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Scouts Around the World

As of 13 March 1998 there are 149 countries with internationally recognized National Scout Organizations.

MEMBERSHIP: The membership which is shown in these 149 countries represents only the members (youth adults) of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), which in most countries includes boys 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 Girl Scouts.

JOINED WOSM: The date is the most recent year that the National Scout Organization joined the World Organization of the Scout Movement, which was founded in 1922. (Organizations in some countries were World Scouting members in earlier years, 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 Islin England.

Country

Membership

Joined WOSM

Scouting Founded


Algeria

10,000

1963

1939

Argentina

35,633

1922

1912

Armenia

2035

1997

1912

Australia

124,424

1953

1908

Austria

16,455

1922

1912

Bahamas

1,644

1974

1913

Bahrain

1,820

1970

1953

Bangladesh

784,054

1974

1972

Barbados

3,041

1969

1912

Belarus

7,050

1998

1909

Belgium

92,691

1922

1911

Belize

1,643

1987

1911

Benin

11,587

1964

1932

Bolivia

6,859

1950

1915

Botswana

4,660

1958

1936

Brazil

58,493

1922

1910

Brunei Darussalam

2,617

1981

1933

Burkina Faso

10,165

1972

1943

Burundi

6,661

1979

1940

Cameroon

6,535

1971

1937

Canada

272,070

1946

1909

Central African Republic

7,000

1969

1941

Chad

2,850

1974

1960

Chile

35,180

1922

1909

China, Scouts of

72,927

1937

1912

Colombia

20,973

1933

1931

Comoros

2,200

1990

1975

Congo, The Democratic
Republic of The

62,842

1963

1924

Costa Rica

5,688

1925

1915

Côte-d,Ivoire

6,436

1972

1937

Croatia

3,865

1993

1915

Cyprus

5,013

1961

1913

Czech Republic

35,610

1996

1920

Denmark

53,258

1922

1910

Dominica

1,100

1990

1929

Dominican Republic

3,200

1930

1926

Ecuador

5,536

1922

1920

Egypt

74,598

1922

1918

El Salvador

4,180

1940

1938

Estonia

1,016

1996

1912

Ethiopia

dormant

1969

1950

Fiji

9,205

1971

1914

Finland

38,132

1922

1910

France

117,531

1922

1910

Gabon

3,835

1971

1936

Gambia

11,056

1984

1921

Georgia

1,063

1997

1994

Germany

133,942

1950

1910

Ghana

3,186

1960

1912

Greece

17,378

1922

1910

Grenada

1,052

1979

1924

Guatemala

7,247

1930

1928

Guinea

3,470

1990

1984

Guyana

294

1967

1909

Haiti

9,859

1932

1932

Honduras

4,319

1957

1952

Hong Kong

53,049

1977

1911

Hungary

19,809

1990

1919

Iceland

1,692

1924

1912

India

1,591,083

1938

1909

Indonesia

9,896,357

1953

1912

Iran, Islamic Republic of

dormant

1955

1928

Iraq

12,000

1922

1921

Ireland

51,903

1949

1908

Israel

21,920

1951

1920

Italy

115,449

1922

1912

Jamaica

4,133

1963

1910

Japan

244,827

1922

1913

Jordan

14,238

1955

1954

Kenya

168,021

1964

1910

Kiribati

1,798

1993

 

Korea, Republic of

263,796

1953

1922

Kuwait

6,061

1955

1952

Latvia

801

1993

1917

Lebanon

8,450

1947

1912

Lesotho

371

1971

1936

Liberia

2,418

1922

1934

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

12,902

1958

1954

Liechtenstein

496

1933

1931

Lithuania

1,500

1997

1918

Luxembourg

5,853

1922

1914

Macedonia, The former Yugoslav Republic of

3,500

1997

1921

Madagascar

8,857

1960

1921

Malaysia

93,449

1957

1911

Maldives

4,543

1990

1963

Malta

2,772

1966

1908

Mauritania

1,779

1983

1946

Mauritius

2,998

1971

1912

Mexico

59,531

1926

1920

Moldova, Republic of

1,540

1997

1991

Monaco

62

1990

 

Mongolia

5,311

1994

1992

Morocco

12,304

1961

1933

Namibia

1,378

1960

1990

Nepal

24,889

1969

1952

Netherlands

61,196

1922

1910

New Zealand

33,673

1953

1908

Nicaragua

2,298

1948

1937

Niger

1,230

1996

1947

Nigeria

46,701

1961

1915

Norway

18,956

1922

1911

Oman

9,495

1977

1948

Pakistan

441,677

1948

1947

Palestinian Authority

18,500

1996

1912

Panama

7,111

1950

1924

Papua New Guinea

2,599

1976

1926

Paraguay

1,240

1962

1960

Peru

12,276

1922

1916

Philippines

2,888,265

1946

1923

Poland

187,022

1996

1919

Portugal

52,208

1922

1913

Qatar

5,096

1965

1956

Romania

4,930

1993

1914

Rwanda

5,479

1975

1940

San Marino

193

1990

1973

Saudi Arabia

54,994

1963

1961

Senegal

5,882

1963

1930

Sierra Leone

7,963

1964

1909

Singapore

10,392

1966

1910

Slovakia

4,510

1997

1913

Slovenia

7,301

1994

1915

South Africa

21,323

1937

1908

Spain

89,256

1922

1912

Sri Lanka

25,288

1953

1912

Saint Lucia

516

1990

1935

Saint Vincent The Grenadines

676

1990

1924

Sudan

13,550

1956

1935

Suriname

2,601

1968

1924

Swaziland

4,994

1968

1928

Sweden

71,033

1922

1911

Switzerland

31,553

1922

1912

Syrian Arab Republic

11,073

1924

1912

Tajikistan

1,100

1997

1991

Tanzania, United Republic of

40,809

1963

1929

Thailand

1,050,365

1922

1911

Togo

15,759

1977

1920

Trinidad & Tobago

6,210

1963

1911

Tunisia

40,920

1957

1934

Turkey

11,252

1950

1923

Uganda

65,152

1964

1915

United Arab Emirates

5,824

1977

1972

United Kingdom

630,954

1922

1907

United States

5,632,897

1922

1909

Uruguay

2,841

1950

1946

Venezuela

12,371

1937

1913

Yemen

6,481

1980

1954

Yugoslavia

12,080

1995

1915

Zambia

3031

1965

1930

Zimbabwe

4,817

1980

1909

 

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