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These tables allow editors to quickly see which categories contain files and allows comparison to how many the category should have. The "Current" column is dynamically generated and the "Suggested" column is an indication of the number that should be present.
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It is unlikely to find a file in a country category that cannot be subcategorised.
Category
Current
Suggested
Notes
Category:Afghanistan
475
0
764 as of 2015-01-24
Category:Albania
0
0
Category:Algeria
492
0
Category:American Samoa
45
0
Category:Andorra
50
0
Category:Angola
78
0
Category:Anguilla
19
0
Category:Antigua and Barbuda
70
0
Category:Argentina
12
0
Category:Armenia
356
0
Category:Aruba
59
0
Category:Australia
18
0
Category:Austria
4
0
Category:Azerbaijan
0
0
Category:Bahamas
0
0
Category:Bahrain
158
0
Category:Bangladesh
116
0
Category:Barbados
161
0
Category:Belarus
219
0
Category:Belgium
3
0
Category:Belize
0
0
Category:Benin
692
0
Category:Bermuda
176
0
Category:Bhutan
558
0
Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina
0
0
Category:Botswana
111
0
Category:Brazil
4,130
0
Category:British Virgin Islands
40
0
Category:Brunei
55
0
Category:Bulgaria
300
0
Category:Burkina Faso
334
0
Category:Burundi
324
0
Category:Cambodia
486
0
Category:Cameroon
133
0
Category:Canada
144
0
Category:Cayman Islands
77
0
Category:Central African Republic
32
0
Category:Chad
208
0
Category:Chile
906
0
Category:China
291
0
Category:Colombia
78
0
Category:Comoros
15
0
Category:Cook Islands
12
0
Category:Costa Rica
55
0
Category:Croatia
0
0
Category:Cuba
15
0
Category:Curacao
0
0
Category:Cyprus
56
0
Category:Czech Republic
20
0
Category:Côte d'Ivoire
0
0
Category:Denmark
0
0
Category:Djibouti
227
0
Category:Dominica
106
0
Category:Dominican Republic
35
0
Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo
24
0
Category:East Timor
0
0
Category:Ecuador
4,780
0
Category:Egypt
915
0
Category:El Salvador
102
0
Category:Equatorial Guinea
34
0
Category:Eritrea
38
0
Category:Estonia
0
0
Category:Eswatini
41
0
Category:Ethiopia
540
0
Category:Falkland Islands
66
0
Category:Faroe Islands
0
0
Category:Federated States of Micronesia
68
0
Category:Fiji
340
0
Category:Finland
88
0
Category:France
0
0
Category:French Guiana
46
0
Category:French Polynesia
122
0
Category:The Gambia
0
0
Category:Georgia
0
0
Category:Germany
5
0
Category:Ghana
1,421
0
Category:Gibraltar
765
0
Category:Greece
85
0
Category:Greenland
43
0
Category:Grenada
81
0
Category:Guadeloupe
12
0
Category:Guam
108
0
Category:Guatemala
5
0
Category:Guernsey
103
0
Category:Guinea
78
0
Category:Guinea-Bissau
69
0
Category:Guyana
128
0
Category:Haiti
146
0
Category:Honduras
24
0
Category:Hong Kong
178
0
Category:Hungary
20
0
Category:Iceland
1
0
Category:India
4
0
About 2000 added in June 2016
Category:Indonesia
247
0
Category:Iran
689
0
Category:Ireland
0
0
Category:Isle of Man
428
0
Category:Israel
1,323
0
1,157 as of 2015-01-24
Category:Italy
2
0
Category:Jamaica
171
0
Category:Japan
1
0
Category:Jersey
94
0
Category:Jordan
509
0
Category:Kazakhstan
204
0
Category:Kenya
542
0
Category:Kiribati
151
0
Category:Kosovo
298
0
Category:Kuwait
253
0
Category:Kyrgyzstan
315
0
Category:Laos
146
0
Category:Latvia
48
0
Category:Lebanon
239
0
Category:Lesotho
73
0
Category:Liberia
73
0
Category:Libya
233
0
Category:Liechtenstein
46
0
Category:Lithuania
86
0
Category:Luxembourg
18
0
Category:Macau
24
0
Category:Republic of Macedonia
0
0
Category:Madagascar
1,326
0
Category:Malawi
69
0
Category:Malaysia
4,424
0
4,642 as at
Category:Maldives
153
0
Category:Mali
440
0
Category:Malta
409
0
Category:Marshall Islands
86
0
Category:Martinique
69
0
Category:Mauritania
239
0
Category:Mauritius
66
0
Category:Mayotte
10
0
Category:Mexico
13
0
Category:Moldova
133
0
Category:Monaco
153
0
Category:Mongolia
262
0
Category:Montenegro
0
0
Category:Montserrat
50
0
Category:Morocco
1,140
0
728 as of 2015-01-24
Category:Mozambique
25
0
Category:Myanmar
758
0
Category:Burma is a redirect
Category:Nauru
10
0
Category:Nepal
0
0
Category:Netherlands
4
0
Category:New Caledonia
81
0
Category:New Zealand
154
0
Category:Nicaragua
218
0
Category:Niger
57
0
Category:Nigeria
1,467
0
Category:Niue
354
0
Category:North Korea
237
0
Category:Northern Mariana Islands
21
0
Category:Norway
0
0
Category:Oman
152
0
Category:Pakistan
508
0
Category:Palau
12
0
Category:Palestine
440
0
Category:Panama
0
0
Category:Papua New Guinea
220
0
Category:Paraguay
453
0
Category:Peru
40
0
Category:Philippines
286
0
Category:Pitcairn Islands
15
0
Category:Poland
1,403
0
Category:Portugal
0
0
Category:Puerto Rico
56
0
Category:Qatar
117
0
Category:Republic of the Congo
195
0
Category:Romania
57
0
Category:Russia
48
0
Category:Rwanda
2
0
Category:Réunion
70
0
Category:Saint Barthelemy
0
0
redirect needed?
Category:Saint Helena
0
0
redirect needed?
Category:Saint Kitts and Nevis
81
0
Category:Saint Lucia
291
0
Category:Saint Martin
4
0
Category:Saint Pierre and Miquelon
0
0
Category:Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
46
0
Category:Samoa
75
0
Category:San Marino
161
0
Category:Sao Tome and Principe
0
0
Category:Saudi Arabia
932
0
Category:Senegal
209
0
Category:Serbia
0
0
Category:Seychelles
0
0
Category:Sierra Leone
44
0
Category:Singapore
1,280
0
Category:Sint Maarten
0
0
redirect needed?
Category:Slovakia
420
0
Category:Slovenia
0
0
Category:Solomon Islands
192
0
Category:Somalia
98
0
Category:South Africa
39
0
Category:South Korea
254
0
Category:South Sudan
180
0
Category:Spain
17
0
Category:Sri Lanka
792
0
Category:Sudan
50
0
Category:Suriname
55
0
Category:Sweden
2
0
Category:Switzerland
1
0
Category:Syria
255
0
Category:Taiwan
301
0
Category:Tajikistan
140
0
Category:Tanzania
659
0
Category:Thailand
51
0
Category:Togo
264
0
Category:Tokelau
2
0
Category:Tonga
173
0
Category:Trinidad and Tobago
11
0
Category:Tunisia
0
0
Category:Turkey
482
0
Category:Turkmenistan
77
0
Category:Turks and Caicos Islands
37
0
Category:Tuvalu
44
0
Category:Uganda
201
0
Category:Ukraine
971
0
Category:United Arab Emirates
796
0
Category:United Kingdom
2
0
Category:United States
6
0
Category:United States Virgin Islands
33
0
Category:Uruguay
37
0
Category:Uzbekistan
474
0
Category:Vanuatu
211
0
Category:Venezuela
82
0
Category:Vietnam
1,462
0
Category:Wallis and Futuna
18
0
Category:Western Sahara
78
0
Category:Yemen
537
0
Category:Zambia
157
0
Category:Zimbabwe
34
0
(These are probably the more important ones)
(These are probably the more important ones)
The templates {{Categorise}} and {{CatDiffuse}} are used on some of the categories that need maintenance. They appear to be ignored by editors, including uploaders, and are unnecessary clutter for the viewers of Wikimedia Commons.
The tables above are for some of the more important categories. {{MetaCat}} and {{CatCat}} are used on categories which should only contain subcategories. Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Metacat can be used to find them.
If you do not know what would be a more appropriate category use {{Check categories}} to mark it for other editors to resolve.
As of November 2022 Category:Categories requiring permanent diffusion to zero has 12,733 entries.
Often, files do not belong into just one subcategory but into multiple subcategories.