ASEAN COUNTRY

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 (2008 unless noted)	Density	UTC	Currency	Official languages	Head of State	Head of Government	Accession
	State of Brunei, Abode of Peace	Bandar Seri Begawan	5,765	490,000	65/km²	+8	Brunei dollar	Malay	Hassanal Bolkiah		1984-01-07
	Republic of the Union of Myanmar	Naypyidaw	676,578	50,020,000	81/km²	+6.5	Myanmar kyat	Burmese	Than Shwe	Thein Sein	1997-07-23
	Kingdom of Cambodia	Phnom Penh	181,035	13,388,910	78/km²	+7	Cambodian riel	Khmer	Norodom Sihamoni	Hun Sen	1999-04-30
	Republic of Indonesia	Jakarta	1,904,569	237,556,363	113/km²	+7, +8, +9	Indonesian rupiah	Indonesian	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono		1967-08-08
	Lao People's Democratic Republic	Vientiane	236,800	6,320,000	24/km²	+7	Lao kip	Lao	Choummaly Sayasone	Thongsing Thammavong	1997-07-23
	Federation of Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	329,847	28,200,000	72/km²	+8	Malaysian ringgit	Malay	Mizan Zainal Abidin	Najib Abdul Razak	1967-08-08
	Republic of the Philippines	Manila	300,000	92,226,600 (2007)	295/km²	+8	Philippine peso	Filipino, English	Benigno Aquino III		1967-08-08
	Republic of Singapore	Singapore	707.1	4,839,400 (2007)	6,619/km²	+8	Singapore dollar	Malay, Chinese (Mandarin), English, Tamil	Sellapan Ramanathan	Lee Hsien Loong	1967-08-08
	Kingdom of Thailand	Bangkok	513,115	63,389,730 (2003)	126/km²	+7	Thai baht	Thai	Bhumibol Adulyadej	Abhisit Vejjajiva	1967-08-08
	Socialist Republic of Vietnam	Hanoi	331,690	88,069,000	248/km²	+7	Vietnamese đồng	Vietnamese	Nguyễn Minh Triết	Nguyễn Tấn Dũng	1995-07-28

[edit] Non-member states

[edit] ASEAN candidate states

See also: Accession of East Timor to ASEAN

Flag	Country	Capital	Area (km²)	Population (2009)	Density	UTC	Currency	Official languages	Head of State	Head of Government
	Independent State of Papua New Guinea[3][4] (observer since 1976) [5]	Port Moresby	462,840	6,732,000	14.5/km²	+10	Papua New Guinean kina	English, Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu	Queen Elizabeth II Michael Ogio (Governor-General)	Sir Michael Somare
	Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste[6]	Dili	14,874	1,134,000	76.2/km²	+9	United States dollar	Portuguese, Tetum	José Ramos-Horta	Xanana Gusmão