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from "World Organization of the Scout Movement"
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There
are 151 countries with internationally recognized National
Scout Organizations. (The newest member country is Russia,
which became a member on 1 October 2000.) The countries are
listed below with the following information:
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
organization was formed, or chartered, etc.
Scouting was founded on 1 August 1907, the opening of Robert
Baden-Powell's experimental camp on Brown sea Island in
England.
|
Country |
Membership
|
Joined WOSM
|
Scouting Founded
|
|
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Albania |
1,284 |
1999 |
1922 |
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Algeria |
10,045 |
1963 |
1939 |
|
Angola |
5,600 |
1998 |
|
|
Argentina |
45,452 |
1922 |
1912 |
|
Armenia |
2,035 |
1997 |
1912 |
|
Australia |
109,527 |
1953 |
1908 |
|
Austria |
16,323 |
1922 |
1912 |
|
Azerbaijan |
1,213 |
2000 |
1997 |
|
Bahamas |
3,173 |
1974 |
1913 |
|
Bahrain |
1,820 |
1970 |
1953 |
|
Bangladesh |
1,325,014 |
1974 |
1972 |
|
Barbados |
3,041 |
1969 |
1912 |
|
Belarus |
7,500 |
1998 |
1909 |
|
Belgium |
91,198 |
1922 |
1911 |
|
Belize |
869
|
1987 |
1911 |
|
Benin |
19,605 |
1964 |
1932 |
|
Bhutan |
1,145 |
1999 |
1991 |
|
Bolivia |
7,600 |
1950 |
1915 |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
8,000 |
1999 |
|
|
Botswana |
4,660 |
1958 |
1936 |
|
Brazil |
60,518 |
1922 |
1910 |
|
Brunei Darussalam |
2,617 |
1981 |
1933 |
|
Bulgaria |
2,000 |
1999 |
1911-13 |
|
Burkina Faso |
10,165 |
1972 |
1943 |
|
Burundi |
6,661 |
1979 |
1940 |
|
Cameroon |
6,535 |
1971 |
1937 |
|
Canada |
238,957 |
1946 |
1909 |
|
Chad |
8,132 |
1974 |
1960 |
|
Chile |
35,180 |
1922 |
1909 |
|
China, Scouts of |
69,353 |
1937 |
1912 |
|
Colombia |
13,636 |
1933 |
1917 |
|
Comoros |
2,200 |
1990 |
1975 |
Congo, The Democratic
Republic of The |
62,842 |
1963 |
1924 |
|
Costa Rica |
11,729 |
1925 |
1915 |
|
Côte-d'Ivoire |
6,436 |
1972 |
1937 |
|
Croatia |
3,607 |
1993 |
1915 |
|
Cyprus |
6,183 |
1961 |
1913 |
|
Czech Republic |
26,133 |
1996 |
1911 |
|
Denmark |
51,727 |
1922 |
1909 |
|
Dominica |
1,100 |
1990 |
1929 |
|
Dominican Republic |
6,047 |
1930 |
1926 |
|
Ecuador |
5,536 |
1922 |
1920 |
|
Egypt |
74,598 |
1922 |
1918 |
|
El Salvador |
4,180 |
1940 |
1938 |
|
Estonia |
1,131 |
1996 |
1912 |
|
Fiji |
2,445 |
1971 |
1914 |
|
Finland |
30,545 |
1922 |
1910 |
|
France |
113,570 |
1922 |
1910 |
|
Gabon |
3,835 |
1971 |
1936 |
|
Gambia |
14,134 |
1984 |
1921 |
|
Georgia |
1,063 |
1997 |
1994 |
|
Germany |
127,012 |
1950 |
1910 |
|
Ghana |
2,311 |
1960 |
1912 |
|
Greece |
19,467 |
1922 |
1910 |
|
Grenada |
1,542 |
1979 |
1924 |
|
Guatemala |
7,247 |
1930 |
1928 |
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Guyana |
294
|
1967 |
1909 |
|
Haiti |
9,859 |
1932 |
1932 |
|
Honduras |
4,319 |
1957 |
1952 |
|
Hong Kong |
69,121 |
1977 |
1911 |
|
Hungary |
13,369 |
1990 |
1912 |
|
Iceland |
1,808 |
1924 |
1912 |
|
India |
1,963,266 |
1938 |
1909 |
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Indonesia |
9,961,921 |
1953 |
1912 |
|
Ireland |
38,784 |
1949 |
1908 |
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Israel |
21,920 |
1951 |
1920 |
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Italy |
108,656 |
1922 |
1912 |
|
Jamaica |
5,526 |
1963 |
1910 |
|
Japan |
227,566 |
1922 |
1913 |
|
Jordan |
14,238 |
1955 |
1954 |
|
Kenya |
190,505 |
1964 |
1910 |
|
Kiribati |
1,333 |
1993 |
|
|
Korea, Republic of |
247,445 |
1953 |
1922 |
|
Kuwait |
6,061 |
1955 |
1952 |
|
Latvia |
1,179 |
1993 |
1917 |
|
Lebanon |
8,450 |
1947 |
1912 |
|
Lesotho |
371
|
1971 |
1936 |
|
Liberia |
2,418 |
1965 |
1922 |
|
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
14,220 |
1958 |
1954 |
|
Liechtenstein |
421
|
1933 |
1931 |
|
Lithuania |
1,500 |
1997 |
1918 |
|
Luxembourg |
5,634 |
1922 |
1914 |
|
Macedonia, The former Yugoslav Republic of |
3,443 |
1997 |
1921 |
|
Madagascar |
9,473 |
1960 |
1921 |
|
Malaysia |
96,409 |
1957 |
1911 |
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Maldives |
4,518 |
1990 |
1963 |
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Malta |
2,900 |
1966 |
1908 |
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Mauritania |
3,790 |
1983 |
1946 |
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Mauritius |
3,009 |
1971 |
1912 |
|
Mexico |
59,531 |
1926 |
1920 |
|
Moldova, Republic of |
1,540 |
1997 |
1991 |
|
Monaco |
67
|
1990 |
|
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Mongolia |
6,623 |
1994 |
1992 |
|
Morocco |
12,304 |
1961 |
1933 |
|
Mozambique |
11,403 |
1999 |
1960 |
|
Namibia |
1,378 |
1990 |
1917 |
|
Nepal |
25,814 |
1969 |
1952 |
|
Netherlands |
59,315 |
1922 |
1910 |
|
New Zealand |
28,531 |
1953 |
1908 |
|
Nicaragua |
2,298 |
1948 |
1937 |
|
Niger |
3,241 |
1996 |
1947 |
|
Nigeria |
46,701 |
1961 |
1915 |
|
Norway |
15,234 |
1922 |
1911 |
|
Oman |
9,495 |
1977 |
1948 |
|
Pakistan |
508,176 |
1948 |
1947 |
|
Palestinian Authority |
20,275 |
1996 |
1912 |
|
Panama |
2,367 |
1950 |
1924 |
|
Papua New Guinea |
1,674 |
1976 |
1926 |
|
Paraguay |
1,340 |
1962 |
1960 |
|
Peru |
12,727 |
1922 |
1916 |
|
Philippines |
3,491,911 |
1946 |
1923 |
|
Poland |
117,733 |
1996 |
1919 |
|
Portugal |
66,766 |
1922 |
1913 |
|
Qatar |
6,000 |
1965 |
1956 |
|
Romania |
4,930 |
1993 |
1914 |
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