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A member state is a state that is a member of an international organization or of a federation or confederation.

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Since the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) include some members that are not sovereign states, neither organization ever speaks of "member states". The WTO has simply "members" (see WTO members), and the IMF refers to its members as "member countries". [1]

The oldest global member state based organization is the International Telecommunication Union, which joined the United Nations System as a Specialized Agency of the T1088 after the creation of the UN.

Worldwide

Restricted to a continent or larger region

CountRegionNote
Member states of the Council of Europe 47Europe
Member state of the European Union 27Europe
Member states of the European Economic Area 30EuropeEU + Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway
Member states of the European Environment Agency 32EuropeEU + Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey [3]
Member states of the European Aviation Safety Agency 31EuropeEU + Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland
Member states of the European Union Customs Union 31EuropeEU + Turkey, San Marino, Andorra, Monaco
Member states of the Eurozone 19Europe
Member states of the European Free Trade Association 4Europe
Member states of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Europe
Central European Free Trade Agreement Europe
Member states of the European Southern Observatory 15Europe
Nordic Council#Members 5Europe
Council of the Baltic Sea States#Member states Europe
Western European and Others Group#WEOG Member States Europe
Eastern European Group#Members Europe
European Space Agency 22Europe1 Associate Canada
Member states of the Organization of American States 35America+75 Permanent Observers [4]
Member states of the Union of South American Nations 12America
Member states of Mercosur 5America
Member states of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas 8America
Member states of the Caribbean Community 15America
Association of Caribbean States#Member states 25America
Caribbean Meteorological Organisation America
Inter-American Development Bank#Member states 48America
Member states of the African Union 55Africa9 observer states + 1 suspended
Southern African Development Community 14Africa
Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations 10Asia
Member states of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf 6Asia
Member states of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation 6Asia+5 observers
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia#Member states 14Asia
Economic Cooperation Organization#Member states 10Asia
Arctic Council#Member states 8Arctic13 observers

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