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Table S3. Regional groupings used in the study | Unnamed: 1 | Unnamed: 2 | Unnamed: 3
Region names in bold indicate the aggregations of countries and areas used for analysis in this article.   The designations  “less developed regions” and  “more developed regions” to refer to development groups, and “developing countries” or “developed countries” to refer to countries within those groups, are intended for statistical convenience and do not necessarily express a judgment about the stage reached by a particular country or area in the development process. The term “country” as used in the text of this study also refers, as appropriate, to territories or areas.   Notes to Table S3 are located below the Table. For detailed notes on territorial considerations for specific countries, refer to http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Excel-Data/country-classification.pdf.
1. Less developed regions
Sub-Saharan Africa
Eastern Africa | Middle Africa | Southern Africa | Western Africa
Burundi | Angola | Botswana | Benin
Comoros* | Cameroon | [NAME] | [NAME]
Djibouti* | Central African Republic | Namibia | Cape Verde*
Eritrea | Chad | South Africa | Côte d’Ivoire
Ethiopia | Congo | Swaziland | Gambia
Kenya | Democratic Republic of the Congo |  | Ghana
Madagascar | Equatorial Guinea* |  | Guinea
[NAME] | Gabon |  | Guinea-Bissau
[NAME] | São Tomé and Príncipe* |  | Liberia
[NAME]* |  |  | [NAME]
Mozambique |  |  | Mauritania
Réunion* |  |  | [NAME]
Rwanda |  |  | Nigeria
Seychelles* |  |  | [NAME]
Somalia |  |  | Senegal
Uganda |  |  | Sierra Leone
United Republic of Tanzania |  |  | Togo
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Northern Africa and Western Asia
Northern Africa | Western Asia
Algeria | Bahrain†
Egypt | Cyprus†
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | Iraq
Morocco | Israel
Sudan1 | Jordan
Tunisia | Kuwait
Western Sahara* | Lebanon†
 | Occupied Palestinian Territory
 | Oman†
 | Qatar†
 | Saudi Arabia†
 | Syrian Arab Republic
 | Turkey
 | United Arab Emirates
 | Yemen
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia | South-Eastern Asia
China | [NAME]*
China, Hong Kong SAR | Cambodia
China, Macao SAR* | Indonesia
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | [NAME] Republic
Mongolia | Malaysia
Republic of Korea | Myanmar
 | Philippines
 | Singapore
 | Thailand
 | Timor-Leste
 | Viet Nam
Southern Asia
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan*
India
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Maldives*
Nepal
Pakistan
[NAME]
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Asia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Latin America and the Caribbean
Caribbean | Central America | South America
Anguilla* | Belize* | Argentina
[NAME] and [NAME]* | Costa Rica | Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Aruba* | El Salvador | Brazil
Bahamas* | Guatemala | Chile
Barbados* | Honduras | Colombia
British Virgin Islands* | Mexico | Ecuador
Cayman Islands* | Nicaragua | Falkland Islands (Malvinas)*
Cuba | Panama | French [NAME]*
Dominica* |  | Guyana*
Dominican Republic |  | Paraguay
Grenada* |  | Peru
Guadeloupe* |  | Suriname*
Haiti |  | Uruguay
Jamaica† |  | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Martinique*
[NAME]*
Netherlands Antilles*
Puerto Rico
[NAME] Nevis*
[NAME]*
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines*
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands*
United States Virgin Islands*
Developing Oceania
Melanesia | [NAME] | Polynesia
Fiji* | Guam* | American Samoa*
New Caledonia* | Kiribati* | Cook Islands*
[NAME] | Marshall Islands* | French Polynesia*
[NAME] | [NAME] (Federated States of)* | Niue*
Vanuatu* | Nauru* | Samoa*
 | Northern Mariana Islands* | Tokelau*
 | Palau* | Tonga*
 |  | Tuvalu*
 |  | [NAME]*
2. More developed regions
Europe
Eastern Europe | Northern Europe | Southern Europe | Western Europe
Belarus | Channel Islands* | Albania | Austria
Bulgaria | Denmark | Andorra* | Belgium
Czech Republic | Estonia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | France
Hungary | Faeroe Islands* | Croatia | Germany
Poland | Finland | Gibraltar* | Liechtenstein*
Republic of Moldova | Iceland* | Greece | Luxembourg*
Romania | Ireland | Holy See* | Monaco*
Russian Federation | Isle of Man* | Italy | Netherlands
Slovakia | Latvia | Malta* | Switzerland
Ukraine | Lithuania | Montenegro*
 | Norway | Portugal
 | Sweden | [NAME]*
 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Serbia
 |  | Slovenia
 |  | Spain
 |  | The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Northern America | Other more developed countries
Bermuda* | Australia
Canada | Japan
Greenland* | New Zealand
[NAME] and Miquelon*
United States of America
NOTES:
* Countries or areas with a population of less than 1 million in 2010 are indicated by an asterisk (*). These countries were not included in the study.
† Countries or areas indicated with a dagger had a population of 1 million or more in 2010 but had insufficient data to conduct the analysis.
1 Including South Sudan, which became independent on 9 July 2011.