MenuExplore
Enter the information you are looking forSearch
Sun, 23 Feb, 2025
XXX oC
NiNa
Choose a language
  • Home
  • Astrology
  • Wikipedia

    ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

    Author: www.NiNa.Az
    Feb 22, 2025 / 17:42

    ISO 3166 1 alpha 2 codes are two letter country codes defined in ISO 3166 1 part of the ISO 3166 standard published by t

    ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
    ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
    ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
    www.NiNa.Azhttps://www.english.nina.az/author.html

    ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. They are the most widely used of the country codes published by ISO (the others being alpha-3 and numeric), and are used most prominently for the Internet's country code top-level domains (with a few exceptions). They are also used as country identifiers extending the postal code when appropriate within the international postal system for paper mail, and have replaced the previous one consisting one-letter codes. They were first included as part of the ISO 3166 standard in its first edition in 1974.

    image
    A map of Europe, with ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes in place of the full names of countries and other territories. 'Exceptional reservations' codes CQ, EU and UK are not shown.

    Uses and applications

    The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are used in different environments and are also part of other standards. In some cases they are not perfectly implemented.

    Perfect implementations

    The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are used in the following standards:

    Short name Long name Comment
    ISO 3166-2 Country subdivision code
    ISO 3901 International Standard Recording Code (ISRC)
    ISO 4217 Currency code
    ISO 6166 International Securities Identifying Number (ISIN)
    ISO 9362 Bank Identifier Codes (BIC) Also known as SWIFT codes
    ISO 13616 International Bank Account Number (IBAN)
    ISO 15511 International Standard Identifier for Libraries and Related Organizations (ISIL)
    UN/LOCODE United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations Implemented by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

    Imperfect implementations

    Starting in 1985, ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes have been used in the Domain Name System as country code top-level domains (ccTLDs). The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority currently assigns the ccTLDs mostly following the alpha-2 codes, but with a few exceptions. For example, the United Kingdom, whose alpha-2 code is GB, uses .uk instead of .gb as its ccTLD, as UK is currently exceptionally reserved in ISO 3166-1 on the request of the United Kingdom.

    The WIPO coding standard ST.3 is based on ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes, but includes a number of additional codes for international intellectual property organizations, which are currently reserved and not used at the present stage in ISO 3166-1.

    The European Commission generally uses ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes with two exceptions: EL (not GR) is used to represent Greece, and UK (not GB) is used to represent the United Kingdom. This notwithstanding, the Official Journal of the European Communities specified that GR and GB be used to represent Greece and United Kingdom respectively. For VAT administration purposes, the European Commission uses EL and GB for Greece and the United Kingdom respectively.

    The United Nations uses a combination of ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 and alpha-3 codes, along with codes that pre-date the creation of ISO 3166, for international vehicle registration codes, which are codes used to identify the issuing country of a vehicle registration plate; some of these codes are currently indeterminately reserved in ISO 3166-1.

    IETF language tags (conforming to the BCP 47 standard track and maintained in an IANA registry) are also partially derived from ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes (for the region subtags). The full list of ISO 3166-1 codes assigned to countries and territories are usable as region subtags. Also, the "exceptionally reserved" alpha-2 codes defined in ISO 3166-1 (with the exception of UK) are also usable as region subtags for language tags. However, newer stability policies (agreed with ISO) have been implemented to avoid deleting subtags that have been withdrawn in ISO 3166-1; instead they are kept and aliased to the new preferred subtags, or kept as subtags grouping several countries. Some other region grouping subtags are derived from other standards. Under the newer stability policies, old assigned codes that have been withdrawn from ISO 3166-1 should no longer be reassigned to another country or territory (as has occurred in the past for "CS").

    Current codes

    Decoding table

    The following is a colour-coded decoding table of all ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes.

    Decoding table of ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes
    AA AB AC AD AE AF AG AH AI AJ AK AL AM AN AO AP AQ AR AS AT AU AV AW AX AY AZ
    BA BB BC BD BE BF BG BH BI BJ BK BL BM BN BO BP BQ BR BS BT BU BV BW BX BY BZ
    CA CB CC CD CE CF CG CH CI CJ CK CL CM CN CO CP CQ CR CS CT CU CV CW CX CY CZ
    DA DB DC DD DE DF DG DH DI DJ DK DL DM DN DO DP DQ DR DS DT DU DV DW DX DY DZ
    EA EB EC ED EE EF EG EH EI EJ EK EL EM EN EO EP EQ ER ES ET EU EV EW EX EY EZ
    FA FB FC FD FE FF FG FH FI FJ FK FL FM FN FO FP FQ FR FS FT FU FV FW FX FY FZ
    GA GB GC GD GE GF GG GH GI GJ GK GL GM GN GO GP GQ GR GS GT GU GV GW GX GY GZ
    HA HB HC HD HE HF HG HH HI HJ HK HL HM HN HO HP HQ HR HS HT HU HV HW HX HY HZ
    IA IB IC ID IE IF IG IH II IJ IK IL IM IN IO IP IQ IR IS IT IU IV IW IX IY IZ
    JA JB JC JD JE JF JG JH JI JJ JK JL JM JN JO JP JQ JR JS JT JU JV JW JX JY JZ
    KA KB KC KD KE KF KG KH KI KJ KK KL KM KN KO KP KQ KR KS KT KU KV KW KX KY KZ
    LA LB LC LD LE LF LG LH LI LJ LK LL LM LN LO LP LQ LR LS LT LU LV LW LX LY LZ
    MA MB MC MD ME MF MG MH MI MJ MK ML MM MN MO MP MQ MR MS MT MU MV MW MX MY MZ
    NA NB NC ND NE NF NG NH NI NJ NK NL NM NN NO NP NQ NR NS NT NU NV NW NX NY NZ
    OA OB OC OD OE OF OG OH OI OJ OK OL OM ON OO OP OQ OR OS OT OU OV OW OX OY OZ
    PA PB PC PD PE PF PG PH PI PJ PK PL PM PN PO PP PQ PR PS PT PU PV PW PX PY PZ
    QA QB QC QD QE QF QG QH QI QJ QK QL QM QN QO QP QQ QR QS QT QU QV QW QX QY QZ
    RA RB RC RD RE RF RG RH RI RJ RK RL RM RN RO RP RQ RR RS RT RU RV RW RX RY RZ
    SA SB SC SD SE SF SG SH SI SJ SK SL SM SN SO SP SQ SR SS ST SU SV SW SX SY SZ
    TA TB TC TD TE TF TG TH TI TJ TK TL TM TN TO TP TQ TR TS TT TU TV TW TX TY TZ
    UA UB UC UD UE UF UG UH UI UJ UK UL UM UN UO UP UQ UR US UT UU UV UW UX UY UZ
    VA VB VC VD VE VF VG VH VI VJ VK VL VM VN VO VP VQ VR VS VT VU VV VW VX VY VZ
    WA WB WC WD WE WF WG WH WI WJ WK WL WM WN WO WP WQ WR WS WT WU WV WW WX WY WZ
    XA XB XC XD XE XF XG XH XI XJ XK XL XM XN XO XP XQ XR XS XT XU XV XW XX XY XZ
    YA YB YC YD YE YF YG YH YI YJ YK YL YM YN YO YP YQ YR YS YT YU YV YW YX YY YZ
    ZA ZB ZC ZD ZE ZF ZG ZH ZI ZJ ZK ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZQ ZR ZS ZT ZU ZV ZW ZX ZY ZZ
    Colour legend
    242 Officially assigned: assigned to a country, territory, or area of geographical interest
    7 Officially assigned: formerly either assigned to a different entity or reserved indeterminately, then deleted and later reassigned as above
    43 User-assigned: free for assignment at the disposal of users
    13 Exceptionally reserved: reserved on request for restricted use
    30 Indeterminately reserved: used in coding systems associated with ISO 3166-1
    7 Transitionally reserved: deleted from ISO 3166-1 but reserved transitionally
    14 Deleted: deleted and free for reassignment
    320 Unassigned: free for assignment by the ISO 3166/MA only
    676 Overall total

    Officially assigned code elements

    The following is a complete list of the 249 current officially assigned ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes, with the following columns:

    • Code: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code, pointing to its ISO 3166-2 article
    • Country name: English short name officially used by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA)
    • Year: Year when alpha-2 code was first officially assigned (1974, first edition of ISO 3166)
    • ccTLD: Corresponding country code top-level domain (some are unassigned or inactive); exceptions where another ccTLD is assigned for the country are shown in parentheses
    • Notes: Any unofficial notes
    Code Country name (using title case) Year ccTLD Notes
    AD Andorra 1974 .ad
    AE United Arab Emirates 1974 .ae
    AF Afghanistan 1974 .af
    AG Antigua and Barbuda 1974 .ag
    AI Anguilla 1985 .ai AI previously represented French Afars and Issas
    AL Albania 1974 .al
    AM Armenia 1992 .am
    AO Angola 1974 .ao
    AQ Antarctica 1974 .aq Covers the territories south of 60° south latitude
    Code taken from name in French: Antarctique
    AR Argentina 1974 .ar
    AS American Samoa 1974 .as
    AT Austria 1974 .at
    AU Australia 1974 .au Includes the Ashmore and Cartier Islands and the Coral Sea Islands
    AW Aruba 1986 .aw
    AX Åland Islands 2004 .ax An autonomous county of Finland
    AZ Azerbaijan 1992 .az
    BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992 .ba
    BB Barbados 1974 .bb
    BD Bangladesh 1974 .bd
    BE Belgium 1974 .be
    BF Burkina Faso 1984 .bf Name changed from Upper Volta (HV)
    BG Bulgaria 1974 .bg
    BH Bahrain 1974 .bh
    BI Burundi 1974 .bi
    BJ Benin 1977 .bj Name changed from Dahomey (DY)
    BL Saint Barthélemy 2007 .bl
    BM Bermuda 1974 .bm
    BN Brunei Darussalam 1974 .bn Previous ISO country name: Brunei
    BO Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1974 .bo Previous ISO country name: Bolivia
    BQ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 2010 .bq Consists of three Caribbean "special municipalities", which are part of the Netherlands proper: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba (the BES Islands)
    Previous ISO country name: Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba
    BQ previously represented British Antarctic Territory
    BR Brazil 1974 .br
    BS Bahamas 1974 .bs
    BT Bhutan 1974 .bt
    BV Bouvet Island 1974 .bv Dependency of Norway
    BW Botswana 1974 .bw
    BY Belarus 1974 .by Code taken from previous ISO country name: Byelorussian SSR (now assigned ISO 3166-3 code BYAA)
    Code assigned as the country was already a UN member since 1945
    BZ Belize 1974 .bz
    CA Canada 1974 .ca
    CC Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1974 .cc External territory of Australia
    CD Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1997 .cd Name changed from Zaire (ZR)
    CF Central African Republic 1974 .cf
    CG Congo 1974 .cg
    CH Switzerland 1974 .ch Code taken from name in Latin: Confoederatio Helvetica
    CI Côte d'Ivoire 1974 .ci ISO country name follows UN designation (common name and previous ISO country name: Ivory Coast)
    CK Cook Islands 1974 .ck
    CL Chile 1974 .cl
    CM Cameroon 1974 .cm Previous ISO country name: Cameroon, United Republic of
    CN China 1974 .cn
    CO Colombia 1974 .co
    CR Costa Rica 1974 .cr
    CU Cuba 1974 .cu
    CV Cabo Verde 1974 .cv ISO country name follows UN designation (common name and previous ISO country name: Cape Verde, another previous ISO country name: Cape Verde Islands)
    CW Curaçao 2010 .cw
    CX Christmas Island 1974 .cx External territory of Australia
    CY Cyprus 1974 .cy
    CZ Czechia 1993 .cz Previous ISO country name: Czech Republic
    DE Germany 1974 .de Code taken from name in German: Deutschland
    Code used for West Germany before 1990 (previous ISO country name: Germany, Federal Republic of)
    DJ Djibouti 1977 .dj Name changed from French Afars and Issas (AI)
    DK Denmark 1974 .dk
    DM Dominica 1974 .dm
    DO Dominican Republic 1974 .do
    DZ Algeria 1974 .dz Code taken from name in Arabic الجزائر al-Djazā'ir, Algerian Arabic الدزاير al-Dzāyīr, or Berber ⴷⵣⴰⵢⵔ Dzayer
    EC Ecuador 1974 .ec
    EE Estonia 1992 .ee Code taken from name in Estonian: Eesti
    EG Egypt 1974 .eg
    EH Western Sahara 1974 .eh Previous ISO country name: Spanish Sahara (code taken from name in Spanish: Sahara español)
    ER Eritrea 1993 .er
    ES Spain 1974 .es Code taken from name in Spanish: España
    ET Ethiopia 1974 .et
    FI Finland 1974 .fi
    FJ Fiji 1974 .fj
    FK Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 1974 .fk ISO country name follows UN designation due to the Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute (local common name: Falkland Islands)
    FM Micronesia, Federated States of 1986 .fm Previous ISO country name: Micronesia
    FO Faroe Islands 1974 .fo Code taken from name in Faroese: Føroyar
    FR France 1974 .fr Includes Clipperton Island
    GA Gabon 1974 .ga
    GB United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1974 .gb
    (.uk)    		 Includes Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Sovereign Base Areas)
    Code taken from Great Britain (from official name: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
    Previous ISO country name: United Kingdom
    .uk is the primary ccTLD of the United Kingdom instead of .gb (see code UK, which is exceptionally reserved)
    GD Grenada 1974 .gd
    GE Georgia 1992 .ge GE previously represented Gilbert and Ellice Islands
    GF French Guiana 1974 .gf Code taken from name in French: Guyane française
    GG Guernsey 2006 .gg A British Crown Dependency
    GH Ghana 1974 .gh
    GI Gibraltar 1974 .gi
    GL Greenland 1974 .gl
    GM Gambia 1974 .gm
    GN Guinea 1974 .gn
    GP Guadeloupe 1974 .gp
    GQ Equatorial Guinea 1974 .gq Code taken from name in French: Guinée équatoriale
    GR Greece 1974 .gr
    GS South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 1993 .gs
    GT Guatemala 1974 .gt
    GU Guam 1974 .gu
    GW Guinea-Bissau 1974 .gw
    GY Guyana 1974 .gy
    HK Hong Kong 1974 .hk Hong Kong is officially a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (CN) since 1 July 1997
    HM Heard Island and McDonald Islands 1974 .hm External territory of Australia
    HN Honduras 1974 .hn
    HR Croatia 1992 .hr Code taken from name in Croatian: Hrvatska
    HT Haiti 1974 .ht
    HU Hungary 1974 .hu
    ID Indonesia 1974 .id
    IE Ireland 1974 .ie
    IL Israel 1974 .il
    IM Isle of Man 2006 .im A British Crown Dependency
    IN India 1974 .in
    IO British Indian Ocean Territory 1974 .io
    IQ Iraq 1974 .iq
    IR Iran, Islamic Republic of 1974 .ir Previous ISO country name: Iran
    IS Iceland 1974 .is Code taken from name in Icelandic: Ísland
    IT Italy 1974 .it
    JE Jersey 2006 .je A British Crown Dependency
    JM Jamaica 1974 .jm
    JO Jordan 1974 .jo
    JP Japan 1974 .jp
    KE Kenya 1974 .ke
    KG Kyrgyzstan 1992 .kg
    KH Cambodia 1974 .kh Code taken from former name: Khmer Republic
    Previous ISO country name: Kampuchea, Democratic
    KI Kiribati 1979 .ki Name changed from Gilbert Islands (GE)
    KM Comoros 1974 .km Code taken from name in Comorian: Komori
    Previous ISO country name: Comoro Islands
    KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 1974 .kn Previous ISO country name: Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla
    KP Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 1974 .kp ISO country name follows UN designation (common name: North Korea)
    KR Korea, Republic of 1974 .kr ISO country name follows UN designation (common name: South Korea)
    KW Kuwait 1974 .kw
    KY Cayman Islands 1974 .ky
    KZ Kazakhstan 1992 .kz Previous ISO country name: Kazakstan
    LA Lao People's Democratic Republic 1974 .la ISO country name follows UN designation (common name and previous ISO country name: Laos)
    LB Lebanon 1974 .lb
    LC Saint Lucia 1974 .lc
    LI Liechtenstein 1974 .li
    LK Sri Lanka 1974 .lk
    LR Liberia 1974 .lr
    LS Lesotho 1974 .ls
    LT Lithuania 1992 .lt LT formerly reserved indeterminately for Libya Tripoli
    LU Luxembourg 1974 .lu
    LV Latvia 1992 .lv
    LY Libya 1974 .ly Previous ISO country name: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
    MA Morocco 1974 .ma Code taken from name in French: Maroc
    MC Monaco 1974 .mc
    MD Moldova, Republic of 1992 .md Previous ISO country name: Moldova (briefly from 2008 to 2009)
    ME Montenegro 2006 .me ME formerly reserved indeterminately for Western Sahara
    MF Saint Martin (French part) 2007 .mf The Dutch part of Saint Martin island is assigned code SX
    MG Madagascar 1974 .mg
    MH Marshall Islands 1986 .mh
    MK North Macedonia 1993 .mk Code taken from name in Macedonian: Severna Makedonija
    Previous ISO country name: Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of (designated as such due to Macedonia naming dispute)
    ML Mali 1974 .ml
    MM Myanmar 1989 .mm Name changed from Burma (BU)
    MN Mongolia 1974 .mn
    MO Macao 1974 .mo Previous ISO country name: Macau; Macao is officially a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China since 20 December 1999
    MP Northern Mariana Islands 1986 .mp
    MQ Martinique 1974 .mq
    MR Mauritania 1974 .mr
    MS Montserrat 1974 .ms
    MT Malta 1974 .mt
    MU Mauritius 1974 .mu
    MV Maldives 1974 .mv
    MW Malawi 1974 .mw
    MX Mexico 1974 .mx
    MY Malaysia 1974 .my
    MZ Mozambique 1974 .mz
    NA Namibia 1974 .na
    NC New Caledonia 1974 .nc
    NE Niger 1974 .ne
    NF Norfolk Island 1974 .nf External territory of Australia
    NG Nigeria 1974 .ng
    NI Nicaragua 1974 .ni
    NL Netherlands, Kingdom of the 1974 .nl Officially includes the islands Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba, which also have code BQ in ISO 3166-1. Within ISO 3166-2, Aruba (AW), Curaçao (CW), and Sint Maarten (SX) are also coded as subdivisions of NL.
    Previous ISO country name: Netherlands
    NO Norway 1974 .no
    NP Nepal 1974 .np
    NR Nauru 1974 .nr
    NU Niue 1974 .nu Previous ISO country name: Niue Island
    NZ New Zealand 1974 .nz
    OM Oman 1974 .om
    PA Panama 1974 .pa
    PE Peru 1974 .pe
    PF French Polynesia 1974 .pf Code taken from name in French: Polynésie française
    PG Papua New Guinea 1974 .pg
    PH Philippines 1974 .ph
    PK Pakistan 1974 .pk
    PL Poland 1974 .pl
    PM Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1974 .pm
    PN Pitcairn 1974 .pn Previous ISO country name: Pitcairn Islands
    PR Puerto Rico 1974 .pr
    PS Palestine, State of 1999 .ps Previous ISO country name: Palestinian Territory, Occupied
    Consists of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
    PT Portugal 1974 .pt
    PW Palau 1986 .pw
    PY Paraguay 1974 .py
    QA Qatar 1974 .qa
    RE Réunion 1974 .re
    RO Romania 1974 .ro
    RS Serbia 2006 .rs Republic of Serbia
    RU Russian Federation 1992 .ru ISO country name follows UN designation (common name: Russia); RU formerly reserved indeterminately for Burundi
    RW Rwanda 1974 .rw
    SA Saudi Arabia 1974 .sa
    SB Solomon Islands 1974 .sb Code taken from former name: British Solomon Islands
    SC Seychelles 1974 .sc
    SD Sudan 1974 .sd
    SE Sweden 1974 .se
    SG Singapore 1974 .sg
    SH Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 1974 .sh Previous ISO country name: Saint Helena.
    SI Slovenia 1992 .si
    SJ Svalbard and Jan Mayen 1974 .sj Previous ISO name: Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
    Consists of two Arctic territories of Norway: Svalbard and Jan Mayen
    SK Slovakia 1993 .sk SK previously represented the Kingdom of Sikkim
    SL Sierra Leone 1974 .sl
    SM San Marino 1974 .sm
    SN Senegal 1974 .sn
    SO Somalia 1974 .so
    SR Suriname 1974 .sr Previous ISO country name: Surinam
    SS South Sudan 2011 .ss
    ST Sao Tome and Principe 1974 .st
    SV El Salvador 1974 .sv
    SX Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 2010 .sx The French part of Saint Martin island is assigned code MF
    SY Syrian Arab Republic 1974 .sy ISO country name follows UN designation (common name and previous ISO country name: Syria)
    SZ Eswatini 1974 .sz Previous ISO country name: Swaziland
    TC Turks and Caicos Islands 1974 .tc
    TD Chad 1974 .td Code taken from name in French: Tchad
    TF French Southern Territories 1979 .tf Covers the French Southern and Antarctic Lands except Adélie Land
    Code taken from name in French: Terres australes françaises
    TG Togo 1974 .tg
    TH Thailand 1974 .th
    TJ Tajikistan 1992 .tj
    TK Tokelau 1974 .tk Previous ISO country name: Tokelau Islands
    TL Timor-Leste 2002 .tl Name changed from East Timor (TP)
    TM Turkmenistan 1992 .tm
    TN Tunisia 1974 .tn
    TO Tonga 1974 .to
    TR Türkiye 1974 .tr Previous ISO country name: Turkey
    TT Trinidad and Tobago 1974 .tt
    TV Tuvalu 1977 .tv
    TW Taiwan, Province of China 1974 .tw Covers the current jurisdiction of the Republic of China
    ISO country name follows UN designation (due to political status of Taiwan within the UN) (common name: Taiwan)
    TZ Tanzania, United Republic of 1974 .tz
    UA Ukraine 1974 .ua Previous ISO country name: Ukrainian SSR
    Code assigned as the country was already a UN member since 1945
    UG Uganda 1974 .ug
    UM United States Minor Outlying Islands 1986 .um Consists of nine minor insular areas of the United States: Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island
    .um ccTLD was revoked in 2007

    The United States Department of State uses the following user assigned alpha-2 codes for the nine territories, respectively, XB, XH, XQ, XU, XM, QM, XV, XL and QW.

    US United States of America 1974 .us Previous ISO country name: United States
    UY Uruguay 1974 .uy
    UZ Uzbekistan 1992 .uz
    VA Holy See 1974 .va Covers Vatican City, territory of the Holy See
    Previous ISO country names: Vatican City State (Holy See) and Holy See (Vatican City State)
    VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1974 .vc
    VE Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1974 .ve Previous ISO country name: Venezuela
    VG Virgin Islands (British) 1974 .vg
    VI Virgin Islands (U.S.) 1974 .vi
    VN Viet Nam 1974 .vn ISO country name follows UN designation (common name: Vietnam)
    Code used for Republic of Viet Nam (common name: South Vietnam) before 1977
    VU Vanuatu 1980 .vu Name changed from New Hebrides (NH)
    WF Wallis and Futuna 1974 .wf Previous ISO country name: Wallis and Futuna Islands
    WS Samoa 1974 .ws Code taken from former name: Western Samoa
    YE Yemen 1974 .ye Previous ISO country name: Yemen, Republic of (for three years after the unification)
    Code used for North Yemen before 1990
    YT Mayotte 1993 .yt
    ZA South Africa 1974 .za Code taken from name in Dutch: Zuid-Afrika
    ZM Zambia 1974 .zm
    ZW Zimbabwe 1980 .zw Name changed from Southern Rhodesia (RH)

    User-assigned code elements

    User-assigned code elements are codes at the disposal of users who need to add further names of countries, territories, or other geographical entities to their in-house application of ISO 3166-1, and the ISO 3166/MA will never use these codes in the updating process of the standard. The following alpha-2 codes can be user-assigned: AA, QM to QZ, XA to XZ, and ZZ. For example:

    • The International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) uses QM as a second country code for the United States, as it ran out of three-character registrant codes within the US prefix. It also uses ZZ for some registrants assigned directly.
    • The Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) assigns QO to represent Outlying Oceania (a multi-territory region containing Antarctica, Bouvet Island, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, the British Indian Ocean Territory, the French Southern Territories, and the United States Minor Outlying Islands), and ZZ to represent "Unknown or Invalid Territory". Before the adoption of the macroregion code EU by ISO, CLDR also used QU to represent the European Union.
    • The code QZ is being used by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) as an indicator for the Community Plant Variety Office.
    • The code XA is being used by Switzerland as a country code for the Canary Islands, although IC is already reserved for that purpose.
    • The codes XA and XO are being used by Russia to represent Abkhazia and South Ossetia respectively.
    • The code XI is being used by the UK Government, as an EORI number country code prefix for Northern Ireland, and the members of European Union for European Union value added tax reports with trade with Northern Ireland.
    • The code XK is being used by the European Commission, the IMF, the SWIFT, the CLDR, and other organizations as a temporary country code for Kosovo.
    • The code XN is being used by WIPO as an indicator for the Nordic Patent Institute, an international organization common to Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
    • The code XU is being used by WIPO as an indicator for the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants.
    • The code XV is being used by WIPO as an indicator for the Visegrad Patent Institute.
    • The code XX is being used by WIPO as an indicator for unknown states, other entities or organizations.
    • UN/LOCODE assigns XZ to represent installations in international waters.

    Furthermore, the code element OO is designated as an escape code if the number of regular user-assigned code elements is not sufficient.

    Reserved code elements

    Reserved code elements are codes which have become obsolete, or are required in order to enable a particular user application of the standard but do not qualify for inclusion in ISO 3166-1. To avoid transitional application problems and to aid users who require specific additional code elements for the functioning of their coding systems, the ISO 3166/MA, when justified, reserves these codes which it undertakes not to use for other than specified purposes during a limited or indeterminate period of time.

    The reserved alpha-2 codes are divided into the following three categories: exceptional reservations, transitional reservations, and indeterminate reservations.

    Exceptional reservations

    Exceptionally reserved code elements are codes reserved at the request of national ISO member bodies, governments and international organizations, which are required in order to support a particular application, as specified by the requesting body and limited to such use; any further use of such code elements is subject to approval by the ISO 3166/MA. The following alpha-2 codes are currently exceptionally reserved:

    Code Area name or country name Current actual country ccTLD Notes
    AC Ascension Island United Kingdom .ac Reserved on request of UPU for stamp issuing area
    CP Clipperton Island France — Reserved on request of ITU for location of certain telecommunications installations
    CQ Island of Sark United Kingdom — Reserved on request of the United Kingdom. Letters are derived from French name Sercq.
    DG Diego Garcia United Kingdom — Reserved on request of ITU for location of certain telecommunications installations
    EA Ceuta, Melilla Spain — Part of Spanish North Africa (Spanish: África Septentrional Española)
    Reserved on request of WCO for Eurasian Patent Organization
    EU European Union multiple .eu Reserved on request of ISO 4217/MA for the European monetary unit Euro
    Extended for ISO 6166 "Securities – International securities identification numbering system (ISIN)" in March 1998
    Extended for any application needing to represent the name European Union in August 1999
    EZ Eurozone multiple — Reserved on request of ISO 6166/RA for the European OTC derivatives within International securities identification numbering system (ISIN)
    FX France, Metropolitan France — Reserved on request of France
    Officially assigned before deleted from ISO 3166-1 (now assigned ISO 3166-3 code FXFR)
    IC Canary Islands Spain — Reserved on request of WCO for area not covered by European Union Customs arrangements.
    Code taken from name in Spanish: Islas Canarias
    SU USSR multiple .su From June 2008; Transitionally reserved from September 1992
    Officially assigned before deleted from ISO 3166-1 (now assigned ISO 3166-3 code SUHH)
    Official name and previous ISO country name:Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (common name: Soviet Union)
    TA Tristan da Cunha United Kingdom — Reserved on request of UPU for stamp issuing area
    UK United Kingdom United Kingdom .uk Reserved on request of the United Kingdom lest UK be used for any other country
    Also used by the European Commission
    United Kingdom is officially assigned the alpha-2 code GB
    UN United Nations multiple — Reserved directly by ISO 3166/MA for the United Nations

    The following alpha-2 codes were previously exceptionally reserved, but are now officially assigned:

    Code Area name or country name Notes
    AX Åland Islands Reserved on request of Finland
    GG Guernsey Reserved on request of UPU for stamp issuing area
    IM Isle of Man Reserved on request of UPU for stamp issuing area
    JE Jersey Reserved on request of UPU for stamp issuing area

    Transitional reservations

    Transitional reserved code elements are codes reserved after their deletion from ISO 3166-1. These codes may be used only during a transitional period of at least five years while new code elements that may have replaced them are taken into use. These codes may be reassigned by the ISO 3166/MA after the expiration of the transitional period. The following alpha-2 codes are currently transitionally reserved:

    Code Formerly used country name Reserved from Reserved to ccTLD ISO 3166-3 Notes
    AN Netherlands Antilles 2010-12 2060-12 .an ANHH Divided into BQ (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba), CW (Curaçao) and SX (Dutch part of Sint Maarten)
    BU Burma 1989-12 2039-12 — BUMM Name changed to Myanmar (MM)
    CS Originally Czechoslovakia, later Serbia and Montenegro 2006-09 2056-09 — CSHH
    CSXX    		 Code taken from name in Serbian: Srbija i Crna Gora, for Serbia and Montenegro, which however is now divided into Montenegro (ME) and Serbia (RS).
    (Though reserved, the ccTLD .cs was never actually assigned to Serbia and Montenegro; the ccTLD of Serbia and Montenegro was .yu, as that formerly unified country's name, and that of its larger predecessor, had previously been Yugoslavia.)
    CS originally represented Czechoslovakia. Its successor state Czechia uses CZ, and Slovakia SK.
    NT Neutral Zone 1993-07 2043-07 — NTHH Divided between Iraq (IQ) and Saudi Arabia (SA)
    TP East Timor 2002-05 2052-05 .tp TPTL Code taken from previous ISO country name: Portuguese Timor, name changed to Timor-Leste (TL)
    YU Yugoslavia 2003-07 2053-07 — YUCS Code used for the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia before 1992 and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia after 1992
    ZR Zaire 1997-07 2047-07 — ZRCD Name changed to Congo, the Democratic Republic of the (CD)
    ccTLD .zr has been deleted

    The following alpha-2 code was previously transitionally reserved, but was later reassigned to another country as its official code:

    Code Formerly used country name Date of reservation ccTLD ISO 3166-3 Notes
    CS Czechoslovakia 1993-06 — CSHH Code reassigned to Serbia and Montenegro
    ccTLD .cs has been deleted

    For each deleted alpha-2 code, an entry for the corresponding former country name is included in ISO 3166-3. Each entry is assigned a four-letter alphabetic code, where the first two letters are the deleted alpha-2 code.

    Indeterminate reservations

    Indeterminately reserved code elements are reserved for use in a particular way, usually due to their presence in other coding systems. For example, several codes are reserved because they are used for international intellectual property organizations in WIPO Standard ST.3. The following alpha-2 codes are currently indeterminately reserved:

    Code elements reserved indeterminately
    Code Area name or country name Current code Notes
    AP African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO) —
    BX Benelux Trademarks and Designs Office (BOIP) —
    DY Benin BJ
    EF Union of Countries under the European Community Patent Convention —
    EM European Trademark Office (EUIPO) —
    EP European Patent Organization (EPOrg) —
    EV Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) —
    EW Estonia EE
    FL Liechtenstein LI
    GC Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCCPO) —
    IB International Bureau of WIPO —
    JA Jamaica JM
    LF Libya Fezzan —
    OA African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) —
    PI Philippines PH
    RA Argentina AR
    RB Bolivia or Botswana BO or BW
    RC China CN & TW
    RH Haiti HT
    RI Indonesia ID
    RL Lebanon LB
    RM Madagascar MG
    RN Niger NE
    RP Philippines PH
    SF Finland FI
    WG Grenada GD
    WL Saint Lucia LC
    WO World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) —
    WV Saint Vincent VC
    YV Venezuela VE

    The following alpha-2 codes were previously indeterminately reserved, but have been reassigned to another country as its official code:

    Code elements previously reserved indeterminately
    Code Area name or country name Current code Notes Code reassigned to
    LT Libya Tripoli Lithuania
    ME Western Sahara EH Montenegro
    RU Burundi BI Russian Federation
    Notes
    1. WIPO Standard ST.3 actually uses EA, instead of EV, to represent the Eurasian Patent Organization. However, EA was already exceptionally reserved by the ISO 3166/MA to represent Ceuta and Melilla for customs purposes. The ISO 3166/MA proposed in 1995 that EV be used by WIPO to represent the Eurasian Patent Organization; however, this request was not honoured by WIPO.
    2. Reserved at the request of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for use in Standard ST.3.
    3. Code notified to United Nations Secretary-General under 1949 and 1968 Road Traffic Conventions
    4. Code in use for road transport purposes, but not notified to United Nations Secretary-General under 1949 Road Traffic Convention
    5. Code under 1949 Road Traffic Convention
    6. Code under 1968 Road Traffic Convention
    7. Previously used in international postal codes and vehicle registration codes to represent Finland (code was not officially assigned), and the code was previously listed as transitionally reserved from 1995-09 until 2012-06.
      Code taken from name in Finnish and Swedish combined: Suomi Finland.

    Deleted codes

    Besides the codes currently transitionally reserved and two other codes currently exceptionally reserved (FX for France, Metropolitan and SU for USSR), the following alpha-2 codes have also been deleted from ISO 3166-1:

    Code Formerly used country name ISO 3166-3 Notes
    AI French Afars and Issas AIDJ Code later reassigned to Anguilla
    BQ British Antarctic Territory BQAQ Code later reassigned to Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
    CT Canton and Enderbury Islands CTKI
    DD German Democratic Republic DDDE Code taken from name in German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik
    Common name: East Germany
    DY Dahomey DYBJ Name changed to Benin (BJ)
    The code is now indeterminately reserved.
    FQ French Southern and Antarctic Territories FQHH See TF and FR-TF.
    GE Gilbert Islands (initially Gilbert and Ellice Islands) GEHH Code later reassigned to Georgia
    HV Upper Volta HVBF Code taken from name in French: Haute-Volta
    JT Johnston Island JTUM Common name: Johnston Atoll
    MI Midway Islands MIUM
    NH New Hebrides NHVU
    NQ Dronning Maud Land NQAQ A dependent territory of Norway
    PC Pacific Islands (Trust Territory) PCHH
    PU United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands PUUM Consisted of Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Kingman Reef, and Palmyra Atoll
    PZ Panama Canal Zone PZPA
    RH Southern Rhodesia RHZW Name used by country itself: Rhodesia (Southern Rhodesia was the colonial name)
    SK Sikkim SKIN Code later reassigned to Slovakia
    VD Viet-Nam, Democratic Republic of VDVN Common name: North Vietnam
    WK Wake Island WKUM
    YD Yemen, Democratic YDYE Common name: South Yemen

    For each deleted alpha-2 code, an entry for the corresponding former country name is included in ISO 3166-3. Each entry is assigned a four-letter alphabetic code, where the first two letters are the deleted alpha-2 code.

    See also

    • List of FIPS country codes in FIPS 10-4, part of the United States’ Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)
    • The Regional Indicator Symbol in Unicode, introduced to use these codes
    • ISO 639-1, a different set of two-letter codes used for languages

    References

    1. "Country Codes - ISO 3166". International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
    2. "The International Standard Recording Code". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
    3. "Currency codes - ISO 4217". ISO.
    4. "ISO6166 - an outline of the standard". Association of National Numbering Agencies. Archived from the original on 27 July 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
    5. "About BIC". Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. Archived from the original on 1 March 2009.
    6. "IBAN Registry" (PDF). Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2010.
    7. "UN/LOCODE Code List by Country". United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
    8. "IANA – Root Zone Database". Internet Assigned Numbers Authority.
    9. "Standard ST.3 – Recommended standard on two-letter codes for the representation of states, other entities and intergovernmental organizations" (PDF). Handbook on Industrial Property Information and Documentation. World Intellectual Property Organization. April 2007. pp. 3.3.1–3.3.9.
    10. "Publications Office – Interinstitutional style guide – Countries". European Union.
    11. "Interinstitutional style guide – 'EU-27 and candidate countries'". publications.europa.eu. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
    12. "Commission Regulation (EC) No 2645/98 of 9 December 1998 on the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States". Official Journal of the European Communities, L 335. European Union. 10 December 1998. pp. 22–29.
    13. "Distinguishing signs used on vehicles in international traffic" (PDF). United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.
    14. "Codes to history: Code for formerly used names of countries completes the trilogy of country codes" (PDF). ISO Bulletin. ISO. April 2000. pp. 10–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2008.
    15. "Falkland Islands Government". Archived from the original on 11 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
    16. "ISO 3166 – FAQs – Specific". ISO.
    17. IANA .gb whois information
    18. "NL - Netherlands (Kingdom of the)". ISO Online Browsing Platform.
    19. Special Meeting of the Board Minutes ICANN, 16 January 2007
    20. "Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
    21. "Glossary for ISO 3166 - Codes for countries and their subdivisions". ISO.
    22. "International ISRC Agency Bulletin 2010/02: Country Code for ISRC in the United States" (PDF). IFPI. 6 December 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
    23. Mark Davis. "Unicode Technical Standard #35: Unicode Locale Data Markup Language (LDML)". Unicode Consortium.
    24. "List of Countries for the foreign trade statistics of Switzerland 2017" (PDF). ezv.admin.ch. 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2017.
    25. "Мир ∙ География ∙ Справочник ∙ Президент России".
    26. "Get an EORI number". gov.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
    27. Swedish tax Authority: This is how VAT is affected by Brexit - Special rules for trade with Northern Ireland
    28. "Glossary:Country codes - Statistics Explained". europa.eu.
    29. SWIFT: IBAN Registry Archived 2013-11-01 at the Wayback Machine, Release 50, September 2014
    30. "XK country code for Kosovo". GeoNames Blog. 8 March 2010.
    31. "Agreement between the Nordic Patent Institute and the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization" (PDF). World Intellectual Property Organization. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
    32. "Country codes in ISO 3166". davros.org. 25 July 2003. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
    33. "Codes for the representation of names of countries" (PDF) (First ed.). International Organization for Standardization. 15 December 1974. Retrieved 9 July 2021 – via cia.gov.
    34. "Report on zr domain deletion". iana.org. IANA. 20 June 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
    35. "EA -". ISO Online Browsing Platform.
    36. Clive Feather (25 July 2003). "Country codes in ISO 3166 (Table 2: codes withdrawn from use)".

    Sources and external links

    • ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency, International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
      • Online Browsing Platform (OBP) — searchable list of country codes
      • Text file (English, 2016)
      • XML file (English, 2016)
      • Reserved code elements under ISO 3166-1 "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes", available on request from ISO 3166/MA
    • The World Factbook (public domain), Central Intelligence Agency
      • Appendix D – Country Data Codes — comparison of FIPS 10, ISO 3166, and STANAG 1059 country codes
    • List of all countries with their 2 digit codes (ISO 3166-1) (CSV, JSON) Archived 2017-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
      • Comprehensive country codes: ISO 3166, ITU, ISO 4217 currency codes and many more (CSV, JSON) Archived 2017-08-26 at the Wayback Machine
    • Administrative Divisions of Countries ("Statoids"), Statoids.com
      • Country codes — comparison of ISO 3166-1 country codes with other country codes
      • ISO 3166-1 Change History

    ISO 3166 1 alpha 2 codes are two letter country codes defined in ISO 3166 1 part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization ISO to represent countries dependent territories and special areas of geographical interest They are the most widely used of the country codes published by ISO the others being alpha 3 and numeric and are used most prominently for the Internet s country code top level domains with a few exceptions They are also used as country identifiers extending the postal code when appropriate within the international postal system for paper mail and have replaced the previous one consisting one letter codes They were first included as part of the ISO 3166 standard in its first edition in 1974 A map of Europe with ISO 3166 1 alpha 2 codes in place of the full names of countries and other territories Exceptional reservations codes CQ EU and UK are not shown Uses and applicationsThe ISO 3166 1 alpha 2 codes are used in different environments and are also part of other standards In some cases they are not perfectly implemented Perfect implementations The ISO 3166 1 alpha 2 codes are used in the following standards Short name Long name CommentISO 3166 2 Country subdivision codeISO 3901 International Standard Recording Code ISRC ISO 4217 Currency codeISO 6166 International Securities Identifying Number ISIN ISO 9362 Bank Identifier Codes BIC Also known as SWIFT codesISO 13616 International Bank Account Number IBAN ISO 15511 International Standard Identifier for Libraries and Related Organizations ISIL UN LOCODE United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations Implemented by the United Nations Economic Commission for EuropeImperfect implementations Starting in 1985 ISO 3166 1 alpha 2 codes have been used in the Domain Name System as country code top level domains ccTLDs The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority currently assigns the ccTLDs mostly following the alpha 2 codes but with a few exceptions For example the United Kingdom whose alpha 2 code is GB uses uk instead of gb as its ccTLD as UK is currently exceptionally reserved in ISO 3166 1 on the request of the United Kingdom The WIPO coding standard ST 3 is based on ISO 3166 1 alpha 2 codes but includes a number of additional codes for international intellectual property organizations which are currently reserved and not used at the present stage in ISO 3166 1 The European Commission generally uses ISO 3166 1 alpha 2 codes with two exceptions EL not GR is used to represent Greece and UK not GB is used to represent the United Kingdom This notwithstanding the Official Journal of the European Communities specified that GR and GB be used to represent Greece and United Kingdom respectively For VAT administration purposes the European Commission uses EL and GB for Greece and the United Kingdom respectively The United Nations uses a combination of ISO 3166 1 alpha 2 and alpha 3 codes along with codes that pre date the creation of ISO 3166 for international vehicle registration codes which are codes used to identify the issuing country of a vehicle registration plate some of these codes are currently indeterminately reserved in ISO 3166 1 IETF language tags conforming to the BCP 47 standard track and maintained in an IANA registry are also partially derived from ISO 3166 1 alpha 2 codes for the region subtags The full list of ISO 3166 1 codes assigned to countries and territories are usable as region subtags Also the exceptionally reserved alpha 2 codes defined in ISO 3166 1 with the exception of UK are also usable as region subtags for language tags However newer stability policies agreed with ISO have been implemented to avoid deleting subtags that have been withdrawn in ISO 3166 1 instead they are kept and aliased to the new preferred subtags or kept as subtags grouping several countries Some other region grouping subtags are derived from other standards Under the newer stability policies old assigned codes that have been withdrawn from ISO 3166 1 should no longer be reassigned to another country or territory as has occurred in the past for CS Current codesDecoding table The following is a colour coded decoding table of all ISO 3166 1 alpha 2 codes Decoding table of ISO 3166 1 alpha 2 codes AA AB AC AD AE AF AG AH AI AJ AK AL AM AN AO AP AQ AR AS AT AU AV AW AX AY AZBA BB BC BD BE BF BG BH BI BJ BK BL BM BN BO BP BQ BR BS BT BU BV BW BX BY BZCA CB CC CD CE CF CG CH CI CJ CK CL CM CN CO CP CQ CR CS CT CU CV CW CX CY CZDA DB DC DD DE DF DG DH DI DJ DK DL DM DN DO DP DQ DR DS DT DU DV DW DX DY DZEA EB EC ED EE EF EG EH EI EJ EK EL EM EN EO EP EQ ER ES ET EU EV EW EX EY EZFA FB FC FD FE FF FG FH FI FJ FK FL FM FN FO FP FQ FR FS FT FU FV FW FX FY FZGA GB GC GD GE GF GG GH GI GJ GK GL GM GN GO GP GQ GR GS GT GU GV GW GX GY GZHA HB HC HD HE HF HG HH HI HJ HK HL HM HN HO HP HQ HR HS HT HU HV HW HX HY HZIA IB IC ID IE IF IG IH II IJ IK IL IM IN IO IP IQ IR IS IT IU IV IW IX IY IZJA JB JC JD JE JF JG JH JI JJ JK JL JM JN JO JP JQ JR JS JT JU JV JW JX JY JZKA KB KC KD KE KF KG KH KI KJ KK KL KM KN KO KP KQ KR KS KT KU KV KW KX KY KZLA LB LC LD LE LF LG LH LI LJ LK LL LM LN LO LP LQ LR LS LT LU LV LW LX LY LZMA MB MC MD ME MF MG MH MI MJ MK ML MM MN MO MP MQ MR MS MT MU MV MW MX MY MZNA NB NC ND NE NF NG NH NI NJ NK NL NM NN NO NP NQ NR NS NT NU NV NW NX NY NZOA OB OC OD OE OF OG OH OI OJ OK OL OM ON OO OP OQ OR OS OT OU OV OW OX OY OZPA PB PC PD PE PF PG PH PI PJ PK PL PM PN PO PP PQ PR PS PT PU PV PW PX PY PZQA QB QC QD QE QF QG QH QI QJ QK QL QM QN QO QP QQ QR QS QT QU QV QW QX QY QZRA RB RC RD RE RF RG RH RI RJ RK RL RM RN RO RP RQ RR RS RT RU RV RW RX RY RZSA SB SC SD SE SF SG SH SI SJ SK SL SM SN SO SP SQ SR SS ST SU SV SW SX SY SZTA TB TC TD TE TF TG TH TI TJ TK TL TM TN TO TP TQ TR TS TT TU TV TW TX TY TZUA UB UC UD UE UF UG UH UI UJ UK UL UM UN UO UP UQ UR US UT UU UV UW UX UY UZVA VB VC VD VE VF VG VH VI VJ VK VL VM VN VO VP VQ VR VS VT VU VV VW VX VY VZWA WB WC WD WE WF WG WH WI WJ WK WL WM WN WO WP WQ WR WS WT WU WV WW WX WY WZXA XB XC XD XE XF XG XH XI XJ XK XL XM XN XO XP XQ XR XS XT XU XV XW XX XY XZYA YB YC YD YE YF YG YH YI YJ YK YL YM YN YO YP YQ YR YS YT YU YV YW YX YY YZZA ZB ZC ZD ZE ZF ZG ZH ZI ZJ ZK ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZQ ZR ZS ZT ZU ZV ZW ZX ZY ZZColour legend 242 Officially assigned assigned to a country territory or area of geographical interest7 Officially assigned formerly either assigned to a different entity or reserved indeterminately then deleted and later reassigned as above43 User assigned free for assignment at the disposal of users13 Exceptionally reserved reserved on request for restricted use30 Indeterminately reserved used in coding systems associated with ISO 3166 17 Transitionally reserved deleted from ISO 3166 1 but reserved transitionally14 Deleted deleted and free for reassignment320 Unassigned free for assignment by the ISO 3166 MA only676 Overall totalOfficially assigned code elements The following is a complete list of the 249 current officially assigned ISO 3166 1 alpha 2 codes with the following columns Code ISO 3166 1 alpha 2 code pointing to its ISO 3166 2 article Country name English short name officially used by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency ISO 3166 MA Year Year when alpha 2 code was first officially assigned 1974 first edition of ISO 3166 ccTLD Corresponding country code top level domain some are unassigned or inactive exceptions where another ccTLD is assigned for the country are shown in parentheses Notes Any unofficial notesCode Country name using title case Year ccTLD NotesAD Andorra 1974 adAE United Arab Emirates 1974 aeAF Afghanistan 1974 afAG Antigua and Barbuda 1974 agAI Anguilla 1985 ai AI previously represented French Afars and IssasAL Albania 1974 alAM Armenia 1992 amAO Angola 1974 aoAQ Antarctica 1974 aq Covers the territories south of 60 south latitude Code taken from name in French AntarctiqueAR Argentina 1974 arAS American Samoa 1974 asAT Austria 1974 atAU Australia 1974 au Includes the Ashmore and Cartier Islands and the Coral Sea IslandsAW Aruba 1986 awAX Aland Islands 2004 ax An autonomous county of FinlandAZ Azerbaijan 1992 azBA Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992 baBB Barbados 1974 bbBD Bangladesh 1974 bdBE Belgium 1974 beBF Burkina Faso 1984 bf Name changed from Upper Volta HV BG Bulgaria 1974 bgBH Bahrain 1974 bhBI Burundi 1974 biBJ Benin 1977 bj Name changed from Dahomey DY BL Saint Barthelemy 2007 blBM Bermuda 1974 bmBN Brunei Darussalam 1974 bn Previous ISO country name BruneiBO Bolivia Plurinational State of 1974 bo Previous ISO country name BoliviaBQ Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 2010 bq Consists of three Caribbean special municipalities which are part of the Netherlands proper Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba the BES Islands Previous ISO country name Bonaire Saint Eustatius and Saba BQ previously represented British Antarctic TerritoryBR Brazil 1974 brBS Bahamas 1974 bsBT Bhutan 1974 btBV Bouvet Island 1974 bv Dependency of NorwayBW Botswana 1974 bwBY Belarus 1974 by Code taken from previous ISO country name Byelorussian SSR now assigned ISO 3166 3 code BYAA Code assigned as the country was already a UN member since 1945BZ Belize 1974 bzCA Canada 1974 caCC Cocos Keeling Islands 1974 cc External territory of AustraliaCD Congo Democratic Republic of the 1997 cd Name changed from Zaire ZR CF Central African Republic 1974 cfCG Congo 1974 cgCH Switzerland 1974 ch Code taken from name in Latin Confoederatio HelveticaCI Cote d Ivoire 1974 ci ISO country name follows UN designation common name and previous ISO country name Ivory Coast CK Cook Islands 1974 ckCL Chile 1974 clCM Cameroon 1974 cm Previous ISO country name Cameroon United Republic ofCN China 1974 cnCO Colombia 1974 coCR Costa Rica 1974 crCU Cuba 1974 cuCV Cabo Verde 1974 cv ISO country name follows UN designation common name and previous ISO country name Cape Verde another previous ISO country name Cape Verde Islands CW Curacao 2010 cwCX Christmas Island 1974 cx External territory of AustraliaCY Cyprus 1974 cyCZ Czechia 1993 cz Previous ISO country name Czech RepublicDE Germany 1974 de Code taken from name in German Deutschland Code used for West Germany before 1990 previous ISO country name Germany Federal Republic of DJ Djibouti 1977 dj Name changed from French Afars and Issas AI DK Denmark 1974 dkDM Dominica 1974 dmDO Dominican Republic 1974 doDZ Algeria 1974 dz Code taken from name in Arabic الجزائر al Djaza ir Algerian Arabic الدزاير al Dzayir or Berber ⴷⵣⴰⵢⵔ DzayerEC Ecuador 1974 ecEE Estonia 1992 ee Code taken from name in Estonian EestiEG Egypt 1974 egEH Western Sahara 1974 eh Previous ISO country name Spanish Sahara code taken from name in Spanish Sahara espanol ER Eritrea 1993 erES Spain 1974 es Code taken from name in Spanish EspanaET Ethiopia 1974 etFI Finland 1974 fiFJ Fiji 1974 fjFK Falkland Islands Malvinas 1974 fk ISO country name follows UN designation due to the Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute local common name Falkland Islands FM Micronesia Federated States of 1986 fm Previous ISO country name MicronesiaFO Faroe Islands 1974 fo Code taken from name in Faroese ForoyarFR France 1974 fr Includes Clipperton IslandGA Gabon 1974 gaGB United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1974 gb uk Includes Akrotiri and Dhekelia Sovereign Base Areas Code taken from Great Britain from official name United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Previous ISO country name United Kingdom uk is the primary ccTLD of the United Kingdom instead of gb see code UK which is exceptionally reserved GD Grenada 1974 gdGE Georgia 1992 ge GE previously represented Gilbert and Ellice IslandsGF French Guiana 1974 gf Code taken from name in French Guyane francaiseGG Guernsey 2006 gg A British Crown DependencyGH Ghana 1974 ghGI Gibraltar 1974 giGL Greenland 1974 glGM Gambia 1974 gmGN Guinea 1974 gnGP Guadeloupe 1974 gpGQ Equatorial Guinea 1974 gq Code taken from name in French Guinee equatorialeGR Greece 1974 grGS South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 1993 gsGT Guatemala 1974 gtGU Guam 1974 guGW Guinea Bissau 1974 gwGY Guyana 1974 gyHK Hong Kong 1974 hk Hong Kong is officially a Special Administrative Region of the People s Republic of China CN since 1 July 1997HM Heard Island and McDonald Islands 1974 hm External territory of AustraliaHN Honduras 1974 hnHR Croatia 1992 hr Code taken from name in Croatian HrvatskaHT Haiti 1974 htHU Hungary 1974 huID Indonesia 1974 idIE Ireland 1974 ieIL Israel 1974 ilIM Isle of Man 2006 im A British Crown DependencyIN India 1974 inIO British Indian Ocean Territory 1974 ioIQ Iraq 1974 iqIR Iran Islamic Republic of 1974 ir Previous ISO country name IranIS Iceland 1974 is Code taken from name in Icelandic IslandIT Italy 1974 itJE Jersey 2006 je A British Crown DependencyJM Jamaica 1974 jmJO Jordan 1974 joJP Japan 1974 jpKE Kenya 1974 keKG Kyrgyzstan 1992 kgKH Cambodia 1974 kh Code taken from former name Khmer Republic Previous ISO country name Kampuchea DemocraticKI Kiribati 1979 ki Name changed from Gilbert Islands GE KM Comoros 1974 km Code taken from name in Comorian Komori Previous ISO country name Comoro IslandsKN Saint Kitts and Nevis 1974 kn Previous ISO country name Saint Kitts Nevis AnguillaKP Korea Democratic People s Republic of 1974 kp ISO country name follows UN designation common name North Korea KR Korea Republic of 1974 kr ISO country name follows UN designation common name South Korea KW Kuwait 1974 kwKY Cayman Islands 1974 kyKZ Kazakhstan 1992 kz Previous ISO country name KazakstanLA Lao People s Democratic Republic 1974 la ISO country name follows UN designation common name and previous ISO country name Laos LB Lebanon 1974 lbLC Saint Lucia 1974 lcLI Liechtenstein 1974 liLK Sri Lanka 1974 lkLR Liberia 1974 lrLS Lesotho 1974 lsLT Lithuania 1992 lt LT formerly reserved indeterminately for Libya TripoliLU Luxembourg 1974 luLV Latvia 1992 lvLY Libya 1974 ly Previous ISO country name Libyan Arab JamahiriyaMA Morocco 1974 ma Code taken from name in French MarocMC Monaco 1974 mcMD Moldova Republic of 1992 md Previous ISO country name Moldova briefly from 2008 to 2009 ME Montenegro 2006 me ME formerly reserved indeterminately for Western SaharaMF Saint Martin French part 2007 mf The Dutch part of Saint Martin island is assigned code SXMG Madagascar 1974 mgMH Marshall Islands 1986 mhMK North Macedonia 1993 mk Code taken from name in Macedonian Severna Makedonija Previous ISO country name Macedonia the former Yugoslav Republic of designated as such due to Macedonia naming dispute ML Mali 1974 mlMM Myanmar 1989 mm Name changed from Burma BU MN Mongolia 1974 mnMO Macao 1974 mo Previous ISO country name Macau Macao is officially a Special Administrative Region of the People s Republic of China since 20 December 1999MP Northern Mariana Islands 1986 mpMQ Martinique 1974 mqMR Mauritania 1974 mrMS Montserrat 1974 msMT Malta 1974 mtMU Mauritius 1974 muMV Maldives 1974 mvMW Malawi 1974 mwMX Mexico 1974 mxMY Malaysia 1974 myMZ Mozambique 1974 mzNA Namibia 1974 naNC New Caledonia 1974 ncNE Niger 1974 neNF Norfolk Island 1974 nf External territory of AustraliaNG Nigeria 1974 ngNI Nicaragua 1974 niNL Netherlands Kingdom of the 1974 nl Officially includes the islands Bonaire Saint Eustatius and Saba which also have code BQ in ISO 3166 1 Within ISO 3166 2 Aruba AW Curacao CW and Sint Maarten SX are also coded as subdivisions of NL Previous ISO country name NetherlandsNO Norway 1974 noNP Nepal 1974 npNR Nauru 1974 nrNU Niue 1974 nu Previous ISO country name Niue IslandNZ New Zealand 1974 nzOM Oman 1974 omPA Panama 1974 paPE Peru 1974 pePF French Polynesia 1974 pf Code taken from name in French Polynesie francaisePG Papua New Guinea 1974 pgPH Philippines 1974 phPK Pakistan 1974 pkPL Poland 1974 plPM Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1974 pmPN Pitcairn 1974 pn Previous ISO country name Pitcairn IslandsPR Puerto Rico 1974 prPS Palestine State of 1999 ps Previous ISO country name Palestinian Territory Occupied Consists of the West Bank and the Gaza StripPT Portugal 1974 ptPW Palau 1986 pwPY Paraguay 1974 pyQA Qatar 1974 qaRE Reunion 1974 reRO Romania 1974 roRS Serbia 2006 rs Republic of SerbiaRU Russian Federation 1992 ru ISO country name follows UN designation common name Russia RU formerly reserved indeterminately for BurundiRW Rwanda 1974 rwSA Saudi Arabia 1974 saSB Solomon Islands 1974 sb Code taken from former name British Solomon IslandsSC Seychelles 1974 scSD Sudan 1974 sdSE Sweden 1974 seSG Singapore 1974 sgSH Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 1974 sh Previous ISO country name Saint Helena SI Slovenia 1992 siSJ Svalbard and Jan Mayen 1974 sj Previous ISO name Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands Consists of two Arctic territories of Norway Svalbard and Jan MayenSK Slovakia 1993 sk SK previously represented the Kingdom of SikkimSL Sierra Leone 1974 slSM San Marino 1974 smSN Senegal 1974 snSO Somalia 1974 soSR Suriname 1974 sr Previous ISO country name SurinamSS South Sudan 2011 ssST Sao Tome and Principe 1974 stSV El Salvador 1974 svSX Sint Maarten Dutch part 2010 sx The French part of Saint Martin island is assigned code MFSY Syrian Arab Republic 1974 sy ISO country name follows UN designation common name and previous ISO country name Syria SZ Eswatini 1974 sz Previous ISO country name SwazilandTC Turks and Caicos Islands 1974 tcTD Chad 1974 td Code taken from name in French TchadTF French Southern Territories 1979 tf Covers the French Southern and Antarctic Lands except Adelie Land Code taken from name in French Terres australes francaisesTG Togo 1974 tgTH Thailand 1974 thTJ Tajikistan 1992 tjTK Tokelau 1974 tk Previous ISO country name Tokelau IslandsTL Timor Leste 2002 tl Name changed from East Timor TP TM Turkmenistan 1992 tmTN Tunisia 1974 tnTO Tonga 1974 toTR Turkiye 1974 tr Previous ISO country name TurkeyTT Trinidad and Tobago 1974 ttTV Tuvalu 1977 tvTW Taiwan Province of China 1974 tw Covers the current jurisdiction of the Republic of China ISO country name follows UN designation due to political status of Taiwan within the UN common name Taiwan TZ Tanzania United Republic of 1974 tzUA Ukraine 1974 ua Previous ISO country name Ukrainian SSR Code assigned as the country was already a UN member since 1945UG Uganda 1974 ugUM United States Minor Outlying Islands 1986 um Consists of nine minor insular areas of the United States Baker Island Howland Island Jarvis Island Johnston Atoll Kingman Reef Midway Islands Navassa Island Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island um ccTLD was revoked in 2007 The United States Department of State uses the following user assigned alpha 2 codes for the nine territories respectively XB XH XQ XU XM QM XV XL and QW US United States of America 1974 us Previous ISO country name United StatesUY Uruguay 1974 uyUZ Uzbekistan 1992 uzVA Holy See 1974 va Covers Vatican City territory of the Holy See Previous ISO country names Vatican City State Holy See and Holy See Vatican City State VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1974 vcVE Venezuela Bolivarian Republic of 1974 ve Previous ISO country name VenezuelaVG Virgin Islands British 1974 vgVI Virgin Islands U S 1974 viVN Viet Nam 1974 vn ISO country name follows UN designation common name Vietnam Code used for Republic of Viet Nam common name South Vietnam before 1977VU Vanuatu 1980 vu Name changed from New Hebrides NH WF Wallis and Futuna 1974 wf Previous ISO country name Wallis and Futuna IslandsWS Samoa 1974 ws Code taken from former name Western SamoaYE Yemen 1974 ye Previous ISO country name Yemen Republic of for three years after the unification Code used for North Yemen before 1990YT Mayotte 1993 ytZA South Africa 1974 za Code taken from name in Dutch Zuid AfrikaZM Zambia 1974 zmZW Zimbabwe 1980 zw Name changed from Southern Rhodesia RH User assigned code elements User assigned code elements are codes at the disposal of users who need to add further names of countries territories or other geographical entities to their in house application of ISO 3166 1 and the ISO 3166 MA will never use these codes in the updating process of the standard The following alpha 2 codes can be user assigned AA QM to QZ XA to XZ and ZZ For example The International Standard Recording Code ISRC uses QM as a second country code for the United States as it ran out of three character registrant codes within the US prefix It also uses ZZ for some registrants assigned directly The Unicode Common Locale Data Repository CLDR assigns QO to represent Outlying Oceania a multi territory region containing Antarctica Bouvet Island the Cocos Keeling Islands Christmas Island South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Heard Island and McDonald Islands the British Indian Ocean Territory the French Southern Territories and the United States Minor Outlying Islands and ZZ to represent Unknown or Invalid Territory Before the adoption of the macroregion code EU by ISO CLDR also used QU to represent the European Union The code QZ is being used by the World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO as an indicator for the Community Plant Variety Office The code XA is being used by Switzerland as a country code for the Canary Islands although IC is already reserved for that purpose The codes XA and XO are being used by Russia to represent Abkhazia and South Ossetia respectively The code XI is being used by the UK Government as an EORI number country code prefix for Northern Ireland and the members of European Union for European Union value added tax reports with trade with Northern Ireland The code XK is being used by the European Commission the IMF the SWIFT the CLDR and other organizations as a temporary country code for Kosovo The code XN is being used by WIPO as an indicator for the Nordic Patent Institute an international organization common to Denmark Iceland Norway and Sweden The code XU is being used by WIPO as an indicator for the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants The code XV is being used by WIPO as an indicator for the Visegrad Patent Institute The code XX is being used by WIPO as an indicator for unknown states other entities or organizations UN LOCODE assigns XZ to represent installations in international waters Furthermore the code element OO is designated as an escape code if the number of regular user assigned code elements is not sufficient Reserved code elements Reserved code elements are codes which have become obsolete or are required in order to enable a particular user application of the standard but do not qualify for inclusion in ISO 3166 1 To avoid transitional application problems and to aid users who require specific additional code elements for the functioning of their coding systems the ISO 3166 MA when justified reserves these codes which it undertakes not to use for other than specified purposes during a limited or indeterminate period of time The reserved alpha 2 codes are divided into the following three categories exceptional reservations transitional reservations and indeterminate reservations Exceptional reservations Exceptionally reserved code elements are codes reserved at the request of national ISO member bodies governments and international organizations which are required in order to support a particular application as specified by the requesting body and limited to such use any further use of such code elements is subject to approval by the ISO 3166 MA The following alpha 2 codes are currently exceptionally reserved Code Area name or country name Current actual country ccTLD NotesAC Ascension Island United Kingdom ac Reserved on request of UPU for stamp issuing areaCP Clipperton Island France Reserved on request of ITU for location of certain telecommunications installationsCQ Island of Sark United Kingdom Reserved on request of the United Kingdom Letters are derived from French name Sercq DG Diego Garcia United Kingdom Reserved on request of ITU for location of certain telecommunications installationsEA Ceuta Melilla Spain Part of Spanish North Africa Spanish Africa Septentrional Espanola Reserved on request of WCO for Eurasian Patent OrganizationEU European Union multiple eu Reserved on request of ISO 4217 MA for the European monetary unit Euro Extended for ISO 6166 Securities International securities identification numbering system ISIN in March 1998 Extended for any application needing to represent the name European Union in August 1999EZ Eurozone multiple Reserved on request of ISO 6166 RA for the European OTC derivatives within International securities identification numbering system ISIN FX France Metropolitan France Reserved on request of France Officially assigned before deleted from ISO 3166 1 now assigned ISO 3166 3 code FXFR IC Canary Islands Spain Reserved on request of WCO for area not covered by European Union Customs arrangements Code taken from name in Spanish Islas CanariasSU USSR multiple su From June 2008 Transitionally reserved from September 1992 Officially assigned before deleted from ISO 3166 1 now assigned ISO 3166 3 code SUHH Official name and previous ISO country name Union of Soviet Socialist Republics common name Soviet Union TA Tristan da Cunha United Kingdom Reserved on request of UPU for stamp issuing areaUK United Kingdom United Kingdom uk Reserved on request of the United Kingdom lest UK be used for any other country Also used by the European Commission United Kingdom is officially assigned the alpha 2 code GBUN United Nations multiple Reserved directly by ISO 3166 MA for the United Nations The following alpha 2 codes were previously exceptionally reserved but are now officially assigned Code Area name or country name NotesAX Aland Islands Reserved on request of FinlandGG Guernsey Reserved on request of UPU for stamp issuing areaIM Isle of Man Reserved on request of UPU for stamp issuing areaJE Jersey Reserved on request of UPU for stamp issuing areaTransitional reservations Transitional reserved code elements are codes reserved after their deletion from ISO 3166 1 These codes may be used only during a transitional period of at least five years while new code elements that may have replaced them are taken into use These codes may be reassigned by the ISO 3166 MA after the expiration of the transitional period The following alpha 2 codes are currently transitionally reserved Code Formerly used country name Reserved from Reserved to ccTLD ISO 3166 3 NotesAN Netherlands Antilles 2010 12 2060 12 an ANHH Divided into BQ Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba CW Curacao and SX Dutch part of Sint Maarten BU Burma 1989 12 2039 12 BUMM Name changed to Myanmar MM CS Originally Czechoslovakia later Serbia and Montenegro 2006 09 2056 09 CSHH CSXX Code taken from name in Serbian Srbija i Crna Gora for Serbia and Montenegro which however is now divided into Montenegro ME and Serbia RS Though reserved the ccTLD cs was never actually assigned to Serbia and Montenegro the ccTLD of Serbia and Montenegro was yu as that formerly unified country s name and that of its larger predecessor had previously been Yugoslavia CS originally represented Czechoslovakia Its successor state Czechia uses CZ and Slovakia SK NT Neutral Zone 1993 07 2043 07 NTHH Divided between Iraq IQ and Saudi Arabia SA TP East Timor 2002 05 2052 05 tp TPTL Code taken from previous ISO country name Portuguese Timor name changed to Timor Leste TL YU Yugoslavia 2003 07 2053 07 YUCS Code used for the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia before 1992 and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia after 1992ZR Zaire 1997 07 2047 07 ZRCD Name changed to Congo the Democratic Republic of the CD ccTLD zr has been deleted The following alpha 2 code was previously transitionally reserved but was later reassigned to another country as its official code Code Formerly used country name Date of reservation ccTLD ISO 3166 3 NotesCS Czechoslovakia 1993 06 CSHH Code reassigned to Serbia and Montenegro ccTLD cs has been deleted For each deleted alpha 2 code an entry for the corresponding former country name is included in ISO 3166 3 Each entry is assigned a four letter alphabetic code where the first two letters are the deleted alpha 2 code Indeterminate reservations Indeterminately reserved code elements are reserved for use in a particular way usually due to their presence in other coding systems For example several codes are reserved because they are used for international intellectual property organizations in WIPO Standard ST 3 The following alpha 2 codes are currently indeterminately reserved Code elements reserved indeterminately Code Area name or country name Current code NotesAP African Regional Industrial Property Organization ARIPO BX Benelux Trademarks and Designs Office BOIP DY Benin BJEF Union of Countries under the European Community Patent Convention EM European Trademark Office EUIPO EP European Patent Organization EPOrg EV Eurasian Patent Organization EAPO EW Estonia EEFL Liechtenstein LIGC Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf GCCPO IB International Bureau of WIPO JA Jamaica JMLF Libya Fezzan OA African Intellectual Property Organization OAPI PI Philippines PHRA Argentina ARRB Bolivia or Botswana BO or BWRC China CN amp TWRH Haiti HTRI Indonesia IDRL Lebanon LBRM Madagascar MGRN Niger NERP Philippines PHSF Finland FIWG Grenada GDWL Saint Lucia LCWO World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO WV Saint Vincent VCYV Venezuela VE The following alpha 2 codes were previously indeterminately reserved but have been reassigned to another country as its official code Code elements previously reserved indeterminately Code Area name or country name Current code Notes Code reassigned toLT Libya Tripoli LithuaniaME Western Sahara EH MontenegroRU Burundi BI Russian FederationNotesWIPO Standard ST 3 actually uses EA instead of EV to represent the Eurasian Patent Organization However EA was already exceptionally reserved by the ISO 3166 MA to represent Ceuta and Melilla for customs purposes The ISO 3166 MA proposed in 1995 that EV be used by WIPO to represent the Eurasian Patent Organization however this request was not honoured by WIPO Reserved at the request of World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO for use in Standard ST 3 Code notified to United Nations Secretary General under 1949 and 1968 Road Traffic Conventions Code in use for road transport purposes but not notified to United Nations Secretary General under 1949 Road Traffic Convention Code under 1949 Road Traffic Convention Code under 1968 Road Traffic Convention Previously used in international postal codes and vehicle registration codes to represent Finland code was not officially assigned and the code was previously listed as transitionally reserved from 1995 09 until 2012 06 Code taken from name in Finnish and Swedish combined Suomi Finland Deleted codesBesides the codes currently transitionally reserved and two other codes currently exceptionally reserved FX for France Metropolitan and SU for USSR the following alpha 2 codes have also been deleted from ISO 3166 1 Code Formerly used country name ISO 3166 3 NotesAI French Afars and Issas AIDJ Code later reassigned to AnguillaBQ British Antarctic Territory BQAQ Code later reassigned to Bonaire Sint Eustatius and SabaCT Canton and Enderbury Islands CTKIDD German Democratic Republic DDDE Code taken from name in German Deutsche Demokratische Republik Common name East GermanyDY Dahomey DYBJ Name changed to Benin BJ The code is now indeterminately reserved FQ French Southern and Antarctic Territories FQHH See TF and FR TF GE Gilbert Islands initially Gilbert and Ellice Islands GEHH Code later reassigned to GeorgiaHV Upper Volta HVBF Code taken from name in French Haute VoltaJT Johnston Island JTUM Common name Johnston AtollMI Midway Islands MIUMNH New Hebrides NHVUNQ Dronning Maud Land NQAQ A dependent territory of NorwayPC Pacific Islands Trust Territory PCHHPU United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands PUUM Consisted of Baker Island Howland Island Jarvis Island Kingman Reef and Palmyra AtollPZ Panama Canal Zone PZPARH Southern Rhodesia RHZW Name used by country itself Rhodesia Southern Rhodesia was the colonial name SK Sikkim SKIN Code later reassigned to SlovakiaVD Viet Nam Democratic Republic of VDVN Common name North VietnamWK Wake Island WKUMYD Yemen Democratic YDYE Common name South Yemen For each deleted alpha 2 code an entry for the corresponding former country name is included in ISO 3166 3 Each entry is assigned a four letter alphabetic code where the first two letters are the deleted alpha 2 code See alsoList of FIPS country codes in FIPS 10 4 part of the United States Federal Information Processing Standards FIPS The Regional Indicator Symbol in Unicode introduced to use these codes ISO 639 1 a different set of two letter codes used for languagesReferences Country Codes ISO 3166 International Organization for Standardization ISO The International Standard Recording Code International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Archived from the original on 12 February 2014 Retrieved 6 March 2009 Currency codes ISO 4217 ISO ISO6166 an outline of the standard Association of National Numbering Agencies Archived from the original on 27 July 2009 Retrieved 6 March 2009 About BIC Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication Archived from the original on 1 March 2009 IBAN Registry PDF Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication Archived from the original PDF on 2 January 2010 UN LOCODE Code List by Country United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Retrieved 6 May 2017 IANA Root Zone Database Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Standard ST 3 Recommended standard on two letter codes for the representation of states other entities and intergovernmental organizations PDF Handbook on Industrial Property Information and Documentation World Intellectual Property Organization April 2007 pp 3 3 1 3 3 9 Publications Office Interinstitutional style guide Countries European Union Interinstitutional style guide EU 27 and candidate countries publications europa eu Retrieved 3 October 2022 Commission Regulation EC No 2645 98 of 9 December 1998 on the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States Official Journal of the European Communities L 335 European Union 10 December 1998 pp 22 29 Distinguishing signs used on vehicles in international traffic PDF United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Codes to history Code for formerly used names of countries completes the trilogy of country codes PDF ISO Bulletin ISO April 2000 pp 10 12 Archived from the original PDF on 5 December 2008 Falkland Islands Government Archived from the original on 11 December 2016 Retrieved 22 December 2016 ISO 3166 FAQs Specific ISO IANA gb whois information NL Netherlands Kingdom of the ISO Online Browsing Platform Special Meeting of the Board Minutes ICANN 16 January 2007 Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty U S Department of State Retrieved 27 April 2022 Glossary for ISO 3166 Codes for countries and their subdivisions ISO International ISRC Agency Bulletin 2010 02 Country Code for ISRC in the United States PDF IFPI 6 December 2010 Archived from the original PDF on 10 August 2012 Retrieved 27 February 2019 Mark Davis Unicode Technical Standard 35 Unicode Locale Data Markup Language LDML Unicode Consortium List of Countries for the foreign trade statistics of Switzerland 2017 PDF ezv admin ch 2017 Archived from the original PDF on 2 February 2017 Mir Geografiya Spravochnik Prezident Rossii Get an EORI number gov uk Retrieved 7 December 2020 Swedish tax Authority This is how VAT is affected by Brexit Special rules for trade with Northern Ireland Glossary Country codes Statistics Explained europa eu SWIFT IBAN Registry Archived 2013 11 01 at the Wayback Machine Release 50 September 2014 XK country code for Kosovo GeoNames Blog 8 March 2010 Agreement between the Nordic Patent Institute and the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization PDF World Intellectual Property Organization 1 May 2013 Retrieved 7 August 2013 Country codes in ISO 3166 davros org 25 July 2003 Retrieved 13 November 2018 Codes for the representation of names of countries PDF First ed International Organization for Standardization 15 December 1974 Retrieved 9 July 2021 via cia gov Report on zr domain deletion iana org IANA 20 June 2001 Retrieved 17 January 2021 EA ISO Online Browsing Platform Clive Feather 25 July 2003 Country codes in ISO 3166 Table 2 codes withdrawn from use Sources and external linksISO 3166 Maintenance Agency International Organization for Standardization ISO Online Browsing Platform OBP searchable list of country codes Text file English 2016 XML file English 2016 Reserved code elements under ISO 3166 1 Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions Part 1 Country codes available on request from ISO 3166 MA The World Factbook public domain Central Intelligence Agency Appendix D Country Data Codes comparison of FIPS 10 ISO 3166 and STANAG 1059 country codes List of all countries with their 2 digit codes ISO 3166 1 CSV JSON Archived 2017 08 25 at the Wayback Machine Comprehensive country codes ISO 3166 ITU ISO 4217 currency codes and many more CSV JSON Archived 2017 08 26 at the Wayback Machine Administrative Divisions of Countries Statoids Statoids com Country codes comparison of ISO 3166 1 country codes with other country codes ISO 3166 1 Change History

    rec-icon Recommended Topics
    Share this article
    • Wikipedia
    Read the free encyclopedia and learn everything...
    See more
    Read the free encyclopedia. All information in Wikipedia is available. No payment required.
    Home / Wikipedia / ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
    See less
    Share this article on
    Share
    Copy
    [

    Most Popular

    ]

    Horoscopes

    Horoscopes
    NiNa
    • ASTROLOGY
    • Horoscopes
    • WIKIPEDIA
    • Choose a language
    • Contact Us
    © 2019 nina.az
    XXX 0C
    Sunday, 23 February, 2025
    • Home
    • Astrology
    • Wikipedia
    • Astrology
      • Horoscopes
    • Choose a language
    • Contact Us
    © 2019 nina.az - All rights reserved.
    Copyright: Dadash Mammadov
    Follow Us On
    • HomeHomePageHome