Number of boy scouts in the world?
There are seven international associations for Scouts and
Guides. Each international association provides guidance and
support for their member organizations.
The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) has over 32
million members as of December 2010. There are 161 countries with
recognized national Scout organizations (NSO), 29 countries with
NSOs not recognized by WOSM and 6 countries without Scouting.
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts has over 10
million members as of December 2010 in 145 countries.
Both WOSM and WAGGGS recognize only one NSO per country. In most
countries these are separate NSOs, but in 57 countries one NSO is
recognized by both WOSM and WAGGGS. For membership numbers by
country, see the related links.
The World Federation of Independent Scouts, the Federation of
European Scouting, the Order of World Scouts, the Confederation of
European Scouts and the World Order of Independent Scouts are
associations with about 600,00 total members. There are about 80
NSOs that are not affiliated with an association with about 100,000
members.