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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 4 The classification of countries of birth

From: Past and projected growth of Australia’s older migrant populations

Broad category

Country/region

Constituent countries/territories

Australia

Australia

Australia

Rest of Oceania

New Zealand

New Zealand

Melanesia

New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu

Micronesia

Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau

Polynesia

Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Niue, Samoa, American Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Wallis and Futuna, Pitcairn Islands

North West Europe

UK

UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man

Ireland

Ireland

Western Europe

Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Switzerland

Northern Europe

Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Aland Islands

Southern and Eastern Europe

Southern Europe

Andorra, Gibraltar, Holy See, Italy, Malta, Portugal, San Marino, Spain

South Eastern Europe

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, North Macedonia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Slovenia, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo

Eastern Europe

Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Ukraine

North Africa and Middle East

North Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara, Spanish North Africa, South Sudan

Middle East

Bahrain, Gaza Strip and West Bank, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

South East Asia

Mainland South East Asia

Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam

Maritime South East Asia

Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Timor-Leste

North East Asia

Chinese Asia

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan), Hong Kong (SAR of China), Macau (SAR of China), Mongolia, Taiwan

Japan and the Koreas

Japan, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North), Republic of Korea (South)

Southern and Central Asia

Southern Asia

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Central Asia

Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Americas

North America

Bermuda, Canada, St Pierre and Miquelon, United States of America

South America

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

Central America

Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama

Caribbean

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands, United States Virgin Islands, St Barthelemy, St Martin (French part), Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Curacao, Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Central and West Africa

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo

Southern and East Africa

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Reunion, Rwanda, St Helena, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

  1. Source: https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/2901.0Chapter1102016