Members of the COMESA:
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
The COMESA is a trade agreement that currently consists of 21 countries mainly located in Eastern Africa and Northern Africa.
All member states comprise a total area of 11.78 million km² and about 624.41 million people. This is 7.8 percent of the habitable area around the world and 7.9 percent of the world population. With an economic output of 967.07 billion US dollars annually, they represent around 1.0 percent of the global economy. The value of all exported goods from these 21 countries was 180.74 billion US dollars per year at last count.
Official website: https://www.comesa.int/
| Country | Commencement | Population | Area | GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burundi | 1981 | 12.55 M | 28,000 km² | 2.78 bn US$ |
| Comoros | 1981 | 0.82 M | 1,861 km² | 1.30 bn US$ |
| Congo (Dem. Republic) | 1981 | 95.89 M | 2,345,000 km² | 55.35 bn US$ |
| Djibouti | 1981 | 1.11 M | 23,000 km² | 3.48 bn US$ |
| Egypt | 1999 | 109.26 M | 1,001,000 km² | 404.14 bn US$ |
| Eritrea | 1994 | 3.62 M | 118,000 km² | |
| Eswatini | 1981 | 1.19 M | 17,000 km² | 4.74 bn US$ |
| Ethiopia | 1981 | 120.28 M | 1,104,000 km² | 111.27 bn US$ |
| Kenya | 1981 | 53.01 M | 580,000 km² | 110.35 bn US$ |
| Libya | 2005 | 6.74 M | 1,760,000 km² | 42.82 bn US$ |
| Madagascar | 1981 | 28.92 M | 587,000 km² | 14.47 bn US$ |
| Malawi | 1981 | 19.89 M | 118,000 km² | 12.63 bn US$ |
| Mauritius | 1981 | 1.27 M | 2,040 km² | 11.53 bn US$ |
| Rwanda | 1981 | 13.46 M | 26,000 km² | 11.07 bn US$ |
| Seychelles | 2001 | 0.10 M | 460 km² | 1.45 bn US$ |
| Somalia | 2018 | 17.07 M | 638,000 km² | 7.63 bn US$ |
| Sudan | 1981 | 45.66 M | 1,879,000 km² | 34.33 bn US$ |
| Tunisia | 2018 | 12.26 M | 164,000 km² | 46.69 bn US$ |
| Uganda | 1981 | 45.85 M | 242,000 km² | 40.53 bn US$ |
| Zambia | 1981 | 19.47 M | 753,000 km² | 22.15 bn US$ |
| Zimbabwe | 1981 | 15.99 M | 391,000 km² | 28.37 bn US$ |
Former member countries
| Country | Exit | Population | Area | GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 2007 | 34.50 M | 1,247,000 km² | 67.40 bn US$ |
| Lesotho | 1997 | 2.28 M | 30,000 km² | 2.50 bn US$ |
| Mozambique | 1997 | 32.08 M | 786,000 km² | 15.78 bn US$ |
| Namibia | 2004 | 2.53 M | 824,000 km² | 12.31 bn US$ |
| Tanzania | 2000 | 63.59 M | 947,000 km² | 67.84 bn US$ |