Members of the COMESSA:
Community of Sahel-Saharan States
The COMESSA is a trade agreement that currently consists of 28 countries mainly located in Western Africa and Eastern Africa.
All member states comprise a total area of 14.66 million km² and about 727.42 million people. This is 9.7 percent of the habitable area around the world and 9.2 percent of the world population. With an economic output of 1.541 trillion US dollars annually, they represent around 1.6 percent of the global economy. The value of all exported goods from these 28 countries was 288.65 billion US dollars per year at last count.
| Country | Commencement | Population | Area | GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2002 | 13.00 M | 115,000 km² | 17.14 bn US$ |
| Burkina Faso | 1998 | 22.10 M | 274,000 km² | 19.74 bn US$ |
| Central Africa | 1999 | 5.46 M | 623,000 km² | 2.52 bn US$ |
| Chad | 1998 | 17.18 M | 1,284,000 km² | 11.78 bn US$ |
| Comoros | 2007 | 0.82 M | 1,861 km² | 1.30 bn US$ |
| Djibouti | 2000 | 1.11 M | 23,000 km² | 3.48 bn US$ |
| Egypt | 2001 | 109.26 M | 1,001,000 km² | 404.14 bn US$ |
| Eritrea | 1999 | 3.62 M | 118,000 km² | |
| Gambia | 2000 | 2.64 M | 11,000 km² | 2.04 bn US$ |
| Ghana | 2005 | 32.83 M | 239,000 km² | 77.59 bn US$ |
| Guinea | 2007 | 13.53 M | 246,000 km² | 16.09 bn US$ |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2004 | 2.06 M | 36,000 km² | 1.64 bn US$ |
| Ivory Coast | 2004 | 27.48 M | 322,000 km² | 70.04 bn US$ |
| Kenya | 2008 | 53.01 M | 580,000 km² | 110.35 bn US$ |
| Liberia | 2004 | 5.19 M | 111,000 km² | 3.51 bn US$ |
| Libya | 1998 | 6.74 M | 1,760,000 km² | 42.82 bn US$ |
| Mali | 1998 | 21.90 M | 1,240,000 km² | 19.14 bn US$ |
| Mauritania | 2008 | 4.61 M | 1,031,000 km² | 10.00 bn US$ |
| Morocco | 2001 | 37.08 M | 447,000 km² | 142.87 bn US$ |
| Niger | 1998 | 25.25 M | 1,267,000 km² | 14.92 bn US$ |
| Nigeria | 2001 | 213.40 M | 924,000 km² | 440.83 bn US$ |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 2008 | 0.22 M | 960 km² | 526.65 m US$ |
| Senegal | 2000 | 16.88 M | 197,000 km² | 27.63 bn US$ |
| Sierra Leone | 2005 | 8.42 M | 72,000 km² | 4.04 bn US$ |
| Somalia | 2001 | 17.07 M | 638,000 km² | 7.63 bn US$ |
| Sudan | 1998 | 45.66 M | 1,879,000 km² | 34.33 bn US$ |
| Togo | 2002 | 8.64 M | 57,000 km² | 8.41 bn US$ |
| Tunisia | 2001 | 12.26 M | 164,000 km² | 46.69 bn US$ |