604.8 million
Estimated Asean population as of 2011
$2.339 trillion
Estimated GDP of Asean in 2012
$2.4 trillion
Total Asean trade in 2011
2015
Target year for Asean Economic Community (AEC), which envisions free flow of goods, services, investment, capital and labor throughout the region
5.3% or $69 billion
Estimated increase in Asean economic welfare, relative to baseline, as a result of AEC
43%
Estimated exports growth in many manufacturing sectors as a result of the AEC
Sources: Asean website, Realizing the Asean Economic community: A Comprehensive Assessment by Michael G. Plummer and Chia Siow Yue, Asean community in Figures 2012, Inquirer Archives
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