Countries

Countries#

ISO 3166-1 codes for the 249 country / dependency entries. Three encoding columns matter in operator work: alpha-2 (top-level domains, locale strings, IATA-adjacent), alpha-3 (Olympic codes, visa documents), and numeric (UN M49, statistical sources).

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ISO 3166-1#

Country

a2

a3

num

Notes

Afghanistan

AF

AFG

004

-

Albania

AL

ALB

008

-

Algeria

DZ

DZA

012

-

Andorra

AD

AND

020

-

Angola

AO

AGO

024

-

Argentina

AR

ARG

032

-

Armenia

AM

ARM

051

-

Australia

AU

AUS

036

Includes external territories.

Austria

AT

AUT

040

-

Azerbaijan

AZ

AZE

031

-

Bahamas

BS

BHS

044

-

Bahrain

BH

BHR

048

-

Bangladesh

BD

BGD

050

-

Belarus

BY

BLR

112

-

Belgium

BE

BEL

056

-

Belize

BZ

BLZ

084

-

Benin

BJ

BEN

204

-

Bhutan

BT

BTN

064

-

Bolivia

BO

BOL

068

-

Bosnia & Herz.

BA

BIH

070

-

Botswana

BW

BWA

072

-

Brazil

BR

BRA

076

-

Brunei

BN

BRN

096

-

Bulgaria

BG

BGR

100

-

Burkina Faso

BF

BFA

854

-

Burundi

BI

BDI

108

-

Cambodia

KH

KHM

116

-

Cameroon

CM

CMR

120

-

Canada

CA

CAN

124

-

Cape Verde

CV

CPV

132

Cabo Verde.

Central Afr R.

CF

CAF

140

-

Chad

TD

TCD

148

-

Chile

CL

CHL

152

-

China

CN

CHN

156

PRC; Taiwan = TW separately.

Colombia

CO

COL

170

-

Comoros

KM

COM

174

-

Congo (Braz)

CG

COG

178

Republic of Congo.

Congo (DRC)

CD

COD

180

DR Congo / Kinshasa.

Costa Rica

CR

CRI

188

-

Croatia

HR

HRV

191

-

Cuba

CU

CUB

192

-

Cyprus

CY

CYP

196

-

Czechia

CZ

CZE

203

-

Denmark

DK

DNK

208

-

Djibouti

DJ

DJI

262

-

Dominica

DM

DMA

212

-

Dominican Rep.

DO

DOM

214

-

Ecuador

EC

ECU

218

-

Egypt

EG

EGY

818

-

El Salvador

SV

SLV

222

-

Equat. Guinea

GQ

GNQ

226

-

Eritrea

ER

ERI

232

-

Estonia

EE

EST

233

-

Eswatini

SZ

SWZ

748

Swaziland (renamed 2018).

Ethiopia

ET

ETH

231

-

Fiji

FJ

FJI

242

-

Finland

FI

FIN

246

-

France

FR

FRA

250

-

Gabon

GA

GAB

266

-

Gambia

GM

GMB

270

-

Georgia

GE

GEO

268

-

Germany

DE

DEU

276

-

Ghana

GH

GHA

288

-

Greece

GR

GRC

300

-

Grenada

GD

GRD

308

-

Guatemala

GT

GTM

320

-

Guinea

GN

GIN

324

-

Guinea-Bissau

GW

GNB

624

-

Guyana

GY

GUY

328

-

Haiti

HT

HTI

332

-

Honduras

HN

HND

340

-

Hungary

HU

HUN

348

-

Iceland

IS

ISL

352

-

India

IN

IND

356

-

Indonesia

ID

IDN

360

-

Iran

IR

IRN

364

-

Iraq

IQ

IRQ

368

-

Ireland

IE

IRL

372

-

Israel

IL

ISR

376

-

Italy

IT

ITA

380

-

Ivory Coast

CI

CIV

384

Côte d’Ivoire.

Jamaica

JM

JAM

388

-

Japan

JP

JPN

392

-

Jordan

JO

JOR

400

-

Kazakhstan

KZ

KAZ

398

-

Kenya

KE

KEN

404

-

Kiribati

KI

KIR

296

-

Korea, North

KP

PRK

408

DPRK.

Korea, South

KR

KOR

410

ROK.

Kosovo

XK

Not in ISO 3166; user-assigned XK.

Kuwait

KW

KWT

414

-

Kyrgyzstan

KG

KGZ

417

-

Laos

LA

LAO

418

-

Latvia

LV

LVA

428

-

Lebanon

LB

LBN

422

-

Lesotho

LS

LSO

426

-

Liberia

LR

LBR

430

-

Libya

LY

LBY

434

-

Liechtenstein

LI

LIE

438

-

Lithuania

LT

LTU

440

-

Luxembourg

LU

LUX

442

-

Madagascar

MG

MDG

450

-

Malawi

MW

MWI

454

-

Malaysia

MY

MYS

458

-

Maldives

MV

MDV

462

-

Mali

ML

MLI

466

-

Malta

MT

MLT

470

-

Marshall Is.

MH

MHL

584

-

Mauritania

MR

MRT

478

-

Mauritius

MU

MUS

480

-

Mexico

MX

MEX

484

-

Micronesia

FM

FSM

583

-

Moldova

MD

MDA

498

-

Monaco

MC

MCO

492

-

Mongolia

MN

MNG

496

-

Montenegro

ME

MNE

499

-

Morocco

MA

MAR

504

-

Mozambique

MZ

MOZ

508

-

Myanmar

MM

MMR

104

Burma.

Namibia

NA

NAM

516

-

Nauru

NR

NRU

520

-

Nepal

NP

NPL

524

-

Netherlands

NL

NLD

528

-

New Zealand

NZ

NZL

554

-

Nicaragua

NI

NIC

558

-

Niger

NE

NER

562

-

Nigeria

NG

NGA

566

-

North Macedon.

MK

MKD

807

formerly Macedonia.

Norway

NO

NOR

578

-

Oman

OM

OMN

512

-

Pakistan

PK

PAK

586

-

Palau

PW

PLW

585

-

Palestine

PS

PSE

275

-

Panama

PA

PAN

591

-

Papua New Gui.

PG

PNG

598

-

Paraguay

PY

PRY

600

-

Peru

PE

PER

604

-

Philippines

PH

PHL

608

-

Poland

PL

POL

616

-

Portugal

PT

PRT

620

-

Qatar

QA

QAT

634

-

Romania

RO

ROU

642

-

Russia

RU

RUS

643

-

Rwanda

RW

RWA

646

-

St Kitts/Nevis

KN

KNA

659

-

St Lucia

LC

LCA

662

-

St Vincent/G.

VC

VCT

670

-

Samoa

WS

WSM

882

-

San Marino

SM

SMR

674

-

  1. Tomé

ST

STP

678

-

Saudi Arabia

SA

SAU

682

-

Senegal

SN

SEN

686

-

Serbia

RS

SRB

688

-

Seychelles

SC

SYC

690

-

Sierra Leone

SL

SLE

694

-

Singapore

SG

SGP

702

-

Slovakia

SK

SVK

703

-

Slovenia

SI

SVN

705

-

Solomon Is.

SB

SLB

090

-

Somalia

SO

SOM

706

-

South Africa

ZA

ZAF

710

-

South Sudan

SS

SSD

728

-

Spain

ES

ESP

724

-

Sri Lanka

LK

LKA

144

-

Sudan

SD

SDN

729

-

Suriname

SR

SUR

740

-

Sweden

SE

SWE

752

-

Switzerland

CH

CHE

756

-

Syria

SY

SYR

760

-

Taiwan

TW

TWN

158

PRC disputes status.

Tajikistan

TJ

TJK

762

-

Tanzania

TZ

TZA

834

-

Thailand

TH

THA

764

-

Timor-Leste

TL

TLS

626

East Timor.

Togo

TG

TGO

768

-

Tonga

TO

TON

776

-

Trinidad/Toba.

TT

TTO

780

-

Tunisia

TN

TUN

788

-

Turkey

TR

TUR

792

Türkiye since 2022.

Turkmenistan

TM

TKM

795

-

Tuvalu

TV

TUV

798

-

Uganda

UG

UGA

800

-

Ukraine

UA

UKR

804

-

UAE

AE

ARE

784

United Arab Emirates.

United Kingdom

GB

GBR

826

UK; ccTLD is .uk.

United States

US

USA

840

-

Uruguay

UY

URY

858

-

Uzbekistan

UZ

UZB

860

-

Vanuatu

VU

VUT

548

-

Vatican City

VA

VAT

336

Holy See.

Venezuela

VE

VEN

862

-

Vietnam

VN

VNM

704

-

Yemen

YE

YEM

887

-

Zambia

ZM

ZMB

894

-

Zimbabwe

ZW

ZWE

716

-

UN regions (M49)#

Region

Notes

001 World

All countries.

002 Africa

Northern (015), Sub-Saharan (202).

009 Oceania

Australia/NZ (053), Melanesia (054), Micronesia (057), Polynesia.

019 Americas

Northern (021), Latin Am. & Caribbean (419).

142 Asia

Central, East, South, SE, Western.

150 Europe

East (151), North (154), South (039), West (155).

Notable groupings#

  • G7, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, USA. (G8 with Russia until 2014.)

  • G20, G7 plus AR, AU, BR, CN, IN, ID, MX, RU, SA, ZA, KR, TR, EU, AU.

  • BRICS, Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa; expanded 2024 to Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, UAE.

  • EU-27, AT, BE, BG, HR, CY, CZ, DK, EE, FI, FR, DE, GR, HU, IE, IT, LV, LT, LU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SI, ES, SE.

  • NATO-32 (2024), 30 + Finland (2023) + Sweden (2024).

  • ASEAN-10, BN, KH, ID, LA, MY, MM, PH, SG, TH, VN.

  • GCC, BH, KW, OM, QA, SA, AE.

  • AU (African Union), 55 members.

  • OAS (Americas), 35 members.

  • Five Eyes, AU, CA, NZ, UK, US (intelligence-sharing).

  • Nine Eyes, Five Eyes + DK, FR, NL, NO.

  • Fourteen Eyes / SIGINT Seniors Europe, Nine + DE, BE, IT, ES, SE.

Operator notes#

  • ccTLD, usually equals the alpha-2 code (.de, .uk, .tw). Exceptions: .uk for GB, .eu for the EU.

  • Sanctioned / restricted, the OFAC SDN list, EU CFSP consolidated list, and UN 1267 list change frequently. See Sanctions Lists.

  • De-facto vs. de-jure, Taiwan (TW), Kosovo (XK), Western Sahara (EH), and several other entities have contested status. Use ISO 3166 as the lookup, but document the political context.

  • Locale strings, en_US.UTF-8, ar_EG.UTF-8, etc. Pair the alpha-2 country code with the language code (BCP 47).

  • Phone codes, E.164 country calling codes are separate from ISO 3166. (e.g. US/CA share +1.)

  • Currency, ISO 4217 codes; usually country-name-derived (USD, EUR, JPY) but not always (XOF for the West African CFA).

References#

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