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The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) under its standard ISO 3166 has established two-letter (2-alpha) and three-letter (3-alpha) codes for the various countries of the world, including independent states, dependent areas, and certain areas of contested jurisdiction or special status. These codes are published and revised when needed by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) assigns two-letter codes for country-coded top-level domains in Internet addresses. These codes are the same as the ISO 2-alpha codes in nearly all cases. The International Olympic Committee also assigns three-letter codes to its national organizing committees and the teams they send to the Olympic Games. These codes coincide with the ISO codes for many countries, but differ for many others. Worse: a few of the IOC codes conflict directly with ISO codes. For example, ANT is assigned by the ISO to Netherlands Antilles and by the IOC to Antigua and Barbuda. The United Nations maintains a list of Distinguishing Signs of Vehicles in International Traffic; these codes appear in oval-shaped signs displayed on the rear of vehicles. These codes were authorized by the UN's 1949 and 1968 Conventions on Road Traffic. (In the U.S., the use of the oval design is not controlled and vehicles often display similar ovals with a wide variety of non-standard codes.) Many of the vehicle codes created since the adoption of ISO 3166 coincide with either the ISO 2-alpha or 3-alpha codes, but many of the codes, especially the older European ones, do not. In Europe, the vehicle codes are often used in postal addressing, preceding the delivery code. (Complete postal addressing information is available from the Universal Postal Union.) Three-digit numerical codes for countries are also specified by ISO 3166; these codes are actually provided by the United Nations Statistical Division. The International Telecommunications Union assigns 1-, 2-, or 3-digit country calling codes for international telephone calls. The calling code "1" is assigned to the entire North American Numbering Plan Area, which includes the U.S. and its possessions, Canada, Bermuda, the British Commonwealth nations of the Caribbean, and the Dominican Republic. Within this region the "1" is followed by a NANPA 3-digit area code. Also, code "7" is assigned to a large calling area including the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan. All other countries and territories have their own 2-digit or 3-digit code. In the following table, Internet codes are from IANA's Root-Zone Whois Index. ISO 2-alpha codes are from the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency, English country names and code elements. ISO 3-alpha codes are not posted to the Internet by ISO; the codes shown are from the United Nations, Country and Region Codes for Statistical Use, which also provided the numerical codes. Some additional 3-alpha and numerical codes are taken from the CIA Factbook Appendix D (Country Data Codes). IOC codes are from the IOC's National Olympic Committees pages. Vehicle codes are from the Transport Division of the UN Economic Commission for Europe; I have omitted several vehicle codes which appear to be obsolete because they refer to previous names of the territory rather than the present name. Country Name AFGHANISTAN LAND ISLANDS ALBANIA ALDERNEY ALGERIA (El Djazar) AMERICAN SAMOA ANDORRA ANGOLA ANGUILLA ANTARCTICA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ARGENTINA DZ AS AD AO AI AQ AG AR DZA ASM AND AGO AIA ATA ATG ARG .dz .as .ad .ao .ai .aq .ag .ar RA ANT ARG AND ISO 2-alpha AF AX AL ISO 3-alpha AFG ALA ALB IANA Internet .af .ax .al AL GBA DZ ALG ASA AND ANG 012 016 020 024 660 010 028 032 1-268 54 213 1-684 376 244 1-264 ALB UN Vehicle AFG IOC Olympic AFG UN/ISO ITU numeric calling 004 248 008 355 93

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ARMENIA ARUBA ASCENSION ISLAND AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN Country Name BAHAMAS BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BARBADOS BELARUS BELGIUM BELIZE BENIN BERMUDA BHUTAN BOLIVIA BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BOTSWANA BOUVET ISLAND BRAZIL Country Name BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY BRUNEI DARUSSALAM BULGARIA BURKINA FASO BURUNDI CAMBODIA CAMEROON CANADA CAPE VERDE CAYMAN ISLANDS CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD (Tchad) CHANNEL ISLANDS CHILE CHINA Country Name CHRISTMAS ISLAND COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS COLOMBIA COMOROS CONGO, REPUBLIC OF

AM AW AU AT AZ ISO 2-alpha BS BH BD BB BY BE BZ BJ BM BT BO BA BW BV BR ISO 2-alpha IO BN BG BF BI KH CM CA CV KY CF TD CL CN ISO 2-alpha CX CC CO KM CG

ARM ABW AUS AUT AZE ISO 3-alpha BHS BHR BGD BRB BLR BEL BLZ BEN BMU BTN BOL BIH BWA BVT BRA ISO 3-alpha IOT BRN BGR BFA BDI KHM CMR CAN CPV CYM CAF TCD CHL CHN ISO 3-alpha CXR CCK COL COM COG

.am .aw .ac .au .at .az IANA Internet .bs .bh .bd .bb .by .be .bz .bj .bm .bt .bo .ba .bw .bv .br IANA Internet .io .bn .bg .bf .bi .kh .cm .ca .cv .ky .cf .td .cl .cn IANA Internet .cx .cc .co .km .cg

AM

ARM ARU

051 533 036 040 031

7 297 247 61 43 994

AUS A AZ UN Vehicle BS BRN BD BDS BY B BH DY

AUS AUT AZE IOC Olympic BAH BRN BAN BAR BLR BEL BIZ BEN BER BHU

UN/ISO ITU numeric calling 044 048 050 052 112 056 084 204 060 064 068 070 072 074 076 1-242 973 880 1-246 375 32 501 229 1-441 975 591 387 267 55

BOL BIH BW BR UN Vehicle BRU BG BF RU K CAM CDN

BOL BIH BOT BRA IOC Olympic BRU BUL BUR BDI CAM CMR CAN CPV CAY

UN/ISO ITU numeric calling 086 096 100 854 108 116 120 124 132 136 140 148 830 152 156 673 359 226 257 855 237 1 238 1-345 236 235 56 86

RCA TCH RCH UN Vehicle

CAF CHA CHI CHN IOC Olympic

UN/ISO ITU numeric calling 162 166

CO RCB

COL COM CGO

170 174 178

57 269 242

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CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CD OF THE (formerly Zaire) COOK ISLANDS COSTA RICA CTE D'IVOIRE (Ivory Coast) CROATIA (Hrvatska) CUBA CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK DJIBOUTI Country Name DOMINICA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ECUADOR EGYPT EL SALVADOR EQUATORIAL GUINEA ERITREA ESTONIA ETHIOPIA EUROPEAN UNION FAEROE ISLANDS FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) FIJI FINLAND FRANCE Country Name FRENCH GUIANA FRENCH POLYNESIA FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES GABON GAMBIA, THE GEORGIA GERMANY (Deutschland) GHANA GIBRALTAR GREAT BRITAIN GREECE GREENLAND GRENADA GUADELOUPE GUAM GUATEMALA Country Name FO FK FJ FI FR ISO 2-alpha GF PF TF GA GM GE DE GH GI GB GR GL GD GP GU GT ISO 2-alpha CK CR CI HR CU CY CZ DK DJ ISO 2-alpha DM DO EC EG SV GQ ER EE ET

COD COK CRI CIV HRV CUB CYP CZE DNK DJI ISO 3-alpha DMA DOM ECU EGY SLV GNQ ERI EST ETH FRO FLK FJI FIN FRA ISO 3-alpha GUF PYF ATF GAB GMB GEO DEU GHA GIB GBR GRC GRL GRD GLP GUM GTM ISO 3-alpha

.cd .ck .cr .ci .hr .cu .cy .cz .dk .dj IANA Internet .dm .do .ec .eg .sv .gq .er .ee .et .eu .fo .fk .fj .fi .fr IANA Internet .gf .pf .tf .ga .gm .ge .de .gh .gi .uk .gr .gl .gd .gp .gu .gt IANA Internet

ZRE

COD COK

180 184 188 384 191 192 196 203 208 262

243 682 506 225 385 53 357 420 45 253

CR CI HR CU CY CZ DK UN Vehicle WD DOM EC ET ES

CRI CIV CRO CUB CYP CZE DEN DJI IOC Olympic DMA DOM ECU EGY ESA GEQ ERI

UN/ISO ITU numeric calling 212 214 218 818 222 226 232 233 231 234 238 1-767 1-809 593 20 503 240 291 372 251 298 500 679 358 33

EST ETH FR FJI FIN F UN Vehicle

EST ETH

FIJ FIN FRA IOC Olympic

242 246 250

UN/ISO ITU numeric calling 254 258 260 594 689 241 220 49 233 350 44 30 299 1-473 590 1-671 502

G WAG GE D GH GBZ GB GR WG

GAB GAM GEO GER GHA GBR GRE GRN GUM

266 270 268 276 288 292 826 300 304 308 312 316 320

GCA UN Vehicle

GUA IOC Olympic

UN/ISO ITU numeric calling

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GUERNSEY GUINEA GUINEA-BISSAU GUYANA HAITI HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS HONDURAS HONG KONG (Special Administrative Region of China) HUNGARY ICELAND INDIA INDONESIA IRAN (Islamic Republic of Iran) IRAQ IRELAND Country Name ISLE OF MAN ISRAEL ITALY JAMAICA JAPAN JERSEY JORDAN (Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan) KAZAKHSTAN KENYA KIRIBATI KOREA (Democratic Peoples Republic of [North] Korea) KOREA (Republic of [South] Korea) KUWAIT KYRGYZSTAN LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC LATVIA Country Name LEBANON LESOTHO LIBERIA LIBYA (Libyan Arab Jamahirya) LIECHTENSTEIN (Frstentum Liechtenstein) LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG

GG GN GW GY HT HM HN HK HU IS IN ID IR IQ IE ISO 2-alpha IM IL IT JM JP JE JO KZ KE KI KP KR KW KG LA LV ISO 2-alpha LB LS LR LY LI LT LU

GGY GIN GNB GUY HTI HMD HND HKG HUN ISL IND IDN IRN IRQ IRL ISO 3-alpha IMN ISR ITA JAM JPN JEY JOR KAZ KEN KIR PRK KOR KWT KGZ LAO LVA ISO 3-alpha LBN LSO LBR LBY LIE LTU LUX

.gg .gn .gw .gy .ht .hm .hn .hk .hu .is .in .id .ir .iq .ie IANA Internet .im .il .it .jm .jp .je .jo .kz .ke .ki .kp .kr .kw .kg .la .lv IANA Internet .lb .ls .lr .ly .li .lt .lu

GBG RG GUY RH GUI GBS GUY HAI 324 624 328 332 334 HON HKG H IS IND RI IR IRQ IRL UN Vehicle GBM IL I JA J GBJ HKJ KZ EAK JOR KAZ KEN KIR PRK ROK KWT KS LAO LV UN Vehicle RL LS LB LAR FL LT L KOR KUW KGZ LAO LAT IOC Olympic LIB LES LBR LBA LIE LTU LUX 400 398 404 296 408 410 414 417 418 428 962 7 254 686 850 82 965 996 856 371 ISR ITA JAM JPN HUN ISL IND INA IRI IRQ IRL IOC Olympic 340 344 348 352 356 360 364 368 372 504 852 36 354 91 62 98 964 353 224 245 592 509

UN/ISO ITU numeric calling 833 376 380 388 392 972 39 1-876 81

UN/ISO ITU numeric calling 422 426 430 434 438 440 442 961 266 231 218 423 370 352

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MACAO (Special Administrative Region of MO China) MACEDONIA (Former Yugoslav Republic MK of Macedonia) MADAGASCAR MALAWI MALAYSIA MALDIVES MALI MALTA Country Name MARSHALL ISLANDS MARTINIQUE MAURITANIA MAURITIUS MAYOTTE MEXICO MICRONESIA (Federated States of Micronesia) MOLDOVA MONACO MONGOLIA MONTENEGRO MONTSERRAT MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE (Moambique) MYANMAR (formerly Burma) NAMIBIA Country Name NAURU NEPAL NETHERLANDS NETHERLANDS ANTILLES NEW CALEDONIA NEW ZEALAND NICARAGUA NIGER NIGERIA NIUE NORFOLK ISLAND NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS NORWAY OMAN PAKISTAN Country Name MG MW MY MV ML MT ISO 2-alpha MH MQ MR MU YT MX FM MD MC MN ME MS MA MZ MM NA ISO 2-alpha NR NP NL AN NC NZ NI NE NG NU NF MP NO OM PK ISO 2-alpha

MAC MKD MDG MWI MYS MDV MLI MLT ISO 3-alpha MHL MTQ MRT MUS MYT MEX FSM MDA MCO MNG MNE MSR MAR MOZ MMR NAM ISO 3-alpha NRU NPL NLD ANT NCL NZL NIC NER NGA NIU NFK MNP NOR OMN PAK ISO 3-alpha

.mo .mk .mg .mw .my .mv .ml .mt IANA Internet .mh .mq .mr .mu .yt .mx .fm .md .mc .mn .me .ms .ma .mz .mm .na IANA Internet .nr .np .nl .an .nc .nz .ni .ne .ng .nu .nf .mp .no .om .pk IANA Internet PK UN Vehicle N NOR OMA PAK IOC Olympic NZ NIC RN WAN NZL NCA NIG NGR MA MOC BUR NAM UN Vehicle NAU NEP NL NA MAR MOZ MYA NAM IOC Olympic NRU NEP NED AHO MD MC MGL MEX MEX FSM MDA MON MGL RIM MS MTN MRI RMM M UN Vehicle MK RM MW MAL MKD MAD MAW MAS MDV MLI MLT IOC Olympic MHL

446 807 450 454 458 462 466 470

853 389 261 265 60 960 223 356

UN/ISO ITU numeric calling 584 474 478 480 175 484 583 498 492 496 499 500 504 508 104 516 692 596 222 230 269 52 691 373 377 976 381 1-664 212 258 95 264

UN/ISO ITU numeric calling 520 524 528 530 540 554 558 562 566 570 574 580 578 512 586 1-670 47 968 92 674 977 31 599 687 64 505 227 234 683

UN/ISO ITU numeric calling

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PALAU PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES PANAMA PAPUA NEW GUINEA PARAGUAY PERU PHILIPPINES PITCAIRN POLAND PORTUGAL PUERTO RICO QATAR RUNION ROMANIA RUSSIAN FEDERATION Country Name RWANDA SAINT HELENA SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS SAINT LUCIA SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES SAMOA (formerly Western Samoa) SAN MARINO (Republic of) SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE SAUDI ARABIA (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) SENEGAL SERBIA (Republic of Serbia) SEYCHELLES SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE Country Name SLOVAKIA (Slovak Republic) SLOVENIA SOLOMON ISLANDS SOMALIA SOUTH AFRICA (Zuid Afrika) SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS SOVIET UNION (Internet code still used) SPAIN (Espaa) SRI LANKA (formerly Ceylon) SUDAN SURINAME

PW PS PA PG PY PE PH PN PL PT PR QA RE RO RU ISO 2-alpha RW SH KN LC PM VC WS SM ST SA SN RS SC SL SG ISO 2-alpha SK SI SB SO ZA GS

PLW PSE PAN PNG PRY PER PHL PCN POL PRT PRI QAT REU ROU RUS ISO 3-alpha RWA SHN KNA LCA SPM VCT WSM SMR STP SAU SEN SRB SYC SLE SGP ISO 3-alpha SVK SVN SLB SOM ZAF SGS

.pw .ps .pa .pg .py .pe .ph .pn .pl .pt .pr .qa .re .ro .ru IANA Internet .rw .sh .kn .lc .pm .vc .ws .sm .st .sa .sn .rs .sc .sl .sg IANA Internet .sk .si .sb .so .za .gs .su SO ZA SY WAL SGP UN Vehicle SK SLO SA SN WV WS RSM WL RO RUS UN Vehicle RWA Q PL P PA PNG PY PE RP

PLW PLE PAN PNG PAR PER PHI POL POR PUR QAT ROM RUS IOC Olympic RWA SKN LCA

585 275 591 598 600 604 608 612 616 620 630 634 638 642 643

680 970 507 675 595 51 63 48 351 1 974 262 40 7

UN/ISO ITU numeric calling 646 654 659 662 666 250 290 1-869 1-758 508 1-784 685 378 239 966 221 381 248 232 65

VIN SAM SMR STP KSA SEN SRB SEY SLE SIN IOC Olympic SVK SLO SOL SOM RSA

670 882 674 678 682 686 688 690 694 702

UN/ISO ITU numeric calling 703 705 90 706 710 239 421 386 677 252 27

ES LK SD SR

ESP LKA SDN SUR

.es .lk .sd .sr

E CL SUD SME

ESP SRI SUD SUR

724 144 736 740

34 94 249 597

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SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN SWAZILAND SWEDEN SWITZERLAND (Confederation of Helvetia) SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC Country Name TAIWAN ("Chinese Taipei" for IOC) TAJIKISTAN TANGANYIKA TANZANIA THAILAND TIMOR-LESTE (formerly East Timor) TOGO TOKELAU TONGA TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TUNISIA TURKEY TURKMENISTAN TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS TUVALU UGANDA UKRAINE Country Name UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED KINGDOM (Great Britain) UNITED STATES UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS URUGUAY UZBEKISTAN VANUATU VATICAN CITY (Holy See) VENEZUELA VIET NAM VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S. YUGOSLAVIA (Internet code still used) WALLIS AND FUTUNA WESTERN SAHARA (formerly Spanish Sahara) YEMEN (Yemen Arab Republic) Country Name ZAMBIA (formerly Northern Rhodesia)

SJ SZ SE CH SY ISO 2-alpha TW TJ TZ TH TL TG TK TO TT TN TR TM TC TV UG UA ISO 2-alpha AE GB US UM UY UZ VU VA VE VN VG VI WF EH YE ISO 2-alpha ZM

SJM SWZ SWE CHE SYR ISO 3-alpha TWN TJK TZA THA TLS TGO TKL TON TTO TUN TUR TKM TCA TUV UGA UKR ISO 3-alpha ARE GBR USA UMI URY UZB VUT VAT VEN VNM VGB VIR WLF ESH YEM ISO 3-alpha ZMB

.sj .sz .se .ch .sy IANA Internet .tw .tj .tz .th .tp .tg .tk .to .tt .tn .tr .tm .tc .tv .ug .ua IANA Internet .ae .uk .us .um .uy .uz .vu .va .ve .vn .vg .vi .yu .wf .eh .ye IANA Internet .zm YAR UN Vehicle RNR YEM IOC Olympic ZAM V YV VN BVI ROU UZ URU UZB VAN VAT VEN VIE IVB ISV USA EAU UA UN Vehicle UGA UKR IOC Olympic UAE GBR USA TT TN TR TM TGA TRI TUN TUR TKM TG T TJ EAT TAN THA TLS TOG SD S CH SYR UN Vehicle SWZ SWE SUI SYR IOC Olympic TPE TJK

744 748 752 756 760 268 46 41 963

UN/ISO ITU numeric calling 158 762 834 764 626 768 772 776 780 788 792 795 796 798 800 804 886 992 255 66 670 228 690 676 1-868 216 90 993 1-649 688 256 380

UN/ISO ITU numeric calling 784 826 840 581 858 860 548 336 862 704 92 850 876 732 887 967 598 998 678 379 58 84 1-284 1-340 681 971 44 1

UN/ISO ITU numeric calling 894 260

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ZANZIBAR ZIMBABWE Return to the Dictionary Contents page. ZW ZWE .zw

EAZ ZW ZIM 716 263

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