# Countries of Earth
# --- grouped into various regions
# --- 177 countries in this list.
# (There are about 70 more 'protectorates' and other 'administrative areas'
#  that are not listed here. The number could vary depending on how you define these entities.)

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## Africa (Northern) :
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Algeria 
Chad 
Djibouti 
Egypt 
Eritrea 
Ethiopia 
Libya 
Mauritania
Morocco 
Niger 
(Western) Sahara 
Sudan 
(South) Sudan 
Tunisia 


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## Africa (Southern, Sub-Sahran) :
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Angola 
Benin 
Botswana 
Burkina Faso
Burundi 
Cameroon 
Central African Republic 
(Democratic Republic of the) Congo 
(Republic of the) Congo 
Gabon 
Gambia
Ghana 
Guinea 
Guinea Bissau 
(Equatorial) Guinea 
Ivory Coast 
Kenya 
Lesotho 
Liberia 
Madagascar 
Malawi 
Mali 
Mozambique 
Namibia 
Nigeria 
Rwanda 
Senegal 
Sierra Leone 
Somalia 
Somaliland 
South Africa 
Swaziland 
Tanzania 
Togo 
Uganda 
Zambia 
Zimbabwe 


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## America (North) :
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(The) Bahamas 
Belize 
Bermuda 
Canada 
Cuba 
Dominican Republic 
Guatemala 
Haiti 
Honduras 
Jamaica 
Mexico 
Nicaragua 
Panama 
Puerto Rico 
(El) Salvador 
Trinidad and Tobago 
United States of America 


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## America (South) :
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Argentina 
Bolivia 
Brazil 
Chile 
Colombia 
Costa Rica 
Ecuador 
Falkland Islands 
(French) Guiana 
Guyana 
Paraguay 
Peru 
Uruguay 
Venezuela 


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## Asia :
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Afghanistan
Azerbaijan 
Bangladesh
Bhutan 
Cambodia 
China 
India 
Japan 
Kazakhstan 
(North) Korea 
(South) Korea 
Kyrgyzstan 
Laos 
Malaysia 
Mongolia 
Myanmar 
Nepal 
Pakistan 
Sri Lanka 
Taiwan 
Tajikistan 
Thailand 
Turkmenistan 
Uzbekistan 
Vietnam 


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## Europe (Eastern) :
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Albania 
Belarus 
Bosnia and Herzegovina 
Bulgaria
Croatia 
Czech Republic 
Estonia 
Finland 
Georgia 
Hungary 
Kosovo 
Latvia 
Lithuania 
Macedonia 
Moldova 
Montenegro 
Romania 
Russia 
Serbia 
Slovakia 
Slovenia 
Ukraine 


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## Europe (Western) :
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Austria 
Belgium 
Denmark 
France 
Germany 
Great Britain (a.k.a. United Kingdom)
Greece 
Iceland 
Ireland 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
Norway 
Poland 
Portugal 
Spain 
Sweden 
Switzerland 


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## Middle East :
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(United) Arab Emirates 
Armenia 
(Northern) Cyprus 
Cyprus 
Iran 
Iraq 
Israel 
Jordan 
Kuwait 
Lebanon 
Oman 
Qatar 
Saudi Arabia 
Syria 
Turkey 
West Bank 
Yemen 


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## Oceania (Australia, etc.) :
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Australia 
Brunei
(New) Caledonia 
Fiji 
Indonesia 
New Zealand 
Papua New Guinea 
Philippines 
Solomon Islands 
Suriname 
(East) Timor 
Vanuatu 



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## South Pole Region :
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Antarctic