Member State of the European Union(EU)

List

	Emb lem	Common name	Official name	Accession	Population	Area (km²)	Capital	Languages
		Austria	Republik Österreich	1 January 1995	8,372,930	83,871	Vienna	German
		Belgium	Koninkrijk België Royaume de Belgique Königreich Belgien	25 March 1957	10,827,519	30,528	Brussels	Flemish (Dutch) French German
		Bulgaria	Република България	1 January 2007	7,576,751	110,910	Sofia	Bulgarian
		Cyprus	Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti	1 May 2004	801,851	9,251	Nicosia	Greek Turkish
		Czech Republic	Česká republika	1 May 2004	10,512,397	78,866	Prague	Czech
		Denmark	Kongeriget Danmark	1 January 1973	5,547,088	43,094	Copenhagen	Danish
		Estonia	Eesti Vabariik	1 May 2004	1,340,274	45,226	Tallinn	Estonian
		Finland	Suomen tasavalta Republiken Finland	1 January 1995	5,350,475	338,145	Helsinki	Finnish Swedish
		France	République française	25 March 1957	64,709,480	674,843	Paris	French
		Germany	Bundesrepublik Deutschland	25 March 1957[t 5]	81,757,595	357,050	Berlin	German
		Greece	Ελληνική Δημοκρατία	1 January 1981	11,125,179	131,990	Athens	Greek
		Hungary	Magyar Köztársaság	1 May 2004	10,013,628	93,030	Budapest	Hungarian	–
		Ireland	Éire Ireland[t 6]	1 January 1973	4,450,878	70,273	Dublin	Irish English	–
		Italy	Repubblica italiana	25 March 1957	60,397,353	301,318	Rome	Italian	–
		Latvia	Latvijas Republika	1 May 2004	2,248,961	64,589	Riga	Latvian	–
		Lithuania	Lietuvos Respublika	1 May 2004	3,329,227	65,303	Vilnius	Lithuanian	–
		Luxembourg	Grand-Duché de Luxembourg Großherzogtum Luxemburg Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg	25 March 1957	502,207	2,586	Luxembourg	French German Luxembourgish	–
		Malta	Repubblika ta’ Malta Republic of Malta	1 May 2004	416,333	316	Valletta	Maltese English	–
		Netherlands	Koninkrijk der Nederlanden[t 7]	25 March 1957	16,576,800	41,526	Amsterdam[t 8]	Dutch	2 excluded[show]
		Poland	Rzeczpospolita Polska	1 May 2004	38,163,895	312,683	Warsaw	Polish	–
		Portugal	República Portuguesa	1 January 1986	10,636,888	92,391	Lisbon	Portuguese	–
		Romania	România[t 9]	1 January 2007	21,466,174	238,391	Bucharest	Romanian	–
		Slovakia	Slovenská republika	1 May 2004	5,424,057	49,037	Bratislava	Slovakian	–
		Slovenia	Republika Slovenija	1 May 2004	2,054,119	20,273	Ljubljana	Slovenian	–
		Spain	Reino de España	1 January 1986	46,087,170	506,030	Madrid	Spanish	–
		Sweden	Konungariket Sverige	1 January 1995	9,347,899	449,964	Stockholm	Swedish	–
		United Kingdom	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	1 January 1973	62,041,708	244,820	London	English

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

members

• Afghanistan
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• India
• Maldives
• Nepal
• Pakistan
• Sri Lanka

Secretaries General

Abul Ahsan	January 16, 1987 to 15 October 1989
Kant Kishore Bhargava	October 17, 1989 to December 31, 1991
Ibrahim Hussain Zaki	January 1, 1992 to December 31, 1993
Yadav Kant Silwal	January 1, 1994 to December 31, 1995
Naeem U. Hasan	January 1, 1996 to December 31, 1998
Nihal Rodrigo	January 1, 1999 to January 10, 2002
Q.A.M.A. Rahim	January 11, 2002 to February 28, 2005
Lyonpo Chenkyab Dorji	March 1, 2005 to February 29, 2008
Sheel Kant Sharma	March 1, 2008 to present

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

Member economy	Date of accession
Australia	1989
Brunei	1989
Canada	1989
Indonesia	1989
Japan	1989
Republic of Korea	1989
Malaysia	1989
New Zealand	1989
Philippines	1989
Singapore	1989
Thailand	1989
United States	1989
Chinese Taipei[2]	1991
Hong Kong, China[3]	1991
People’s Republic of China[4]	1991
Mexico	1993
Papua New Guinea	1993
Chile	1994
Peru	1998
Russia	1998
Vietnam	1998

North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO)

Member states

Date	Country	Enlargement	Notes
April 4, 1949	Belgium	Founders
	Canada
	Denmark
	France		France withdrew from the integrated military command in 1966 to pursue an independent defence system but returned to full membership on April 4, 2009.
	Iceland		Iceland, the sole member that does not have its own standing army, joined on the condition that it would not be expected to establish one. However, its strategic geographic position in the Atlantic made it an invaluable member. It has a Coast Guard and has recently contributed a voluntary peacekeeping force, trained in Norway for NATO.
	Italy
	Luxembourg
	Netherlands
	Norway
	Portugal
	United Kingdom
	United States
18 February 1952	Greece	First	Greece withdrew its forces from NATO’s military command structure from 1974 to 1980 as a result of Greco-Turkish tensions following the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
	Turkey
9 May 1955	Germany	Second	Joined as West Germany; Saarland reunited with it in 1957 and the territories of Berlin and the former German Democratic Republic reunited with it on 3 October 1990. The GDR was a member of the rival Warsaw Pact 1956-1990.
30 May 1982	Spain	Third
12 March 1999	Czech Republic	Fourth	Member of the rival Warsaw Pact 1955-1991 as part of Czechoslovakia.
	Hungary		Member of the rival Warsaw Pact 1955-1991.
	Poland		Member of the rival Warsaw Pact 1955-1991.
29 March 2004	Bulgaria	Fifth	Member of the rival Warsaw Pact 1955-1991.
	Estonia		Member of the rival Warsaw Pact 1955-1991 as part of the Soviet Union.
	Latvia		Member of the rival Warsaw Pact 1955-1991 as part of the Soviet Union.
	Lithuania		Member of the rival Warsaw Pact 1955-1991 as part of the Soviet Union.
	Romania		Member of the rival Warsaw Pact 1955-1991.
	Slovakia		Member of the rival Warsaw Pact 1955-1991 as part of Czechoslovakia.
	Slovenia		Previously part of Yugoslavia 1945-1991 (Non-aligned)
1 April 2009	Albania	Sixth	Member of the rival Warsaw Pact 1955-1968.
	Croatia		Previously part of Yugoslavia 1945-1991 (Non-aligned)

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC)

OPEC has twelve member countries: six in the Middle East, four in Africa, and two in South America.

Country	Region	Joined OPEC	Population (July 2008)	Area (km²)
Algeria	Africa	1969	33,779,668	2,381,740
Angola	Africa	2007	12,531,357	1,246,700
Ecuador	South America	2007[A 1]	13,927,650	283,560
Iran	Middle East	1960[A 2]	65,875,224	1,648,000
Iraq	Middle East	1960[A 2]	28,221,180	437,072
Kuwait	Middle East	1960[A 2]	2,596,799	17,820
Libya	Africa	1962	6,173,579	1,759,540
Nigeria	Africa	1971	149,255,312	923,768
Qatar	Middle East	1961	824,789	11,437
Saudi Arabia	Middle East	1960[A 2]	28,146,656	2,149,690
United Arab Emirates	Middle East	1967	4,621,399	83,600
Venezuela	South America	1960[A 2]	26,414,816	912,050
Total			369,368,429	11,854,977 km²