Regions

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.