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 Members of D-8[1] | |
| Formation | 1996 1997 (1 Summit) |
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| Legal status | Intergovernmental organization |
| Headquarters | Istanbul, Turkey |
Membership | |
Secretary-General | Ambassador Isiaka Abdulqadir Imam |
President | Sheikh Hasina |
| Website | www |
The D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation, also known as Developing-8, is an organisation for development co-operation among Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkey.[2]
The combined population of the eight countries is about 1.2 billion or 60% of all Muslims, or close to 13% of the world's population and covering an area of 7.6 million square kilometers, 5% of world land area.[3] In 2006, trade between the D-8 member states stood at $35 billion, and it was around $68 billion in 2010.[4] Transactions between the eight developing countries accounted for 3.3 percent of world trade in 2010.[4] The total nominal GDP of the eight nations was around 4.92 trillion as of 2023.
- ^ The official website Archived 12 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine adopts the "G-15" orthography (with a hyphen) in order to distinguish an abbreviated references to this group – contrasts with other similarly named entities.
- ^ "Brief History of D-8". Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ^ "D8 ministerial summit opens today". Tehran Times. 27 February 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
- ^ a b "Iran pledges €50m to D8 fund". tehran times. 28 February 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.