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The World's Countries

Continent	Code	Name	Region	Population	Independence	Surface Area
Africa
	DZA	Algeria	Northern Africa	31,471,000	1962	2,381,741
	AGO	Angola	Central Africa	12,878,000	1975	1,246,700
	BEN	Benin	Western Africa	6,097,000	1960	112,622
	BWA	Botswana	Southern Africa	1,622,000	1966	581,730
	IOT	British Indian Ocean Territory	Eastern Africa	0		78
	BFA	Burkina Faso	Western Africa	11,937,000	1960	274,000
	BDI	Burundi	Eastern Africa	6,695,000	1962	27,834
	CMR	Cameroon	Central Africa	15,085,000	1960	475,442
	CPV	Cape Verde	Western Africa	428,000	1975	4,033
	CAF	Central African Republic	Central Africa	3,615,000	1960	622,984
	TCD	Chad	Central Africa	7,651,000	1960	1,284,000
	COM	Comoros	Eastern Africa	578,000	1975	1,862
	COG	Congo	Central Africa	2,943,000	1960	342,000
	COD	Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Central Africa	51,654,000	1960	2,344,858
	CIV	Côte d’Ivoire	Western Africa	14,786,000	1960	322,463
	DJI	Djibouti	Eastern Africa	638,000	1977	23,200
	EGY	Egypt	Northern Africa	68,470,000	1922	1,001,449
	GNQ	Equatorial Guinea	Central Africa	453,000	1968	28,051
	ERI	Eritrea	Eastern Africa	3,850,000	1993	117,600
	ETH	Ethiopia	Eastern Africa	62,565,000	1000 BC	1,104,300
	GAB	Gabon	Central Africa	1,226,000	1960	267,668
	GMB	Gambia	Western Africa	1,305,000	1965	11,295
	GHA	Ghana	Western Africa	20,212,000	1957	238,533
	GIN	Guinea	Western Africa	7,430,000	1958	245,857
	GNB	Guinea-Bissau	Western Africa	1,213,000	1974	36,125
	KEN	Kenya	Eastern Africa	30,080,000	1963	580,367
	LSO	Lesotho	Southern Africa	2,153,000	1966	30,355
	LBR	Liberia	Western Africa	3,154,000	1847	111,369
	LBY	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	Northern Africa	5,605,000	1951	1,759,540
	MDG	Madagascar	Eastern Africa	15,942,000	1960	587,041
	MWI	Malawi	Eastern Africa	10,925,000	1964	118,484
	MLI	Mali	Western Africa	11,234,000	1960	1,240,192
	MRT	Mauritania	Western Africa	2,670,000	1960	1,025,520
	MUS	Mauritius	Eastern Africa	1,158,000	1968	2,040
	MYT	Mayotte	Eastern Africa	149,000		373
	MAR	Morocco	Northern Africa	28,351,000	1956	446,550
	MOZ	Mozambique	Eastern Africa	19,680,000	1975	801,590
	NAM	Namibia	Southern Africa	1,726,000	1990	824,292
	NER	Niger	Western Africa	10,730,000	1960	1,267,000
	NGA	Nigeria	Western Africa	111,506,000	1960	923,768
	REU	Réunion	Eastern Africa	699,000		2,510
	RWA	Rwanda	Eastern Africa	7,733,000	1962	26,338
	SHN	Saint Helena	Western Africa	6,000		314
	STP	Sao Tome and Principe	Central Africa	147,000	1975	964
	SEN	Senegal	Western Africa	9,481,000	1960	196,722
	SYC	Seychelles	Eastern Africa	77,000	1976	455
	SLE	Sierra Leone	Western Africa	4,854,000	1961	71,740
	SOM	Somalia	Eastern Africa	10,097,000	1960	637,657
	ZAF	South Africa	Southern Africa	40,377,000	1910	1,221,037
	SDN	Sudan	Northern Africa	29,490,000	1956	2,505,813
	SWZ	Swaziland	Southern Africa	1,008,000	1968	17,364
	TZA	Tanzania	Eastern Africa	33,517,000	1961	883,749
	TGO	Togo	Western Africa	4,629,000	1960	56,785
	TUN	Tunisia	Northern Africa	9,586,000	1956	163,610
	UGA	Uganda	Eastern Africa	21,778,000	1962	241,038
	ESH	Western Sahara	Northern Africa	293,000		266,000
	ZMB	Zambia	Eastern Africa	9,169,000	1964	752,618
	ZWE	Zimbabwe	Eastern Africa	11,669,000	1980	390,757
Count of countries in Africa = 58
Antarctica
	ATA	Antarctica	Antarctica	0		13,120,000
	BVT	Bouvet Island	Antarctica	0		59
	ATF	French Southern territories	Antarctica	0		7,780
	HMD	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	Antarctica	0		359
	SGS	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Antarctica	0		3,903
Count of countries in Antarctica = 5
Asia
	AFG	Afghanistan	Southern and Central Asia	22,720,000	1919	652,090
	ARM	Armenia	Middle East	3,520,000	1991	29,800
	AZE	Azerbaijan	Middle East	7,734,000	1991	86,600
	BHR	Bahrain	Middle East	617,000	1971	694
	BGD	Bangladesh	Southern and Central Asia	129,155,000	1971	143,998
	BTN	Bhutan	Southern and Central Asia	2,124,000	1910	47,000
	BRN	Brunei	Southeast Asia	328,000	1984	5,765
	KHM	Cambodia	Southeast Asia	11,168,000	1953	181,035
	CHN	China	Eastern Asia	1,277,558,000	1523 BC	9,572,900
	CYP	Cyprus	Middle East	754,700	1960	9,251
	TMP	East Timor	Southeast Asia	885,000		14,874
	GEO	Georgia	Middle East	4,968,000	1991	69,700
	HKG	Hong Kong	Eastern Asia	6,782,000		1,075
	IND	India	Southern and Central Asia	1,013,662,000	1947	3,287,263
	IDN	Indonesia	Southeast Asia	212,107,000	1945	1,904,569
	IRN	Iran	Southern and Central Asia	67,702,000	1906	1,648,195
	IRQ	Iraq	Middle East	23,115,000	1932	438,317
	ISR	Israel	Middle East	6,217,000	1948	21,056
	JPN	Japan	Eastern Asia	126,714,000	660 BC	377,829
	JOR	Jordan	Middle East	5,083,000	1946	88,946
	KAZ	Kazakstan	Southern and Central Asia	16,223,000	1991	2,724,900
	KWT	Kuwait	Middle East	1,972,000	1961	17,818
	KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	Southern and Central Asia	4,699,000	1991	199,900
	LAO	Laos	Southeast Asia	5,433,000	1953	236,800
	LBN	Lebanon	Middle East	3,282,000	1941	10,400
	MAC	Macao	Eastern Asia	473,000		18
	MYS	Malaysia	Southeast Asia	22,244,000	1957	329,758
	MDV	Maldives	Southern and Central Asia	286,000	1965	298
	MNG	Mongolia	Eastern Asia	2,662,000	1921	1,566,500
	MMR	Myanmar	Southeast Asia	45,611,000	1948	676,578
	NPL	Nepal	Southern and Central Asia	23,930,000	1769	147,181
	PRK	North Korea	Eastern Asia	24,039,000	1948	120,538
	OMN	Oman	Middle East	2,542,000	1951	309,500
	PAK	Pakistan	Southern and Central Asia	156,483,000	1947	796,095
	PSE	Palestine	Middle East	3,101,000		6,257
	PHL	Philippines	Southeast Asia	75,967,000	1946	300,000
	QAT	Qatar	Middle East	599,000	1971	11,000
	SAU	Saudi Arabia	Middle East	21,607,000	1932	2,149,690
	SGP	Singapore	Southeast Asia	3,567,000	1965	618
	KOR	South Korea	Eastern Asia	46,844,000	1948	99,434
	LKA	Sri Lanka	Southern and Central Asia	18,827,000	1948	65,610
	SYR	Syria	Middle East	16,125,000	1941	185,180
	TWN	Taiwan	Eastern Asia	22,256,000	1945	36,188
	TJK	Tajikistan	Southern and Central Asia	6,188,000	1991	143,100
	THA	Thailand	Southeast Asia	61,399,000	1350	513,115
	TUR	Turkey	Middle East	66,591,000	1923	774,815
	TKM	Turkmenistan	Southern and Central Asia	4,459,000	1991	488,100
	ARE	United Arab Emirates	Middle East	2,441,000	1971	83,600
	UZB	Uzbekistan	Southern and Central Asia	24,318,000	1991	447,400
	VNM	Vietnam	Southeast Asia	79,832,000	1945	331,689
	YEM	Yemen	Middle East	18,112,000	1918	527,968
Count of countries in Asia = 51
Europe
	ALB	Albania	Southern Europe	3,401,200	1912	28,748
	AND	Andorra	Southern Europe	78,000	1278	468
	AUT	Austria	Western Europe	8,091,800	1918	83,859
	BLR	Belarus	Eastern Europe	10,236,000	1991	207,600
	BEL	Belgium	Western Europe	10,239,000	1830	30,518
	BIH	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Southern Europe	3,972,000	1992	51,197
	BGR	Bulgaria	Eastern Europe	8,190,900	1908	110,994
	HRV	Croatia	Southern Europe	4,473,000	1991	56,538
	CZE	Czech Republic	Eastern Europe	10,278,100	1993	78,866
	DNK	Denmark	Nordic Countries	5,330,000	800	43,094
	EST	Estonia	Baltic Countries	1,439,200	1991	45,227
	FRO	Faroe Islands	Nordic Countries	43,000		1,399
	FIN	Finland	Nordic Countries	5,171,300	1917	338,145
	FRA	France	Western Europe	59,225,700	843	551,500
	DEU	Germany	Western Europe	82,164,700	1955	357,022
	GIB	Gibraltar	Southern Europe	25,000		6
	GRC	Greece	Southern Europe	10,545,700	1830	131,626
	VAT	Holy See (Vatican City State)	Southern Europe	1,000	1929	0
	HUN	Hungary	Eastern Europe	10,043,200	1918	93,030
	ISL	Iceland	Nordic Countries	279,000	1944	103,000
	IRL	Ireland	British Islands	3,775,100	1921	70,273
	ITA	Italy	Southern Europe	57,680,000	1861	301,316
	LVA	Latvia	Baltic Countries	2,424,200	1991	64,589
	LIE	Liechtenstein	Western Europe	32,300	1806	160
	LTU	Lithuania	Baltic Countries	3,698,500	1991	65,301
	LUX	Luxembourg	Western Europe	435,700	1867	2,586
	MKD	Macedonia	Southern Europe	2,024,000	1991	25,713
	MLT	Malta	Southern Europe	380,200	1964	316
	MDA	Moldova	Eastern Europe	4,380,000	1991	33,851
	MCO	Monaco	Western Europe	34,000	1861	2
	NLD	Netherlands	Western Europe	15,864,000	1581	41,526
	NOR	Norway	Nordic Countries	4,478,500	1905	323,877
	POL	Poland	Eastern Europe	38,653,600	1918	323,250
	PRT	Portugal	Southern Europe	9,997,600	1143	91,982
	ROM	Romania	Eastern Europe	22,455,500	1878	238,391
	RUS	Russian Federation	Eastern Europe	146,934,000	1991	17,075,400
	SMR	San Marino	Southern Europe	27,000	885	61
	SVK	Slovakia	Eastern Europe	5,398,700	1993	49,012
	SVN	Slovenia	Southern Europe	1,987,800	1991	20,256
	ESP	Spain	Southern Europe	39,441,700	1492	505,992
	SJM	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	Nordic Countries	3,200		62,422
	SWE	Sweden	Nordic Countries	8,861,400	836	449,964
	CHE	Switzerland	Western Europe	7,160,400	1499	41,284
	UKR	Ukraine	Eastern Europe	50,456,000	1991	603,700
	GBR	United Kingdom	British Islands	59,623,400	1066	242,900
	YUG	Yugoslavia	Southern Europe	10,640,000	1918	102,173
Count of countries in Europe = 46
North America
	AIA	Anguilla	Caribbean	8,000		96
	ATG	Antigua and Barbuda	Caribbean	68,000	1981	442
	ABW	Aruba	Caribbean	103,000		193
	BHS	Bahamas	Caribbean	307,000	1973	13,878
	BRB	Barbados	Caribbean	270,000	1966	430
	BLZ	Belize	Central America	241,000	1981	22,696
	BMU	Bermuda	North America	65,000		53
	CAN	Canada	North America	31,147,000	1867	9,970,610
	CYM	Cayman Islands	Caribbean	38,000		264
	CRI	Costa Rica	Central America	4,023,000	1821	51,100
	CUB	Cuba	Caribbean	11,201,000	1902	110,861
	DMA	Dominica	Caribbean	71,000	1978	751
	DOM	Dominican Republic	Caribbean	8,495,000	1844	48,511
	SLV	El Salvador	Central America	6,276,000	1841	21,041
	GRL	Greenland	North America	56,000		2,166,090
	GRD	Grenada	Caribbean	94,000	1974	344
	GLP	Guadeloupe	Caribbean	456,000		1,705
	GTM	Guatemala	Central America	11,385,000	1821	108,889
	HTI	Haiti	Caribbean	8,222,000	1804	27,750
	HND	Honduras	Central America	6,485,000	1838	112,088
	JAM	Jamaica	Caribbean	2,583,000	1962	10,990
	MTQ	Martinique	Caribbean	395,000		1,102
	MEX	Mexico	Central America	98,881,000	1810	1,958,201
	MSR	Montserrat	Caribbean	11,000		102
	ANT	Netherlands Antilles	Caribbean	217,000		800
	NIC	Nicaragua	Central America	5,074,000	1838	130,000
	PAN	Panama	Central America	2,856,000	1903	75,517
	PRI	Puerto Rico	Caribbean	3,869,000		8,875
	KNA	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Caribbean	38,000	1983	261
	LCA	Saint Lucia	Caribbean	154,000	1979	622
	SPM	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	North America	7,000		242
	VCT	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Caribbean	114,000	1979	388
	TTO	Trinidad and Tobago	Caribbean	1,295,000	1962	5,130
	TCA	Turks and Caicos Islands	Caribbean	17,000		430
	USA	United States	North America	278,357,000	1776	9,363,520
	VGB	Virgin Islands, British	Caribbean	21,000		151
	VIR	Virgin Islands, U.S.	Caribbean	93,000		347
Count of countries in North America = 37
Oceania
	ASM	American Samoa	Polynesia	68,000		199
	AUS	Australia	Australia and New Zealand	18,886,000	1901	7,741,220
	CXR	Christmas Island	Australia and New Zealand	2,500		135
	CCK	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Australia and New Zealand	600		14
	COK	Cook Islands	Polynesia	20,000		236
	FJI	Fiji Islands	Melanesia	817,000	1970	18,274
	PYF	French Polynesia	Polynesia	235,000		4,000
	GUM	Guam	Micronesia	168,000		549
	KIR	Kiribati	Micronesia	83,000	1979	726
	MHL	Marshall Islands	Micronesia	64,000	1990	181
	FSM	Micronesia, Federated States of	Micronesia	119,000	1990	702
	NRU	Nauru	Micronesia	12,000	1968	21
	NCL	New Caledonia	Melanesia	214,000		18,575
	NZL	New Zealand	Australia and New Zealand	3,862,000	1907	270,534
	NIU	Niue	Polynesia	2,000		260
	NFK	Norfolk Island	Australia and New Zealand	2,000		36
	MNP	Northern Mariana Islands	Micronesia	78,000		464
	PLW	Palau	Micronesia	19,000	1994	459
	PNG	Papua New Guinea	Melanesia	4,807,000	1975	462,840
	PCN	Pitcairn	Polynesia	50		49
	WSM	Samoa	Polynesia	180,000	1962	2,831
	SLB	Solomon Islands	Melanesia	444,000	1978	28,896
	TKL	Tokelau	Polynesia	2,000		12
	TON	Tonga	Polynesia	99,000	1970	650
	TUV	Tuvalu	Polynesia	12,000	1978	26
	UMI	United States Minor Outlying Islands	Micronesia/Caribbean	0		16
	VUT	Vanuatu	Melanesia	190,000	1980	12,189
	WLF	Wallis and Futuna	Polynesia	15,000		200
Count of countries in Oceania = 28
South America
	ARG	Argentina	South America	37,032,000	1816	2,780,400
	BOL	Bolivia	South America	8,329,000	1825	1,098,581
	BRA	Brazil	South America	170,115,000	1822	8,547,403
	CHL	Chile	South America	15,211,000	1810	756,626
	COL	Colombia	South America	42,321,000	1810	1,138,914
	ECU	Ecuador	South America	12,646,000	1822	283,561
	FLK	Falkland Islands	South America	2,000		12,173
	GUF	French Guiana	South America	181,000		90,000
	GUY	Guyana	South America	861,000	1966	214,969
	PRY	Paraguay	South America	5,496,000	1811	406,752
	PER	Peru	South America	25,662,000	1821	1,285,216
	SUR	Suriname	South America	417,000	1975	163,265
	URY	Uruguay	South America	3,337,000	1828	175,016
	VEN	Venezuela	South America	24,170,000	1811	912,050
Count of countries in South America = 14
7 continents. 239 countries.				6,078,749,450		148,956,307