EMEA Countries | Europe, the Middle East, and Africa 2022

Businesses, governments, and marketers often refer to this collection of regions as EMEA to simplify their communication.

You’ll hear the acronym EMEA most commonly in international business and commerce contexts. The acronym EMEA is often used by North American businesses to refer to the whole region.

More than two thousand different native languages are spoken by the people of the more than 100 nations that make up the EMEA area. Anywhere between 2.1 and 2.2 billion people are living in the EMEA area.

Nigeria, with its over 206 million inhabitants, is by far the region’s most populated nation, while Vatican City, with its population of fewer than a thousand, has the lowest population of any EMEA country.

Updated and Complete List of EMEA Countries

The exact number of nations and territories that make up EMEA is uncertain, however, it is likely to be about 115 countries & 17 non-country territories.

Since EMEA is an umbrella word that is not constrained by any particular legal or political meaning, the exact list of which nations constitute EMEA might vary significantly depending on the source.

While some may include Russia (which is located in both Europe and Asia) and India (which is located in Asia), others may leave them out. Countries like Azerbaijan and Georgia, which are on both the European and Asian continents, are counted by some but not by others. 

Finally, some sources include European overseas territories like the British Indian Ocean Territory (which is a part of the United Kingdom) or French Guiana (which is a part of France), while others include only those territories geographically located in the EMEA region (for example, the United Kingdom’s territory Isle of Man makes the list because it is located in Europe, while the British Virgin Islands, which are located in North America, do not), and still, others discard them altogether.

You may find a complete list of EMEA nations and territories, as compiled by World Population Review, in the table provided below.

Subgroupings and organisations included in the EMEA

Numerous minor nation groupings and/or organisations fall under the EMEA’s umbrella and/or overlap with it. While none of these regions is the full EMEA, they are all considered to be EMEA. There are, without any particular sequence, the following:

The EEMEA

• Africa
• Eastern Europe
• The Middle East

SEMEA

• Africa
• Southern Europe
• The Middle East

CEMEA

• Africa
• Central Europe
• The Middle East

CEE

• Central Europe
• Eastern Europe

MENA

• North Africa
• The Middle East

EUMENA

• Europe
• North Africa
• The Middle East

EMEIA

• Africa
• Europe
• India
• The Middle East

EMEA

• CIS
• Africa
• The Commonwealth of Independent States
• Europe
• The Middle East

EMEAC

• Africa
• The Caribbean
• Europe
• The Middle East

CIS

• The Black Sea
• The Caspian Sea
• The Commonwealth of Independent States

Also See: Developing Countries 2022

NACE

• Central Europe
• The North Atlantic

CEMA

• Africa
• Central Europe
• Eastern Europe
• The Middle East