Enlargement of the Arab League

The Arab League has 22 member states as of 2017^[update]. It was founded in Cairo in 1945 by the Kingdom of Egypt, Kingdom of Iraq, Lebanon, Mandate for Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Republic, Transjordan (Jordan from 1946) and North Yemen (later becoming Yemen). There was a continual increase in membership during the second half of the 20th century, with additional 15 Arab states and 4 observers being admitted.

Chad is not a member despite Arabic being one of its two official languages, some 12% of Chadians identifying as Arab and around 900,000 are Arabic-speaking. It applied for membership in March 2014.

Israel is not a member despite 20% of its population being Palestinian Arab, nearly half the Jewish population being descended from Jews from Arab countries and Arabic being an official language.

The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is not a member of the Arab League as it is recognized by only some Arab League states.

South Sudan seceded from member state Sudan in July 2011.

b. Syria's seat currently occupied by the Syrian National Coalition, while Ba'athist Syrian Arab Republic suspended on 16 November 2011
c. Yemen's seat is taken by the Cabinet of Yemen (which is disputed by the Houthi Supreme Revolutionary Committee)

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