As of 2008, there are a total of 878 World Heritage Sites located in 185 "State Parties".[1][2] Of these, 679 are cultural, 174 are natural and 25 are mixed properties.[2] Further site classification includes the classification of the State Parties among five geographic zones: Africa, Arab States (composed of Arab League members), Asia-Pacific (including Australia, New Zealand and Oceania), Europe, North America (specifically the USA and Canada; Mexico is classified in the final category), and Latin America and the Caribbean.
Note: The above maps are current as of 2007. Transboundary sites have been redistributed among the concerned countries, hence, have been counted multiple times.
| State Party | Natural WHS | Cultural WHS | Mixed WHS | Total WHS | Zone |
| 2 | 2 | Asia-Pacific | |||
| 2 | 2 | Europe & North America | |||
| 6 | 1 | 7 | Arab States | ||
| 1 | 1 | Europe & North America | |||
| 4 | 3 | 7 | Latin America & the Caribbean | ||
| 1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
| 3 | 3 | Europe & North America | |||
| 11 | 2 | 4 | 17 | Asia-Pacific | |
| 7 | 7 | Europe & North America | |||
| 1 | 1 | Europe & North America | |||
| 2 | 2 | Europe & North America | |||
| 1 | 1 | Arab States | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 2 | 2 | Europe & North America | |||
| 1 | 1 | Europe & North America | |||
| 1 | 1 | Europe & North America | |||
| 8 | 8 | Europe & North America | |||
| 1 | 1 | Europe & North America | |||
| 1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
| 1 | 1 | Africa | |||
| 1 | 5 | 6 | Latin America & the Caribbean | ||
| 2 | 2 | Europe & North America | |||
| 1 | 1 | Africa | |||
| 7 | 9 | 16 | Latin America & the Caribbean | ||
| 2 | 7 | 9 | Europe & North America | ||
| 2 | 2 | Asia-Pacific | |||
| 1 | 1 | Africa | |||
| 6 | 6 | 12 | Europe & North America | ||
| 2 | 2 | Europe & North America | |||
| 1 | 1 | Africa | |||
| 5 | 5 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
| 7 | 26 | 4 | 37 | Asia-Pacific | |
| 2 | 4 | 6 | Latin America & the Caribbean | ||
| 2 | 2 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
| 1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
| 2 | 2 | Africa | |||
| 1 | 5 | 6 | Europe & North America | ||
| 2 | 6 | 8 | Latin America & the Caribbean | ||
| 3 | 3 | Europe & North America | |||
| 12 | 12 | Europe & North America | |||
| 1 | 1 | Asia-Pacific | |||
| 5 | 5 | Africa | |||
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Europe & North America | ||
| 1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
| 1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Latin America & the Caribbean | ||
| 1 | 6 | 7 | Arab States | ||
| 1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
| 1 | 1 | Europe & North America | |||
| 1 | 7 | 8 | Africa | ||
| 5 | 5 | Europe & North America | |||
| 1 | 28 | 29 | Europe & North America | ||
| 1 | 1 | Europe & North America | |||
| 1 | 1 | Africa | |||
| 1 | 1 | Africa | |||
| 1 | 1 | Africa | |||
| 3 | 3 | Europe & North America | |||
| 1 | 29 | 30 | Europe & North America | ||
| 1 | 1 | Europe & North America | |||
| 1 | 1 | Europe & North America | |||
| 2 | 2 | Africa | |||
| 15 | 2 | 17 | Europe & North America | ||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | Latin America & the Caribbean | ||
| 1 | 1 | Africa | |||
| 1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
| 1 | 1 | Europe & North America | |||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | Latin America & the Caribbean | ||
| 6 | 6 | Europe & North America | |||
| 1 | 1 | Europe & North America | |||
| 1 | 1 | Europe & North America | |||
| 5 | 22 | 27 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 4 | 3 | 7 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 9 | 9 | Asia-Pacific | |||
| 3 | 3 | Arab States | |||
| 2 | 2 | Europe & North America | |||
| 6 | 6 | Europe & North America | |||
| 1 | 40 | 41 | Europe & North America | ||
| 1 | 1 | Europe & North America | |||
| 3 | 11 | 14 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 3 | 3 | Arab States | |||
| 2 | 2 | Asia-Pacific | |||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | Africa | ||
| 2 | 2 | Asia-Pacific | |||
| 1 | 1 | Europe & North America | |||
| 5 | 5 | Arab States | |||
| 5 | 5 | Arab States | |||
| 2 | 2 | Europe & North America | |||
| 1 | 1 | Europe & North America | |||
| 1 | 1 | Europe & North America | |||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | Africa | ||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | Africa | ||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Africa | ||
| 3 | 3 | Europe & North America | |||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | Arab States | ||
| 1 | 1 | Arab States | |||
| 3 | 24 | 27 | Latin America & the Caribbean | ||
| 1 | 1 | Asia-Pacific | |||
| 1 | 1 | Europe & North America | |||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | Europe & North America | ||
| 8 | 8 | Arab States | |||
| 1 | 1 | Africa | |||
| 1 | 1 | Africa | |||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 7 | 7 | Europe & North America | |||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
| 2 | 2 | Africa | |||
| 2 | 2 | Africa | |||
| 1 | 5 | 6 | Europe & North America | ||
| 4 | 4 | Arab States | |||
| 6 | 6 | Asia-Pacific | |||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Latin America & the Caribbean | ||
| 1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
| 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 1 | 12 | 13 | Europe & North America | ||
| 1 | 12 | 13 | Europe & North America | ||
| 1 | 7 | 8 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 1 | 6 | 7 | Europe & North America | ||
| 7 | 13 | 20 | Europe & North America | ||
| 1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
| 1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
| 1 | 1 | Europe | |||
| 1 | 1 | Arab States | |||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Africa | ||
| 4 | 4 | Europe & North America | |||
| 2 | 2 | Africa | |||
| 4 | 4 | Europe & North America | |||
| 1 | 1 | Europe & North America | |||
| 1 | 1 | Europe & North America | |||
| 1 | 1 | Asia-Pacific | |||
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | Africa | |
| 3 | 35 | 1 | 39 | Europe & North America | |
| 1 | 6 | 7 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 1 | 1 | Arab States | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | ||
| 11 | 1 | 12 | Europe & North America | ||
| 1 | 1 | Europe & North America | |||
| 2 | 5 | 7 | Europe & North America | ||
| 5 | 5 | Arab States | |||
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 1 | 1 | Europe & North America | |||
| 1 | 1 | Africa | |||
| 1 | 7 | 8 | Arab States | ||
| 7 | 2 | 9 | Europe & North America | ||
| 3 | 3 | Asia-Pacific | |||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | Africa | ||
| 2 | 2 | Europe & North America | |||
| 4 | 21 | 1 | 26 | Europe & North America | |
| 4 | 3 | 7 | Africa | ||
| 10 | 8 | 18 | Europe & North America | ||
| 1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
| 4 | 4 | Asia-Pacific | |||
| 1 | 1 | Asia-Pacific | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Latin America & the Caribbean | ||
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 3 | 3 | Arab States | |||
| 1 | 1 | Africa | |||
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Africa | ||
| Total | 166 | 660 | 25 | 851 | 141 State Parties |
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