Member states of the Organization of American States

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
2015 est.
for 2014[3] 		Currency Official
languages
 Antigua and Barbuda St. John's 1981 1.78 $20,977 0.783 East Caribbean dollar English
 Argentina Buenos Aires 1948 716 $18,600 0.836 Argentine peso Spanish
 Bahamas Nassau 1982 11.8 $23,102 0.790 Bahamian dollar English
 Barbados Bridgetown 1967 7.169 $15,566 0.785 Barbadian dollar English
 Belize Belmopan 1991 2.38 $8,442 0.715 Belizean dollar English
 Bolivia Sucre 1948 55.4 $6,130 0.662 Bolivian boliviano Spanish
 Brazil Brasilia 1948 3,012 $15,034 0.755 Brazilian real Portuguese
 Canada Ottawa 1990 1,519 $43,207 0.913 Canadian dollar English, French
 Chile Santiago 1948 386 $21,911 0.832 Chilean peso Spanish
 Colombia Bogota 1948 598 $12,371 0.720 Colombian peso Spanish
 Costa Rica San José 1948 64 $13,872 0.766 Costa Rican colón Spanish
 Cuba[Note 1] Havana 1948 212 $18,796 0.769 Cuban peso Spanish
 Dominica Roseau 1979 0.91 $10,030 0.724 East Caribbean dollar English
 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 1948 122 $11,696 0.715 Dominican peso Spanish
 Ecuador Quito 1948 165 $10,469 0.732 United States dollar Spanish
 El Salvador San Salvador 1948 45 $7,762 0.666 United States dollar Spanish
 Grenada St. George's 1975 1.142 $11,498 0.750 East Caribbean dollar English
 Guatemala Guatemala City 1948 113 $7,295 0.627 Guatemalan quetzal Spanish
 Guyana Georgetown 1991 2.70 $6,551 0.636 Guyanese dollar English
 Haiti Port-au-Prince 1948 13 $1,703 0.483 Haitian gourde French
 Honduras[Note 2] Tegucigalpa 1948 33 $4,591 0.606 Honduran lempira Spanish
 Jamaica Kingston 1969 21 $8,890 0.719 Jamaican dollar English
 Mexico Mexico City 1948 2,014 $16,463 0.756 Mexican peso Spanish
 Nicaragua Managua 1948 24.39 $4,571 0.631 Nicaraguan córdoba Spanish
 Panama Panama City 1948 64 $19,411 0.780 United States dollar Spanish
 Paraguay Asuncion 1948 41 $8,043 0.679 Paraguayan guaraní Spanish
 Peru Lima 1948 358 $11,775 0.734 Peruvian nuevo sol Spanish
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre 1984 0.97 $20,929 0.752 East Caribbean dollar English
 Saint Lucia Castries 1979 2.02 $10,560 0.729 East Caribbean dollar English
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown 1981 1.20 $10,663 0.720 East Caribbean dollar English
 Suriname Paramaribo 1977 4.7 $16,226 0.714 Surinamese dollar Dutch
 Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain 1967 35.6 $30,439 0.772 Trinidad and Tobago dollar English
 United States Washington D.C. 1948 16,800 $53,143 0.915 United States dollar English
 Uruguay Montevideo 1948 62 $19,590 0.793 Uruguayan peso Spanish
 Venezuela Caracas 1948 553 $18,194 0.762 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 under the nation that has sovereignty over them.

 Denmark

 France

 Netherlands

 United Kingdom

 United States

Observers

  Members
  Observers

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ Suspended between 2009-2011.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Member States". Organization of American States. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
  2. ↑ "World Bank". 8 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Human Development Report 2015 – "Rethinking Work for Human Development"" (PDF). HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Declaration of the Revolutionary Government". Granma. 2009-06-08. Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  5. ↑ "OAS readmits Honduras to its ranks". CNN. 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
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