Organization of Ibero-American States

Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos (Spanish) Organização de Estados Iberoamericanos (Portuguese) Organització d'Estats Iberoamericans (Catalan)
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Members states of the OEI.
Headquarters	Madrid, Spain
Languages	Spanish Portuguese Catalan
Membership	23 sovereign states
Leaders
• Secretary General	Mariano Jabonero
Establishment
• Foundation	1949
• Current statutes	1985
Area
• Total	21,462,574 km2 (8,286,746 sq mi)
Population
• 2005 estimate	712,974,000
• Density	61.09/km2 (158.2/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2014 estimate
• Total	$11.306 trillion
• Per capita	$15,858
Website oei.int/

The Organization of Ibero-American States (Spanish: Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos, Portuguese: Organização de Estados Iberoamericanos, Catalan: Organització d'Estats Iberoamericans; abbreviated as OEI), formally the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture, is an international organization made up of 23 members states of Iberophone nations in Europe and the Americas, as well as one member in Africa. The OEI's membership is composed of all of the sovereign states of Ibero-America and the Iberian Peninsula, as well as Equatorial Guinea. All members are Portuguese and Spanish speaking nations, in addition to Andorra, which is predominantly Catalan speaking, though the organization does not include all the Iberophone nations of the world.