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 * I'm not wild about using a BCP 47 region subtag registration as the source for a UN M.49 definition, when the definition from UNSD itself is available right here: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm#ftnb

Doug Ewell (talk) 20:29, 1 January 2017 (UTC) (Co-Designated Expert for BCP 47)

Bouvet Island
Why does the “UN M.49” have Bouvet Island as part of South America, when in fact it is closer to the mainland of Africa within its distance? Craig Lungren (talk) 17:03, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
 * That's a question for the Statistical Services Branch UN Statistics Division. A contact email address is listed on their page at https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/ DRMcCreedy (talk) 20:12, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Missing UN M49 Codes
After learning the first 21 3-digit codes, which are …

001: World / 002: Africa / 003: North America / 004: Afghanistan /

005: South America / 006: Asia / 007: Europe / 008: Albania /

009: Oceania / 010: Antarctica / 011: Western Africa / 012: Algeria /

013: Central America / 014: Eastern Africa / 015: Northern Africa /

016: American Samoa / 017: Middle Africa / 018: Southern Africa /

019: America / 020: Andorra / 021: Northern America

… I’m wondering: why should other 3-digit codes for the UN M49, such as “022”, “023”, “025”, etc., be missing?

I have even found out that some codes are no longer in use, which includes …

- Asia that was originally 006, but is now “142”

- Europe that was originally 007, but is now “150”

- Southern Asia that was originally 033, but is now “062”

- Western Asia that was originally 037, but is now “145”

- Western Europe that was originally 038, but is now “155” - Eastern Europe that was originally 041, but is now “151” - Northern Europe that was originally 042, but is now “154”

- Australia & New Zealand originally 043, but is now “053”

- Melanesia that was originally 045, but is now “054”

- Micronesia-Polynesia that was 046, but is now “055”

- Micronesia that was 047, but is now “057”

- Polynesia that was originally 049, but is now “061”

- Central Asia that was originally 143, but is now “062”

… and yet I think: Why did those divisions need to change from their original UN M49 code to a new 3-digit code? Why couldn’t Asia remain with 006, and so forth?

I don’t think any 3-digit code should be missing and should all remain in use today! Craig Lungren (talk) 17:27, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
 * That's something to raise with the Statistical Services Branch UN Statistics Division. A contact email address is listed on their page at https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/ DRMcCreedy (talk) 20:12, 7 October 2023 (UTC)