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Member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
Member states of the OIC in dark green, observer states in light green, suspended states in purple.
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Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Created Number 57 members & 5 observer states (as of 2022) Possible types Republics (47) Monarchies (10) Populations 2 billion
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.
The collective
population of OIC member states is over 2 billion as of 2022.
Member states
Member state
Joined
Population
Muslim percentage
Area (km2 )
Languages
Notes
Afghanistan Capital:
Kabul
1969
41,144,133
[1]
99.7
[2]
652,230
Dari
Pashto
Suspended 1980 - March 1989.
Algeria Capital:
Algiers
1969
45,847,599
[1]
97.9
[3]
2,381,741
Arabic
Tamazight
Chad Capital:
N'Djamena
1969
17,616,172
[1]
55.3
[4]
1,284,000
Arabic
French
Egypt Capital:
Cairo
1969
107,206,514
[1]
94.9
[5]
1,002,450
Arabic
Originally as
United Arab Republic . Suspended May 1979 - March 1984 after signing a
peace treaty with
Israel .
[6]
Guinea
[note 1] Capital:
Conakry
1969
14,033,298
[1]
84.4
[7]
245,857
French
Indonesia Capital:
Jakarta
1969
280,813,676
[1]
87.2
[8]
1,904,569
Indonesian
Iran Capital:
Tehran
1969
86,708,850
[1]
99.5
[9]
1,648,195
Persian
Kurdish
Jordan Capital:
Amman
1969
10,458,701
[1]
97.2
[10]
89,342
Arabic
Kuwait Capital:
Kuwait City
1969
4,429,966
[1]
74.1
[11]
17,818
Arabic
Lebanon Capital:
Beirut
1969
6,748,419
[1]
61.3
[12]
10,452
Arabic
Libya Capital:
Tripoli
1969
7,107,348
[1]
96.6
[13]
1,759,540
Arabic
Malaysia Capital:
Kuala Lumpur
1969
33,412,468
[1]
63.7
[14]
330,803
Malay
Mali Capital:
Bamako
1969
21,723,855
[1]
94.4
[15]
1,240,192
Bambara
Mauritania Capital:
Nouakchott
1969
4,957,932
[1]
99.1
[16]
1,030,700
Arabic
Morocco Capital:
Rabat
1969
38,013,335
[1]
99.9
[17]
446,550
Arabic
Tamazight
Niger Capital:
Niamey
1969
17,138,707
[1]
98.4
[18]
1,267,000
French
Pakistan Capital:
Islamabad
1969
207,774,520
[1]
96.4
[19]
881,912
Urdu
English
Palestine
[20]
1969
[21]
4,420,549
[1]
97.6
[22]
[note 2]
6,220
Arabic
Saudi Arabia Capital:
Riyadh
1969
29,994,272
[1]
93.0
[23]
2,149,690
Arabic
Senegal Capital:
Dakar
1969
12,873,601
[1]
96.4
[24]
196,722
French
Somalia Capital:
Mogadishu
1969
10,806,000
[1]
99.8
[25]
637,657
Arabic
Somali
Sudan Capital:
Khartoum
1969
37,289,406
[1]
90.7
[26]
[note 3]
1,886,068
Arabic
English
Tunisia Capital:
Tunis
1969
10,886,500
[1]
99.5
[28]
163,610
Arabic
Turkey Capital:
Ankara
1969
76,667,864
[1]
65.0
[29]
783,562
Turkish
Yemen Capital:
Sana'a
1969
25,235,000
[1]
99.1
[30]
527,968
Arabic
Joined separately as
North Yemen and
South Yemen . Both unified in 1990.
Bahrain Capital:
Manama
1970
1,234,571
[1]
70.3
[31]
765
Arabic
Oman Capital:
Muscat
1970
4,020,000
[1]
85.9
[32]
309,500
Arabic
Qatar Capital:
Doha
1970
2,174,035
[1]
67.7
[33]
11,586
Arabic
Syria Capital:
Damascus
1970
21,987,000
[1]
92.8
[34]
185,180
Arabic
Kurdish
Suspended in August 2012 during the
Syrian civil war .
[35]
United Arab Emirates Capital:
Abu Dhabi
1971
9,446,000
[1]
76.9
[36]
83,600
Arabic
Sierra Leone Capital:
Freetown
1972
6,190,280
[1]
78.0
[37]
71,740
English
Bangladesh Capital:
Dhaka
1974
165,158,616
[38]
90.4
[39]
147,570
Bengali
Gabon Capital:
Libreville
1974
1,711,000
[1]
11.2
[40]
267,668
French
The Gambia Capital:
Banjul
1974
1,882,450
[1]
95.1
[41]
11,295
English
Guinea-Bissau Capital:
Bissau
1974
1,746,000
[1]
45.1
[42]
36,125
Portuguese
Uganda Capital:
Kampala
1974
47,729,952
[1]
11.5
[43]
241,550
English
Swahili
Burkina Faso
[note 4] Capital:
Ouagadougou
1975
22,489,126
[1]
61.6
[44]
274,200
French
Cameroon Capital:
Yaoundé
1975
30,135,732
[1]
18.3
[45]
475,442
French
English
Comoros Capital:
Moroni
1976
850,886
[1]
98.3
[46]
2,235
Comorian
French
Arabic
Iraq Capital:
Baghdad
1976
43,500,000
[1]
99.0
[47]
438,317
Arabic
Kurdish
Maldives Capital:
Malé
1976
317,280
[1]
98.4
[48]
300
Dhivehi
Djibouti Capital:
Djibouti
1978
886,000
[1]
96.9
[49]
23,200
Arabic
French
Benin Capital:
Porto-Novo
1982
9,988,068
[1]
23.8
[50]
112,622
French
Brunei Capital:
Bandar Seri Begawan
1984
393,162
[1]
75.1
[51]
5,765
Malay
Nigeria Capital:
Abuja
1986
206,630,269
[1]
53.5
[52]
923,768
English
Azerbaijan Capital:
Baku
1991
9,477,100
[1]
96.9
[53]
86,600
Azerbaijani
Albania Capital:
Tirana
1992
2,821,977
[1]
56.7
[54]
28,748
Albanian
Kyrgyzstan Capital:
Bishkek
1992
5,976,570
[1]
88.0
[55]
199,951
Kyrgyz
Russian
Tajikistan Capital:
Dushanbe
1992
8,860,000
[1]
96.7
[56]
143,100
Tajiki
Turkmenistan Capital:
Ashgabat
1992
5,607,000
[1]
93.0
[57]
488,100
Turkmen
Mozambique Capital:
Maputo
1994
23,700,715
[1]
18.0
[58]
801,590
Portuguese
Kazakhstan Capital:
Astana
1995
17,244,000
[1]
70.4
[59]
2,724,900
Kazakh
Russian
Uzbekistan Capital:
Tashkent
1995
33,492,800
[1]
96.7
[60]
447,400
Uzbek
Suriname Capital:
Paramaribo
1996
534,189
[1]
15.2
[61]
163,820
Dutch
Togo Capital:
Lomé
1997
6,993,000
[1]
14.0
[62]
56,785
French
Guyana Capital:
Georgetown
1998
784,894
[1]
6.4
[63]
214,969
English
Côte d'Ivoire Capital:
Yamoussoukro
2001
23,202,000
[1]
42.5
[64]
322,463
French
Observer states
Observer state
Joined
Population
Muslim percentage
Area (km2 )
Languages
Notes
Bosnia and Herzegovina 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]
Central African Republic Capital:
Bangui
1997
4,709,000
[1]
8.5
[67]
622,984
French
Northern Cyprus Capital:
Nicosia
1979
[68]
382,836
[69]
99
[70]
[note 5]
3,355
Turkish
Thailand Capital:
Bangkok
1998
64,456,700
[1]
5.5
[81]
513,120
Thai
Russia Capital:
Moscow
2005
146,048,500
[1]
10.0
[82]
17,125,242
Russian
Withdrawn
Suspended or withdrawn state
Joined
Notes
Zanzibar
1993
Withdrew August 1993
Observer organisations and communities
Observer Islamic institutions
Observer international organisations
Collaborating organizations
Membership attempts
Belarus - Requested observer status in 2010.
[83]
[84]
Brazil - Requested observer status in 2011.
[85]
Central African Republic - Requested full membership in 2002.
[83]
[86]
China - Requested observer status in 2012.
[87]
Democratic Republic of Congo - Requested observer status in 2008
[88] and full membership in 2011.
[84]
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.
[89] However, it was opposed by Pakistan. India has never made a formal application to join OIC as an observer or as a member state.
[90] While India's potential candidacy is supported by some OIC members,
[91] 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.
[92]
Kenya - Requested full membership in 2011.
[84]
Liberia - Requested full membership in November 2016.
[93]
Mauritius - Requested full membership in 2002.
[83]
[86]
Nepal - Requested observer status in 2008.
[88]
Philippines - Requested observer status in 2008.
[88] 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.
[94]
[95]
[96]
[97] In 2019, one of the leaders of the MNLF, Nir Misuari, was appointed as a special envoy to the organization.
[98]
Serbia - Requested full leadership in 2008.
[88]
South Africa - Requested observer status in 2002.
[88]
Sri Lanka - Requested observer status in 2008.
[88]
Notes
^ 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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Member states
Members Suspended Observers
Countries and territories
Muslim communities
International organizations
History
Sessions
Demographics
1 As the "Turkish Cypriot State".