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There are 160 countries with
internationally recognised
National Scout
Organizations. (The newest
member countries are
National Association of
Cambodian Scouts,
Association of Scouts of
Montenegro; Scouts of Syria,
National Organization of
Scouts of Ukraine as of 1
July 2008). The countries
are listed below with the
membership figures of the
last official census:
Membership: The
membership which is shown in
these countries represents
only the members (youth and
adults) of the World
Organization of the Scout
Movement (WOSM), which in
most countries includes boys
and girls. In some countries
- mostly in Europe - the
national organization is
larger than indicated here
because it includes girls
who are members of the World
Association of Girl Guides
and Girl Scouts. Joined
WOSM: The date is the
most recent year that the
National Scout Organization
joined the World
Organization of the Scout
Movement. (Organizations in
some countries were World
Scouting members in earlier
years than shown here, but
Scouting was disbanded for a
period of time.)
Scouting founded:
This information is taken
from published sources. Note
that countries use different
standards to define
"founded". It may mean the
year the first Scout group
was formed, or when the
national organzation was
formed, or chartered, etc.
Scouting was founded on 1
August 1907, the opening of
Robert Baden-Powell's
experimental camp on
Brownsea Island in England.
Country
|
Membership
|
Joined WOSM
|
Scouting Founded
|
Albania |
1,000 |
2005 |
|
Algeria |
11,120 |
1963 |
1939 |
Angola |
13,777 |
1998 |
|
Argentina |
46,264 |
1922 |
1912 |
Armenia |
2,385 |
1997 |
1912 |
Australia |
73,955 |
1953 |
1908 |
Austria |
10,768 |
1922 |
1912 |
Azerbaijan |
1,356 |
2000 |
1997 |
Bahamas |
1,017 |
1974 |
1913 |
Bahrain |
1,867 |
1970 |
1953 |
Bangladesh |
896,118 |
1974 |
1972 |
Barbados |
2,738 |
1969 |
1912 |
Belgium |
88,307 |
1922 |
1911 |
Belize |
2,376 |
1987 |
1911 |
Benin |
6,350 |
1964 |
1932 |
Bhutan |
16,738 |
1999 |
1991 |
Bolivia |
7,829 |
1950 |
1915 |
Bosnia and
Herzegovina |
1,901 |
1999 |
|
Botswana |
4,660 |
1958 |
1936 |
Brazil |
59,057 |
1922 |
1910 |
Brunei Darussalam
|
1,886 |
1981 |
1933 |
Bulgaria |
2,711 |
1999 |
1911-13 |
Burkina Faso |
10,165 |
1972 |
1943 |
Burundi |
6,661 |
1979 |
1940 |
Cambodia |
|
|
2008 |
Cameroon |
|
|
|
Canada |
146,250 |
1946 |
1909 |
Cape Verde |
733 |
2002 |
|
Chad |
8,132 |
1974 |
1960 |
Chile |
35,189 |
1922-71, 1974 |
1909 |
China, Scouts of
|
57,039 |
1937 |
1912 |
Colombia |
14,045 |
1933 |
1917 |
Comoros |
1,725 |
1990 |
1975 |
Congo, The
Democratic
Republic of The
|
71,486 |
1963 |
1924 |
Costa Rica |
5,050 |
1925 |
1915 |
Côte-d'Ivoire |
6,436 |
1972 |
1937 |
Croatia |
4,825 |
1993 |
1915 |
Cyprus |
4,478 |
1961 |
1913 |
Czech Republic |
23,088 |
1996 |
1911 |
Denmark |
44,591 |
1922 |
1909 |
Dominica |
1,100 |
1990 |
1929 |
Dominican Republic
|
8,899 |
1930 |
1926 |
Ecuador |
4,132 |
1922 |
1920 |
Egypt |
74,598 |
1922 |
1918 |
El Salvador |
3,970 |
1940 |
1938 |
Estonia |
1,209 |
1996 |
1912 |
Ethiopia |
1,827 |
2002 |
1950 |
Fiji |
2,825 |
1971 |
1914 |
Finland |
31,735 |
1922 |
1910 |
France |
67,383 |
1922 |
1910 |
Gabon |
3,809 |
1971 |
1936 |
Gambia |
18,448 |
1984 |
1921 |
Georgia |
1,240 |
1997 |
1994 |
Germany |
123,686 |
1950 |
1910 |
Ghana |
2,311 |
1960 |
1912 |
Greece |
17,658 |
1922 |
1910 |
Grenada |
1,665 |
1979 |
1924 |
Guatemala |
11,272 |
1930 |
1928 |
Guinea C |
|
2005 |
|
Guyana |
424 |
1967 |
1909 |
Haiti |
9,859 |
1932 |
1932 |
Honduras |
3,031 |
1957 |
1952 |
Hong Kong |
99,591 |
1977 |
1911 |
Hungary |
6,236 |
1990 |
1912 |
Iceland |
1,526 |
1924 |
1912 |
India |
2,423,686 |
1938 |
1909 |
Indonesia |
8,103,835 |
1953 |
1912 |
Ireland |
36,185 |
1949 |
1908 |
Israel |
21,920 |
1951 |
1920 |
Italy |
100,689 |
1922 |
1912 |
Jamaica |
3,181 |
1963 |
1910 |
Japan |
195,370 |
1922 |
1913 |
Jordan |
15,538 |
1955 |
1954 |
Kazakhstan |
1,640 |
2008 |
1992 |
Kenya |
262,146 |
1964 |
1910 |
Kiribati |
1,333 |
1993 |
|
Korea, Republic of
|
214,363 |
1953 |
1922 |
Kuwait |
6,061 |
1955 |
1952 |
Latvia |
544 |
1993 |
1917 |
Lebanon |
14,334 |
1947 |
1912 |
Lesotho |
371 |
1971 |
1936 |
Liberia |
2,418 |
1965 |
1922 |
Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya |
13,698 |
1958 |
1954 |
Liechtenstein |
689 |
1933 |
1931 |
Lithuania |
2,107 |
1924-40, 1997 |
1918 |
Luxembourg |
5,092 |
1922 |
1914 |
Macedonia,
The former Yugoslav
Republic of |
1,988 |
1997 |
1921 |
Madagascar |
9,473 |
1960 |
1921 |
Malawi |
4,000 |
2005 |
|
Malaysia |
73,494 |
1957 |
1911 |
Maldives |
4,518 |
1990 |
1963 |
Malta |
2,531 |
1966 |
1908 |
Mauritania |
3,790 |
1983 |
1946 |
Mauritius |
3,022 |
1971 |
1912 |
Mexico |
28,963 |
1926 |
1920 |
Moldova, Republic of
|
1,540 |
1997 |
1991 |
Monaco |
61 |
1990 |
|
Mongolia |
8,264 |
1994 |
1992 |
Montenegro |
|
|
2008 |
Morocco |
12,304 |
1961 |
1933 |
Mozambique |
28,993 |
1999 |
1960 |
Namibia |
2,172 |
1990 |
1917 |
Nepal |
15,621 |
1969 |
1952 |
Netherlands |
59,500 |
1922 |
1910 |
New Zealand |
19,751 |
1953 |
1908 |
Nicaragua |
1,541 |
1948 |
1937 |
Niger |
3,113 |
1996 |
1947 |
Nigeria |
46,701 |
1961 |
1915 |
Norway |
18,818 |
1922 |
1911 |
Oman |
9,078 |
1977 |
1948 |
Pakistan |
526,403 |
1948 |
1947 |
Palestinian
Authority |
20,017 |
1996 |
1912 |
Panama |
1,868 |
1924-36, 1950 |
1924 |
Papua New Guinea
|
5,515 |
1976 |
1926 |
Paraguay |
1,075 |
1962 |
1960 |
Peru |
9,147 |
1922 |
1916 |
Philippines |
1,872,525 |
1946 |
1923 |
Poland |
61,394 |
1922-50, 1996 |
1919 |
Portugal |
73,181 |
1922 |
1913 |
Qatar |
3,518 |
1965 |
1956 |
Romania |
4,930 |
1993 |
1914 |
Russian Federation
|
14,130 |
2000 |
1909 |
Rwanda |
18,884 |
1975 |
1940 |
San Marino |
173 |
1990 |
1973 |
Saudi Arabia |
19,269 |
1963 |
1961 |
Senegal |
26,373 |
1963 |
1930 |
Seychelles |
609 |
2002 |
|
Sierra Leone |
7,902 |
1964 |
1909 |
Singapore |
9,965 |
1966 |
1910 |
Slovakia |
4,268 |
1997 |
1913 |
Slovenia |
4,525 |
1994 |
1915 |
South Africa |
11,634 |
1937 |
1908 |
Spain |
65,088 |
1922 |
1912 |
Sri Lanka |
27,264 |
1953 |
1912 |
Saint Lucia |
393 |
1993 |
1935 |
Saint Vincent and
The Grenadines |
549 |
1990 |
1924 |
Serbia |
5,899 |
1995 |
1911 |
Sudan |
13,550 |
1956 |
1935 |
Suriname |
2,601 |
1968 |
1924 |
Swaziland |
4,994 |
1968 |
1928 |
Sweden |
59,035 |
1922 |
1911 |
Switzerland |
25,946 |
1922 |
1912 |
Syria |
|
|
2008 |
Tajikistan |
1,968 |
1997 |
1991 |
Tanzania, United
Republic of |
91,057 |
1963 |
1929 |
Thailand |
1,360,869 |
1922 |
1911 |
Togo |
7,326 |
1977 |
1920 |
Trinidad & Tobago
|
4,176 |
1963 |
1911 |
Tunisia |
19,236 |
1957 |
1934 |
Turkey |
13,964 |
1950 |
1923 |
Uganda |
92,946 |
1964 |
1915 |
Ukraine |
|
|
2008 |
United Arab Emirates
|
5,824 |
1977 |
1972 |
United Kingdom |
444,271 |
1922 |
1907 |
United States |
5,970,203 |
1922 |
1909 |
Uruguay |
3,003 |
1950 |
1946 |
Venezuela |
16,221 |
1937 |
1913 |
Yemen |
6,481 |
1980 |
1954 |
Zambia |
7,396 |
1965 |
1930 |
Zimbabwe |
2,389 |
1980 |
1909 |
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