List of African Countries

Question

I am trying to work out the 53 African countries according to PGC. I have the following confirmed (44 of 53):

Algeria

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Chad

Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Djibouti

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Ethiopia

Gambia

Ghana

Ivory Coast

Kenya

Lesotho

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mauritania

Mauritius

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Nigeria

Reunion

Rwanda

Saint Helena

Sao Tome and Principe

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

South Africa

Sudan

Swaziland

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe What am I missing?

Answer 1

This is what the standard checker script has configured - may help:

continents = {

Europe={"Germany", "United Kingdom", "Sweden", "France", "Czech Republic", "Austria", "Norway", "Denmark", "Spain", "Finland", "Netherlands", "Portugal", "Switzerland", "Belgium", "Italy", "Slovakia", "Ireland", "Poland",  "Hungary", "Luxembourg", "Slovenia", "Latvia", "Lithuania", "Greece", "Romania", "Estonia", "Croatia", "Bulgaria", "Cyprus", "Isle of Man", "Iceland", "Russia", "Ukraine", "Serbia", "Jersey", "Guernsey", "Liechtenstein", "Malta", "Faroe Islands", "Aland Islands", "Andorra", "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Greenland", "Montenegro", "Macedonia", "Albania", "Armenia", "Svalbard and Jan Mayen", "Monaco", "Belarus", "Gibraltar", "Moldova", "San Marino", "Vatican City State"},
 

  ["North America"]={"Canada", "United States", "Mexico", "Puerto Rico", "Bermuda", "Costa Rica", "Bahamas", "Panama", "Dominican Republic", "Cuba", "El Salvador", "Belize", "Cayman Islands", "US Virgin Islands", "Trinidad and Tobago", "Guatemala", "Curacao", "Aruba", "Barbados", "British Virgin Islands", "Honduras", "Saint Kitts and Nevis", "St Kitts", "Nicaragua", "Netherlands Antilles",  "Jamaica", "St. Martin", "Antigua and Barbuda", "Bonaire", "Turks and Caicos Islands", "Martinique", "Guadeloupe", "Haiti", "St Vince Grenadines", "Grenada", "Saint Lucia", "Anguilla", "Montserrat", "Dominica", "St Barthelemy", "St Pierre Miquelon", "St Eustatius"},

  ["South America"]={"Brazil", "Chile", "Argentina", "Colombia", "Ecuador", "Peru", "Venezuela", "Bolivia", "Suriname", "Paraguay", "Uruguay", "Falkland Islands", "French Guiana", "Guyana", "South Georgia and Sandwich Islands"},

  Africa={"South Africa", "Egypt", "Namibia", "Kenya", "Morocco", "Reunion", "Tunisia", "Zimbabwe", "Tanzania", "Swaziland", "Botswana", "Mauritius", "Seychelles", "Cape Verde", "Mozambique", "Zambia", "Uganda", "Angola", "Gambia", "Ghana", "Djibouti", "Malawi", "Ethiopia", "Senegal", "Algeria", "Libya", "Madagascar", "Mauritania", "Mali", "Nigeria", "Sudan",  "British Indian Ocean Territories", "Mayotte", "Cameroon", "Congo", "Niger", "Saint Helena", "Sao Tome and Principe", "Gabon",  "Rwanda", "Sierra Leone", "South Sudan", "Benin", "Equatorial Guinea", "Togo", "Burkina Faso", "Democratic Republic of the Congo",        "Burundi", "Comoros", "Eritrea", "Chad", "Ivory Coast"},

  Asia={"Japan", "South Korea", "Thailand", "Israel", "Hong Kong", "Taiwan", "Turkey", "United Arab Emirates", "China", "Singapore",   "Qatar", "Malaysia", "Afghanistan", "Iraq", "Saudi Arabia", "India", "Oman", "Indonesia", "Kuwait", "Mongolia", "Philippines",  "Vietnam", "Sri Lanka", "Jordan", "Lebanon", "Nepal", "Iran", "Bahrain", "East Timor", "Cambodia", "Kyrgyzstan", "Georgia", "Kazakhstan", "Myanmar", "Maldives", "Azerbaijan", "Bhutan", "Pakistan", "Macau", "Laos", "Uzbekistan", "Syria", "Tajikistan", "Palestine", "Bangladesh", "Brunei", "Turkmenistan", "Christmas Island", "Yemen"},

  Oceania={"Australia", "New Zealand", "Guam", "Fiji", "New Caledonia", "Niue", "N. Mariana Islands", "Palau", "French Polynesia", "Micronesia", "Marshall Islands", "Vanuatu", "Cook Islands", "Papua New Guinea", "Norfolk Island", "Samoa", "American Samoa",  "Kiribati", "US Minor Outlying Islands", "Nauru", "Solomon Islands", "Tuvalu"},

  Antarctica={"Antarctica"}
}

Comments

This is only 52 countries and the PGC stats page says 53. 1 missing/changed?

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The checker is not updated for a couple of years

Answer 2

This is the november list in the database of Project-GC which is a direct copy of geocaching.com

AFRICA ["Algeria", "Angola", "Benin", "Botswana", "British Indian Ocean Territories", "Burkina Faso", "Burundi", "Cameroon", "Cape Verde", "Central African Republic", "Chad", "Comoros", "Congo", "Democratic Republiek of the Congo", "Djibouti", "Egypt", "Equatorial Guinea", "Eritrea", "Ethiopia", "Gabon", "Gambia", "Ghana", "Guinea", "Guinea-Bissau", "Ivory Coast", "Kenya", "Lesotho", "Liberia", "Libya", "Madagascar", "Malawi", "Mali", "Mauritania", "Mauritius", "Mayotte", "Morocco", "Mozambique", "Namibia", "Niger", "Nigeria", "Reunion", "Rwanda", "Saint Helena", "Sao Tome and Principe", "Senegal", "Seychelles", "Sierra Leone", "Somalia", "South Africa", "South Sudan", "Sudan", "Swaziland", "Tanzania", "Togo", "Tunisia", "Uganda", "Western Sahara", "Zambia", "Zimbabwe"]                           

ANTARCTICA ["Antarctica", "Bouvet Island", "French Southern Territories", "Heard Island And Mcdonald Islands", "South Georgia and Sandwich Islands"]

ASIA ["Afghanistan", "Armenia", "Azerbaijan", "Bahrain", "Bangladesh", "Bhutan", "Brunei", "Cambodia", "China", "Christmas Island", "Cyprus", "East Timor", "Georgia", "Hong Kong", "India", "Indonesia", "Iran", "Iraq", "Israel", "Japan", "Jordan", "Kazakhstan", "Kuwait", "Kyrgyzstan", "Laos", "Lebanon", "Macau", "Malaysia", "Maldives", "Mongolia", "Myanmar", "Nepal", "North Korea", "Oman", "Pakistan", "Palestine", "Philippines", "Qatar", "Saudi Arabia", "Singapore", "South Korea", "Sri Lanka", "Syria", "Taiwan", "Tajikistan", "Thailand", "Turkey", "Turkmenistan", "United Arab Emirates", "Uzbekistan", "Vietnam", "Yemen"]

EUROPE ["Aland Islands", "Albania", "Andorra", "Austria", "Belarus", "Belgium", "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Bulgaria", "Croatia", "Czech Republic", "Denmark", "Estonia", "Faroe Islands", "Finland", "France", "Germany", "Gibraltar", "Greece", "Guernsey", "Hungary", "Iceland", "Ireland", "Isle of Man", "Italy", "Jersey", "Latvia", "Liechtenstein", "Lithuania", "Luxembourg", "Macedonia", "Malta", "Moldova", "Monaco", "Montenegro", "Netherlands", "Norway", "Poland", "Portugal", "Romania", "Russia", "San Marino", "Serbia", "Slovakia", "Slovenia", "Spain", "Svalbard and Jan Mayen", "Sweden", "Switzerland", "Ukraine", "United Kingdom", "Vatican City State"]

NORTH AMERICA ["Anguilla", "Antigua and Barbuda", "Aruba", "Bahamas", "Barbados", "Belize", "Bermuda", "Bonaire", "British Virgin Islands", "Canada", "Cayman Islands", "Costa Rica", "Cuba", "Curacao", "Dominica", "Dominican Republic", "El Salvador", "Greenland", "Grenada", "Guadeloupe", "Guatemala", "Haiti", "Honduras", "Jamaica", "Martinique", "Mexico", "Montserrat", "Netherlands Antilles", "Nevis and St Kitts", "Nicaragua", "Panama", "Puerto Rico", "Saba", "Saint Kitts and Nevis", "Saint Lucia", "St Barthelemy", "St Eustatius", "St Kitts", "St Pierre Miquelon", "St Vince Grenadines", "St. Martin", "Trinidad and Tobago", "Turks and Caicos Islands", "United States", "US Virgin Islands"]

OCEANIA ["American Samoa", "Australia", "Cook Islands", "Fiji", "French Polynesia", "Guam", "Kiribati", "Marshall Islands", "Micronesia", "Nauru", "New Caledonia", "New Zealand", "Niue", "Norfolk Island", "Northern Mariana Islands", "Palau", "Papua New Guinea", "Pitcairn Islands", "Samoa", "Solomon Islands", "Tokelau", "Tonga", "Tuvalu", "US Minor Outlying Islands", "Vanuatu", "Wallis And Futuna Islands"]

SOUTH AMERICA ["Argentina", "Bolivia", "Brazil", "Chile", "Colombia", "Ecuador", "Falkland Islands", "French Guiana", "Guyana", "Paraguay", "Peru", "Suriname", "Uruguay", "Venezuela"]

Continents as per http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/List_of_countries_by_continent

Comments

That totals 59, but the stats page says 53:
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
British Indian Ocean Territories
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo
Democratic Republiek of the Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Reunion
Rwanda
Saint Helena
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Western Sahara
Zambia
Zimbabwe

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Which Stats page?

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Turkey and Greenland have dropped off the Europe list.

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When I click on my dashboard and then stats, under the Maps tab it says 13 of 53 countries found in Europe.

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Yes but it depends on the definition of continents
My list is based on http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/List_of_countries_by_continent