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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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