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ISO 3166-1

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 and defines three different codes for each area:

  • ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 a two letter system, contains some reserved codes, has a lot of applications, obsolete codes are tracked by ISO 3166-3
  • ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 a three letter system, contains some reserved codes
  • ISO 3166-1 numeric a three digit numerical system, which is identical to that defined by the United Nations Statistical Division.

ISO 3166-1 is not the only standard for country codes.

The following is intended to be a complete ISO 3166-1 code list in alphabetical order by country name (encoding list).

 004 AFG AF (ISO 3166-2)[?] Afghanistan
 008 ALB AL (ISO 3166-2)[?] Albania
 012 DZA DZ (ISO 3166-2)[?] Algeria
 016 ASM AS (ISO 3166-2)[?] American Samoa
 020 AND AD (ISO 3166-2)[?] Andorra
 024 AGO AO (ISO 3166-2)[?] Angola
 660 AIA AI (ISO 3166-2)[?] Anguilla
         AQ (ISO 3166-2)[?] Antarctica
 028 ATG AG (ISO 3166-2)[?] Antigua and Barbuda
 032 ARG AR (ISO 3166-2) Argentina
 051 ARM AM (ISO 3166-2)[?] Armenia
 533 ABW AW (ISO 3166-2)[?] Aruba
 036 AUS AU (ISO 3166-2) Australia
 040 AUT AT (ISO 3166-2)[?] Austria
 031 AZE AZ (ISO 3166-2)[?] Azerbaijan
 044 BHS BS (ISO 3166-2)[?] Bahamas
 048 BHR BH (ISO 3166-2)[?] Bahrain
 050 BGD BD (ISO 3166-2)[?] Bangladesh
 052 BRB BB (ISO 3166-2)[?] Barbados
 112 BLR BY (ISO 3166-2)[?] Belarus
 056 BEL BE (ISO 3166-2) Belgium
 084 BLZ BZ (ISO 3166-2)[?] Belize
 204 BEN BJ (ISO 3166-2)[?] Benin
 060 BMU BM (ISO 3166-2)[?] Bermuda
 064 BTN BT (ISO 3166-2)[?] Bhutan
 068 BOL BO (ISO 3166-2)[?] Bolivia
 070 BIH BA (ISO 3166-2)[?] Bosnia and Herzegovina
 072 BWA BW (ISO 3166-2)[?] Botswana
         BV (ISO 3166-2)[?] Bouvet Island
 076 BRA BR (ISO 3166-2) Brazil
 092 VGB IO (ISO 3166-2)[?] British Indian Ocean Territory
 096 BRN BN (ISO 3166-2)[?] Brunei Darussalam
 100 BGR BG (ISO 3166-2)[?] Bulgaria
 854 BFA BF (ISO 3166-2)[?] Burkina Faso
 108 BDI BI (ISO 3166-2) Burundi
 116 KHM KH (ISO 3166-2) Cambodia
 120 CMR CM (ISO 3166-2)[?] Cameroon
 124 CAN CA (ISO 3166-2) Canada
 132 CPV CV (ISO 3166-2)[?] Cape Verde
 136 CYM KY (ISO 3166-2)[?] Cayman Islands
 140 CAF CF (ISO 3166-2)[?] Central African Republic
 148 TCD TD (ISO 3166-2)[?] Chad
 830     CL (ISO 3166-2)[?] Chile
 152 CHL CN (ISO 3166-2)[?] China, mainland
 156 CHN CX (ISO 3166-2)[?] Christmas Island
         CC (ISO 3166-2)[?] Cocos (Keeling) Islands
 170 COL CO (ISO 3166-2)[?] Colombia
 174 COM KM (ISO 3166-2)[?] Comoros
 178 COG CG (ISO 3166-2)[?] Congo, Republic of the 
 180 COD CD (ISO 3166-2)[?] Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The
 184 COK CK (ISO 3166-2)[?] Cook Islands
 188 CRI CR (ISO 3166-2)[?] Costa Rica
 384 CIV CI (ISO 3166-2)[?] Côte d'Ivoire
 191 HRV HR (ISO 3166-2)[?] Croatia
 192 CUB CU (ISO 3166-2)[?] Cuba
 196 CYP CY (ISO 3166-2)[?] Cyprus
 203 CZE CZ (ISO 3166-2)[?] Czech Republic
 208 DNK DK (ISO 3166-2)[?] Denmark
 262 DJI DJ (ISO 3166-2)[?] Djibouti
 212 DMA DM (ISO 3166-2)[?] Dominica
 214 DOM DO (ISO 3166-2)[?] Dominican Republic
 218 ECU EC (ISO 3166-2) Ecuador
 818 EGY EG (ISO 3166-2)[?] Egypt
 222 SLV SV (ISO 3166-2)[?] El Salvador
 226 GNQ GQ (ISO 3166-2)[?] Equatorial Guinea
 232 ERI ER (ISO 3166-2)[?] Eritrea
 233 EST EE (ISO 3166-2)[?] Estonia
 231 ETH ET (ISO 3166-2) Ethiopia
 238 FLK FK (ISO 3166-2)[?] Falkland Islands
 234 FRO FO (ISO 3166-2)[?] Faroe Islands
 242 FJI FJ (ISO 3166-2)[?] Fiji
 246 FIN FI (ISO 3166-2) Finland
 250 FRA FR (ISO 3166-2)[?] France
 254 GUF GF (ISO 3166-2)[?] French Guiana
 258 PYF PF (ISO 3166-2)[?] French Polynesia
         TF (ISO 3166-2)[?] French Southern Territories
 266 GAB GA (ISO 3166-2)[?] Gabon
 270 GMB GM (ISO 3166-2)[?] Gambia
 268 GEO GE (ISO 3166-2) Georgia
 276 DEU DE (ISO 3166-2) Germany
 288 GHA GH (ISO 3166-2)[?] Ghana
 292 GIB GI (ISO 3166-2)[?] Gibraltar
 300 GRC GR (ISO 3166-2)[?] Greece
 304 GRL GL (ISO 3166-2)[?] Greenland
 308 GRD GD (ISO 3166-2)[?] Grenada
 312 GLP GP (ISO 3166-2)[?] Guadeloupe
 316 GUM GU (ISO 3166-2)[?] Guam
 320 GTM GT (ISO 3166-2)[?] Guatemala
 324 GIN GN (ISO 3166-2)[?] Guinea
 624 GNB GW (ISO 3166-2)[?] Guinea-Bissau
 328 GUY GY (ISO 3166-2)[?] Guyana
 332 HTI HT (ISO 3166-2)[?] Haiti
         HM (ISO 3166-2)[?] Heard Island and McDonald Islands
 336 VAT VA (ISO 3166-2)[?] Vatican City State
 340 HND HN (ISO 3166-2)[?] Honduras
 344 HKG HK (ISO 3166-2)[?] Hong Kong
 348 HUN HU (ISO 3166-2)[?] Hungary
 352 ISL IS (ISO 3166-2)[?] Iceland
 356 IND IN (ISO 3166-2) India
 360 IDN ID (ISO 3166-2) Indonesia
 364 IRN IR (ISO 3166-2)[?] Iran, Islamic Republic of
 368 IRQ IQ (ISO 3166-2)[?] Iraq
 372 IRL IE (ISO 3166-2)[?] Ireland
 833    (IM)(ISO 3166-2)[?] Isle of Man
 376 ISR IL (ISO 3166-2)[?] Israel
 380 ITA IT (ISO 3166-2)[?] Italy
 388 JAM JM (ISO 3166-2)[?] Jamaica
 392 JPN JP (ISO 3166-2) Japan
 400 JOR JO (ISO 3166-2)[?] Jordan
 398 KAZ KZ (ISO 3166-2) Kazakhstan
 404 KEN KE (ISO 3166-2)[?] Kenya
 296 KIR KI (ISO 3166-2)[?] Kiribati
 408 PRK KP (ISO 3166-2) Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
 410 KOR KR (ISO 3166-2)[?] Korea, Republic of
 414 KWT KW (ISO 3166-2)[?] Kuwait
 417 KGZ KG (ISO 3166-2) Kyrgyzstan
 418 LAO LA (ISO 3166-2) Lao People's Democratic Republic
 428 LVA LV (ISO 3166-2)[?] Latvia
 422 LBN LB (ISO 3166-2)[?] Lebanon
 426 LSO LS (ISO 3166-2)[?] Lesotho
 430 LBR LR (ISO 3166-2)[?] Liberia
 434 LBY LY (ISO 3166-2)[?] Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
 438 LIE LI (ISO 3166-2)[?] Liechtenstein
 440 LTU LT (ISO 3166-2)[?] Lithuania
 442 LUX LU (ISO 3166-2)[?] Luxembourg
 446 MAC MO (ISO 3166-2)[?] Macao
 807 MKD MK (ISO 3166-2)[?] Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
 450 MDG MG (ISO 3166-2)[?] Madagascar
 454 MWI MW (ISO 3166-2)[?] Malawi
 458 MYS MY (ISO 3166-2)[?] Malaysia
 462 MDV MV (ISO 3166-2)[?] Maldives
 466 MLI ML (ISO 3166-2)[?] Mali
 470 MLT MT (ISO 3166-2)[?] Malta
 584 MHL MH (ISO 3166-2)[?] Marshall Islands
 474 MTQ MQ (ISO 3166-2)[?] Martinique
 478 MRT MR (ISO 3166-2)[?] Mauritania
 480 MUS MU (ISO 3166-2) Mauritius
 175 MYT YT (ISO 3166-2)[?] Mayotte
 484 MEX MX (ISO 3166-2) Mexico
 583 FSM FM (ISO 3166-2)[?] Micronesia, Federated States of
 498 MDA MD (ISO 3166-2) Moldova, Republic of
 492 MCO MC (ISO 3166-2)[?] Monaco
 496 MNG MN (ISO 3166-2)[?] Mongolia
 500 MSR MS (ISO 3166-2)[?] Montserrat
 504 MAR MA (ISO 3166-2)[?] Morocco
 508 MOZ MZ (ISO 3166-2)[?] Mozambique
 104 MMR MM (ISO 3166-2)[?] Myanmar
 516 NAM NA (ISO 3166-2)[?] Namibia
 520 NRU NR (ISO 3166-2)[?] Nauru
 524 NPL NP (ISO 3166-2)[?] Nepal
 528 NLD NL (ISO 3166-2)[?] Netherlands
 530 ANT AN (ISO 3166-2)[?] Netherlands Antilles
 540 NCL NC (ISO 3166-2)[?] New Caledonia
 554 NZL NZ (ISO 3166-2) New Zealand
 558 NIC NI (ISO 3166-2)[?] Nicaragua
 562 NER NE (ISO 3166-2)[?] Niger
 566 NGA NG (ISO 3166-2)[?] Nigeria
 570 NIU NU (ISO 3166-2)[?] Niue
 574 NFK NF (ISO 3166-2)[?] Norfolk Island
 580 MNP MP (ISO 3166-2)[?] Northern Mariana Islands
 578 NOR NO (ISO 3166-2) Norway
 512 OMN OM (ISO 3166-2)[?] Oman
 586 PAK PK (ISO 3166-2)[?] Pakistan
 585 PLW PW (ISO 3166-2)[?] Palau
 275 PSE PS (ISO 3166-2)[?] Palestinian Territory, Occupied
 591 PAN PA (ISO 3166-2)[?] Panama
 598 PNG PG (ISO 3166-2)[?] Papua New Guinea
 600 PRY PY (ISO 3166-2)[?] Paraguay
 604 PER PE (ISO 3166-2)[?] Peru
 608 PHL PH (ISO 3166-2)[?] Philippines
 612 PCN PN (ISO 3166-2)[?] Pitcairn
 616 POL PL (ISO 3166-2)[?] Poland
 620 PRT PT (ISO 3166-2)[?] Portugal
 630 PRI PR (ISO 3166-2)[?] Puerto Rico
 634 QAT QA (ISO 3166-2)[?] Qatar
 638 REU RE (ISO 3166-2)[?] Reunion
 642 ROU RO (ISO 3166-2) Romania
 643 RUS RU (ISO 3166-2)[?] Russian Federation
 646 RWA RW (ISO 3166-2)[?] Rwanda
 654 SHN SH (ISO 3166-2)[?] Saint Helena
 659 KNA KN (ISO 3166-2)[?] Saint Kitts and Nevis
 662 LCA LC (ISO 3166-2)[?] Saint Lucia
 666 SPM PM (ISO 3166-2)[?] Saint Pierre and Miquelon
 670 VCT VC (ISO 3166-2)[?] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 882 WSM WS (ISO 3166-2)[?] Samoa
 674 SMR SM (ISO 3166-2)[?] San Marino
 678 STP ST (ISO 3166-2)[?] Sao Tome and Principe
 682 SAU SA (ISO 3166-2)[?] Saudi Arabia
 686 SEN SN (ISO 3166-2)[?] Senegal
 690 SYC SC (ISO 3166-2)[?] Seychelles
 694 SLE SL (ISO 3166-2)[?] Sierra Leone
 702 SGP SG (ISO 3166-2)[?] Singapore
 703 SVK SK (ISO 3166-2)[?] Slovakia
 705 SVN SI (ISO 3166-2) Slovenia
 090 SLB SB (ISO 3166-2)[?] Solomon Islands
 706 SOM SO (ISO 3166-2)[?] Somalia
 710 ZAF ZA (ISO 3166-2)[?] South Africa
         GS (ISO 3166-2)[?] South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
 724 ESP ES (ISO 3166-2) Spain
 144 LKA LK (ISO 3166-2)[?] Sri Lanka
 736 SDN SD (ISO 3166-2)[?] Sudan
 740 SUR SR (ISO 3166-2)[?] Suriname
 744 SJM SJ (ISO 3166-2)[?] Svalbard and Jan Mayen
 748 SWZ SZ (ISO 3166-2)[?] Swaziland
 752 SWE SE (ISO 3166-2) Sweden
 756 CHE CH (ISO 3166-2) Switzerland
 760 SYR SY (ISO 3166-2)[?] Syrian Arab Republic
 158 TWN TW (ISO 3166-2) Taiwan, Republic of China
 762 TJK TJ (ISO 3166-2) Tajikistan
 834 TZA TZ (ISO 3166-2)[?] Tanzania, United Republic Of
 764 THA TH (ISO 3166-2) Thailand
 626 TLS TL (ISO 3166-2) Timor Leste
 768 TGO TG (ISO 3166-2)[?] Togo
 772 TKL TK (ISO 3166-2)[?] Tokelau
 776 TON TO (ISO 3166-2)[?] Tonga
 780 TTO TT (ISO 3166-2)[?] Trinidad and Tobago
 788 TUN TN (ISO 3166-2)[?] Tunisia
 792 TUR TR (ISO 3166-2)[?] Turkey
 795 TKM TM (ISO 3166-2) Turkmenistan
 796 TCA TC (ISO 3166-2)[?] Turks and Caicos Islands
 798 TUV TV (ISO 3166-2)[?] Tuvalu
 800 UGA UG (ISO 3166-2)[?] Uganda
 804 UKR UA (ISO 3166-2)[?] Ukraine
 784 ARE AE (ISO 3166-2) United Arab Emirates
 826 GBR GB (ISO 3166-2) United Kingdom
 840 USA US (ISO 3166-2) United States
         UM (ISO 3166-2)[?] United States Minor Outlying Islands
 858 URY UY (ISO 3166-2)[?] Uruguay
 860 UZB UZ (ISO 3166-2) Uzbekistan
 548 VUT VU (ISO 3166-2)[?] Vanuatu
 862 VEN VE (ISO 3166-2) Venezuela
 704 VNM VN (ISO 3166-2)[?] Viet Nam
         VG (ISO 3166-2)[?] Virgin Islands, British
 850 VIR VI (ISO 3166-2)[?] Virgin Islands, U.S.
 876 WLF WF (ISO 3166-2)[?] Wallis and Futuna
 732 ESH EH (ISO 3166-2)[?] Western Sahara
 887 YEM YE (ISO 3166-2) Yemen
 891 YUG YU (ISO 3166-2)[?] Yugoslavia
 894 ZMB ZM (ISO 3166-2)[?] Zambia
 716 ZWE ZW (ISO 3166-2)[?] Zimbabwe

Sources 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.

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