Seychelles

Caribbean

Mauritius

None

Egypt

Libya

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Burundi

Comoros

Democratic Republic of Congo

Djibouti

Eritrea

eSwatini

Ethiopia

Kenya

Madagascar

Malawi

Rwanda

Sudan

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Sub-Saharan Africa

A map shows COMESA members highlighted in orange: Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Eswatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Member states of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, an organization founded in 1994 to promote free trade among its members

Countries

World

COMESA

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Members

Mauritania

Algeria

Bahrain

Iraq

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Morocco

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Tunisia

United Arab Emirates

Western Sahara

Yemen

Chad

Somalia

A world map shows countries where Arabic is an official or de facto language. The countries are highlighted in dark green and include Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Chad, Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Somalia.

Countries where Arabic is an official (or serves as a de facto) language

Arabic as Official or de facto Language

Australia

Guam (U.S.)

New Zealand

Australia & Oceania

Bahamas

Barbados

Bermuda (U.K.)

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Haiti

Jamaica

Trinidad and Tobago

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Central Asia

China

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

South Korea

Taiwan

East Asia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Europe

Argentina

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Latin America

New Caledonia (France)

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

Canada

Mexico

United States

North America

Bangladesh

India

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Brunei

Indonesia

Malaysia

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Iran

Israel

Turkey

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Côte d'Ivoire

Ghana

Liberia

Mali

Mozambique

Nigeria

Senegal

South Africa

Tanzania

Togo

A map highlights automobile use by country with the highest usage shaded in dark blue in North America, Australia, and parts of Europe. Lower usage shaded in light blue is in many African (Sudan, Kenya), South American, and Southeast Asian nations (India).

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Members	Arabic as Official or de facto Language	Automobile Use			HIV and AIDS Prevalence
Value	Value	Class	Rank	Automobiles per 1000 people	Class	Rank	Per 1,000 adults ages 15 to 49