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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, [c] commonly abbreviated as ASEAN, [d] is a political and economic union of 10 states in Southeast Asia.Together, its member states represent a population of more than 600 million people and land area of over 4.5 million km 2 (1.7 million sq mi). [13]
East Asia Summit ASEAN Regional Forum . As of 2010, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has 10 member states, one candidate member state, and one observer state. ASEAN was founded on 8 August 1967 with five member states: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 01:57, 14 February 2020: 863 × 443 (1.65 MB): Ratherous: For now remove the UK. They may later participate independently, but that is not yet established.
Ranking Name Image Country Population Year (Census or Estimate) 1 Manila Philippines 14,942,000: 2020C 2 Jakarta Indonesia 10,562,088: 2020C 3 Bangkok Thailand 9,034,000: 2021E
The Heart of Borneo, which straddles Indonesia, Malaysia, and parts of Brunei, is the largest contiguous forest area remaining in Southeast Asia. [2] The Sulu – Sulawesi Seas is a highly biodiverse , globally significant biogeographic unit in the Coral Triangle —the center of the world's highest concentration of marine biodiversity .
2 Brunei: 0.727 Medium human development 3 Malaysia: 0.693 4 Thailand: 0.681 ― ASEAN (average) 0.609 5 Vietnam: 0.607 6 Philippines: 0.590 7 Indonesia: 0.588 ― World (average) 0.576 Low human development 8 Myanmar: 0.475 9 Laos: 0.466 10 Cambodia: 0.438 Observers Low human development 11 Papua New Guinea: 0.407 11 East Timor: 0.407
Logo of the RCEP. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP / ˈ ɑː r s ɛ p / AR-sep) is a free trade agreement among the Asia-Pacific countries of Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. [2]
[2] [3] [4] It stands as one of the largest and most important free trade areas (FTA) in the world, and together with its network of dialogue partners, drove some of the world's largest multilateral forums and blocs, including Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, East Asia Summit and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.