Editing Scouting (section)

==Around the world==
[[File:Partioparaati 2012 Lounais-Suomi puhe.jpg|thumb|A parade of [[Finnish scouts]] in front of the [[Turku Cathedral]] on May 6, 2012]]
Following its origins in the United Kingdom, the Scout Movement spread around the world. Possibly the first national organization outside the British Empire was founded in Chile on May 21, 1909, after a visit by Baden Powell.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://scoutchile.blogspot.com/2007/11/short-history-of-scouts-in-chile.html |title=Short history about Chilean Scouting|publisher=Scout+Chile |access-date=July 18, 2011}}</ref> In most countries, there is now at least one Scout organization.  International Scout organizations were formed. In 1911, the [[Order of World Scouts|World Scouts]] were formed. In 1922 the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] was formed and organizes its [[World Scout Jamboree]] every four years.<ref name="worldjambo">{{cite web|year=2006 |url=http://www.scout.org/en/information_events/events/world_events/world_jamboree/jamborees_history |title=World Scout Jamborees History |publisher=World Organization of the Scout Movement |access-date=December 5, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070525110938/http://www.scout.org/en/information_events/events/world_events/world_jamboree/jamborees_history |archive-date=May 25, 2007 }}</ref> In 1928 the [[World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts]] for female-only national Scout and Guide organizations and operates four international centres: [[Our Cabaña]] in Mexico, [[Our Chalet]] in Switzerland, [[Pax Lodge]] in the United Kingdom, and [[Sangam World Centre|Sangam]] in India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wagggs.org/en/world/centres |title=World Centres |publisher=World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts |access-date=January 17, 2009}}</ref>

===Co-educational===
[[File:1996-Rover Moot-Fahnengruß.jpg|thumb|left|Scouts and Guides from several different countries meet at [[World Scout Moot]] in Sweden, 1996]]
There have been different approaches to co-education in the Scout Movement. Some countries have maintained separate organizations for boys and girls,<ref name="bsagirls">{{cite web |year=2005 |url=http://www.bsa-discrimination.org/html/girls-top.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030908140040/http://www.bsa-discrimination.org/html/girls-top.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=September 8, 2003 |title=BSA and Girls in Scouting |publisher=BSA Discrimination.org |access-date=December 4, 2006}}</ref> In other countries, especially within Europe, Scout and Guide organizations have merged and there is a single organization for boys and girls.<ref name="canadagirls">{{cite web |year=2005 |url=http://www.bsa-discrimination.org/html/gender_policy.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030920190555/http://www.bsa-discrimination.org/html/gender_policy.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=September 20, 2003 |title=Scouts Canada Policy on Girls |publisher=BSA Discrimination.org |access-date=December 4, 2006}}</ref><ref name="germanygirls">{{cite web |year=2005 |url=http://n2zgu.50megs.com/GER.htm |title=Scouting in Germany |publisher=50megs.com |access-date=December 4, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090716105313/http://n2zgu.50megs.com/GER.htm |archive-date=July 16, 2009  }}</ref> The United States–based [[Boy Scouts of America]] permitted girls to join in early 2018.<ref name="newusafamilybsapolicy">{{cite web |year=2018 |url=https://www.scouting.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/FAQ-Family-Program-061218-FINAL.pdf |title=Family Scouting Questions and Answers |access-date=October 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002020325/https://www.scouting.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/FAQ-Family-Program-061218-FINAL.pdf |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> In others, such as Australia and the United Kingdom, the national Scout association has opted to admit both boys and girls, but is only a member of the WOSM, while the national Guide association has remained as a separate movement and member of the WAGGGS. In some countries like Greece, Slovenia and Spain there are separate associations for Scouts, that are members of WOSM, and for Guides, that are members of WAGGGS, both admitting boys and girls.<ref name="WorldGuides">{{cite book|title=Trefoil Round the World|url=https://archive.org/details/trefoilroundworl00worl|url-access=registration|publisher=World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, World Bureau|location=London, England|year=2002|edition=11|isbn=978-0-900827-75-4}}</ref>
[[File:Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia Scouts 8th Indonesian National Rover Moot 2003.jpg|thumb|[[Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia|Indonesian Scouts]] at the 8th Indonesian National Rover Moot, 8–17 July 2003 in [[Prambanan Temple]], [[Special Region of Yogyakarta|Yogyakarta]]]]
The Scout Association in the United Kingdom has been co-educational at all levels since 1991, and this was optional for groups until the year 2000 when new sections were required to accept girls. The Scout Association transitioned all Scout groups and sections across the UK to become co-educational by January 2007, the year of the Scout Movement's centenary.<ref name="cesan">{{cite web |date=Oct 2005 |url=http://www.edinburgh-scout.org.uk/cesan/cesan-2005-10.pdf |title=CESAN |work=City of Edinburgh Scout Association Newsletter |publisher=City of Edinburgh Scout Association |access-date=December 7, 2006|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070621194643/http://www.edinburgh-scout.org.uk/cesan/cesan-2005-10.pdf |archive-date = June 21, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Traditional Scouting|traditionalist]] [[Baden-Powell Scouts' Association]] has been co-educational since its formation in 1970.

In the United States, the Cub Scout and Boy Scout programs of the BSA were for boys only until 2018; it has changed its policies and is now inviting girls to join, as local packs organize all-girl dens (same uniform, same book, same activities). For youths age 14 and older, [[Venturing]] has been co-educational since the 1930s. The [[Girl Scouts of the USA]] (GSUSA) is an independent organization founded in 1912 for girls and young women only. Adult leadership positions in the BSA and GSUSA are open to both men and women.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scouting for All Ages|url=http://www.scouting.org/CubScouts/AboutCubScouts/Boys/scouting.aspx|publisher=Boy Scouts of America|access-date=January 17, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125110700/http://scouting.org/CubScouts/AboutCubScouts/Boys/scouting.aspx|archive-date=January 25, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=For Adults&nbsp;– Volunteering |publisher=Girl Scouts of the USA |year=2008 |url=http://www.girlscouts.org/for_adults/volunteering/ |access-date=January 17, 2009 |archive-date=August 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807074733/http://www.girlscouts.org/for_adults/volunteering/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2006, of the 155 WOSM member National Scout Organizations (representing 155 countries), 122 belonged only to WOSM, and 34 belonged to both WOSM and WAGGGS. Of the 122 which belonged only to WOSM, 95 were open to boys and girls in some or all program sections, and 20 were only for boys. All 34 that belonged to both WOSM and WAGGGS were open to boys and girls.<ref name="scoutorgs">{{cite web|date=Sep 2006 |url=http://www.scout.org/en/around_the_world/countries/national_scout_organisations |title=National Scout Organisations |publisher=World Organization of the Scout Movement |access-date=February 4, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202171158/http://www.scout.org/en/around_the_world/countries/national_scout_organisations |archive-date=February 2, 2007 }}</ref>

WAGGGS had 144 Member Organizations in 2007 and 110 of them belonged only to WAGGGS. Of these 110, 17 were coeducational and 93 admitted only girls.<ref name="ssr">{{cite web |url=http://www.faqs.org/faqs/scouting/worldwide/part1/section-15.html |title=Scouting in Sweden |work=Scouting Around the World |publisher=rec.scouting |access-date=September 15, 2007}}</ref><ref name="t97coed">{{cite web |date=Nov 2006 |url=http://www.troop97.net/intscout.htm |title=International Scouting Organizations |publisher=Troop 97 |access-date=September 15, 2007}}</ref><ref name="wagggsboyproof">{{cite web |url=http://www.wagggsworld.org/en/world/organisations?mo=10 |title=Argentina |publisher=World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts|access-date=September 15, 2007}}</ref>

===Membership===
As of 2019, there are over 46 million registered Scouts<ref name="WOSM_Census_2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.scout.org/WOSM-census|title=WOSM Membership Census|website=World scouting|publisher=World Organization of the Scout Movement|access-date=November 28, 2021}}</ref> and  as of 2020 9 million registered Guides<ref name="memberwagggs">{{cite web |year=2021 |url=https://www.wagggs.org/en/resources/membership-fee-policy-2022-2023/ |title=Membership Fee Policy 2022-2023 |publisher=World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts |access-date=November 28, 2021}}</ref> around the world, from 216 countries and territories.

{|class="wikitable sortable"  
|+ Top 20 countries with Scouts and Guides, sorted by total male and female membership of all organisations.<ref group="n.b.">Full tables on [[List of World Organization of the Scout Movement members]] and [[List of World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts members]].</ref><ref name="SRTW1990"/><ref>{{cite book |year=1979 |title=Scouting 'round the World. Le scoutisme à travers le monde |edition=11th |publisher=World Scout Bureau |isbn=978-2-88052-001-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |year=1997 |title=Trefoil Round the World |url=https://archive.org/details/trefoilroundworl00worl |url-access=registration |edition=11th |publisher=World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, World Bureau |isbn=978-0-900827-75-4}}</ref>
|-
!Country
!Membership <ref name="WOSM_Census_2019"/><ref name="memberwagggs"/>
!Population<br />participation
!Scouting<br />introduced
!Guiding<br />introduced
|-
|Indonesia ||align="right" |24,760,000{{pad|50px}} ||9.2% ||1912 ||1912
|-
|India ||align="right" |5,930,000{{pad|50px}} ||0.4% ||1909 ||1911
|-
|United States ||align="right" |4,910,000{{pad|50px}} ||1.8% ||1910 ||1912
|-
|Philippines ||align="right" |3,340,000{{pad|50px}} ||3.2% ||1910 ||1918
|-
|[[Kenya]]|| align="right" |2,400,000{{pad|50px}} ||4.2% ||1910 ||1920
|- 
|[[Bangladesh]]|| align="right" |2,090,000{{pad|50px}} ||1.3% ||1914 ||1928
|-
|[[Scouting and Guiding in the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] ||align="right" |940,000{{pad|50px}} ||1.8% ||1907 ||1909
|- 
|Nigeria ||align="right" |870,000{{pad|50px}} ||0.4% ||1915 ||1919
|-
|Pakistan ||align="right" |830,000{{pad|50px}}||0.4% ||1909 ||1911
|-
|Thailand ||align="right" |810,000{{pad|50px}} ||1.2% ||1911 ||1957
|-
|Tanzania ||align="right" |630,000{{pad|50px}} ||1.0% ||1917 || 1928
|-
|Uganda ||align="right" |570,000{{pad|50px}} ||1.3% ||1915 ||1914
|-
|Malawi ||align="right" |430,000{{pad|50px}} ||2.2% ||1931 ||1924
|-
|Malaysia||align="right" |400,000{{pad|50px}} ||1.2% || 1908||1916
|-
|Turkey ||align="right" |290,000{{pad|50px}} ||0.4% ||1909 ||
|-
|Germany<ref group="n.b.">Including 90,000 non-aligned Scouts and Guides, see [[Scouting in Germany]]</ref>||align="right" |250,000{{pad|50px}} ||0.3% ||1910 ||1912
|-
|Italy<ref group="n.b.">Including 30,000 non-aligned Scouts and Guides, see [[Scouting in Italy]]</ref> ||align="right" |230,000{{pad|50px}} ||0.4% ||1910 ||1912
|-
|Canada ||align="right" |220,000{{pad|50px}} ||0.5% ||1908 ||1910
|-
|France<ref group="n.b.">Including 60,000 non-aligned Scouts and Guides, see [[Scouting in France]]</ref> ||align="right" |210,000{{pad|50px}} ||0.3% ||1910 ||1911
|- 
|Belgium<ref group="n.b.">Including 5,000 non-aligned Scouts and Guides, see [[Scouting in Belgium]]</ref> ||align="right" |170,000{{pad|50px}} ||1.5% ||1911 ||1915
|}
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===Nonaligned and Scout-like organizations===
{{Main|Non-aligned Scouting and Scout-like organisations}}
[[File:Harcerki Związek Harcerstwa Rzeczypospolitej-Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme.jpg|thumb|right|Girl Guides from the Polish [[Scouting Association of the Republic (Poland)|ZHR]], an associate member of the [[Confederation of European Scouts|CES]]]]
The Scout Movement is a pluralist movement, not a unitary or hierarchical organization. Before the establishment of national Scout organizations, the Scout training and the Scout Movement were the purview of the world's youth and before the formation of international Scout organizations, several national Scout organizations had already formed in many countries.<ref name="chums">{{cite web |year=2006 |url=http://www.netpages.free-online.co.uk/sha/chums.htm |title=CHUMS |publisher=The Scout History Society |access-date=December 20, 2008}}</ref><ref name="The Italian Boy Scouts">{{cite web |year=2006 |url=http://www.netpages.free-online.co.uk/worldscouts/ital.htm |title=The Italian Boy Scouts (The Ragazzi Esploratori Italiani). |publisher=The Scout History Society |access-date=December 20, 2008}}</ref>

Alternative organization have formed since the origins of the Scout Movement.  Many early organizations were formed on religious, gender, ethnic or language lines or differed on the influence of militarism or pacifism. More recently formed alternate organizations often differ on social, political and/or organizational issues. Some believe that other Scout organizations have moved away from original intents and want to return to earlier, simpler, [[traditional scouting|traditional]] methods.<ref name="trad">{{cite web |year=2006 |url=http://www.inquiry.net/traditional/index.htm |title=Traditional Scouting |publisher=American Traditional Scouting |access-date=December 4, 2006}}</ref><ref name="bpscouts">{{cite web |year=2006 |url=http://www.traditionalscouting.co.uk/ |title=The Baden-Powell Scouts' Association |publisher=The Baden-Powell Scouts' Association |access-date=December 4, 2006}}</ref> Others do not want to follow all Scout principles or those of particular international organizations and their national member organizations but still desire to participate in Scout activities.<ref name="HJ">{{cite web|url=http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=3029|title=Hitlerjugend: An In-Depth History: HJ Organizational structure |last=Vercamer|first=Arvo L.|date=October 3, 2003|work=Youth Organizations|publisher=Axis History|access-date=January 17, 2009}}</ref>

In 2008, there were at least 539 independent Scout organizations around the world,<ref name="t97coed"/> Only 367 of them were members of WOSM or WAGGGS. About half of the remaining 172 Scout organizations are only local or national oriented. About 90 other national or regional Scout organizations have created other international Scout organizations:<ref name="t97coed"/>
* [[Order of World Scouts]], the first international Scout organisation, founded in 1911.
* [[International Union of Guides and Scouts of Europe]], an independent faith-based Scout organization founded in 1956.
* [[Confederation of European Scouts]], established in 1978.
* [[World Federation of Independent Scouts]], formed in Laubach, Germany, in 1996.
* [[World Organization of Independent Scouts]], mostly South-American, founded in 2010.

Some Scout-like organizations are also served by international organizations, many with religious elements, for example:
* [[Pathfinders (Seventh-day Adventist)|Pathfinders]] – A youth organization of the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]], formed in 1950.
* [[Royal Rangers]] – A youth organization of the [[Assemblies of God]], formed in 1962.