All 35 independent nations of the Americas are member states of the Organization of American States (OAS).[1]
When formed on 5 May 1948 there were 21 members of the OAS. The organization's membership expanded as other nations in the Americas gained full political independence as sovereign states.
Nation | Capital | Year joined |
GDP (PPP) $Million |
GDP (PPP) per capita (2020)[2] |
HDI 2018 est. for 2017[3] |
Currency | Official or National languages |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cuba[Note 3] | Havana | 1948 | 212 | No data | 0.777 | Cuban peso | Spanish |
Nicaragua[Note 4] | Managua | 1948 | 24.39 | $5,569 | 0.658 | Nicaraguan córdoba | Spanish |
The following jurisdictions are not members of the OAS as each is a dependent territory of another nation. They are grouped under the nation that has sovereignty over them.
The observer states are:[12]