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

Australia

Papua New Guinea

Australia & Oceania

Trinidad and Tobago

Caribbean

Kazakhstan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

East Asia

Azerbaijan

Russia

Eurasia

Denmark

Germany

Italy

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Romania

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Europe

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Colombia

Peru

Venezuela

Latin America

Canada

Mexico

United States

North America

Bangladesh

India

Pakistan

South Asia

Brunei

Indonesia

Malaysia

Myanmar

Thailand

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Kuwait

Libya

Oman

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

A map highlighting countries based on proven natural gas reserves. Most reserves (Russia, Iran) are dark green. Moderate reserves (North America, Australia, China) are moderate blue. Least reserves (India, South America) are light blue.

Natural gas reserves as a percentage of known world reserves by country

World

Proven Natural Gas Reserves

Percent of world reserves

American Samoa (U.S.)

Cook Is. (New Zealand)

Anguilla (U.K.)

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba (Neth.)

Bahamas

Afghanistan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

Armenia

Georgia

Albania

Andorra

Austria

Belarus

Belize

British Indian Ocean Territory (U.K.)

Curaçao (Neth.)

Faeroe Is. (Denmark)

None

Bhutan

Maldives

Cambodia

Laos

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.

United Nations States and Years of Admittance

Fiji

French Polynesia (France)

Guam (U.S.)

Kiribati

Marshall Is.

Micronesia

Nauru

New Zealand

Niue (New Zealand)

Northern Mariana Is. (U.S.)

Palau

Samoa

Solomon Is.

St. Helena (U.K.)

Tuvalu

Barbados

Bermuda (U.K.)

British Virgin Is. (U.K.)

Caribbean Netherlands (Neth.)

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Haiti

Jamaica

Martinique (France)

Seychelles

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Turks and Caicos Is. (U.K.)

U.S. Virgin Is. (U.S.)

Macau S.A.R. (China)

Mongolia

Nepal

North Korea

South Korea

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Estonia

Finland

France

Gibraltar (U.K.)

Greece

Holy See (Vatican City)

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Isle of Man (U.K.)

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

Montserrat (U.K.)

Northern Macedonia

Portugal

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Chile

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

French Guiana (France)

Guatemala

Guyana

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Members	Proven Natural Gas Reserves			United Nations States and Years of Admittance	Foreign Born Population			Uranium Mines
Value	Class	Rank	Percent of world reserves	Value	Class	Rank	Percent	Uranium Mines







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