List of ISO 3166 country codes
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The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) created and maintains the ISO 3166 standard – Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions. The ISO 3166 standard contains three parts:
ISO 3166-1 – Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. It defines three sets of country codes: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 – two-letter country codes which are also used to create the ISO 3166-2 country subdivision codes and the Internet country code top-level domains. ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 – three-letter country codes which may allow a better visual association between the codes and the country names than the 3166-1 alpha-2 codes. ISO 3166-1 numeric – three-digit country codes which are identical to those developed and maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division, with the advantage of script (writing system) independence, and hence useful for people or systems using non-Latin scripts. ISO 3166-2 – Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 2: Country subdivision code defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e ., provinces, states, departments, regions) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. ISO 3166-3 – Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 3: Code for formerly used names of countries defines codes for country names which have been deleted from ISO 3166-1 since its first publication in 1974. The ISO 3166-1 standard currently comprises 249 countries, 193 of which are sovereign states that are members of the United Nations. Many dependent territories in the ISO 3166-1 standard are also listed as a subdivision of their administering state in the ISO 3166-2 standard, which is the case for China, Finland, France, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Norway (Svalbard and Jan Mayen are listed, but Bouvet Island is not), and the United States of America, but not Australia, Denmark, New Zealand, or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Tables
| ISO 3166 name | Sovereignty | ISO 3166-1 | ISO 3166-2 subdivision codes link | TLD | ||
| A-2 | A-3 | Num. | ||||
| Afghanistan | UN member | AF | AFG | 004 | ISO 3166-2:AF | af |
| Åland Islands | Finland | AX | ALA | 248 | ISO 3166-2:AX | ax |
| Albania | UN member | AL | ALB | 008 | ISO 3166-2:AL | al |
| Algeria | UN member | DZ | DZA | 012 | ISO 3166-2:DZ | dz |
| American Samoa | United States | AS | ASM | 016 | ISO 3166-2:AS | as |
| Andorra | UN member | AD | AND | 020 | ISO 3166-2:AD | ad |
| Angola | UN member | AO | AGO | 024 | ISO 3166-2:AO | ao |
| Anguilla | United Kingdom | AI | AIA | 660 | ISO 3166-2:AI | ai |
| Antarctica | Antarctic Treaty | AQ | ATA | 010 | ISO 3166-2:AQ | aq |
| Antigua and Barbuda | UN member | AG | ATG | 028 | ISO 3166-2:AG | ag |
| Argentina | UN member | AR | ARG | 032 | ISO 3166-2:AR | ar |
| Armenia | UN member | AM | ARM | 051 | ISO 3166-2:AM | am |
| Aruba | Netherlands | AW | ABW | 533 | ISO 3166-2:AW | aw |
| Australia | UN member | AU | AUS | 036 | ISO 3166-2:AU | au |
| Austria | UN member | AT | AUT | 040 | ISO 3166-2:AT | at |
| Azerbaijan | UN member | AZ | AZE | 031 | ISO 3166-2:AZ | az |
| Bahamas (the) | UN member | BS | BHS | 044 | ISO 3166-2:BS | bs |
| Bahrain | UN member | BH | BHR | 048 | ISO 3166-2:BH | bh |
| Bangladesh | UN member | BD | BGD | 050 | ISO 3166-2:BD | bd |
| Barbados | UN member | BB | BRB | 052 | ISO 3166-2:BB | bb |
| Belarus | UN member | BY | BLR | 112 | ISO 3166-2:BY | by |
| Belgium | UN member | BE | BEL | 056 | ISO 3166-2:BE | be |
| Belize | UN member | BZ | BLZ | 084 | ISO 3166-2:BZ | bz |
| Benin | UN member | BJ | BEN | 204 | ISO 3166-2:BJ | bj |
| Bermuda | United Kingdom | BM | BMU | 060 | ISO 3166-2:BM | bm |
| Bhutan | UN member | BT | BTN | 064 | ISO 3166-2:BT | bt |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | UN member | BO | BOL | 068 | ISO 3166-2:BO | bo |
| Bonaire Sint Eustatius Saba | Netherlands | BQ | BES | 535 | ISO 3166-2:BQ | bq |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | UN member | BA | BIH | 070 | ISO 3166-2:BA | ba |
| Botswana | UN member | BW | BWA | 072 | ISO 3166-2:BW | bw |
| Bouvet Island | Norway | BV | BVT | 074 | ISO 3166-2:BV | |
| Brazil | UN member | BR | BRA | 076 | ISO 3166-2:BR | br |
| British Indian Ocean Territory (the) | United Kingdom | IO | IOT | 086 | ISO 3166-2:IO | io |
| British Virgin Islands – See Virgin Islands (British). | ||||||
| Brunei Darussalam | UN member | BN | BRN | 096 | ISO 3166-2:BN | bn |
| Bulgaria | UN member | BG | BGR | 100 | ISO 3166-2:BG | bg |
| Burkina Faso | UN member | BF | BFA | 854 | ISO 3166-2:BF | bf |
| Burma – See Myanmar. | ||||||
| Burundi | UN member | BI | BDI | 108 | ISO 3166-2:BI | bi |
| Cabo Verde | UN member | CV | CPV | 132 | ISO 3166-2:CV | cv |
| Cambodia | UN member | KH | KHM | 116 | ISO 3166-2:KH | kh |
| Cameroon | UN member | CM | CMR | 120 | ISO 3166-2:CM | cm |
| Canada | UN member | CA | CAN | 124 | ISO 3166-2:CA | ca |
| Cape Verde – See Cabo Verde. | ||||||
| Caribbean Netherlands – See Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. | ||||||
| Cayman Islands (the) | United Kingdom | KY | CYM | 136 | ISO 3166-2:KY | ky |
| Central African Republic (the) | UN member | CF | CAF | 140 | ISO 3166-2:CF | cf |
| Chad | UN member | TD | TCD | 148 | ISO 3166-2:TD | td |
References
- The ISO 3166 country name Antarctica comprises the continent of Antarctica and all land and ice shelves south of the 60t
- The ISO 3166 country name Australia includes the Ashmore and Cartier Islands and the Coral Sea Islands.
- Although the country code top-level domain is reserved for the Caribbean Netherlands, these islands use the Netherlands
- The country code top-level domain has not been implemented.
- Both ISO and the United Nations use the country name Brunei Darussalam for Brunei.
- Cabo Verde was previously known as Cape Verde.
- ISO uses the United Nations country name the Congo for the Republic of the Congo.
- Côte d'Ivoire was previously known as Ivory Coast.
- Czechia was previously known by its state name Czech Republic.
- Eswatini was previously known as Swaziland.
- ISO uses the country name the Falkland Islands [Malvinas] for the Falkland Islands.
- The ISO 3166 country name France includes Clipperton Island.
- The ISO 3166 country name the French Southern Territories comprises all of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands excep
- The Holy See governs and represents the Vatican City State.
- ISO uses the United Nations country name the Islamic Republic of Iran for Iran.
- Both ISO and the United Nations use the full state name the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for North Korea.
- Both ISO and the United Nations use the full state name the Republic of Korea for South Korea.
- Both ISO and the United Nations use the full state name the Lao People's Democratic Republic for Laos.
- Macao may be spelt either Macao or Macau.
- Myanmar was previously known as Burma.