ISO 3166-1 numeric

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ISO 3166-1 numeric (or numeric-3) codes are 3-digit country codes in the ISO 3166-1 standard to represent countries and dependent areas. They are published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) as part of its ISO 3166 standard, and correspond to the 3-digit country codes developed and maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

Contents

1 Script (writing system) independence
2 Assignment of new numeric-3 codes
3 Current codes
4 Obsolete codes
5 See also
6 Sources and external links

Script (writing system) independence

A major advantage of the numeric-3 codes over the ISO 3166 letter-based codes is script (writing system) independence; this independence comes of course at the cost of mnemonic convenience.

The letter-based codes used in ISO 3166 rely on Latin alphabet characters found in English and western European languages. For people and systems using non-Latin scripts (writing systems) – e.g. Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Greek, Hangul, Japanese – Latin alphabet characters may be unavailable or difficult to use, understand or correctly interpret. Numeric-based codes overcome these problems of script dependence.

Assignment of new numeric-3 codes

New numeric-3 codes reflect changes in country boundaries but not country names. If countries merge or split up, new numeric codes are assigned for the affected countries. For example:

When East Germany (coded 278) and West Germany (coded 280) merged in 1990, the unified Germany is coded 276 since then.

When Eritrea (coded 232) broke away from Ethiopia (formerly coded 230) in 1993, Ethiopia is coded 231 since then.

If a country changes its name without territorial change, its numeric code remains the same. For example, when Burma was renamed Myanmar without territorial change, its numeric code 104 has remained the same.

Current codes

Below is a complete list of the current ISO 3166-1 numeric codes with the English short country names officially used by the ISO.

004 Afghanistan
008 Albania
010 Antarctica
012 Algeria
016 American Samoa
020 Andorra
024 Angola
028 Antigua and Barbuda
031 Azerbaijan
032 Argentina
036 Australia
040 Austria
044 Bahamas
048 Bahrain
050 Bangladesh
051 Armenia
052 Barbados
056 Belgium
060 Bermuda
064 Bhutan
068 Bolivia
070 Bosnia and Herzegovina
072 Botswana
074 Bouvet Island
076 Brazil
084 Belize
086 British Indian Ocean Territory
090 Solomon Islands
092 Virgin Islands, British
096 Brunei Darussalam
100 Bulgaria
104 Myanmar
108 Burundi
112 Belarus
116 Cambodia
120 Cameroon
124 Canada
132 Cape Verde
136 Cayman Islands
140 Central African Republic
144 Sri Lanka
148 Chad
152 Chile
156 China
158 Taiwan, Province of China
162 Christmas Island
166 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
170 Colombia
174 Comoros
175 Mayotte
178 Congo
180 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
184 Cook Islands
188 Costa Rica
191 Croatia
192 Cuba
196 Cyprus
203 Czech Republic
204 Benin
208 Denmark
212 Dominica
214 Dominican Republic
218 Ecuador
222 El Salvador
226 Equatorial Guinea
231 Ethiopia
232 Eritrea
233 Estonia
234 Faroe Islands
238 Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
239 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
242 Fiji
246 Finland
248 Åland Islands
250 France
254 French Guiana
258 French Polynesia
260 French Southern Territories
262 Djibouti
266 Gabon
268 Georgia
270 Gambia
275 Palestinian Territory, Occupied
276 Germany
288 Ghana
292 Gibraltar
296 Kiribati
300 Greece
304 Greenland
308 Grenada
312 Guadeloupe
316 Guam
320 Guatemala
324 Guinea
328 Guyana
332 Haiti
334 Heard Island and McDonald Islands
336 Holy See (Vatican City State)
340 Honduras
344 Hong Kong
348 Hungary
352 Iceland
356 India
360 Indonesia
364 Iran, Islamic Republic of
368 Iraq
372 Ireland
376 Israel
380 Italy
384 Côte d'Ivoire
388 Jamaica
392 Japan
398 Kazakhstan
400 Jordan
404 Kenya
408 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
410 Korea, Republic of
414 Kuwait
417 Kyrgyzstan
418 Lao People's Democratic Republic
422 Lebanon
426 Lesotho
428 Latvia
430 Liberia
434 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
438 Liechtenstein
440 Lithuania
442 Luxembourg
446 Macao
450 Madagascar
454 Malawi
458 Malaysia
462 Maldives
466 Mali
470 Malta
474 Martinique
478 Mauritania
480 Mauritius
484 Mexico
492 Monaco
496 Mongolia
498 Moldova, Republic of
500 Montserrat
504 Morocco
508 Mozambique
512 Oman
516 Namibia
520 Nauru
524 Nepal
528 Netherlands
530 Netherlands Antilles
533 Aruba
540 New Caledonia
548 Vanuatu
554 New Zealand
558 Nicaragua
562 Niger
566 Nigeria
570 Niue
574 Norfolk Island
578 Norway
580 Northern Mariana Islands
581 United States Minor Outlying Islands
583 Micronesia, Federated States of
584 Marshall Islands
585 Palau
586 Pakistan
591 Panama
598 Papua New Guinea
600 Paraguay
604 Peru
608 Philippines
612 Pitcairn
616 Poland
620 Portugal
624 Guinea-Bissau
626 Timor-Leste
630 Puerto Rico
634 Qatar
638 Réunion
642 Romania
643 Russian Federation
646 Rwanda
654 Saint Helena
659 Saint Kitts and Nevis
660 Anguilla
662 Saint Lucia
666 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
670 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
674 San Marino
678 Sao Tome and Principe
682 Saudi Arabia
686 Senegal
690 Seychelles
694 Sierra Leone
702 Singapore
703 Slovakia
704 Viet Nam
705 Slovenia
706 Somalia
710 South Africa
716 Zimbabwe
724 Spain
732 Western Sahara
736 Sudan
740 Suriname
744 Svalbard and Jan Mayen
748 Swaziland
752 Sweden
756 Switzerland
760 Syrian Arab Republic
762 Tajikistan
764 Thailand
768 Togo
772 Tokelau
776 Tonga
780 Trinidad and Tobago
784 United Arab Emirates
788 Tunisia
792 Turkey
795 Turkmenistan
796 Turks and Caicos Islands
798 Tuvalu
800 Uganda
804 Ukraine
807 Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
818 Egypt
826 United Kingdom
831 Guernsey
832 Jersey
833 Isle of Man
834 Tanzania, United Republic of
840 United States
850 Virgin Islands, U.S.
854 Burkina Faso
858 Uruguay
860 Uzbekistan
862 Venezuela
876 Wallis and Futuna
882 Samoa
887 Yemen
891 Serbia and Montenegro
894 Zambia

Numbers from 900-999 may be user-assigned.

Note: Serbia and Montenegro no longer exists as a country. The ISO has yet to release the official codes for the successor states Montenegro and Serbia. The UN Statistics Division (see link below) has already allocated the numeric codes 499 for Montenegro and 688 for Serbia.

Obsolete codes

080 British Antarctic Territory
128 Canton and Enderbury Islands
200 Czechoslovakia
216 Dronning Maud Land
230 Ethiopia (changed to 231 when Eritrea broke away)
249 Metropolitan France
274 Gaza Strip
278 German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
280 Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)
396 Johnston Island
488 Midway Islands
532 Netherlands Antilles (changed to 530 when Aruba broke away)
536 Neutral Zone
582 Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
590 Panama (changed to 591 when Panama Canal Zone was included)
594 Panama Canal Zone
658 Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla
698 Sikkim
714 South Vietnam
720 People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
728 Spanish North Africa
810 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
849 US Miscellaneous Pacific Islands
872 Wake Island
886 Yemen Arab Republic
890 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Sources and external links

International Organization for Standardization (ISO): [ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency]
United Nations Statistics Division, [Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use]
CIA World Factbook, [Appendix D – Cross-Reference List of Country Data Codes] (public domain)