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Afghanistan (AF, AFG, 4) - 34 children
Albania (AL, ALB, 8)
Algeria (DZ, DZA, 12)
American Samoa (AS, ASM, 16) - 2 children
Andorra (AD, AND, 20)
Angola (AO, AGO, 24)
Anguilla (AI, AIA, 660)
Antarctica (AQ)
Antigua and Barbuda (AG, ATG, 28) - 8 children
Argentina (AR, ARG, 32) - 24 children
Armenia (AM, ARM, 51) - 12 children
Aruba (AW, ABW, 533)
Australia (AU, AUS, 36) - 8 children
Austria (AT, AUT, 40)
Azerbaijan (AZ, AZE, 31) - 4 children
Bahamas (BS, BHS, 44) - 32 children
Bahrain (BH, BHR, 48) - 4 children
Bangladesh (BD, BGD, 50) - 10 children
Barbados (BB, BRB, 52) - 11 children
Belarus (BY, BLR, 112)
Belgium (BE, BEL, 56)
Belize (BZ, BLZ, 84) - 6 children
Benin (BJ, BEN, 204)
Bermuda (BM, BMU, 60)
Bhutan (BT, BTN, 64) - 20 children
Bolivia (BO, BOL, 68) - 9 children
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA, BIH, 70)
Botswana (BW, BWA, 72)
Bouvet Island (BV)
Brasil (BR, BRA, 76) - 27 children
Brazil (BR, BRA, 76) - 27 children
British Indian Ocean Territory (IO)
Brunei Darussalam (BN, BRN, 96) - 7 children
Bulgaria (BG, BGR, 100)
Burkina Faso (BF, BFA, 854)
Burundi (BI, BDI, 108)
Cambodia (KH, KHM, 116) - 25 children
Cameroon (CM, CMR, 120)
Canada (CA, CAN, 124) - 14 children
Canary Islands (IC) - 8 children
Cape Verde (CV, CPV, 132)
Cayman Islands (KY, CYM, 136)
Central African Republic (CF, CAF, 140)
Chad (TD, TCD, 148)
Chile (CL, CHL, 152) - 15 children
China (CN, CHN, 156) - 60 children
Christmas Island (CX)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (CC)
Colombia (CO, COL, 170) - 33 children
Comoros (KM, COM, 174)
Congo (CG, COG, 178)
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the (CD, COD, 180)
Cook Islands (CK, COK, 184)
Costa Rica (CR, CRI, 188) - 7 children
Cote D'Ivoire (CI, CIV, 384)
Croatia (HR, HRV, 191)
Cuba (CU, CUB, 192) - 16 children
Cyprus (CY, CYP, 196) - 21 children
Czech Republic (CZ, CZE, 203)
Denmark (DK, DNK, 208)
Djibouti (DJ, DJI, 262)
Dominica (DM, DMA, 212) - 10 children
Dominican Republic (DO, DOM, 214) - 32 children
Ecuador (EC, ECU, 218) - 24 children
Egypt (EG, EGY, 818) - 27 children
El Salvador (SV, SLV, 222) - 14 children
Equatorial Guinea (GQ, GNQ, 226)
Eritrea (ER, ERI, 232)
Estonia (EE, EST, 233)
Ethiopia (ET, ETH, 231)
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (FK, FLK, 238)
Faroe Islands (FO, FRO, 234)
Fiji (FJ, FJI, 242)
Finland (FI, FIN, 246) - 1 children
France (FR, FRA, 250)
French Guiana (GF, GUF, 254) - 2 children
French Polynesia (PF, PYF, 258)
French Southern Territories (TF)
Gabon (GA, GAB, 266)
Gambia (GM, GMB, 270)
Georgia (GE, GEO, 268) - 13 children
Germany (DE, DEU, 276) - 26 children
Ghana (GH, GHA, 288) - 2 children
Gibraltar (GI, GIB, 292)
Greece (GR, GRC, 300)
Greenland (GL, GRL, 304)
Grenada (GD, GRD, 308) - 6 children
Guadeloupe (GP, GLP, 312)
Guam (GU, GUM, 316)
Guatemala (GT, GTM, 320) - 22 children
Guinea (GN, GIN, 324)
Guinea-Bissau (GW, GNB, 624)
Guyana (GY, GUY, 328) - 10 children
Haiti (HT, HTI, 332) - 10 children
Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands (HM)
Holy See (Vatican City State) (VA, VAT, 336)
Honduras (HN, HND, 340) - 18 children
Hong Kong (HK, HKG, 344)
Hungary (HU, HUN, 348)
Iceland (IS, ISL, 352)
India (IN, IND, 356) - 3 children
Indonesia (ID, IDN, 360) - 37 children
Iran, Islamic Republic of (IR, IRN, 364) - 32 children
Iraq (IQ, IRQ, 368) - 19 children
Ireland (IE, IRL, 372)
Israel (IL, ISR, 376) - 12 children
Italy (IT, ITA, 380)
Jamaica (JM, JAM, 388) - 14 children
Japan (JP, JPN, 392) - 47 children
Jordan (JO, JOR, 400) - 13 children
Kazakhstan (KZ, KAZ, 398) - 18 children
Kenya (KE, KEN, 404)
Kiribati (KI, KIR, 296)
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (KP, PRK, 408) - 11 children
Korea, Republic of (KR, KOR, 410) - 29 children
Kuwait (KW, KWT, 414) - 7 children
Kyrgyzstan (KG, KGZ, 417) - 7 children
Lao People's Democratic Republic (LA, LAO, 418) - 19 children
Latvia (LV, LVA, 428)
Lebanon (LB, LBN, 422) - 9 children
Lesotho (LS, LSO, 426)
Liberia (LR, LBR, 430)
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (LY, LBY, 434)
Liechtenstein (LI, LIE, 438)
Lithuania (LT, LTU, 440)
Luxembourg (LU, LUX, 442)
Macao (MO, MAC, 446)
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of (MK, MKD, 807)
Madagascar (MG, MDG, 450)
Malawi (MW, MWI, 454)
Malaysia (MY, MYS, 458) - 17 children
Maldives (MV, MDV, 462) - 35 children
Mali (ML, MLI, 466)
Malta (MT, MLT, 470)
Marshall Islands (MH, MHL, 584)
Martinique (MQ, MTQ, 474) - 4 children
Mauritania (MR, MRT, 478)
Mauritius (MU, MUS, 480)
Mayotte (YT)
Mexico (MX, MEX, 484) - 32 children
Micronesia, Federated States of (FM, FSM, 583)
Moldova, Republic of (MD, MDA, 498)
Monaco (MC, MCO, 492)
Mongolia (MN, MNG, 496) - 22 children
Montserrat (MS, MSR, 500)
Morocco (MA, MAR, 504)
Mozambique (MZ, MOZ, 508)
Myanmar (MM, MMR, 104) - 14 children
Namibia (NA, NAM, 516)
Nauru (NR, NRU, 520)
Nepal (NP, NPL, 524) - 17 children
Netherlands (NL, NLD, 528) - 1 children
Netherlands Antilles (AN, ANT, 530) - 6 children
New Caledonia (NC, NCL, 540)
New Zealand (NZ, NZL, 554)
Nicaragua (NI, NIC, 558) - 17 children
Niger (NE, NER, 562)
Nigeria (NG, NGA, 566)
Niue (NU, NIU, 570)
Norfolk Island (NF, NFK, 574)
Northern Mariana Islands (MP, MNP, 580)
Norway (NO, NOR, 578)
Oman (OM, OMN, 512) - 7 children
Pakistan (PK, PAK, 586) - 11 children
Palau (PW, PLW, 585)
Palestinian Territory, Occupied (PS)
Panama (PA, PAN, 591) - 9 children
Papua New Guinea (PG, PNG, 598)
Paraguay (PY, PRY, 600) - 19 children
Peru (PE, PER, 604) - 25 children
Philippines (PH, PHL, 608) - 18 children
Pitcairn (PN, PCN, 612)
Poland (PL, POL, 616) - 1 children
Portugal (PT, PRT, 620)
Puerto Rico (PR, PRI, 630)
Qatar (QA, QAT, 634) - 15 children
Reunion (RE, REU, 638)
Romania (RO, ROM, 642)
Russian Federation (RU, RUS, 643)
Rwanda (RW, RWA, 646)
Saint Helena (SH, SHN, 654)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (KN, KNA, 659) - 2 children
Saint Lucia (LC, LCA, 662) - 11 children
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (PM, SPM, 666)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VC, VCT, 670) - 6 children
Samoa (WS, WSM, 882)
San Marino (SM, SMR, 674)
Sao Tome and Principe (ST, STP, 678)
Saudi Arabia (SA, SAU, 682) - 15 children
Senegal (SN, SEN, 686)
Serbia and Montenegro (CS)
Seychelles (SC, SYC, 690)
Sierra Leone (SL, SLE, 694)
Singapore (SG, SGP, 702) - 5 children
Slovakia (SK, SVK, 703)
Slovenia (SI, SVN, 705) - 1 children
Solomon Islands (SB, SLB, 90)
Somalia (SO, SOM, 706)
South Africa (ZA, ZAF, 710)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GS)
Spain (ES, ESP, 724) - 19 children
Sri Lanka (LK, LKA, 144) - 10 children
State of Palestine (PSE) - 2 children
Sudan (SD, SDN, 736)
Suriname (SR, SUR, 740) - 10 children
Svalbard and Jan Mayen (SJ, SJM, 744)
Swaziland (SZ, SWZ, 748)
Sweden (SE, SWE, 752) - 2 children
Switzerland (CH, CHE, 756)
Syrian Arab Republic (SY, SYR, 760) - 14 children
Taiwan (TW, TWN, 158) - 23 children
Tajikistan (TJ, TJK, 762) - 5 children
Tanzania, United Republic of (TZ, TZA, 834)
Thailand (TH, THA, 764) - 153 children
Timor-Leste (TL, TLS) - 13 children
Togo (TG, TGO, 768)
Tokelau (TK, TKL, 772)
Tonga (TO, TON, 776)
Trinidad and Tobago (TT, TTO, 780) - 2 children
Tunisia (TN, TUN, 788)
Turkey (TR, TUR, 792) - 82 children
Turkmenistan (TM, TKM, 795) - 7 children
Turks and Caicos Islands (TC, TCA, 796)
Tuvalu (TV, TUV, 798)
Uganda (UG, UGA, 800)
Ukraine (UA, UKR, 804)
United Arab Emirates (AE, ARE, 784) - 7 children
United Kingdom (GB, GBR, 826)
United States (US, USA, 840) - 67 children
United States Minor Outlying Islands (UM)
Uruguay (UY, URY, 858) - 19 children
USA → United States
Uzbekistan (UZ, UZB, 860) - 15 children
Vanuatu (VU, VUT, 548)
Venezuela (VE, VEN, 862) - 24 children
Viet Nam (VN, VNM, 704) - 78 children
Virgin Islands, British (VG, VGB, 92) - 4 children
Virgin Islands, U.s. (VI, VIR, 850) - 3 children
Wallis and Futuna (WF, WLF, 876)
Western Sahara (EH, ESH, 732)
Yemen (YE, YEM, 887) - 25 children
Zambia (ZM, ZMB, 894)
Zimbabwe (ZW, ZWE, 716)