eS Afghanistan Bangladesh 2, . President Prime Minister Prime Minister Prime _— President Bhutan The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was established in Dhaka on December 8, 1985 by Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan became its eighth member in April 2007 during the 14th summit held in New Delhi India am Ss ©. Nepal Be at G. &é Lanka Prime Minister ce President Hamid Sheikh Jigme Y. Manmohan Mohamed Madhav Yousaf Raza Mahinda Karzai Hasina. ~—Thinley Singh Nasheed KumarNepal Gilani Rajapaksa —— 16th SAARC Summit AFGHANISTAN April 28-29, 2010 NEPAL Total area: 6,52,230 sq km Thimphu, Bhutan Total area: 1,47,181 sq km Population: 2,81,50,000 Population: 2,93,31,000 GDP: US$ 8.4 billion GDP: USS 10.3 billion HDI rank: 181 PAKISTAN _ Total area: 7,96,095 sq km Population: 18,08,08,000 GDP: US$ 142.9 billion HDI rank: 141 HDI rank: 144 BHUTAN Total area: 38,394 sq km Population: 6,97,000 GDP: USS 1.1 billion HDI rank: 132 INDIA MALDIVES SRILANKA BANGLADESH Total area: 32,87,263 sq km Population: 1,19,80,03,000 GDP: US$ 1,176.9 billion HDI rank: 134 Total area: 298 sq km Population: 3,09,000 GDP: USS 1.1 billion HDI rank: 95 Total area: 65,610 sq km. Population: 2,02,38,000 GDP: US$ 32.3 billion HDI rank: 102 Total area: 1,43,998 sq km Population: 16,22,21,000 GDP: USS 68.4 billion HDI rank: 146 W Australia, China, European Commission, Iran, Japan, Mauritius, Myanmar, South Korea and USA have been accorded observer status ist Dhaka Dec 7-8, 1985 8rd Kathmandu Nov 2-4, 1987 Sth Malé 2nd Bangalore Nov 16-17, 1986 7th Dhaka 4th Islamabad Dec 29-31, 1988 9th Malé Geeta) 6th Colombo Dec 21, 1991 Ss 8th New Delhi May 2-4, 1995 11th Kathmandu Jan 4-6, 2002 Apr 10-11, 1993 12th Islamabad Jan 4-6, 2004 13th Dhaka May 12-14, 1997 14th New Delhi Apr 3-4, 2007 Nov 21-23, 1990 10thColombo Jul 29-31, 1998 15th Colombo Nov 12-13, 2005 Aug 2-3, 2008 Note: Population figures are 2009 UN estimates; GDP and Human Development Index (HD!) rankings are for 2007 as reported in UNDP Human Development Report 2008, KBK Infographics