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Breakdown of ICF Members by region, country Asia 3,054 BANGLADESH 1 BRUNEI 2 CAMBODIA 1 CHINA 559 HONG KONG 242 INDIA 622 INDONESIA 136 JAPAN 325 MALAYSIA 138 MALDIVES 1 MONGOLIA 2 MYANMAR 1 NEPAL 1 PAKISTAN 5 PHILIPPINES 102 SINGAPORE 442 SOUTH KOREA 168 SRI LANKA 6 TAIWAN 108 THAILAND 160 UZBEKISTAN 1 VIETNAM 31 Eastern Europe 1,969 ARMENIA 2 AZERBAIJAN 4 BELARUS 1 BULGARIA 46 CROATIA 7 CYPRUS 7 CZECH REPUBLIC 95 ESTONIA 38 GEORGIA 1 GREECE 82 HUNGARY 166 KAZAKHSTAN 16 KOSOVO 1 LATVIA 35
LITHUANIA 23 POLAND 260 ROMANIA 120 RUSSIA 393 SAN MARINO 1 SERBIA 17 SLOVAKIA 92 SLOVENIA 8 TURKEY 497 UKRAINE 57 Latin America and the Caribbean 2,214 ARGENTINA 314 ARUBA 1 BARBADOS 2 BOLIVIA 29 BRAZIL 674 CAYMAN 4 CHILE 104 COLOMBIA 151 COSTA RICA 59 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 25 ECUADOR 62 EL SALVADOR 2 GUADELOUPE 4 GUATEMALA 15 HAITI 2 HONDURAS 2 JAMAICA 3 MARTINIQUE 9 MEXICO 268 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 2 NICARAGUA 1 PANAMA 51 PARAGUAY 4 PERU 147 PUERTO RICO 94 SAINT LUCIA 1 SURINAME 1 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 14 UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS 3
URUGUAY 41 VENEZUELA 125 Middle East and Africa 1,462 ALGERIA 1 ANGOLA 2 BAHRAIN 31 BOTSWANA 8 BURKINA FASO 1 Côte d'ivoire 1 EGYPT 111 GHANA 9 IRAN 32 ISRAEL 54 JORDAN 43 KENYA 64 KUWAIT 28 LEBANON 62 MALAWI 2 MAURITIUS 4 MOROCCO 60 MOZAMBIQUE 2 NAMIBIA 4 NIGER 1 NIGERIA 37 OMAN 23 QATAR 43 REUNION 2 RWANDA 1 SAINT HELENA 1 SAUDI ARABIA 58 SENEGAL 1 SOUTH AFRICA 416 SWAZILAND 1 TANZANIA 2 TOGO 1 TUNISIA 26 UGANDA 2 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 324 ZAMBIA 1 ZIMBABWE 3
North America 16,267 BERMUDA 13 CANADA 3,186 UNITED STATES 13,068 Oceania 1,621 AUSTRALIA 1,358 GUAM 1 NEW ZEALAND 259 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1 VANUATU 1 WALLIS and FUTUNA 1 Western Europe 8,028 ANDORRA 2 AUSTRIA 91 BELGIUM 359 CHANNEL ISLANDS 3 DENMARK 109 FINLAND 218 FRANCE 1,164 GERMANY 535 GIBRALTAR 1 ICELAND 66 IRELAND 290 ISLE OF MAN 2 ITALY 791 LIECHTENSTEIN 1 LUXEMBOURG 63 MALTA 2 MONACO 2 NETHERLANDS 294 NORWAY 110 PORTUGAL 142 SPAIN 943 SWEDEN 395 SWITZERLAND 486 UNITED KINGDOM 1,959 Total Members: 34,615
Breakdown of ICF Credential-holders by country Region Country ACC PCC MCC Total Asia BRUNEI 1 0 0 1 CAMBODIA 1 0 0 1 CHINA 241 166 4 411 HONG KONG 117 32 5 154 INDIA 332 265 13 610 INDONESIA 61 16 0 77 JAPAN 228 176 33 437 MACAU 1 0 0 1 MALAYSIA 64 37 2 103 MYANMAR 1 0 0 1 PAKISTAN 1 3 0 4 PHILIPPINES 34 8 1 43 SINGAPORE 210 131 7 348 SOUTH KOREA 81 108 5 194 SRI LANKA 2 4 1 7 TAIWAN 88 55 1 144 THAILAND 100 47 2 149 VIETNAM 28 2 0 30 Total 1,591 1,050 74 2,715 Eastern Europe AZERBAIJAN 2 1 0 3 BULGARIA 17 8 0 25 CROATIA 3 1 0 4 CYPRUS 1 1 0 2 CZECH REPUBLIC 56 21 1 78 ESTONIA 10 5 0 15 GREECE 28 15 1 44 HUNGARY 98 40 4 142 KAZAKHSTAN 2 2 0 4 KOSOVO 1 0 0 1 LATVIA 10 2 0 12 LITHUANIA 10 4 1 15 POLAND 444 100 12 556 ROMANIA 80 20 2 102 RUSSIA 81 77 4 162 SERBIA 8 7 0 15
SLOVAKIA 52 19 0 71 SLOVENIA 4 1 1 6 TURKEY 230 161 14 405 UKRAINE 19 8 0 27 Total 1,156 493 40 1,689 Latin America ARGENTINA 110 130 11 251 Middle East and Africa BOLIVIA 4 1 0 5 BRAZIL 89 85 6 180 CAYMAN 1 1 0 2 CHILE 18 47 1 66 COLOMBIA 34 63 5 102 COSTA RICA 8 5 1 14 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 5 4 0 9 ECUADOR 7 11 0 18 EL SALVADOR 1 0 0 1 GUATEMALA 6 3 0 9 HONDURAS 1 0 0 1 JAMAICA 0 2 0 2 MARTINIQUE 0 1 0 1 MEXICO 137 91 8 236 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 0 1 0 1 PANAMA 4 5 0 9 PARAGUAY 0 1 0 1 PERU 27 26 0 53 PUERTO RICO 7 11 2 20 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 5 1 0 6 URUGUAY 5 6 1 12 VENEZUELA 13 9 0 22 Total 482 504 35 1,021 ALGERIA 1 0 0 1 BAHRAIN 19 2 1 22 BOTSWANA 0 1 0 1 BURKINA FASO 1 0 0 1 Côte d'ivoire 1 0 0 1 EGYPT 67 10 0 77 GHANA 3 0 0 3 IRAN 6 0 1 7 ISRAEL 5 31 9 45 JORDAN 2 3 0 5 KENYA 12 5 1 18
KUWAIT 7 0 0 7 LEBANON 9 6 0 15 MALAWI 1 1 0 2 MAURITIUS 1 0 0 1 MOROCCO 6 11 0 17 NAMIBIA 1 1 0 2 NIGERIA 9 2 0 11 OMAN 7 1 1 9 QATAR 23 2 1 26 REUNION 0 1 0 1 SAINT HELENA 1 0 0 1 SAUDI ARABIA 18 6 1 25 SENEGAL 0 1 0 1 SOUTH AFRICA 139 102 9 250 TUNISIA 9 4 0 13 UGANDA 0 1 0 1 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 121 52 1 174 ZAMBIA 2 0 0 2 ZIMBABWE 0 1 0 1 Total 471 244 25 740 North America BERMUDA 3 3 0 6 CANADA 1,166 860 66 2,092 UNITED STATES 5,018 3,331 407 8,756 Total 6,187 4,194 473 10,854 Oceania AUSTRALIA 268 190 23 481 NEW ZEALAND 74 25 2 101 Total 342 215 25 582 Western Europe ANDORRA 0 1 0 1 AUSTRIA 39 16 5 60 BELGIUM 112 139 18 269 CHANNEL ISLANDS 0 1 0 1 DENMARK 51 38 6 95 FINLAND 107 55 2 164 FRANCE 298 210 29 537 GERMANY 137 90 13 240 GIBRALTAR 1 0 0 1 ICELAND 32 7 1 40 IRELAND 50 25 2 77 ISLE OF MAN 1 0 0 1 ITALY 432 229 20 681
LUXEMBOURG 17 17 0 34 MALTA 1 0 0 1 MONACO 0 1 0 1 NETHERLANDS 121 87 11 219 NORWAY 27 26 5 58 PORTUGAL 36 39 2 77 SPAIN 461 369 21 851 SWEDEN 300 137 14 451 SWITZERLAND 224 116 15 355 UNITED KINGDOM 655 391 44 1,090 Total 3,102 1,994 208 5,304 Total 13,331 8,694 880 22,905