Current members

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 484.

OPEC has twelve member countries: six in the Middle East, four in Africa, and two in South America.

Country	Region	Joined OPEC	Population (July 2012)	Area (km²)	Production (bbl/day)
Algeria	Africa		37,367,226	2,381,740	2,125,000 (16th)
Angola	Africa		18,056,072	1,246,700	1,948,000 (17th)
Ecuador	South America	2007[A 1]	15,223,680	283,560	485,700 (30th)
Iran	Middle East	1960[A 2]	78,868,711	1,648,000	4,172,000 (4th)
Iraq	Middle East	1960[A 2]	31,129,225	437,072	3,200,000 (12th)
Kuwait	Middle East	1960[A 2]	2,646,314	17,820	2,494,000 (10th)
Libya	Africa		5,613,380	1,759,540	2,210,000 (15th)
Nigeria	Africa		170,123,740	923,768	2,211,000 (14th)
Qatar	Middle East		1,951,591	11,437	1,213,000 (21st)
Saudi Arabia	Middle East	1960[A 2]	26,534,504	2,149,690	8,800,000 (1st)
United Arab Emirates	Middle East		5,314,317	83,600	2,798,000 (8th)
Venezuela	South America	1960[A 2]	28,047,938	912,050	2,472,000 (11th)
Total	369,368,429	11,854,977 km²	33,327,700 bbl/day

1. ^ Ecuador initially joined in 1973, left in 1992, and rejoined in 2007.

2. ^ ^{a b c d e} One of five founder members that attended the first OPEC conference, in September 1960.