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 |
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![]() | St. John's | 1981 | 1.78 | $20,977 | 0.783 | East Caribbean dollar | English |
![]() | Buenos Aires | 1948 | 716 | $18,600 | 0.836 | Argentine peso | Spanish |
![]() | Nassau | 1982 | 11.8 | $23,102 | 0.790 | Bahamian dollar | English |
![]() | Bridgetown | 1967 | 7.169 | $15,566 | 0.785 | Barbadian dollar | English |
![]() | Belmopan | 1991 | 2.38 | $8,442 | 0.715 | Belizean dollar | English |
![]() | Sucre | 1948 | 55.4 | $6,130 | 0.662 | Bolivian boliviano | Spanish |
![]() | Brasilia | 1948 | 3,012 | $15,034 | 0.755 | Brazilian real | Portuguese |
![]() | Ottawa | 1990 | 1,519 | $43,207 | 0.913 | Canadian dollar | English, French |
![]() | Santiago | 1948 | 386 | $21,911 | 0.832 | Chilean peso | Spanish |
![]() | Bogota | 1948 | 598 | $12,371 | 0.720 | Colombian peso | Spanish |
![]() | San José | 1948 | 64 | $13,872 | 0.766 | Costa Rican colón | Spanish |
![]() | Havana | 1948 | 212 | $18,796 | 0.769 | Cuban peso | Spanish |
![]() | Roseau | 1979 | 0.91 | $10,030 | 0.724 | East Caribbean dollar | English |
![]() | Santo Domingo | 1948 | 122 | $11,696 | 0.715 | Dominican peso | Spanish |
![]() | Quito | 1948 | 165 | $10,469 | 0.732 | United States dollar | Spanish |
![]() | San Salvador | 1948 | 45 | $7,762 | 0.666 | United States dollar | Spanish |
![]() | St. George's | 1975 | 1.142 | $11,498 | 0.750 | East Caribbean dollar | English |
![]() | Guatemala City | 1948 | 113 | $7,295 | 0.627 | Guatemalan quetzal | Spanish |
![]() | Georgetown | 1991 | 2.70 | $6,551 | 0.636 | Guyanese dollar | English |
![]() | Port-au-Prince | 1948 | 13 | $1,703 | 0.483 | Haitian gourde | French |
![]() | Tegucigalpa | 1948 | 33 | $4,591 | 0.606 | Honduran lempira | Spanish |
![]() | Kingston | 1969 | 21 | $8,890 | 0.719 | Jamaican dollar | English |
![]() | Mexico City | 1948 | 2,014 | $16,463 | 0.756 | Mexican peso | Spanish |
![]() | Managua | 1948 | 24.39 | $4,571 | 0.631 | Nicaraguan córdoba | Spanish |
![]() | Panama City | 1948 | 64 | $19,411 | 0.780 | United States dollar | Spanish |
![]() | Asuncion | 1948 | 41 | $8,043 | 0.679 | Paraguayan guaraní | Spanish |
![]() | Lima | 1948 | 358 | $11,775 | 0.734 | Peruvian nuevo sol | Spanish |
![]() | Basseterre | 1984 | 0.97 | $20,929 | 0.752 | East Caribbean dollar | English |
![]() | Castries | 1979 | 2.02 | $10,560 | 0.729 | East Caribbean dollar | English |
![]() | Kingstown | 1981 | 1.20 | $10,663 | 0.720 | East Caribbean dollar | English |
![]() | Paramaribo | 1977 | 4.7 | $16,226 | 0.714 | Surinamese dollar | Dutch |
![]() | Port of Spain | 1967 | 35.6 | $30,439 | 0.772 | Trinidad and Tobago dollar | English |
![]() | Washington D.C. | 1948 | 16,800 | $53,143 | 0.915 | United States dollar | English |
![]() | Montevideo | 1948 | 62 | $19,590 | 0.793 | Uruguayan peso | Spanish |
![]() | 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.
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Guadeloupe
(Overseas region) -
French Guiana
(Overseas region) -
Martinique
(Overseas region) -
Saint Barthélemy
(Overseas collectivity) -
Saint Martin
(Overseas collectivity) -
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
(Overseas collectivity)
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Aruba
(Constituent country) -
Bonaire
(Public body) -
Curaçao
(Constituent country) -
Saba
(Public body) -
Sint Maarten
(Constituent country) -
Sint Eustatius
(Public body)
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Anguilla
(Overseas territory) -
Bermuda
(Overseas territory) -
Cayman Islands
(Overseas territory) -
Falkland Islands
(Overseas territory)
Disputed with Argentina -
Montserrat
(Overseas territory) -
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
(Overseas territory)
Disputed with Argentina -
Turks and Caicos Islands
(Overseas territory) -
British Virgin Islands
(Overseas territory)
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Navassa Island
(unincorporated unorganized territory)
Disputed with Haiti -
Puerto Rico
(Unincorporated organized commonwealth) -
U.S. Virgin Islands
(Unincorporated organized territory)
Observers
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Members
Observers
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Albania
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Algeria
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Angola
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Armenia
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Austria
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Azerbaijan
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Belgium
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Benin
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Bulgaria
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China
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Croatia
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Cyprus
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Czech Republic
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Denmark
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Egypt
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Equatorial Guinea
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Estonia
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European Union
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Finland
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France
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Georgia
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Germany
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Ghana
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Greece
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Hungary
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Iceland
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India
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Ireland
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Israel
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Italy
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Japan
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Kazakhstan
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South Korea
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Latvia
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Lebanon
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Lithuania
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Luxembourg
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Macedonia
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Malta
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Monaco
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Morocco
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Netherlands
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Nigeria
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Norway
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Pakistan
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Philippines
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Poland
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Portugal
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Qatar
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Romania
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Russia
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Saudi Arabia
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Serbia
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Slovakia
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Slovenia
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Spain
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Sri Lanka
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Sweden
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Switzerland
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Thailand
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Tunisia
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Turkey
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Ukraine
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United Kingdom
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Vanuatu
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Vatican City
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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]
References
- 1 2 "Member States". Organization of American States. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
- ↑ "World Bank". 8 July 2014.
- ↑ "Human Development Report 2015 – "Rethinking Work for Human Development"" (PDF). HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ↑ "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.
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