List of NATO country codes
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This is the list of NATO country codes. Up to and including the seventh edition of STANAG 1059, these were two-letter codes (digrams). The eighth edition, promulgated February 19, 2004 and effective April 1, 2004, replaced all codes with new ones based on the ISO 3166-1 standard. Additional codes cover gaps in the ISO coverage, deal with the imaginary countries used for exercise purposes, and designate large geographical groupings and water bodies (ranging from oceans to rivers). It consists of two-letter codes for geographical entities, four-letter codes for subdivisions, and lists the ISO three-letter codes for reference. The digrams match the FIPS 10-4 codes with a few exceptions.
The ninth edition's ratification draft was published on July 6, 2005 with a reply deadline of October 6, 2005. It replaces all two- and four-letter codes with ISO or ISO-like three- and six-letter codes. It is intended as a transitional standard: once all NATO nations have updated their information systems, a tenth edition will be published.
For diplomatic reasons, Macedonia is designated as the « Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia » and receives a (temporary) code explicitly different from the ISO one.
| Digram | Trigram | Entity | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA | ABW | Aruba | |
| AB | ABB | Asia | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| AC | ATG | Antigua and Barbuda | |
| AF | AFG | Afghanistan | |
| AG | DZA | Algeria | |
| AJ | AZE | Azerbaijan | |
| AL | ALB | Albania | |
| AM | ARM | Armenia | |
| AN | AND | Andorra | |
| AO | AGO | Angola | |
| AR | ARG | Argentina | |
| AS | AUS | Australia | |
| AT | ACI | Ashmore and Cartier Islands | Appears with 9th ed.; the entity is omitted from 8th ed. |
| AU | AUT | Austria | |
| AV | AIA | Anguilla | |
| AY | ATA | Antarctica | |
| BA | BHR | Bahrein | |
| BB | BRB | Barbados | |
| BC | BWA | Botswana | |
| BD | BMU | Bermuda | |
| BE | BEL | Belgium | |
| BF | BHS | The Bahamas | |
| BG | BGD | Bangladesh | |
| BH | BLZ | Belize | |
| BK | BIH | Bosnia-Herzegovina | |
| BL | BOL | Bolivia | |
| BM | MMR | Myanmar | |
| BN | BEN | Benin | |
| BO | BLR | Belarus | |
| BP | SLB | Solomon Islands | |
| BR | BRA | Brazil | |
| BT | BTN | Bhutan | |
| BU | BGR | Bulgaria | |
| BV | BVT | Bouvet Island | |
| BX | BRN | Brunei | |
| BY | BDI | Burundi | |
| CA | CAN | Canada | |
| CB | KHM | Cambodia | |
| CD | TCD | Chad | |
| CE | LKA | Sri Lanka | |
| CF | COG | Republic of the Congo | |
| CG | COD | Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| CH | CHN | People's Republic of China | |
| CI | CHL | Chile | |
| CJ | CYM | Cayman Islands | |
| CK | CCK | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | |
| CM | CMR | Cameroun | |
| CN | COM | Comoros | |
| CO | COL | Colombia | |
| CQ | MNP | Northern Mariana Islands | Also listed under the subdivision code US-MP- |
| CR | CSI | Coral Sea Islands | Appears with 9th ed.; the entity is omitted from 8th ed. |
| CS | CRI | Costa Rica | |
| CT | CAF | Central African Republic | |
| CU | CUB | Cuba | |
| CV | CPV | Cape Verde | |
| CW | COK | Cook Islands | |
| CY | CYP | Cyprus | |
| CZ | CZE | Czech Republic | |
| DA | DNK | Denmark | |
| DJ | DJI | Djibouti | |
| DO | DMA | Dominica | |
| DR | DOM | Dominican Republic | |
| EC | ECU | Ecuador | |
| EE | EEE | Europe | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| EG | EGY | Egypt | |
| EI | IRL | Ireland | |
| EK | GNQ | Equatorial Guinea | |
| EN | EST | Estonia | |
| ER | ERI | Eritrea | |
| ES | SLV | El Salvador | |
| ET | ETH | Ethiopia | |
| FF | FFF | Africa | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| FG | GUF | French Guiana | 9th ed. lists it under France as FR-973 |
| FI | FIN | Finland | |
| FJ | FJI | Fiji | |
| FK | FLK | Falkland Islands | |
| FM | FSM | Federated States of Micronesia | |
| FO | FRO | Faroe Islands | |
| FP | PYF | French Polynesia | 9th ed. lists it under France as FR-PYF |
| FR | FRA | France | |
| FS | ATF | French Southern Territories | 9th ed. lists it under France as FR-FST |
| FY | FYR | Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | Temporary code; the ISO 3166 code is MKD |
| GA | GMB | The Gambia | |
| GB | GAB | Gabon | |
| GC | n/a | East Germany | Obsolete 1990 |
| GE | DEU | Germany | |
| GG | GEO | Georgia | |
| GH | GHA | Ghana | |
| GI | GIB | Gibraltar | |
| GJ | GRD | Grenada | |
| GL | GRL | Greenland | |
| GP | GLP | Guadeloupe | 9th ed. lists it under France as FR-971 |
| GQ | GUM | Guam | Also listed under the subdivision code US-GU- |
| GR | GRC | Greece | |
| GT | GTM | Guatemala | |
| GV | GIN | Guinea | |
| GY | GUY | Guyana | |
| HA | HTI | Haiti | |
| HK | HKG | Hong Kong | Also listed under the provincial code CN-91- |
| HM | HMD | Heard and McDonald Islands | |
| HO | HND | Honduras | |
| HQ | HQI | Howland Island | Appears with 9th ed.; also listed under IQ |
| HR | HRV | Croatia | |
| HU | HUN | Hungary | |
| IC | ISL | Iceland | |
| ID | IDN | Indonesia | |
| IN | IND | India | |
| IO | IOT | British Indian Ocean Territory | |
| IQ | UMI | U.S. Minor Outlying Islands | Baker, Howland, Jarvis, Johnston, Kingman Reef, Midway, Navassa, Palmyra, and Wake Islands Also listed under the subdivision code US-UM- |
| IR | IRN | Iran | |
| IS | ISR | Israel | |
| IT | ITA | Italy | |
| IV | CIV | Côte d'Ivoire | |
| IZ | IRQ | Iraq | |
| JA | JPN | Japan | |
| JM | JAM | Jamaica | |
| JN | JNM | Jan Mayen Island | Appears with 9th ed.; also listed under SV; Also listed under the subdivision code NO-22- |
| JO | JOR | Jordan | |
| JQ | JQA | Johnston Atoll | Appears with 9th ed.; also listed under IQ |
| KE | KEN | Kenya | |
| KG | KGZ | Kyrgyzstan | |
| KN | PRK | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | |
| KR | KIR | Kiribati | |
| KS | KOR | Republic of Korea | |
| KT | CXR | Christmas Island | |
| KU | KWT | Kuwait | |
| KZ | KAZ | Kazakhstan | |
| LA | LAO | Laos | |
| LE | LBN | Lebanon | |
| LG | LVA | Latvia | |
| LH | LTU | Lithuania | |
| LI | LBR | Liberia | |
| LO | SVK | Slovakia | |
| LS | LIE | Liechtenstein | |
| LT | LSO | Lesotho | |
| LU | LUX | Luxembourg | |
| LY | LBY | Libya | |
| MA | MDG | Madagascar | |
| MB | MTQ | Martinique | 9th ed. lists it under France as FR-972 |
| MC | MAC | Macao | |
| MD | MDA | Republic of Moldova | |
| ME | MYT | Mayotte | 8th ed. omits the trigram (mistakenly?); 9th ed. lists it under France as FR-976 |
| MG | MNG | Mongolia | |
| MH | MSR | Montserrat | |
| MI | MWI | Malawi | |
| ML | MLI | Mali | |
| MN | MCO | Monaco | |
| MO | MAR | Morocco | |
| MP | MUS | Mauritius | |
| MR | MRT | Mauritania | |
| MT | MLT | Malta | |
| MU | OMN | Oman | |
| MV | MDV | The Maldives | |
| MX | MEX | Mexico | |
| MY | MYS | Malaysia | |
| MZ | MOZ | Mozambique | |
| NA | ANT | Netherlands Antilles | |
| NC | NCL | New Caledonia | 9th ed. lists it under France as FR-NCL |
| NE | NIU | Niue | |
| NF | NFK | Norfolk Island | |
| NG | NER | Niger | |
| NH | VUT | Vanuatu | |
| NI | NGA | Nigeria | |
| NL | NLD | Netherlands | |
| NN | NNN | North America | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| NO | NOR | Norway | |
| NP | NPL | Nepal | |
| NR | NRU | Nauru | |
| NS | SUR | Suriname | |
| NT | NTT | NATO countries | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| NU | NIC | Nicaragua | |
| NZ | NZL | New Zealand | |
| PA | PRY | Paraguay | |
| PC | PCN | Pitcairn Islands | |
| PE | PER | Peru | |
| PF | PFI | Paracel Islands | Appears with 9th ed.; the entity is omitted from 8th ed. |
| PK | PAK | Pakistan | |
| PL | POL | Poland | |
| PM | PAN | Panama | |
| PO | PRT | Portugal | |
| PP | PNG | Papua New Guinea | |
| PS | PLW | Palau | In 9th ed., the digram is also assigned to Palestine |
| PS | PSE | Occupied Palestinian Territory | Temporary code; 8th ed. has no digram for Palestine 9th ed. also assigns PS to Palau |
| PU | GNB | Guinea-Bissau | |
| QA | QAT | Qatar | |
| RE | REU | Réunion | 9th ed. lists it under France as FR-974 |
| RM | MHL | Marshall Islands | 8th ed. omits the trigram (mistakenly?) |
| RO | ROU | Romania | |
| RP | PHL | Philippines | |
| RQ | PRI | Puerto Rico | Also listed under the subdivision code US-PR- |
| RS | RUS | Russia | |
| RW | RWA | Rwanda | |
| SA | SAU | Saudi Arabia | |
| SB | SPM | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 9th ed. lists it under France as FR-975 and assigns SB to "Serbia and Montenegro" |
| SC | KNA | Saint Kitts and Nevis | |
| SE | SYC | Seychelles | |
| SF | ZAF | South Africa | |
| SG | SEN | Senegal | |
| SH | SHN | Saint Helena | |
| SI | SVN | Slovenia | |
| SL | SLE | Sierra Leone | |
| SM | SMR | San Marino | |
| SN | SGP | Singapore | |
| SO | SOM | Somalia | |
| SP | ESP | Spain | |
| SR | SRR | South America | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| SS | ASM | American Samoa | Also listed under the subdivision code US-AS- |
| SS | WSM | Samoa | Some sources (other than the STANAGs themselves) claim the digram was WS |
| ST | LCA | Saint Lucia | |
| SU | SDN | Sudan | |
| SV | SJM | Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands | Also listed under the subdivision code NO-21- |
| SW | SWE | Sweden | |
| SX | SGS | South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands | |
| SY | SYR | Syria | |
| SZ | CHE | Switzerland | |
| TC | ARE | United Arab Emirates | |
| TD | TTO | Trinidad and Tobago | |
| TH | THA | Thailand | |
| TI | TJK | Tajikistan | |
| TK | TCA | Turks and Caicos Islands | |
| TL | TKL | Tokelau | |
| TM | TLS | Timor-Leste | |
| TN | TON | Tonga | |
| TO | TGO | Togo | |
| TP | STP | São Tomé and Príncipe | |
| TS | TUN | Tunisia | |
| TU | TUR | Turkey | |
| TV | TUV | Tuvalu | |
| TW | TWN | Republic of China (Taiwan) | Also listed under the provincial code CN-71- |
| TX | TKM | Turkmenistan | |
| TZ | TZN | Tanzania | |
| UG | UGA | Uganda | |
| UK | GBR | United Kingdom (Great Britain) | |
| UP | UKR | Ukraine | |
| UR | n/a | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | Obsolete 1992 |
| US | USA | United States | |
| UU | UUU | Oceania | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| UV | BFA | Burkina Faso | |
| UY | URY | Uruguay | |
| UZ | UZB | Uzbekistan | |
| VC | VCT | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | |
| VE | VEN | Venezuela | |
| VI | VIR | U.S. Virgin Islands | 8th ed. lists "VI or VS"; Also listed under the subdivision code US-VI- |
| VM | VNM | Vietnam | |
| VS | VGB | British Virgin Islands | 8th ed. lists "VI or VS" |
| VT | VAT | Vatican City (Holy See) | |
| WA | NAM | Namibia | |
| WF | WLF | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 9th ed. lists it under France as FR-WLF |
| WI | ESH | Western Sahara | |
| WZ | SWZ | Swaziland | |
| XB | XXB | "Brownland" | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| XE | XXE | SHAPE (ACO Command) | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| XG | XXG | "Greyland" | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| XI | XXI | "Indigoland" | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| XL | XXL | "Limeland" | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| XN | XXN | NATO "Blue" Command | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| XP | XXP | "Purpleland" | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| XR | XXR | "Redland" | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| XS | XXS | SACLANT (HQ SACT Command) | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| XW | XXW | "Whiteland" | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| XY | XXY | "Yellowland" | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| YE | YEM | Yemen | |
| YO | n/a | Yugoslavia | Obsolete 1993 |
| — | SCG | Serbia and Montenegro | 9th ed. lists SB for the digram, which 8th ed. assigns to Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
| YU | YUG | Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of) | Temporary code; Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, and Vojvodina |
| ZA | ZMB | Zambia | |
| ZI | ZWE | Zimbabwe |
Sources
- NATO STANAG 1059 INT (Ed. 7, 2000) Distinguishing Letters for Geographical Entities for Use in NATO
- NATO STANAG 1059 INT (Ed. 8, 2003) Letter Codes for Geographical Entities
- NATO STANAG 1059 INT (Ed. 9 Ratification Draft, 2005) Codes for Geographical Entities
External links
- [History of NATO – the Atlantic Alliance] - UK Government site
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