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United Nations Geoscheme (UN M49) - INI
The United Nations Geoscheme (UN M49) is a standard area code system developed and maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division for statistical purposes. It classifies the world into 6 continental macro-regions and 22 geographical subregions, systematically organizing 248 countries and territories. Each region is assigned a three-digit numeric code, widely used in the preparation of international statistics and comparative analysis.
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geoscheme
statistical code
regional classification
international standard
[item.africa]
code=002
slug=africa
name=Africa
description=Continental region encompassing Northern Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa.
countryCount=60
subregions=["015","202"]
[item.oceania]
code=009
slug=oceania
name=Oceania
description=Region comprising Australia and New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.
countryCount=21
subregions=["053","054","057","061"]
[item.antarctica]
code=010
slug=antarctica
name=Antarctica
description=Region comprising the Antarctic continent.
countryCount=1
subregions=[]
[item.americas]
code=019
slug=americas
name=Americas
description=Continental region encompassing Northern America and Latin America and the Caribbean.
countryCount=57
subregions=["021","419"]
[item.asia]
code=142
slug=asia
name=Asia
description=Continental region encompassing Central Asia, Eastern Asia, South-eastern Asia, Southern Asia, and Western Asia.
countryCount=50
subregions=["030","034","035","143","145"]
[item.europe]
code=150
slug=europe
name=Europe
description=Continental region encompassing Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, and Western Europe.
countryCount=44
subregions=["151","154","039","155"]