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List of EMEA Countries – 2020 Update

Europe, Middle East, and Africa are the 3 regions that make up the broader EMEA region. In this article we provide you with the complete list of EMEA countries that make up this region. We not only provide you with the individual countries in this region but we also try to sort and filter the data in a way that will be useful for those who need the information for different purposes. We will start with an EMEA countries list sorted in alphabetical order. The other ways we filter the data include by population, by GDP, and we break them up into sections for each sub region – Europe, Middle East, and Africa.

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Brief Background on EMEA

EMEA is a designation given to a set of countries in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa for business purposes. Most commonly it is used for sales and marketing purposes but it is also used for other aspects of business including production and logistics. Many large North American and European countries use EMEA as a designation for their efforts in that region. The label helps companies to simplify the vast differences in this region and apply similar strategies and budgets to the region. EMEA is often used when a large company first enters this vast market but later as a company has more resources they may choose to focus more on the sub regions or individual countries within EMEA. It is also important to note that not all companies agree on which countries are included in EMEA. In particular, some of the countries in central Asia are debated being part of EMEA.

The trend to search for EMEA countries has risen slightly over the past 5 years from 2015 to 2020 on Google.

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EMEA Country List in Alphabetical Order

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Country
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Austria
Bahrain
Belarus
Belgium
Benin
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Faroe Islands
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
Guernsey
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Hungary
Iceland
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Isle Of Man
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Jersey
Jordan
Kenya
Kuwait
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Netherlands
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Palestine
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Rwanda
San Marino
Sao Tome & Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sudan
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Vatican City
Western Sahara
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

 

Additional Background on the EMEA countries List

The EMEA region consists of more land mass than any of the other business regions (APAC, AMER, or LATAM). The EMEA region also spans 4 continents, Europe, Africa, Asia, and because of Greenland North America as well. It also contains more countries than any of the other regions and arguably covers the most ethnically diverse people groups and languages. When combined the region has around 2000 native languages, though a large percent of the region could at least understand English, French, Arabic, or Russian.  Businesses targeting the region should understand that the EMEA designation is arbitrary and there is very little that makes every country in the region similar to the other except for the fact that their location lies somewhere between 40° W and 53° E by longitude.

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List of EMEA Countries by Population

The total estimated population of the EMEA region is between 2.1 and 2.2 billion people occupying the land from the most northern parts of Europe all the way to the southern tip of Africa. When looked at as a whole the region is massive in terms of population. Nigeria is the most populous country and Vatican City would is the least populous country in the region. Below is the complete EMEA list sorted by population.

 

San Marino33,400

Country Population 2017
Nigeria 195,875,237
Ethiopia 104,957,438
Egypt 97,553,151
Germany 82,114,224
Democratic Republic of the Congo 81,339,988
Iran 81,162,788
Turkey 80,745,020
United Kingdom 66,181,585
France 64,979,548
Italy 59,359,900
Tanzania 57,310,019
South Africa 56,717,156
Kenya 49,699,862
Spain 46,354,321
Ukraine 44,222,947
Uganda 42,862,958
Algeria 41,318,142
Sudan 40,533,330
Iraq 38,274,618
Poland 38,170,712
Morocco 35,739,580
Saudi Arabia 32,938,213
Angola 29,784,193
Mozambique 29,668,834
Ghana 28,833,629
Yemen 28,250,420
Madagascar 25,570,895
Ivory Coast 24,294,750
Cameroon 24,053,727
Niger 21,477,348
Romania 19,679,306
Burkina Faso 19,193,382
Malawi 18,622,104
Mali 18,541,980
Syria 18,269,868
Netherlands 17,035,938
Zambia 16,529,904
Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) 16,529,904
Senegal 15,850,567
Chad 14,899,994
Somali Rep. 14,742,523
Rwanda 12,208,407
Tunisia 11,532,127
Belgium 11,429,336
Benin 11,175,692
Greece 11,159,773
Burundi 10,864,245
Czech Republic 10,618,303
Portugal, Madeira & Azores 10,329,506
Sweden 9,910,701
Hungary 9,721,559
Jordan 9,702,353
Belarus 9,468,338
United Arab Emirates 9,400,145
Serbia 8,790,574
Austria 8,735,453
Switzerland 8,476,005
Israel 8,321,570
Togolese Rep. 7,797,694
Sierra Leone 7,557,212
Bulgaria 7,084,571
Libya 6,374,616
Lebanon 6,082,357
Denmark 5,733,551
Finland 5,523,231
Slovakia 5,447,662
Norway 5,305,383
Eritrea 5,068,831
Palestine 4,920,724
Ireland 4,761,657
Liberia 4,731,906
Central African Republic 4,659,080
Oman 4,636,262
Mauritania, Islamic Rep. 4,420,184
Croatia 4,189,353
Kuwait 4,136,528
Moldova 4,051,212
Georgia 3,912,061
Bosnia-Herzegovina 3,507,017
Albania 2,930,187
Lithuania 2,890,297
Qatar 2,639,211
Namibia 2,533,794
Botswana 2,291,661
Lesotho 2,233,339
Gambia 2,100,568
Macedonia 2,083,160
Slovenia 2,079,976
Gabon 2,025,137
Latvia 1,949,670
Guinea 1,861,283
Guinea-Bissau 1,704,000
Bahrain 1,492,584
Swaziland 1,367,254
Estonia 1,309,632
Equatorial Guinea 1,267,689
Mauritius 1,265,138
Cyprus 1,179,551
Djibouti 956,985
Comoros 813,912
Montenegro 628,960
Luxembourg 583,455
Western Sahara 552,628
Cape Verde 546,388
Malta 430,835
Iceland 335,025
Mayotte 253,045
Sao Tome & Principe 204,327
Jersey 100,080
Isle Of Man 84,287
Andorra 76,965
Guernsey 63,026
Faroe Islands 49,290
Liechtenstein 37,922
Monaco 38,695
Gibraltar 34,571
Vatican City 1,000

 

List of EMEA Countries by GDP

EMEA makes up about $27.5 Trillion in Gross Domestic Product every year. This is about 38% of the world GDP. Clearly if you have a product or service with Global appeal EMEA is not a market you can ignore given that more than a third of the world’s GDP comes from EMEA. Interestingly, EMEA also contains both the richest and poorest countries per capita in the world. Qatar being the richest and the Democratic Republic of Congo being the poorest by per capita GDP standards. Below is the EMEA country list sorted by GDP.

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Norway399,489

Country GDP In Millions
Germany 3,693,204
United Kingdom 2,637,866
France 2,582,501
Italy 1,943,835
Spain 1,314,314
Turkey 851,549
Netherlands 830,573
Saudi Arabia 686,738
Switzerland 678,965
Sweden 535,607
Poland 526,465
Belgium 494,764
Iran 454,012
Austria 416,836
United Arab Emirates 382,575
Nigeria 375,745
Israel 353,268
South Africa 348,871
Ireland 331,430
Denmark 329,866
Finland 252,302
Egypt 235,369
Portugal 219,308
Czech Republic 215,914
Romania 211,884
Greece 203,086
Iraq 192,060
Algeria 167,555
Qatar 166,929
Hungary 139,761
Angola 122,124
Kuwait 120,126
Sudan 117,488
Ukraine 112,154
Morocco 109,708
Slovakia 95,618
Ethiopia 80,561
Kenya 79,263
Oman 70,784
Luxembourg 62,316
Ghana 58,997
Bulgaria 58,221
Croatia 55,213
Belarus 54,456
Lebanon 53,577
Tanzania 53,320
Slovenia 48,770
Lithuania 47,544
Serbia 41,432
Jordan 40,068
Tunisia 39,952
Libya 38,108
Democratic Republic of the Congo 37,642
Ivory Coast 37,353
Bahrain 35,432
Cameroon 34,923
Yemen 31,268
Latvia 30,463
Estonia 26,612
Uganda 25,995
Zambia 25,868
Iceland 24,488
Cyprus 22,054
Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) 22,041
Senegal 21,070
Bosnia and Herzegovina 18,055
Botswana 17,406
Mali 15,334
Syria 15,183
Georgia 15,081
Gabon 15,013
Palestine 14,498
Mauritius 13,266
Namibia 13,254
Albania 13,039
Mozambique 12,646
Malta 12,518
Burkina Faso 12,323
Equatorial Guinea 12,294
Madagascar 11,499
Macedonia 11,280
Guinea 10,473
Chad 9,871
Benin 9,247
Rwanda 9,135
Moldova 8,128
Niger 8,120
Malawi 6,303
Liechtenstein 6,289
Jersey 6,000
Isle Of Man 6,000
Eritrea 5,813
Monaco 5,748
Mauritania 5,025
Montenegro 4,845
Swaziland 4,433
Togo 4,299
Liberia 3,285
Burundi 3,172
Guernsey 3,050
Andorra 3,013
Lesotho 2,578
Somalia 2,372
Gibraltar 2,288
Faroe Islands 2,230
Central African Republic 1,949
Djibouti 1,844
Cape Verde 1,773
San Marino 1,633
Gambia 1,489
Guinea-Bissau 1,346
Comoros 1,068
Western Sahara 908
Sao Tome & Principe 393
Vatican City N/A

 

 

Popular Sub-regions Part of EMEA

Some of the popular sub-regions of EMEA that are used for business are listed below. This is by no means a complete list of every possible sub region but it is a good representation of the bigger sub regions.

European Countries part of EMEA

Country
Russia
Germany
Turkey
France
United Kingdom
Italy
Spain
Ukraine
Poland
Romania
Kazakhstan
Netherlands
Belgium
Greece
Portugal
Czech Republic
Hungary
Sweden
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Austria
Switzerland
Bulgaria
Serbia
Denmark
Finland
Slovakia
Norway
Georgia
Ireland
Croatia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Moldova
Armenia
Lithuania
Albania
Macedonia
Slovenia
Latvia
Kosovo
Estonia
Cyprus
Montenegro
Luxembourg
Malta
Iceland
Northern Cyprus
Jersey
Isle of Man
Andorra
Guernsey
Faroe Islands
Liechtenstein
Monaco
San Marino
Gibraltar
Aland Islands (Finland)
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Vatican City

 

Middle East Countries Part of EMEA

Country
Turkey
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Syria
United Arab Emirates
Israel
Jordan
Palestine
Lebanon
Oman
Kuwait
Qatar
Bahrain
Iran

 

Countries in Africa Part of EMEA

Country
Nigeria
Ethiopia
Egypt
Democratic Republic of the Congo
South Africa
Tanzania
Kenya
Algeria
Uganda
Sudan
Morocco
Ghana
Mozambique
Ivory Coast
Madagascar
Angola
Cameroon
Niger
Burkina Faso
Mali
Malawi
Zambia
Senegal
Zimbabwe
Chad
Guinea
Tunisia
Rwanda
South Sudan
Benin
Somalia
Burundi
Togo
Libya
Sierra Leone
Central African Republic
Eritrea
Republic of the Congo
Liberia
Mauritania
Gabon
Namibia
Botswana
Lesotho
Equatorial Guinea
Gambia
Guinea-Bissau
Mauritius
Swaziland
Djibouti
Réunion
Comoros
Western Sahara
Cape Verde
Mayotte
São Tomé and Príncipe
Seychelles

 

The MENA Region

The MENA Region, also referred to as the Arab World, is a group of 23 countries that are in the Middle East and North Africa. The reason for the grouping is that these countries share a similar predominately Arab culture and its common to approach this region with a single marketing strategy that works for all countries in the region.

 

 

 

List of MENA countries

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Libya

Morocco

Oman

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Palestine

Syria

Tunisia

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

 

Other common acronyms related to the EMEA region

EEMEA – Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa

SEMEA – Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa

SEEMEA – Southeastern Europe, Middle East and Africa

MENAP – The Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan

CEMA – Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa

EMEIA  – Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa

EMIA – Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa

CEMEA – Central Europe, Middle East and Africa

 

 

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References:

World Economic Outlook Database

World Population Prospects

Other Region Lists

Arabic Countries List

MEA Region Countries

MENA Countries List

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