About the League of Arab States | Member States

The League of Arab States was formed in Cairo on 22 March 1945 with six members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan (later renamed Jordan), Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Syria, with Yemen joining on 5 May 1945. It currently has 22 member states; Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordon, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Four countries have been admitted as observers: Brazil, Eritrea, India and Venezuela.

Each member state has one vote in the League Council, while decisions are binding only on those states that have voted for them.

The official language of the Arab League and its 22 member states is Arabic.

Algeria

  Capital Algiers
  Languages Arabic Berber, French
  Admission Date 16/08/1962

Bahrain

  Capital Manama
  Languages Arabic
  Admission Date 11/09/1971

Comoros

  Capital Moroni
  Languages Comorian, Arabic, French
  Admission Date 20/11/1993

Djibouti

  Capital Djibouti
  Languages Arabic, French (conditional)
  Admission Date 04/09/1977

Egypt

  Capital Cairo
  Languages Arabic
  Admission Date 22/03/1945

Iraq

  Capital Baghdad
  Languages Arabic, Kurdish
  Admission Date 22/03/1945

Jordan

  Capital Amman
  Languages Arabic
  Admission Date 22/03/1945

Kuwait

  Capital Kuwait City
  Languages Arabic
  Admission Date 20/07/1961

Lebanon

  Capital Beirut
  Languages Arabic, French (conditional)
  Admission Date 22/03/1945

Libya

  Capital Tripoli
  Languages Arabic
  Admission Date 28/03/1953

Mauritania

  Capital Nouakchott
  Languages Arabic
  Admission Date 26/11/1973

Morocco

  Capital Rabat
  Languages Berber language, Moroccan Arabic
  Admission Date 01/10/1958

Oman

  Capital Muscat
  Languages Arabic
  Admission Date 29/09/1971

Palestinian Territories

  Capital Jerusalem
  Languages Arabic
  Admission Date 09/09/1976

Qatar

  Capital Doha
  Languages Arabic
  Admission Date 11/09/1971

Saudi Arabia

  Capital Riyadh
  Languages Arabic, English
  Admission Date 22/03/1945

Somalia

  Capital Mogadishu
  Languages Somali, Arabic
  Admission Date 14/02/1974

Sudan

  Capital Khartoum
  Languages Arabic, English
  Admission Date 19/01/1956

Syria

  Capital Damascus
  Languages Arabic
  Admission Date 22/03/1945

Tunisia

  Capital Tunis
  Languages Arabic
  Admission Date 01/10/1958

United Arab Emirates (Sharjah)

  Capital Abu Dhabi
  Languages Arabic
  Admission Date 06/12/1971

Yemen

  Capital Sana‘a
  Languages Yemeni, Arab, Yemenite
  Admission Date 05/05/1945