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BRICS Member Countries

Can you name the members of the "BRICS" group of countries which was originally just an investing acronym but which is now an actual economic alliance?
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Original members
B
Brazil
R
Russia
I
India
C
China
Added in 2010
S
South Africa
Newer members
2024
Egypt
2024
Ethiopia
2024
Iran
2024
United Arab Emirates
2025
Indonesia
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108 Recent Comments
Tomasmental
+16
Level 95
Aug 24, 2023
Most are communist or socialist countries, so no problem: Destined for failure
FreeStater
+72
Level 81
Aug 24, 2023
They aren't communist, to be fair, but still it's not looking good.
Kingsfisher
+164
Level 69
Aug 24, 2023
You want to say theocratic Iran and Saudi Arabia, monarchist UAE, conservative Russia, Brazil and Egypt is communist? In BRICS only China is communist
cmr0
+73
Level 73
Aug 31, 2023
China is not a communist country.
morrissey
+10
Level 18
Aug 31, 2023
what do you mean china isnt a communist country? how?
Shamooski19
+68
Level 70
Aug 31, 2023
It does not follow the form of communism defined by Karl Marx. It clearly embodies a capitalist country; it just claims to be communist.
JRBerger
+31
Level 24
Aug 31, 2023
China is a fascist nation or more accurately national socialism. They conquer their neighbors while practicing extreme capitalism. The government has ultimate power, which it uses to subjugate its citizens in the name of assimilation through concentration camps. China is more national socialist because their nationalism is based on religion, where they religiously praise their government and predecessors like Mao Ze Dong and the Chinese "Communist" Party, CCP.
lexxie
+17
Level 82
Jan 11, 2024
I mean they have been threatening Taiwan for a while now and have had border clashes with India. Also, they clearly try to overthrow minorities within their border and force them into Chinese assimilation (which could be seen as kind of trying to conquer them)
Zyper
+9
Level 59
Jan 13, 2024
I agree with Ferbin actually. China is hardly an expansionist compared to the likes of other empires like the british empire and such.

Taiwan was part of China during the Qing dynasty. That is why they are claiming it.

vivaswaan
+1
Level 70
May 21, 2025
but that is the case. they have border disputes with nearly every country they border, except Pakistan, which ceded its own territory as a gesture of "goodwill". They're continuously doing some or the other "show of force" against their neighbors, and they're deploying their ships in the territorial waters of other countries. If that isn't expansionist idk what is.
Asturias
+37
Level 74
Aug 31, 2023
Even China isn't communist actually
moret29
+2
Level 53
Sep 2, 2023
no
LucasDiegoFF
+9
Level 13
Aug 31, 2023
Brazil is not a conservative country.

China is not a communist country.

GiggyMantis
+1
Level 33
May 21, 2025
>Brazil is not a conservative country

???

where did you think of this from?

I mean yes, it has a much stronger actual left than the USA, but they still aren't the majority. Brazil is definitely comparable to the USA and Russia in its conservatism.

In2restingFacts
+3
Level 27
May 24, 2025
China is about as communist as Panda Express is authentic Chinese food
garcogait
+20
Level 67
Aug 24, 2023
There is only one comunist country wym??
angrobper14
+5
Level 86
Aug 24, 2023
Only C is commie, the rest are quite a mixed pack.

B is currently led by a conservative so conservative, he would deem some GOPers as left-wings.

cornflakesfu
+30
Level 89
Aug 24, 2023
I assume you are referring to Bolsonaro, who was replaced as president of B at the beginning of this year.
herokdb
+4
Level 40
Aug 31, 2023
Brazil is currently led by a liberal
ObiwanKenobite
+3
Level 40
May 21, 2025
Leftist, not liberal. But it's true he's allied with centrists.
Quizmaster
+38
Level ∞
Aug 24, 2023
It's basically a grab bag of countries that are not strongly aligned with the U.S. There doesn't seem to be any raison d'être and my guess is that China pays for the whole thing.
richiesyxx
+11
Level 74
Aug 31, 2023
I’d love to know what raison d’etre brings Iran and Saudi Arabia into the same alliance! I can’t help but feel like these meetings may produce some fireworks…
DocEckleburg
+1
Level 68
May 21, 2025
Just an fyi from the future but Saudi Arabia never joined in the end, so the meetings never needed to happen.
JWatson24
+3
Level 71
Jan 12, 2024
Yeah, funny how they decided to bring along Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, 3 members of OPEC who are among the top oil producers in the world, right during the middle of a huge oil crisis. And factoring in Egypt too, their new members don't looks particularly geographically diverse, do they?
Aficionado
+3
Level 72
Aug 26, 2023
Definitely better than Venezuela, which is your home country it seems ;)
bxtterflyfx
+3
Level 74
Aug 26, 2023
None as bad as Venezuela though lmao
driehoek25
+2
Level 70
Aug 31, 2023
China is the only communist country of these.
Ainmclarach
+16
Level 71
Aug 31, 2023
And even that is dubious.
Loyal
+3
Level 67
Jan 27, 2024
gotta love communist billionaires
MyrmidonPantheon
+2
Level 56
May 21, 2025
That's why they are growing so fast right?

Also, are you forgetting that India is the world's largest democracy and Russia is capitalist?

Nickelz
+2
Level 69
May 21, 2025
oh that's not
Dizuix
+3
Level 51
May 21, 2025
The only socialist country in BRICS is China and it is overtaking the US as the first world superpower in every possible way right now
FyreSt0rm
+1
Level 55
Jun 30, 2025
Someone drank the kool-aid
Omgxijinping
+1
Level 31
Jul 24, 2025
bro's living in the 60s and 70s. China is a capitalist society since the 90s, more so than the US or most western countries. Their workers work tirelessly and gets so little workers protection, and there's no workers unions to fight for protecting the workers' rights. you call that communism? nah, that's unregulated capitalism and exploitation. Only the major industries like energy and infrastructure are fully controlled by the government, other than those, the other industries' major goal is still getting capital. instead of collectivism like what actual communism should be like.
mrzli86
+1
Level 99
Aug 24, 2023
today listening on radio
MindWax
+39
Level 87
Aug 24, 2023
I have a feeling that the new acronym may not be as catchy.

ie, sauce ribs?

CaptainUnderpant
+7
Level 81
Aug 26, 2023
sounds pretty catchy to me
Dollyfroggy
+3
Level 63
Jan 12, 2024
No more A. Now "Curse Sib".
Kingsfisher
+18
Level 69
Aug 24, 2023
I am glad to see future new members. I sincerely hope that friendship will grow between the BRICS members, and it will become more important and useful than it is now.
stusum
+20
Level 64
Aug 31, 2023
Almost impossible given how most of the countries hate other members.

Egypt & Ethiopia

Saudi Arabia/UAE & Iran

China & India

Pateduck
+16
Level 45
Aug 31, 2023
one could say that before 1945 germans "hated" frenchmen or that before 1830 frenchmen hated the brits and few years later they became strong allies.

In not so extreme cases you have japan and south korea, USA and mexico, Argentina and England,...

Geopolitics tends to be more complicated than pre-school backyard drama (even though the complexity of the last one should not be underestimated)

Kingsfisher
+2
Level 69
Sep 3, 2023
In fact, China has managed to reconcile the Saudis and the Iranians to some extent, I think their relations will continue to soften. The problem of Ethiopia and Egypt, I think, is even easier to fix. But India and China clearly have disagreements, besides, India is clearly playing some kind of game of its own
HBK97
+2
Level 78
Jan 14, 2024
Re-establishing diplomatic relations (on paper), can hardly be interpreted as reconciliations.
MyrmidonPantheon
+2
Level 56
May 21, 2025
China and India are growing closer. Atleast it seems so.
In2restingFacts
+4
Level 27
May 21, 2025
china just helped pakistan shoot down indian fighter jets in their recent conflict
Cheviot
+1
Level 95
Aug 24, 2023
Russia is going to be overtaken by China and India very soon. Which nation’s moon lander crashed this week and which nation’s moon lander was a success? Also Russia’s population is shrinking and it’s economy too. It will be interesting to see who succeeds in Africa the most. China, through investment, or Russia, through force.
Kingsfisher
+16
Level 69
Aug 24, 2023
Russia has already been overtaken by China and India in many aspects. Although the Russian economy is not as weak as it may seem.

It is sad that the Luna-25 satellite crashed, although this is not the only case, the same Chandrayan-2 crashed, but now India was able to land the satellite successfully. On the other hand, India launched the first satellite quite successfully, unlike Russia, which failed it the first time. But the fact that Russia launched the satellite according to plan, contrary to the stories about the economy torn to shreds, is quite commendable

Quizbyquiz
+1
Level 43
Jan 4, 2024
Agreed, Russia is declining and has already been passed by India and China in a lot of categories. Both countries have a higher GDP, population, and a lot of other categories as well. While Russia still has a lot of nuclear firepower, they can't really deploy most of it because of MAD. Russia also has a declining population, and has failed to win the Russo-Ukranian war (It's a standstill right now).
Kingsfisher
+5
Level 69
Jan 5, 2024
I would dispute your statement. Yes, although Russia is not a competitor to India and China now (Russia, in principle, has much less economic potential than these two), but it is far from a collapsing state with nuclear weapons. Yes, Russia does not have enough potential for the position of superpower that it so wants to occupy (the only way is to create a highly efficient mechanized economy like Japan/Germany/South Korea, but it irretrievably lost this chance when the West took Russian scientists and inventions to itself in the 1990s, and will no longer receive them), however, it is a powerful military force, a very large exporter of raw materials (no matter how much other countries would like to get rid of dependence, but Russian raw materials are too large) and the same food. And besides, it is still impossible to judge whether Russia lost the war, although many things clearly went wrong as the leadership wanted
PestoSpaguetti
+4
Level 67
Aug 24, 2023
I was about to start a test in college and saw the announcement of the new brics members. It felt like the avengers for geopolitics nerds xD
Jato
+8
Level 70
Aug 24, 2023
What’s BRICS going to be called in 2024? BRICSAEEIUS?
Kingsfisher
+7
Level 69
Aug 24, 2023
They said that the name would not change. I think the original name will simply lose its original meaning
Jato
+1
Level 70
May 23, 2024
Wooooosh!
Quizmaster
+33
Level ∞
Aug 24, 2023
Bricosaurus!
kogatora
+10
Level 96
Aug 25, 2023
Isis Cube era?
DonTheLamplighter
+14
Level 87
Aug 25, 2023
RUSSIA BE ICE

RICE IS ABUSE

BECAUSE, IRIS!

CRUISE IS BARE

Thunderbear
+5
Level 76
Aug 31, 2023
A BEAU CRISIS
bigbywolf
+3
Level 56
Aug 31, 2023
I hope Nicaragua, Namibia or New Zealand soon join the club :)
JudgeRudy
+2
Level 68
Aug 31, 2023
Is this a Justin Vernon song?
herokdb
+11
Level 40
Aug 31, 2023
BRICSQIA+
Salient
+6
Level 72
Aug 31, 2023
It will be styled simply as BRICS+.
Constantinos
+1
Level 75
Aug 24, 2023
What keeps Turkey out of it?
Ainmclarach
+16
Level 71
Aug 24, 2023
I’m not entirely sure, but I’d say being in NATO probably has something to do with it.
onufriy
+3
Level 98
Aug 25, 2023
Well, NATO membership did't stop them from from purchasing C400s from Russia. On the other side, Turkey and Russia are big rivals in Caucasus, Syria, Libya, you name it. Not that easy and one layered...
Wistful
+2
Level 72
Jan 11, 2024
Being rivals hasn't stopped any others from joining.
angrobper14
+2
Level 86
Aug 24, 2023
Would you think R and C are gonna be so chill with sharing the table with a NATO country?
chaidan
+13
Level 80
Aug 25, 2023
It looks like geopolitical conflicts won't prevent any country from joining BRICS. Two thirds of the new entrants are rivals with another entrant, and two of the original four members are famous for their animosity towards each other.
SimoBirouk
+2
Level 55
Jan 12, 2024
Turkey may join, they are at odds with the west, won't ever be part of the EU, and desperately need an alliance. If Saudi Arabia and Iran can join the BRICS while hating each other, Turkey certainly can too.
In2restingFacts
+1
Level 27
May 21, 2025
typically chain link or barbed wire fences are good for keeping turkeys away
hwes
+6
Level 89
Aug 24, 2023
It's an interesting idea but the countries are far too varied in terms of economics and culture. Iran and Saudi Arabia have a proxy war in Yemen. India and China have border disputes. Russia and China clash in Africa. and on and on. Some are developed economies, others resource based and some developing. Some are European based immigrant countries, others are Islamic Arab, and more. Some are capitalist, some autocratic and corrupt, and an other communist.
david2013
+4
Level 87
Aug 24, 2023
It really does seem like a grab bag of countries.
JWatson24
+4
Level 71
Aug 25, 2023
Can't wrap my head around Ethiopia. Like, even looking at Africa alone, Nigeria was passed up for BRICS membership and is clearly stronger and more important. They also passed up Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Kingsfisher
+9
Level 69
Aug 25, 2023
Yes, Ethiopia is a strange choice. As far as we know, she has a conflict with Egypt because of the hydroelectric power station, which is why there will be two more opponents in the members. If BRICS is going to solve the conflict? Apparently, but how long will it take to settle the conflict between the members first, and then do something really important. In addition, 200,000 people have recently died in Ethiopia from the war, is there a need for such a member, in whose place Nigeria is a prosperous country (no)?
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
May 21, 2025
Ethiopia almost makes sense compared to South Africa.

South Africa was the 5th country added and is on an obvious straight line decline to failed state.

Aficionado
+5
Level 72
Aug 26, 2023
The expansion of BRICS, in my opinion, is not a great option for the time being. I also think the addition of Ethiopia instead of Nigeria was a bad choice.

I think the formation of a common currency should have been given more priority than the expansion. Anyway, we'll see how successful (or unsuccessful) will the expanded BRICS be in a few years.

JoshPen
+8
Level 77
Aug 30, 2023
A common currency? As a replacement for what they all have like the Euro was for parts of Europe?

Neither China nor India will give up their respective currencies. They need to be able to manipulate their values independently.

I could see them looking for something other than USD for trading purposes, but I don't see a Euro-like common currency emerging.

Turkus28
+1
Level 25
Aug 31, 2023
How to do the section quizzes?
HBK97
+1
Level 78
Aug 31, 2023
Have these six countries confirmed that they are joining BRICS or have they been invited to join?
ItsLiamHere
+1
Level 39
Aug 31, 2023
Bricsiseuae
geosarah
+3
Level 22
Aug 31, 2023
I can’t believe this is how I found out BRICS is welcoming new countries
JesseFromThe6
+2
Level 70
Aug 31, 2023
I got all but one. Knowing Saudi Arabia was a member, I didn't even bother to guess Iran.

This is indeed a strange coalition.

DukeOfLorraine
+2
Level 67
Sep 4, 2023
The situation is even more tense between Egypt and Ethiopia
deebte
+1
Level 64
Sep 4, 2023
criibsesuaa? idk
Algarve
+8
Level 70
Jan 2, 2024
Argentina declined the invitation to join the group. Milei, oh Milei…
orangutang
+5
Level 52
Jan 4, 2024
Argentina is pulling out of the group. It should be removed from the list

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-67842992

Viztiz
+4
Level 57
Jan 5, 2024
Shame
Quizmaster
+7
Level ∞
Jan 11, 2024
Yeah, who wouldn't want to be in the lovely China/Russia sphere of influence?
Kingsfisher
+9
Level 69
Jan 11, 2024
Yes, so let's abandon national currencies, accept the dollar, destroy the bank to the ground and sell all the wealth to American corporations! It will be much better, and most importantly, this way we will not be influenced by any country!
ceoramalho
+5
Level 68
Jan 11, 2024
Because US influence to Latin America and the world was so damn good so far... your comments may appear that G& and Western powers are so kind to developing countries...
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
May 21, 2025
Yes, US influence on the world has been a good thing. Who do you think created the last 80 years of unprecedented peace and prosperity?
InterAlia
+5
Level 83
May 21, 2025
Past tense noted, QM. I have serious doubts the same will be true 80 years hence.

Peace? Too many unknowns.

Prosperity? Highly unlikely.

Kingsfisher
+2
Level 69
Oct 13, 2025
The key word is was. Indeed, during these 80 years, no country has made as much contribution as the United States. But now times are already changing. Pax Americana is still alive, yes, but it is already in crisis. The United States, at least from the outside, looks like a divided society with a populist (and both leading forces) anocratic government. And the most amazing thing is that yes, if we look at 1995 or 2000, the United States was the undisputed leader in everything. But this is a strange pattern: before a country falls, it looks more powerful than ever! Germany reached its peak of military power in 1942, and a year and a half later, it began mobilizing teenagers. In 1922, Britain owned 25% of the world's land, but 25 years later, it lost India. In 1975, socialism reached its peak, but 15 years later, the Eastern Bloc collapsed. No, I think USA will stay, but not Pax Americana.
kamuez
+1
Level 56
Jan 11, 2024
Now it should be called BRICSEEISU
Etanna
+2
Level 73
Jan 12, 2024
In addition to the real new members, I also tried Nigeria, Argentina and Mexico. The UAE took me the longest to guess because I imagine the Brics countries to be larger and, consequently, with a bigger potential growth in influence
Kingsfisher
+5
Level 69
Apr 4, 2024
As for me, among the new members, the UAE is the most successful and most useful of all: large oil reserves, while perfectly invested in the country's capital growth, a developed economy, and Dubai is now a dynamic world economic center, a major trading hub, while politics is quite neutral, and the army is quite powerful for a small country. Is it less influential than Iran, Ethiopia or Egypt?
KennethTAA
+1
Level 61
Jan 12, 2024
I swear Argentina was i the 2024 list, I guess not.
mrputter
+6
Level 89
May 11, 2025
It was, but they pulled out at the last minute.
LautiF
+3
Level 51
Jan 13, 2024
So sad Milei's government declined the membership. They really have no interest in strategic geopolitics.
Lynnz
+2
Level 43
Jan 23, 2024
BRICS, I SEE U. A good abbreviation.
ooftownroad
+1
Level 70
May 21, 2025
what's the second S?
Panos96
+4
Level 66
Jan 11, 2025
Please add Indonesia (joined BRICS+ in 2025). Thanks.
LCEM
+4
Level 47
Jan 14, 2025
Thanks for letting me know
Henry9383
+5
Level 59
Feb 14, 2025
Saudi Arabia should be removed, since they has still not answered to the invitation. It is not even member or partner state.

Indonesia should be added, joined as full member, recently in 2025.

Thank you.

theenforcer22
+1
Level 70
May 12, 2025
Full marks for The Robbster.
In2restingFacts
+3
Level 27
May 21, 2025
totally uncontroversial comment section
Keihanshin
+4
Level 33
May 23, 2025
these comments show that why humanity can't united.
MrJaydenfire
+1
Level 58
Jun 24, 2025
BRICSEEUII
Omgxijinping
+2
Level 31
Jul 24, 2025
Such Amusement looking at the comment section.
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