United Nations geoscheme
UN system for grouping the world's 248 countries and territories into regions and subregions / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with United Nations Regional Groups.
Further information: List of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme
The United Nations geoscheme is a system which divides 248 countries and territories in the world into six continental regions, 22 geographical subregions, and two intermediary regions.[1] It was devised by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) based on the M49 coding classification.[2] 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".[2]