UN M.49

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UN M.49 is a standard for area codes used by the United Nations for statistical purposes. Each area code is a 3-digit number which can refer to a wide variety of geographical, political, or economic regions, like a continent, a country, or a specific “group of developing countries”.

M.49 area code examples
Code Area
001 World
002 Africa
014 Eastern Africa
017 Middle Africa
015 Northern Africa
018 Southern Africa
011 Western Africa
019 Americas
419 Latin America and the Caribbean
029 Caribbean
013 Central America
005 South America
021 Northern America
142 Asia
143 Central Asia
030 Eastern Asia
034 Southern Asia
035 South-Eastern Asia
145 Western Asia
150 Europe
151 Eastern Europe
154 Northern Europe
039 Southern Europe
155 Western Europe
009 Oceania
053 Australia and New Zealand
054 Melanesia
057 Micronesia
061 Polynesia
Examples of political regions
024 Angola
591 Panama
496 Mongolia
756 Switzerland
554 New Zealand
778 Transition countries
Examples of economic regions
199 Least developed countries
432 Landlocked developing countries
722 Small island developing states

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