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There are 142 countries with internationally recognized national Scout Organizations.
Algeria 10,000 Argentina 29,277 Armenian Scouts 784 Australia 125,594 Austria 17,388 Bahamas 1,644 Bahrain 1,820 Bangladesh 602,492 Barbados 3,041 Belgium 90,606 Belize 1,441 Benin 11,587 Bolivia 6,859 Botswana 4,660 Brazil 56,537 Brunei 2,617 Burkina Faso 10,153 Burundi 6,661 Cameroon 6,535 Canada 270,402 Central African Rep. 7,000 Chad 2,850 Chile 34,407 China' Scouts of 86,810 Colombia 20,973 Comoros 2,200 Costa Rica 5,838 Côte-d'Ivoire 6,436 Croatia 3,839 Cyprus 5,181 Czech Rep. 31,501 Denmark 55,166 Dominica 1,100 Dominican Rep. 3,200 Ecuador 5,540 Egypt 74,598 El Salvador 4,180 Estonia 1,016 Ethiopia 121 Fiji 9,205 Finland 38,093 France 111,314 Gabon 3,835 Gambia 7,862 Germany 134,095 Ghana 3,196 Greece 20,348 Grenada 1,052 Guatemala 12,348 Guinea' Rep. of 3,470 Guyana 294 Haiti 9,859 Honduras 2,251 Hong Kong 55,094 Hungary 19,969 Iceland 1,692 India 1,657,780 Indonesia 10,059,131 Iran 82,415 Iraq 12,000 Ireland 52,259 Israel 21,920 Italy 114,399 Jamaica 8,347 Japan 245,783 Jordan 14,238 Kenya 168,021 Kiribati 1,798 Korea, Rep.of 273,046 Kuwait 8,425 Latvia 801 Lebanon 8,450 Lesotho 371 Liberia 2,418 Libya 13,106 Liechtenstein 529 Luxembourg 5,925 Madagascar 8,838 Malaysia 91,794 Maldives 3,699 Malta 2,760 Mauritania 1,779 Mauritius 3,817 Mexico 59,531 Monaco 52 Mongolia 4,995 Morocco 12,304 Namibia 1,378 Nepal 24,678 Netherlands 56,083 New Zealand 36,140 Nicaragua 2,298 Niger 1,230 Nigeria 46,701 Norway 18,824 Oman 10,623 Pakistan 420,775 Palestinian Scout Assn. 17,922 Panama 2,847 Papua New Guinea 3,240 Paraguay 1,092 Peru 12,276 Philippines 2,685,767 Poland 195,087 Portugal 52,208 Qatar 5,096 Romania 3,351 Rwanda 17,902 San Marino 203 Saudi Arabia 19,765 Senegal 5,882 Sierra Leone 7,963 Singapore 10,392 Slovenia 7,980 South Africa 36,889 Spain 87,145 Sri Lanka 25,288 St. Lucia 542 St. Vincent and The Grenadines 706 Sudan 13,550 Suriname 2,601 Swaziland 4,994 Sweden 74,826 Switzerland 32,909 Syria 11,073 Tanzania 29,739 Thailand 1,000,348 Togo 15,759 Trinidad & Tobago 6,210 Tunisia 26,573 Turkey 6,246 Uganda 65,152 United Arab Emirates 5,824 United Kingdom 637,905 United States 4,602,844 Uruguay 3,089 Venezuela 10,415 Yemen 6,481 Yugoslavia (Serbia & Montenegro) 12,080 Zaire 62,842 Zambia 3,552 Zimbabwe 7,923
The membership which is shown in these 142 countries represents only the members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, which in most countries includes boys and girls. In some countries the national organization is larger than indicated here because it includes girls who are members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.There are 28 main territories where Scouting exists, often as overseas branches of member Scout organizations:
Anguilla
Antarctica
Aruba
Ascension Is.
Bermuda
British Virgin Is.
Cayman Is.
Cocos Is.
Cook Is.
Easter Is.
Falkland Is.
Faroe Is.
French Guyana
French Polynesia
Gibraltar
Greenland
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Monserrat
New Caledonia
Norfolk Is.
Reunion
St. Helena
St. Martin
St. Pierre & Miquelon
Tristan da Cunha
Turks & Caicos Is.
Wallis & Futuna Is.
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