Countries of the world

Introduction

This document lists each country (or geographical area) together with various codes.

Table Columns

The table columns are as follows:

Country

All the countries defined in ISO-3166 are included. The name is the English short country name, and appears in CAPITALS. Other geographical areas are also included (using mixed upper-case and lower-case letters) if they have a reserved ISO-3166 code, a separate telephone code, Internet domain code or aircraft registration code. Clicking on the country name links to the country entry in the CIA World Factbook.

ISO

The country code in ISO-3166, including "exceptionally reserved" codes.

TLD

The ccTLD (Country Code Top-Level Domain) used for Internet domain names. These codes are defined by IANA, and are in almost all cases identical to the ISO code. When the ccTLD code differs, the ISO code is normally "exceptionally reserved". For more information see Wikipedia.

Tel

The international telephone dialling code. A downloadable list is available from the  ITU, who administer these codes. LincMad also has a list plus information on recent and proposed changes.

Aircraft

The aircraft registration prefix code. A list of these codes (and airport codes) is available from Pascal Brugier. Another source is the US Federal Aviation Agency. The ICAO appears to assign the codes, but there is no trace of any list on its site.

Oval

The motor vehicle registration code. The list is maintained by the  United Nations. Unfortunately not all countries have notified the UN. See Where's That Vehicle Come From? for a useful list.

Flag

Most flags from John Fitzgibbon.

The column header has links to external sites with a list of the data in the respective column, sorted in data order.

List of countries

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Country (Link is to CIA World Factbook)	ISO	TLD	Tel	Aircraft	Oval	Flag
AFGHANISTAN	AF	AF	93	YA	AFG
ÅLAND ISLANDS	AX	AX	358
ALBANIA	AL	AL	355	ZA	AL
Alderney					GBA
ALGERIA	DZ	DZ	213	7T	DZ
AMERICAN SAMOA	AS	AS	1-684 m
ANDORRA	AD	AD	376	C3	AND
ANGOLA	AO	AO	244	D2	PAN
ANGUILLA	AI	AI	1-264	VP-A
ANTARCTICA	AQ	AQ
Antarctica Casey Base & Scott Base			672
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	AG	AG	1-268	V2
ARGENTINA	AR	AR	54	LQ	RA
ARMENIA	AM	AM	374	EK	ARM
ARUBA	AW	AW	297	P4
Ascension Island	AC i	AC	247
AUSTRALIA	AU	AU	61	VH	AUS
Australian External Territories			672
AUSTRIA	AT	AT	43	OE	A
AZERBAIJAN	AZ	AZ	994	4K	AZ
Country (Link is to CIA World Factbook)	ISO	TLD	Tel	Aircraft	Oval	Flag
BAHAMAS	BS	BS	1-242	C6	BS
BAHRAIN	BH	BH	973	A9C	BRN
BANGLADESH	BD	BD	880	S2	BD
BARBADOS	BB	BB	1-246	8P	BDS
BELARUS	BY	BY	375	EW	BY
BELGIUM	BE	BE	32	OO	B
BELIZE	BZ	BZ	501	V3	BZ
BENIN	BJ	BJ	229	TY	DY
BERMUDA	BM	BM	1-441	VP-B
BHUTAN	BT	BT	975	A5
BOLIVIA	BO	BO	591	CP	BOL
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	BA	BA	387	T9	BIH
BOTSWANA	BW	BW	267	A2	BW k RB
BOUVET ISLAND	BV	BV
BRAZIL	BR	BR	55	PP	BR
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY	IO	IO
British Overseas Territories				VP VQ VR
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	BN	BN	673	V8	BRU
BULGARIA	BG	BG	359	LZ	BG
BURKINA FASO	BF	BF	226	XT	BF
BURUNDI	BI	BI	257	9U	RU
Country (Link is to CIA World Factbook)	ISO	TLD	Tel	Aircraft	Oval	Flag
CAMBODIA	KH	KH	855	XU	K
CAMEROON	CM	CM	237	TJ	CAM
CANADA	CA	CA	1	C	CDN
Canary Islands (Spain)	IC i
CAPE VERDE	CV	CV	238	D4
CAYMAN ISLANDS	KY	KY	1-345	VP-C
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	CF	CF	236	TL	RCA
Ceuta, Melilla (Spain)	EA i
CHAD	TD	TD	235	TT	TCH
CHILE	CL	CL	56	CC	RCH
CHINA	CN	CN	86	B	PRC
CHRISTMAS ISLAND	CX	CX	672
Clipperton Island (French)	CP i
COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS	CC	CC	672
COLOMBIA	CO	CO	57	HK	CO
COMOROS	KM	KM	269	D6
CONGO	CG	CG	242	TN	RCB
CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF	CD	CD	243	9Q 9T	CGO
COOK ISLANDS	CK	CK	682
COSTA RICA	CR	CR	506	TI	CR
CÔTE D'IVOIRE	CI	CI	225	TU	CI
CROATIA	HR	HR	385	9A	HR
CUBA	CU	CU	53	CU	CU
CYPRUS	CY	CY	357	5B	CY
CZECH REPUBLIC	CZ	CZ	420	OK	CZ
Country (Link is to CIA World Factbook)	ISO	TLD	Tel	Aircraft	Oval	Flag
DENMARK	DK	DK	45	OY	DK
Diego Garcia	DG i		246
DJIBOUTI	DJ	DJ	253	J2
DOMINICA	DM	DM	1-767	J7	WD
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	DO	DO	1-809 1-829	HI	DOM
Country (Link is to CIA World Factbook)	ISO	TLD	Tel	Aircraft	Oval	Flag
ECUADOR	EC	EC	593	HC	EC
EGYPT	EG	EG	20	SU	ET
EL SALVADOR	SV	SV	503	YS	ES
EQUATORIAL GUINEA	GQ	GQ	240	3C
ERITREA	ER	ER	291	E3
ESTONIA	EE	EE	372	ES	EST
ETHIOPIA	ET	ET	251	ET	ETH
European Union	EU e	EU e
Country (Link is to CIA World Factbook)	ISO	TLD	Tel	Aircraft	Oval	Flag
FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)	FK	FK	500	VP-F
FAROE ISLANDS	FO	FO	298		FO
FIJI	FJ	FJ	679	DQ	FJI
FINLAND	FI	FI	358	OH	FIN
FRANCE	FR	FR	33	F	F
FRENCH GUIANA	GF	GF	594
FRENCH POLYNESIA	PF	PF	689	F-OH
FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES	TF	TF
Country (Link is to CIA World Factbook)	ISO	TLD	Tel	Aircraft	Oval	Flag
GABON	GA	GA	241	TR	G
GAMBIA	GM	GM	220	C5	WAG
GEORGIA	GE	GE	995	4L	GE
GERMANY	DE	DE	49	D	D
GHANA	GH	GH	233	9G	GH
GIBRALTAR	GI	GI	350	VP-G	GBZ
GREECE	GR	GR	30	SX	GR
GREENLAND	GL	GL	299		KN
GRENADA	GD	GD	1-473	J3	WG
GUADELOUPE	GP	GP	590	F-OG
GUAM	GU	GU	1-671
GUATEMALA	GT	GT	502	TG	GCA
GUERNSEY	GG	GG			GBG
GUINEA	GN	GN	224	3X	RG
GUINEA-BISSAU	GW	GW	245	J5
GUYANA	GY	GY	592	8R	GUY
Country (Link is to CIA World Factbook)	ISO	TLD	Tel	Aircraft	Oval	Flag
HAITI	HT	HT	509	HH	RH
HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS	HM	HM
HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE)	VA	VA	379 f	HV	V
HONDURAS	HN	HN	504	HR
HONG KONG	HK	HK	852	B-H	HK
HUNGARY	HU	HU	36	HA	H
Country (Link is to CIA World Factbook)	ISO	TLD	Tel	Aircraft	Oval	Flag
ICELAND	IS	IS	354	TF	IS
INDIA	IN	IN	91	VT	IND
INDONESIA	ID	ID	62	PK	RI
IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF	IR	IR	98	EP	IR
IRAQ	IQ	IQ	964	YI	IRQ
IRELAND	IE	IE	353	EI	IRL
ISLE OF MAN	IM	IM			GBM
ISRAEL	IL	IL	972	4X	IL
ITALY	IT	IT	39	I	I
Country (Link is to CIA World Factbook)	ISO	TLD	Tel	Aircraft	Oval	Flag
JAMAICA	JM	JM	1-876	6Y	JA
JAPAN	JP	JP	81	JA	J
JERSEY	JE	JE			GBJ
JORDAN	JO	JO	962	JY	HKJ
Country (Link is to CIA World Factbook)	ISO	TLD	Tel	Aircraft	Oval	Flag
KAZAKHSTAN	KZ	KZ	7 a	UN	KZ
KENYA	KE	KE	254	5Y	EAK
KIRIBATI	KI	KI	686	T3
KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF	KP	KP d	850	P
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	KR	KR	82	HL	ROK
KUWAIT	KW	KW	965	9K	KWT
KYRGYZSTAN	KG	KG	996	EX	KS
Country (Link is to CIA World Factbook)	ISO	TLD	Tel	Aircraft	Oval	Flag
LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	LA	LA	856	RDPL	LAO
LATVIA	LV	LV	371	YL	LV
LEBANON	LB	LB	961	OD	RL
LESOTHO	LS	LS	266	7P	LS
LIBERIA	LR	LR	231	EL	LB
LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA	LY	LY	218	5A	LAR
LIECHTENSTEIN	LI	LI	423	HB	FL
LITHUANIA	LT	LT	370	LY	LT
LUXEMBOURG	LU	LU	352	LX	L
Country (Link is to CIA World Factbook)	ISO	TLD	Tel	Aircraft	Oval	Flag
MACAO	MO	MO	853
MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF	MK	MK	389	Z3	MK
MADAGASCAR	MG	MG	261	5R	RM
MALAWI	MW	MW	265	7Q	MW
MALAYSIA	MY	MY	60	9M	MAL
MALDIVES	MV	MV	960	8Q
MALI	ML	ML	223	TZ	RMM
MALTA	MT	MT	356	9H	M
MARSHALL ISLANDS	MH	MH	692	V7
MARTINIQUE	MQ	MQ	596	F-OG
MAURITANIA	MR	MR	222	5T	RIM
MAURITIUS	MU	MU	230	3B	MS
MAYOTTE	YT	YT	269
Metropolitan France	FX i
MEXICO	MX	MX	52	XA XB XC	MEX
MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF	FM	FM	691	V6
MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF	MD	MD	373	ER	MD
MONACO	MC	MC	377	3A	MC
MONGOLIA	MN	MN	976	MT	MGL
MONTENEGRO (h)	ME	YU h	382 n	YU	SCG
MONTSERRAT	MS	MS	1-664	VP-LMA to VP-LUZ
MOROCCO	MA	MA	212	CN	MA
MOZAMBIQUE	MZ	MZ	258	C9	MOC
MYANMAR	MM	MM	95	XY XZ	MYA
Country (Link is to CIA World Factbook)	ISO	TLD	Tel	Aircraft	Oval	Flag
NAMIBIA	NA	NA	264	V5	NAM
NAURU	NR	NR	674	C2	NAU
NEPAL	NP	NP	977	9N	NEP
NETHERLANDS	NL	NL	31	PH	NL
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES	AN	AN	599	PJ	NA
NEW CALEDONIA	NC	NC	687	F-OD
NEW ZEALAND	NZ	NZ	64	ZK ZL	NZ
NICARAGUA	NI	NI	505	YN	NIC
NIGER	NE	NE	227	5U	RN
NIGERIA	NG	NG	234	5N	NGR
NIUE	NU	NU	683
NORFOLK ISLAND	NF	NF	672
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS	MP	MP	1-670
NORWAY	NO	NO	47	LN	N
Country (Link is to CIA World Factbook)	ISO	TLD	Tel	Aircraft	Oval	Flag
OMAN	OM	OM	968	A4O
Country (Link is to CIA World Factbook)	ISO	TLD	Tel	Aircraft	Oval	Flag
PAKISTAN	PK	PK	92	AP	PK
PALAU	PW	PW	680
PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED Gaza Strip West Bank	PS	PS	970 g
PANAMA	PA	PA	507	HP	PA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA	PG	PG	675	P2	PNG
PARAGUAY	PY	PY	595	ZP	PY
PERU	PE	PE	51	OB	PE
PHILIPPINES	PH	PH	63	RP	RP
PITCAIRN	PN	PN	672
POLAND	PL	PL	48	SP	PL
PORTUGAL	PT	PT	351	CS	P
PUERTO RICO	PR	PR	1-787 1-939
Country (Link is to CIA World Factbook)	ISO	TLD	Tel	Aircraft	Oval	Flag
QATAR	QA	QA	974	A7	Q
Country (Link is to CIA World Factbook)	ISO	TLD	Tel	Aircraft	Oval	Flag
RÉUNION	RE	RE	262
ROMANIA	RO	RO	40	YR	RO
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	RU	RU	7	RA	RUS
RWANDA	RW	RW	250	9XR	RWA
Country (Link is to CIA World Factbook)	ISO	TLD	Tel	Aircraft	Oval	Flag
SAINT HELENA	SH	SH	290	VQ-H
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS	KN	KN	1-869	V4
SAINT LUCIA	LC	LC	1-758	J6	WL
SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON	PM	PM	508
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	VC	VC	1-784	J8	WV
SAMOA	WS	WS	685	5W	WS
SAN MARINO	SM	SM	378 l	T7	RSM
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	ST	ST	239	S9
SAUDI ARABIA	SA	SA	966	HZ	SA
SENEGAL	SN	SN	221	6V 6W	SN
SERBIA (h)	RS	YU h	381	YU	SCG
SEYCHELLES	SC	SC	248	S7	SY
SIERRA LEONE	SL	SL	232	9L	WAL
SINGAPORE	SG	SG	65	9V	SGP
SLOVAKIA	SK	SK	421	OM	SK
SLOVENIA	SI	SI	386	S5	SLO
SOLOMON ISLANDS	SB	SB	677	H4
SOMALIA	SO	SO	252	6O	SO
SOUTH AFRICA	ZA	ZA	27	ZS ZT ZU	ZA
SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS	GS	GS
Soviet Union		SU c			SU
SPAIN	ES	ES	34	EC	E
SRI LANKA	LK	LK	94	4R	CL
SUDAN	SD	SD	249	ST	SUD
SURINAME	SR	SR	597	PZ	SME
SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN	SJ	SJ	47
SWAZILAND	SZ	SZ	268	3D	SD
SWEDEN	SE	SE	46	SE	S
SWITZERLAND	CH	CH	41	HB	CH
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC	SY	SY	963	YK	SYR
Country (Link is to CIA World Factbook)	ISO	TLD	Tel	Aircraft	Oval	Flag
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA	TW	TW	886 g		RC
TAJIKISTAN	TJ	TJ	992	EY	TJ
TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF	TZ	TZ	255	5H
Tanzania-Tanganyika					EAT
Tanzania-Zanzibar			259 b		EAZ
THAILAND	TH	TH	66	HS	T
TIMOR-LESTE	TL	TL	670
TOGO	TG	TG	228	5V	TG
TOKELAU	TK	TK	690
TONGA	TO	TO	676	A3
Tristan da Cunha	TA i
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	TT	TT	1-868	9Y	TT
TUNISIA	TN	TN	216	TS	TN
TURKEY	TR	TR	90	TC	TR
TURKMENISTAN	TM	TM	993	EZ	TM
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS	TC	TC	1-649	VQ-T
TUVALU	TV	TV	688	T2
Country (Link is to CIA World Factbook)	ISO	TLD	Tel	Aircraft	Oval	Flag
UGANDA	UG	UG	256	5X	EAU
UKRAINE	UA	UA	380	UR	UA
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	AE	AE	971	A6
UNITED KINGDOM	GB	UK j	44	G	GB
United Nations				4U
UNITED STATES	US	US	1	N	USA
UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges Navassa Island Wake Island	UM	UM
URUGUAY	UY	UY	598	CX	ROU
UZBEKISTAN	UZ	UZ	998	UK	UZ
Country (Link is to CIA World Factbook)	ISO	TLD	Tel	Aircraft	Oval	Flag
Vatican City State see HOLY SEE
VANUATU	VU	VU	678	YJ
VENEZUELA	VE	VE	58	YV	YV
VIET NAM	VN	VN	84	VN	VN
VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH	VG	VG	1-284	VP-LV	BVI
VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S.	VI	VI	1-340		BUI
Country (Link is to CIA World Factbook)	ISO	TLD	Tel	Aircraft	Oval	Flag
WALLIS AND FUTUNA	WF	WF	681
WESTERN SAHARA	EH	EH d
Country (Link is to CIA World Factbook)	ISO	TLD	Tel	Aircraft	Oval	Flag
YEMEN	YE	YE	967	7O	YAR
Yugoslavia		YU h			YU
Country (Link is to CIA World Factbook)	ISO	TLD	Tel	Aircraft	Oval	Flag
Zaire see CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE
ZAMBIA	ZM	ZM	260	9J	Z
ZIMBABWE	ZW	ZW	263	Z	ZW

Note a: Kazakhstan still shares the telephone code 7 with Russia, and has no plans to split. There was speculation that the future code would be 997.
Note b: Zanzibar does not use its assigned telephone code.
Note c: The domain name SU is still in use.
Note d: The domain names for North Korea and the Western Sahara are not yet in use.
Note e: The ccTLD EU for the European Union became active in December 2005. The ISO code is still "exceptionally reserved".
Note f: The Holy See (Vatican) still uses the same code as Italy (39).
Note g: The codes for Palestine and Taiwan are officially "Reserved".
Note h: Yugoslavia changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro on 04 February 2003, with ISO-3166 code CS. Serbia and Montenegro split up on 03 June 2006. ISO-3166 codes RS and ME came into effect on 26 September 2006. The ccTLD YU is still in use.
Note i: The ISO-3166 codes for Ascension Island (AC), the Canary Islands (IC), Clipperton Island (CP), Ceuta & Melilla (EA), Diego Garcia (DG), Metropolitan France (FX) and Tristan Da Cunha (TA) are "exceptionally reserved".
Note j: The ccTLD code for the United Kingdom (UK) is an "exceptionally reserved" ISO-3166 code.
Note k: The Oval for Botswana is still officially BW.
Note l: The original code for San Marino was 295.
Note m: The original code for American Samoa, 684, was changed to code 1-684 on 2 October 2004. It is now in a transition period.
Note n: Montenegro will continue to use code 381 (Serbia) until February 2007.

Table last updated on Wednesday 27 September 2006 to add the codes for Montenegro and Serbia.

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