Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations

██ ASEAN full members
██ ASEAN observers
██ ASEAN candidate members
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 members: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.

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
Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan 5,765 429,646[5] 65 73,233 0.852 Brunei dollar
(BND; B$)
Malay Head of state and government:
Hassanal Bolkiah
7 January 1984
Cambodia Phnom Penh 181,035 15,708,756[6] 78 3,263 0.584 Cambodian riel
(KHR; ៛)
Khmer Head of state: Norodom Sihamoni
Head of government: Hun Sen
30 April 1999
Indonesia Jakarta 1,904,569 255,461,700[7] 113 10,641 0.684 Indonesian rupiah
(IDR; Rp)
Indonesian Head of state and government:
Joko Widodo
8 August 1967
Laos Vientiane 236,800 6,911,544[8] 24 4,987 0.569 Lao kip
(LAK; ₭)
Lao Head of state: Choummaly Sayasone
Head of government: Thongsing Thammavong
23 July 1997
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 329,847 30,513,848[9] 72 24,654 0.773 Malaysian ringgit
(MYR; RM)
Malay Head of state: Abdul Halim
Head of government: Najib Razak
8 August 1967
Myanmar Naypyidaw 676,578 51,486,253[10] 81 4,706 0.524 Myanmar kyat
(MMK; K)
Burmese Head of state:
Htin Kyaw
Head of government:
Aung San Suu Kyi
23 July 1997
Philippines Manila 300,000 101,974,400[11] 295 6,962 0.660 Philippine peso
(PHP; ₱)
Filipino and English Head of state and government:
Benigno Aquino III
8 August 1967
Singapore Singapore 707.1 5,469,700[12] 6,619 82,762 0.901 Singapore dollar
(SGD; S$)
Malay, Mandarin, English and Tamil Head of state: Tony Tan
Head of government: Lee Hsien Loong
8 August 1967
Thailand Bangkok 513,115 65,104,000[13] 126 14,354 0.722 Thai baht
(THB; ฿)
Thai Head of state: Bhumibol Adulyadej
Head of government: Prayut Chan-o-cha
8 August 1967
Vietnam Hanoi 331,690 91,812,000[14] 248 5,635 0.638 Vietnamese đồng
(VND; ₫)
Vietnamese Head of state: Trần Đại Quang
Head of government: Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
28 July 1995
ASEAN 4,479,210 625,000,000[15] 135 5,869[16] 0.669 (UNDP cal.) Secretary General: Lê Lương Minh

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
Papua New Guinea[17][18] Port Moresby 462,840 7,400,000[19] 14.5 2,399 0.491 Papua New Guinean kina
(PGK; K)
English, Tok Pisin and Hiri Motu Head of state: Elizabeth II
Governor-General: Michael Ogio
Head of government: Peter O'Neill
Observer
Timor-Leste[20] Dili 14,874 1,231,116[21] 76.2 4,928 0.620 United States dollar
(USD; $)
Tetum and Portuguese Head of state: Taur Matan Ruak
Head of government: Rui Maria de Araújo
Observer

ASEAN Plus Three

The present members of ASEAN together with:

Flag Country
Capital
Area
(km²)
Population
Density
(/km²)
GDP per cap.
(PPP)
HDI Currency
Official languages Leaders
China Beijing 9,640,011 1,371,790,000[22] 139.6 12,880 0.719 Chinese yuan
(CNY; ¥)
Standard Chinese Head of state: Xi Jinping
Head of government: Li Keqiang
Japan Tokyo 377,873 126,865,000[23] 337.6 37,390 0.890 Japanese yen
(JPY; ¥)
Japanese (de facto) Head of state: Akihito
Head of government: Shinzo Abe
South Korea Seoul 100,140 51,448,183[24] 493 35,277 0.891 South Korean won
(KRW; ₩)
Korean Head of state: Park Geun-hye
Head of government: Hwang Kyo-ahn

East Asia Summit

Main article: 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
Australia Canberra 7,686,850 23,881,139[25] 2.833 46,433 0.933 Australian dollar
(AUD; A$)
English (de facto) Head of state: Elizabeth II
Governor-General: Peter Cosgrove
Head of government: Malcolm Turnbull
India New Delhi 3,287,240 1,276,370,000[26] 364.4 5,855 0.586 Indian rupee
(INR; )
Hindi in Devanagari script,
English and others
Head of state: Pranab Mukherjee
Head of government: Narendra Modi
New Zealand Wellington 268,680 4,612,280[27] 16.1 35,152 0.910 New Zealand dollar
(NZD; NZ$)
English, Māori and NZ Sign Language Head of state: Elizabeth II
Governor-General: Jerry Mateparae
Head of government: John Key
Russia Moscow 17,075,400 146,567,880[28] 8.3 24,805 0.778 Russian ruble
(RUB; )
Russian Head of state: Vladimir Putin
Head of government: Dmitry Medvedev
United States Washington, D.C. 9,629,091 321,719,000[29] 32 54,597 0.914 United States dollar
(USD; $)
English (de facto) Head of state and government:
Barack Obama

ASEAN Regional Forum

The ASEAN Regional Forum is an informal multilateral dialogue of 27 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
Bangladesh[30] Dhaka 147,570 159,143,012[31] 1,099.3 3,373 0.558 Bangladeshi taka
(BDT; ৳)
Bengali Head of state: Abdul Hamid
Head of government: Sheikh Hasina Wazed
Canada Ottawa 9,984,670 35,749,600[32] 3.41 44,843 0.902 Canadian dollar
(CAD; C$)
English and French Head of state: Elizabeth II
Governor-General: David Johnston
Head of government: Justin Trudeau
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 1,564,115 3,032,606[33] 1.75 11,882 0.698 Mongolian tögrög
(MNT; ₮)
Mongolian Head of state: Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Head of government: Norovyn Altankhuyag
North Korea Pyongyang 120,540 25,155,000[34] 198.3 1,800 est. 0.540 (2012 UNDP) North Korean won
(KPW; ₩)
Korean Supreme Leader: Kim Jong-Un
Head of state: Kim Yong-Nam (de jure & de facto)
Head of government: Pak Pong-ju
Pakistan Islamabad 796,095 191,198,263[35] 214.3 4,736 0.537 Pakistani rupee
(PKR; ₨)
Urdu and English Head of state: Mamnoon Hussain
Head of government: Nawaz Sharif
Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (Administrative)
Colombo (Commercial)
65,610 20,771,00[36] 323 10,372 0.750 Sri Lankan rupee
(LKR; රු)
Sinhalese and Tamil Head of state and government: Maithripala Sirisena
European Union Brussels (de facto) 4,324,782 508,191,116[37] 115.9 37,607 0.876 (UNDP cal.) Euro (EUR; €) and 10 others Various Head of state: Donald Tusk (Council)
Head of government: Jean-Claude Juncker (Commission)

References

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  2. Overview, ASEAN Secretariat official website. Retrieved 12 June 2006
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  4. at Human Development Index (2014 est. for 2013)
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  18. Somare seeks PGMA's support for PNG's ASEAN membership bid Retrieved 8 July 2009
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