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Third World countries was a term first used in the Cold War for countries that did not choose a side. The following countries were Third World:

Mexico

Guatemala

Belize

Honduras

El Salvador

Nicaragua

Costa Rica

Panama

Colombia

Venezuela

Guyana

Suriname

Brazil

Uruguay

Paraguay

Bolivia

Argentina

Chile

Peru

Ecuador

Bahamas

Jamaica

Haiti

Dominican Republic

Barbados

Dominica

Grenada

Antigua and Barbuda

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

Ireland

Sweden

Finland

Andorra

Monaco

Switzerland

Liechtenstein

Austria

Vatican City

San Marino

Yugoslavia

Malta

Lebanon

Syria

Iraq

Kuwait

Bahrain

Qatar

North Yemen

Saudi Arabia

Jordan

Egypt

Libya

Tunisia

Algeria

Morocco

Senegal

The Gambia

Guinea-Bissau

Guinea

Sierra Leone

Liberia

Ghana

Togo

Benin

Burkina Faso

Mali

Niger

Nigeria

Chad

Sudan

Djibouti

Central African Republic

Cameroon

Gabon

Equatorial Guinea

Republic of the Congo

Cape Verde

São Tomé and Príncipe

Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Zambia

Namibia

Botswana

Zimbabwe

Lesotho

South Africa

Swaziland

Mozambique

Malawi

Rwanda

Burundi

Tanzania

Uganda

Kenya

Seychelles

Comoros

Madagascar

Afghanistan

Pakistan

India

Maldives

Sri Lanka

Nepal

Bhutan

Bangladesh

Myanmar

Laos

Cambodia

Malaysia

Indonesia

Timor-Leste

Brunei

Papa New Guinea

Nauru

Palau

Tuvalu

Vanuatu

Samoa

Tonga

Kiribati

Micronesia

Marshall Islands

Solomon Islands

Fiji

Today the term "third world country" refers to any of the developing nations of Africa, Asia and Latin America. It is usually used to describe a very very poor and underdeveloped country with not many good paying jobs. The economy of 3rd world countries are usually not technology based either.

The following countries are considered Third World:

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Niger

Burundi

Mozambique

Chad

Liberia

Burkina Faso

Sierra Leone

Central African Republic

Guinea

Eritrea

Guinea-Bissau

Mali

Ethiopia

Zimbabwe

Afghanistan

Malawi

Côte d'Ivoire

Sudan

The Gambia

Benin

Rwanda

Djibouti

Zambia

Comoros

Togo

Uganda

Lesotho

Mauritania

Haiti

Nepal

Nigeria

Senegal

Yemen

Papua New Guinea

Tanzania

Madagascar

Cameroon

Myanmar

Angola

Timor-Leste

Bangladesh

Pakistan

São Tomé and Príncipe

Kenya

Solomon Islands

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