ISO 3166-1

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ISO 3166-1, as part of the ISO 3166 standard, provides codes for the names of countries and dependent areas. It was first published in 1974 by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and defines three different codes for each area:

• ISO 3166-1 alpha-2, a two-letter system with many applications, most notably the Internet top-level domains (ccTLD) for countries.
• ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, a three-letter system.
• ISO 3166-1 numeric, a three-digit numerical system, which is identical to that defined by the United Nations Statistical Division.

243 countries and territories have formal codes. According to the [Maintenance Agency for ISO 3166 country codes], a country or territory must be listed in the United Nations Terminology Bulletin Country Names or [Country and Region Codes for Statistical Use] of the UN Statistics Division. To be listed in the bulletin Country Names a country or territory must be any of the following:

• a United Nations member state,
• a member of any of the UN specialized agencies or
• a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice.

A country or territory generally gets new alpha codes if its name changes, whereas a new numeric code is associated with a change of boundaries. Some codes in each series are reserved, for various reasons; obsolete codes may be kept as reserved, borders may be considered likely to change, and some overseas territories have reserved codes of their own.

ISO 3166-1 is not the only standard for country codes. The IOC and FIFA have their own lists (see List of IOC country codes and List of FIFA country codes) of three-letter codes which mostly correspond to the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes.

ISO 3166-1 code list

The following is a complete ISO 3166-1 encoding code list in alphabetical order by the English short country names officially used by the ISO. The ISO uses country names from United Nations sources [link], and hence, names such as "Palestinian Territory, Occupied" and "Taiwan, Province of China" reflect the countries' political status within the UN.

The table includes formal codes only. For reserved codes, see ISO 3166-1 alpha-2#ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 Reserved Code Elements list and ISO 3166-1 alpha-3#Reserved Code Elements list. ISO 3166-1 does not have numeric reserved codes.

Country names (officially used by the ISO)	Numeric	Alpha-3	Alpha-2	Local ISO codes
	004	AFG	AF
	248	ALA	AX
	008	ALB	AL
	012	DZA	DZ
	016	ASM	AS
	020	AND	AD
	024	AGO	AO
	660	AIA	AI
	010	ATA	AQ
	028	ATG	AG
	032	ARG	AR
	051	ARM	AM
	533	ABW	AW
	036	AUS	AU
	040	AUT	AT
	031	AZE	AZ
	044	BHS	BS
	048	BHR	BH
	050	BGD	BD
	052	BRB	BB
	112	BLR	BY
	056	BEL	BE
	084	BLZ	BZ
	204	BEN	BJ
	060	BMU	BM
	064	BTN	BT
	068	BOL	BO
	070	BIH	BA
	072	BWA	BW
	074	BVT	BV
	076	BRA	BR
	086	IOT	IO
	096	BRN	BN
	100	BGR	BG
	854	BFA	BF
	108	BDI	BI
	116	KHM	KH
	120	CMR	CM
	124	CAN	CA
	132	CPV	CV
	136	CYM	KY
	140	CAF	CF
	148	TCD	TD
	152	CHL	CL
	156	CHN	CN
	162	CXR	CX
	166	CCK	CC
	170	COL	CO
	174	COM	KM
	178	COG	CG
	180	COD	CD
	184	COK	CK
	188	CRI	CR
	384	CIV	CI
	191	HRV	HR
	192	CUB	CU
	196	CYP	CY
	203	CZE	CZ
	208	DNK	DK
	262	DJI	DJ
	212	DMA	DM
	214	DOM	DO
	218	ECU	EC
	818	EGY	EG
	222	SLV	SV
	226	GNQ	GQ
	232	ERI	ER
	233	EST	EE
	231	ETH	ET
	238	FLK	FK
	234	FRO	FO
	242	FJI	FJ
	246	FIN	FI
	250	FRA	FR
	254	GUF	GF
	258	PYF	PF
	260	ATF	TF
	266	GAB	GA
	270	GMB	GM
	268	GEO	GE
	276	DEU	DE
	288	GHA	GH
	292	GIB	GI
	300	GRC	GR
	304	GRL	GL
	308	GRD	GD
	312	GLP	GP
	316	GUM	GU
	320	GTM	GT
	831	GGY	GG
	324	GIN	GN
	624	GNB	GW
	328	GUY	GY
	332	HTI	HT
	334	HMD	HM
	336	VAT	VA
	340	HND	HN
	344	HKG	HK
	348	HUN	HU
	352	ISL	IS
	356	IND	IN
	360	IDN	ID
	364	IRN	IR
	368	IRQ	IQ
	372	IRL	IE
	833	IMN	IM
	376	ISR	IL
	380	ITA	IT
	388	JAM	JM
	392	JPN	JP
	832	JEY	JE
	400	JOR	JO
	398	KAZ	KZ
	404	KEN	KE
	296	KIR	KI
	408	PRK	KP
	410	KOR	KR
	414	KWT	KW
	417	KGZ	KG
	418	LAO	LA
	428	LVA	LV
	422	LBN	LB
	426	LSO	LS
	430	LBR	LR
	434	LBY	LY
	438	LIE	LI
	440	LTU	LT
	442	LUX	LU
	446	MAC	MO
	807	MKD	MK
	450	MDG	MG
	454	MWI	MW
	458	MYS	MY
	462	MDV	MV
	466	MLI	ML
	470	MLT	MT
	584	MHL	MH
	474	MTQ	MQ
	478	MRT	MR
	480	MUS	MU
	175	MYT	YT
	484	MEX	MX
	583	FSM	FM
	498	MDA	MD
	492	MCO	MC
	496	MNG	MN
	500	MSR	MS
	504	MAR	MA
	508	MOZ	MZ
	104	MMR	MM
	516	NAM	NA
	520	NRU	NR
	524	NPL	NP
	528	NLD	NL
	530	ANT	AN
	540	NCL	NC
	554	NZL	NZ
	558	NIC	NI
	562	NER	NE
	566	NGA	NG
	570	NIU	NU
	574	NFK	NF
	580	MNP	MP
	578	NOR	NO
	512	OMN	OM
	586	PAK	PK
	585	PLW	PW
	275	PSE	PS
	591	PAN	PA
	598	PNG	PG
	600	PRY	PY
	604	PER	PE
	608	PHL	PH
	612	PCN	PN
	616	POL	PL
	620	PRT	PT
	630	PRI	PR
	634	QAT	QA
	638	REU	RE
	642	ROU	RO
	643	RUS	RU
	646	RWA	RW
	654	SHN	SH
	659	KNA	KN
	662	LCA	LC
	666	SPM	PM
	670	VCT	VC
	882	WSM	WS
	674	SMR	SM
	678	STP	ST
	682	SAU	SA
	686	SEN	SN
1	891	SCG	CS
	690	SYC	SC
	694	SLE	SL
	702	SGP	SG
	703	SVK	SK
	705	SVN	SI
	090	SLB	SB
	706	SOM	SO
	710	ZAF	ZA
	239	SGS	GS
	724	ESP	ES
	144	LKA	LK
	736	SDN	SD
	740	SUR	SR
	744	SJM	SJ
	748	SWZ	SZ
	752	SWE	SE
	756	CHE	CH
	760	SYR	SY
	158	TWN	TW
	762	TJK	TJ
	834	TZA	TZ
	764	THA	TH
	626	TLS	TL
	768	TGO	TG
	772	TKL	TK
	776	TON	TO
	780	TTO	TT
	788	TUN	TN
	792	TUR	TR
	795	TKM	TM
	796	TCA	TC
	798	TUV	TV
	800	UGA	UG
	804	UKR	UA
	784	ARE	AE
	826	GBR	GB
	840	USA	US
	581	UMI	UM
	858	URY	UY
	860	UZB	UZ
	548	VUT	VU
	862	VEN	VE
	704	VNM	VN
	092	VGB	VG
	850	VIR	VI
	876	WLF	WF
	732	ESH	EH
	887	YEM	YE
	894	ZMB	ZM
	716	ZWE	ZW

¹Serbia and Montenegro no longer exists as a country. The ISO has yet to release the official codes for the successor states } and }.

Newsletters

Changes to ISO 3166-1 are announced in periodic newsletters, of which 11 have been released since the fifth edition of the standard was issued in 1997:

1. Published 1998-02-05: change of name for Samoa, available in [English] and [French]
2. Published 1999-10-01: change of name for Occupied Palestinian Territory, available in [English] and [French]
3. Published 2002-02-01: change of alpha-3 Code Element for Romania, available in [English] and [French]
4. Published 2002-05-20: change of name for various countries, available in [English] and [French]
5. Published 2002-05-20: change of name and codes for East Timor, available in [English] and [French]
6. Published 2002-11-15: change of name and codes for Timor-Leste, available in [English] and [French]
7. Published 2002-11-15: change of official name of Comoros, available in [English] and [French]
8. Published 2003-07-23: deletion of Yugoslavia, inclusion of Serbia and Montenegro, available in [English] and [French]
9. Published 2004-02-13: new entry for Åland Islands, available in [English] and [French]
10. Published 2004-04-26: change of name for Afghanistan and Åland Islands, available in [English] and [French]
11. Published 2006-03-29: new entries for Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey, available in [English] and [French]

Reference

Information on reserved codes taken from "Reserved code elements under ISO 3166-1" published by Secretariat of ISO/TC 46, ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency, 2001-02-13, available on request from ISO 3166 MA.

See also

• ISO 3166-2
• ISO 3166-3
• Comparison of IOC, FIFA, and ISO 3166 country codes

External links

• [ISO 3166/MA] – ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency at the International Organization for Standardization – includes up-to-date lists of two-letter codes.
• [United Nations Statistics Division – Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use] – includes three-letter and numeric codes.
• [CIA World Factbook – Cross-Reference List of Country Data Codes] (public domain)
• [a list of ISO 3166-1 codes] (including three-letter and numeric codes), and includes information about changes that have been made over the years.
• [an xml document] containing country codes and country names in 7 languages.
• [CSV-file and website] in unicode, containing codes and country names in 30 languages

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