Editing OPEC (section)

===Current member countries===
As of January 2024, OPEC has 12 member countries: five in the [[Middle East]] ([[West Asia]]), six in [[Africa]], and one in South America.<ref>{{Cite web |last=OPEC |first=Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries |title=Member Countries |url=https://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/about_us/25.htm}}</ref> According to the U.S. [[Energy Information Administration]] (EIA), OPEC's combined rate of oil production (including [[natural-gas condensate|gas condensate]]) represented 44% of the world's total in 2016,<ref name="EIA Production">{{cite web |title=Production of Crude Oil including Lease Condensate 2016 |url=https://www.eia.gov/beta/international/data/browser/#/?pa=00000000000000000000000000000000002&c=ruvvvvvfvtvnvv1vrvvvvfvvvvvvfvvvou20evvvvvvvvvvvvuvo&ct=0&tl_id=5-A&vs=INTL.57-1-AFG-TBPD.A&vo=0&v=H&start=2014&end=2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427031435/https://www.eia.gov/beta/international/data/browser/#/?pa=00000000000000000000000000000000002&c=ruvvvvvfvtvnvv1vrvvvvfvvvvvvfvvvou20evvvvvvvvvvvvuvo&ct=0&tl_id=5-A&vs=INTL.57-1-AFG-TBPD.A&vo=0&v=H&start=2014&end=2016 |archive-date=27 April 2017 |access-date=28 May 2017 |publisher=US Energy Information Administration |format=CVS download}}</ref> and OPEC accounted for 81.5% of the world's "proven" oil reserves. Subsequent reports from 2022 indicate that OPEC member countries were then responsible for about 38% of total world crude oil production.<ref name=":4" /> It is also estimated that these countries hold 79.5% of the globe's proven oil reserves, with the Middle East alone accounting for 67.2% of OPEC's reserves.<ref name=":52">Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. (2023). ''OPEC Annual Statistical Bulletin'' (58th ed.), 90 pages. Retrieved from https://asb.opec.org/. ISSN: 0475-0608. (See pages 7 and 22).</ref><ref name=":62">{{Cite web |title=OPEC Share of World Crude Oil Reserves |url=https://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/data_graphs/330.htm}}</ref>

Approval of a new member country requires agreement by three-quarters of OPEC's existing members, including all five of the founders.<ref name=statute/> In October 2015, [[Sudan]] formally submitted an application to join,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article56814 |title=Sudan awaiting decision on its OPEC membership application: minister |work=Sudan Tribune |date=22 October 2015 |access-date=19 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120071426/http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article56814 |archive-date=20 November 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> but it is not yet a member.

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Region
! scope="col" | Duration of membership<ref name="OPEC Member"/><ref name=May2017Vienna/>
! scope="col" | Population<br />(2022)<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=World Bank Open Data |url=https://data.worldbank.org/ |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=World Bank Open Data}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=Population 2022 |url=https://databankfiles.worldbank.org/public/ddpext_download/POP.pdf}}</ref>
! scope="col" | Area<br />{{small|(km<sup>2</sup>)}}<ref name="CIA Area">{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2147.html |title=Field Listing: Area |access-date=4 January 2009 |work=The World Factbook |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131115000/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2147.html |archive-date=31 January 2014 }}</ref><ref name=":2">Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. (2023). OPEC Annual Statistical Bulletin (58th ed.). Retrieved April 17, 2024, from <nowiki>https://www.opec.org</nowiki></ref>
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number"| [[List of countries by oil production|Oil production]] {{small|(bbl/day, 2023)}}<br />{{efn-ua|name=bbl|One petroleum barrel ([[barrel (unit)|bbl]]) is approximately 42 U.S. gallons, or 159&nbsp;liters, or 0.159&nbsp;m<sup>3</sup>, varying slightly with temperature. To put the production numbers in context, a [[Oil tanker#Size categories|supertanker]] typically holds 2,000,000&nbsp;barrels (320,000&nbsp;m<sup>3</sup>),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hayler |first1=William B. |last2=Keever |first2=John M. |title=American Merchant Seaman's Manual |year=2003 |publisher= Cornell Maritime Press |isbn= 978-0-87033-549-5 |page=14.3}}</ref> and the world's current production rate would take approximately 56 years to exhaust the world's current proven reserves.}}<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |title=International - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) |url=https://www.eia.gov/international/data/world/petroleum-and-other-liquids/annual-petroleum-and-other-liquids-production?pd=5&p=0000000000000000000000000000000000vg&u=0&f=A&v=mapbubble&a=-&i=none&vo=value&t=C&g=00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001&l=249-ruvvvvvfvtvnvv1vrvvvvfvvvvvvfvvvou20evvvvvvvvvvnvvvs0008&s=94694400000&e=1672531200000& |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=www.eia.gov}}</ref>
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number"| [[List of countries by proven oil reserves|Proven reserves]]<br />{{small|([[barrel (unit)|bbl]], 2022)}}{{efn-ua|name=bbl}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=OPEC |first=Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries |title=OPEC Share of World Crude Oil Reserves |url=https://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/data_graphs/330.htm |access-date=16 April 2024 |website=www.opec.org}}</ref><ref name=":2" />
|-
! scope="row" | {{flag|Algeria}}
| North Africa
| data-sort-value="1969" | Since 1969
| align=right | 44,903,220
| align=right |       2,381,740
| align=right |       1,183,096
| align=right |  12,200,000,000
|-
! scope="row" | {{flag|Republic of the Congo}}
| Central Africa
| data-sort-value="2018" | Since 2018<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/congorepublic-opec/congo-republic-becomes-opec-oil-cartels-newest-member-idUKL8N1TO3R2|title=Congo Republic becomes OPEC oil cartel's newest member|type=editorial|agency=[[Reuters]]|work=U.K.|access-date=22 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622220328/https://uk.reuters.com/article/congorepublic-opec/congo-republic-becomes-opec-oil-cartels-newest-member-idUKL8N1TO3R2|archive-date=22 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| align=right | 5,970,000
| align=right | 342,000
| align=right | 261,986
| align=right | 1,810,000,000
|-
! scope="row" | {{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}
| Central Africa
| data-sort-value="2017" | Since 2017
| align=right | 1,674,910
| align=right |    28,050
| align=right |   88,126
| align=right |   1,100,000,000
|-
! scope="row" | {{flag|Gabon}}
| Central Africa
| data-sort-value="1975" | {{ubl|1975–1995,|Since 2016}}
| align=right | 2,388,990
| align=right |         267,667
| align=right |         204,273
| align=right |   2,000,000,000
|-
! scope="row" | {{flag|Iran}}
| [[Middle East]]
| data-sort-value="1960" | Since 1960{{efn-ua|name=Founder|The five founding members attended the first OPEC conference in September 1960.}}
| align=right | 88,550,570
| align=right |       1,648,000
| align=right |       3,623,455
| align=right | 208,600,000,000
|-
! scope="row" | {{flag|Iraq}}
| Middle East
| data-sort-value="1960" | Since 1960{{efn-ua|name=Founder}}
| align=right | 44,496,120
| align=right |         437,072
| align=right |       4,341,410
| align=right | 145,020,000,000
|-
! scope="row" | {{flag|Kuwait}}
| Middle East
| data-sort-value="1960" | Since 1960{{efn-ua|name=Founder}}
| align=right | 4,268,870
| align=right |          17,820
| align=right |       2,709,958
| align=right | 101,500,000,000
|-
! scope="row" | {{flag|Libya}}
| North Africa
| data-sort-value="1962" | Since 1962
| align=right | 6,812,340
| align=right |       1,759,540
| align=right |         1,225,430
| align=right |  48,360,000,000
|-
! scope="row" | {{flag|Nigeria}}
| West Africa
| data-sort-value="1971" | Since 1971
| align=right | 218,541,210
| align=right |         923,768
| align=right |       1,441,674
| align=right |  36,970,000,000
|-
! scope="row" | {{flag|Saudi Arabia}}
| Middle East
| data-sort-value="1960" | Since 1960{{efn-ua|name=Founder}}
| align=right | 36,408,820
| align=right |       2,149,690
| align=right |      9,733,479
| align=right | 267,190,000,000
|-
! scope="row" | {{flag|United Arab Emirates}}
| Middle East
| data-sort-value="1967" | Since 1967{{efn-ua|name=UAE|The UAE was founded in December 1971. Its OPEC membership originated with the [[Emirate of Abu Dhabi]].}}
| align=right | 9,441,130
| align=right |          83,600
| align=right |       3,393,506
| align=right |  113,000,000,000
|-
! scope="row" | {{flag|Venezuela}}
| {{nowrap|South America}}
| data-sort-value="1960" | Since 1960{{efn-ua|name=Founder}}
| align=right | 28,301,700
| align=right |         916,445
| align=right |         750,506
| align=right | 303,220,000,000
|- class="sortbottom"
! colspan="3" | OPEC total
! 491,757,880
! 10,955,392
! 28,956,906
! 1,240,970,000,000
|-
! colspan=3| World total
! 7,951,150,000
!                   510,072,000
!                    81,803,545
!             1,564,441,000,000
|-
! colspan=3| OPEC percent
!                           6.18%
!                           2.14%
!                           35.39%
!                           79%
|}