List of Countries by Continent

Source	United Nations Statistics Division
Date	22 Oct 2019

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The list of countries or areas contains the names of countries or areas in alphabetical order, their three-digit numerical codes used for statistical processing purposes by the Statistics Division of the United Nations Secretariat, and their three-digit alphabetical codes assigned by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). In general, this list of countries or areas includes those countries or areas for which statistical data are compiled by the Statistics Division of the United Nations Secretariat.

The names of countries or areas refer to their short form used in day-to-day operations of the United Nations and not necessarily to their official name as used in formal documents. These names are based on the United Nations Terminology Database (UNTERM). The designations employed and the presentation of material at this site do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

The list of geographic regions presents the composition of geographical regions used by the Statistics Division in its publications and databases. Each country or area is shown in one region only. These geographic regions are based on continental regions; which are further subdivided into sub-regions and intermediary regions drawn as to obtain greater homogeneity in sizes of population, demographic circumstances and accuracy of demographic statistics.

North America : The continent of North America (numerical code 003) comprises Northern America (numerical code 021), Caribbean (numerical code 029), and Central America (numerical code 013).

Kosovo : The status of Kosovo should be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999). As a result, within the "Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49)", Kosovo is currently considered part of Serbia (numerical code 688). However, for strictly statistical purposes, the numerical code 412 can be used to represent this area.

Taiwan Province of China : On the 25th October 1971, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution (2758) to recognize the representatives of the Government of the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate representatives of China to the United Nations. As a result, within the M49, Taiwan Province of China is considered part of China (numerical code 156). However, for strictly statistical purposes, the numerical code 158 can be used to represent this area.

Geographical regions
Region				M49 code	Total
World				001	249
	Africa			002	60
		Northern Africa		015	7
		Sub-Saharan Africa		202	53
			Eastern Africa	014	22
			Middle Africa	017	9
			Southern Africa	018	5
			Western Africa	011	17
	Americas			019	57
		Latin America and the Caribbean		419	52
			Caribbean	029	28
			Central America	013	8
			South America	005	16
		Northern America		021	5
	Antarctica			010	1
	Asia			142	50
		Central Asia		143	5
		Eastern Asia		030	7
		South-eastern Asia		035	11
		Southern Asia		034	9
		Western Asia		145	18
	Europe			150	52
		Eastern Europe		151	10
		Northern Europe		154	17
			Channel Islands	830	3
		Southern Europe		039	16
		Western Europe		155	9
	Oceania			009	29
		Australia and New Zealand		053	6
		Melanesia		054	5
		Micronesia		057	8
		Polynesia		061	10

Countries or Areas
No	Country or Area	ISO-alpha3 Code	M49 Code	Region 1	Region 2	Continent
1	Afghanistan	AFG	004	Southern Asia		Asia
2	Åland Islands	ALA	248	Northern Europe		Europe
3	Albania	ALB	008	Southern Europe		Europe
4	Algeria	DZA	012	Northern Africa		Africa
5	American Samoa	ASM	016	Polynesia		Oceania
6	Andorra	AND	020	Southern Europe		Europe
7	Angola	AGO	024	Middle Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
8	Anguilla	AIA	660	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
9	Antarctica	ATA	010	Antarctica		Antarctica
10	Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	028	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
11	Argentina	ARG	032	South America	Latin America and the Caribbean	South America
12	Armenia	ARM	051	Western Asia		Asia
13	Aruba	ABW	533	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
14	Australia	AUS	036	Australia and New Zealand		Oceania
15	Austria	AUT	040	Western Europe		Europe
16	Azerbaijan	AZE	031	Western Asia		Asia
17	Bahamas	BHS	044	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
18	Bahrain	BHR	048	Western Asia		Asia
19	Bangladesh	BGD	050	Southern Asia		Asia
20	Barbados	BRB	052	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
21	Belarus	BLR	112	Eastern Europe		Europe
22	Belgium	BEL	056	Western Europe		Europe
23	Belize	BLZ	084	Central America	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
24	Benin	BEN	204	Western Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
25	Bermuda	BMU	060	Northern America		North America
26	Bhutan	BTN	064	Southern Asia		Asia
27	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	BOL	068	South America	Latin America and the Caribbean	South America
28	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	BES	535	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
29	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	070	Southern Europe		Europe
30	Botswana	BWA	072	Southern Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
31	Bouvet Island	BVT	074	South America	Latin America and the Caribbean	South America
32	Brazil	BRA	076	South America	Latin America and the Caribbean	South America
33	British Indian Ocean Territory	IOT	086	Eastern Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
34	British Virgin Islands	VGB	092	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
35	Brunei Darussalam	BRN	096	South-eastern Asia		Asia
36	Bulgaria	BGR	100	Eastern Europe		Europe
37	Burkina Faso	BFA	854	Western Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
38	Burundi	BDI	108	Eastern Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
39	Cabo Verde	CPV	132	Western Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
40	Cambodia	KHM	116	South-eastern Asia		Asia
41	Cameroon	CMR	120	Middle Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
42	Canada	CAN	124	Northern America		North America
43	Cayman Islands	CYM	136	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
44	Central African Republic	CAF	140	Middle Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
45	Chad	TCD	148	Middle Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
46	Chile	CHL	152	South America	Latin America and the Caribbean	South America
47	China	CHN	156	Eastern Asia		Asia
48	China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region	HKG	344	Eastern Asia		Asia
49	China, Macao Special Administrative Region	MAC	446	Eastern Asia		Asia
50	Christmas Island	CXR	162	Australia and New Zealand		Oceania
51	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	CCK	166	Australia and New Zealand		Oceania
52	Colombia	COL	170	South America	Latin America and the Caribbean	South America
53	Comoros	COM	174	Eastern Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
54	Congo	COG	178	Middle Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
55	Cook Islands	COK	184	Polynesia		Oceania
56	Costa Rica	CRI	188	Central America	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
57	Côte d’Ivoire	CIV	384	Western Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
58	Croatia	HRV	191	Southern Europe		Europe
59	Cuba	CUB	192	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
60	Curaçao	CUW	531	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
61	Cyprus	CYP	196	Western Asia		Asia
62	Czechia	CZE	203	Eastern Europe		Europe
63	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	PRK	408	Eastern Asia		Asia
64	Democratic Republic of the Congo	COD	180	Middle Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
65	Denmark	DNK	208	Northern Europe		Europe
66	Djibouti	DJI	262	Eastern Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
67	Dominica	DMA	212	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
68	Dominican Republic	DOM	214	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
69	Ecuador	ECU	218	South America	Latin America and the Caribbean	South America
70	Egypt	EGY	818	Northern Africa		Africa
71	El Salvador	SLV	222	Central America	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
72	Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	226	Middle Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
73	Eritrea	ERI	232	Eastern Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
74	Estonia	EST	233	Northern Europe		Europe
75	Eswatini	SWZ	748	Southern Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
76	Ethiopia	ETH	231	Eastern Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
77	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	FLK	238	South America	Latin America and the Caribbean	South America
78	Faroe Islands	FRO	234	Northern Europe		Europe
79	Fiji	FJI	242	Melanesia		Oceania
80	Finland	FIN	246	Northern Europe		Europe
81	France	FRA	250	Western Europe		Europe
82	French Guiana	GUF	254	South America	Latin America and the Caribbean	South America
83	French Polynesia	PYF	258	Polynesia		Oceania
84	French Southern Territories	ATF	260	Eastern Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
85	Gabon	GAB	266	Middle Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
86	Gambia	GMB	270	Western Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
87	Georgia	GEO	268	Western Asia		Asia
88	Germany	DEU	276	Western Europe		Europe
89	Ghana	GHA	288	Western Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
90	Gibraltar	GIB	292	Southern Europe		Europe
91	Greece	GRC	300	Southern Europe		Europe
92	Greenland	GRL	304	Northern America		North America
93	Grenada	GRD	308	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
94	Guadeloupe	GLP	312	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
95	Guam	GUM	316	Micronesia		Oceania
96	Guatemala	GTM	320	Central America	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
97	Guernsey	GGY	831	Northern Europe	Channel Islands	Europe
98	Guinea	GIN	324	Western Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
99	Guinea-Bissau	GNB	624	Western Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
100	Guyana	GUY	328	South America	Latin America and the Caribbean	South America
101	Haiti	HTI	332	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
102	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	HMD	334	Australia and New Zealand		Oceania
103	Holy See	VAT	336	Southern Europe		Europe
104	Honduras	HND	340	Central America	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
105	Hungary	HUN	348	Eastern Europe		Europe
106	Iceland	ISL	352	Northern Europe		Europe
107	India	IND	356	Southern Asia		Asia
108	Indonesia	IDN	360	South-eastern Asia		Asia
109	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	IRN	364	Southern Asia		Asia
110	Iraq	IRQ	368	Western Asia		Asia
111	Ireland	IRL	372	Northern Europe		Europe
112	Isle of Man	IMN	833	Northern Europe		Europe
113	Israel	ISR	376	Western Asia		Asia
114	Italy	ITA	380	Southern Europe		Europe
115	Jamaica	JAM	388	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
116	Japan	JPN	392	Eastern Asia		Asia
117	Jersey	JEY	832	Northern Europe	Channel Islands	Europe
118	Jordan	JOR	400	Western Asia		Asia
119	Kazakhstan	KAZ	398	Central Asia		Asia
120	Kenya	KEN	404	Eastern Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
121	Kiribati	KIR	296	Micronesia		Oceania
122	Kuwait	KWT	414	Western Asia		Asia
123	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	417	Central Asia		Asia
124	Lao People's Democratic Republic	LAO	418	South-eastern Asia		Asia
125	Latvia	LVA	428	Northern Europe		Europe
126	Lebanon	LBN	422	Western Asia		Asia
127	Lesotho	LSO	426	Southern Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
128	Liberia	LBR	430	Western Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
129	Libya	LBY	434	Northern Africa		Africa
130	Liechtenstein	LIE	438	Western Europe		Europe
131	Lithuania	LTU	440	Northern Europe		Europe
132	Luxembourg	LUX	442	Western Europe		Europe
133	Madagascar	MDG	450	Eastern Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
134	Malawi	MWI	454	Eastern Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
135	Malaysia	MYS	458	South-eastern Asia		Asia
136	Maldives	MDV	462	Southern Asia		Asia
137	Mali	MLI	466	Western Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
138	Malta	MLT	470	Southern Europe		Europe
139	Marshall Islands	MHL	584	Micronesia		Oceania
140	Martinique	MTQ	474	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
141	Mauritania	MRT	478	Western Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
142	Mauritius	MUS	480	Eastern Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
143	Mayotte	MYT	175	Eastern Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
144	Mexico	MEX	484	Central America	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
145	Micronesia (Federated States of)	FSM	583	Micronesia		Oceania
146	Monaco	MCO	492	Western Europe		Europe
147	Mongolia	MNG	496	Eastern Asia		Asia
148	Montenegro	MNE	499	Southern Europe		Europe
149	Montserrat	MSR	500	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
150	Morocco	MAR	504	Northern Africa		Africa
151	Mozambique	MOZ	508	Eastern Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
152	Myanmar	MMR	104	South-eastern Asia		Asia
153	Namibia	NAM	516	Southern Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
154	Nauru	NRU	520	Micronesia		Oceania
155	Nepal	NPL	524	Southern Asia		Asia
156	Netherlands	NLD	528	Western Europe		Europe
157	New Caledonia	NCL	540	Melanesia		Oceania
158	New Zealand	NZL	554	Australia and New Zealand		Oceania
159	Nicaragua	NIC	558	Central America	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
160	Niger	NER	562	Western Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
161	Nigeria	NGA	566	Western Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
162	Niue	NIU	570	Polynesia		Oceania
163	Norfolk Island	NFK	574	Australia and New Zealand		Oceania
164	North Macedonia	MKD	807	Southern Europe		Europe
165	Northern Mariana Islands	MNP	580	Micronesia		Oceania
166	Norway	NOR	578	Northern Europe		Europe
167	Oman	OMN	512	Western Asia		Asia
168	Pakistan	PAK	586	Southern Asia		Asia
169	Palau	PLW	585	Micronesia		Oceania
170	Panama	PAN	591	Central America	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
171	Papua New Guinea	PNG	598	Melanesia		Oceania
172	Paraguay	PRY	600	South America	Latin America and the Caribbean	South America
173	Peru	PER	604	South America	Latin America and the Caribbean	South America
174	Philippines	PHL	608	South-eastern Asia		Asia
175	Pitcairn	PCN	612	Polynesia		Oceania
176	Poland	POL	616	Eastern Europe		Europe
177	Portugal	PRT	620	Southern Europe		Europe
178	Puerto Rico	PRI	630	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
179	Qatar	QAT	634	Western Asia		Asia
180	Republic of Korea	KOR	410	Eastern Asia		Asia
181	Republic of Moldova	MDA	498	Eastern Europe		Europe
182	Réunion	REU	638	Eastern Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
183	Romania	ROU	642	Eastern Europe		Europe
184	Russian Federation	RUS	643	Eastern Europe		Europe
185	Rwanda	RWA	646	Eastern Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
186	Saint Barthélemy	BLM	652	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
187	Saint Helena	SHN	654	Western Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
188	Saint Kitts and Nevis	KNA	659	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
189	Saint Lucia	LCA	662	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
190	Saint Martin (French Part)	MAF	663	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
191	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	SPM	666	Northern America		North America
192	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	VCT	670	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
193	Samoa	WSM	882	Polynesia		Oceania
194	San Marino	SMR	674	Southern Europe		Europe
195	Sao Tome and Principe	STP	678	Middle Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
196	Sark		680	Northern Europe	Channel Islands	Europe
197	Saudi Arabia	SAU	682	Western Asia		Asia
198	Senegal	SEN	686	Western Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
199	Serbia	SRB	688	Southern Europe		Europe
200	Seychelles	SYC	690	Eastern Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
201	Sierra Leone	SLE	694	Western Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
202	Singapore	SGP	702	South-eastern Asia		Asia
203	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	SXM	534	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
204	Slovakia	SVK	703	Eastern Europe		Europe
205	Slovenia	SVN	705	Southern Europe		Europe
206	Solomon Islands	SLB	090	Melanesia		Oceania
207	Somalia	SOM	706	Eastern Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
208	South Africa	ZAF	710	Southern Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
209	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	SGS	239	South America	Latin America and the Caribbean	South America
210	South Sudan	SSD	728	Eastern Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
211	Spain	ESP	724	Southern Europe		Europe
212	Sri Lanka	LKA	144	Southern Asia		Asia
213	State of Palestine	PSE	275	Western Asia		Asia
214	Sudan	SDN	729	Northern Africa		Africa
215	Suriname	SUR	740	South America	Latin America and the Caribbean	South America
216	Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands	SJM	744	Northern Europe		Europe
217	Sweden	SWE	752	Northern Europe		Europe
218	Switzerland	CHE	756	Western Europe		Europe
219	Syrian Arab Republic	SYR	760	Western Asia		Asia
220	Tajikistan	TJK	762	Central Asia		Asia
221	Thailand	THA	764	South-eastern Asia		Asia
222	Timor-Leste	TLS	626	South-eastern Asia		Asia
223	Togo	TGO	768	Western Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
224	Tokelau	TKL	772	Polynesia		Oceania
225	Tonga	TON	776	Polynesia		Oceania
226	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	780	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
227	Tunisia	TUN	788	Northern Africa		Africa
228	Turkey	TUR	792	Western Asia		Asia
229	Turkmenistan	TKM	795	Central Asia		Asia
230	Turks and Caicos Islands	TCA	796	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
231	Tuvalu	TUV	798	Polynesia		Oceania
232	Uganda	UGA	800	Eastern Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
233	Ukraine	UKR	804	Eastern Europe		Europe
234	United Arab Emirates	ARE	784	Western Asia		Asia
235	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	GBR	826	Northern Europe		Europe
236	United Republic of Tanzania	TZA	834	Eastern Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
237	United States Minor Outlying Islands	UMI	581	Micronesia		Oceania
238	United States of America	USA	840	Northern America		North America
239	United States Virgin Islands	VIR	850	Caribbean	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
240	Uruguay	URY	858	South America	Latin America and the Caribbean	South America
241	Uzbekistan	UZB	860	Central Asia		Asia
242	Vanuatu	VUT	548	Melanesia		Oceania
243	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	VEN	862	South America	Latin America and the Caribbean	South America
244	Viet Nam	VNM	704	South-eastern Asia		Asia
245	Wallis and Futuna Islands	WLF	876	Polynesia		Oceania
246	Western Sahara	ESH	732	Northern Africa		Africa
247	Yemen	YEM	887	Western Asia		Asia
248	Zambia	ZMB	894	Eastern Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa
249	Zimbabwe	ZWE	716	Eastern Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Africa