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List of World Organization of the Scout Movement members

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List of World Organization of the Scout Movement members
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The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM /ˈwʊzəm/) is the largest international scout organization and was established in 1922.[1][2] It has 176 members.[3] These members are national scout organizations that founded WOSM or have subsequently been recognised by WOSM, which collectively have around 43 million participants.[4][3]

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WOSM recognizes only one Scout organization per country. Some countries have several organizations combined as a federation, with different component groups divided on the basis of religion (e.g., France and Denmark), ethnic identification (e.g., Israel), or language (e.g., Belgium). Canada is the only country to have two distinct recognized associations, which are divided by language. About 30 WOSM members are also members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, mostly from Europe and Arab countries.

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Non-sovereign territories with independent WOSM member organizations

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Countries and territories with Scouting run by overseas branches of WOSM member organizations

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Ten of these overseas branches of accredited National Scout Organizations are considered "potential members" by the WOSM (marked by *).[13]

Sovereign countries

Served by Scouting America

Served by The Scout Association (UK)

Served by Scouts Australia

Non-sovereign territories

Australia

Denmark

France

New Zealand

United Kingdom

United States

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'Potential member countries' listed by WOSM

In 2020, WOSM listed 25 sovereign countries as potential members. 10 of these were served by oversea branches of WOSM member organizations (see #Countries and territories with Scouting run by overseas branches of WOSM member organizations).[14]

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Countries with no Scouting organization

In 2020, WOSM listed five sovereign countries as without Scouting; the list omitted Vatican City, which is also without Scouting.[14]

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