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Country	ISO3	Region	Population (m)	UN status	Context	Data status
Afghanistan	AFG	Asia	26.023	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Albania	ALB	Europe	2.896	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Algeria	DZA	Africa	38.7	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Andorra	AND	Europe	0.08	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Angola	AGO	Africa	24.383	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	North America	0.086	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Argentina	ARG	South America	42.669	UN Member State	territorial_area_dispute	Reference edition
Armenia	ARM	Middle East	3.01	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Australia	AUS	Oceania	23.697	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Austria	AUT	Europe	8.527	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Azerbaijan	AZE	Middle East	9.553	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Bahamas	BHS	North America	0.319	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Bahrain	BHR	Middle East	1.317	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Bangladesh	BGD	Asia	157.486	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Barbados	BRB	North America	0.285	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Belarus	BLR	Europe	9.475	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Belgium	BEL	Europe	11.225	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Belize	BLZ	North America	0.35	UN Member State	territorial_area_dispute	Reference edition
Benin	BEN	Africa	9.988	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Bhutan	BTN	Asia	0.755	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Bolivia	BOL	South America	10.027	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	Europe	3.792	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Botswana	BWA	Africa	2.025	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Brazil	BRA	South America	203.586	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Brunei	BRN	Asia	0.393	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Bulgaria	BGR	Europe	7.246	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Burkina Faso	BFA	Africa	17.323	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Burundi	BDI	Africa	9.53	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Cabo Verde	CPV	Africa	0.518	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Cambodia	KHM	Asia	15.184	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Cameroon	CMR	Africa	20.387	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Canada	CAN	North America	35.54	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Central African Republic	CAF	Africa	4.709	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Chad	TCD	Africa	13.211	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Chile	CHL	South America	17.819	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
China	CHN	Asia	1367.11	UN Member State	boundary_line_issue	Reference edition
Colombia	COL	South America	47.908	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Comoros	COM	Africa	0.764	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Costa Rica	CRI	North America	4.713	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Croatia	HRV	Europe	4.268	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Cuba	CUB	North America	11.21	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Cyprus	CYP	Europe	0.858	UN Member State	territorial_area_dispute	Reference edition
Czechia	CZE	Europe	10.522	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Côte d’Ivoire	CIV	Africa	23.821	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Democratic Republic of the Congo	COD	Africa	69.36	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Denmark	DNK	Europe	5.656	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Djibouti	DJI	Africa	0.886	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Dominica	DMA	North America	0.071	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Dominican Republic	DOM	North America	10.378	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Ecuador	ECU	South America	15.889	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Egypt	EGY	Africa	87.668	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
El Salvador	SLV	North America	6.401	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	Africa	1.43	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Eritrea	ERI	Africa	6.536	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Estonia	EST	Europe	1.316	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Eswatini	SWZ	Africa	1.106	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Ethiopia	ETH	Africa	87.953	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Fiji	FJI	Oceania	0.859	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Finland	FIN	Europe	5.47	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
France	FRA	Europe	66.078	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Gabon	GAB	Africa	1.711	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Gambia	GMB	Africa	1.882	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Georgia	GEO	Middle East	4.49	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Germany	DEU	Europe	80.783	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Ghana	GHA	Africa	27.043	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Greece	GRC	Europe	10.993	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Grenada	GRD	North America	0.103	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Guatemala	GTM	North America	15.807	UN Member State	territorial_area_dispute	Reference edition
Guinea	GIN	Africa	10.629	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Guinea-Bissau	GNB	Africa	1.746	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Guyana	GUY	South America	0.785	UN Member State	territorial_area_dispute	Reference edition
Haiti	HTI	North America	10.746	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Holy See	VAT	Europe	0.001	UN non-member observer State	standard	Reference edition
Honduras	HND	North America	8.725	UN Member State	territorial_area_dispute	Reference edition
Hungary	HUN	Europe	9.879	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Iceland	ISL	Europe	0.328	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
India	IND	Asia	1263.93	UN Member State	territorial_area_dispute_with_separate_issue	Reference edition
Indonesia	IDN	Asia	252.165	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Iran	IRN	Asia	77.966	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Iraq	IRQ	Middle East	36.005	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Ireland	IRL	Europe	6.378	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Israel	ISR	Middle East	8.268	UN Member State	territorial_area_dispute	Reference edition
Italy	ITA	Europe	60.769	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Jamaica	JAM	North America	2.718	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Japan	JPN	Asia	127.08	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Jordan	JOR	Middle East	6.667	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Kazakhstan	KAZ	Asia	17.378	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Kenya	KEN	Africa	41.8	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Kiribati	KIR	Oceania	0.106	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Kuwait	KWT	Middle East	3.268	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	Asia	5.777	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Lao PDR	LAO	Asia	6.693	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Latvia	LVA	Europe	1.992	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Lebanon	LBN	Middle East	4.104	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Lesotho	LSO	Africa	2.098	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Liberia	LBR	Africa	4.397	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Libya	LBY	Africa	6.253	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Liechtenstein	LIE	Europe	0.037	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Lithuania	LTU	Europe	2.927	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Luxembourg	LUX	Europe	0.55	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Madagascar	MDG	Africa	21.842	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Malawi	MWI	Africa	15.805	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Malaysia	MYS	Asia	30.43	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Maldives	MDV	Asia	0.341	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Mali	MLI	Africa	15.768	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Malta	MLT	Europe	0.416	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Marshall Islands	MHL	Oceania	0.056	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Mauritania	MRT	Africa	3.546	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Mauritius	MUS	Africa	1.261	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Mexico	MEX	North America	119.713	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Micronesia	FSM	Oceania	0.101	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Moldova	MDA	Europe	3.558	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Monaco	MCO	Europe	0.037	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Mongolia	MNG	Asia	2.988	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Montenegro	MNE	Europe	0.62	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Morocco	MAR	Africa	33.465	UN Member State	territorial_area_dispute	Reference edition
Mozambique	MOZ	Africa	25.042	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Myanmar	MMR	Asia	55.0	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Namibia	NAM	Africa	2.113	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Nauru	NRU	Oceania	0.01	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Nepal	NPL	Asia	27.646	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Netherlands	NLD	Europe	16.881	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
New Zealand	NZL	Oceania	4.548	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Nicaragua	NIC	North America	6.134	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Niger	NER	Africa	17.139	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Nigeria	NGA	Africa	178.517	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
North Korea	PRK	Asia	25.027	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
North Macedonia	MKD	Europe	2.059	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Norway	NOR	Europe	5.156	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Oman	OMN	Middle East	4.089	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Pakistan	PAK	Asia	188.41	UN Member State	territorial_area_dispute	Reference edition
Palau	PLW	Oceania	0.021	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Panama	PAN	North America	3.713	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Papua New Guinea	PNG	Oceania	7.399	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Paraguay	PRY	South America	6.894	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Peru	PER	South America	30.814	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Philippines	PHL	Asia	100.697	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Poland	POL	Europe	38.496	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Portugal	PRT	Europe	10.478	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Qatar	QAT	Middle East	2.27	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Republic of the Congo	COG	Africa	4.559	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Romania	ROU	Europe	19.943	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Russia	RUS	Europe	146.233	UN Member State	territorial_area_dispute	Reference edition
Rwanda	RWA	Africa	10.997	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Saint Kitts and Nevis	KNA	North America	0.055	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Saint Lucia	LCA	North America	0.184	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	VCT	North America	0.109	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Samoa	WSM	Oceania	0.188	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
San Marino	SMR	Europe	0.033	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Sao Tome and Principe	STP	Africa	0.187	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Saudi Arabia	SAU	Middle East	30.77	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Senegal	SEN	Africa	13.509	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Serbia	SRB	Europe	7.187	UN Member State	recognition_and_status	Reference edition
Seychelles	SYC	Africa	0.09	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Sierra Leone	SLE	Africa	6.205	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Singapore	SGP	Asia	5.47	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Slovakia	SVK	Europe	5.416	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Slovenia	SVN	Europe	2.065	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Solomon Islands	SLB	Oceania	0.581	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Somalia	SOM	Africa	10.806	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
South Africa	ZAF	Africa	54.002	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
South Korea	KOR	Asia	50.424	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
South Sudan	SSD	Africa	11.384	UN Member State	territorial_area_dispute	Reference edition
Spain	ESP	Europe	46.508	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Sri Lanka	LKA	Asia	20.278	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
State of Palestine	PSE	Middle East	5.2	UN non-member observer State	territorial_area_dispute	Reference edition
Sudan	SDN	Africa	37.289	UN Member State	territorial_area_dispute	Reference edition
Suriname	SUR	South America	0.534	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Sweden	SWE	Europe	9.738	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Switzerland	CHE	Europe	8.184	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Syria	SYR	Middle East	22.964	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Tajikistan	TJK	Asia	8.161	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Tanzania	TZA	Africa	47.422	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Thailand	THA	Asia	64.871	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Timor-Leste	TLS	Asia	1.172	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Togo	TGO	Africa	6.993	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Tonga	TON	Oceania	0.103	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	North America	1.328	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Tunisia	TUN	Africa	10.983	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Turkmenistan	TKM	Asia	5.838	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Tuvalu	TUV	Oceania	0.011	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Türkiye	TUR	Middle East	76.668	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Uganda	UGA	Africa	34.857	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Ukraine	UKR	Europe	42.974	UN Member State	territorial_area_dispute	Reference edition
United Arab Emirates	ARE	Middle East	9.446	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
United Kingdom	GBR	Europe	64.106	UN Member State	territorial_area_dispute	Reference edition
United States	USA	North America	319.259	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Uruguay	URY	South America	3.404	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Uzbekistan	UZB	Asia	30.493	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Vanuatu	VUT	Oceania	0.265	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Venezuela	VEN	South America	30.206	UN Member State	territorial_area_dispute	Reference edition
Viet Nam	VNM	Asia	89.709	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Yemen	YEM	Middle East	25.956	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Zambia	ZMB	Africa	15.023	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition
Zimbabwe	ZWE	Africa	13.061	UN Member State	standard	Reference edition

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