RCEP 15 members
RCEP has 15 members; together, today’s RCEP members had 28% of the world’s people and 27% 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
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: a trade agreement among 15 Asia-Pacific countries, in force since 2022.
Today’s RCEP members account for 28% of the world’s people (2025), 27% of the world’s GDP (2025), 19% of the world’s military spending (2025; 14 of 15 members have figures) and 44% of the world’s CO2 emissions (2024). Together they mine 84% of the world’s rare earths and 83% of the world’s tungsten (USGS, 2025, estimated). They produce 99% of the world’s primary gallium (USGS, 2025, estimated). Of its members, 12 are also in APEC, 10 in ASEAN, 5 in the G20 and 4 in the OECD.
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 | 61% | $19.50 tn | BRICS, G20, SCO, APEC, UN Security Council (permanent) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 286 m | 12% | $1.45 tn | BRICS, G20, ASEAN, APEC |
| Japan | 123 m | 5.3% | $4.44 tn | G7, G20, OECD, APEC, Quad |
| Philippines | 117 m | 5% | $487 bn | ASEAN, APEC |
| Vietnam | 102 m | 4.4% | $515 bn | ASEAN, APEC |
| Thailand | 72 m | 3.1% | $577 bn | ASEAN, APEC |
| Myanmar | 55 m | 2.4% | $82 bn | ASEAN |
| South Korea | 52 m | 2.2% | $1.87 tn | G20, OECD, APEC |
| Malaysia | 36 m | 1.6% | $472 bn | OPEC+, ASEAN, APEC |
| Australia | 28 m | 1.2% | $1.80 tn | G20, OECD, APEC, Quad, AUKUS |
| Cambodia | 18 m | 0.8% | $51 bn | ASEAN |
| Laos | 7.9 m | 0.3% | $18 bn | ASEAN |
| Singapore | 6.1 m | 0.3% | $604 bn | ASEAN, APEC |
| New Zealand | 5.3 m | 0.2% | $264 bn | OECD, APEC |
| Brunei | 466,330 | <0.1% | $15 bn | OPEC+, ASEAN, APEC |
Source: Membership: the groupings’ own member lists; World BankMembers as of 10 Nov 20262025