Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation

group of nations that depend of Bay of Bengal for maritime trade

The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is an international organization with seven member countries in South Asia and South East Asia.[1] The member countries of this organization are Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal and Bhutan. All these are countries are around the Bay of Bengal.[2]

Each country leads the organization for two in alphabetical order. It started with Bangladesh in 1997-1999.[3]

Member countries

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Country Name Headship Chief Executive Officer Government leadership population

( 2021 ) [4][5]

Domestic production

(nominal)

World Bank South Asian Association
  Bangladesh Prime Minister Zeke Hasina,

Prime Minister of Bengal

Abdul Hameed, President of the Republic of Bengal 169,356,251 $285.8 billion
  Bhutan Prime Minister Tasso Tsering Wanchuk,

Prime Minister of Bhutan

Jigmi Kesar Namjil Wangchuck, King of Bhutan 777,486 $2.2 billion
  India Prime Minister Narendra Modi ,

Prime Minister of India

Ram Nath Kovind, President of the Republic 1,407,563,842 $2308.0 bn
  Myanmar Chairman Win Myint, President of Myanmar 53,798,084 $68.277 billion
    Nepal Prime Minister Khadka Prasad Oli, Prime Minister of Nepal Pitya Devi Bhandari, President of Nepal 30,034,989 $74.020 bn
  Sri Lanka President of the Republic Ranil Vikram Singh,

Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

Maithripala Sirisena, President of Sri Lanka 21,773,441 $80.4 billion
  Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand King Vajiralongkorn (Tenth Rama),

King of Thailand

71,601,103 $409.724 billion

References

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  1. BIMSTEC: Building bridges between South Asia & Southeast Asia Archived 2017-12-22 at the Wayback Machine, IndiaWrites, 2014.
  2. http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/economics/regional-economic-integration-the-bay-bengal-660181
  3. "Third BIMSTEC Summit Declaration". Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  4. "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  5. "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX). population.un.org ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.