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Latest revision as of 14:12, 8 April 2010

This is the standard for names of regions, as used by the United Nations. Source: UN

Africa

  1. Eastern Africa
  2. Middle Africa
  3. Northern Africa
  4. Southern Africa
  5. Western Africa

Americas

Latin America and the Caribbean
  1. Caribbean
  2. Central America
  3. South America
Northern America

Asia

  1. Central Asia
  2. Eastern Asia
  3. Southern Asia
  4. South-Eastern Asia
  5. Western Asia

Europe

  1. Eastern Europe
  2. Northern Europe
  3. Southern Europe
  4. Western Europe

Oceania

  1. Australia and New Zealand
  2. Melanesia
  3. Micronesia
  4. Polynesia


Countries which belong to the regions

Africa

Eastern Africa
  1. Burundi
  2. Comoros
  3. Djibouti
  4. Eritrea
  5. Ethiopia
  6. Kenya
  7. Madagascar
  8. Malawi
  9. Mauritius
  10. Mayotte
  11. Mozambique
  12. Réunion
  13. Rwanda
  14. Seychelles
  15. Somalia
  16. Uganda
  17. United Republic of Tanzania
  18. Zambia
  19. Zimbabwe
Middle Africa
  1. Angola
  2. Cameroon
  3. Central African Republic
  4. Chad
  5. Congo
  6. Democratic Republic of the Congo
  7. Equatorial Guinea
  8. Gabon
  9. Sao Tome and Principe
Northern Africa
  1. Algeria
  2. Egypt
  3. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
  4. Morocco
  5. Sudan
  6. Tunisia
  7. Western Sahara
Southern Africa
  1. Botswana
  2. Lesotho
  3. Namibia
  4. South Africa
  5. Swaziland
Western Africa
  1. Benin
  2. Burkina Faso
  3. Cape Verde
  4. Cote d'Ivoire
  5. Gambia
  6. Ghana
  7. Guinea
  8. Guinea-Bissau
  9. Liberia
  10. Mali
  11. Mauritania
  12. Niger
  13. Nigeria
  14. Saint Helena
  15. Senegal
  16. Sierra Leone
  17. Togo

Americas

Latin America and the Caribbean
  1. Caribbean
  2. Anguilla
  3. Antigua and Barbuda
  4. Aruba
  5. Bahamas
  6. Barbados
  7. British Virgin Islands
  8. Cayman Islands
  9. Cuba
  10. Dominica
  11. Dominican Republic
  12. Grenada
  13. Guadeloupe
  14. Haiti
  15. Jamaica
  16. Martinique
  17. Montserrat
  18. Netherlands Antilles
  19. Puerto Rico
  20. Saint-Barthélemy
  21. Saint Kitts and Nevis
  22. Saint Lucia
  23. Saint Martin (French part)
  24. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  25. Trinidad and Tobago
  26. Turks and Caicos Islands
  27. United States Virgin Islands
Central America
  1. Belize
  2. Costa Rica
  3. El Salvador
  4. Guatemala
  5. Honduras
  6. Mexico
  7. Nicaragua
  8. Panama
South America
  1. Argentina
  2. Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
  3. Brazil
  4. Chile
  5. Colombia
  6. Ecuador
  7. Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
  8. French Guiana
  9. Guyana
  10. Paraguay
  11. Peru
  12. Suriname
  13. Uruguay

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Northern America
  1. Bermuda
  2. Canada
  3. Greenland
  4. Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  5. United States of America

Asia

  1. Central Asia
  2. Kazakhstan
  3. Kyrgyzstan
  4. Tajikistan
  5. Turkmenistan
  6. Uzbekistan
Eastern Asia
  1. China
  2. China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
  3. China, Macao Special Administrative Region
  4. Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  5. Japan
  6. Mongolia
  7. Republic of Korea
Southern Asia
  1. Afghanistan
  2. Bangladesh
  3. Bhutan
  4. India
  5. Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  6. Maldives
  7. Nepal
  8. Pakistan
  9. Sri Lanka
South-Eastern Asia
  1. Brunei Darussalam
  2. Cambodia
  3. Indonesia
  4. Lao People's Democratic Republic
  5. Malaysia
  6. Myanmar
  7. Philippines
  8. Singapore
  9. Thailand
  10. Timor-Leste
  11. Viet Nam
Western Asia
  1. Armenia
  2. Azerbaijan
  3. Bahrain
  4. Cyprus
  5. Georgia
  6. Iraq
  7. Israel
  8. Jordan
  9. Kuwait
  10. Lebanon
  11. Occupied Palestinian Territory
  12. Oman
  13. Qatar
  14. Saudi Arabia
  15. Syrian Arab Republic
  16. Turkey
  17. United Arab Emirates
  18. Yemen

Europe

  1. Eastern Europe
  2. Belarus
  3. Bulgaria
  4. Czech Republic
  5. Hungary
  6. Poland
  7. Republic of Moldova
  8. Romania
  9. Russian Federation
  10. Slovakia
  11. Ukraine
Northern Europe
  1. Åland Islands
  2. Channel Islands
  3. Denmark
  4. Estonia
  5. Faeroe Islands
  6. Finland
  7. Guernsey
  8. Iceland
  9. Ireland
  10. Isle of Man
  11. Jersey
  12. Latvia
  13. Lithuania
  14. Norway
  15. Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
  16. Sweden
  17. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Southern Europe
  1. Albania
  2. Andorra
  3. Bosnia and Herzegovina
  4. Croatia
  5. Gibraltar
  6. Greece
  7. Holy See
  8. Italy
  9. Malta
  10. Montenegro
  11. Portugal
  12. San Marino
  13. Serbia
  14. Slovenia
  15. Spain
  16. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Western Europe
  1. Austria
  2. Belgium
  3. France
  4. Germany
  5. Liechtenstein
  6. Luxembourg
  7. Monaco
  8. Netherlands
  9. Switzerland

Oceania

  1. Australia and New Zealand
  2. Australia
  3. New Zealand
  4. Norfolk Island
Melanesia
  1. Fiji
  2. New Caledonia
  3. Papua New Guinea
  4. Solomon Islands
  5. Vanuatu
Micronesia
  1. Guam
  2. Kiribati
  3. Marshall Islands
  4. Micronesia (Federated States of)
  5. Nauru
  6. Northern Mariana Islands
  7. Palau
Polynesia
  1. American Samoa
  2. Cook Islands
  3. French Polynesia
  4. Niue
  5. Pitcairn
  6. Samoa
  7. Tokelau
  8. Tonga
  9. Tuvalu
  10. Wallis and Futuna Islands

Developed and developing regions

  1. Developing regions
  2. Africa
  3. Americas excluding Northern America
  4. Caribbean
  5. Central America
  6. South America
  7. Asia excluding Japan
  8. Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand


Developed regions
  1. Northern America
  2. Europe
  3. Japan
  4. Australia and New Zealand
Least developed countries
  1. Afghanistan
  2. Angola
  3. Bangladesh
  4. Benin
  5. Bhutan
  6. Burkina Faso
  7. Burundi
  8. Cambodia
  9. Central African Republic
  10. Chad
  11. Comoros
  12. Democratic Republic of the Congo
  13. Djibouti
  14. Equatorial Guinea
  15. Eritrea
  16. Ethiopia
  17. Gambia
  18. Guinea
  19. Guinea Bissau
  20. Haiti
  21. Kiribati
  22. Lao People's Democratic Republic
  23. Lesotho
  24. Liberia
  25. Madagascar
  26. Malawi
  27. Maldives
  28. Mali
  29. Mauritania
  30. Mozambique
  31. Myanmar
  32. Nepal
  33. Niger
  34. Rwanda
  35. Samoa
  36. Sao Tome and Principe
  37. Senegal
  38. Sierra Leone
  39. Solomon Islands
  40. Somalia
  41. Sudan
  42. Timor-Leste
  43. Togo
  44. Tuvalu
  45. Uganda
  46. United Republic of Tanzania
  47. Vanuatu
  48. Yemen
  49. Zambia

Landlocked developing countries

  1. Afghanistan
  2. Armenia
  3. Azerbaijan
  4. Bhutan
  5. Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
  6. Botswana
  7. Burkina Faso
  8. Burundi
  9. Central African Republic
  10. Chad
  11. Ethiopia
  12. Kazakhstan
  13. Kyrgyzstan
  14. Lao People's Democratic Republic
  15. Lesotho
  16. Malawi
  17. Mali
  18. Mongolia
  19. Nepal
  20. Niger
  21. Paraguay
  22. Republic of Moldova
  23. Rwanda
  24. Swaziland
  25. Tajikistan
  26. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
  27. Turkmenistan
  28. Uganda
  29. Uzbekistan
  30. Zambia
  31. Zimbabwe

Small island developing States

  1. American Samoa
  2. Anguilla
  3. Antigua and Barbuda
  4. Aruba
  5. Bahamas
  6. Barbados
  7. Belize
  8. British Virgin Islands
  9. Cape Verde
  10. Comoros
  11. Cook Islands
  12. Cuba
  13. Dominica
  14. Dominican Republic
  15. Fiji
  16. French Polynesia
  17. Grenada
  18. Guam
  19. Guinea-Bissau
  20. Guyana
  21. Haiti
  22. Jamaica
  23. Kiribati
  24. Maldives
  25. Marshall Islands
  26. Mauritius
  27. Micronesia (Federated States of)
  28. Montserrat
  29. Nauru
  30. Netherland Antilles
  31. New Caledonia
  32. Niue
  33. Northern Mariana Islands
  34. Palau
  35. Papua New Guinea
  36. Puerto Rico
  37. Saint Kitts and Nevis
  38. Saint Lucia
  39. Samoa
  40. Sao Tome and Principe
  41. Seychelles
  42. Singapore
  43. Solomon Islands
  44. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  45. Suriname
  46. Timor-Leste
  47. Tonga
  48. Trinidad and Tobago
  49. Tuvalu
  50. United States Virgin Islands
  51. Vanuatu

Transition countries

  1. Commonwealth of Independent States
  2. Armenia
  3. Azerbaijan
  4. Belarus
  5. Kazakhstan
  6. Kyrgyzstan
  7. Republic of Moldova
  8. Russian Federation
  9. Tajikistan
  10. Turkmenistan
  11. Ukraine
  12. Uzbekistan

Transition countries of South-Eastern Europe

  1. Albania
  2. Bosnia and Herzegovina
  3. Croatia
  4. Montenegro
  5. Serbia
  6. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
  • The designation sub-Saharan Africa is commonly used to indicate all of Africa except northern Africa, with the Sudan included in sub-Saharan Africa.
  • The continent of North America comprises Northern America , Caribbean , and Central America .
  • There is no established convention for the designation of "developed" and "developing" countries or areas in the United Nations system. In common practice, Japan in Asia, Canada and the United States in northern America, Australia and New Zealand in Oceania, and Europe are considered "developed" regions or areas. In international trade statistics, the Southern African Customs Union is also treated as a developed region and Israel as a developed country; countries emerging from the former Yugoslavia are treated as developing countries; and countries of eastern Europe and of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Europe are not included under either developed or developing regions.
  • "Countries in transition from centrally planned to market economies" is a grouping used for economic analysis.
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