Country codes in ISO 3166

Page last modified: 2003-07-25

Data last modified: 2003-07-25

This file lists the codes for each country provided in ISO 3166. There are two tables: existing codes and withdrawn codes (codes can be withdrawn because the country no longer exists, the name has significantly changed, or one or more codes has altered).

Each country or territory has three codes:

• a two letter code
• a three letter code
• a three digit code

The numeric code identifies a physical territory, and the letters a country name. Thus when Germany reunified, it kept DE/DEU but changed from 280 to 276, while when Southern Rhodesia was renamed Zimbabwe it stayed 716 but changed from RH/RHO to ZW/ZWE.

There is also a numeric version of the two letter code not given here, calculated as 1070+30a+b, where a and b are the two letters of the code converted by A=1, B=2, etc. So AA=1101, AB=1102, BA=1131, and ZZ=1876.

Changes to ISO 3166 are managed by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO3166/MA).

Codes withdrawn from use may not be reused for five years. The two letter codes AA, QM to QZ, XA to XZ, and ZZ, all three letter codes beginning with those pairs, and numeric codes beginning 9, are available for individual use and will not be allocated to countries. The codes OO, OOO, and 000 are designated for use as "escape codes" to indicate that additional codes are being used.

The term "country" is perhaps a little misleading: not all the "countries" in ISO 3166 are actually independent. Rather, many of them are geographically separate territories that are legally portions or dependencies of other countries. Nonetheless the term "country" is used throughout. Where the code for a country includes territory also included in another code, a code for the exclusive part can be formed by replacing the second and third letters by X. So Metropolitan France can be coded as FX/FXX, and this excludes areas such as French Guyana (GF/GUF) which are included in the code FR/FRA.

ISO 3166 was first issued in 1974, and the three digit numbers were mostly added in 1981. This file is derived from the 1982 and 1988 versions of the standard, all change notifications since 1988, and a list of obsolete codes. The fourth column indicates the date of change of an entry using one of the following codes:

bbetween 1982 and 1988 cchanged 1989-12-05 dchanged 1990-08-14 echanged 1990-10-30 fchanged 1992-06-15 gchanged 1992-08-28 hchanged 1992-08-30 ichanged 1993-06-15 jchanged 1993-06-18 kchanged 1993-07-12 lchanged 1993-07-16 mchanged 1993-07-22 nchanged 1993-07-23 ochanged 1993-07-28 pchanged 1996-04-03 qchanged 1997-07-14 rchanged 1999-10-01schanged 2002-02-01changed 2002-11-15tchanged 2003-07-23tchanged 1975uchanged 1977vchanged 1979wchanged 1980xchanged 1983ychanged 1984zchanged 1986

preceded by + or - to show that the code was added or removed.

The following tables are available combined in text form.

Table 1: current codes

AFAFG004AfghanistanALALB008Albania, People's Socialist Republic of DZDZA012Algeria, People's Democratic Republic of ASASM016American Samoa ADAND020Andorra, Principality of AOAGO024Angola, Republic of AIAIA660+bAnguilla AQATA010Antarctica (the territory South of 60 deg S) AGATG028Antigua and Barbuda ARARG032Argentina, Argentine Republic AMARM051+fArmenia AWABW533+bAruba AUAUS036Australia, Commonwealth of ATAUT040Austria, Republic of AZAZE031+fAzerbaijan, Republic ofBSBHS044Bahamas, Commonwealth of the BHBHR048Bahrain, Kingdom of BDBGD050Bangladesh, People's Republic of BBBRB052Barbados BYBLR112+fBelarus BEBEL056Belgium, Kingdom of BZBLZ084Belize BJBEN204+uBenin (was Dahomey), People's Republic of BMBMU060Bermuda BTBTN064Bhutan, Kingdom of BOBOL068Bolivia, Republic of BABIH070+fBosnia and HerzegovinaBWBWA072Botswana, Republic of BVBVT074Bouvet Island (Bouvetoya) BRBRA076Brazil, Federative Republic of IOIOT086British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago) VGVGB092British Virgin Islands BNBRN096Brunei Darussalam BGBGR100Bulgaria, People's Republic of BFBFA854+yBurkina Faso (was Upper Volta) BIBDI108Burundi, Republic of KHKHM116Cambodia, Kingdom of (was Khmer Republic/Kampuchea, Democratic) CMCMR120Cameroon, United Republic of CACAN124Canada CVCPV132Cape Verde, Republic of KYCYM136Cayman Islands CFCAF140Central African Republic TDTCD148Chad, Republic of CLCHL152Chile, Republic of CNCHN156China, People's Republic of CXCXR162Christmas Island CCCCK166Cocos (Keeling) Islands COCOL170Colombia, Republic of KMCOM174Comoros, Union of theCDCOD180+qCongo, Democratic Republic of (was Zaire) CGCOG178Congo, People's Republic of CKCOK184Cook Islands CRCRI188Costa Rica, Republic of CICIV384Cote D'Ivoire, Ivory Coast, Republic of the CUCUB192Cuba, Republic of CYCYP196Cyprus, Republic of CZCZE203+iCzech Republic DKDNK208Denmark, Kingdom of DJDJI262+uDjibouti, Republic of (was French Afars and Issas) DMDMA212Dominica, Commonwealth of DODOM214Dominican Republic ECECU218Ecuador, Republic of EGEGY818Egypt, Arab Republic of SVSLV222El Salvador, Republic of GQGNQ226Equatorial Guinea, Republic of ERERI232+lEritrea EEEST233+fEstonia ETETH231+lEthiopia FOFRO234Faeroe Islands FKFLK238Falkland Islands (Malvinas) FJFJI242Fiji, Republic of the Fiji IslandsFIFIN246Finland, Republic of FRFRA250France, French Republic GFGUF254French Guiana PFPYF258French Polynesia TFATF260+vFrench Southern Territories GAGAB266Gabon, Gabonese Republic GMGMB270Gambia, Republic of the GEGEO268+gGeorgia DEDEU276+eGermany GHGHA288Ghana, Republic of GIGIB292Gibraltar GRGRC300Greece, Hellenic Republic GLGRL304Greenland GDGRD308Grenada GPGLP312Guadaloupe GUGUM316Guam GTGTM320Guatemala, Republic of GNGIN324Guinea, Revolutionary People's Rep'c of GWGNB624Guinea-Bissau, Republic of (was Portuguese Guinea) GYGUY328Guyana, Republic of HTHTI332Haiti, Republic of HMHMD334Heard and McDonald Islands VAVAT336+pHoly See (Vatican City State) HNHND340Honduras, Republic of HKHKG344Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of ChinaHRHRV191+fHrvatska (Croatia) HUHUN348Hungary, Hungarian People's Republic ISISL352Iceland, Republic of ININD356India, Republic of IDIDN360Indonesia, Republic of IRIRN364Iran, Islamic Republic of IQIRQ368Iraq, Republic of IEIRL372Ireland ILISR376Israel, State of ITITA380Italy, Italian Republic JMJAM388Jamaica JPJPN392Japan JOJOR400Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of KZKAZ398+fKazakhstan, Republic ofKEKEN404Kenya, Republic of KIKIR296+vKiribati, Republic of (was Gilbert Islands) KPPRK408Korea, Democratic People's Republic of KRKOR410Korea, Republic of KWKWT414Kuwait, State of KGKGZ417+fKyrgyz Republic LALAO418Lao People's Democratic Republic LVLVA428+fLatvia LBLBN422Lebanon, Lebanese Republic LSLSO426Lesotho, Kingdom of LRLBR430Liberia, Republic of LYLBY434Libyan Arab Jamahiriya LILIE438Liechtenstein, Principality of LTLTU440+fLithuania LULUX442Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of MOMAC446Macao, Special Administrative Region of ChinaMKMKD807+lMacedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of MGMDG450Madagascar, Republic of MWMWI454Malawi, Republic of MYMYS458Malaysia MVMDV462Maldives, Republic of MLMLI466Mali, Republic of MTMLT470Malta, Republic of MHMHL584+zMarshall Islands MQMTQ474Martinique MRMRT478Mauritania, Islamic Republic of MUMUS480Mauritius YTMYT175+kMayotte MXMEX484Mexico, United Mexican States FMFSM583+zMicronesia, Federated States of MDMDA498+fMoldova, Republic of MCMCO492Monaco, Principality of MNMNG496Mongolia, Mongolian People's Republic MSMSR500Montserrat MAMAR504Morocco, Kingdom of MZMOZ508Mozambique, People's Republic of MMMMR104+cMyanmar (was Burma) NANAM516Namibia NRNRU520Nauru, Republic of NPNPL524Nepal, Kingdom of ANANT530+kNetherlands Antilles NLNLD528Netherlands, Kingdom of the NCNCL540New Caledonia NZNZL554New Zealand NINIC558Nicaragua, Republic of NENER562Niger, Republic of the NGNGA566Nigeria, Federal Republic of NUNIU570Niue, Republic ofNFNFK574Norfolk Island MPMNP580+zNorthern Mariana Islands NONOR578Norway, Kingdom of OMOMN512Oman, Sultanate of (was Muscat and Oman) PKPAK586Pakistan, Islamic Republic of PWPLW585+zPalau PSPSE275+rPalestinian Territory, OccupiedPAPAN591+mPanama, Republic of PGPNG598Papua New Guinea PYPRY600Paraguay, Republic of PEPER604Peru, Republic of PHPHL608Philippines, Republic of the PNPCN612Pitcairn Island PLPOL616Poland, Polish People's Republic PTPRT620Portugal, Portuguese Republic PRPRI630Puerto Rico QAQAT634Qatar, State of REREU638Reunion ROROU642+sRomania, Socialist Republic of RURUS643+fRussian Federation RWRWA646Rwanda, Rwandese Republic SHSHN654St. HelenaKNKNA659+bSt. Kitts and NevisLCLCA662St. LuciaPMSPM666St. Pierre and MiquelonVCVCT670St. Vincent and the GrenadinesWSWSM882Samoa, Independent State of (was Western Samoa)SMSMR674San Marino, Republic of STSTP678Sao Tome and Principe, Democratic Republic of SASAU682Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of SNSEN686Senegal, Republic of CSSCG891+tSerbia and MontenegroSCSYC690Seychelles, Republic of SLSLE694Sierra Leone, Republic of SGSGP702Singapore, Republic of SKSVK703+iSlovakia (Slovak Republic) SISVN705+fSlovenia SBSLB090Solomon Islands (was British Solomon Islands) SOSOM706Somalia, Somali Republic ZAZAF710South Africa, Republic of GSSGS239+nSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ESESP724Spain, Spanish State LKLKA144Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of (was Ceylon) SDSDN736Sudan, Democratic Republic of the SRSUR740Suriname, Republic of SJSJM744Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands SZSWZ748Swaziland, Kingdom of SESWE752Sweden, Kingdom of CHCHE756Switzerland, Swiss Confederation SYSYR760Syrian Arab Republic TWTWN158Taiwan, Province of China TJTJK762+fTajikistan TZTZA834Tanzania, United Republic of THTHA764Thailand, Kingdom of TLTLS626+?Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic ofTGTGO768Togo, Togolese Republic TKTKL772Tokelau (Tokelau Islands) TOTON776Tonga, Kingdom of TTTTO780Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of TNTUN788Tunisia, Republic of TRTUR792Turkey, Republic of TMTKM795+fTurkmenistan TCTCA796Turks and Caicos Islands TVTUV798Tuvalu (was part of Gilbert & Ellice Islands) VIVIR850US Virgin Islands UGUGA800Uganda, Republic of UAUKR804Ukraine AEARE784United Arab Emirates (was Trucial States) GBGBR826United Kingdom of Great Britain & N. Ireland UMUMI581+zUnited States Minor Outlying Islands USUSA840United States of America UYURY858Uruguay, Eastern Republic of UZUZB860+fUzbekistan VUVUT548+wVanuatu (was New Hebrides) VEVEN862Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of VNVNM704+uViet Nam, Socialist Republic of (was Democratic Republic of & Republic of) WFWLF876Wallis and Futuna Islands EHESH732+bWestern Sahara (was Spanish Sahara) YEYEM887+dYemen ZMZMB894Zambia, Republic of ZWZWE716+wZimbabwe (was Southern Rhodesia)

Table 2: codes withdrawn from use.

ISO 3166-3 has a four character code notation for withdrawn codes. The first two characters are the withdrawn code while the last two are the code that replaced it, the code of the country that absorbed the country whose code is withdrawn, or a special code - HH to indicate that there is no single successor code or AA to indicate that the two letter code has not changed. Where there is a four letter code in the current edition of ISO 3166-3, this is shown instead of the two letter code.

BQAQATB-vBritish Antarctic TerritoryBUMMBUR104-cBurma, Socialist Republic of the Union ofBYAABYS112-fByelorussian SSR Soviet Socialist Republic CTKICTE128-yCanton & Enderbury IslandsCSHHCSK200-iCzechoslovakia, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic DYBJDHY204-uDahomeyNQAQATN216-xDronning Maud LandTPTLTMP626-?East Timor (was Portuguese Timor)ETETH230-lEthiopia FXFXX249-qFrance, Metropolitan AIDJAFI262-uFrench Afars and IssasFQHHATF-vFrench Southern and Antarctic Territories (now split between AQ and TF)DDDEDDR278-eGerman Democratic Republic DEDEU280-eGermany, Federal Republic of GEHHGEL296-vGilbert & Ellice Islands (now split into Kiribati and Tuvalu) JTUMJTN396-zJohnston IslandMIUMMID488-zMidway IslandsANANT532-kNetherlands Antilles NTHHNTZ536-kNeutral Zone (formerly between Saudi Arabia & Iraq) NHVUNHB548-wNew HebridesPCHHPCI582-zPacific Islands (trust territory) (divided into FM, MH, MP, and PW)PAPAN590-mPanama, Republic of PZPAPCZ-wPanama Canal ZoneROROM642-sRomania, Socialist Republic ofKNKNA658-bSt. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla (now St. Kitts and Nevis and Anguilla) SKINSKM-tSikkimRHZWRHO716-wSouthern Rhodesia EHESH732-bSpanish Sahara (now Western Sahara) PUUMPUS849-zUS Miscellaneous Pacific IslandsSUHHSUN810-hUSSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics HVBFHVO854-yUpper Volta, Republic of VAVAT336-pVatican City State (Holy See) VDVNVDR-uViet-Nam, Democratic Republic ofWKUMWAK872-zWake IslandYDYEYMD720-dYemen, Democratic, People's Democratic Republic of YEYEM886-dYemen, Yemen Arab Republic YUYUG890-oYugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of YUCSYUG891-tYugoslavia, Federal Republic ofZRCDZAR180-qZaire, Republic of