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NOTES:
Countries or areas with a population of less than 100,000 in 2009
are indicated by an asterisk (*).
The designations employed and the material in this publication
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 or area or its
authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or
boundaries. The designation "more developed" and "less
developed" regions are intended for statistical convenience and
do not necessarily express a judgment about the stage reached by
a particular country or area in the development process. The
term "country" as used in this publication also refers, as
appropriate, to territories or areas.
More developed regions: They comprise all regions of Europe
plus Northern America, Australia/New Zealand and Japan (see definition
of regions).
Less developed regions: They comprise all regions of Africa,
Asia (excluding Japan), Latin America and the Caribbean plus Melanesia,
Micronesia and Polynesia (see definition of regions).
Least developed countries: The group of least developed
countries, as defined by the United Nations General Assembly
in its resolutions (59/209, 59/210 and 60/33) in
2007, comprises 49 countries, of which 33 are in Africa, 10 in
Asia, 1 in Latin America and the Caribbean, and 5 in Oceania.
The group includes 49 countries - Afghanistan, Angola,
Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic
of the Congo,
Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia,
Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Lao People's Democratic
Republic, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali,
Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, São Tomé
and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia,
Sudan, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Republic of
Tanzania,
Vanuatu, Yemen and Zambia. These countries are also included in
the less developed regions.
| Africa |
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Eastern
Africa |
Burundi |
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Comoros
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Djibouti |
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Eritrea |
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Ethiopia |
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Kenya |
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Madagascar |
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Malawi |
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Mauritius
[1] |
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Mayotte |
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Mozambique |
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Réunion |
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Rwanda |
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Seychelles* |
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Somalia |
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Uganda |
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United Republic of Tanzania |
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Zambia |
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Zimbabwe |
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Middle
Africa |
Angola |
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Cameroon |
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Central African Republic |
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Chad |
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Congo |
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Democratic Republic of the Congo |
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Equatorial Guinea |
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Gabon |
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São Tomé and Príncipe |
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Northern
Africa |
Algeria |
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Egypt |
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Libyan
Arab Jamahiriya |
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Morocco |
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Sudan |
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Tunisia |
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Western Sahara |
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Southern
Africa |
Botswana |
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Lesotho |
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Namibia |
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South Africa |
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Swaziland |
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Western
Africa |
Benin |
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Burkina
Faso |
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Cape Verde |
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Côte d’Ivoire |
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Gambia |
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Ghana
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Guinea |
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Guinea-Bissau |
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Liberia |
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Mali |
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Mauritania |
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Niger |
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Nigeria |
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St.
Helena
[2] * |
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Senegal |
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Sierra
Leone |
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Togo |
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| Asia |
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Eastern
Asia |
China
[3] |
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China, Hong Kong SAR
[4] |
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China,
Macao SAR
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Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea |
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Japan |
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Mongolia |
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Republic of Korea |
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South-central
Asia
[6] |
Afghanistan |
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Bangladesh |
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Bhutan |
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India |
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Iran
(Islamic Republic of) |
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Kazakhstan |
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Kyrgyzstan |
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Maldives |
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Nepal |
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Pakistan |
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Sri
Lanka |
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Tajikistan |
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Turkmenistan |
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Uzbekistan |
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South-eastern
Asia |
Brunei Darussalam |
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Cambodia |
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Indonesia |
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Lao
People’s Democratic Republic |
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Malaysia |
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Myanmar |
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Philippines |
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Singapore |
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Thailand |
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Timor-Leste |
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Viet
Nam |
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Western
Asia |
Armenia |
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Azerbaijan |
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Bahrain |
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Cyprus |
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Georgia |
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Iraq |
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Israel |
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Jordan |
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Kuwait |
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Lebanon |
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Occupied
Palestinian Territory |
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Oman |
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Qatar |
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Saudi
Arabia |
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Syrian Arab Republic |
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Turkey |
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United
Arab Emirates |
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Yemen |
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| Europe |
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Eastern
Europe |
Belarus |
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Bulgaria |
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Czech
Republic |
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Hungary |
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Poland |
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Republic of Moldova |
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Romania |
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Russian
Federation |
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Slovakia |
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Ukraine |
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Northern
Europe |
Channel Islands
[7] |
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Denmark |
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Estonia |
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Faeroe
Islands* |
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Finland
[8] |
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Iceland |
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Ireland |
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Isle
of Man* |
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Latvia |
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Lithuania |
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Norway
[9] |
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Sweden |
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [10] |
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Southern
Europe |
Albania |
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Andorra* |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Croatia |
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Gibraltar* |
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Greece |
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Holy
See
[11] * |
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Italy |
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Malta |
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Montenegro |
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Portugal |
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San Marino* |
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Serbia |
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Slovenia |
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Spain |
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The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
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Western
Europe |
Austria |
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Belgium |
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France |
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Germany |
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Liechtenstein* |
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Luxembourg |
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Monaco* |
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Netherlands |
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Switzerland |
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America and the Caribbean |
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Caribbean |
Anguilla* |
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Antigua
and Barbuda* |
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Aruba |
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Bahamas |
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Barbados |
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British
Virgin Islands* |
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Cayman Islands* |
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Cuba |
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Dominica* |
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Dominican
Republic |
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Grenada |
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Guadeloupe |
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Haiti |
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Jamaica |
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Martinique |
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Montserrat* |
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Netherlands
Antilles |
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Puerto
Rico |
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Saint
Kitts and Nevis* |
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Saint Lucia |
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Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
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Turks
and Caicos Islands* |
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United
States Virgin Islands |
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Central
America |
Belize |
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Costa
Rica |
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El Salvador |
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Guatemala |
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Honduras |
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Mexico |
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Nicaragua |
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Panama |
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South
America |
Argentina |
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Bolivia |
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Brazil |
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Chile |
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Colombia |
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Ecuador |
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Falkland
Islands (Malvinas)* |
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French
Guiana |
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Guyana |
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Paraguay |
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Peru |
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Suriname |
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Uruguay |
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Venezuela |
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America |
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Bermuda* |
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Canada |
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Greenland* |
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Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon* |
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United States of America |
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| Oceania |
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Australia/New
Zealand |
Australia
[13] |
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New Zealand |
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Melanesia |
Fiji |
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New Caledonia |
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Papua New Guinea |
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Solomon Islands |
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Vanuatu |
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Micronesia |
Guam |
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Kiribati* |
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Marshall Islands* |
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Micronesia (Federated States of) |
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Nauru* |
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Northern Mariana Islands* |
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Palau* |
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Polynesia |
American Samoa* |
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Cook Islands* |
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French Polynesia |
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Niue* |
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Pitcairn* |
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Samoa |
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Tokelau* |
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Tonga |
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Tuvalu* |
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Wallis and Futuna Islands* |
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| Least
developed countries |
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Afghanistan |
Malawi |
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Angola |
Maldives |
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Bangladesh |
Mali |
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Benin |
Mauritania |
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Bhutan |
Mozambique |
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Burkina
Faso |
Myanmar |
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Burundi |
Nepal |
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Cambodia |
Niger |
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Central
African Republic |
Rwanda |
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Chad |
Samoa |
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Comoros
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São Tomé and Príncipe |
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Democratic
Republic of the Congo |
Senegal |
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Djibouti
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Sierra Leone |
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Equatorial
Guinea |
Solomon Islands |
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Eritrea |
Somalia |
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Ethiopia |
Sudan |
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Gambia |
Timor-Leste |
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Guinea |
Togo |
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Guinea-Bissau |
Tuvalu |
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Haiti |
Uganda |
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Kiribati |
United
Republic of Tanzania |
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Lao
People's Democratic Republic |
Vanuatu |
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Lesotho |
Yemen |
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Liberia |
Zambia |
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Madagascar |
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| Sub-Saharan
Africa |
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Angola |
Malawi |
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Benin |
Mali |
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Botswana |
Mauritania |
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Burkina
Faso |
Mauritius |
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Burundi |
Mayotte |
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Cameroon |
Mozambique |
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Cape
Verde |
Namibia |
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Central
African Republic |
Niger |
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Chad |
Nigeria |
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Comoros |
Réunion |
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Congo |
Rwanda |
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Côte
d'Ivoire |
Saint
Helena |
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Democratic
Republic of the Congo |
São Tomé and Príncipe |
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Djibouti |
Senegal |
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Equatorial
Guinea |
Seychelles |
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Eritrea |
Sierra
Leone |
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Ethiopia |
Somalia
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Gabon |
South
Africa |
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Gambia |
Sudan |
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Ghana |
Swaziland |
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Guinea |
Togo |
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Guinea-Bissau |
Uganda |
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Kenya |
United
Republic of Tanzania |
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Lesotho |
Zambia |
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Liberia |
Zimbabwe |
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Madagascar |
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[1] Including the islands of Agalega, Rodrigues, and Saint Brandon.
[2] Including the islands of Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha.
[3] For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao, Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of China.
[4] As of 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
[5] As of 20 December 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
[6] The regions Southern Asia and Central Asia are combined into South-central Asia.
[7] Refers to Guernsey, and Jersey.
[8] Including Åland Islands.
[9] Including Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.
[10] Also referred to as United Kingdom.
[11] Refers to the Vatican City State.
[12] Also referred to as TFYR Macedonia.
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