Definition of the geographic regions:

Africa:

Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Canary Islands, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo Eq. Guinea, Cape Verde, Nigeria, Benin, C.A.R, Cameroon, Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Sao Tome & Principe, Gabon, Zaire, Tanzania, Rwanda, French Southern Territories, Mayotte, Burundi, Comoros, Saint Helena, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Seychelles, Madagascar, Mauritius, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland, South Africa, Lesotho, Reunion (French).

Antarctica:

Antarctica, Heard and McDonald Islands, Bouvet Island.

Asia:

Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, China, Philippines, India, Pakistan, Mongolia, South Korea, North Korea, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Macau, Singapore, East Timor, Brunei Darussalam, Christmas Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, Nepal.

Caribbean:

Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Netherlands Antilles, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe (French), Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts & Nevis Anguilla, Cayman Islands, Saint Lucia, Martinique (French), Montserrat, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, Saint Vincent & Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (USA).

Central America:

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

Europe:

Iceland, Faroer Islands, Ireland, United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain, Andorra, France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, Norway, Sweden, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Cyprus, Romania, Moldavia, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Great Britain, Gibraltar, Monaco, San Marino, Malta, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands, Vatican City State, Greenland, France (European Territory).

Former USSR:

Former USSR, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaidjan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tadjikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia.

Middle East:

Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait.

North America:

Canada, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, United States.

Oceania:

Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Guam, Maldives, American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Norfolk Island, Nauru, Niue, New Zealand, Polynesia (French), Pitcairn Island, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna Islands, Samoa, New Caledonia (French).

South America:

Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina, Falkland Islands, S. Georgia & S. Sandwich Isls.

Sub-Saharan Africa:

As Africa, except: Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Canary Islands, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad.