BRICS member countries

Verified

Before (baseline)

5members

as of 2014-01-01

Now (latest)

10members

as of 2024-01-01

Change

×2.0

Context & shortfalls

BRICS expanded from 5 (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) to 10 members at the Johannesburg Summit (August 2023): new members Ethiopia, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE joined from January 2024. India is a founding BRICS member. The grouping collectively represents ~45% of global population and ~35% of global GDP (PPP). India has navigated BRICS membership alongside the Quad, reflecting its multi-alignment. India-China tensions post-Galwan (2020) have complicated intra-BRICS dynamics.

Source

BRICS 2023 Johannesburg Summit Declaration / MEA

https://www.g20.in/content/dam/gtwenty/gtwenty_new/document/BRICS-Leaders-Declaration-2023.pdf ↗

Data as of 2024-01-01. Large national figures change frequently — verify at source before citing.