Countries and territories of the world Abbreviations Index
Distribution of countries and territories by region DEVELOPING COUNTRIES / TERRITORIES 184 AFRICA 58 North Africa 7 Algeria Egypt Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Sub-Saharan Africa 51 British n Ocean Territory Ghana -Bissau Kenya AMERICA 49 Central America and the Carribean 35 Anguilla Aruba Bermuda British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba n Republic Greenland Guadeloupe South America 14 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) ASIA 49 West Asia 15 Bahrain Cyprus Iran, Islamic Republic of Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Morocco Tunisia Western Sahara Mayotte ia Reunion Saint Helena Somalia South Africa Martinique Antilles Panama Puerto Rico Saint Pierre and Miquelon Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands French Guiana Palestinian territory Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Syrian Arab Republic United Arab Emirates Yemen Central Asia 8 South, East and South-East Asia 26, Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR, Taiwan Province of Korea, Democratic People's Rep. of Korea, Republic of OCEANIA 28 American Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cook Islands French Polynesia Guam Johnston Island Marshall Islands Micronesia, Federated States of Midway Islands Nauru New Caledonia CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE 19 Albania Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Hungary Mongolia Timor-Leste Niue Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Palau Pitcairn Tokelau Tonga Wake Island Wallis and Futuna Islands Macedonia, TFYR Poland Romania Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia DEVELOPED COUNTRIES/TERRITORIES 32 Europe 26 Andorra Denmark Faeroe Islands Gibraltar Holy See Iceland North America 2 Others 4 Australia Israel Liechtenstein Malta Monaco Norway San Marino Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Japan New Zealand 102
Memorandum LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES (LDCS) 50 -Bissau Somalia Timor-Leste* Yemen * Timor-Leste was included among LDCs in 2003. However, the data and charts here do not incorporate figures for Timor-Leste. SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES (SIDS) 29 Marshall Islands Micronesia, Fed. States of Nauru Macedonia, TFYR * Palau Timor-Leste Tonga LANDLOCKED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (LLDCS) 31 * Mongolia * Macedonia, TFYR, and, are classified as countries in Central and Eastern Europe (neither developed nor developing). However, as they are landlocked states, they are also members of this particular grouping. 103
Distribution of countries by trade grouping AFRICA CEPGL 3 (Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries) ECOWAS 15 (Economic Community of West African States Ghana -Bissau ia ECCAS 11 (Economic Community of Central African States) SADC 14 (Southern African Development Community) South Africa COMESA 20 (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa) Egypt Kenya MRU 3 (Mano River Union) CEMAC 6 (Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa) UEMOA 8 (West African Economic and Monetary Union) -Bissau UMA 5 (Arab Maghreb Union) Algeria Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Morocco Tunisia AMERICA ANCOM 5 (Andean Community) CACM 5 (Central American Common Market) CARICOM 15 (Caribbean Community) MERCOSUR 4 (Southern Common Market) OECS 9 (Organization of Eastern Caribbean States) Anguilla British Virgin Islands FTAA 34 (Free Trade Area of the Americas) n Republic Panama NAFTA 3 (North American Free Trade Agreement) LAIA 12 (Latin American Integration Association) Cuba 104
Distribution of countries by trade grouping ASIA Bangkok Agreement 6 Republic of Korea ASEAN 10 (Association of South-East Asian Nations) Lao People s Democratic Republic GCC 6 (Gulf Cooperation Council) Bahrain Kuwait Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates SAARC 7 (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) ECO 10 (Economic Cooperation Organization) Iran, Islamic Republic of MSG 4 (Melanesia Spearhead Group) EUROPE Baltic countries 3 EFTA 3 (European Free Trade Association) Iceland Norway Switzerland EU 15 (European Union) Denmark Sweden United Kingdom Euro Zone (of EU) 12 EU 25 (European Union and countries acceding in 2004) EU 15 Cyprus Czech Republic Hungary Malta Poland Slovakia Slovenia INTERREGIONAL GROUPINGS APEC 21 (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Australia, Hong Kong SAR, Taiwan Province of Japan New Zealand Republic of Korea CIS 12 (Commonwealth of Independent States) Belarus BSEC 11 (Black Sea Economic Cooperation) Albania Bulgaria Romania 105