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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.
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]
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
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
This process began with ASEAN's five original members, who founded the association through the signing of the Bangkok Declaration in 1967. Since then, the ASEAN's membership has grown to ten with the accession of Cambodia in 1999. Currently, three states are seeking accession to ASEAN: Bangladesh, [1] [2] [3] Papua New Guinea [4] [5] and East ...
[2] The public domain map data set Natural Earth has metadata in the fields named "region_un" and "subregion" for Taiwan. The regional split recommended by Lloyd's of London for Eastern Asia (UN statistical divisions of Eastern Asia) contains Taiwan. [3] Based on the United Nations statistical divisions, the APRICOT (conference) includes Taiwan ...
The ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) [1] is a trade bloc agreement by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations supporting local trade and manufacturing in all ASEAN countries, and facilitating economic integration with regional and international allies.