BRICS 11 members, including Saudi Arabia, which has not confirmed it
BRICS lists 11 members, including Saudi Arabia, which has not confirmed it; together, today’s BRICS members had 48% of the world’s people and 28% of its GDP in 2025.
Source: Membership: the groupings’ own member listsMembers as of 10 Nov 2026
Source: World Bank Indicators2025
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Summary
A grouping of large emerging economies. Brazil, Russia, India and China held the first summit in 2009; South Africa joined in 2011, and five more countries in 2024 and 2025. BRICS also lists Saudi Arabia as a member from 2024; Saudi Arabia has not confirmed it.
Today’s BRICS members account for 48% of the world’s people (2025), 28% of the world’s GDP (2025), 27% of the world’s military spending (2025; 10 of 11 members have figures) and 56% of the world’s CO2 emissions (2024). Together they mine 84% of the world’s natural graphite and 81% of the world’s tungsten (USGS, 2025, estimated). They produce 99.7% of the world’s primary gallium (USGS, 2025, estimated). Of its members, 7 are also in the G20, 4 in the SCO, 3 in OPEC+ and 3 in APEC.
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
| India | 1.46 bn | 37% | $3.96 tn | G20, SCO, Quad |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 1.41 bn | 35% | $19.50 tn | G20, SCO, APEC, RCEP, UN Security Council (permanent) |
| Indonesia | 286 m | 7.2% | $1.45 tn | G20, ASEAN, APEC, RCEP |
| Brazil | 213 m | 5.4% | $2.28 tn | G20 |
| Russia | 144 m | 3.6% | $2.56 tn | G20, OPEC+, SCO, APEC, UN Security Council (permanent), CSTO, Eurasian Economic Union, CIS |
| Ethiopia | 135 m | 3.4% | $126 bn | – |
| Egypt | 118 m | 3% | $365 bn | – |
| Iran | 92 m | 2.3% | $363 bn | OPEC, OPEC+, SCO |
| South Africa | 65 m | 1.6% | $427 bn | G20 |
| Saudi Arabia1 | 37 m | 0.9% | $1.28 tn | G20, OPEC, OPEC+ |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 m | 0.3% | $552 bn | – |
Source: Membership: the groupings’ own member lists; World BankMembers as of 10 Nov 20262025
Notes
- Saudi Arabia: Listed by BRICS as a member; Saudi Arabia has not confirmed it.