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List Of Countries By United Nations Geoscheme
This is a list of countries by the United Nations geoscheme, including 193 UN member states, 2 UN observer states (the Holy See and Palestine), 2 states in free association with New Zealand (the Cook Islands and Niue), and 50 non-sovereign dependencies/territories, as well as Western Sahara (a territory whose sovereignty is disputed) and Antarctica. In total, 249 countries and territories have been listed. Not included in the list are de facto states (whose sovereignty are not recognised by the UN), the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, and 4 uninhabited territories (the Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Clipperton Island, the Coral Sea Islands, and Navassa Island). The United Nations Statistics Division created and maintains the M49 – ''Standard country or area codes for statistical use''. The codes are listed from smallest to largest region, left to right. Table See also *Lists of countries and territories **Country *** List of associated states *** List o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Nations Geoscheme
The United Nations geoscheme is a system which divides 249 countries and territories in the world into six regional, 17 subregional, and nine intermediate regional groups. It was devised by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) based on the M49 coding classification. The creators note that "the assignment of countries or areas to specific groupings is for statistical convenience and does not imply any assumption regarding political or other affiliation of countries or territories". Usage The schema was created for statistical analysis and consists of macro-geographical regions arranged to the extent possible according to continents. Within each region, smaller geographical sub-regions and sometimes intermediate regions contain countries. Countries are also grouped nongeographically into selected economic and other sets. Antarctica is the only geographical region which does not comprise any sub-regions or country-level areas. The UNSD geoscheme does not set a standar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
