Member states of the Organization of American States
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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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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.
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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)
- Aruba
(Constituent country) - Bonaire
(Public body) - Curaçao
(Constituent country) - Saba
(Public body) - Sint Maarten
(Constituent country) - Sint Eustatius
(Public body)
- 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)
- 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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- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belgium
- Benin
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- China
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Estonia
- European Union
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- South Korea
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Malta
- Monaco
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
- 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]
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