002 Africa

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Africa (M49 code 002) is a region of World (001) in the UN Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49), grouping 2 sub-regions and 60 countries or areas.

Name: Africa
M49 code: 002
Level: region
Parent: World (001)
Child sub-regions: 2
Child sub-region: Northern Africa (015)
Child sub-region: Sub-Saharan Africa (202)
Countries or areas: 60
Member: Algeria (012, DZ, DZA)
Member: Egypt (818, EG, EGY)
Member: Libya (434, LY, LBY)
Member: Morocco (504, MA, MAR)
Member: Sudan (729, SD, SDN)
Member: Tunisia (788, TN, TUN)
Member: Western Sahara (732, EH, ESH)
Member: British Indian Ocean Territory (086, IO, IOT)
Member: Burundi (108, BI, BDI)
Member: Comoros (174, KM, COM)
Member: Djibouti (262, DJ, DJI)
Member: Eritrea (232, ER, ERI)
Member: Ethiopia (231, ET, ETH)
Member: French Southern Territories (260, TF, ATF)
Member: Kenya (404, KE, KEN)
Member: Madagascar (450, MG, MDG)
Member: Malawi (454, MW, MWI)
Member: Mauritius (480, MU, MUS)
Member: Mayotte (175, YT, MYT)
Member: Mozambique (508, MZ, MOZ)
Member: Réunion (638, RE, REU)
Member: Rwanda (646, RW, RWA)
Member: Seychelles (690, SC, SYC)
Member: Somalia (706, SO, SOM)
Member: South Sudan (728, SS, SSD)
Member: Uganda (800, UG, UGA)
Member: United Republic of Tanzania (834, TZ, TZA)
Member: Zambia (894, ZM, ZMB)
Member: Zimbabwe (716, ZW, ZWE)
Member: Angola (024, AO, AGO)
Member: Cameroon (120, CM, CMR)
Member: Central African Republic (140, CF, CAF)
Member: Chad (148, TD, TCD)
Member: Congo (178, CG, COG)
Member: Democratic Republic of the Congo (180, CD, COD)
Member: Equatorial Guinea (226, GQ, GNQ)
Member: Gabon (266, GA, GAB)
Member: Sao Tome and Principe (678, ST, STP)
Member: Botswana (072, BW, BWA)
Member: Eswatini (748, SZ, SWZ)
Member: Lesotho (426, LS, LSO)
Member: Namibia (516, NA, NAM)
Member: South Africa (710, ZA, ZAF)
Member: Benin (204, BJ, BEN)
Member: Burkina Faso (854, BF, BFA)
Member: Cabo Verde (132, CV, CPV)
Member: Côte d’Ivoire (384, CI, CIV)
Member: Gambia (270, GM, GMB)
Member: Ghana (288, GH, GHA)
Member: Guinea (324, GN, GIN)
Member: Guinea-Bissau (624, GW, GNB)
Member: Liberia (430, LR, LBR)
Member: Mali (466, ML, MLI)
Member: Mauritania (478, MR, MRT)
Member: Niger (562, NE, NER)
Member: Nigeria (566, NG, NGA)
Member: Saint Helena (654, SH, SHN)
Member: Senegal (686, SN, SEN)
Member: Sierra Leone (694, SL, SLE)
Member: Togo (768, TG, TGO)

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Reuse: UN Statistics Division Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49) (unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49); United Nations terms of use apply

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Africa (M49 code 002) is a region of World (001) in the UN Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49), grouping 2 sub-regions and 60 countries or areas.

- Name: Africa
- M49 code: 002
- Level: region
- Parent: World (001)
- Child sub-regions: 2
- Child sub-region: Northern Africa (015)
- Child sub-region: Sub-Saharan Africa (202)
- Countries or areas: 60
- Member: Algeria (012, DZ, DZA)
- Member: Egypt (818, EG, EGY)
- Member: Libya (434, LY, LBY)
- Member: Morocco (504, MA, MAR)
- Member: Sudan (729, SD, SDN)
- Member: Tunisia (788, TN, TUN)
- Member: Western Sahara (732, EH, ESH)
- Member: British Indian Ocean Territory (086, IO, IOT)
- Member: Burundi (108, BI, BDI)
- Member: Comoros (174, KM, COM)
- Member: Djibouti (262, DJ, DJI)
- Member: Eritrea (232, ER, ERI)
- Member: Ethiopia (231, ET, ETH)
- Member: French Southern Territories (260, TF, ATF)
- Member: Kenya (404, KE, KEN)
- Member: Madagascar (450, MG, MDG)
- Member: Malawi (454, MW, MWI)
- Member: Mauritius (480, MU, MUS)
- Member: Mayotte (175, YT, MYT)
- Member: Mozambique (508, MZ, MOZ)
- Member: Réunion (638, RE, REU)
- Member: Rwanda (646, RW, RWA)
- Member: Seychelles (690, SC, SYC)
- Member: Somalia (706, SO, SOM)
- Member: South Sudan (728, SS, SSD)
- Member: Uganda (800, UG, UGA)
- Member: United Republic of Tanzania (834, TZ, TZA)
- Member: Zambia (894, ZM, ZMB)
- Member: Zimbabwe (716, ZW, ZWE)
- Member: Angola (024, AO, AGO)
- Member: Cameroon (120, CM, CMR)
- Member: Central African Republic (140, CF, CAF)
- Member: Chad (148, TD, TCD)
- Member: Congo (178, CG, COG)
- Member: Democratic Republic of the Congo (180, CD, COD)
- Member: Equatorial Guinea (226, GQ, GNQ)
- Member: Gabon (266, GA, GAB)
- Member: Sao Tome and Principe (678, ST, STP)
- Member: Botswana (072, BW, BWA)
- Member: Eswatini (748, SZ, SWZ)
- Member: Lesotho (426, LS, LSO)
- Member: Namibia (516, NA, NAM)
- Member: South Africa (710, ZA, ZAF)
- Member: Benin (204, BJ, BEN)
- Member: Burkina Faso (854, BF, BFA)
- Member: Cabo Verde (132, CV, CPV)
- Member: Côte d’Ivoire (384, CI, CIV)
- Member: Gambia (270, GM, GMB)
- Member: Ghana (288, GH, GHA)
- Member: Guinea (324, GN, GIN)
- Member: Guinea-Bissau (624, GW, GNB)
- Member: Liberia (430, LR, LBR)
- Member: Mali (466, ML, MLI)
- Member: Mauritania (478, MR, MRT)
- Member: Niger (562, NE, NER)
- Member: Nigeria (566, NG, NGA)
- Member: Saint Helena (654, SH, SHN)
- Member: Senegal (686, SN, SEN)
- Member: Sierra Leone (694, SL, SLE)
- Member: Togo (768, TG, TGO)

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Published by Koskamo2026-10-04
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