Council for Mutual Economic Assistance Совет Экономической Взаимопомощи | |
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| Founded | 8 January 1949 |
| Dissolved | 28 June 1991 |
| Preceded by | Comintern |
Comecon, officially the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, was a communist economic organization based in the Soviet Union. It existed from 1949 to 1991 and included the USSR, Warsaw Pact, Mongolia, Vietnam, and Cuba.[1] It also contained Yugoslavia as an associate member and other socialist and capitalist states as observers.[2]
Membership
Full Membership
| Name | Accession Date | Continent | Capital | Area (km2) | Population (1989) | Density (per km2) | Currency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's Socialist Republic of Albania
(Republika Popullore Socialiste e Shqipërisë) |
Feb. 1949 | Europe | Tirana | 28,748 | 3,512,317 | 122.2 | Lek |
| People's Republic of Bulgaria
(Народна република България) |
Jan. 1949 | Europe | Sofia | 110,994 | 9,009,018 | 81.2 | Lev |
| Republic of Cuba
(República de Cuba) |
Jul. 1972 | North America | Havana | 109,884 | 10,486,110 | 95.4 | Peso |
| Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
(Československá socialistická republika) |
Jan. 1949 | Europe | Prague | 127,900 | 15,658,079 | 122.4 | Koruna |
| German Democratic Republic
(Deutsche Demokratische Republik |
1950 | Europe | Berlin | 108,333 | 16,586,490 | 153.1 | Mark |
| Hungarian People's Republic
(Magyar Népköztársaság) |
Jan. 1949 | Europe | Budapest | 93,030 | 10,375,323 | 111.5 | Forint |
| Mongolian People's Republic
(Бүгд Найрамдах Монгол Ард Улс) |
1962 | Asia | Ulaanbaatar | 1,564,116 | 2,125,463 | 1.4 | Tögrög |
| Polish People's Republic
(Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa) |
Jan. 1949 | Europe | Warsaw | 312,685 | 38,094,812 | 121.8 | Złoty |
| Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(Союз Советских Социалистических Республик) |
Jan. 1949 | Eurasia | Moscow | 22,402,200 | 286,730,819 | 12.8 | Ruble |
| Socialist Republic of Vietnam
(Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam) |
1978 | Asia | Hanoi | 332,698 | 66,757,401 | 200.7 | Đồng |
Associate Status
| Name | Accession Date | Continent | Capital | Area (km2) | Population (1991) | Density (per km2) | Currency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(Socijalistička Federativna Republika Jugoslavija / Социјалистичка Федеративна Република Југославија) |
1964 | Europe | Belgrade | 255,804 | 23,528,230 | 91.9 | Dinar |
Observer Status
| Name | Accession Date | Continent | Capital | Area (km2) | Population | Density (per km2) | Currency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's Republic of China
(中华人民共和国) |
1950
(stopped participating in 1961) |
Asia | Beijing | 9,596,961 | 694,581,759 (1964) | 72.3 | Renminbi |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea
(조선민주주의인민공화국) |
1956 | Asia | Pyongyang | 120,540 | 21,213,478 (1993) | 175.9 | Won |
| Republic of Finland
(Suomen tasavalta / Republiken Finland) |
1973 | Europe | Helsinki | 338,455 | 4,998,480 | 14.7 | Markka |
- ↑ Michael C. Kaser (1967). Comecon: Integration problems of the planned economies. Oxford University Press.
- ↑ Germany (East): 'The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance' (2009). Library of Congress Country Study.