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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St. John's | 1981 | 1.78 | $20,977 | 0.783 | East Caribbean dollar | English |
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Buenos Aires | 1948 | 716 | $18,600 | 0.836 | Argentine peso | Spanish |
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Nassau | 1982 | 11.8 | $23,102 | 0.790 | Bahamian dollar | English |
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Bridgetown | 1967 | 7.169 | $15,566 | 0.785 | Barbadian dollar | English |
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Belmopan | 1991 | 2.38 | $8,442 | 0.715 | Belizean dollar | English |
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Sucre | 1948 | 55.4 | $6,130 | 0.662 | Bolivian boliviano | Spanish |
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Brasilia | 1948 | 3,012 | $15,034 | 0.755 | Brazilian real | Portuguese |
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Ottawa | 1990 | 1,519 | $43,207 | 0.913 | Canadian dollar | English, French |
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Santiago | 1948 | 386 | $21,911 | 0.832 | Chilean peso | Spanish |
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Bogota | 1948 | 598 | $12,371 | 0.720 | Colombian peso | Spanish |
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San José | 1948 | 64 | $13,872 | 0.766 | Costa Rican colón | Spanish |
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Havana | 1948 | 212 | $18,796 | 0.769 | Cuban peso | Spanish |
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Roseau | 1979 | 0.91 | $10,030 | 0.724 | East Caribbean dollar | English |
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Santo Domingo | 1948 | 122 | $11,696 | 0.715 | Dominican peso | Spanish |
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Quito | 1948 | 165 | $10,469 | 0.732 | United States dollar | Spanish |
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San Salvador | 1948 | 45 | $7,762 | 0.666 | United States dollar | Spanish |
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St. George's | 1975 | 1.142 | $11,498 | 0.750 | East Caribbean dollar | English |
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Guatemala City | 1948 | 113 | $7,295 | 0.627 | Guatemalan quetzal | Spanish |
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Georgetown | 1991 | 2.70 | $6,551 | 0.636 | Guyanese dollar | English |
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Port-au-Prince | 1948 | 13 | $1,703 | 0.483 | Haitian gourde | French |
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Tegucigalpa | 1948 | 33 | $4,591 | 0.606 | Honduran lempira | Spanish |
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Kingston | 1969 | 21 | $8,890 | 0.719 | Jamaican dollar | English |
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Mexico City | 1948 | 2,014 | $16,463 | 0.756 | Mexican peso | Spanish |
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Managua | 1948 | 24.39 | $4,571 | 0.631 | Nicaraguan córdoba | Spanish |
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Panama City | 1948 | 64 | $19,411 | 0.780 | United States dollar | Spanish |
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Asuncion | 1948 | 41 | $8,043 | 0.679 | Paraguayan guaraní | Spanish |
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Lima | 1948 | 358 | $11,775 | 0.734 | Peruvian nuevo sol | Spanish |
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Basseterre | 1984 | 0.97 | $20,929 | 0.752 | East Caribbean dollar | English |
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Castries | 1979 | 2.02 | $10,560 | 0.729 | East Caribbean dollar | English |
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Kingstown | 1981 | 1.20 | $10,663 | 0.720 | East Caribbean dollar | English |
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Paramaribo | 1977 | 4.7 | $16,226 | 0.714 | Surinamese dollar | Dutch |
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Port of Spain | 1967 | 35.6 | $30,439 | 0.772 | Trinidad and Tobago dollar | English |
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Washington D.C. | 1948 | 16,800 | $53,143 | 0.915 | United States dollar | English |
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Montevideo | 1948 | 62 | $19,590 | 0.793 | Uruguayan peso | Spanish |
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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.
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 ArgentinaMontserrat
(Overseas territory)South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
(Overseas territory)
Disputed with ArgentinaTurks and Caicos Islands
(Overseas territory)British Virgin Islands
(Overseas territory)
Navassa Island
(unincorporated unorganized territory)
Disputed with HaitiPuerto Rico
(Unincorporated organized commonwealth)U.S. Virgin Islands
(Unincorporated organized territory)
Observers
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]
References
- ^ a b "Member States". Organization of American States. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
- ^ "World Bank". 8 July 2014.
- ^ "Human Development Report 2015 – "Rethinking Work for Human Development"" (PDF). HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ "Declaration of the Revolutionary Government". Granma. 2009-06-08. Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
- ^ "OAS readmits Honduras to its ranks". CNN. 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2012-11-01.