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==Members== [[File:Asian Development Bank (DMC Stages).png|right|thumb|300px|Asian Development Bank β [[Developing country|Developing Member Countries]] (DMC) graduation stages<ref>{{Cite book |title=A Graduation Policy for the Bank's DMCs |url=http://www.adb.org/documents/graduation-policy-banks-dmcs |publisher=Asian Development Bank |date=26 November 1998 |access-date=21 April 2015 |archive-date=26 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226112513/http://www.adb.org/documents/graduation-policy-banks-dmcs |url-status=live |last1=Bank |first1=Asian Development }}</ref> {{legend|#0000ff|Outside regions}} {{legend|#008000|Asia-Pacific region [[developed countries|developed members]]}} {{legend|#804000|DMC graduated from assistance, Group-D}} {{legend|#FF8040|Ordinary Capital Resources (OCR) financing, Group-C}} {{legend|#ff00ff|OCR and ADF blended financing, Group-B}} {{legend|#ff0000|Asian Development Fund (ADF) financing, Group-A}}]] ADB has 69<ref>{{Cite web |title=Member Countries of the Asian Development Bank |url=https://www.adb.org/news/israel-joins-adb-69th-member |publisher=Asian Development Bank |date=27 September 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref> members (as of 27th September 2024): 50 members from the Asian and Pacific Region, and 18 members from Other Regions.<ref name="adb.org">{{Cite web |title=Members |url=http://www.adb.org/about/members |publisher=Asian Development Bank |date=18 December 2020 |access-date=28 March 2012 |archive-date=9 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709111140/http://www.adb.org/about/members |url-status=live }}</ref> The year listed after a member's name indicates the year of their membership. When a country no longer remains a member, the Bank shall arrange for the repurchase of such country's shares by the Bank as a part of the settlement of accounts with such country in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 43.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.adb.org/documents/agreement-establishing-asian-development-bank-adb-charter |title=Agreement Establishing the Asian Development Bank |date=4 December 1965 |publisher=Asian Development Bank |access-date=2007-12-10 |archive-date=9 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409195004/http://www.adb.org/documents/agreement-establishing-asian-development-bank-adb-charter |url-status=live |last1=Bank |first1=Asian Development }}</ref> {| style="border-collapse: collapse; background: transparent;" |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Regional members ! Date of accession |- |{{AFG}}|| rowspan="19" | 1966 |- |{{flag|Australia}} |- |{{flag|Cambodia}} |- |{{flag|India}} |- |{{flag|Indonesia}} |- |{{flag|Japan}} |- |{{flag|Laos}}<ref>Joined as [[Kingdom of Laos]], succeeded by Lao PDR in 1975</ref> |- |{{flag|Malaysia}} |- |{{flag|Nepal}} |- |{{flag|New Zealand}} |- |{{flag|Pakistan}} |- |{{flag|Philippines}} |- |{{flag|Samoa}} |- |{{flag|Singapore}} |- |{{flag|South Korea}} |- |{{flag|Sri Lanka}} |- |{{flag|Taiwan}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Asian Development Bank and Taipei,China: Fact Sheet |url=http://www.adb.org/publications/taipei-china-fact-sheet |publisher=Asian Development Bank |date=26 April 2021 |access-date=28 March 2012 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413191711/https://www.adb.org/publications/taipei-china-fact-sheet |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Joined as [[Republic of China]] representing not only [[Taiwan Area]], but also nominally [[Mainland China]] until 1986. However, its share of Bank capital was based on the size of Taiwan's capital, unlike the World Bank and IMF where the government in Taiwan had had a share. The representation was succeeded by [[China]] in 1986. However, the ROC was allowed to retain its membership, but under the name of "Taipei,China" [http://www.amcham.com.tw/content/view/2834/ (space deliberately omitted after the comma)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208130612/http://www.amcham.com.tw/content/view/2834/ |date=8 December 2015 }} β a name it protests. Uniquely, this allows both sides of the Taiwan Straits to be represented at the institution.</ref> |- |{{flag|Thailand}} |- |{{flag|Vietnam}}<ref>before 1975 was South Vietnam</ref> |- |{{HKG}}<ref>Joined as "British Hong Kong", not "Hong Kong SAR"</ref> || 1969 |- |{{flag|Fiji}} || 1970 |- |{{flag|Papua New Guinea}} || 1971 |- |{{flag|Tonga}} || 1972 |- |{{flag|Burma}} || rowspan="2" | 1973 |- |{{flag|Solomon Islands}} |- |{{flag|Kiribati}} || 1974 |- |{{flag|Cook Islands}} || 1976 |- |{{flag|Maldives}} || 1978 |- |{{flag|Vanuatu}} || 1981 |- |{{flag|Bangladesh}} || 1973 |- |{{flag|Bhutan}} || 1982 |- |{{flag|China}} || 1986 |- |{{flag|Federated States of Micronesia}} || rowspan="2" | 1990 |- |{{flag|Marshall Islands}} |- |{{flag|Mongolia}} || rowspan="3" | 1991 |- |{{flag|Nauru}} |- |{{flag|Turkey}} |- |{{flag|Tuvalu}} || 1993 |- |{{flag|Kazakhstan}} || rowspan="2" | 1994 |- |{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}} |- |{{flag|Uzbekistan}} || 1995 |- |{{flag|Tajikistan}} || 1998 |- |{{flag|Azerbaijan}} || 1999 |- |{{flag|Turkmenistan}} || 2000 |- |{{flag|Timor-Leste}} || 2002 |- |{{flag|Palau}} || 2003 |- |{{flag|Armenia}} || 2005 |- |{{flag|Brunei Darussalam}} || 2006 |- |{{flag|Georgia}} || 2007 |- |{{flag|Niue}} || 2019 |} | style="vertical-align: top;" | {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Nonregional members ! Date of accession |- |{{flag|Austria}} || rowspan="12" | 1966 |- |{{flag|Belgium}} |- |{{flag|Canada}} |- |{{flag|Denmark}} |- |{{flag|Finland}} |- |{{flag|Germany}}<ref>Founding member; joined as [[West Germany]].</ref> |- |{{flag|Italy}} |- |{{flag|Netherlands}} |- |{{flag|Norway}} |- |{{flag|Sweden}} |- |{{flag|United Kingdom}} |- |{{flag|United States}} |- |{{flag|Switzerland}} || 1967 |- |{{flag|France}} || 1970 |- |{{flag|Spain}} || 1986 |- |{{flag|Portugal}} || 2002 |- |{{flag|Luxembourg}} || 2003 |- |{{flag|Ireland}} || 2006 |- |{{flag|Israel}} || 2024 |- |} |}
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