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Breakdown of ICF Members by region, country Asia 2,938 BANGLADESH 1 BRUNEI 2 CAMBODIA 1 CHINA 534 HONG KONG 235 INDIA 588 INDONESIA 130 JAPAN 310 MALAYSIA 133 MALDIVES 1 MONGOLIA 2 MYANMAR 1 NEPAL 1 PAKISTAN 5 PHILIPPINES 98 SINGAPORE 431 SOUTH KOREA 167 SRI LANKA 6 TAIWAN 103 THAILAND 157 UZBEKISTAN 1 VIETNAM 31 Eastern Europe 1,902 ARMENIA 2 AZERBAIJAN 4 BELARUS 1 BULGARIA 45 CROATIA 7 CYPRUS 7 CZECH REPUBLIC 93 ESTONIA 37 GEORGIA 1 GREECE 82 HUNGARY 164 KAZAKHSTAN 14 KOSOVO 1 LATVIA 35
LITHUANIA 23 POLAND 253 ROMANIA 115 RUSSIA 374 SERBIA 15 SLOVAKIA 84 SLOVENIA 8 TURKEY 482 UKRAINE 55 Latin America and the Caribbean 2,168 ARGENTINA 313 ARUBA 1 BARBADOS 1 BOLIVIA 28 BRAZIL 665 CAYMAN 4 CHILE 102 COLOMBIA 148 COSTA RICA 57 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 21 ECUADOR 62 EL SALVADOR 2 GUADELOUPE 4 GUATEMALA 15 HAITI 2 HONDURAS 2 JAMAICA 3 MARTINIQUE 9 MEXICO 264 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 2 NICARAGUA 1 PANAMA 49 PARAGUAY 4 PERU 144 PUERTO RICO 92 SAINT LUCIA 1 SURINAME 1 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 14 UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS 3 URUGUAY 40
VENEZUELA 114 Middle East and Africa 1,406 ALGERIA 2 ANGOLA 2 BAHRAIN 31 BOTSWANA 8 BURKINA FASO 1 EGYPT 105 GHANA 9 IRAN 29 ISRAEL 54 JORDAN 41 KENYA 60 KUWAIT 28 LEBANON 58 MALAWI 2 MAURITIUS 4 MOROCCO 57 MOZAMBIQUE 2 NAMIBIA 4 NIGER 1 NIGERIA 33 OMAN 23 QATAR 40 REUNION 2 SAINT HELENA 1 SAUDI ARABIA 54 SENEGAL 1 SOUTH AFRICA 412 SWAZILAND 1 TANZANIA 2 TOGO 1 TUNISIA 26 UGANDA 2 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 306 ZAMBIA 1 ZIMBABWE 3 North America 15,923 BERMUDA 12 CANADA 3,131
UNITED STATES 12,780 Oceania 1,577 AUSTRALIA 1,328 GUAM 1 NEW ZEALAND 245 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1 VANUATU 1 WALLIS and FUTUNA 1 Western Europe 7,797 ANDORRA 2 AUSTRIA 90 BELGIUM 349 CHANNEL ISLANDS 3 DENMARK 108 FINLAND 213 FRANCE 1,136 GERMANY 528 GIBRALTAR 1 ICELAND 63 IRELAND 266 ISLE OF MAN 2 ITALY 764 LIECHTENSTEIN 1 LUXEMBOURG 63 MALTA 2 MONACO 2 NETHERLANDS 287 NORWAY 107 PORTUGAL 140 SPAIN 918 SWEDEN 389 SWITZERLAND 480 UNITED KINGDOM 1,883 Total Members: 33,711
Breakdown of ICF Credential-holders by country Membership Fact Sheet May 2018 Region Country ACC PCC MCC Total Asia BRUNEI 1 0 0 1 CAMBODIA 1 0 0 1 CHINA 233 160 2 395 HONG KONG 107 31 5 143 INDIA 318 261 11 590 INDONESIA 59 16 0 75 JAPAN 224 175 30 429 MACAU 1 0 0 1 MALAYSIA 64 37 2 103 MYANMAR 1 0 0 1 PAKISTAN 1 3 0 4 PHILIPPINES 33 8 1 42 SINGAPORE 203 129 7 339 SOUTH KOREA 74 105 5 184 SRI LANKA 2 4 1 7 TAIWAN 81 54 1 136 THAILAND 94 47 2 143 VIETNAM 28 2 0 30 Total 1,525 1,032 67 2,624 Eastern Europe AZERBAIJAN 0 1 0 1 BULGARIA 16 8 0 24 CROATIA 3 1 0 4 CYPRUS 1 1 0 2 CZECH REPUBLIC 55 21 1 77 ESTONIA 9 4 0 13 GREECE 29 15 1 45 HUNGARY 94 39 4 137 KAZAKHSTAN 2 2 0 4 KOSOVO 1 0 0 1 LATVIA 10 2 0 12 LITHUANIA 10 3 1 14 POLAND 432 99 12 543 ROMANIA 77 20 2 99 RUSSIA 78 74 4 156 SERBIA 8 7 0 15 SLOVAKIA 49 19 0 68 SLOVENIA 4 1 1 6
TURKEY 223 157 13 393 UKRAINE 15 7 0 22 Total 1,116 481 39 1,636 Latin America ARGENTINA 107 128 11 246 Middle East and Africa BOLIVIA 4 1 0 5 BRAZIL 82 85 5 172 CAYMAN 1 1 0 2 CHILE 18 46 1 65 COLOMBIA 34 58 5 97 COSTA RICA 7 5 1 13 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 5 4 0 9 ECUADOR 6 11 0 17 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 134 91 7 232 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 0 1 0 1 PANAMA 4 5 0 9 PARAGUAY 0 1 0 1 PERU 28 25 0 53 PUERTO RICO 7 11 2 20 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 4 1 0 5 URUGUAY 5 6 1 12 VENEZUELA 13 9 0 22 Total 467 495 33 995 ALGERIA 1 0 0 1 BAHRAIN 19 2 1 22 BOTSWANA 0 1 0 1 BURKINA FASO 1 0 0 1 EGYPT 56 10 0 66 GHANA 2 0 0 2 IRAN 6 0 1 7 ISRAEL 5 31 9 45 JORDAN 3 2 0 5 KENYA 12 5 0 17 KUWAIT 7 0 0 7 LEBANON 6 6 0 12 MALAWI 1 1 0 2
MAURITIUS 1 0 0 1 MOROCCO 6 11 0 17 NAMIBIA 1 1 0 2 NIGERIA 8 2 0 10 OMAN 7 1 1 9 QATAR 20 2 1 23 REUNION 0 1 0 1 SAINT HELENA 1 0 0 1 SAUDI ARABIA 17 6 1 24 SENEGAL 0 1 0 1 SOUTH AFRICA 136 101 9 246 TUNISIA 9 4 0 13 UGANDA 0 1 0 1 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 117 48 1 166 ZAMBIA 2 0 0 2 ZIMBABWE 0 1 0 1 Total 444 238 24 706 North America BERMUDA 3 3 0 6 CANADA 1,140 846 64 2,050 UNITED STATES 4,850 3,266 405 8,521 Total 5,993 4,115 469 10,577 Oceania AUSTRALIA 262 186 23 471 NEW ZEALAND 70 25 2 97 Total 332 211 25 568 Western Europe ANDORRA 0 1 0 1 AUSTRIA 39 16 5 60 BELGIUM 113 135 18 266 CHANNEL ISLANDS 0 1 0 1 DENMARK 51 37 6 94 FINLAND 106 54 2 162 FRANCE 289 204 28 521 GERMANY 128 88 13 229 GIBRALTAR 1 0 0 1 ICELAND 33 6 1 40 IRELAND 47 24 2 73 ISLE OF MAN 1 0 0 1 ITALY 417 223 20 660 LUXEMBOURG 16 17 0 33 MALTA 1 0 0 1 MONACO 0 1 0 1
NETHERLANDS 116 84 11 211 NORWAY 28 25 5 58 PORTUGAL 34 39 2 75 SPAIN 454 362 21 837 SWEDEN 289 135 14 438 SWITZERLAND 216 110 15 341 UNITED KINGDOM 633 385 43 1,061 Total 3,012 1,947 206 5,165 Total 12,889 8,519 863 22,271