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2  List of countries by continental group

Please note that countries have been grouped with those for which similar general advice may apply within recognisable geographic areas. For example, the term 'Indian Subcontinent' is used rather than 'Middle South Asia' which may be less readily recognised by users. These groupings are entirely pragmatic and have no political significance.

Europe, including Cyprus and countries of the former USSR
Albania Germany Norway
Andorra Gibraltar Poland
Armenia Greece Portugal (with the
Austria Hungary Azores and Madeira)
Azerbaijan Iceland Romania
Belarus Ireland Russia
Belgium Italy San Marino
Bosnia & Herzegovina Kazakhstan Slovakia
Bulgaria Kyrgyzstan Slovenia
Croatia Latvia Spain (with the Canary
Cyprus Liechtenstein Islands)
Czech Republic Lithuania Sweden
Denmark (with the Luxembourg Switzerland
Faroe Islands) Macedonia Tajikistan
Estonia Malta Turkmenistan
Finland Moldova Ukraine
France Monaco Uzbekistan
Georgia Netherlands Yugoslavia (including
Kosovo, Montenegro
and Serbia)

North America, Australia and New Zealand
Australia Greenland United States of
Bermuda New Zealand America (with Hawaii)
Canada Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Central America
Belize Guatemala Nicaragua
Costa Rica Honduras Panama
El Salvador Mexico

The Caribbean
Anguilla Dominican Republic Saint Kitts and Nevis
Antigua and Barbuda Grenada Saint Lucia
Aruba Guadeloupe Saint Vincent and the
Bahamas Haiti Grenadines
Barbados Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago
British Virgin Islands Martinique Turks and Caicos Islands
Cayman Islands Montserrat Virgin Islands (USA)
Cuba Netherlands Antilles
Dominica Puerto Rico

Tropical South America
Bolivia French Guiana Surinam
Brazil Guyana Venezuela (including
Colombia Paraguay Marguerita Island)
Ecuador (including Peru
Galapagos)

Temperate South America
Argentina Falkland Islands Uruguay
Chile

Northern Africa and the Middle East, including Afghanistan and Turkey
Afghanistan Jordan Saudi Arabia
Algeria Kuwait Syria
Bahrain Lebanon Tunisia
Egypt Libya Turkey
Iran Morocco United Arab Emirates
Iraq Oman Yemen
Israel Qatar

Sub-Saharan and Southern Africa
Angola Ghana Saint Helena
Benin Guinea Sao Tome and Principe
Botswana Guinea-Bissau Senegal
Burkina Faso Ivory Coast Seychelles
Burundi Kenya Sierra Leone
Cameroon Lesotho Somalia
Cape Verde Liberia South Africa
Central African Republic Madagascar Sudan
Chad Malawi Swaziland
Comoros Mali Tanzania (including
Congo Mauritania Zanzibar)
Democratic Republic of Mauritius Togo
Congo (formerly Zaire) Mayotte Uganda
Djibouti Mozambique Zaire (see Democratic
Equatorial Guinea Namibia Republic of Congo)
Eritrea Niger Zambia
Ethiopia Nigeria Zanzibar (see Tanzania)
Gabon Reunion Zimbabwe
Gambia Rwanda

Indian Subcontinent
Bangladesh Maldives Sri Lanka
Bhutan Nepal
India Pakistan

South East Asia and the Far East
Borneo (see Indonesia Japan Mongolia
and Malaysia) Korea Myanmar
Brunei Darussalam Laos Philippines
Burma (see Myanmar) Macao (See China) Singapore
Cambodia Malaysia (Penisular Taiwan
China Malaysia and Thailand
East Timor Northern Borneo, Tibet (see China)
Hong Kong (see China) including Sarawak Vietnam
Indonesia (including and Sabah)
Bali and Southern
Borneo)

Pacific Islands
American Samoa Micronesia (Federated Solomon Islands
Cook Islands States of) Tokelau
Easter Island Nauru Tonga
Fiji New Caledonia Trust Territory of the
French Polynesia (Tahiti) Niue Pacific Islands
Guam Palau Tuvalu
Kiribati Papua New Guinea Vanuatu
Marshall Islands Samoa Wallis and Futuna Islands



 
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