Regional Groupings of Countries
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- Region 1: Northern America
- Region 2: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Region 3: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Region 4: Northern, Western, and Southern Europe
- Region 5: Eastern Europe, Central and Western Asia, and Northern Africa
- Region 6: Southern Asia
- Region 7: Eastern and South-Eastern Asia
- Region 8: Oceania
Region 1: Northern America
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- Canada
- United States of America
Region 2: Latin America and the Caribbean
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Caribbean (13)
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Commonwealth of The Bahamas
- Barbados
- Republic of Cuba
- Commonwealth of Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Grenada
- Republic of Haiti
- Jamaica
- Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Central America (8)
- Belize
- Republic of Costa Rica
- Republic of El Salvador
- Republic of Guatemala
- Republic of Honduras
- United Mexican States
- Republic Nicaragua
- Republic of Panama
Southern America (12)
- Argentine Republic
- Plurinational State of Bolivia
- Federative Republic of Brazil
- Republic of Chile
- Republic of Colombia
- Republic of Ecuador
- Co-operative Republic of Guyana
- Republic of Paraguay
- Republic of Peru
- Republic of Suriname
- Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Region 3: Sub-Saharan Africa
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Eastern Africa (15)
- Republic of Burundi
- Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- State of Eritrea
- Republic of Kenya
- Republic of Madagascar
- Republic of Malawi
- Republic of Mauritius
- Republic of Mozambique
- Republic of Rwanda
- Republic of Seychelles
- Republic of South Sudan
- United Republic of Tanzania
- Republic of Uganda
- Republic of Zambia
- Republic of Zimbabwe
Middle Africa (9)
- Republic of Angola
- Republic of Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Republic of Chad
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Republic of the Congo
- Republic of Equatorial Guinea
- Gabonese Republic
- Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
Southern Africa (5)
- Republic of Botswana
- Kingdom of Eswatini
- Kingdom of Lesotho
- Republic of Namibia
- Republic of South Africa
Western Africa (16)
- Republic of Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Republic of Cabo Verde
- Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
- Republic of the Gambia
- Republic of Ghana
- Republic of Guinea
- Republic of Guinea-Bissau
- Republic of Liberia
- Republic of Mali
- Republic of the Niger
- Federal Republic of Nigeria
- Republic of Senegal
- Republic of Sierra Leone
- Togolese Republic
- Western Sahara
Region 4: Northern, Western, and Southern Europe
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Northern Europe (11)
- Channel Islands
- Denmark
- Republic of Estonia
- Republic of Finland
- Iceland
- Republic of Ireland
- Republic of Lithuania
- Republic of Latvia
- Kingdom of Norway
- Sweden
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Western Europe (9)
- Republic of Austria
- Kingdom of Belgium
- French Republic
- Federal Republic of Germany
- Principality of Liechtenstein
- Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
- Principality of Monaco
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Swiss Confederation
Southern Europe (7)
- Principality of Andorra
- Hellenic Republic
- Italian Republic
- Republic of Malta
- Portuguese Republic
- Republic of San Marino
- Kingdom of Spain
Region 5: Eastern Europe, Central and Western Asia, and Northern Africa
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Eastern Europe (22)
- Republic of Albania
- Republic of Armenia
- Republic of Azerbaijan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Republic of Belarus
- Republic of Bulgaria
- Republic of Croatia
- Republic of Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Georgia
- Hungary
- Republic of Moldova
- Montenegro
- Republic of North Macedonia
- Republic of Poland
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Republic of Serbia
- Slovak Republic
- Republic of Slovenia
- Republic of Türkiye
- Ukraine
Central Asia (5)
- Republic of Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyz Republic
- Republic of Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Republic of Uzbekistan
Northern Africa (10)
- People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
- Republic of Djibouti
- Arab Republic of Egypt
- State of Israel
- State of Libya
- Islamic Republic of Mauritania
- Kingdom of Morocco
- Federal Republic of Somalia
- Republic of the Sudan
- Republic of Tunisia
Western Asia (12)
- Kingdom of Bahrain
- Republic of Iraq
- Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- Islamic Republic of Iran
- State of Kuwait
- Republic of Lebanon
- Sultanate of Oman
- State of Palestine
- State of Qatar
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Syrian Arab Republic
- United Arab Emirates
- Republic of Yemen
Other (1)
- Union of Comoros
Region 6: Southern Asia
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Southern Asia (9)
- Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
- People's Republic of Bangladesh
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Republic of India
- Republic of Maldives
- Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
- Republic of Pakistan
- Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Region 7: Eastern and South-Eastern Asia
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Eastern Asia (8)
- People's Republic of China
- Republic of China
- Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
- Japan
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Republic of Korea
- Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
- Mongolia
South-Eastern Asia (11)
- Brunei
- Kingdom of Cambodia
- Republic of Indonesia
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Malaysia
- Republic of the Union of Myanmar
- Republic of the Philippines
- Republic of Singapore
- Kingdom of Thailand
- Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
- Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Region 8: Oceania
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Australia and New Zealand (3)
- Commonwealth of Australia
- Norfolk Island
- New Zealand
Melanesia (4)
- Republic of Fiji
- Papua New Guinea
- Solomon Islands
- Republic of Vanuatu
Micronesia (5)
- Republic of Kiribati
- Republic of the Marshall Islands
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Republic of Nauru
- Republic of Palau
Polynesia (5)
- Cook Islands
- Niue
- Independent State of Samoa
- Kingdom of Tonga
- Tuvalu