The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN , ) is a regional intergovernmental organisation comprising ten Southeast Asian states which promotes Pan-Asianism and intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, military, educational and cultural integration amongst its members and Asian states. Since its formation on 8 August 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, the organisation's membership has expanded to include Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam. Its principal aims include accelerating economic growth, social progress, and sociocultural evolution among its members, alongside the protection of regional stability and the provision of a mechanism for member countries to resolve differences peacefully. ASEAN is an official United Nations Observer. Communication by members across nations takes place in English. 

ASEAN covers a land area of 4.4 million square kilometres, 3% of the total land area of Earth. ASEAN territorial waters cover an area about three times larger than its land counterpart. Member countries have a combined population of approximately 625 million people, 8.8% of the world's population. In 2015, the organisation's combined nominal GDP had grown to more than US$2.8 trillion. If ASEAN were a single entity, it would rank as the sixth largest economy in the world, behind the USA, China, Japan, France and Germany. ASEAN shares land borders with India, China, Bangladesh, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea, and maritime borders with India, China, Palau, and Australia. Both East Timor and Papua New Guinea are backed by certain ASEAN members for their membership in the organisation.
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations
a regional intergovernmental organisation
a regional intergovernmental organisation
ten Southeast Asian states
 ten Southeast Asian states
1967
1967
on 8 August
on 8 August
4.4 million square kilometres
 4.4 million square kilometres
625 million
625 million
8.8%
 8.8%
Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand
Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand
Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam
Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam
accelerating economic growth
accelerating economic growth
social progress
social progress
sociocultural evolution
sociocultural evolution
US$2.8 trillion
US$2.8 trillion
the organisation's combined nominal GDP
 the organisation's combined nominal GDP
India and China
India, China
Palau and Australia
 Palau, and Australia
East Timor and Papua New Guinea
East Timor and Papua New Guinea
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is an official United Nations Observer.
English
English