Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations

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As of 2010^[update] ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) has 10 member states, one candidate member state, and one observer state.

ASEAN was founded on 8 August 1967 with five members: Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines.

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 organization 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 organization 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)	Currency	Official languages	Leaders	Accession
	Brunei Negara Brunei Darussalam	Bandar Seri Begawan	5,765	j401,890 (2011 Est.)	65	Brunei dollar (BND)	Malay	Head of State and Government: Hassanal Bolkiah	1984-01-07
	Cambodia (Preăh Réachéanachâk Kâmpŭchéa)	Phnom Penh	181,035	g13,388,910 (2008 Census)	78	Cambodian riel (KHR)	Khmer	Head of State: Norodom Sihamoni Head of Government: Hun Sen	1999-04-30
	Indonesia Republik Indonesia	Jakarta	1,904,569	a237,556,363 (2010 Census)	113	Indonesian rupiah (IDR)	Indonesian	Head of State and Government: Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono	1967-08-08
	Laos ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ (Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao)	Vientiane	236,800	h6,477,211 (2011 Est.)	24	Lao kip (LAK)	Lao	Head of State: Choummaly Sayasone Head of Government: Thongsing Thammavong	1997-07-23
	Malaysia Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	329,847	f27,565,821 (2010 Census)	72	Malaysian ringgit (MYR)	Malay	Head of State: Mizan Zainal Abidin Head of Government: Najib Abdul Razak	1967-08-08
	Myanmar (Pyidaunzu Thanmăda Myăma Nainngandaw)	Naypyidaw	676,578	e58,840,000 (2010 Est.)	81	Myanmar kyat (MMK)	Burmese	Head of State and Government: Thein Sein	1997-07-23
	Philippines Republic of the Philippines Republika ng Pilipinas	Manila	300,000	b101,833,938 (2011 Est.)	295	Philippine peso (PHP)	Filipino, English	Head of State and Government: Benigno Aquino III	1967-08-08
	Singapore Republic of Singapore Republik Singapura 新加坡共和国 (Xīnjiāpō Gònghéguó) சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசு (Ciṅkappūr Kuṭiyaracu)	Singapore	707.1	i5,076,700 (2010 Census)	6,619	Singapore dollar (SGD)	Malay, Chinese (Mandarin), English, Tamil	Head of State: Tony Tan Keng Yam Head of Government: Lee Hsien Loong	1967-08-08
	Thailand ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Ratcha Anachak Thai)	Bangkok	513,115	d66,720,153 (2011 Est.)	126	Thai baht (THB)	Thai	Head of State: Bhumibol Adulyadej Head of Government: Yingluck Shinawatra	1967-08-08
	Vietnam Cộng hòa Xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam	Hanoi	331,690	c85,846,997 (2009 Census)	248	Vietnamese đồng (VND)	Vietnamese	Head of State: Truong Tan Sang Head of Government: Nguyen Tan Dung	1995-07-28

Non-member states

ASEAN candidate states

See also: Enlargement of Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Flag	Country	Capital	Area (km²)	Population	Density (/km²)	Currency	Official languages	Leaders	Status
	Papua New Guinea[3][4] Independent State of Papua New Guinea Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini	Port Moresby	462,840	a6,187,591 (2011 Est.)	14.5	Papua New Guinean kina (PGK)	English, Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu	Head of State: Queen Elizabeth II, Michael Ogio (Governor-General) Head of Government: Peter O'Neill	1976[5] (status)
	Timor-Leste[6] Repúblika Demokrátika Timór-Leste República Democrática de Timor-Leste Republik Demokrasi Timor Leste	Dili	14,874	b1,066,409 (2010 Census)	76.2	United States dollar (USD)	Portuguese, Tetum	Head of State: José Ramos-Horta Head of Government: Xanana Gusmão	2002 (status)

ASEAN Plus Three

Main article: ASEAN Plus Three

The present members of ASEAN together with:

Flag	Country	Capital	Area (km²)	Population	Density (/km²)	Currency	Official languages	Leaders
	China 中华人民共和国 (Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó)	Beijing	9,640,011	a1,339,724,852 (2010 Census)	139.6	Renminbi (Chinese yuan) (CNY)	Chinese (Mandarin),[7] written in simplified characters[7] see also languages of China	Head of State: Hu Jintao Head of Government: Wen Jiabao
	Japan 日本国 (Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku)	Tokyo	377,873	b128,056,026 (2010 Census)	337.6	Japanese yen (JPY)	Japanese (de facto)	Head of State: Akihito Head of Government: Yoshihiko Noda
	South Korea 대한민국 大韓民國 (Daehanminguk)	Seoul	100,140	c48,875,000 (2010 Census)	493	South Korean won (KRW)	Korean	Head of State: Lee Myung-bak Head of Government: Kim Hwang-sik

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)	Currency	Official languages	Leaders
	Australia Commonwealth of Australia	Canberra	7,686,850	d22,674,736 (2011 Est.)	2.833	Australian dollar (AUD)	English (de facto)	Head of State: Queen Elizabeth II, Quentin Bryce (Governor-General) Head of Government: Julia Gillard
	India Republic of India भारत गणराज्य (Bhārat Gaṇarājya)	New Delhi	3,287,240	a1,210,193,422 (2011 Census)	364.4	Indian rupee (INR)	Hindi (Devanagari script), English also see Languages of India	Head of State: Pratibha Patil Head of Government: Manmohan Singh
	New Zealand New Zealand Aotearoa	Wellington	268,680	e4,393,500 (2010 Est.)	16.1	New Zealand dollar (NZD)	English, Māori, NZ Sign Language	Head of State: Queen Elizabeth II, Jerry Mateparae (Governor-General) Head of Government: John Key
	Russia Российская Федерация (Rossiyskaya Federatsiya)	Moscow	17,075,400	c142,905,208 (2010 Census)	8.3	Russian ruble (RUB)	Russian also see Languages of Russia	Head of State: Dmitry Medvedev Head of Government: Vladimir Putin
	United States United States of America	Washington	9,629,091	b308,745,538 (2010 Census)	32	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)	Currency	Official languages	Leaders
	Bangladesh[8] গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ (Gônoprojatontri Bangladesh)	Dhaka	147,570	b142,319,000 (2011 Census)	1,099.3	Bangladeshi taka (BDT)	Bangla (de jure & de facto) English (de facto)	Head of State: Zillur Rahman Head of Government: Sheikh Hasina Wazed
	Canada Canada	Ottawa	9,984,670	c34,545,000 (2011 Est.)	3.41	Canadian dollar (CAD)	English and French	Head of State: Queen Elizabeth II, David Johnston (Governor-General) Head of Government: Stephen Harper
	Mongolia Монгол улс (Mongol uls) (Mongγol ulus)	Ulaanbaatar	1,564,115.75	e2,754,685 (2010 Census)	1.75	Mongolian tögrög (MNT)	Mongolian	Head of State: Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Head of Government: Sükhbaataryn Batbold
	North Korea 조선민주주의인민공화국 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國 (Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk)	Pyongyang	120,540	d24,052,231 (2008 Census)	198.3	North Korean won (KPW)	Korean	Head of State: Kim Il-sung (de jure), Kim Jong-il (supreme leader), Kim Yong-nam (de facto) Head of Government: Choe Yong-rim
	Pakistan Islamic Republic of Pakistan اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان (Islāmī Jumhūrī-ye Pākistān)	Islamabad	796,095	a187,342,721 (2011 Est.)	214.3	Pakistani rupee (PKR)	Urdu (national) English	Head of State: Asif Ali Zardari Head of Government: Yousaf Raza Gillani
	European Union   European Union Европейски съюз (Evropeĭski sŭyuz) Evropská unie Den Europæiske Union Europese Unie Euroopa Liit Euroopan unioni Union européenne Europäische Union Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση (Eurōpaïkḗ Énōsē) Európai Unió An tAontas Eorpach Unione europea Eiropas Savienība Europos Sąjunga Unjoni Ewropea Unia Europejska União Europeia Uniunea Europeană Európska únia Evropska unija Unión Europea Europeiska unionen	Brussels Luxembourg Strasbourg	4,324,782	502,486,499 (2011 Est.)	115.9	Euro (EUR)	see languages of the European Union	Head of State: Herman Van Rompuy (council), José Manuel Barroso (commission) Head of Government: Jerzy Buzek

References

1. ^ About Us, ASEAN Regional Forum official website. Retrieved 2006-06-12
2. ^ Overview, ASEAN Secretariat official website. Retrieved 2006-06-12
3. ^ Papua New Guinea asks RP support for Asean membership bid Retrieved 2009-07-08
4. ^ Somare seeks PGMA's support for PNG's ASEAN membership bid Retrieved 2009-07-08
5. ^ ASEAN secretariat
6. ^ East Timor ASEAN Bid Retrieved 2006-07-28
7. ^ ^{a b} Law of the People's Republic of China on the Standard Spoken and Written Chinese Language (Order of the President No.37)
8. ^ Bangladesh joins ASEAN Regional Forum, Hindustan Times, July 22, 2006.

External links

• ASEAN Secretariat. Retrieved on 2006-06-12
• ASEAN Regional Forum Retrieved on 2006-06-12