Organization of Ibero-American States

Organization of
Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture
  • Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos (Spanish)
  • Organização de Estados
    Iberoamericanos     (Portuguese)
  • Organització d'Estats Iberoamericans (Catalan)
Logo of the Organization of Ibero-American States
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  Members states of the OEI.
HeadquartersMadrid, Spain
Languages
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • Catalan
Membership23 sovereign states
Leaders
• Secretary General
Mariano Jabonero
Establishment
• Foundation
1949
• Current statutes
1985
Area
• Total
21,462,574 km2 (8,286,746 sq mi)
Population
• 2005 estimate
712,974,000
• Density
61.09/km2 (158.2/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)2014 estimate
• Total
$11.306 trillion
• Per capita
$15,858
Website
oei.int/

The Organization of Ibero-American States (Spanish: Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos, Portuguese: Organização de Estados Iberoamericanos, Catalan: Organització d'Estats Iberoamericans; abbreviated as OEI), formally the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture, is an international organization made up of 23 members states of Iberophone nations in Europe and the Americas, as well as one member in Africa. The OEI's membership is composed of all of the sovereign states of Ibero-America and the Iberian Peninsula, as well as Equatorial Guinea. All members are Portuguese and Spanish speaking nations, in addition to Andorra, which is predominantly Catalan speaking, though the organization does not include all the Iberophone nations of the world.