Member states of the Organization of American States

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.

NationCapitalYear
joined		GDP (PPP)
$Million		GDP (PPP)
per capita [2]		HDI
2015 est.
for 2014[3]		CurrencyOfficial
languages
 Antigua and BarbudaSt. John's19811.78$20,9770.783East Caribbean dollarEnglish
 ArgentinaBuenos Aires1948716$18,6000.836Argentine pesoSpanish
 BahamasNassau198211.8$23,1020.790Bahamian dollarEnglish
 BarbadosBridgetown19677.169$15,5660.785Barbadian dollarEnglish
 BelizeBelmopan19912.38$8,4420.715Belizean dollarEnglish
 BoliviaSucre194855.4$6,1300.662Bolivian bolivianoSpanish
 BrazilBrasilia19483,012$15,0340.755Brazilian realPortuguese
 CanadaOttawa19901,519$43,2070.913Canadian dollarEnglish and French
 ChileSantiago1948386$21,9110.832Chilean pesoSpanish
 ColombiaBogota1948598$12,3710.720Colombian pesoSpanish
 Costa RicaSan José194864$13,8720.766Costa Rican colónSpanish
 Cuba[Note 1]Havana1948212$18,7960.769Cuban pesoSpanish
 DominicaRoseau19790.91$10,0300.724East Caribbean dollarEnglish
 Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo1948122$11,6960.715Dominican pesoSpanish
 EcuadorQuito1948165$10,4690.732United States dollarSpanish
 El SalvadorSan Salvador194845$7,7620.666United States dollarSpanish
 GrenadaSt. George's19751.142$11,4980.750East Caribbean dollarEnglish
 GuatemalaGuatemala City1948113$7,2950.627Guatemalan quetzalSpanish
 GuyanaGeorgetown19912.70$6,5510.636Guyanese dollarEnglish
 HaitiPort-au-Prince194813$1,7030.483Haitian gourdeFrench
 Honduras[Note 2]Tegucigalpa194833$4,5910.606Honduran lempiraSpanish
 JamaicaKingston196921$8,8900.719Jamaican dollarEnglish
 MexicoMexico City19482,014$16,4630.756Mexican pesoSpanish
 NicaraguaManagua194824.39$4,5710.631Nicaraguan córdobaSpanish
 PanamaPanama City194864$19,4110.780United States dollarSpanish
 ParaguayAsuncion194841$8,0430.679Paraguayan guaraníSpanish
 PeruLima1948358$11,7750.734Peruvian nuevo solSpanish
 Saint Kitts and NevisBasseterre19840.97$20,9290.752East Caribbean dollarEnglish
 Saint LuciaCastries19792.02$10,5600.729East Caribbean dollarEnglish
 Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesKingstown19811.20$10,6630.720East Caribbean dollarEnglish
 SurinameParamaribo19774.7$16,2260.714Surinamese dollarDutch
 Trinidad and TobagoPort of Spain196735.6$30,4390.772Trinidad and Tobago dollarEnglish
 United StatesWashington D.C.194816,800$53,1430.915United States dollarEnglish (De Facto), See Languages of the United States
 UruguayMontevideo194862$19,5900.793Uruguayan pesoSpanish
 VenezuelaCaracas1948553$18,1940.762Venezuelan bolívarSpanish

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 nation that has sovereignty over them.

 Denmark

 France

 Netherlands

 United Kingdom

 United States

Observers

  Members
  Observers

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Suspended between 2009-2011.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Member States". Organization of American States. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
  2. ↑ "World Bank". 8 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Human Development Report 2015 – "Rethinking Work for Human Development"" (PDF). HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Declaration of the Revolutionary Government". Granma. 2009-06-08. Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  5. ↑ "OAS readmits Honduras to its ranks". CNN. 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
  6. ↑ observers
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