Complete List of EMEA Countries - 2023 Update | IstiZada (2024)

Europe, Middle East, and Africa are the three 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 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.

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 2018 to 2023 on Google.

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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 others except for the fact that their location lies somewhere between 40° W and 53° E by longitude.

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.

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’s 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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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

Middle East Countries Part of EMEA

Countries in Africa Part of EMEA

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

Other Region Lists

Arabic Countries List

MEA Region Countries

MENA Countries List

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