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One page per core member, expanded member, and the invited Saudi file. No invented statistics.
Brazil
A founding BRIC state and the grouping’s only full member in the Americas.
Core memberRussia
A founding BRIC state and the host of the first leaders’ summit.
Core memberIndia
A founding BRIC state and the 2026 BRICS chair in the public presidency rotation.
Core memberChina
A founding BRIC state and the grouping’s East Asian full member.
Core memberSouth Africa
The member that turned BRIC into BRICS. Admitted after the original four, before the 2024 wave.
Egypt
A 2024 expansion member on the Suez–Red Sea corridor.
Ethiopia
A 2024 expansion member and a landlocked Horn of Africa state.
Iran
A 2024 expansion member on the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.
United Arab Emirates
A 2024 expansion member on the Gulf side of the Strait of Hormuz.
Indonesia
The first Southeast Asian full member, seated in January 2025.
Invited / unsettledSaudi Arabia
Invited in 2023. Presidency lists sometimes include the Kingdom; Saudi officials have also described membership as not yet finalized.