TF Scouts
World Organization of the Scout Movement - Overview

Some Statistics
There are 155 countries with internationally recognized National Scout Organizations. (The newest member countries are Albania, Guinia, and Malawi, which became a members in September 2005.) the countries are listed below with information containing membership and date of foundation.

Scouting was founded on 1 August 1907, the opening of Robert Baden-Powell's experimental camp on Brownsea Island in England.

Below is an overview of world scouting and its presence by country :-

• Albania -  1,000 members - scouting started in 2005
• Algeria -  11,120 members - scouting started in 1939
• Angola -  13,777 members - scouting started in 1998 
• Argentina - 44,981 members - scouting started in 1912
• Armenia -  2,256 members - scouting started in 1912
• Australia - 98,084 members - scouting started in 1908
• Austria -  13,785 members - scouting started in 1912 
• Azerbaijan - 1,414 members - scouting started in 1997 
• Bahamas - 729 members - scouting started in 1913 
• Bahrain - 1,820 members - scouting started in 1953 
• Bangladesh - 908,435 members - scouting started in 1972 
• Barbados - 3,032 members - scouting started in 1912 
• Belgium -  88,271 members - scouting started in 1911 
• Belize - 1,211 members - scouting started in 1911 
• Benin - 19,605 members - scouting started in 1932 
• Bhutan - 6,716 members - scouting started in 1991 
• Bolivia - 7,521 members - scouting started in 1915 
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1,514 members - scouting started in 1999 
• Botswana - 4,660 members - scouting started in 1936 
• Brazil - 66,375 members - scouting started in 1910 
• Brunei Darussalam -  2,772 members - scouting started in 1933 
• Bulgaria - 1,832 members - scouting started in 1911-13 
• Burkina Faso - 10,165 members - scouting started in 1943 
• Burundi - 6,661 members - scouting started in 1940 
• Cape Verde -  1,500 members - scouting started in 2002 
• Cameroon -  6,535 members - scouting started in 1937 
• Canada -  212,259 members - scouting started in 1909 
• Chad -  8,132 members - scouting started in 1960 
• Chile - 33,812 members - scouting started in 1909 
• China - 69,452 members - scouting started in 1912 
• Colombia - 12,808 members - scouting started in 1917 
• Comoros - 2,200 members - scouting started in 1975 
• Congo - 62,842 members - scouting started in 1924 
• Costa Rica - 9,752 members - scouting started in 1915 
• Côte-d'Ivoire - 6,436 members - scouting started in 1937 
• Croatia - 4,068 members - scouting started in 1915 
• Cyprus - 4,478 members - scouting started in 1913 
• Czech Republic - 26,435 members - scouting started in 1911 
• Denmark - 47,475 members - scouting started in 1909 
• Dominica - 1,100 members - scouting started in 1929 
• Dominican Republic - 8,702 members - scouting started in 1926 
• Ecuador - 4,132 members - scouting started in 1920 
• Egypt - 74,598 members - scouting started in 1918 
• El Salvador - 3,970 members - scouting started in 1938 
• Estonia - 1,167 members - scouting started in 1912 
• Ethiopia - 1,000  members - scouting started in 1950 
• Fiji -  2,821 members - scouting started in 1914 
• Finland - 26,885 members - scouting started in 1910 
• France - 102,405 members - scouting started in 1910 
• Gabon - 3,835 members - scouting started in 1936 
• Gambia - 15,632 members - scouting started in 1921 
• Georgia - 1,092 members - scouting started in 1994 
• Germany - 123,937 members - scouting started in 1910 
• Ghana - 2,311 members - scouting started in 1912 
• Greece - 18,992 members - scouting started in 1910 
• Grenada - 1,665 members - scouting started in 1924 
• Guatemala - 11,395 members - scouting started in 1928 
• Guinia -  scouting started in  2005 
• Guyana - 294 members - scouting started in 1909 
• Haiti - 9,859 members - scouting started in 1932 
• Honduras - 5,174 members - scouting started in 1952 
• Hong Kong - 74,147 members - scouting started in 1911 
• Hungary - 11,243 members - scouting started in 1912 
• Iceland - 1,526 members - scouting started in 1912 
• India - 2,138,015 members - scouting started in 1909 
• Indonesia - 8,909,435 members - scouting started in 1912 
• Ireland - 36,783 members - scouting started in 1908 
• Israel - 21,920 members - scouting started in 1920 
• Italy - 100,675 members - scouting started in 1912 
• Jamaica - 6,272 members - scouting started in 1910 
• Japan - 220,223 members - scouting started in 1913 
• Jordan - 15,538 members - scouting started in 1954 
• Kenya - 151,722 members - scouting started in 1910 
• Kiribati - 1,333 members - scouting started in 1993 
• Korea - 252,157 members - scouting started in 1922 
• Kuwait - 6,061 members - scouting started in 1952 
• Latvia - 1,179 members - scouting started in 1917 
• Lebanon - 14,334  members - scouting started in 1912 
• Lesotho - 371 members - scouting started in 1936 
• Liberia - 2,418 members - scouting started in 1922 
• Libya - 13,698 members - scouting started in 1954 
• Liechtenstein - 752 members - scouting started in 1931 
• Lithuania - 1,500 members - scouting started in 1918 
• Luxembourg - 5,418 members - scouting started in 1914 
• Macedonia - 1,988 members - scouting started in 1921 
• Madagascar - 9,473 members - scouting started in 1921
• Malawi - 4,000 members - scouting started in 2005 
• Malaysia - 96,893 members - scouting started in 1911 
• Maldives - 4,518 members - scouting started in 1963 
• Malta - 2,531 members - scouting started in 1908 
• Mauritania - 3,790 members - scouting started in 1946 
• Mauritius - 3,076 members - scouting started in 1912 
• Mexico - 39,327 members - scouting started in 1920 
• Moldova - 1,540 members - scouting started in 1991 
• Monaco - 49 members - scouting started in 1990 
• Mongolia - 8,655 members - scouting started in 1992 
• Morocco - 12,304 members - scouting started in 1933 
• Mozambique - 16,675 members - scouting started in 1960 
• Namibia - 1,816 members - scouting started in 1917 
• Nepal - 12,341 members - scouting started in 1952 
• Netherlands - 57,484 members - scouting started in 1910 
• New Zealand - 23,537 members - scouting started in 1908 
• Nicaragua - 2,056 members - scouting started in 1937 
• Niger - 4,352 members - scouting started in 1947 
• Nigeria - 46,701 members - scouting started in 1915 
• Norway - 19,929 members - scouting started in 1911 
• Oman - 10,654 members - scouting started in 1948 
• Pakistan - 526,403 members - scouting started in 1947 
• Palestine -  20,275 members - scouting started in 1912 
• Panama - 2,263 members - scouting started in 1924 
• Papua New Guinea - 2,811 members - scouting started in 1926 
• Paraguay - 1,000 members - scouting started in 1960 
• Peru - 12,677 members - scouting started in 1916 
• Philippines - 1,956,131 members - scouting started in 1923 
• Poland - 85,822 members - scouting started in 1919 
• Portugal - 70,863 members - scouting started in 1913 
• Qatar - 3,244 members - scouting started in 1956 
• Romania - 4,930 members - scouting started in 1914 
• Russian Federation - 14,000 members - scouting started in 1909 
• Rwanda - 18,884 members - scouting started in 1940 
• San Marino - 159 members - scouting started in 1973 
• Saudi Arabia - 19,267 members - scouting started in 1961 
• Senegal - 26,373 members - scouting started in 1930 
• Seycheles - scouting started in 2002 
• Sierra Leone - 7,902 members - scouting started in 1909 
• Singapore - 11,163 members - scouting started in 1910 
• Slovakia - 4,118 members - scouting started in 1913 
• Slovenia - 6,357 members - scouting started in 1915 
• South Africa - 13,118 members - scouting started in 1908 
• Spain - 74,561 members - scouting started in 1912 
• Sri Lanka - 21,653 members - scouting started in 1912 
• Saint Lucia - 393 members - scouting started in 1935 
• Saint Vincent and The Grenadines - 541 members - scouting started in 1924 
• Serbia and Montenegro - 30,493 members - scouting started in 1915 
• Sudan - 13,550 members - scouting started in 1935 
• Suriname - 2,601 members - scouting started in 1924 
• Swaziland - 4,994 members - scouting started in 1928 
• Sweden - 60,122 members - scouting started in 1911 
• Switzerland - 52,349 members - scouting started in 1912 
• Tajikistan - 1,504 members - scouting started in 1991 
• Tanzania - 102,739 members - scouting started in 1929 
• Thailand - 1,305,027 members - scouting started in 1911 
• Togo - 8,890 members - scouting started in 1920 
• Trinidad & Tobago - 4,655 members - scouting started in 1911 
• Tunisia - 28,483 members - scouting started in 1934 
• Turkey - 8,174 members - scouting started in 1923 
• Uganda - 77,894 members - scouting started in 1915 
• United Arab Emirates - 5,824 members - scouting started in 1972 
• United Kingdom - 498,888 members - scouting started in 1907 
• United States - 6,239,435 members - scouting started in 1909
• Uruguay - 3,965 members - scouting started in 1946 
• Venezuela - 14,513 members - scouting started in 1913 
• Yemen - 6,481 members - scouting started in 1954 
• Zambia - 7,427  members - scouting started in 1930 
• Zimbabwe - 1,612 members - scouting started in 1909
   
  

Source: wosm website