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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, 38 more countries from the region have joined FAO. At present the number of member countries for the region stands at 43, of which 6 are developed countries.

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

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