Country codes: Difference between revisions

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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.

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
AO - Angola
AQ - Antarctica - unpopulated territory
AR - Argentina
AS - American Samoa
AT - Austria
AU - Australia
AW - Aruba
AX - Åland 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 Barthélemy
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 - Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire in French)
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
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
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
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 - Réunion
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
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 - East Timor
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

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 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.
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 # [[AN]] - [[Netherlands Antilles]]
 # [[AO]] - [[Angola]]
-# [[AQ]] - [[Antarctica]]
+# [[AQ]] - ''[[Antarctica]]'' - unpopulated territory
 # [[AR]] - [[Argentina]]
 # [[AS]] - [[American Samoa]]
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 # [[BS]] - [[Bahamas]]
 # [[BT]] - [[Bhutan]]
-# [[BV]] - [[Bouvet Island]] - unpopulated territory
+# [[BV]] - ''[[Bouvet Island]]'' - unpopulated territory
 # [[BW]] - [[Botswana]]
 # [[BY]] - [[Belarus]]
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 # [[CO]] - [[Colombia]]
 # [[CR]] - [[Costa Rica]]
-# '''CS''' - ''[[Czechoslovakia ]]'' (no longer a country: see [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]])
+# '''CS''' - ''[[Czechoslovakia ]]''  - no longer a country: see [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]]
 # [[CU]] - [[Cuba]]
 # [[CV]] - [[Cape Verde]]
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 # [[CY]] - [[Cyprus]]
 # [[CZ]] - [[Czech Republic]]
-# [[DE]] - [[Germany]] (German:[[Deutschland]])
+# [[DE]] - [[Germany]] (German: [[Deutschland]])
 # [[DJ]] - [[Djibouti]]
 # [[DK]] - [[Denmark]]
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 # [[FO]] - [[Faroe Islands]]
 # [[FR]] - [[France]]
-# '''FX''' - [[France]] (Metropolitan - this code is not actually used)
+# '''FX''' - [[France]] (Metropolitan) - this code is not actually used
 # [[GA]] - [[Gabon]]
-# '''GB''' - [[United Kingdom]] ([[Great Britain]]) - not used (except on car number plates)
+# '''GB''' - [[United Kingdom]] ([[Great Britain]]) - this code is not used (except on car number plates)
 # [[GD]] - [[Grenada]]
 # [[GE]] - [[Georgia]]
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 # [[KE]] - [[Kenya]]
 # [[KG]] - [[Kyrgyzstan]]
-# [[KH]] - [[Cambodia]] (country of the [[Khers]])
+# [[KH]] - [[Cambodia]] (country of the [[Khmers]])
 # [[KI]] - [[Kiribati]]
 # [[KM]] - [[Comoros]]
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 # [[NP]] - [[Nepal]]
 # [[NR]] - [[Nauru]]
-# '''NT''' - ''[[Neutral Zone]]'' (which no longer exists)
+# '''NT''' - ''[[Neutral Zone]]'' - this no longer exists
 # [[NU]] - [[Niue]]
 # [[NZ]] - [[New Zealand]]
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 # [[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]])
+# [[SJ]] - ''[[Svalbard and Jan Mayen]]'' - a group of two territories - see in particular [[Svalbard]]
 # [[SK]] - [[Slovakia]]
 # [[SL]] - [[Sierra Leone]]
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 # [[SR]] - [[Suriname]]
 # [[ST]] - [[Sao Tome and Principe]]
-# '''SU''' - ''[[Soviet Union]]'' (a former country now split into many separate ones)
+# '''SU''' - ''[[Soviet Union]]'' - a former country now split into many separate ones
 # [[SV]] - [[El Salvador]]
 # [[SY]] - [[Syria]]
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 # [[TC]] - [[Turks and Caicos Islands]]
 # [[TD]] - [[Chad]] (French:[[Tchad]])
-# [[TF]] - [[French Southern Territories]] - unpopulated territory
+# [[TF]] - ''[[French Southern Territories]]'' - unpopulated territory
 # [[TG]] - [[Togo]]
 # [[TH]] - [[Thailand]]
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 # [[YE]] - [[Yemen]]
 # [[YT]] - [[Mayotte]]
-# '''YU''' - ''[[Yugoslavia]]'' (former country)
+# '''YU''' - ''[[Yugoslavia]]'' - former country
 # [[ZA]] - [[South Africa]]
 # [[ZM]] - [[Zambia]]
-# '''ZR''' - ''[[Zaire]]'' (former name of a country)
+# '''ZR''' - ''[[Zaire]]'' - former name of a country
 # [[ZW]] - [[Zimbabwe]]

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