Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf | |
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| Headquarters |  Riyadh,  Saudi Arabia |
| Official languages | Arabic |
| Type | Trade bloc |
| Membership | 6 states |
| Leaders | |
 Nayef bin Falah Al-Hajraf | |
 United Arab Emirates[1] | |
| Establishment | |
• As the GCC | 25 May 1981 |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,673,108 km2 (1,032,093 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | 0.6% |
| Population | |
• 2021* estimate | 65,506,958 (25th) |
• Density | 21.13/km2 (54.7/sq mi) (162nd) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $3.655 trillion (7th) |
• Per capita | $71,205 (7th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2018* estimate |
• Total | $1.638 trillion (11th) |
• Per capita | $34,265 (25th) |
| Gini (2012) |  28.7low |
| HDI (2018) |  0.840very high · 45th |
| Currency | 6 currencies
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Gulf Cooperation Council
The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, originally known as the Gulf Cooperation Council, is a regional intergovernmental political and economic union consisting of all Arab states of the Persian Gulf - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates - except for Iraq. The Charter of the GCC was signed on 25 May 1981, formally establishing the institution.