As of January 2024, there are a total of 1,199 World Heritage Sites located across 168 countries, of which 933 are cultural, 227 are natural, and 39 are mixed properties.[1] The countries have been divided by the World Heritage Committee into five geographical zones: Africa, the Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and North America, and Latin America and the Caribbean. With 59 selected areas, Italy is the country with the most sites; followed by China with 57, then France and Germany with 52 each.[2]
Of the 195 state parties of the World Heritage Convention, 27 have no properties inscribed on the World Heritage List: The Bahamas, Bhutan, Brunei, Burundi, the Comoros, the Cook Islands, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Kuwait, Liberia, Maldives, Monaco, Niue, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, and Tuvalu.
Only two UN member states are not state parties of the World Heritage Convention: Liechtenstein and Nauru.
Country | Cultural sites | Natural sites | Mixed sites | Total sites | Shared sites[3] | UNESCO region[4] |
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2 | 2 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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2 | 1[note 1] | 1[note 2] | 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 & the Caribbean | |||
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7[note 3][note 4][note 5] | 5 | 12 | 3 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |
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3 | 3 | Europe and North America | |||
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4 | 12 | 4 | 20 | Asia and the Pacific | |
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11[note 6][note 7][note 8] | 1[note 1] | 12 | 5 | Europe and North America | |
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4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | Europe and North America | |
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3 | 3 | Arab States | |||
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2 | 1 | 3 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
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3[note 9] | 1[note 10] | 4 | 2 | Europe and North America | |
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15[note 11][note 4] | 1[note 1] | 16 | 6 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
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2 | 1[note 12] | 3 | 2 | Africa | |
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6[note 5] | 1 | 7 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |
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3[note 13] | 1[note 1] | 4 | 2 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | 2 | Africa | ||
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15[note 3] | 7 | 1 | 23 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean |
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7 | 3[note 1] | 10 | 1 | Europe and North America | |
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2 | 1[note 12] | 3 | 1 | Africa | |
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4 | 4 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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2[note 14] | 2 | 1 | Africa | ||
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10 | 11[note 15] | 1 | 22 | 2 | Europe and North America |
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1 | 1 | Africa | |||
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2[note 14] | 2 | 1 | Africa | ||
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1 | 1 | 2 | Africa | ||
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7[note 5] | 7 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | ||
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39[note 16] | 14 | 4 | 57 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific |
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6[note 5] | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean |
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1 | 3[note 17] | 4 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |
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2 | 3[note 18] | 5 | 1 | Africa | |
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8[note 13] | 2[note 1] | 10 | 3 | Europe and North America | |
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7 | 2 | 9 | Latin America & the Caribbean | ||
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3 | 3 | Europe and North America | |||
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16[note 19] | 1[note 1] | 17 | 3 | Europe and North America | |
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5 | 5 | Africa | |||
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8 | 3 | 11 | 1 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
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1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
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3[note 5] | 2 | 5 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |
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6 | 1 | 7 | Arab States | ||
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1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
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1 | 1 | Africa | |||
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2[note 9] | 2 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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9 | 2 | 11 | Africa | ||
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1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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6[note 9] | 1[note 20] | 7 | 2 | Europe and North America | |
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44[note 11][note 4][note 7][note 21] | 7[note 1][note 22][note 23][note 24] | 1[note 25] | 52 | 6 | Europe and North America |
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1 | 1 | 2 | Africa | ||
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2[note 26] | 2 | 1 | Africa | ||
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3 | 1 | 4 | Europe and North America | ||
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49[note 27][note 28][note 29] [note 4][note 7][note 19][note 8] |
3[note 1][note 30] | 52 | 9 | Europe and North America | |
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2 | 2 | Africa | |||
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17 | 2 | 19 | Europe and North America | ||
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3 | 1 | 4 | Latin America & the Caribbean | ||
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1[note 18] | 1 | 1 | Africa | ||
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1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
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1 | 1 | 2 | Latin America & the Caribbean | ||
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7[note 6] | 1[note 31] | 8 | 2 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 2 | 3 | Europe and North America | ||
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34 | 7 | 1 | 42 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific |
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6 | 4 | 10 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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25 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 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 | |||
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53[note 32][note 33][note 7] | 6[note 1][note 34] | 59 | 7 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
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19[note 4] | 6 | 25 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |
Jerusalem (proposed by Jordan) | 1 | 1 | Arab States[note 35][5][6] | |||
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5 | 1 | 6 | Arab States | ||
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3[note 16] | 3[note 36] | 6 | 3 | Asia and the Pacific | |
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4 | 3 | 7 | Africa | ||
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1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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2[note 16] | 1[note 36] | 3 | 2 | Asia and the Pacific | |
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3 | 3 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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3[note 9] | 3 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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6 | 6 | Arab States | |||
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1[note 37] | 1 | 1 | Africa | ||
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5 | 5 | Arab States | |||
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5[note 9][note 38] | 5 | 2 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | |||
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1 | 2 | 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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27 | 6 | 2 | 35 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |
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1[note 9] | 1 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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4 | 2[note 39] | 6 | 2 | Asia and the Pacific | |
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3 | 1 | 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[note 40] | 2 | 4 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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12 | 1[note 30] | 13 | 3 | Europe and North America | |
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2 | 1 | 3 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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2 | 2 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
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1 | 2[note 12] | 3 | 1 | Africa | |
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2 | 2 | Africa | |||
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2 | 2 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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1[note 1] | 1[note 2] | 2 | 2 | Europe and North America | |
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7[note 9] | 1 | 8 | 1 | Europe and North America | |
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5 | [note 41] | 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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4 | 4 | Arab States | |||
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2 | 3[note 17] | 5 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |
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1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
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9[note 5] | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean |
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3 | 3 | 6 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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15[note 42][note 28] | 2[note 1][note 10] | 17 | 4 | Europe and North America | |
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16[note 43] | 1 | 17 | 1 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | Arab States | |||
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2[note 14] | 2 | 1 | Africa | ||
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7 | 2[note 1] | 9 | 1 | Europe and North America | |
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20[note 9][note 38] | 11[note 39] | 31 | 4 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | 2 | Africa | ||
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1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
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1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | |||
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6 | 1 | 7 | Arab States | ||
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5[note 26] | 2 | 7 | 1 | Africa | |
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5[note 13] | 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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6[note 8] | 2[note 1][note 31] | 8 | 3 | Europe and North America | |
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3[note 44][note 7] | 2[note 1] | 5 | 3 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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5 | 4 | 1[note 37] | 10 | 1 | Africa |
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14 | 2 | 16 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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44[note 43][note 44] | 4[note 1] | 2[note 25] | 50 | 4 | Europe and North America |
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6 | 2 | 8 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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2 | 1 | 3 | Arab States | ||
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2 | 1 | 3 | Latin America & the Caribbean | ||
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13[note 9] | 1[note 20] | 1 | 15 | 2 | Europe and North America |
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9[note 33][note 4][note 7] | 4[note 1][note 34] | 13 | 5 | Europe and North America | |
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6 | 6 | Arab States | |||
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2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |
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3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | Africa | |
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4 | 3 | 7 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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1 | 1 | 1 | Africa | ||
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8 | 1 | 9 | Arab States | ||
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19 | 2 | 21 | Europe and North America | ||
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4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | Asia and the Pacific | |
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1 | 2 | 3 | Africa | ||
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7[note 9][note 42] | 1[note 1] | 8 | 3 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | Arab States | |||
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28[note 27] | 4 | 1 | 33 | 1 | Europe and North America |
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12 | 12[note 15] | 1 | 25 | 2 | Europe and North America |
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3 | 3 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
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5 | 2[note 36] | 7 | 3 | Asia and the Pacific | |
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1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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2[note 32] | 2 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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2 | 1 | 3 | Latin America & the Caribbean | ||
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5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | Asia and the Pacific | |
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4 | 1 | 5 | Arab States | ||
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1[note 45] | 1 | 1 | Africa | ||
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3 | 2[note 45] | 5 | 1 | Africa | |
Total | 933 | 227 | 39 | 1,199 | 48 | 168 state parties |
This overview lists the 34 countries with 10 or more World Heritage Sites: