | Spanish |
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Caracas | 1948 | 553 | $18,194 | 0.761 | Venezuelan bolívar | Spanish |
Non-members[]
The following jurisdictions are not members of the OAS as each is a dependent territory of another nation. They are grouped under the nation that has sovereignty over them.
Denmark
Greenland
(Constituent country)
France
Guadeloupe
(Overseas region)French Guiana
(Overseas region)Martinique
(Overseas region)Saint Barthélemy
(Overseas collectivity)Saint Martin
(Overseas collectivity)Saint Pierre and Miquelon
(Overseas collectivity)
Aruba
(Constituent country)Bonaire
(Public body)Curaçao
(Constituent country)Saba
(Public body)Sint Maarten
(Constituent country)Sint Eustatius
(Public body)
United Kingdom
Anguilla
(Overseas territory)Bermuda
(Overseas territory)Cayman Islands
(Overseas territory)Falkland Islands
(Overseas territory)
Disputed with ArgentinaMontserrat
(Overseas territory)South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
(Overseas territory)
Disputed with ArgentinaTurks and Caicos Islands
(Overseas territory)British Virgin Islands
(Overseas territory)
Puerto Rico
(Unincorporated organized commonwealth)U.S. Virgin Islands
(Unincorporated organized territory)
Observers[]
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Belgium
Benin
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
China
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Estonia
European Union
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
India
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
South Korea
Latvia
Lebanon
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
North Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Morocco
Netherlands
Nigeria
Norway
Pakistan
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Yemen
Footnotes[]
- ^ Suspended between 1962–2009.[1] However, following the lifting of their suspension, a Declaration of the Revolutionary Government stated that while Cuba welcomed the Assembly's gesture, in light of the Organization's historical record "Cuba will not return to the OAS".[4] See: Cuban relations with the Organization of American States.
- ^ Suspended between 2009-2011.[5]
- ^ On 28 April 2017 Venezuela notified the OAS of its denounciation of the Charter of the OAS, which as per Article 143 would lead to the withdraw of Venezuela from the OAS effective two years from the date of notification.[6] During the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis, the President of the National Assembly of Venezuela Juan Guaidó, who was recognized by the National Assembly as the acting president, sent a letter to the OAS Secretary General annuling the previous denuncation of the OAS Charter, and expressing his desire for Venezuela to remain a member of the OAS.[6] The National Assembly designated a special envoy as representative to the OAS, who the OAS voted to recognize as Venezuela's delegate in April.[7][8]
References[]
- ^ a b "Member States". Organization of American States. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
- ^ "World Bank". 8 July 2014.
- ^ "2018 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ "Declaration of the Revolutionary Government". Granma. 2009-06-08. Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
- ^ "OAS readmits Honduras to its ranks". CNN. 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
- ^ a b "CHARTER OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (A-41)". Organization of American States. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
- ^ "Resolution on the Situation in Venezuela". Organization of American States. 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
- ^ "OAS recognises Guaido's envoy until new Venezuela elections held". Al Jazeera. 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
- ^ observers
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