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To search for a country, either find it below and double-click on the country name if it is in blue (if it is in red or black then the country is not in the list of [[Countries]] which we (yet) consider relevant to Virtual Campus activity).
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.)


Alternatively, you can type the country name into the search box - or type in the ISO country code from the list below. (These codes are also the ones used for URLs.)
Alternatively, you can type the country name into the search box - or type in the ISO country code from the list below.  


'''''Only codes coloured blue actually work.'''''
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.





Revision as of 12:42, 22 January 2010

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.)

Alternatively, you can type the country name into the search box - or type in the ISO country code from the list below.

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.


  1. AC - Ascension Island - part of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  2. AD - Andorra
  3. AE - United Arab Emirates
  4. AF - Afghanistan
  5. AG - Antigua and Barbuda
  6. AI - Anguilla
  7. AL - Albania
  8. AM - Armenia
  9. AN - Netherlands Antilles
  10. AO - Angola
  11. AQ - Antarctica
  12. AR - Argentina
  13. AS - American Samoa
  14. AT - Austria
  15. AU - Australia
  16. AW - Aruba
  17. AX - Aland Islands
  18. AZ - Azerbaijan
  19. BA - Bosnia and Herzegovina
  20. BB - Barbados
  21. BD - Bangladesh
  22. BE - Belgium
  23. BF - Burkina Faso
  24. BG - Bulgaria
  25. BH - Bahrain
  26. BI - Burundi
  27. BJ - Benin
  28. BM - Bermuda
  29. BN - Brunei
  30. BO - Bolivia
  31. BR - Brazil
  32. BS - Bahamas
  33. BT - Bhutan
  34. BV - Bouvet Island
  35. BW - Botswana
  36. BY - Belarus
  37. BZ - Belize
  38. CA - Canada
  39. CC - Cocos Islands
  40. CD - Congo Democratic Republic
  41. CF - Central African Republic
  42. CG - Congo Democratic Republic
  43. CH - Switzerland
  44. CI - Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire in French)
  45. CK - Cook Islands
  46. CL - Chile
  47. CM - Cameroon
  48. CN - China
  49. CO - Colombia
  50. CR - Costa Rica
  51. CS - Czechoslovakia (no longer a country: see Czech Republic and Slovakia)
  52. CU - Cuba
  53. CV - Cape Verde
  54. CX - Christmas Island
  55. CY - Cyprus
  56. CZ - Czech Republic
  57. DE - Germany
  58. DJ - Djibouti
  59. DK - Denmark
  60. DM - Dominica
  61. DO - Dominican Republic
  62. DZ - Algeria
  63. EC - Ecuador
  64. EE - Estonia
  65. EG - Egypt
  66. EH - Western Sahara
  67. ER - Eritrea
  68. ES - Spain
  69. ET - Ethiopia
  70. FI - Finland
  71. FJ - Fiji
  72. FK - Falkland Islands
  73. FM - Micronesia States
  74. FO - Faroe Islands
  75. FR - France
  76. FX - France (Metropolitan - this code is not actually used)
  77. GA - Gabon
  78. GB - United Kingdom (Great Britain) - not used (except on car number plates)
  79. GD - Grenada
  80. GE - Georgia
  81. GF - French Guiana
  82. GH - Ghana
  83. GI - Gibraltar
  84. GL - Greenland
  85. GM - Gambia
  86. GN - Guinea
  87. GP - Guadeloupe
  88. GQ - Equatorial Guinea
  89. GR - Greece
  90. GS - South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  91. GT - Guatemala
  92. GU - Guam
  93. GW - Guinea-Bissau
  94. GY - Guyana
  95. HK - Hong Kong
  96. HM - Heard and McDonald Islands
  97. HN - Honduras
  98. HR - Croatia (its truename is Hrvatska)
  99. HT - Haiti
  100. HU - Hungary
  101. ID - Indonesia
  102. IE - Ireland
  103. IL - Israel
  104. IM - Isle of Man
  105. IN - India
  106. IO - British Indian Ocean Territory
  107. IQ - Iraq
  108. IR - Iran
  109. IS - Iceland
  110. IT - Italy
  111. JE - Jersey
  112. JM - Jamaica
  113. JO - Jordan
  114. JP - Japan
  115. KE - Kenya
  116. KG - Kyrgyzstan
  117. KH - Cambodia
  118. KI - Kiribati
  119. KM - Comoros
  120. KN - Saint Kitts and Nevis
  121. KP - North Korea (People's Republic)
  122. KR - South Korea
  123. KW - Kuwait
  124. KY - Cayman Islands
  125. KZ - Kazakhstan
  126. LA - Laos
  127. LB - Lebanon
  128. LC - Saint Lucia
  129. LI - Liechtenstein
  130. LK - Sri Lanka
  131. LR - Liberia
  132. LS - Lesotho
  133. LT - Lithuania
  134. LU - Luxembourg
  135. LV - Latvia
  136. LY - Libya
  137. MA - Morocco
  138. MC - Monaco
  139. MD - Moldova
  140. MG - Madagascar
  141. MH - Marshall Islands
  142. MK - Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic, not the region of Greece)
  143. ML - Mali
  144. MM - Myanmar
  145. MN - Mongolia
  146. MO - Macau
  147. MP - Northern Mariana Islands
  148. MQ - Martinique
  149. MR - Mauritania
  150. MS - Montserrat
  151. MT - Malta
  152. MU - Mauritius
  153. MV - Maldives
  154. MW - Malawi
  155. MX - Mexico
  156. MY - Malaysia
  157. MZ - Mozambique
  158. NA - Namibia
  159. NC - New Caledonia
  160. NE - Niger
  161. NF - Norfolk Island
  162. NG - Nigeria
  163. NI - Nicaragua
  164. NL - Netherlands
  165. NO - Norway
  166. NP - Nepal
  167. NR - Nauru
  168. NT - Neutral Zone (which no longer exists)
  169. NU - Niue
  170. NZ - New Zealand
  171. OM - Oman
  172. PA - Panama
  173. PE - Peru
  174. PF - French Polynesia
  175. PG - Papua New Guinea
  176. PH - Philippines
  177. PK - Pakistan
  178. PL - Poland
  179. PM - Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  180. PN - Pitcairn
  181. PR - Puerto Rico
  182. PS - Palestine
  183. PT - Portugal
  184. PW - Palau
  185. PY - Paraguay
  186. QA - Qatar
  187. RE - Réunion
  188. RO - Romania
  189. RS - Serbia
  190. RU - Russia
  191. RW - Rwanda
  192. SA - Saudi Arabia
  193. SB - Solomon Islands
  194. SC - Seychelles
  195. SD - Sudan
  196. SE - Sweden
  197. SG - Singapore
  198. SH - St Helena - the main part of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  199. SI - Slovenia
  200. SJ - Svalbard and Jan Mayen (a group of two territories - see in particular Svalbard)
  201. SK - Slovakia
  202. SL - Sierra Leone
  203. SM - San Marino
  204. SN - Senegal
  205. SO - Somalia
  206. SR - Suriname
  207. ST - Sao Tome and Principe
  208. SU - Soviet Union (a former country now split into many separate ones)
  209. SV - El Salvador
  210. SY - Syria
  211. SZ - Swaziland
  212. TC - Turks and Caicos Islands
  213. TD - Chad
  214. TF - French Southern Territories
  215. TG - Togo
  216. TH - Thailand
  217. TJ - Tajikistan
  218. TK - Tokelau
  219. TM - Turkmenistan
  220. TN - Tunisia
  221. TO - Tonga
  222. TP - East Timor
  223. TR - Turkey
  224. TT - Trinidad and Tobago
  225. TV - Tuvalu
  226. TW - Taiwan
  227. TZ - Tanzania
  228. UA - Ukraine
  229. UG - Uganda
  230. UK - United Kingdom
  231. UM - US Minor Outlying Islands - a statistical convenience, not a country
  232. US - United States
  233. UY - Uruguay
  234. UZ - Uzbekistan
  235. VA - Vatican City (regarded as identical with Holy See)
  236. VC - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  237. VE - Venezuela
  238. VG - British Virgin Islands
  239. VI - United States Virgin Islands
  240. VN - Vietnam
  241. VU - Vanuatu
  242. WF - Wallis and Futuna Islands
  243. WS - Samoa
  244. YE - Yemen
  245. YT - Mayotte
  246. YU - Yugoslavia (former country)
  247. ZA - South Africa
  248. ZM - Zambia
  249. ZR - Zaire (former name of a country)
  250. ZW - Zimbabwe



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