The following is a list of regional organizations by population.
List
| Flag/Logo | Entities | Founded | Population | Pct of world pop | Members | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | 7,847,705,000 | 100.00% | Population Clock | |||
| Asia Cooperation Dialogue | 2002 | 4,317,290,284 | 55.01% |  Afghanistan  Bahrain  Bangladesh  Bhutan  Brunei  Cambodia  China  India  Indonesia  Iran  Japan  Kazakhstan  South Korea  Kuwait  Kyrgyzstan  Laos  Malaysia  Mongolia  Myanmar  Nepal  Oman  Pakistan  Philippines  Qatar  Russia  Saudi Arabia  Singapore  Sri Lanka  Tajikistan  Thailand  Turkey  United Arab Emirates  Uzbekistan  Vietnam | Membership overlap with ASEAN, SAARC | |
){kind=small} | Shanghai Cooperation Organisation | 2001 | 3,247,750,955 | 41.38% | China India Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Pakistan Russia Tajikistan Uzbekistan | Membership overlap with CIS and Eurasian Economic Community, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
){kind=logo} | BRICS | 2008 | 3,040,000,000 | 38.74% |  Brazil Russia India China  South Africa | An association of five major emerging national economies |
| Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation | 1989 | 2,700,000,000 | 34.40% | .svg.png){kind=small} Australia Brunei .svg.png){kind=small} Canada  Chile China  Hong Kong Indonesia Japan South Korea Malaysia  Mexico  New Zealand  Papua New Guinea  Peru Philippines Russia Singapore  Taiwan Thailand  United States Vietnam | Membership overlap with Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Commonwealth of Nations, Eurasian Economic Community, North American Free Trade Agreement, NATO, OPEC, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Mercosur/Mercosul, Union of South American Nations, African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, | |
| Commonwealth of Nations | 1931 | 2,418,964,000 | 30.82% |  Antigua and Barbuda Australia  Bahamas Bangladesh  Barbados  Belize  Botswana Brunei  Cameroon Canada  Cyprus  Dominica  Ghana  Grenada  Guyana India  Jamaica  Kenya  Kiribati  Lesotho  Malawi Malaysia  Maldives  Malta  Mauritius  Mozambique  Namibia  Nauru New Zealand  Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea  Rwanda  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Samoa  Seychelles  Sierra Leone Singapore  Solomon Islands South Africa Sri Lanka  Swaziland  Tanzania  Tonga  Trinidad and Tobago  Tuvalu  Uganda  United Kingdom  Vanuatu  Zambia | Membership overlap with European Union, European Economic Area, African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, African Union, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Union of South American Nations, Caribbean Community, CARIFORUM, NATO, and Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Small Island Developing States | |
| Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership | 2015 | 2,041,590,650 | 26.02% | Australia Brunei Cambodia China Indonesia Japan South Korea Laos Malaysia Myanmar New Zealand Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam | A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) scheme of the 10 ASEAN Member States and its FTA Partners (Australia, China, Japan, Korea and New Zealand) to be concluded by the end of 2015 | |
| South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | 1985 | 1,713,870,000 | 21.84% | Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka | Membership overlap with Economic Cooperation Organization, Commonwealth of Nations | |
){kind=small} | SAPCZ | 1986 | 1,552,860,934 | 19.79% |  Argentina  Angola  Benin Brazil  Cape Verde Cameroon  Congo  DR Congo  Equatorial Guinea  Gabon  Gambia Ghana  Guinea  Guinea-Bissau  Ivory Coast  Liberia Namibia Nigeria  São Tomé and Príncipe  Senegal Sierra Leone South Africa  Togo  Uruguay | |
){kind=logo} | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe | 1975 | 1,276,751,497 | 16.27% |  Albania  Andorra  Armenia  Austria  Azerbaijan  Belarus .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bulgaria Canada  Croatia Cyprus  Czech Republic  Denmark  Estonia  Finland  France  Georgia  Germany  Greece  Hungary  Iceland  Ireland  Italy Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan  Latvia  Liechtenstein  Lithuania  Luxembourg Malta  Moldova  Monaco Mongolia  Montenegro  Netherlands  North Macedonia  Norway  Poland  Portugal  Romania Russia  San Marino  Serbia  Slovakia  Slovenia  Spain  Sweden  Switzerland Tajikistan Turkey  Turkmenistan  Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uzbekistan  Vatican City | Membership overlap with EU, NATO |
){kind=small} | African Union | 2002 | 1,275,920,972 | 16.26% |  Algeria Angola Benin Botswana  Burkina Faso  Burundi Cape Verde Cameroon  Central African Republic  Chad  Comoros DR Congo  Djibouti  Egypt Equatorial Guinea  Eritrea Eswatini  Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia  Libya  Madagascar Malawi  Mali  Mauritania Mauritius  Morocco Mozambique Namibia  Niger Nigeria Congo Rwanda  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone  Somalia South Africa  South Sudan  Sudan Tanzania Togo  Tunisia Uganda Zambia  Zimbabwe | |
){kind=small} | Organization of American States | 1948 | 980,457,921 | 12.49% | Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize  Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile  Colombia  Costa Rica  Cuba Dominica  Dominican Republic  Ecuador  El Salvador Grenada  Guatemala Guyana  Haiti  Honduras Jamaica Mexico  Nicaragua  Panama  Paraguay Peru Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay  Venezuela | Membership overlap with NATO, North American Free Trade Agreement, Mercosur/Mercosul, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Union of South American States, CAFTA-DR, Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, RIO Group, Caribbean Community, Association of Caribbean States |
){kind=small} | NATO | 1949 | 880,978,798 | 11.23% | Albania Belgium Bulgaria Canada Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Turkey United Kingdom United States | Membership overlap with Commonwealth of Nations, European Union, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, North American Free Trade Agreement, Organization of American States) |
| Council of Europe | 1949 | 820,000,000 | 10.45% | Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom | Membership overlap with | |
| Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance | 1948 | 754,901,942 | 9.62% | Argentina Bahamas Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala Haiti Honduras Panama Paraguay Peru Trinidad and Tobago United States Venezuela | Membership overlap with Organization of American States | |
){kind=small} | Community of Latin American and Caribbean States | 2010 | 652,012,001 | 8.31% | Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Bolivia Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay Venezuela | Membership overlap with Organization of American States |
| Association of Southeast Asian Nations | 1967 | 647,016,000 | 8.24% | Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam | Membership overlap with Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, Small Islands Developing States | |
){kind=small} | Latin American Integration Association | 1980 | 515,722,726 | 6.57% | Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Cuba Ecuador Mexico Paraguay Panama Peru Uruguay Venezuela | Membership overlap with Organization of American States |
| European Economic Area | 1994 | 515,000,000 | 6.56% | Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark  EU Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland | Membership overlap with European Union, European Free Trade Association, Commonwealth of Nations and La Francophonie | |
){kind=small} | European Union | 1957 | 513,481,691 | 6.54% | Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden | Membership overlap with NATO, Commonwealth of Nations, European Economic Area[1] |
.svg.gif')){kind=small} | North American Free Trade Agreement | 1994 | 490,000,000 | 6.24% | Canada Mexico United States | Membership overlap with Commonwealth of Nations, NATO, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, CAFTA-DR, Organization of American States |
| Economic Cooperation Organization | 1985 | 488,405,949 | 6.22% | Afghanistan Azerbaijan Iran Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Pakistan Tajikistan Turkey Turkmenistan Uzbekistan | Membership overlap with South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | |
){kind=small} | Arab League | 1945 | 423,000,000 | 5.39% | Algeria Bahrain Comoros Djibouti Egypt  Iraq  Jordan Kuwait  Lebanon Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman  Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia Sudan  Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates  Yemen | Membership overlap with African Union, La Francophonie |
){kind=small} | OPEC | 1960 | 369,814,472 | 4.71% | Algeria Angola Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon Iran Iraq Kuwait Libya Nigeria Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Venezuela | Membership overlap with Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Organization of American States, African Union, Economic Cooperation Organization, Union of South American Nations, Arab League, Mercosur or Mercosul |
| Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation | 1992 | 330,000,000[2] | 4.21% | Albania Armenia Azerbaijan Bulgaria Georgia Greece Moldova Romania Russia Serbia Turkey Ukraine | Membership overlap with | |
| Council of the Baltic Sea States | 1992 | 300,744,708 | 3.83% | Denmark Estonia Finland Germany Iceland Latvia Lithuania Norway Poland Russia Sweden | Membership overlap with EU, CIS, Nordic Council, OBSEC. | |
){kind=small} | Commonwealth of Independent States | 1991 | 277,983,490 | 3.54% | Azerbaijan Belarus Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Armenia Moldova Russia Tajikistan Uzbekistan | Membership overlap with Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
){kind=small} | Mercosur/Mercosul | 1991 | 265,212,435 | 3.38% | Argentina Brazil Paraguay Uruguay | Membership overlap with Union of South American Nations, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Unions of South American Nations, Latin Union, Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, RIO Group, Organization of American States |
){kind=small} | Association of Caribbean States | 1994 | 237,000,000 | 3.02% | Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Venezuela | An economic zone of Central American plus Caribbean states along with northern South America. Membership overlap with Latin Union, La Francophonie, Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, Union of South American Nations, Caribbean Community, CARIFORUM, RIO Group, CAFTA-DR, Organization of American States |
){kind=logo} | Pacific Alliance | 2012 | 218,536,683 | 2.78% | Chile Colombia Mexico Peru | Membership overlap with Organization of American States |
){kind=small} | Collective Security Treaty Organisation | 1994 | 210,000,000 | 2.68% | Armenia Belarus Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Russia Tajikistan | Membership overlap with Commonwealth of Independent States, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
){kind=small} | Eurasian Economic Union | 2001 | 205,693,649 | 2.62% | Armenia Belarus Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Russia | Membership overlap with Commonwealth of Independent States and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| South-East European Cooperation Process | 1996 | 150,492,458 | 1.92% | Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Greece  Kosovo Moldova Montenegro North Macedonia Romania Serbia Slovenia Turkey | Membership overlap with EU and Council of Europe. | |
| British-Irish Council | 1999 | 73,072,783 | 0.93% |  Guernsey Ireland  Isle of Man  Jersey United Kingdom | Membership overlap with EU. The devolved institutions of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are representated separately. | |
){kind=logo} | Visegrád Group | 1991 | 64,320,833 | 0.82% | Czech Republic Hungary Poland Slovakia | Membership overlap with EU |
){kind=logo} | GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development | 1999 | 62,140,327 | 0.79% | Azerbaijan Georgia Moldova Ukraine [3] | Membership overlap with EU |
){kind=small} | Central American Integration System | 1993 | 51,152,936 | 0.65% | Belize Costa Rica Dominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama | An economic and political organization of eight Central American states Membership overlap with Latin Union, Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, Union of South American Nations, Association of Caribbean States, RIO Group, CAFTA-DR, Organization of American States |
){kind=small} | Union of South American Nations | 2005 | 49,002,000 | 0.62% | Bolivia Guyana Suriname Uruguay Venezuela | Membership overlap with Mercosur/Mercosul, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Latin Union, Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, RIO Group, Association of Caribbean States |
){kind=small} | Pacific Islands Forum | 1971 | 40,054,000 | 0.51% | Australia  Cook Islands  Fiji  French Polynesia Kiribati  Marshall Islands  F.S. Micronesia Nauru  New Caledonia New Zealand  Niue  Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu | Membership overlaps with APEC |
){kind=logo} | Benelux | 1948 | 29,300,000 | 0.37% | Belgium Luxembourg Netherlands | Membership overlap with EU |
){kind=small} | Nordic Council | 1953 | 25,880,000 | 0.34% | Denmark Finland Iceland Norway Sweden | Membership overlap with EU |
){kind=small} | Central European Free Trade Agreement | 1992 | 21,907,354 | 0.28% | Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Kosovo (through UNMIK) Moldova Montenegro North Macedonia Serbia | Membership overlap with |
){kind=small} | CARICOM | 1973 | 18,095,201 | 0.23% | Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Dominica Grenada Guyana Haiti Jamaica  Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago | An economic organization made up of fifteen full members, (fourteen independent countries + one British overseas territory.) Membership overlap with Commonwealth of Nations, La Francophonie, Small Islands Developing States, CARIFORUM, Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, Union of South American Nations, Association of Caribbean States, Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, RIO Group, Central American Integration System, Organization of American States |
){kind=logo} | European Free Trade Association | 1960 | 14,050,000 | 0.18% | Iceland Liechtenstein Norway Switzerland | Membership overlap with EEA.| |
){kind=logo} | Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States | 1981 | 615,724 | 0.01% | Antigua and Barbuda Dominica Grenada Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Membership overlap with CARICOM. |
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References
- ^ Eurostat data Archived 6 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine Eurostat population demography data as of 1 January 2006, extrapolated to 1 January 2007
- ^ Agency, Anadolu (15 December 2016). "Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization: Turkey's third option". Daily Sabah.
- ^ "Brochure". guam-organization.org. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
External links
- United Nations Analytical Report for the 2004 revision of World Population Prospects – includes details of methodology and sources used for the population estimates above.
- Population clocks & projected growth charts for all countries
- Population clock