As of July 2019, there are a total of 1,121 World Heritage Sites located in 167 States Parties (countries that have adhered to the World Heritage Convention, including the non-member state of the Holy See), of which 869 are cultural, 213 are natural and 39 are mixed properties.[1] The countries have been divided by the World Heritage Committee into five geographic zones: Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and North America, and Latin America and the Caribbean. Italy and China have the highest number of World Heritage Sites, both with 55 entries.[2] However, 29 state parties have no properties inscribed on the World Heritage List: Bahamas, Bhutan, Brunei, Burundi, Comoros, Cook Islands, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Kuwait, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Maldives, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago and Tuvalu.[3]
Country | Natural sites | Cultural sites | Mixed sites | Total sites | Shared sites[4] | UNESCO region |
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2 | 2 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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1[note 1] | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | Europe and North America |
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6 | 1 | 7 | Arab States | ||
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | |||
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1 | 1 | Africa | |||
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |||
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5 | 6[note 2][note 3][note 4] | 11 | 3 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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2 | 1 | 3 | Europe and North America | ||
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12 | 4 | 4 | 20 | Asia and the Pacific | |
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1[note 1] | 9[note 5][note 6] | 10 | 3 | Europe and North America | |
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3 | 3 | Europe and North America | |||
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3 | 3 | Arab States | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |||
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1[note 7] | 3[note 8] | 4 | 2 | Europe and North America | |
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1[note 1] | 12[note 9][note 3] | 13 | 3 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |||
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1[note 10] | 1 | 2 | 1 | Africa | |
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1 | 6[note 4] | 7 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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3[note 11] | 3 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | 2 | Africa | ||
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7 | 14[note 2] | 1 | 22 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean |
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3[note 1] | 7 | 10 | 1 | Europe and North America | |
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1[note 10] | 2 | 3 | 1 | Africa | |
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3 | 3 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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2[note 12] | 2 | 1 | Africa | ||
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10[note 13] | 9 | 1 | 20 | 2 | Europe and North America |
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1 | 1 | Africa | |||
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2[note 12] | 2 | 1 | Africa | ||
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1 | 1 | 2 | Africa | ||
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6[note 4] | 6 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
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14 | 37[note 14] | 4 | 55 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific |
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2 | 6[note 4] | 1 | 9 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean |
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1[note 12] | 1 | 1 | Africa | ||
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3[note 15] | 1 | 4 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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3[note 16] | 1 | 4 | 1 | Africa | |
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2 | 8[note 11] | 10 | 3 | Europe and North America | |
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2 | 7 | 9 | Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
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3 | 3 | Europe and North America | |||
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14[note 17] | 14 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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2 | 2 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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5 | 5 | Africa | |||
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3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |||
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |||
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2 | 3[note 4] | 5 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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1 | 6 | 7 | Arab States | ||
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |||
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1 | 1 | Africa | |||
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2[note 8] | 2 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 8 | 9 | Africa | ||
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1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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1[note 18] | 6[note 8] | 7 | 2 | Europe and North America | |
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5[note 19][note 20][note 21] | 39[note 9][note 3][note 6][note 22] | 1[note 23] | 45 | 4 | Europe, North America and Antarctica. |
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1 | 1 | Africa | |||
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2[note 24] | 2 | 1 | Africa | ||
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3 | 3 | Europe and North America | |||
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3[note 25][note 1] | 43[note 26][note 27][note 28][note 3][note 6][note 17] | 46 | 6 | Europe and North America | |
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2 | 2 | Africa | |||
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16 | 2 | 18 | Europe and North America | ||
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2 | 1 | 3 | Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
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1[note 16] | 1 | 1 | Africa | ||
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |||
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2[note 29] | 2 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | 2 | Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
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1[note 30] | 7[note 5] | 8 | 2 | Europe and North America | |
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2 | 1 | 3 | Europe and North America | ||
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7 | 30[note 3] | 1 | 38 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific |
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4 | 5 | 9 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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2 | 22 | 24 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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5 | 1 | 6 | Arab States | ||
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2 | 2 | Europe and North America | |||
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9 | 9 | Europe and North America[5] | |||
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5[note 31] | 50[note 29][note 32][note 6] | 55 | 6 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |||
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4 | 19[note 3] | 23 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |
Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan)[note 33][6][7] | 1 | 1 | without State Party | |||
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4 | 1 | 5 | Arab States | ||
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2[note 34] | 3[note 14] | 5 | 2 | Asia and the Pacific | |
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3 | 4 | 7 | Africa | ||
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1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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1[note 34] | 2[note 14] | 3 | 2 | Asia and the Pacific | |
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3 | 3 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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2[note 8] | 2 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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5 | 5 | Arab States | |||
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1[note 35] | 1 | 1 | Africa | ||
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5 | 5 | Arab States | |||
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4[note 8][note 36] | 4 | 2 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | |||
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2 | 1 | 3 | Africa | ||
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1 | 1 | 2 | Africa | ||
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2 | 2 | 4 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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3 | 1 | 4 | Africa | ||
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3 | 3 | Europe and North America | |||
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1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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1 | 1 | 2 | Arab States | ||
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2 | 2 | Africa | |||
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6 | 27 | 2 | 35 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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1[note 8] | 1 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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2 | 2 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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2[note 37] | 3 | 5 | 2 | Asia and the Pacific | |
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1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Europe and North America | |
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9 | 9 | Arab States | |||
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1 | 1 | Africa | |||
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2 | 2 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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1 | 1 | 2 | Africa | ||
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2 | 2[note 38] | 4 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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1[note 25] | 9 | 10 | 1 | Europe and North America | |
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2 | 1 | 3 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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2 | 2 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |||
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2[note 10] | 1 | 3 | 1 | Africa | |
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2 | 2 | Africa | |||
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1 | 7[note 8] | 8 | 1 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | |||
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[note 39] | 5 | 5 | Arab States | ||
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6 | 6 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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2 | 2 | Arab States | |||
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3[note 15] | 2 | 5 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |||
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2 | 8[note 4] | 2 | 12 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean |
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3 | 3 | 6 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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1[note 7] | 15[note 40][note 27][8] | 16 | 3 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 16[note 41] | 17 | 1 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | Arab States | |||
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1 | 13 | 14 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | Europe and North America | |
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11[note 37] | 18[note 8][note 36] | 29 | 4 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |||
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |||
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | |||
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5 | 5 | Arab States | |||
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2 | 5[note 24] | 7 | 1 | Africa | |
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5[note 11] | 5 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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2 | 2 | Africa | |||
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1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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2[note 30][note 1] | 5 | 7 | 2 | Europe and North America | |
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2 | 2[note 42][note 6] | 4 | 3 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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4 | 5 | 1[note 35] | 10 | 1 | Africa |
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4 | 42[note 41][note 42] | 2[note 23] | 48 | 4 | Europe and North America |
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2 | 6 | 8 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Arab States | ||
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1 | 1 | 2 | Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
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1[note 18] | 13[note 8] | 1 | 15 | 2 | Europe and North America |
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3[note 31] | 9[note 32][note 3][note 6] | 12 | 4 | Europe and North America | |
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6 | 6 | Arab States | |||
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1 | 1 | 2 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | Africa | |
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2 | 3 | 5 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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1 | 1 | Africa | |||
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1 | 7 | 8 | Arab States | ||
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16 | 2 | 18 | Europe and North America | ||
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3 | 3 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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2 | 1 | 3 | Africa | ||
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1[note 1] | 6[note 8][note 40] | 7 | 3 | Europe and North America | |
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4 | 27[note 26] | 1 | 32 | 1 | Europe and North America |
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12[note 13] | 11 | 1 | 24 | 2 | Europe and North America |
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1 | 1 | Arab States | |||
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2 | 2 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |||
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1[note 34] | 4 | 5 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |
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1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
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2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | Asia and the Pacific | |
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1 | 3 | 4 | Arab States | ||
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1[note 43] | 1 | 1 | Africa | ||
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2[note 43] | 3 | 5 | 1 | Africa | |
(less Transboundary Sites) | 14 | 18 | 2 | 34 | ||
Total | 213 | 869 | 39 | 1 121 | 38 | 167 State Parties |
This overview lists countries with ten or more World Heritage Sites.