Member state

A member state is a state that is a member of an international organization or of a federation or confederation.

Since the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) include some members that are not sovereign states, neither organization ever speaks of "member states". The WTO has simply "members" (see WTO members), and the IMF refers to its members as "member countries".[1]

The oldest global member state based organization is the International Telecommunication Union, which joined the United Nations System as a Specialized Agency of the T1088 after the creation of the UN.

Worldwide

Restricted to a continent or larger region

Count Region Note
Member states of the Council of Europe 47 Europe
Member state of the European Union 27 Europe
Member states of the European Economic Area 30 Europe EU + Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway
Member states of the European Environment Agency 32 Europe EU + Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey [3]
Member states of the European Aviation Safety Agency 31 Europe EU + Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland
Member states of the European Union Customs Union 31 Europe EU + Turkey, San Marino, Andorra, Monaco
Member states of the Eurozone 19 Europe
Member states of the European Free Trade Association 4 Europe
Member states of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Europe
Central European Free Trade Agreement Europe
Member states of the European Southern Observatory 15 Europe
Nordic Council#Members 5 Europe
Council of the Baltic Sea States#Member states Europe
Western European and Others Group#WEOG Member States Europe
Eastern European Group#Members Europe
European Space Agency 22 Europe 1 Associate Canada
Member states of the Organization of American States 35 America
Member states of the Union of South American Nations 12 America
Member states of Mercosur 5 America
Member states of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas 8 America
Member states of the Caribbean Community 15 America
Association of Caribbean States#Member states 25 America
Caribbean Meteorological Organisation America
Inter-American Development Bank#Member states 48 America
Member states of the African Union 55 Africa
Southern African Development Community 14 Africa
Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations 10 Asia
Member states of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf 6 Asia
Member states of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation 6 Asia +5 observers
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia#Member states 14 Asia
Economic Cooperation Organization#Member states 10 Asia
Arctic Council#Member states 8 Arctic

Other

Military

In history:

References

  1. "IMF Country Information". Imf.org. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  2. "WHO | Countries". Who.int. 2018-05-26. Archived from the original on August 21, 2004. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  3. "About Eionet". Eea.europa.eu. 2018-02-09. Retrieved 2018-06-27.

See also

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