Benin

Burkina Faso

Cabo Verde

Côte d'Ivoire

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Liberia

Mali

Niger

Nigeria

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Togo

Sub-Saharan Africa

A map highlights E C O W A S members highlighted in blue. Some of the Countries are Mali, Niger, Senegal, Nigeria, Guinea, and Côte d'Ivoire.

Member states of the Economic Community of West African States, an organization founded in 1975 to promote economic integration among its members

Countries

ECOWAS

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Members

American Samoa (U.S.)

Australia

Cook Is. (New Zealand)

Australia & Oceania

Anguilla (U.K.)

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba (Neth.)

Bahamas

Caribbean

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

East Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Andorra

Austria

Belarus

Europe

Argentina

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Latin America

British Indian Ocean Territory (U.K.)

Curaçao (Neth.)

Faeroe Is. (Denmark)

None

Canada

Mexico

United States

North America

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Maldives

South Asia

Brunei

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Southeast Asia

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iran

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Angola

Botswana

Countries that joined the United Nations from 1945 to 1976 are shaded blue. U S A, U K, and China are shaded are marked for 1945. Countries like Japan and Germany are marked for the 1950s. Many African and Asian nations joined in the 1960s and 1970s.

Periods of time when countries became members of the United Nations. Use timeline controls at bottom of the map to display data by year.

World

United Nations States and Years of Admittance

Indian Ocean Ter. (Australia)

Niue (New Zealand)

Nauru

Samoa

Kiribati

Palau

French Polynesia (France)

Fiji

Micronesia

Guam (U.S.)

Marshall Is.

Northern Mariana Is. (U.S.)

New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

Solomon Is.

Tuvalu

New Caledonia (France)

Tonga

Vanuatu

Wallis and Futuna Is. (France)

A world map shows human occupation. Red areas were settled before 2500 B C E (Australia, New Guinea). Blue areas by 1200 B C E (Fiji, Guam, Samoa). Purple by 200 B C E (Marshall Islands). Orange by 400 C E (Polynesia). Yellow by 800 C E (New Zealand).

Areas of Australia, New Zealand, and Oceanina settled before 2500 BCE, settled by 1200 BCE, settled by 200 BCE, settled by 400 CE, and settled by 800 CE.

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Members	United Nations States and Years of Admittance	Human Occupation
Value	Value	Settled prior to 2500 BCE	Settled by 1200 BCE	Settled by 200 BCE	Settled by 400 CE	Settled by 800 CE











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