The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN , ) is a regional intergovernmental organisation comprising ten Southeast Asian states which promotes Pan-Asianism and intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, military, educational and cultural integration amongst its members and Asian states. Since its formation on 8 August 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, the organisation's membership has expanded to include Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam. Its principal aims include accelerating economic growth, social progress, and sociocultural evolution among its members, alongside the protection of regional stability and the provision of a mechanism for member countries to resolve differences peacefully. ASEAN is an official United Nations Observer. Communication by members across nations takes place in English. 

ASEAN covers a land area of 4.4 million square kilometres, 3% of the total land area of Earth. ASEAN territorial waters cover an area about three times larger than its land counterpart. Member countries have a combined population of approximately 625 million people, 8.8% of the world's population. In 2015, the organisation's combined nominal GDP had grown to more than US$2.8 trillion. If ASEAN were a single entity, it would rank as the sixth largest economy in the world, behind the USA, China, Japan, France and Germany. ASEAN shares land borders with India, China, Bangladesh, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea, and maritime borders with India, China, Palau, and Australia. Both East Timor and Papua New Guinea are backed by certain ASEAN members for their membership in the organisation.

Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.

1. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations
2. a regional intergovernmental organisation
3. ten Southeast Asian states
4. 1967
5. on 8 August
6. 4.4 million square kilometres
7. 625 million
8. 8.8%
9. Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand
10. Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam
11. accelerating economic growth
12. social progress
13. sociocultural evolution
14. US$2.8 trillion
15. the organisation's combined nominal GDP
16. India and China
17. Palau and Australia
18. East Timor and Papua New Guinea
19. Yes
20. English

Numbered questions:
1. What does ASEAN stand for?
2. What is it?
3. Who is in the organization?
4. When was it created?
5. What date?
6. How large of a land area does it cover?
7. How many people live in that area?
8. What percentage of the population is that?
9. What countries created it?
10. What countries have been added?
11. What is one of it's main objectives?
12. What is another?
13. And the last?
14. What was the GDP in 2015?
15. what
16. What are some of the countries it's land borders?
17. What are some countries that it's water borders?
18. What two countries do some members want to join?
19. Does it follow United Nations rules?
20. What language does the communication happen in?