Appendix 2: Countries in the UN Regions and Sub-Regions
AFRICA
Eastern Africa
Burundi
Comoros
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mozambique
Reunion
Rwanda
Seychelles
Somalia
Uganda
United Republic of Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Middle Africa
Angola
Cameroon
Central African
Republic
Chad
Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
São Tomé and Principe
Northern Africa
Algeria
Egypt
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Morocco
Sudan
Tunisia
Western Sahara ‡
Southern Africa
Botswana
Lesotho
Namibia
South Africa
Swaziland
Western Africa
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Côte d’Ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
St Helena (UK)
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
ASIA
Eastern Asia
China
China, Hong Kong
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Japan
Macau †
Mongolia
Republic of Korea
South-Central Asia
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
South-Eastern Asia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
East Timor
Indonesia
Lao People’s Democratic
Republic
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Viet Nam
Western Asia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Cyprus
Gaza Strip
Georgia
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syrian Arab Republic
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
EUROPE
Eastern Europe
Belarus
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Hungary
Poland
Republic of Moldova
Romania
Russian Federation
Slovakia
Ukraine
Northern Europe
Channel Islands (UK)
Denmark
Estonia
Faeroe Islands (DK)
Finland
Iceland
Ireland
Isle of Man (UK)
Latvia
Lithuania
Norway
Sweden
United Kingdom
Southern Europe
Albania
Andorra
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Gibraltar (UK)
Greece
Holy See
Italy
Malta
Portugal
San Marino
Slovenia
Spain
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Yugoslavia
Western Europe
Austria
Belgium
France
Germany
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Monaco
Netherlands
Switzerland
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Caribbean
Anguila (UK)
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba (NE)
Bahamas
Barbados
British Virgin Island (UK)
Cayman Islands (UK)
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guadeloupe (F)
Haiti
Jamaica
Martinique (F)
Monserrat (UK)
Netherlands Antilles (NE)
Puerto Rico (US)
St Kitts and Nevis
St Lucia
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
US Virgin Islands (US)
Central America
Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
South America
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (UK)
French Guiana (F)
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
NORTHERN AMERICA
Bermuda (UK)
Canada
Greenland
St Pierre and Miquelon (F)
United States of America
OCEANIA
Australia-New Zealand
Australia
New Zealand
Melanesia
Fiji
New Caledonia
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu
Micronesia
Guam (US)
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Nauru
Northern Mariana Islands (US)
Palau
Polynesia
American Samoa (US)
Cook Islands
French Polynesia (F)
Niue
Pitcairn (NZ)
Western Samoa
Tokelau (NZ)
Tonga
Tuvalu (UK)
Wallis and Futuna Islands (F)
Source: 1. Notes: F = overseas departments of France, French territorial collectivity; UK = UK crown dependent territory; British colony, or British protectorate; US = United States of America; † = overseas territory of Portugal; ‡ = recognized by the Organization of African Unity; DK = Kingdom of Denmark; NE = Netherlands; and NZ = overseas territory of New Zealand.
REFERENCE
| 1. United Nations (1998) World Population Projects 1950-2050 (The 1998 Revision). New York: UN. |