|
Number of region
|
Continent, region
|
Countries (parts of countries) included in region
|
Areas, mln. km
2
|
Population in mln.,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1995
|
|
|
Europe
|
|
10.46
|
684.7
|
|
1
|
Northern
|
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
|
1.32
|
23.2
|
|
2
|
Western and Central
|
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, The Netherlands,
Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, United Kingdom
|
1.86
|
293.0
|
|
3
|
Southern
|
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Rumania, Spain,
Yugoslavia (former)
|
1.79
|
188.0
|
|
4
|
North of European part of FSU
|
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, part of Belorussia, North of European
Russia
|
2.71
|
28.5
|
|
5
|
South of European part of FSU
|
Moldova, Ukraine, part of Belorussia, South of European Russia
|
2.78
|
152.0
|
|
|
North America
|
|
24.3
|
453.0
|
|
6
|
Northern
|
Canada, Alaska state of USA
|
13.67
|
29.0
|
|
7
|
Central
|
Conterminous USA
|
7.84
|
261.0
|
|
8
|
Southern
|
Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad
and Tobago, & other Caribbean islands.
|
2.74
|
163.0
|
|
|
Africa
|
|
30.1
|
708.0
|
|
9
|
Northern
|
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia
|
8.78
|
157.0
|
|
10
|
Southern
|
Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, RSA, Swaziland,
Zimbabwe
|
5.11
|
83.5
|
|
11
|
Eastern
|
Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda,
Somali, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
|
5.17
|
193.5
|
|
12
|
Western
|
Benin, Burkina-Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,
Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
|
6.96
|
211.3
|
|
13
|
Central
|
Cameroon, CAR, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao-Tome &
Principe, Zaire
|
4.08
|
62.8
|
|
|
Asia
|
|
43.5
|
3445
|
|
14
|
North China and Mongolia
|
China without the Yangtze river basin, Mongolia, Korea
|
8.29
|
482
|
|
15
|
Southern
|
Bangladesh, Butan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
|
4.49
|
1214
|
|
16
|
Western
|
Afghanistan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait,
Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
|
6.82
|
232
|
|
17
|
South - East
|
Burma, Cambodia, China (Yangtze river basin), Indonesia, Japan,
Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
|
6.95
|
1404
|
|
18
|
Central Asia and Kazakhstan
|
Kazakhstan, Kyrghizstan, Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
|
3.99
|
54
|
|
19
|
Siberia and Far East of Russia
|
Asian part of Russia
|
12.76
|
42
|
|
20
|
Transcaucasia
|
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
|
0.19
|
16
|
|
|
South America
|
|
17.9
|
314.5
|
|
21
|
Northern
|
Colombia, Fr.Guiana, Guyana, Surinam, Venezuela,
|
2.55
|
57.3
|
|
22
|
Eastern
|
Brazil
|
8.51
|
159.1
|
|
23
|
Western
|
Chile, Ecuador, Peru
|
2.33
|
48.6
|
|
24
|
Central
|
Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay
|
4.46
|
49.4
|
|
|
Australia and Oceania
|
|
8.95
|
28.7
|
|
25
|
Australia
|
Australia
|
7.68
|
17.9
|
|
26
|
Oceania
|
New Zealand, Papua New Guinea
|
1.27
|
10.8
|