South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (show) Bengali: দক্ষিণ এশীয় আঞ্চলিক সহযোগিতা সংস্থা Dari: اتحادیه همکاری‌های منطقه‌ای جنوب آسی Dzongkha: ༄ ལྷོ ཨེསིཨ ་ རེ ་ གིཨོནལ ་ ཅོཨོཔེརཏིཨོན ་ ཀོ ་ མི ་ ཏི ། Hindi: दक्षिण एशियाई क्षेत्रीय सहयोग संगठन Maldivian: ދެކުނު އޭޝިޔާގެ ސަރަޙައްދީ އެއްބާރުލުމުގެ ޖަމިއްޔާ Nepali: दक्षिण एशियाली क्षेत्रीय सहयोग सङ्गठन Pashto: د سویلي اسیا لپاره د سیمه ایزی همکارۍ ټولنه Sinhalese: දකුණු ආසියාතික කලාපීය සහයෝගිතා සංවිධානය Tamil: தெற்காசிய நாடுகளின் பிராந்தியக் கூட்டமைப்பு Urdu: جنوبی ایشیائی علاقائی تعاون کی تنظیم ‬ Logo Member states Observer states Headquarters Kathmandu Official languages English Demonym South Asian Member states 8 members (show) Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka 9 observers (show) Australia China EU Iran Japan Mauritius Myanmar South Korea United States Leaders Secretary - General Amjad B. Hussain Establishment 8 December 1985 Area Total 5,099,611 km (1,968,971 sq mi) (7th) Water (%) 6.8 Population 2015 estimate 1,713,870,000 (1st) Density 336.1 / km (870.5 / sq mi) GDP (PPP) 2017 estimate Total US $11.64 trillion (3rd) GDP (nominal) 2017 estimate Total US $ 3.31 trillion (5th) Currency 8 currencies (show) Afghani (AFN) Taka (৳) (BDT) Ngultrum (BTN) Rupee (₹) (INR) Rufiyaa (MVR) Rupee (रु.) (NPR) Rupee (PKR) Rupee (LKR) Time zone (UTC + 4: 30 to + 6) Calling code 8 codes (show) + 880 + 91 + 92 + 93 + 94 + 960 + 975 + 977 Internet TLD. asia Website www.saarc-sec.org
how many country are the member of saarc
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8