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 Member Countries
When FAO was founded in 1945, five countries from the Asia-Pacific region were signatories to FAO's Charter – Australia, China, India, New Zealand and the Philippines.

Since then, 41 more countries from the region have joined FAO. At present the number of member countries for the region stands at 46, of which five are developed countries.

Grouped by subregion, the names of regional member countries are listed below in alphabetical order:

Asia Subregion
Afghanistan Japan Pakistan
Bangladesh Kazakhstan Philippines
Bhutan Kyrgyzstan Republic of Korea
Cambodia Lao PDR Sri Lanka
China Malaysia Tajikistan
DPR Korea Maldives Thailand
India Mongolia Timor-Leste
Indonesia Myanmar Turkmenistan
Iran Nepal Uzbekistan
    Viet Nam

Pacific Subregion
Australia Micronesia Samoa
Cook Islands Nauru Solomon Islands
Fiji New Zealand Tonga
France Niue Tuvalu
Kiribati Palau United States of America
Marshall Islands Papua New Guinea Vanuatu

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