Caribbean Community

Caribbean Community
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Anthem: "Celebrating CARICOM"
  Full members
  Associate members
  Observers
Seat of SecretariatGeorgetown, Guyana
Largest cityPort-au-Prince, Haiti
Official languagesEnglish
Working language
Other languages
Ethnic groups
In full member states:
Demonym(s)Caribbean people
TypeSupranational union
Member states
GovernmentIntergovernmental
Carla Barnett
 Chairwoman
Mia Mottley
Establishment
4 July 1973
 Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas
2001
Area
 Total
458,480 km2 (177,020 sq mi)
Population
 2019 estimate
18,482,141 (in full member states)
239,251,864 (in all states)
 Density
40.3/km2 (104.4/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)2020 estimate
 Total
$145.3 billion
 Per capita
$18,289
GDP (nominal)2019 estimate
 Total
$81.987 billion
 Per capita
$12,608
HDI (2023) 0.765
high
Currency

The Caribbean Community (abbreviated as CARICOM or CC) is an intergovernmental organisation that is a political and economic union of 15 member states (14 nation-states and one dependency) and five associated members throughout the Americas, the Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean. It has the primary objective to promote economic integration and cooperation among its members, ensure that the benefits of integration are equitably shared, and coordinate foreign policy. The organisation was established in 1973, by its four founding members signing the Treaty of Chaguaramas.

The secretariat headquarters is in Georgetown, Guyana. CARICOM has been granted the official United Nations General Assembly observer status.