The following is a list of regional organizations by population. The organizations are arranged in alphabetical order. -
| Entities | Population | Date formed | %[1] | Source | Notes | | World | 6,594,000,000 | | 100% | Population clock | | | African Union | 850,000,000 | 2002 | 12.92% | | (membership overlap with Arab League) | | Arab League | 339,510,535 | 1945 | 5.16% | | (membership overlap with African Union) | | Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation | 2,700,000,000 | 1989 | 41.03% | | (membership overlap with Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Commonwealth of Nations,Eurasian Economic Community,North American Free Trade Agreement, NATO, OPEC, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Mercosur, Union of South American Nations) | | Association of Southeast Asian Nations | 558,812,200 | 1967 | 8.49% | | (membership overlap with Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) | | Commonwealth of Independent States | 277,983,490 | 1991 | 4.22% | | (membership overlap with Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) | | Commonwealth of Nations | 1,921,974,000 | 1931 | 29.2% | | (membership overlap with European Union, European Economic Area, African Union, Arab League, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Union of South American Nations, and Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) | | Collective Security Treaty Organisation | 210,000,000 | 1994 | 3.19% | | (membership overlap with Commonwealth of Independent States, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) | | Economic Cooperation Organization | 405,139,000 | 1985 | 6.16% | | (membership overlap with South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) | | European Economic Area | 500,017,119 | 1994 | 7.6% | | (membership overlap with European Union, European Free Trade Association, and Commonwealth of Nations) | | European Union | 494,900,000 | 1993 | 7.52% | Eurostat data [2] | | | European Free Trade Association | 12,660,623 | 1960 | 0.19% | | (membership overlap with European Economic Area) | | Eurasian Economic Community | 205,693,649 | 2001 | 7.6% | | (membership overlap with Commonwealth of Independent States and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) | | Mercosur | 265,212,435 | 1991 | 4.03% | | (membership overlap with Union of South American Nations, NAFTA, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) | | North American Free Trade Agreement | 444,890,391 | 1994 | 6.76% | | (membership overlap with Mercosur, Commonwealth of Nations, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) | | NATO | 880,978,798 | 1949 | 13.39% | | | | OPEC | 619,157,014 | 1960 | 9.41% | | | | Shanghai Cooperation Organisation | 1,519,750,955 | 2001 | 23.09% | | (membership overlap with CIS and Eurasian Economic Community, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) | | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | 1,467,255,669 | 1985 | 22.3% | | (membership overlap with Economic Cooperation Organization) | | Union of South American Nations | 379,782,748 | 2005 | 5.77% | | (membership overlap with Mercosur, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) | [edit] See also [1] [edit] References - ^ of World Population
- ^ Eurostat population demography data as of 1 January 2006, extrapolated to 1 January 2007
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