COMESA members
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
The COMESA is a trade agreement of currently 21 countries mainly located in Eastern Africa and in Northern Africa.
All member states comprise a total area of 11.78 million km² and about 597.59 million people. This is 7.8% of the habitable area around the world and 7.7% of the world population. With an economic output of 848.45 bn US dollars annually, they represent around 1 percent of the global economy.
| Country | Commencement | Population | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burundi | 1981 | 11.89 M | 28,000 km² |
| Comoros | 1981 | 0.87 M | 1,861 km² |
| Congo (Dem. Republic) | 1981 | 89.56 M | 2,345,000 km² |
| Djibouti | 1981 | 0.99 M | 23,000 km² |
| Egypt | 1999 | 102.33 M | 1,001,000 km² |
| Eritrea | 1994 | 3.50 M | 118,000 km² |
| Eswatini | 1981 | 1.16 M | 17,000 km² |
| Ethiopia | 1981 | 114.96 M | 1,104,000 km² |
| Kenya | 1981 | 53.77 M | 580,000 km² |
| Libya | 2005 | 6.87 M | 1,760,000 km² |
| Madagascar | 1981 | 27.69 M | 587,000 km² |
| Malawi | 1981 | 19.13 M | 118,000 km² |
| Mauritius | 1981 | 1.27 M | 2,040 km² |
| Rwanda | 1981 | 12.95 M | 26,000 km² |
| Seychelles | 2001 | 0.10 M | 460 km² |
| Somalia | 2018 | 15.89 M | 638,000 km² |
| Sudan | 1981 | 43.85 M | 1,879,000 km² |
| Tunisia | 2018 | 11.82 M | 164,000 km² |
| Uganda | 1981 | 45.74 M | 242,000 km² |
| Zambia | 1981 | 18.38 M | 753,000 km² |
| Zimbabwe | 1981 | 14.86 M | 391,000 km² |
Former member countries
| Country | Exit | Population | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 2007 | 32.87 M | 1,247,000 km² |
| Lesotho | 1997 | 2.14 M | 30,000 km² |
| Mozambique | 1997 | 31.26 M | 786,000 km² |
| Namibia | 2004 | 2.54 M | 824,000 km² |
| Tanzania | 2000 | 59.73 M | 947,000 km² |