Member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
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The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation founded in 1969 has 57 members, 56 of which are also member states of the United Nations, with 48 countries being Muslim majority countries. Some member countries, especially in West Africa and South America, are – though with large Muslim populations – not necessarily Muslim majority countries. A few countries with significant Muslim populations, such as Russia and Thailand, sit as Observer States.
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Member states of the OIC in dark green, observer states in light green, suspended states in purple. | |
Category | Sovereign state |
Location | Organisation of Islamic Cooperation |
Created |
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Number | 57 members & 5 observer states (as of 2022) |
Possible types |
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Populations |
The collective population of OIC member states is over 2 billion as of 2022.
Member states
editContinent | |||||
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Africa | Asia | Europe | South America | Transcontinental |
Member state |
Joined |
Population |
Muslim percentage |
Area (km2) |
Languages |
Notes |
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Capital: Kabul |
1969 | 41,144,133[1] | 99.7[2] | 652,230 | Dari Pashto |
Suspended 1980 - March 1989. |
Capital: Algiers |
1969 | 45,847,599 [1] | 97.9[3] | 2,381,741 | Arabic Tamazight |
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Capital: N'Djamena |
1969 | 17,616,172 [1] | 55.3[4] | 1,284,000 | Arabic French |
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Capital: Cairo |
1969 | 107,206,514 [1] | 94.9[5] | 1,002,450 | Arabic | Originally as |
Capital: Conakry |
1969 | 14,033,298 [1] | 84.4[7] | 245,857 | French | |
Capital: Jakarta |
1969 | 280,813,676 [1] | 87.2[8] | 1,904,569 | Indonesian | |
Capital: Tehran |
1969 | 86,708,850 [1] | 99.5[9] | 1,648,195 | Persian
Azerbaijani and other Turkic languages Kurdish |
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Capital: Amman |
1969 | 10,458,701 [1] | 97.2[10] | 89,342 | Arabic | |
Capital: Kuwait City |
1969 | 4,429,966 [1] | 74.1[11] | 17,818 | Arabic | |
Capital: Beirut |
1969 | 6,748,419 [1] | 61.3[12] | 10,452 | Arabic | |
Capital: Tripoli |
1969 | 7,107,348 [1] | 96.6[13] | 1,759,540 | Arabic | |
Capital: Kuala Lumpur |
1969 | 33,412,468 [1] | 63.7[14] | 330,803 | Malay | |
Capital: Bamako |
1969 | 21,723,855 [1] | 94.4[15] | 1,240,192 | Bambara | |
Capital: Nouakchott |
1969 | 4,957,932 [1] | 99.1[16] | 1,030,700 | Arabic | |
Capital: Rabat |
1969 | 38,013,335 [1] | 99.9[17] | 446,550 | Arabic Tamazight |
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Capital: Niamey |
1969 | 17,138,707 [1] | 98.4[18] | 1,267,000 | French | |
Capital: Islamabad |
1969 | 207,774,520 [1] | 96.4[19] | 881,912 | Urdu English | |
1969[21] | 4,420,549 [1] | 97.6[22][note 2] | 6,220 | Arabic | ||
Capital: Riyadh |
1969 | 29,994,272 [1] | 93.0[23] | 2,149,690 | Arabic | |
Capital: Dakar |
1969 | 12,873,601 [1] | 96.4[24] | 196,722 | French | |
Capital: Mogadishu |
1969 | 10,806,000 [1] | 99.8[25] | 637,657 | Arabic Somali |
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Capital: Khartoum |
1969 | 37,289,406 [1] | 90.7[26][note 3] | 1,886,068 | Arabic English |
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Capital: Tunis |
1969 | 10,886,500 [1] | 99.5[28] | 163,610 | Arabic | |
Capital: Ankara |
1969 | 76,667,864 [1] | 65.0[29] | 783,562 | Turkish | |
Capital: Sana'a |
1969 | 25,235,000 [1] | 99.1[30] | 527,968 | Arabic | Joined separately as |
Capital: Manama |
1970 | 1,234,571 [1] | 70.3[31] | 765 | Arabic | |
Capital: Muscat |
1970 | 4,020,000 [1] | 85.9[32] | 309,500 | Arabic | |
Capital: Doha |
1970 | 2,174,035 [1] | 67.7[33] | 11,586 | Arabic | |
Capital: Damascus |
1970 | 21,987,000 [1] | 92.8[34] | 185,180 | Arabic |
Suspended in August 2012 during the Syrian civil war.[35] |
Capital: Abu Dhabi |
1971 | 9,446,000 [1] | 76.9[36] | 83,600 | Arabic | |
Capital: Freetown |
1972 | 6,190,280 [1] | 78.0[37] | 71,740 | English | |
Capital: Dhaka |
1974 | 165,158,616[38] | 90.4[39] | 147,570 | Bengali | |
Capital: Libreville |
1974 | 1,711,000 [1] | 11.2[40] | 267,668 | French | |
Capital: Banjul |
1974 | 1,882,450 [1] | 95.1[41] | 11,295 | English | |
Capital: Bissau |
1974 | 1,746,000 [1] | 45.1[42] | 36,125 | Portuguese | |
Capital: Kampala |
1974 | 47,729,952 [1] | 11.5[43] | 241,550 | English Swahili |
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Capital: Ouagadougou |
1975 | 22,489,126 [1] | 61.6[44] | 274,200 | French | |
Capital: Yaoundé |
1975 | 30,135,732 [1] | 18.3[45] | 475,442 | French English |
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Capital: Moroni |
1976 | 850,886 [1] | 98.3[46] | 2,235 | Comorian French Arabic |
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Capital: Baghdad |
1976 | 43,500,000 [1] | 99.0[47] | 438,317 | Arabic Kurdish | |
Capital: Malé |
1976 | 317,280 [1] | 98.4[48] | 300 | Dhivehi | |
Capital: Djibouti |
1978 | 886,000 [1] | 96.9[49] | 23,200 | Arabic French |
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Capital: Porto-Novo |
1982 | 9,988,068 [1] | 23.8[50] | 112,622 | French | |
Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan |
1984 | 393,162 [1] | 75.1[51] | 5,765 | Malay | |
Capital: Abuja |
1986 | 206,630,269 [1] | 53.5[52] | 923,768 | English | |
Capital: Baku |
1991 | 9,477,100 [1] | 96.9[53] | 86,600 | Azerbaijani | |
Capital: Tirana |
1992 | 2,821,977 [1] | 56.7[54] | 28,748 | Albanian | |
Capital: Bishkek |
1992 | 5,976,570 [1] | 88.0[55] | 199,951 | Kyrgyz Russian |
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Capital: Dushanbe |
1992 | 8,860,000 [1] | 96.7[56] | 143,100 | Tajiki | |
Capital: Ashgabat |
1992 | 5,607,000 [1] | 93.0[57] | 488,100 | Turkmen | |
Capital: Maputo |
1994 | 23,700,715 [1] | 18.0[58] | 801,590 | Portuguese | |
Capital: Astana |
1995 | 17,244,000 [1] | 70.4[59] | 2,724,900 | Kazakh Russian |
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Capital: Tashkent |
1995 | 33,492,800 [1] | 96.7[60] | 447,400 | Uzbek | |
Capital: Paramaribo |
1996 | 534,189 [1] | 15.2[61] | 163,820 | Dutch | |
Capital: Lomé |
1997 | 6,993,000 [1] | 14.0[62] | 56,785 | French | |
Capital: Georgetown |
1998 | 784,894 [1] | 6.4[63] | 214,969 | English | |
Capital: Yamoussoukro |
2001 | 23,202,000 [1] | 42.5[64] | 322,463 | French |
Observer states
editObserver state |
Joined |
Population |
Muslim percentage |
Area (km2) |
Languages |
Notes | ||
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Capital: Sarajevo |
1994 | 3,791,622 [1] | 50.7[65] | 51,209 | Bosnian Serbian Croatian |
Given an invitation in 2013 by the OIC to join as a full member.[66] | ||
Capital: Bangui |
1997 | 4,709,000 [1] | 8.5[67] | 622,984 | French | |||
Capital: Nicosia |
1979 [68] | 382,836[69] | 99[70][note 5] | 3,355 | Turkish |
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Capital: Bangkok |
1998 | 64,456,700 [1] | 5.5[81] | 513,120 | Thai | |||
Capital: Moscow |
2005 | 146,048,500 [1] | 10.0[82] | 17,125,242 | Russian |
Withdrawn
editSuspended or withdrawn state | Joined | Notes |
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1993 | Withdrew August 1993 |
Observer organisations and communities
editOrganisation or community | Joined | Notes |
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1977 | Blocking membership of the Philippines |
Observer Islamic institutions
editIslamic institution | Joined | Notes |
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Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States | 2000 | |
Islamic Conference Youth Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation | 2005 |
Observer international organisations
editOrganisation | Joined | Notes |
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League of Arab States | 1975 | |
United Nations | 1976 | |
Non-Aligned Movement | 1977 | |
African Union | 1977 | |
Economic Cooperation Organization | 1995 |
Organisation |
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European Union |
Membership attempts
editBelarus - Requested observer status in 2010.[84][85]
Brazil - Requested observer status in 2011.[86]
Central African Republic - Requested full membership in 2002.[84][87]
China - Requested observer status in 2012.[88]
Democratic Republic of Congo - Requested observer status in 2008[89] and full membership in 2011.[85]
India - India, where Muslims are a minority had shown an interest in joining the OIC as a member state at the time of its formation.[90] However, it was opposed by Pakistan. India has never made a formal application to join OIC as an observer or as a member state.[91] While India's potential candidacy is supported by some OIC members,[92] Pakistan's strong opposition and threat to boycott the OIC has effectively led to India's inclusion in the OIC being blocked. The Pakistan Foreign Office has argued that India's inclusion in OIC would violate the rules of the OIC, which require that an aspirant state should not have an ongoing conflict with a member state.[93]
Kenya - Requested full membership in 2011.[85]
Liberia - Requested full membership in November 2016.[94]
Mauritius - Requested full membership in 2002.[84][87]
Nepal - Requested observer status in 2008.[89]
Philippines - Requested observer status in 2008.[89] The Philippine government has made attempts to join the OIC, but this is opposed by the Moro National Liberation Front, an OIC observer located in the Philippines. The MNLF claims that Philippine membership is unnecessary[citation needed]. In 2009, the country's bid received stronger support and has been advocated by Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, and the United Arab Emirates, among others.[95][96][97][98] In 2019, one of the leaders of the MNLF, Nir Misuari, was appointed as a special envoy to the organization.[99]
Serbia - Requested full leadership in 2008.[89]
South Africa - Requested observer status in 2002.[89]
Sri Lanka - Requested observer status in 2008.[89]
Notes
edit- ^ Also known as Guinea-Conakry.
- ^ It is not clear whether this figure includes areas such as Gaza, East Jerusalem, and other parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank that are not controlled by the Palestinian Authority.
- ^ This 2010 figure does not include South Sudan, even though it only gained independence from Sudan in 2011. Pew Research Center gives 6.2% for South Sudan's Muslim population in 2010.[27]
- ^ Also known as Burkina; formerly referred to as Upper Volta, its official name until 1984.
- ^ This figure is published in 2013, unlike the Pew Research Center figures which are from 2010. Pew does not appear to have separate figures for Northern Cyprus, which is not a widely recognised state, but gives 25.3% as the Muslim percentage of the whole of Cyprus in 2010.[71]
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- ^ The Turkish Cypriot community of Cyprus became an OIC “observer community” in 1979 under the name “Turkish Muslim community of Cyprus”. The 31st OIC Meeting of Foreign Ministers which met in Istanbul in June 2004, decided that the Turkish Cypriot Community (represented by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) will participate in the OIC meetings under the name envisaged in the Annan Plan for Cyprus (i.e. “Turkish Cypriot constituent state of the United Cyprus Republic” or Turkish Cypriot State in short). OIC Official Website Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
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