Morocco

Algeria

Ukraine

Dominican Rep.

A u s t r a l i a

D.P.R.of Korea

Rep. ofKorea

Zimbabwe

Uganda

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Tajikistan

Kyrgyz Rep.

GeorgiaAzerbaijan

Armenia

Madagascar

Sri Lanka

Jamaica

Cuba

Timor-Leste

M a l a y s i a

SaudiArabia

C h i n a

Mongolia

Vietnam

Cambodia

LaoP.D.R.

Thailand

I n d i a

Bhutan

Bangladesh

I. R.of Iran

Pakistan

Afghanistan

Turkey

Iraq

Bahrain QatarUnited Arab Emirates

Oman

Kuwait

Rep. of Yemen

Nepal

Kazakhstan

U n i t e d S t a t e s

C a n a d a

Niger

Chad Sudan

Nigeria

Dem. Rep. of Congo

Ethiopia

Angola

LibyaArab Rep.of Egypt

Tunisia

Mauritania

SenegalThe GambiaGuinea-Bissau

Guinea Côte d’Ivoire

BurkinaFaso

Gha

na Ben

in

CameroonEquatorialGuinea

Gabon

Rep. Congo

Namibia

Botswana

South Africa

Mozambique

Malawi

Zambia

Tanzania

BurundiRwanda

Kenya

Somalia

TogoSierra Leone

Swaziland

Mali

Lesotho

EritreaGuatemala

El Salvador

Mexico

Haiti

Bolivia

B r a z i l

R. B. deVenezuela

Colombia

Honduras

NicaraguaCosta Rica

Panama

Ecuador

Peru

Guyana

Argentina

Uruguay

Chile

Philippines

NewZealand

PapuaNew

Guinea

I n d o n e s i a

Japan

R u s s i a n F e d e r a t i o n

Mauritius

Myanmar

SolomonIslands

Moldova

Cyprus

Lebanon

Jordan

Syrian Arab Rep.

Singapore

Central African

Rep.

Comoros

Paraguay Fiji

Trinidad and Tobago

Liberia

ItalyFYRMac.

Lith.Rus. Fed.

Lat.Est.

Alb.

BulgariaRom.

Hun.

Greece

Serb.M.

Poland

B.H.

Belarus

UnitedKingdom

Ireland

Denmark

France

SpainPortugal

GermanyBel.

The Neth.

Norway Finland

Sweden

Cz.Rep.

Cr.Sl.

Sl. Rep.

S.A.

Israel andWest Bank

& Gaza

Americas

Central & South Asia

East & SE Asia & Oceania

THE WORLD BY REGION

Europe

Middle East & North Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa

Percentage of world populationand states in each region2005

HOW MANY PEOPLE?HOW MANY STATES?

population (rounded to nearest million)statesEuropeSub-Saharan

AfricaMiddle East

& North Africa

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

East & SE Asia & Oceania

2,089million

20727million

715million

20

451million

Americas

878million

25

Central & South Asia

15

1,545million

36

43

The World by RegionThese geographic regions

are used throughout this atlas. Data are included for those

countries with populations of

500,000 or more.

Human security is primarily about people, not about states. Well over half the world's people live in only two regions – Central & South Asia and East & SE Asia & Oceania. And another two regions – Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa – contain almost half the world’s countries. It is useful to remember these disparities when interpreting the regional figures and country-by-country maps in this atlas.

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