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To search for a country, | To search for a country, find it below and double-click on the country name if it is in blue. If it is in black then the country is not in the list of [[Countries]] which we use. (If a code is in red, this signifies an error.) | ||
A country-like name in italics - like ''[[Ascension Island]]'' - is not a country, being a former country, part of a country, unpopulated (no permanent resident community) or a statistical convenience. | |||
Alternatively, you can type the country name into the search box - or type in the ISO country code from the list below. | |||
'''Please ensure that you use Capital letters like [[AU]] - 2-letter sequences of the form capital/small (like '''Au''') are reserved for other purposes (chemical symbols, in fact). | |||
Country codes are defined by the international standard [[ISO 3166]]. These codes are also the ones used for URLs - top-level domains in the World Wide Web. | |||
A completely up to date list of all codes (including some not for currently existing countries in our sense) can be found at http://www.iso.org/iso/english_country_names_and_code_elements | |||
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# [[AC]] - ''[[Ascension Island]]'' - part of [[St Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]] | |||
# | # [[AD]] - [[Andorra]] | ||
# [[AE]] - [[United Arab Emirates]] | |||
# | # [[AF]] - [[Afghanistan]] | ||
# [[AG]] - [[Antigua and Barbuda]] | |||
# [[AI]] - [[Anguilla]] | |||
# | # [[AL]] - [[Albania]] | ||
# [[AM]] - [[Armenia]] | |||
# | # [[AN]] - ''[[Netherlands Antilles]]'' - country no longer exists | ||
# [[AO]] - [[Angola]] | |||
# | # [[AQ]] - ''[[Antarctica]]'' - unpopulated territory | ||
# [[AR]] - [[Argentina]] | |||
# | # [[AS]] - [[American Samoa]] | ||
# [[AT]] - [[Austria]] | |||
# | # [[AU]] - [[Australia]] | ||
# [[AW]] - [[Aruba]] | |||
# | # [[AX]] - [[Aland Islands]] | ||
# [[AZ]] - [[Azerbaijan]] | |||
# | # [[BA]] - [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] | ||
# [[BB]] - [[Barbados]] | |||
# | # [[BD]] - [[Bangladesh]] | ||
# [[BE]] - [[Belgium]] | |||
# | # [[BF]] - [[Burkina Faso]] | ||
# [[BG]] - [[Bulgaria]] | |||
# | # [[BH]] - [[Bahrain]] | ||
# [[BI]] - [[Burundi]] | |||
# | # [[BJ]] - [[Benin]] | ||
# [[BL]] - [[Saint Barthelemy]] | |||
# | # [[BM]] - [[Bermuda]] | ||
# [[BN]] - [[Brunei]] | |||
# | # [[BO]] - [[Bolivia]] | ||
# | # [[BR]] - [[Brazil]] | ||
# | # [[BS]] - [[Bahamas]] | ||
# [[BT]] - [[Bhutan]] | |||
# | # [[BV]] - ''[[Bouvet Island]]'' - unpopulated territory | ||
# [[BW]] - [[Botswana]] | |||
# | # [[BY]] - [[Belarus]] | ||
# | # [[BZ]] - [[Belize]] | ||
# | # [[CA]] - [[Canada]] | ||
# | # [[CC]] - [[Cocos Islands]] | ||
# [[CD]] - [[Congo Democratic Republic]] | |||
# | # [[CF]] - [[Central African Republic]] | ||
# [[CG]] - [[Congo Republic]] | |||
# | # [[CH]] - [[Switzerland]] | ||
# [[CI]] - [[Cote D'Ivoire]] ([[Ivory Coast]]) | |||
# | # [[CK]] - [[Cook Islands]] | ||
# [[CL]] - [[Chile]] | |||
# | # [[CM]] - [[Cameroon]] | ||
# [[CN]] - [[China]] | |||
# | # [[CO]] - [[Colombia]] | ||
# [[CR]] - [[Costa Rica]] | |||
# | # '''CS''' - ''[[Czechoslovakia ]]'' - no longer a country: see [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]] | ||
# [[CU]] - [[Cuba]] | |||
# | # [[CV]] - [[Cape Verde]] | ||
# [[CX]] - [[Christmas Island]] | |||
# | # [[CY]] - [[Cyprus]] | ||
# [[CZ]] - [[Czech Republic]] | |||
# | # [[DE]] - [[Germany]] (German: [[Deutschland]]) | ||
# [[DJ]] - [[Djibouti]] | |||
# | # [[DK]] - [[Denmark]] | ||
# [[DM]] - [[Dominica]] | |||
# | # [[DO]] - [[Dominican Republic]] | ||
# | # [[DZ]] - [[Algeria]] | ||
# [[EC]] - [[Ecuador]] | |||
# | # [[EE]] - [[Estonia]] | ||
# | # [[EG]] - [[Egypt]] | ||
# [[EH]] - [[Western Sahara]] ([[Sahrawi]]) | |||
# | # [[ER]] - [[Eritrea]] | ||
# [[ES]] - [[Spain]] (Spanish: [[España]]) | |||
# | # [[ET]] - [[Ethiopia]] | ||
# | # [[FI]] - [[Finland]] | ||
# | # [[FJ]] - [[Fiji]] | ||
# [[FK]] - [[Falkland Islands]] | |||
# | # [[FM]] - [[Micronesia States]] | ||
# [[FO]] - [[Faroe Islands]] | |||
# [[FR]] - [[France]] | |||
# | # '''FX''' - [[France]] (Metropolitan) - this code is not actually used | ||
# [[GA]] - [[Gabon]] | |||
# | # '''GB''' - [[United Kingdom]] ([[Great Britain]]) - this code is not used (except on car number plates) | ||
# | # [[GD]] - [[Grenada]] | ||
# | # [[GE]] - [[Georgia]] | ||
# [[GF]] - [[French Guiana]] | |||
# | # [[GG]] - [[Guernsey]] | ||
# [[GH]] - [[Ghana]] | |||
# | # [[GI]] - [[Gibraltar]] | ||
# [[GL]] - [[Greenland]] | |||
# | # [[GM]] - [[Gambia]] | ||
# [[GN]] - [[Guinea]] | |||
# | # [[GP]] - [[Guadeloupe]] | ||
# [[GQ]] - [[Equatorial Guinea]] | |||
# | # [[GR]] - [[Greece]] | ||
# | # [[GS]] - [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]] | ||
# [[GT]] - [[Guatemala]] | |||
# | # [[GU]] - [[Guam]] | ||
# [[GW]] - [[Guinea-Bissau]] | |||
# | # [[GY]] - [[Guyana]] | ||
# [[HK]] - [[Hong Kong]] | |||
# | # [[HM]] - ''[[Heard and McDonald Islands]]'' - unpopulated | ||
# [[HN]] - [[Honduras]] | |||
# [[HR]] - [[Croatia]] (its truename is [[Hrvatska]]) | |||
# | # [[HT]] - [[Haiti]] | ||
# [[HU]] - [[Hungary]] | |||
# | # [[ID]] - [[Indonesia]] | ||
# [[IE]] - [[Ireland]] | |||
# | # [[IL]] - [[Israel]] | ||
# [[IM]] - [[Isle of Man]] | |||
# | # [[IN]] - [[India]] | ||
# [[IO]] - ''[[British Indian Ocean Territory]]'' - unpopulated | |||
# | # [[IQ]] - [[Iraq]] | ||
# [[IR]] - [[Iran]] | |||
# | # [[IS]] - [[Iceland]] | ||
# [[IT]] - [[Italy]] | |||
# | # [[JE]] - [[Jersey]] | ||
# [[JM]] - [[Jamaica]] | |||
# | # [[JO]] - [[Jordan]] | ||
# [[JP]] - [[Japan]] | |||
# | # [[KE]] - [[Kenya]] | ||
# [[KG]] - [[Kyrgyzstan]] | |||
# [[KH]] - [[Cambodia]] (country of the [[Khmers]]) | |||
# | # [[KI]] - [[Kiribati]] | ||
# [[KM]] - [[Comoros]] | |||
# | # [[KN]] - [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]] | ||
# [[KP]] - [[North Korea]] (People's Republic) | |||
# [[KR]] - [[South Korea]] | |||
# | # [[KW]] - [[Kuwait]] | ||
# [[KY]] - [[Cayman Islands]] | |||
# | # [[KZ]] - [[Kazakhstan]] | ||
# [[LA]] - [[Laos]] | |||
# | # [[LB]] - [[Lebanon]] | ||
# [[LC]] - [[Saint Lucia]] | |||
# | # [[LI]] - [[Liechtenstein]] | ||
# [[LK]] - [[Sri Lanka]] | |||
# | # [[LR]] - [[Liberia]] | ||
# | # [[LS]] - [[Lesotho]] | ||
# | # [[LT]] - [[Lithuania]] | ||
# [[LU]] - [[Luxembourg]] | |||
# | # [[LV]] - [[Latvia]] | ||
# [[LY]] - [[Libya]] | |||
# | # [[MA]] - [[Morocco]] | ||
# [[MC]] - [[Monaco]] | |||
# | # [[MD]] - [[Moldova]] | ||
# [[ME]] - [[Montenegro]] | |||
# | # [[MG]] - [[Madagascar]] | ||
# [[MH]] - [[Marshall Islands]] | |||
# | # [[MK]] - [[Macedonia]] (Former Yugoslav Republic, not the region of [[Greece]]) | ||
# [[ML]] - [[Mali]] | |||
# | # [[MM]] - [[Myanmar]] | ||
# [[MN]] - [[Mongolia]] | |||
# | # [[MO]] - [[Macau]] | ||
# [[MP]] - [[Northern Mariana Islands]] | |||
# | # [[MQ]] - [[Martinique]] | ||
# [[MR]] - [[Mauritania]] | |||
# | # [[MS]] - [[Montserrat]] | ||
# [[MT]] - [[Malta]] | |||
# | # [[MU]] - [[Mauritius]] | ||
# [[MV]] - [[Maldives]] | |||
# | # [[MW]] - [[Malawi]] | ||
# [[MX]] - [[Mexico]] | |||
# | # [[MY]] - [[Malaysia]] | ||
# [[MZ]] - [[Mozambique]] | |||
# | # [[NA]] - [[Namibia]] | ||
# [[NC]] - [[New Caledonia]] | |||
# | # [[NE]] - [[Niger]] | ||
# | # [[NF]] - [[Norfolk Island]] | ||
# [[NG]] - [[Nigeria]] | |||
# | # [[NI]] - [[Nicaragua]] | ||
# [[NL]] - [[Netherlands]] | |||
# | # [[NO]] - [[Norway]] | ||
# [[NP]] - [[Nepal]] | |||
# | # [[NR]] - [[Nauru]] | ||
# '''NT''' - ''[[Neutral Zone]]'' - this no longer exists | |||
# | # [[NU]] - [[Niue]] | ||
# [[NZ]] - [[New Zealand]] | |||
# | # [[OM]] - [[Oman]] | ||
# [[PA]] - [[Panama]] | |||
# [[PE]] - [[Peru]] | |||
# | # [[PF]] - [[French Polynesia]] | ||
# [[PG]] - [[Papua New Guinea]] | |||
# | # [[PH]] - [[Philippines]] | ||
# [[PK]] - [[Pakistan]] | |||
# [[PL]] - [[Poland]] | |||
# | # [[PM]] - [[Saint Pierre and Miquelon]] | ||
# [[PN]] - [[Pitcairn]] | |||
# | # [[PR]] - [[Puerto Rico]] | ||
# [[PS]] - [[Palestine]] | |||
# | # [[PT]] - [[Portugal]] | ||
# [[PW]] - [[Palau]] | |||
# | # [[PY]] - [[Paraguay]] | ||
# [[QA]] - [[Qatar]] | |||
# | # [[RE]] - [[Reunion]] | ||
# [[RO]] - [[Romania]] | |||
# | # [[RS]] - [[Serbia]] | ||
# [[RU]] - [[Russia]] | |||
# | # [[RW]] - [[Rwanda]] | ||
# | # [[SA]] - [[Saudi Arabia]] | ||
# [[SB]] - [[Solomon Islands]] | |||
# | # [[SC]] - [[Seychelles]] | ||
# [[SD]] - [[Sudan]] | |||
# | # [[SE]] - [[Sweden]] | ||
# [[SG]] - [[Singapore]] | |||
# | # [[SH]] - ''[[St Helena]]'' - the main part of [[St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]] | ||
# [[SI]] - [[Slovenia]] | |||
# [[SJ]] - ''[[Svalbard and Jan Mayen]]'' - a group of two territories - see in particular [[Svalbard]] | |||
# | # [[SK]] - [[Slovakia]] | ||
# [[SL]] - [[Sierra Leone]] | |||
# | # [[SM]] - [[San Marino]] | ||
# [[SN]] - [[Senegal]] | |||
# | # [[SO]] - [[Somalia]] | ||
# [[SR]] - [[Suriname]] | |||
# | # [[SS]] - [[South Sudan]] | ||
# [[ST]] - [[Sao Tome and Principe]] | |||
# | # '''SU''' - ''[[Soviet Union]]'' - a former country now split into many separate ones | ||
# [[SV]] - [[El Salvador]] | |||
# | # [[SY]] - [[Syria]] | ||
# [[SZ]] - [[Swaziland]] | |||
# | # [[TC]] - [[Turks and Caicos Islands]] | ||
# [[TD]] - [[Chad]] (French: [[Tchad]]) | |||
# | # [[TF]] - ''[[French Southern Territories]]'' - unpopulated territory | ||
# [[TG]] - [[Togo]] | |||
# [[TH]] - [[Thailand]] | |||
# | # [[TJ]] - [[Tajikistan]] | ||
# [[TK]] - [[Tokelau]] | |||
# | # [[TL]] - [[Timor-Leste]] | ||
# [[TM]] - [[Turkmenistan]] | |||
# | # [[TN]] - [[Tunisia]] | ||
# [[TO]] - [[Tonga]] | |||
# | # '''TP''' - obsolete code for [[East Timor]], now called [[Timor-Leste]] with code TL | ||
# [[TR]] - [[Turkey]] | |||
# [[TT]] - [[Trinidad and Tobago]] | |||
# | # [[TV]] - [[Tuvalu]] | ||
# | # [[TW]] - [[Taiwan]] | ||
# | # [[TZ]] - [[Tanzania]] | ||
# [[UA]] - [[Ukraine]] | |||
# | # [[UG]] - [[Uganda]] | ||
# [[UK]] - [[United Kingdom]] | |||
# | # [[UM]] - ''[[US Minor Outlying Islands]]'' - a statistical convenience, not a country | ||
# [[US]] - [[United States]] | |||
# | # [[UY]] - [[Uruguay]] | ||
# | # [[UZ]] - [[Uzbekistan]] | ||
# [[VA]] - [[Vatican City]] (regarded as identical with [[Holy See]]) | |||
# | # [[VC]] - [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]] | ||
# | # [[VE]] - [[Venezuela]] | ||
# [[VG]] - [[British Virgin Islands]] | |||
# [[VI]] - [[United States Virgin Islands]] | |||
# [[VN]] - [[Vietnam]] | |||
# [[VU]] - [[Vanuatu]] | |||
# [[WF]] - [[Wallis and Futuna Islands]] | |||
# [[WS]] - [[Samoa]] | |||
# [[YE]] - [[Yemen]] | |||
# [[YT]] - [[Mayotte]] | |||
# '''YU''' - ''[[Yugoslavia]]'' - former country | |||
# [[ZA]] - [[South Africa]] | |||
# [[ZM]] - [[Zambia]] | |||
# '''ZR''' - ''[[Zaire]]'' - former name of a country | |||
# [[ZW]] - [[Zimbabwe]] | |||
== Codeless countries == | |||
Countries which are not widely recognised (or have not been so until recently) do not have codes. These include the following: | |||
# [[Kosovo]] | |||
# [[Transnistria]] | |||
# [[South Ossetia]] | |||
# [[Abkhazia]] | |||
# [[Nagorno-Karabakh]] | |||
# [[Northern Cyprus]] | |||
# [[Sahrawi]] | |||
# [[Somaliland]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 10:29, 10 May 2023
To search for a country, find it below and double-click on the country name if it is in blue. If it is in black then the country is not in the list of Countries which we use. (If a code is in red, this signifies an error.)
A country-like name in italics - like Ascension Island - is not a country, being a former country, part of a country, unpopulated (no permanent resident community) or a statistical convenience.
Alternatively, you can type the country name into the search box - or type in the ISO country code from the list below.
Please ensure that you use Capital letters like AU - 2-letter sequences of the form capital/small (like Au) are reserved for other purposes (chemical symbols, in fact).
Country codes are defined by the international standard ISO 3166. These codes are also the ones used for URLs - top-level domains in the World Wide Web.
A completely up to date list of all codes (including some not for currently existing countries in our sense) can be found at http://www.iso.org/iso/english_country_names_and_code_elements
- AC - Ascension Island - part of St Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- AD - Andorra
- AE - United Arab Emirates
- AF - Afghanistan
- AG - Antigua and Barbuda
- AI - Anguilla
- AL - Albania
- AM - Armenia
- AN - Netherlands Antilles - country no longer exists
- AO - Angola
- AQ - Antarctica - unpopulated territory
- AR - Argentina
- AS - American Samoa
- AT - Austria
- AU - Australia
- AW - Aruba
- AX - Aland Islands
- AZ - Azerbaijan
- BA - Bosnia and Herzegovina
- BB - Barbados
- BD - Bangladesh
- BE - Belgium
- BF - Burkina Faso
- BG - Bulgaria
- BH - Bahrain
- BI - Burundi
- BJ - Benin
- BL - Saint Barthelemy
- BM - Bermuda
- BN - Brunei
- BO - Bolivia
- BR - Brazil
- BS - Bahamas
- BT - Bhutan
- BV - Bouvet Island - unpopulated territory
- BW - Botswana
- BY - Belarus
- BZ - Belize
- CA - Canada
- CC - Cocos Islands
- CD - Congo Democratic Republic
- CF - Central African Republic
- CG - Congo Republic
- CH - Switzerland
- CI - Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- CK - Cook Islands
- CL - Chile
- CM - Cameroon
- CN - China
- CO - Colombia
- CR - Costa Rica
- CS - Czechoslovakia - no longer a country: see Czech Republic and Slovakia
- CU - Cuba
- CV - Cape Verde
- CX - Christmas Island
- CY - Cyprus
- CZ - Czech Republic
- DE - Germany (German: Deutschland)
- DJ - Djibouti
- DK - Denmark
- DM - Dominica
- DO - Dominican Republic
- DZ - Algeria
- EC - Ecuador
- EE - Estonia
- EG - Egypt
- EH - Western Sahara (Sahrawi)
- ER - Eritrea
- ES - Spain (Spanish: España)
- ET - Ethiopia
- FI - Finland
- FJ - Fiji
- FK - Falkland Islands
- FM - Micronesia States
- FO - Faroe Islands
- FR - France
- FX - France (Metropolitan) - this code is not actually used
- GA - Gabon
- GB - United Kingdom (Great Britain) - this code is not used (except on car number plates)
- GD - Grenada
- GE - Georgia
- GF - French Guiana
- GG - Guernsey
- GH - Ghana
- GI - Gibraltar
- GL - Greenland
- GM - Gambia
- GN - Guinea
- GP - Guadeloupe
- GQ - Equatorial Guinea
- GR - Greece
- GS - South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- GT - Guatemala
- GU - Guam
- GW - Guinea-Bissau
- GY - Guyana
- HK - Hong Kong
- HM - Heard and McDonald Islands - unpopulated
- HN - Honduras
- HR - Croatia (its truename is Hrvatska)
- HT - Haiti
- HU - Hungary
- ID - Indonesia
- IE - Ireland
- IL - Israel
- IM - Isle of Man
- IN - India
- IO - British Indian Ocean Territory - unpopulated
- IQ - Iraq
- IR - Iran
- IS - Iceland
- IT - Italy
- JE - Jersey
- JM - Jamaica
- JO - Jordan
- JP - Japan
- KE - Kenya
- KG - Kyrgyzstan
- KH - Cambodia (country of the Khmers)
- KI - Kiribati
- KM - Comoros
- KN - Saint Kitts and Nevis
- KP - North Korea (People's Republic)
- KR - South Korea
- KW - Kuwait
- KY - Cayman Islands
- KZ - Kazakhstan
- LA - Laos
- LB - Lebanon
- LC - Saint Lucia
- LI - Liechtenstein
- LK - Sri Lanka
- LR - Liberia
- LS - Lesotho
- LT - Lithuania
- LU - Luxembourg
- LV - Latvia
- LY - Libya
- MA - Morocco
- MC - Monaco
- MD - Moldova
- ME - Montenegro
- MG - Madagascar
- MH - Marshall Islands
- MK - Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic, not the region of Greece)
- ML - Mali
- MM - Myanmar
- MN - Mongolia
- MO - Macau
- MP - Northern Mariana Islands
- MQ - Martinique
- MR - Mauritania
- MS - Montserrat
- MT - Malta
- MU - Mauritius
- MV - Maldives
- MW - Malawi
- MX - Mexico
- MY - Malaysia
- MZ - Mozambique
- NA - Namibia
- NC - New Caledonia
- NE - Niger
- NF - Norfolk Island
- NG - Nigeria
- NI - Nicaragua
- NL - Netherlands
- NO - Norway
- NP - Nepal
- NR - Nauru
- NT - Neutral Zone - this no longer exists
- NU - Niue
- NZ - New Zealand
- OM - Oman
- PA - Panama
- PE - Peru
- PF - French Polynesia
- PG - Papua New Guinea
- PH - Philippines
- PK - Pakistan
- PL - Poland
- PM - Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- PN - Pitcairn
- PR - Puerto Rico
- PS - Palestine
- PT - Portugal
- PW - Palau
- PY - Paraguay
- QA - Qatar
- RE - Reunion
- RO - Romania
- RS - Serbia
- RU - Russia
- RW - Rwanda
- SA - Saudi Arabia
- SB - Solomon Islands
- SC - Seychelles
- SD - Sudan
- SE - Sweden
- SG - Singapore
- SH - St Helena - the main part of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- SI - Slovenia
- SJ - Svalbard and Jan Mayen - a group of two territories - see in particular Svalbard
- SK - Slovakia
- SL - Sierra Leone
- SM - San Marino
- SN - Senegal
- SO - Somalia
- SR - Suriname
- SS - South Sudan
- ST - Sao Tome and Principe
- SU - Soviet Union - a former country now split into many separate ones
- SV - El Salvador
- SY - Syria
- SZ - Swaziland
- TC - Turks and Caicos Islands
- TD - Chad (French: Tchad)
- TF - French Southern Territories - unpopulated territory
- TG - Togo
- TH - Thailand
- TJ - Tajikistan
- TK - Tokelau
- TL - Timor-Leste
- TM - Turkmenistan
- TN - Tunisia
- TO - Tonga
- TP - obsolete code for East Timor, now called Timor-Leste with code TL
- TR - Turkey
- TT - Trinidad and Tobago
- TV - Tuvalu
- TW - Taiwan
- TZ - Tanzania
- UA - Ukraine
- UG - Uganda
- UK - United Kingdom
- UM - US Minor Outlying Islands - a statistical convenience, not a country
- US - United States
- UY - Uruguay
- UZ - Uzbekistan
- VA - Vatican City (regarded as identical with Holy See)
- VC - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- VE - Venezuela
- VG - British Virgin Islands
- VI - United States Virgin Islands
- VN - Vietnam
- VU - Vanuatu
- WF - Wallis and Futuna Islands
- WS - Samoa
- YE - Yemen
- YT - Mayotte
- YU - Yugoslavia - former country
- ZA - South Africa
- ZM - Zambia
- ZR - Zaire - former name of a country
- ZW - Zimbabwe
Codeless countries
Countries which are not widely recognised (or have not been so until recently) do not have codes. These include the following: