Member States

For more information about the member states please click on the country in the map.

GUYANA

Official title:
Co-operative Republic of Guyana

General information:
Capital: Georgetown
Population: 735,222(July 2015 est.)
Total area: 214,970 km2
Currency: Guyanese dollar (GYD)
National holiday: Republic Day, 23rd February (1970)
Official language: English
National language: Guyanese Creole
Recognized regional languages: Portuguese, Spanish, Akawaio, Macushi, Waiwai, Arawak, Patamona, Warrau, Carib, Wapishana, Arekuna

ALGERIA

Official title:
People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria

General information:
Capital: Algiers
Population: 45.5 milion people (as of 2021)
Total area: 2,3 million km2
Currency: Algerian dinar (DZD)
National holiday: Independence Day 5th July (1962), Revolution Day, 1st November (1954)
Official language: Arabic
Other languages: Berber dialects (constitutionally national), French (lingua franca)
Ethnic groups: Arab-Berber (99%), European (1%)

CONGO

Official title:
Republic of the Congo

General information:
Capital: Brazzaville
Population: 5,518,092 (2021 est.)
Total area: 342,000 km2
Currency: CFA Franc (XOF)
National holiday: Independence Day, 15th August (1960)
Official language: French
Recognized regional languages: Kituba and Lingala

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

Official title:
Democratic Republic of the Congo

General information:
Capital: Kinshasa
Population: 105,130,171 (July 2021 est.)
Total area: 2,345,409 km2
Currency: Congolese franc (CDF)
National holiday: Independence Day, 30th June (1960)
Official language: French
Recognized regional languages: Lingala, Kingwana, Kikongo, Tshiluba

ANGOLA

Official title:
Republic of Angola

General information:
Capital: Luanda
Population: Approximately 32,9 million (as of 2021)
Total area: 1,25 million km2
Currency: Angolan kwanza (AOA)
National holiday: Independence Day, 11th November (1975)
Official language: Portuguese
Recognized national languages: Portuguese, Kikongo, Chokwe, Nhaneca, Nganguela, Fiote, Kwanhama, Muhumbi, Luvale

ZAMBIA

Official title:
Republic of Zambia

General information:
Capital: Lusaka
Population: 15,066,266 (July 2015 est.)
Total area: 752,618 km2
Currency: Zambian kwacha (ZMW)
National holiday: Independence Day, 24th October (1964)
Official language: English
Recognized regional languages: Bemba, Tonga, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Kaonde, Nyanja, Chewa

TANZANIA

Official title:
United Republic of Tanzania

General information:
Capital: Dodoma
Population: 61,498,437 (July 2021 est.)
Total area: 947,300 km2
Currency: Tanzanian shilling (TZS)
National holiday: Union Day (Tanganyika and Zanzibar), 26th April (1964)
Official language: Swahili and English

GUINEA

Official title:
Republic of Guinea

General information:
Capital: Conakry
Population: 13,906,999 (July 2021 est.)
Total area: 245,857 km2
Currency: Guinean franc (GNF)
National holiday: Independence Day, 2ndOctober (1958)
Official language: French
Vernacular languages: Fula, Maninka, and Susu

SLOVENIA

Official title:
Republic of Slovenia

General information:
Capital: Ljubljana
Population: 2,062,874 (2015)
Total area: 20,273 km2
Currency: Euro (EUR)
National holiday: Independence Day, 25th June (1991)
Official language: Slovene

BIH

Official title:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

General information:
Population: 3,280,819 (July 2021 est.)
Total area: 51,197 km2
Administrative divisions: 2 first-order administrative divisions, which are the Bosniak/Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine) and the Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska, along with 1 internationally supervised district, the Brčko District (Brcko Distrikt). The district is a self-governing administrative unit under the sovereignty of Bosnia and Herzegovina and formally held in condominium between the two entities.
Capital: Sarajevo
Currency: Konvertibilna marka (convertible mark BAM)
National holiday: Independance day, 1st March (1992) and Statehood Day, 25th November (1943)
National languages: None (de jure); Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian (de facto)

NORTH MACEDONIA

Official title:
Republic of North Macedonia

General information:
Capital: Skopje
Population: 1,977,715 (July 2022 est.)
Total area: 25,713 km2
Currency: Macedonian denar (MKD)
National holiday: Independence Day, 8th September (1991)
Official language: Macedonian
Recognized regional languages: Albanian, Turkish, Romani, and Serbian

IRAQ

Official title:
Republic of Iraq

General information:
Capital: Baghdad
Population: 41,146,253 (July 2021 est.)
Total area: 438,317 km2
Currency: Iraqi dinar (IQD)
National holiday: Republic Day, 14th July (1958)
Official languages: Arabic, Kurdish, Turkmen, Assyrian and Armenian

INDIA

Official title:
Republic of India

General information:
Capital: New Delhi
Population: 1,339,330,514 (July 2021 est.)
Total area: 3,287,263 sq km
Currency: Indian rupee (INR)
National holiday: Republic Day, 26th January (1950)
Official languages: Hindi and English
Recognized regional languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu

SRI LANKA

Official title:
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

General information:
Capital: Colombo
Population: 22,775,906 (2021 est.)
Total area: 65,610 km2
Currency: Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
National holiday: Independence Day, 4 February (1948)
Official languages: Sinhala and Tamil
Recognized languages: English