Members of the SAARC:
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
The SAARC is a trade agreement that currently consists of eight countries in South Asia.
All member states comprise a total area of 5.14 million km² and about 1.92 billion people. This is 3.4 percent of the habitable area around the world and 24 percent of the world population. With an economic output of 4.089 trillion US dollars annually, they represent around 4.2 percent of the global economy. The value of all exported goods from these eight countries was 763.80 billion US dollars per year at last count.
Official website: https://www.saarc-sec.org/
| Country | Commencement | Population | Area | GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 2007 | 40.10 M | 653,000 km² | 14.79 bn US$ |
| Bangladesh | 1985 | 169.36 M | 148,000 km² | 416.26 bn US$ |
| Bhutan | 1985 | 0.78 M | 38,000 km² | 2.54 bn US$ |
| India | 1985 | 1,425.78 M | 3,287,000 km² | 3.176 tn US$ |
| Maldives | 1985 | 0.52 M | 300 km² | 5.41 bn US$ |
| Nepal | 1985 | 30.03 M | 147,000 km² | 36.29 bn US$ |
| Pakistan | 1985 | 231.40 M | 796,000 km² | 348.26 bn US$ |
| Sri Lanka | 1985 | 22.16 M | 66,000 km² | 88.93 bn US$ |