Regional Groupings of Countries

June 21, 2024

Regional Groupings of Countries

Table of Contents

  1. Region 1: Northern America
  2. Region 2: Latin America and the Caribbean
  3. Region 3: Sub-Saharan Africa
  4. Region 4: Northern, Western, and Southern Europe
  5. Region 5: Eastern Europe, Central and Western Asia, and Northern Africa
  6. Region 6: Southern Asia
  7. Region 7: Eastern and South-Eastern Asia
  8. Region 8: Oceania

Region 1: Northern America

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  1. Canada
  2. United States of America

Region 2: Latin America and the Caribbean

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Caribbean (13)

  1. Antigua and Barbuda
  2. Commonwealth of The Bahamas
  3. Barbados
  4. Republic of Cuba
  5. Commonwealth of Dominica
  6. Dominican Republic
  7. Grenada
  8. Republic of Haiti
  9. Jamaica
  10. Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis
  11. Saint Lucia
  12. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  13. Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

Central America (8)

  1. Belize
  2. Republic of Costa Rica
  3. Republic of El Salvador
  4. Republic of Guatemala
  5. Republic of Honduras
  6. United Mexican States
  7. Republic Nicaragua
  8. Republic of Panama

Southern America (12)

  1. Argentine Republic
  2. Plurinational State of Bolivia
  3. Federative Republic of Brazil
  4. Republic of Chile
  5. Republic of Colombia
  6. Republic of Ecuador
  7. Co-operative Republic of Guyana
  8. Republic of Paraguay
  9. Republic of Peru
  10. Republic of Suriname
  11. Oriental Republic of Uruguay
  12. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Region 3: Sub-Saharan Africa

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Eastern Africa (15)

  1. Republic of Burundi
  2. Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
  3. State of Eritrea
  4. Republic of Kenya
  5. Republic of Madagascar
  6. Republic of Malawi
  7. Republic of Mauritius
  8. Republic of Mozambique
  9. Republic of Rwanda
  10. Republic of Seychelles
  11. Republic of South Sudan
  12. United Republic of Tanzania
  13. Republic of Uganda
  14. Republic of Zambia
  15. Republic of Zimbabwe

Middle Africa (9)

  1. Republic of Angola
  2. Republic of Cameroon
  3. Central African Republic
  4. Republic of Chad
  5. Democratic Republic of the Congo
  6. Republic of the Congo
  7. Republic of Equatorial Guinea
  8. Gabonese Republic
  9. Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe

Southern Africa (5)

  1. Republic of Botswana
  2. Kingdom of Eswatini
  3. Kingdom of Lesotho
  4. Republic of Namibia
  5. Republic of South Africa

Western Africa (16)

  1. Republic of Benin
  2. Burkina Faso
  3. Republic of Cabo Verde
  4. Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
  5. Republic of the Gambia
  6. Republic of Ghana
  7. Republic of Guinea
  8. Republic of Guinea-Bissau
  9. Republic of Liberia
  10. Republic of Mali
  11. Republic of the Niger
  12. Federal Republic of Nigeria
  13. Republic of Senegal
  14. Republic of Sierra Leone
  15. Togolese Republic
  16. Western Sahara

Region 4: Northern, Western, and Southern Europe

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Northern Europe (11)

  1. Channel Islands
  2. Denmark
  3. Republic of Estonia
  4. Republic of Finland
  5. Iceland
  6. Republic of Ireland
  7. Republic of Lithuania
  8. Republic of Latvia
  9. Kingdom of Norway
  10. Sweden
  11. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Western Europe (9)

  1. Republic of Austria
  2. Kingdom of Belgium
  3. French Republic
  4. Federal Republic of Germany
  5. Principality of Liechtenstein
  6. Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
  7. Principality of Monaco
  8. Kingdom of the Netherlands
  9. Swiss Confederation

Southern Europe (7)

  1. Principality of Andorra
  2. Hellenic Republic
  3. Italian Republic
  4. Republic of Malta
  5. Portuguese Republic
  6. Republic of San Marino
  7. Kingdom of Spain

Region 5: Eastern Europe, Central and Western Asia, and Northern Africa

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Eastern Europe (22)

  1. Republic of Albania
  2. Republic of Armenia
  3. Republic of Azerbaijan
  4. Bosnia and Herzegovina
  5. Republic of Belarus
  6. Republic of Bulgaria
  7. Republic of Croatia
  8. Republic of Cyprus
  9. Czech Republic
  10. Georgia
  11. Hungary
  12. Republic of Moldova
  13. Montenegro
  14. Republic of North Macedonia
  15. Republic of Poland
  16. Romania
  17. Russian Federation
  18. Republic of Serbia
  19. Slovak Republic
  20. Republic of Slovenia
  21. Republic of Türkiye
  22. Ukraine

Central Asia (5)

  1. Republic of Kazakhstan
  2. Kyrgyz Republic
  3. Republic of Tajikistan
  4. Turkmenistan
  5. Republic of Uzbekistan

Northern Africa (10)

  1. People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
  2. Republic of Djibouti
  3. Arab Republic of Egypt
  4. State of Israel
  5. State of Libya
  6. Islamic Republic of Mauritania
  7. Kingdom of Morocco
  8. Federal Republic of Somalia
  9. Republic of the Sudan
  10. Republic of Tunisia

Western Asia (12)

  1. Kingdom of Bahrain
  2. Republic of Iraq
  3. Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
  4. Islamic Republic of Iran
  5. State of Kuwait
  6. Republic of Lebanon
  7. Sultanate of Oman
  8. State of Palestine
  9. State of Qatar
  10. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  11. Syrian Arab Republic
  12. United Arab Emirates
  13. Republic of Yemen

Other (1)

  1. Union of Comoros

Region 6: Southern Asia

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Southern Asia (9)

  1. Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
  2. People's Republic of Bangladesh
  3. Kingdom of Bhutan
  4. Republic of India
  5. Republic of Maldives
  6. Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
  7. Republic of Pakistan
  8. Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Region 7: Eastern and South-Eastern Asia

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Eastern Asia (8)

  1. People's Republic of China
  2. Republic of China
  3. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
  4. Japan
  5. Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  6. Republic of Korea
  7. Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
  8. Mongolia

South-Eastern Asia (11)

  1. Brunei
  2. Kingdom of Cambodia
  3. Republic of Indonesia
  4. Lao People's Democratic Republic
  5. Malaysia
  6. Republic of the Union of Myanmar
  7. Republic of the Philippines
  8. Republic of Singapore
  9. Kingdom of Thailand
  10. Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
  11. Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Region 8: Oceania

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Australia and New Zealand (3)

  1. Commonwealth of Australia
  2. Norfolk Island
  3. New Zealand

Melanesia (4)

  1. Republic of Fiji
  2. Papua New Guinea
  3. Solomon Islands
  4. Republic of Vanuatu

Micronesia (5)

  1. Republic of Kiribati
  2. Republic of the Marshall Islands
  3. Federated States of Micronesia
  4. Republic of Nauru
  5. Republic of Palau

Polynesia (5)

  1. Cook Islands
  2. Niue
  3. Independent State of Samoa
  4. Kingdom of Tonga
  5. Tuvalu