UN M.49

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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