Table 4.
The classification of countries of birth
| 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 |