APEC 21 members
APEC has 21 members; together, today’s APEC members had 36% of the world’s people and 60% of its GDP in 2025 (20 of 21 member economies have figures).
Source: Membership: the groupings’ own member listsMembers as of 10 Nov 2026
Source: World Bank Indicators2025
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Summary
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation: a forum of 21 Pacific Rim economies, founded in 1989. Hong Kong and Taiwan take part as economies.
Today’s APEC members account for 36% of the world’s people (2025; 20 of 21 member economies have figures), 60% of the world’s GDP (2025; 20 of 21 member economies have figures), 61% of the world’s military spending (2025; 19 of 21 member economies have figures) and 65% of the world’s CO2 emissions (2024). Together they mine 92% of the world’s rare earths and 87% of the world’s nickel (USGS, 2025, estimated). They produce 100% of the world’s primary gallium (USGS, 2025, estimated). Of its members, 12 are also in RCEP, 9 in the G20, 8 in the OECD and 7 in ASEAN.
Membership is as each grouping lists it. A grouping’s share of the world adds up its members’ figures, against the sum for every country with a figure.
Source: Membership: the groupings’ own member lists; World Bank; Global Carbon Budget; FAOSTAT; USGSMembers as of 10 Nov 2026
Members
| China | 1.41 bn | 47% | $19.50 tn | BRICS, G20, SCO, RCEP, UN Security Council (permanent) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 342 m | 12% | $30.77 tn | G7, G20, NATO, OECD, UN Security Council (permanent), Quad, AUKUS, USMCA |
| Indonesia | 286 m | 9.6% | $1.45 tn | BRICS, G20, ASEAN, RCEP |
| Russia | 144 m | 4.8% | $2.56 tn | BRICS, G20, OPEC+, SCO, UN Security Council (permanent), CSTO, Eurasian Economic Union, CIS |
| Mexico | 132 m | 4.5% | $1.83 tn | G20, OPEC+, OECD, USMCA |
| Japan | 123 m | 4.2% | $4.44 tn | G7, G20, OECD, RCEP, Quad |
| Philippines | 117 m | 3.9% | $487 bn | ASEAN, RCEP |
| Vietnam | 102 m | 3.4% | $515 bn | ASEAN, RCEP |
| Thailand | 72 m | 2.4% | $577 bn | ASEAN, RCEP |
| South Korea | 52 m | 1.7% | $1.87 tn | G20, OECD, RCEP |
| Canada | 42 m | 1.4% | $2.32 tn | G7, G20, NATO, OECD, USMCA |
| Malaysia | 36 m | 1.2% | $472 bn | OPEC+, ASEAN, RCEP |
| Peru | 35 m | 1.2% | $335 bn | – |
| Australia | 28 m | 0.9% | $1.80 tn | G20, OECD, RCEP, Quad, AUKUS |
| Chile | 20 m | 0.7% | $357 bn | OECD |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 m | 0.4% | $32 bn | – |
| Hong Kong | 7.5 m | 0.3% | $427 bn | – |
| Singapore | 6.1 m | 0.2% | $604 bn | ASEAN, RCEP |
| New Zealand | 5.3 m | 0.2% | $264 bn | OECD, RCEP |
| Brunei | 466,330 | <0.1% | $15 bn | OPEC+, ASEAN, RCEP |
| Taiwan | – | – | – | – |
Source: Membership: the groupings’ own member lists; World BankMembers as of 10 Nov 20262025