The 36 countries that pose for the BRICS Summit picture are:

🇮🇳 India, 🇨🇳 China, 🇷🇺 Russia, 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇪🇬 Egypt, 🇪🇹 Ethiopia, 🇮🇷 Iran, 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia, 🇿🇦 South Africa, 🇦🇪 UAE.

🇦🇲 Armenia, 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan, 🇧🇭 Bahrain, 🇧🇩 Bangladesh, 🇧🇾 Belarus, 🇧🇴 Bolivia, 🇨🇬 Congo, 🇨🇺 Cuba, 🇮🇩 Indonesia, 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan.

🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan, 🇱🇦 Laos, 🇲🇾 Malaysia, 🇲🇷 Mauritania, 🇲🇳 Mongolia, 🇳🇮 Nicaragua, 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka, 🇹🇯 Tajikistan, 🇹🇭 Thailand.

🇹🇷 Turkey, 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan, 🇻🇪 Venezuela, 🇻🇳 Vietnam, 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan, 🇵🇸 Palestine.

BRICS Membership:

1. 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇷🇺 Russia, 🇮🇳 India, 🇨🇳 China, 🇿🇦 South Africa, 🇪🇬 Egypt, 🇪🇹 Ethiopia, 🇮🇷 Iran, 🇦🇪 UAE.

Officially Invited to Join:

2. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia.

Officially Applied for Membership:

3. 🇩🇿 Algeria, 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan, 🇧🇭 Bahrain, 🇧🇩 Bangladesh, 🇧🇾 Belarus, 🇧🇴 Bolivia, 🇨🇺 Cuba, 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan, 🇰🇼 Kuwait, 🇲🇾 Malaysia, 🇵🇰 Pakistan, 🇵🇸 Palestine.
4. 🇸🇳 Senegal, 🇹🇭 Thailand, 🇹🇷 Turkey, 🇻🇪 Venezuela, 🇾🇪 Yemen, 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe.

Expressed Interest in Joining:

5. 🇦🇴 Angola, 🇨🇲 Cameroon, 🇨🇫 Central African Republic, 🇨🇩 DR Congo, 🇨🇬 Congo, 🇬🇭 Ghana, 🇳🇬 Nigeria, 🇸🇸 South Sudan, 🇸🇩 Sudan, 🇹🇳 Tunisia, 🇺🇬 Uganda, 🇨🇴 Colombia, 🇸🇻 El Salvador, 🇳🇮 Nicaragua, 🇵🇪 Peru, 🇦🇫 Afghanistan, 🇮🇩 Indonesia, 🇮🇶 Iraq, 🇱🇦 Laos, 🇲🇲 Myanmar, 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka, 🇸🇾 Syria, 🇻🇳 Vietnam.