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'''BRICS''' is a grouping of the world economies of [[Brazil]], [[Russia]], [[India]], [[China]], and [[South Africa]] formed by the 2010 addition of South Africa to the predecessor [[BRIC]].<ref>[http://www.southafrica.info/global/brics/brics-080411.htm "New era as South Africa joins BRICS"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110418004139/http://www.southafrica.info/global/brics/brics-080411.htm|date=18 April 2011}} . SouthAfrica.info. 11 April 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|access-date=15 April 2011|archive-date=24 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224221845/http://www.businessworld.in/bw/2011_02_19_S_Africa_Joins_BRIC_Now_BRICS.html|title=S. Africa Joins; BRIC Now BRICS, 13 de abril de 2011|url=http://www.businessworld.in/bw/2011_02_19_S_Africa_Joins_BRIC_Now_BRICS.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|access-date=2021-03-27|date=2011-04-12|website=Bloomberg.com|language=en|title=BRICS Gain Global Influence as South Africa Joins, Medvedev Says|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-04-12/brics-gain-global-influence-as-south-africa-joins-russia-s-medvedev-says}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|access-date=2021-03-27|date=2011-04-13|first=Owen|issn=0099-9660|journal=Wall Street Journal|language=en-US|last=Fletcher|title=China Seeks Heft for 'BRICS'|url=https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703841904576256413453368944.html}}</ref> The original acronym "BRIC", or "the BRICs", was coined in 2001 by [[Goldman Sachs]] economist [[Jim O'Neill (economist)|Jim O'Neill]] to describe fast-growing economies that he predicted would collectively dominate the global economy by 2050.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nagashybayeva |first=Gulnar |date=November 2016 |title=Research Guides: BRICS: Sources of Information: Introduction |url=https://guides.loc.gov/brics/introduction |url-status=live |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=guides.loc.gov |language=en-US}}</ref> The [[15th BRICS summit]] in 2023 saw the expansion of the organization for the first time since the inclusion of [[South Africa]].

==Member states==
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!class="unsortable"| Flag !! Country !! Capital !! Area (km2) !! [[List of countries and dependencies by population|Population]] (2016) !! [[Population density|Density]] (/km2) !! [[List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita|GDP per cap. (PPP)]]<ref name="GDP 2012">at [[List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita|purchasing power parity, per capita]], in [[Geary–Khamis dollar|international dollars]] (rounded IMF 2012)</ref> !! [[List of countries by Human Development Index|HDI]]<ref name="ReferenceA">at [[List of countries by Human Development Index|Human Development Index]] (New 2013 Estimates for 2012)</ref> !! [[List of circulating currencies|Currency]] !!class="unsortable"| [[Official languages]] !!class="unsortable"| Leaders !! Accession
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| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Brazil.svg|30px|border]]|| '''[[Brazil]]''' Federative Republic of Brazil || [[Brasília]] || align="right" | 8,515,767 || align="right" | b 203,062,512 || align="right" | 25|| align="right" | {{Nts|18,686}}|| align="right" | {{Nts|0.754}}|| align="center" | [[Brazilian real]] (R$) (BRL) || align="center" | [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] also see [[Languages of Brazil]]|| [[President of Brazil|Head of State]]: [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]] || September 2006
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| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Russia.svg|30px|border]]|| '''[[Russia]]''' Russian Federation || [[Moscow]] || align="right" | 17,075,400 || align="right" | b146,519,759 || align="right" | 8.3|| align="right" | {{Nts|24,449}}|| align="right" | {{Nts|0.798}}|| align="center" | [[Russian rouble]] (₽) (RUB) || align="center" | [[Russian language|Russian]] also see [[Languages of Russia]]|| [[President of Russia|Head of State]]: [[Vladimir Putin]] [[Prime Minister of Russia|Head of Government]]: [[Mikhail Mishustin]]|| September 2006
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| align="center" |[[File:Flag of India.svg|30px|border]]||'''[[India]]''' Republic of India ||[[New Delhi]]|| align="right" | 3,287,240 || align="right" |a1,284,480,000 || align="right" | 364.4|| align="right" |{{Nts|8,484}}|| align="right" |{{Nts|0.640}}|| align="center" |[[Indian rupee]] ([[₹]]) (INR) || align="center" |[[Hindi]] ([[Devanagari script]])&, [[English language|English]] . Also see [[Languages with official status in India|Languages of India]]|| [[President of India|Head of State]]: [[Droupadi Murmu]] [[Prime Minister of India|Head of Government]]: [[Narendra Modi]]|| September 2006
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| align="center" | [[File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg|30px|border]]|| '''[[China]]'''{{efn|The sovereignty of China is disputed. Since the conclusion of the [[Chinese Civil War]], the [[Republic of China (1912-1949)|Republic of China (ROC)]], which was formally established on 1 January 1912 following the [[Xinhai Revolution]], which succeeded the former [[Qing dynasty]]'s territories on [[mainland China]], while the [[Taiwan under Japanese rule|islands of Taiwan and Penghu were under Japanese rule]] at the time. The ROC gained control over the latter after the [[surrender of Japan]] in 1945, but soon lost its control of mainland to the communists due to the [[Chinese Civil War]]. The ROC government was relocated to [[Taipei]] in 7th December 1949 as its [[provisional capital]] and retains actual rule over the islands of [[geography of Taiwan|Taiwan]], [[Penghu]], [[Kinmen]], the [[Matsu Islands|Matsu]], and [[list of islands of Taiwan|other minor islands]], all of which are collectively known as [[Free Area of the Republic of China|"Free Area" or Taiwan Area]] in contrast to [[Mainland China]] being under communist rule, thus making it a ''de facto'' island nation, and has become known colloquially as simply "Taiwan" due to the island of Taiwan forming the majority of the ROC-controlled territories; nonetheless, the ROC has not officially renounced its constitutional-defined territories which include areas effectively controlled by the [[China|People's Republic of China]], [[Mongolia]], [[Tuva]] (a [[Russia]]n republic) etc. If claimed territories were taken into account, the ROC would not be a borderless country, nor a country centred around a major island. The ROC-controlled territories are also claimed by the People's Republic of China. Constitutionally, the [[Republic of China on Taiwan|ROC on Taiwan]] still views itself as the continuation of former Chinese republic, with legitimate sovereignty over mainland China despite no actual control. See: [[Political status of Taiwan]], [[Retreat of the Republic of China to Taiwan]], [[Four-Stage Theory of the Republic of China]], [[Two Chinas]], [[One-China policy]], and [[Cross-strait relations]].}} People's Republic of China || [[Beijing]]|| align="right" | 9,640,011{{efn|The actual area under PRC control is 9,596,960.}}|| align="right" | a1,374,820,000|| align="right" | 139.6 || align="right" | {{Nts|13,224}}|| align="right" | {{Nts|0.727}}|| align="center" | [[Renminbi]] (Chinese yuan, [[¥]]) (CNY) || align="center" | [[Standard Chinese]]<ref name="langlaw">[http://www.gov.cn/english/laws/2005-09/19/content_64906.htm Law of the People's Republic of China on the Standard Spoken and Written Chinese Language (Order of the President No.37)]</ref> written in [[Simplified Chinese characters|simplified characters]]<ref name="langlaw" /> see also [[languages of China]]|| [[President of the People's Republic of China|Head of State]]: [[Xi Jinping]] [[Premier of the People's Republic of China|Head of Government]]: [[Li Qiang]]|| September 2006
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| align="center" | [[File:Flag of South Africa.svg|30px|border]]|| '''[[South Africa]]''' Republic of South Africa || [[Pretoria]] (executive) [[Cape Town]] (legislative) [[Bloemfontein]] (judicial) || align="right" | 1,221,037 || align="right" | b 58,048,332 || align="right" | 42.4|| align="right" | {{Nts|16,090}}|| align="right" | {{Nts|0.713}}|| align="center" | [[South African rand]] (R) (ZAR) || align="center" | [[Languages of South Africa|12 languages]]|| [[President of South Africa|Head of State]]: [[Cyril Ramaphosa]] || 2010-12-24
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| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Argentina.svg|30px|border]]|| '''[[Argentina]]''' Argentine Republic || [[Buenos Aires]] || align="right" | 2,780,400 || align="right" | b 46,621,847 || align="right" | 14.4|| align="right" | {{Nts|13,709}}|| align="right" | {{Nts|0.842}}|| align="center" | [[Argentine peso]] ($) (ARS) || align="center" | [[Rioplatense Spanish|Spanish]]{{efn|Though not declared official de jure, the Spanish language is the only one used in the wording of laws, decrees, resolutions, official documents and public acts thus making it the de facto official language.}}|| [[President of Argentina|Head of State]]: [[Alberto Fernández]] || 2024-01-01
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| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Egypt.svg |30px|border]]|| '''[[Egypt]]''' Arab Republic of Egypt || [[Cairo]]|| align="right" |1,010,408 || align="right" | c105,231,000 || align="right" | 103.56 || align="right" | {{Nts|16,980}}|| align="right" | {{Nts|0.731}}|| align="center" | [[Egyptian pound]] (LE) (EGP)|| align="center" |[[Modern Standard Arabic|Arabic]]||[[President of Egypt|Head of State]]: [[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]] [[Prime Minister of Egypt|Head of Government]]: [[Moustafa Madbouly]]|| 2024-01-01
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| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg |30px|border]]|| '''[[Ethiopia]]''' Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia || [[Addis Ababa]]|| align="right" |1,104,300 || align="right" | c105,163,988 || align="right" | 92.7 || align="right" | {{Nts|3,724}}|| align="right" | {{Nts|0.498}}|| align="center" | [[Ethiopian birr]] (BR) (ETB)|| align="center" |[[Afar language|Afar]] [[Amharic]] [[Oromo language|Oromo]] [[Somali language|Somali]] [[Tigrinya language|Tigrinya]]||[[President of Ethiopia|Head of State]]: [[Sahle-Work Zewde]] [[Prime Minister of Ethiopia|Head of Government]]: [[Abiy Ahmed]]|| 2024-01-01
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| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Iran.svg |30px|border]]|| '''[[Iran]]''' Islamic Republic of Iran || [[Tehran]]|| align="right" |1,648,195 || align="right" | c79,011,700 || align="right" | 48.0 || align="right" | {{Nts|17,443}}|| align="right" | {{Nts|0.766}}|| align="center" | [[Iranian rial]] (Rl) (IRR)|| align="center" |[[Persian language|Persian]]||[[Supreme Leader of Iran|Head of State]]: [[Ali Khamenei]] [[President of Iran|Head of Government]]: [[Ebrahim Raisi]]|| 2024-01-01
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| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg |30px|border]]||'''[[Saudi Arabia]]''' Kingdom of Saudi Arabia|| [[Riyadh]]|| align="right"|2,149,690 || align="right" | c38,401,000 ||align="right" |15 || align="right" |{{Nts|67,019}}|| align="right" |{{Nts|0.875}}|| align="center" |[[Saudi riyal]] (SR) (SAR)|| align="center" |[[Modern Standard Arabic|Arabic]]||[[King of Saudi Arabia|Head of State]]: [[Salman of Saudi Arabia|Salman]] [[Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia|Head of Government]]: [[Mohammed bin Salman]]||2024-01-01
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| align="center" | [[File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg |30px|border]]||'''[[United Arab Emirates]]'''||[[Abu Dhabi]]||align="right"|83,600||align="right"|4,106,427|| align="right" |121||align="right"|{{Nts|78,255}}||align="right"|{{Nts|0.911}}||align="center"|[[United Arab Emirates dirham|UAE dirham]] (AED)|| align="center" |[[Modern Standard Arabic|Arabic]]||[[President of the United Arab Emirates|Head of State]]: [[Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan]] [[List of prime ministers of the United Arab Emirates|Head of Government]]: [[Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum]]||2024-01-01
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==Countries that have applied for membership==
While [[Argentina]], [[Egypt]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Iran]], [[Saudi Arabia]], and the [[United Arab Emirates]] were admitted as members during the [[15th BRICS summit]], they were among 22 countries applying for membership. South African Minister of Finance [[Enoch Godongwana]] said “There is a second batch of countries that are going to be added [to] BRICS." This means that there are plans for further BRICS expansion and the following countries are possible candidates due to their applications for membership <ref name="AlgeriaExpansion">{{cite web | url=https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/algeria-likely-to-be-among-second-batch-of-countries-to-join-brics-godongwana/ar-AA1fNFTI | title=MSN | website=[[MSN]] }}</ref>

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!class="unsortable"| Flag !! Country !! Capital !! Area (km2) !! [[List of countries and dependencies by population|Population]] (2016) !! [[Population density|Density]] (/km2) !! [[List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita|GDP per cap. (PPP)]]<ref name="GDP 2012">at [[List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita|purchasing power parity, per capita]], in [[Geary–Khamis dollar|international dollars]] (rounded IMF 2012)</ref> !! [[List of countries by Human Development Index|HDI]]<ref name="ReferenceA">at [[List of countries by Human Development Index|Human Development Index]] (New 2013 Estimates for 2012)</ref> !! [[List of circulating currencies|Currency]] !!class="unsortable"| [[Official languages]] !!class="unsortable"| Leaders !! Application Submitted when
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| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Algeria.svg|30px|border]]|| '''[[Algeria]]''' People's Democratic Republic of Algeria || [[Algiers]] || align="right" | 2,381,741 || align="right" | c44,700,000 || align="right" | 17.7 || align="right" | {{Nts|13,324}}|| align="right" | {{Nts|0.745}}|| align="center" | [[Algerian dinar]] (DZD) || align="center" | [[Modern Standard Arabic|Arabic]]|| [[President of Algeria|Head of State]]: [[Abdelmadjid Tebboune]] [[Prime Minister of Algeria|Head of Government]]: [[Aymen Benabderrahmane]]|| 2022 (Expected to join in next expansion)<ref name="AlgeriaExpansion"/>
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| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Bahrain.svg |30px|border]]||'''[[Bahrain]]''' Kingdom of Bahrain||[[Manama]]||align="right"|780||align="right"|1,504,365|| align="right" |1,864||align="right"|{{Nts|60,596}}||align="right"|{{Nts|0.875}}||align="center"|[[Bahraini dinar]] (BHD)|| align="center" |[[Modern Standard Arabic|Arabic]]||[[King of Bahrain|Head of State]]: [[Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa]] [[Prime Minister of Bahrain|Head of Government]]: [[Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa]]||
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| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg|30px|border]]|| '''[[Bangladesh]]''' People's Republic of Bangladesh || [[Dhaka]] || align="right" | 148,460 || align="right" | c169,828,911 || align="right" | 1,305 || align="right" | {{Nts|2,470}}|| align="right" | {{Nts|0.661}}|| align="center" | [[Bangladeshi taka]] (BDT) || align="center" | [[Bengali language|Bengali]]|| [[President of Bangladesh|Head of State and Government]]: [[Mohammed Shahabuddin]]|| 2023
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| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Belarus.svg|30px|border]]|| '''[[Belarus]]''' Republic of Belarus || [[Minsk]]|| align="right" | 207,595 || align="right" | c9,498,700 || align="right" | 45.8 || align="right" | {{Nts|18,246}}|| align="right" | {{Nts|0.798}}|| align="center" | [[Belarusian rubel]] (Rbl) (BYR) || align="center" | [[Belarusian language|Belarusian]] [[Russian language|Russian]]|| [[President of Belarus|Head of State]]: [[Alexander Lukashenko]] [[Prime Minister of Belarus|Head of Government]]: [[Roman Golovchenko]]|| 2023
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| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Bolivia.svg |30px|border]]||'''[[Bolivia]]''' Plurinational State of Bolivia||[[Sucre]]|| align="right"| 1,098,581 || align="right" | c12,186,079 || align="right" |10.4|| align="right" |{{Nts|9,933}}|| align="right" |{{Nts|0.692}}|| align="center" |[[Bolivian boliviano|Boliviano]] (BOB)|| align="center" | [[Bolivian Spanish|Spanish]] [[Quechuan languages|Quechua]] [[Aymara language|Aymara]] [[Guarani language|Guarani]] [[Languages of Bolivia|Other Indigenous languages]] ||[[President of Bolivia|Head of State and Government]]: [[Luis Arce]]|| 2023
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| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Cuba.svg|30px|border]]|| '''[[Cuba]]''' Republic of Cuba || [[Havana]]|| align="right" | 109,884 || align="right" | d10,985,974 || align="right" | 101.8 || align="right" | {{Nts|22,237}}|| align="right" | {{Nts|0.764}}|| align="center" | [[Cuban peso]] (CUP) || align="center" | [[Cuban Spanish|Spanish]]|| [[President of Cuba|Head of State]]: [[Miguel Díaz-Canel]] [[Prime Minister of Cuba|Head of Government]]: [[Manuel Marrero Cruz]]|| 2023
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| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Honduras.svg|30px|border]]|| '''[[Honduras]]''' Republic of Honduras || [[Tegucigalpa]]|| align="right" | 112,492 || align="right" | d9,571,352 || align="right" | 85 || align="right" | {{Nts|6,769}}|| align="right" | {{Nts|0.621}}|| align="center" | [[Honduran lempira|Lempira]] (HNL) || align="center" | [[Honduran Spanish|Spanish|Spanish]]|| [[President of Honduras|Head of State and Government]]: [[Xiomara Castro]]|| 2023
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| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Indonesia.svg |30px|border]]||'''[[Indonesia]]''' Republic of Indonesia||[[Jakarta]]|| align="right"| 735,358 || align="right" | c277,749,853 || align="right" |143|| align="right" |{{Nts|15,855}}|| align="right" |{{Nts|0.705}}|| align="center" |[[Indonesian rupiah]] (Rp) (IDR) || align="center" |[[Indonesian language|Indonesian]]||[[President of Indonesia|Head of State and Government]]: [[Joko Widodo]]||
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| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg|30px|border]]|| '''[[Kazakhstan]]''' Republic of Kazakhstan || [[Almaty]]|| align="right" | 2,724,900 || align="right" | d17,670,900 || align="right" | 5.94 || align="right" | {{Nts|24,108}}|| align="right" | {{Nts|0.788}}|| align="center" | [[Kazakhstani tenge]] (₸) (KZT) || align="center" | [[Kazakh language|Kazakh]] (National) [[Russian language|Russian]]|| [[President of Kazakhstan|Head of State]]: [[Kassym-Jomart Tokayev]] [[Prime Minister of Kazakhstan|Head of Government]]: [[Älihan Smaiylov|Alihan Smaiylov]]|| 2023
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| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Kuwait.svg |30px|border]]||'''[[Kuwait]]''' State of Kuwait||[[Kuwait City]]|| align="right"| 17,818 || align="right" | c4,294,621 || align="right" |200.2|| align="right" |{{Nts|38,123}}|| align="right" |{{Nts|0.831}}|| align="center" |[[Kuwaiti dinar]]|| align="center" |[[Modern Standard Arabic|Arabic]]||[[Emir of Kuwait|Head of State]]: [[Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]] [[List of prime ministers of Kuwait|Head of Government]]: [[Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah]]||2023
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| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Nigeria.svg |30px|border]]||'''[[Nigeria]]''' Federal Republic of Nigeria||[[Abuja]]|| align="right"| 923,769 || align="right" | c230,842,743 || align="right" |218|| align="right" |{{Nts|6,122}}|| align="right" |{{Nts|0.535}}|| align="center" |[[Nigerian naira|Naira]] (₦) (NGN) || align="center" |[[English language|English]]||[[President of Nigeria|Head of State and Government]]: [[Bola Tinubu]]||2023
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| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Palestine.svg |30px|border]]||'''[[State of Palestine|Palestine]]''' State of Palestine|||[[Jerusalem]] ([[Status of Jerusalem|limited recognition]]){{efn|The [[Palestinian Declaration of Independence]] proclaims the "establishment of the State of Palestine on our Palestinian territory with its capital Jerusalem (Al-Quds Ash-Sharif)." Israel exercises ''de facto'' control over Jerusalem, but [[Status of Jerusalem|neither state’s claims to Jerusalem are widely recognized by the international community]]. [[Ramallah]] is the administrative capital where government institutions and [[List of diplomatic missions to Palestine|foreign representative offices]] are located, while most countries maintain their [[List of diplomatic missions in Israel|embassies to Israel]] in [[Tel Aviv]].}} [[Ramallah]]|| align="right"| 6,020<ref name="auto">{{cite book |chapter-url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2012/Table03.pdf |chapter=Table 3, Population by sex, annual rate of population increase, surface area and density |title=Demographic Yearbook |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2012.htm |date=2012 |publisher=[[United Nations Statistics Division]] |access-date=28 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015114145/https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2012.htm |archive-date=15 October 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>  || align="right" | c5,483,450 || align="right" |731|| align="right" |{{Nts|6,354}}|| align="right" |{{Nts|0.708}}|| align="center" |{{unbulleted list |[[Egyptian pound]] ([[ISO 4217|EGP]]) |[[Israeli new shekel]] (ILS) |[[Jordanian dinar]] (JOD)<ref>According to [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Peace+Process/Guide+to+the+Peace+Process/Gaza-Jericho+Agreement+Annex+IV+-+Economic+Protoco.htm Article 4 of the 1994 Paris Protocol] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001065601/http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Peace%2BProcess/Guide%2Bto%2Bthe%2BPeace%2BProcess/Gaza-Jericho%2BAgreement%2BAnnex%2BIV%2B-%2BEconomic%2BProtoco.htm |date=1 October 2016 }}. The Protocol allows the Palestinian Authority to adopt multiple currencies. In the [[West Bank]], the Israeli new sheqel and Jordanian dinar are widely accepted; while in the [[Gaza Strip]], the Israeli new sheqel and Egyptian pound are widely accepted.</ref>}}|| align="center" |[[Arabic language|Arabic]]||[[President of the State of Palestine|Head of State]]: [[Mahmoud Abbas]] [[Prime Minister of the State of Palestine|Head of Government]]: [[Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah]]||2023
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| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Senegal.svg|30px|border]]|| '''[[Senegal]]''' Republic of Senegal || [[Dakar]]|| align="right" | 196,712 || align="right" | d18,384,660 || align="right" | 68.7 || align="right" | {{Nts|4,113}}|| align="right" | {{Nts|0.511}}|| align="center" | [[West African CFA franc]] (XOF) || align="center" | [[Wolof language|Wolof]]{{Efn|name=WolofStatus|Information from the University of Pennsylvania's Center for African Studies estimates that about 90% of the Senegalese population understands or speaks Wolof as a first or second language.<ref>{{Cite web |title=African Studies Center{{!}} African Languages at Penn |url=https://www.africa.upenn.edu/afl/alwolof.htm |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=Center for African Studies at [[University of Pennsylvania]]}}</ref>}} French Pulaar|| [[List of Presidents of Senegal|Head of State]]: [[Macky Sall]] [[Prime Minister of Senegal|Head of Government]]: [[Amadou Ba]]|| 2023
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| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Venezuela.svg|30px|border]]|| '''[[Venezuela]]''' Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela || [[Caracas]]|| align="right" | 916,445 || align="right" | d30,518,260 || align="right" | 33.74 || align="right" | {{Nts|7,108}}|| align="right" | {{Nts|0.691}}|| align="center" | [[Venezuelan bolívar]] || align="center" | [[Venezuelan Spanish|Spanish]]|| [[President of Venezuela|Head of State and Government]]: [[Nicolás Maduro]]|| 2023
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| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Thailand.svg |30px|border]]||'''[[Thailand]]''' Kingdom of Thailand||[[Bangkok]]|| align="right"| 513,120 || align="right" | c64,785,909 || align="right" |132.1|| align="right" |{{Nts|22,675}}|| align="right" |{{Nts|0.800}}|| align="center" |[[Thai baht|Baht]] (฿) (THB) || align="center" |[[Thai language|Thai]]||[[Prime Minister of Thailand|Head of State and Government]]: [[Srettha Thavisin]]||
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| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Vietnam.svg |30px|border]]||'''[[Vietnam]]''' Socialist Republic of Vietnam||[[Hanoi]]|| align="right"| 128,069 || align="right" | c96,208,984 || align="right" |295|| align="right" |{{Nts|14,458}}|| align="right" |{{Nts|0.703}}|| align="center" |[[Vietnamese đồng]] (₫) (VND)|| align="center" |[[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]||[[General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam|Head of State]]: [[Nguyễn Phú Trọng]] [[President of Vietnam|Head of Government]]: [[Võ Văn Thưởng]]||2023
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