ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
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ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard<ref name="iso3166-info">Template:Cite web</ref> 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 were first included as part of the ISO 3166 standard in its first edition in 1974.
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<ref name="iso3166-info"/> | |
| ISO 3901 | International Standard Recording Code (ISRC)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| ISO 4217 | Currency code<ref name="iso4217-info">Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| ISO 6166 | International Securities Identifying Number (ISIN)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| ISO 9362 | Bank Identifier Codes (BIC) | Also known as SWIFT codes<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| ISO 13616 | International Bank Account Number (IBAN)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| 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<ref name="unlocode">Template:Cite web</ref> |
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> For example, the United Kingdom, whose alpha-2 code is Template:Mono, uses .uk instead of .gb as its ccTLD, as Template:Mono is currently exceptionally reserved in ISO 3166-1 at 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The European Commission generally uses ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes with two exceptions: Template:Mono (not Template:Mono) is used to represent Greece, and Template:Mono (not Template:Mono) is used to represent the United Kingdom.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> This notwithstanding, the Official Journal of the European Communities specified that Template:Mono and Template:Mono be used to represent Greece and United Kingdom respectively.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> For VAT administration purposes, the European Commission uses [[VAT identification number#European Union VAT identification numbers|Template:Mono and Template:Mono 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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 Template:Mono) 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 676 ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes.
| title="user-assigned" Template:Safe | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="exceptionally reserved: Ascension Island" Template:Rarely | title="Andorra" Template:Active | title="United Arab Emirates" Template:Active | title="Afghanistan" Template:Active | title="Antigua and Barbuda" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Anguilla (formerly: French Afars and Issas)" Template:Unofficial2 | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Albania" Template:Active | title="Armenia" Template:Active | title="transitionally reserved: Netherlands Antilles" Template:Nonfree | title="Angola" Template:Active | title="indeterminately reserved: African Regional Industrial Property Organization" Template:Eliminated | title="Antarctica" Template:Active | title="Argentina" Template:Active | title="American Samoa" Template:Active | title="Austria" Template:Active | title="Australia" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Aruba" Template:Active | title="Åland Islands" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Azerbaijan" Template:Active |
| title="Bosnia and Herzegovina" Template:Active | title="Barbados" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Bangladesh" Template:Active | title="Belgium" Template:Active | title="Burkina Faso" Template:Active | title="Bulgaria" Template:Active | title="Bahrain" Template:Active | title="Burundi" Template:Active | title="Benin" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Saint Barthélemy" Template:Active | title="Bermuda" Template:Active | title="Brunei Darussalam" Template:Active | title="Bolivia, Plurinational State of" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (formerly: British Antarctic Territory)" Template:Unofficial2 | title="Brazil" Template:Active | title="Bahamas" Template:Active | title="Bhutan" Template:Active | title="transitionally reserved: Burma" Template:Nonfree | title="Bouvet Island" Template:Active | title="Botswana" Template:Active | title="indeterminately reserved: Benelux Trademarks and Designs Office" Template:Eliminated | title="Belarus" Template:Active | title="Belize" Template:Active |
| title="Canada" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Cocos (Keeling) Islands" Template:Active | title="Congo, Democratic Republic of the" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Central African Republic" Template:Active | title="Congo" Template:Active | title="Switzerland" Template:Active | title="Côte d'Ivoire" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Cook Islands" Template:Active | title="Chile" Template:Active | title="Cameroon" Template:Active | title="China" Template:Active | title="Colombia" Template:Active | title="exceptionally reserved: Clipperton Island" Template:Rarely | title="exceptionally reserved: Island of Sark" Template:Rarely | title="Costa Rica" Template:Active | title="transitionally reserved: Serbia and Montenegro (formerly: Czechoslovakia)" Template:Nonfree | title="deleted: Canton and Enderbury Islands; unassigned" Template:Okay | title="Cuba" Template:Active | title="Cabo Verde" Template:Active | title="Curaçao" Template:Active | title="Christmas Island" Template:Active | title="Cyprus" Template:Active | title="Czechia" Template:Active |
| title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="deleted: German Democratic Republic; unassigned" Template:Okay | title="Germany" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="exceptionally reserved: Diego Garcia" Template:Rarely | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Djibouti" Template:Active | title="Denmark" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Dominica" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Dominican Republic" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="indeterminately reserved: Benin" Template:Eliminated | title="Algeria" Template:Active |
| title="exceptionally reserved: Ceuta, Melilla" Template:Rarely | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Ecuador" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Estonia" Template:Active | title="indeterminately reserved: Union of Countries under the European Community Patent Convention" Template:Eliminated | title="Egypt" Template:Active | title="Western Sahara" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="indeterminately reserved: European Trademark Office" Template:Eliminated | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="indeterminately reserved: European Patent Organization" Template:Eliminated | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Eritrea" Template:Active | title="Spain" Template:Active | title="Ethiopia" Template:Active | title="exceptionally reserved: European Union" Template:Rarely | title="indeterminately reserved: Eurasian Patent Organization" Template:Eliminated | title="indeterminately reserved: Estonia" Template:Eliminated | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="exceptionally reserved: Eurozone" Template:Rarely |
| title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Finland" Template:Active | title="Fiji" Template:Active | title="Falkland Islands (Malvinas)" Template:Active | title="indeterminately reserved: Liechtenstein" Template:Eliminated | title="Micronesia, Federated States of" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Faroe Islands" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="deleted: French Southern and Antarctic Territories; unassigned" Template:Okay | title="France" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="exceptionally reserved: France, Metropolitan" Template:Rarely | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result |
| title="Gabon" Template:Active | title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" Template:Active | title="indeterminately reserved: Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)" Template:Eliminated | title="Grenada" Template:Active | title="Georgia (formerly: Gilbert and Ellice Islands)" Template:Unofficial2 | title="French Guiana" Template:Active | title="Guernsey" Template:Active | title="Ghana" Template:Active | title="Gibraltar" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Greenland" Template:Active | title="Gambia" Template:Active | title="Guinea" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Guadeloupe" Template:Active | title="Equatorial Guinea" Template:Active | title="Greece" Template:Active | title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands" Template:Active | title="Guatemala" Template:Active | title="Guam" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Guinea-Bissau" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Guyana" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result |
| title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Hong Kong" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Heard Island and McDonald Islands" Template:Active | title="Honduras" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Croatia" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Haiti" Template:Active | title="Hungary" Template:Active | title="deleted: Upper Volta; unassigned" Template:Okay | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result |
| title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="indeterminately reserved: International Bureau of WIPO" Template:Eliminated | title="exceptionally reserved: Canary Islands" Template:Rarely | title="Indonesia" Template:Active | title="Ireland" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Israel" Template:Active | title="Isle of Man" Template:Active | title="India" Template:Active | title="British Indian Ocean Territory" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Iraq" Template:Active | title="Iran, Islamic Republic of" Template:Active | title="Iceland" Template:Active | title="Italy" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result |
| title="indeterminately reserved: Jamaica" Template:Eliminated | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Jersey" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Jamaica" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Jordan" Template:Active | title="Japan" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="deleted: Johnston Island; unassigned" Template:Okay | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result |
| title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Kenya" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Kyrgyzstan" Template:Active | title="Cambodia" Template:Active | title="Kiribati" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Comoros" Template:Active | title="Saint Kitts and Nevis" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Korea, Democratic People's Republic of" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Korea, Republic of" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Kuwait" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Cayman Islands" Template:Active | title="Kazakhstan" Template:Active |
| title="Lao People's Democratic Republic" Template:Active | title="Lebanon" Template:Active | title="Saint Lucia" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="indeterminately reserved: Libya Fezzan" Template:Eliminated | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Liechtenstein" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Sri Lanka" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Liberia" Template:Active | title="Lesotho" Template:Active | title="Lithuania (formerly: Libya Tripoli)" Template:Unofficial2 | title="Luxembourg" Template:Active | title="Latvia" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Libya" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result |
| title="Morocco" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Monaco" Template:Active | title="Moldova, Republic of" Template:Active | title="Montenegro (formerly: Western Sahara)" Template:Unofficial2 | title="Saint Martin (French part)" Template:Active | title="Madagascar" Template:Active | title="Marshall Islands" Template:Active | title="deleted: Midway Islands; unassigned" Template:Okay | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="North Macedonia" Template:Active | title="Mali" Template:Active | title="Myanmar" Template:Active | title="Mongolia" Template:Active | title="Macao" Template:Active | title="Northern Mariana Islands" Template:Active | title="Martinique" Template:Active | title="Mauritania" Template:Active | title="Montserrat" Template:Active | title="Malta" Template:Active | title="Mauritius" Template:Active | title="Maldives" Template:Active | title="Malawi" Template:Active | title="Mexico" Template:Active | title="Malaysia" Template:Active | title="Mozambique" Template:Active |
| title="Namibia" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="New Caledonia" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Niger" Template:Active | title="Norfolk Island" Template:Active | title="Nigeria" Template:Active | title="deleted: New Hebrides; unassigned" Template:Okay | title="Nicaragua" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Netherlands, Kingdom of the" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Norway" Template:Active | title="Nepal" Template:Active | title="deleted: Dronning Maud Land; unassigned" Template:Okay | title="Nauru" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="transitionally reserved: Neutral Zone" Template:Nonfree | title="Niue" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="New Zealand" Template:Active |
| title="indeterminately reserved: African Intellectual Property Organization" Template:Eliminated | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Oman" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result |
| title="Panama" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="deleted: Pacific Islands (Trust Territory); unassigned" Template:Okay | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Peru" Template:Active | title="French Polynesia" Template:Active | title="Papua New Guinea" Template:Active | title="Philippines" Template:Active | title="indeterminately reserved: Philippines" Template:Eliminated | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Pakistan" Template:Active | title="Poland" Template:Active | title="Saint Pierre and Miquelon" Template:Active | title="Pitcairn" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Puerto Rico" Template:Active | title="Palestine, State of" Template:Active | title="Portugal" Template:Active | title="deleted: United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands; unassigned" Template:Okay | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Palau" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Paraguay" Template:Active | title="deleted: Panama Canal Zone; unassigned" Template:Okay |
| title="Qatar" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="user-assigned" Template:Safe | title="user-assigned" Template:Safe | title="user-assigned" Template:Safe | title="user-assigned" Template:Safe | title="user-assigned" Template:Safe | title="user-assigned" Template:Safe | title="user-assigned" Template:Safe | title="user-assigned" Template:Safe | title="user-assigned" Template:Safe | title="user-assigned" Template:Safe | title="user-assigned" Template:Safe | title="user-assigned" Template:Safe | title="user-assigned" Template:Safe | title="user-assigned" Template:Safe |
| title="indeterminately reserved: Argentina" Template:Eliminated | title="indeterminately reserved: Bolivia; Botswana" Template:Eliminated | title="indeterminately reserved: China" Template:Eliminated | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Réunion" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="indeterminately reserved: Haiti" Template:Eliminated | title="indeterminately reserved: Indonesia" Template:Eliminated | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="indeterminately reserved: Lebanon" Template:Eliminated | title="indeterminately reserved: Madagascar" Template:Eliminated | title="indeterminately reserved: Niger" Template:Eliminated | title="Romania" Template:Active | title="indeterminately reserved: Philippines" Template:Eliminated | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Serbia" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Russian Federation (formerly: Burundi)" Template:Unofficial2 | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Rwanda" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result |
| title="Saudi Arabia" Template:Active | title="Solomon Islands" Template:Active | title="Seychelles" Template:Active | title="Sudan" Template:Active | title="Sweden" Template:Active | title="indeterminately reserved: Finland" Template:Eliminated | title="Singapore" Template:Active | title="Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha" Template:Active | title="Slovenia" Template:Active | title="Svalbard and Jan Mayen" Template:Active | title="Slovakia (formerly: Sikkim)" Template:Unofficial2 | title="Sierra Leone" Template:Active | title="San Marino" Template:Active | title="Senegal" Template:Active | title="Somalia" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Suriname" Template:Active | title="South Sudan" Template:Active | title="Sao Tome and Principe" Template:Active | title="exceptionally reserved: USSR" Template:Rarely | title="El Salvador" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Sint Maarten (Dutch part)" Template:Active | title="Syrian Arab Republic" Template:Active | title="Eswatini" Template:Active |
| title="exceptionally reserved: Tristan da Cunha" Template:Rarely | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Turks and Caicos Islands" Template:Active | title="Chad" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="French Southern Territories" Template:Active | title="Togo" Template:Active | title="Thailand" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Tajikistan" Template:Active | title="Tokelau" Template:Active | title="Timor-Leste" Template:Active | title="Turkmenistan" Template:Active | title="Tunisia" Template:Active | title="Tonga" Template:Active | title="transitionally reserved: East Timor" Template:Nonfree | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Türkiye" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Trinidad and Tobago" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Tuvalu" Template:Active | title="Taiwan, Province of China" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Tanzania, United Republic of" Template:Active |
| title="Ukraine" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Uganda" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="exceptionally reserved: United Kingdom" Template:Rarely | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="United States Minor Outlying Islands" Template:Active | title="exceptionally reserved: United Nations" Template:Rarely | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="United States of America" Template:Active | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="unassigned" Template:No result | title="Uruguay" Template:Active | title="Uzbekistan" Template:Active |
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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:<ref name="iso3166-info"/>
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[ISO 3166-2:AD|Template:Mono]] | Andorra | 1974 | .ad | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:AE|Template:Mono]] | United Arab Emirates | 1974 | .ae | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:AF|Template:Mono]] | Afghanistan | 1974 | .af | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:AG|Template:Mono]] | Antigua and Barbuda | 1974 | .ag | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:AI|Template:Mono]] | Anguilla | 1985 | .ai | Template:Mono previously represented French Afars and Issas |
| [[ISO 3166-2:AL|Template:Mono]] | Albania | 1974 | .al | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:AM|Template:Mono]] | Armenia | 1992 | .am | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:AO|Template:Mono]] | Angola | 1974 | .ao | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:AQ|Template:Mono]] | Antarctica | 1974 | .aq | Covers the territories south of 60° south latitude Code taken from name in French: Template:Lang |
| [[ISO 3166-2:AR|Template:Mono]] | Argentina | 1974 | .ar | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:AS|Template:Mono]] | American Samoa | 1974 | .as | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:AT|Template:Mono]] | Austria | 1974 | .at | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:AU|Template:Mono]] | Australia | 1974 | .au | Includes the Ashmore and Cartier Islands and the Coral Sea Islands |
| [[ISO 3166-2:AW|Template:Mono]] | Aruba | 1986 | .aw | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:AX|Template:Mono]] | Template:Sort | 2004 | .ax | An autonomous county of Finland |
| [[ISO 3166-2:AZ|Template:Mono]] | Azerbaijan | 1992 | .az | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:BA|Template:Mono]] | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1992 | .ba | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:BB|Template:Mono]] | Barbados | 1974 | .bb | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:BD|Template:Mono]] | Bangladesh | 1974 | .bd | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:BE|Template:Mono]] | Belgium | 1974 | .be | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:BF|Template:Mono]] | Burkina Faso | 1984 | .bf | Name changed from Upper Volta (Template:Mono) |
| [[ISO 3166-2:BG|Template:Mono]] | Bulgaria | 1974 | .bg | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:BH|Template:Mono]] | Bahrain | 1974 | .bh | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:BI|Template:Mono]] | Burundi | 1974 | .bi | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:BJ|Template:Mono]] | Benin | 1977 | .bj | Name changed from Dahomey (Template:Mono) |
| [[ISO 3166-2:BL|Template:Mono]] | Saint Barthélemy | 2007 | .bl | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:BM|Template:Mono]] | Bermuda | 1974 | .bm | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:BN|Template:Mono]] | Brunei Darussalam | 1974 | .bn | Previous ISO country name: Brunei |
| [[ISO 3166-2:BO|Template:Mono]] | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1974 | .bo | Previous ISO country name: Bolivia |
| [[ISO 3166-2:BQ|Template:Mono]] | 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 Template:Mono previously represented British Antarctic Territory |
| [[ISO 3166-2:BR|Template:Mono]] | Brazil | 1974 | .br | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:BS|Template:Mono]] | Bahamas | 1974 | .bs | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:BT|Template:Mono]] | Bhutan | 1974 | .bt | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:BV|Template:Mono]] | Bouvet Island | 1974 | .bv | Dependency of Norway |
| [[ISO 3166-2:BW|Template:Mono]] | Botswana | 1974 | .bw | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:BY|Template:Mono]] | Belarus | 1974 | .by | Code taken from previous ISO country name: Byelorussian SSR (now assigned ISO 3166-3 code [[ISO 3166-3#BYAA|Template:Mono]]) Code assigned as the country was already a UN member since 1945<ref name="bulletin">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| [[ISO 3166-2:BZ|Template:Mono]] | Belize | 1974 | .bz | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:CA|Template:Mono]] | Canada | 1974 | .ca | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:CC|Template:Mono]] | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 1974 | .cc | External territory of Australia |
| [[ISO 3166-2:CD|Template:Mono]] | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1997 | .cd | Name changed from Zaire (Template:Mono) |
| [[ISO 3166-2:CF|Template:Mono]] | Central African Republic | 1974 | .cf | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:CG|Template:Mono]] | Congo | 1974 | .cg | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:CH|Template:Mono]] | Switzerland | 1974 | .ch | Code taken from name in Latin: Template:Lang |
| [[ISO 3166-2:CI|Template:Mono]] | Template:Sort | 1974 | .ci | ISO country name follows UN designation (common name and previous ISO country name: Ivory Coast) |
| [[ISO 3166-2:CK|Template:Mono]] | Cook Islands | 1974 | .ck | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:CL|Template:Mono]] | Chile | 1974 | .cl | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:CM|Template:Mono]] | Cameroon | 1974 | .cm | Previous ISO country name: Cameroon, United Republic of |
| [[ISO 3166-2:CN|Template:Mono]] | China | 1974 | .cn | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:CO|Template:Mono]] | Colombia | 1974 | .co | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:CR|Template:Mono]] | Costa Rica | 1974 | .cr | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:CU|Template:Mono]] | Cuba | 1974 | .cu | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:CV|Template:Mono]] | 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) |
| [[ISO 3166-2:CW|Template:Mono]] | Curaçao | 2010 | .cw | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:CX|Template:Mono]] | Christmas Island | 1974 | .cx | External territory of Australia |
| [[ISO 3166-2:CY|Template:Mono]] | Cyprus | 1974 | .cy | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:CZ|Template:Mono]] | Czechia | 1993 | .cz | Previous ISO country name: Czech Republic |
| [[ISO 3166-2:DE|Template:Mono]] | Germany | 1974 | .de | Code taken from name in German: Template:Lang Code used for West Germany before 1990 (previous ISO country name: Germany, Federal Republic of) |
| [[ISO 3166-2:DJ|Template:Mono]] | Djibouti | 1977 | .dj | Name changed from French Afars and Issas (Template:Mono) |
| [[ISO 3166-2:DK|Template:Mono]] | Denmark | 1974 | .dk | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:DM|Template:Mono]] | Dominica | 1974 | .dm | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:DO|Template:Mono]] | Dominican Republic | 1974 | .do | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:DZ|Template:Mono]] | Algeria | 1974 | .dz | Code taken from name in Arabic الجزائر al-Djazā'ir, Algerian Arabic الدزاير al-Dzāyīr, or Berber ⴷⵣⴰⵢⵔ Dzayer |
| [[ISO 3166-2:EC|Template:Mono]] | Ecuador | 1974 | .ec | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:EE|Template:Mono]] | Estonia | 1992 | .ee | Code taken from name in Estonian: Template:Lang |
| [[ISO 3166-2:EG|Template:Mono]] | Egypt | 1974 | .eg | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:EH|Template:Mono]] | Western Sahara | 1974 | .eh | Previous ISO country name: Spanish Sahara (code taken from name in Spanish: Template:Lang) |
| [[ISO 3166-2:ER|Template:Mono]] | Eritrea | 1993 | .er | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:ES|Template:Mono]] | Spain | 1974 | .es | Code taken from name in Spanish: Template:Lang |
| [[ISO 3166-2:ET|Template:Mono]] | Ethiopia | 1974 | .et | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:FI|Template:Mono]] | Finland | 1974 | .fi | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:FJ|Template:Mono]] | Fiji | 1974 | .fj | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:FK|Template:Mono]] | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 1974 | .fk | ISO country name follows UN designation due to the Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute (local common name: Falkland Islands)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| [[ISO 3166-2:FM|Template:Mono]] | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1986 | .fm | Previous ISO country name: Micronesia |
| [[ISO 3166-2:FO|Template:Mono]] | Faroe Islands | 1974 | .fo | Code taken from name in Faroese: Føroyar |
| [[ISO 3166-2:FR|Template:Mono]] | France | 1974 | .fr | Includes Clipperton Island |
| [[ISO 3166-2:GA|Template:Mono]] | Gabon | 1974 | .ga | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:GB|Template:Mono]] | 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)<ref name="faqs_specific">Template:Cite web</ref> Previous ISO country name: United Kingdom .uk is the primary ccTLD of the United Kingdom instead of .gb<ref>IANA .gb whois information</ref> (see code [[#UK|Template:Mono]], which is exceptionally reserved) |
| [[ISO 3166-2:GD|Template:Mono]] | Grenada | 1974 | .gd | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:GE|Template:Mono]] | Georgia | 1992 | .ge | Template:Mono previously represented Gilbert and Ellice Islands |
| [[ISO 3166-2:GF|Template:Mono]] | French Guiana | 1974 | .gf | Code taken from name in French: Template:Lang |
| [[ISO 3166-2:GG|Template:Mono]] | Guernsey | 2006 | .gg | A British Crown Dependency |
| [[ISO 3166-2:GH|Template:Mono]] | Ghana | 1974 | .gh | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:GI|Template:Mono]] | Gibraltar | 1974 | .gi | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:GL|Template:Mono]] | Greenland | 1974 | .gl | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:GM|Template:Mono]] | Gambia | 1974 | .gm | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:GN|Template:Mono]] | Guinea | 1974 | .gn | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:GP|Template:Mono]] | Guadeloupe | 1974 | .gp | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:GQ|Template:Mono]] | Equatorial Guinea | 1974 | .gq | Code taken from name in French: Template:Lang |
| [[ISO 3166-2:GR|Template:Mono]] | Greece | 1974 | .gr | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:GS|Template:Mono]] | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 1993 | .gs | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:GT|Template:Mono]] | Guatemala | 1974 | .gt | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:GU|Template:Mono]] | Guam | 1974 | .gu | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:GW|Template:Mono]] | Guinea-Bissau | 1974 | .gw | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:GY|Template:Mono]] | Guyana | 1974 | .gy | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:HK|Template:Mono]] | Hong Kong | 1974 | .hk | Hong Kong is officially a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (CN) since 1 July 1997 |
| [[ISO 3166-2:HM|Template:Mono]] | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 1974 | .hm | External territory of Australia |
| [[ISO 3166-2:HN|Template:Mono]] | Honduras | 1974 | .hn | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:HR|Template:Mono]] | Croatia | 1992 | .hr | Code taken from name in Croatian: Template:Lang |
| [[ISO 3166-2:HT|Template:Mono]] | Haiti | 1974 | .ht | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:HU|Template:Mono]] | Hungary | 1974 | .hu | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:ID|Template:Mono]] | Indonesia | 1974 | .id | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:IE|Template:Mono]] | Ireland | 1974 | .ie | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:IL|Template:Mono]] | Israel | 1974 | .il | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:IM|Template:Mono]] | Isle of Man | 2006 | .im | A British Crown Dependency |
| [[ISO 3166-2:IN|Template:Mono]] | India | 1974 | .in | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:IO|Template:Mono]] | British Indian Ocean Territory | 1974 | .io | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:IQ|Template:Mono]] | Iraq | 1974 | .iq | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:IR|Template:Mono]] | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1974 | .ir | Previous ISO country name: Iran |
| [[ISO 3166-2:IS|Template:Mono]] | Iceland | 1974 | .is | Code taken from name in Icelandic: Template:Lang |
| [[ISO 3166-2:IT|Template:Mono]] | Italy | 1974 | .it | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:JE|Template:Mono]] | Jersey | 2006 | .je | A British Crown Dependency |
| [[ISO 3166-2:JM|Template:Mono]] | Jamaica | 1974 | .jm | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:JO|Template:Mono]] | Jordan | 1974 | .jo | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:JP|Template:Mono]] | Japan | 1974 | .jp | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:KE|Template:Mono]] | Kenya | 1974 | .ke | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:KG|Template:Mono]] | Kyrgyzstan | 1992 | .kg | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:KH|Template:Mono]] | Cambodia | 1974 | .kh | Code taken from former name: Khmer Republic Previous ISO country name: Kampuchea, Democratic |
| [[ISO 3166-2:KI|Template:Mono]] | Kiribati | 1979 | .ki | Name changed from Gilbert Islands (Template:Mono) |
| [[ISO 3166-2:KM|Template:Mono]] | Comoros | 1974 | .km | Code taken from name in Comorian: Template:Lang Previous ISO country name: Comoro Islands |
| [[ISO 3166-2:KN|Template:Mono]] | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1974 | .kn | Previous ISO country name: Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla |
| [[ISO 3166-2:KP|Template:Mono]] | Template:Nowrap | 1974 | .kp | ISO country name follows UN designation (common name: North Korea) |
| [[ISO 3166-2:KR|Template:Mono]] | Korea, Republic of | 1974 | .kr | ISO country name follows UN designation (common name: South Korea) |
| [[ISO 3166-2:KW|Template:Mono]] | Kuwait | 1974 | .kw | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:KY|Template:Mono]] | Cayman Islands | 1974 | .ky | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:KZ|Template:Mono]] | Kazakhstan | 1992 | .kz | Previous ISO country name: Template:Sic |
| [[ISO 3166-2:LA|Template:Mono]] | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1974 | .la | ISO country name follows UN designation (common name and previous ISO country name: Laos) |
| [[ISO 3166-2:LB|Template:Mono]] | Lebanon | 1974 | .lb | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:LC|Template:Mono]] | Saint Lucia | 1974 | .lc | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:LI|Template:Mono]] | Liechtenstein | 1974 | .li | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:LK|Template:Mono]] | Sri Lanka | 1974 | .lk | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:LR|Template:Mono]] | Liberia | 1974 | .lr | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:LS|Template:Mono]] | Lesotho | 1974 | .ls | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:LT|Template:Mono]] | Lithuania | 1992 | .lt | LT formerly reserved indeterminately for Libya Tripoli |
| [[ISO 3166-2:LU|Template:Mono]] | Luxembourg | 1974 | .lu | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:LV|Template:Mono]] | Latvia | 1992 | .lv | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:LY|Template:Mono]] | Libya | 1974 | .ly | Previous ISO country name: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
| [[ISO 3166-2:MA|Template:Mono]] | Morocco | 1974 | .ma | Code taken from name in French: Template:Lang |
| [[ISO 3166-2:MC|Template:Mono]] | Monaco | 1974 | .mc | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:MD|Template:Mono]] | Moldova, Republic of | 1992 | .md | Previous ISO country name: Moldova (briefly from 2008 to 2009) |
| [[ISO 3166-2:ME|Template:Mono]] | Montenegro | 2006 | .me | ME formerly reserved indeterminately for Western Sahara |
| [[ISO 3166-2:MF|Template:Mono]] | Saint Martin (French part) | 2007 | .mf | The Dutch part of Saint Martin island is assigned code [[#SX|Template:Mono]] |
| [[ISO 3166-2:MG|Template:Mono]] | Madagascar | 1974 | .mg | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:MH|Template:Mono]] | Marshall Islands | 1986 | .mh | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:MK|Template:Mono]] | North Macedonia | 1993 | .mk | Code taken from name in Macedonian: Template:Lang Previous ISO country name: Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of (designated as such due to Macedonia naming dispute) |
| [[ISO 3166-2:ML|Template:Mono]] | Mali | 1974 | .ml | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:MM|Template:Mono]] | Myanmar | 1989 | .mm | Name changed from Burma (Template:Mono) |
| [[ISO 3166-2:MN|Template:Mono]] | Mongolia | 1974 | .mn | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:MO|Template:Mono]] | 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 |
| [[ISO 3166-2:MP|Template:Mono]] | Northern Mariana Islands | 1986 | .mp | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:MQ|Template:Mono]] | Martinique | 1974 | .mq | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:MR|Template:Mono]] | Mauritania | 1974 | .mr | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:MS|Template:Mono]] | Montserrat | 1974 | .ms | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:MT|Template:Mono]] | Malta | 1974 | .mt | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:MU|Template:Mono]] | Mauritius | 1974 | .mu | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:MV|Template:Mono]] | Maldives | 1974 | .mv | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:MW|Template:Mono]] | Malawi | 1974 | .mw | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:MX|Template:Mono]] | Mexico | 1974 | .mx | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:MY|Template:Mono]] | Malaysia | 1974 | .my | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:MZ|Template:Mono]] | Mozambique | 1974 | .mz | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:NA|Template:Mono]] | Namibia | 1974 | .na | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:NC|Template:Mono]] | New Caledonia | 1974 | .nc | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:NE|Template:Mono]] | Niger | 1974 | .ne | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:NF|Template:Mono]] | Norfolk Island | 1974 | .nf | External territory of Australia |
| [[ISO 3166-2:NG|Template:Mono]] | Nigeria | 1974 | .ng | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:NI|Template:Mono]] | Nicaragua | 1974 | .ni | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:NL|Template:Mono]] | 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Previous ISO country name: Netherlands |
| [[ISO 3166-2:NO|Template:Mono]] | Norway | 1974 | .no | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:NP|Template:Mono]] | Nepal | 1974 | .np | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:NR|Template:Mono]] | Nauru | 1974 | .nr | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:NU|Template:Mono]] | Niue | 1974 | .nu | Previous ISO country name: Niue Island |
| [[ISO 3166-2:NZ|Template:Mono]] | New Zealand | 1974 | .nz | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:OM|Template:Mono]] | Oman | 1974 | .om | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:PA|Template:Mono]] | Panama | 1974 | .pa | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:PE|Template:Mono]] | Peru | 1974 | .pe | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:PF|Template:Mono]] | French Polynesia | 1974 | .pf | Code taken from name in French: Template:Lang |
| [[ISO 3166-2:PG|Template:Mono]] | Papua New Guinea | 1974 | .pg | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:PH|Template:Mono]] | Philippines | 1974 | .ph | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:PK|Template:Mono]] | Pakistan | 1974 | .pk | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:PL|Template:Mono]] | Poland | 1974 | .pl | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:PM|Template:Mono]] | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1974 | .pm | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:PN|Template:Mono]] | Pitcairn | 1974 | .pn | Previous ISO country name: Pitcairn Islands |
| [[ISO 3166-2:PR|Template:Mono]] | Puerto Rico | 1974 | .pr | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:PS|Template:Mono]] | Template:Sort | 1999 | .ps | Previous ISO country name: Palestinian Territory, Occupied Consists of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip |
| [[ISO 3166-2:PT|Template:Mono]] | Portugal | 1974 | .pt | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:PW|Template:Mono]] | Palau | 1986 | .pw | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:PY|Template:Mono]] | Paraguay | 1974 | .py | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:QA|Template:Mono]] | Qatar | 1974 | .qa | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:RE|Template:Mono]] | Template:Sort | 1974 | .re | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:RO|Template:Mono]] | Romania | 1974 | .ro | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:RS|Template:Mono]] | Serbia | 2006 | .rs | Republic of Serbia |
| [[ISO 3166-2:RU|Template:Mono]] | Russian Federation | 1992 | .ru | ISO country name follows UN designation (common name: Russia); RU formerly reserved indeterminately for Burundi |
| [[ISO 3166-2:RW|Template:Mono]] | Rwanda | 1974 | .rw | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:SA|Template:Mono]] | Saudi Arabia | 1974 | .sa | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:SB|Template:Mono]] | Solomon Islands | 1974 | .sb | Code taken from former name: British Solomon Islands |
| [[ISO 3166-2:SC|Template:Mono]] | Seychelles | 1974 | .sc | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:SD|Template:Mono]] | Sudan | 1974 | .sd | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:SE|Template:Mono]] | Sweden | 1974 | .se | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:SG|Template:Mono]] | Singapore | 1974 | .sg | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:SH|Template:Mono]] | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 1974 | .sh | Previous ISO country name: Saint Helena. |
| [[ISO 3166-2:SI|Template:Mono]] | Slovenia | 1992 | .si | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:SJ|Template:Mono]] | 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 |
| [[ISO 3166-2:SK|Template:Mono]] | Slovakia | 1993 | .sk | Template:Mono previously represented the Kingdom of Sikkim |
| [[ISO 3166-2:SL|Template:Mono]] | Sierra Leone | 1974 | .sl | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:SM|Template:Mono]] | San Marino | 1974 | .sm | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:SN|Template:Mono]] | Senegal | 1974 | .sn | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:SO|Template:Mono]] | Somalia | 1974 | .so | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:SR|Template:Mono]] | Suriname | 1974 | .sr | Previous ISO country name: Surinam |
| [[ISO 3166-2:SS|Template:Mono]] | South Sudan | 2011 | .ss | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:ST|Template:Mono]] | [[São Tomé and Príncipe|Template:Sic]] | 1974 | .st | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:SV|Template:Mono]] | El Salvador | 1974 | .sv | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:SX|Template:Mono]] | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2010 | .sx | The French part of Saint Martin island is assigned code [[#MF|Template:Mono]] |
| [[ISO 3166-2:SY|Template:Mono]] | Syrian Arab Republic | 1974 | .sy | ISO country name follows UN designation (common name and previous ISO country name: Syria) |
| [[ISO 3166-2:SZ|Template:Mono]] | Eswatini | 1974 | .sz | Previous ISO country name: Swaziland |
| [[ISO 3166-2:TC|Template:Mono]] | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1974 | .tc | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:TD|Template:Mono]] | Chad | 1974 | .td | Code taken from name in French: Template:Lang |
| [[ISO 3166-2:TF|Template:Mono]] | French Southern Territories | 1979 | .tf | Covers the French Southern and Antarctic Lands except Adélie Land Code taken from name in French: Template:Lang |
| [[ISO 3166-2:TG|Template:Mono]] | Togo | 1974 | .tg | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:TH|Template:Mono]] | Thailand | 1974 | .th | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:TJ|Template:Mono]] | Tajikistan | 1992 | .tj | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:TK|Template:Mono]] | Tokelau | 1974 | .tk | Previous ISO country name: Tokelau Islands |
| [[ISO 3166-2:TL|Template:Mono]] | Timor-Leste | 2002 | .tl | Name changed from East Timor (Template:Mono) |
| [[ISO 3166-2:TM|Template:Mono]] | Turkmenistan | 1992 | .tm | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:TN|Template:Mono]] | Tunisia | 1974 | .tn | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:TO|Template:Mono]] | Tonga | 1974 | .to | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:TR|Template:Mono]] | Türkiye | 1974 | .tr | Previous ISO country name: Turkey |
| [[ISO 3166-2:TT|Template:Mono]] | Trinidad and Tobago | 1974 | .tt | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:TV|Template:Mono]] | Tuvalu | 1977 | .tv | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:TW|Template:Mono]] | 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)<ref name="faqs_specific" /> (common name: Taiwan) |
| [[ISO 3166-2:TZ|Template:Mono]] | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1974 | .tz | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:UA|Template:Mono]] | Ukraine | 1974 | .ua | Previous ISO country name: Ukrainian SSR Code assigned as the country was already a UN member since 1945<ref name="bulletin" /> |
| [[ISO 3166-2:UG|Template:Mono]] | Uganda | 1974 | .ug | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:UM|Template:Mono]] | 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 Template:Mono ccTLD was revoked in 2007<ref>Special Meeting of the Board Minutes ICANN, 16 January 2007</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| [[ISO 3166-2:US|Template:Mono]] | United States of America | 1974 | .us | Previous ISO country name: United States |
| [[ISO 3166-2:UY|Template:Mono]] | Uruguay | 1974 | .uy | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:UZ|Template:Mono]] | Uzbekistan | 1992 | .uz | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:VA|Template:Mono]] | 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) |
| [[ISO 3166-2:VC|Template:Mono]] | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1974 | .vc | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:VE|Template:Mono]] | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1974 | .ve | Previous ISO country name: Venezuela |
| [[ISO 3166-2:VG|Template:Mono]] | Virgin Islands (British) | 1974 | .vg | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:VI|Template:Mono]] | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 1974 | .vi | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:VN|Template:Mono]] | 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 |
| [[ISO 3166-2:VU|Template:Mono]] | Vanuatu | 1980 | .vu | Name changed from New Hebrides (Template:Mono) |
| [[ISO 3166-2:WF|Template:Mono]] | Wallis and Futuna | 1974 | .wf | Previous ISO country name: Wallis and Futuna Islands |
| [[ISO 3166-2:WS|Template:Mono]] | Samoa | 1974 | .ws | Code taken from former name: Western Samoa |
| [[ISO 3166-2:YE|Template:Mono]] | Yemen | 1974 | .ye | Previous ISO country name: Yemen, Republic of (for three years after the unification) Code used for North Yemen before 1990 |
| [[ISO 3166-2:YT|Template:Mono]] | Mayotte | 1993<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | .yt | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:ZA|Template:Mono]] | South Africa | 1974 | .za | Code taken from name in Dutch: Template:Lang |
| [[ISO 3166-2:ZM|Template:Mono]] | Zambia | 1974 | .zm | |
| [[ISO 3166-2:ZW|Template:Mono]] | Zimbabwe | 1980 | .zw | Name changed from Southern Rhodesia (Template:Mono) |
User-assigned code elements
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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: Template:Mono, Template:Mono to Template:Mono, Template:Mono to Template:Mono, and Template:Mono.<ref name="iso-3166-glossary">Template:Cite web</ref> For example:
- The International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) uses Template:Mono as a second country code for the United States, as it ran out of three-character registrant codes within the Template:Mono prefix. It also uses Template:Mono for some registrants assigned directly.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- The Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) assigns Template:Mono 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 Template:Mono to represent "Unknown or Invalid Territory". Before the adoption of the macroregion code Template:Mono by ISO, CLDR also used Template:Mono to represent the European Union.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- The code Template:Mono is being used by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) as an indicator for the Community Plant Variety Office.
- The code Template:Mono is being used by Switzerland<ref name="ezv.admin.ch">Template:Cite web</ref> as a country code for the Canary Islands, although Template:Mono is already reserved for that purpose.
- The codes Template:Mono and Template:Mono are being used by Russia<ref name="kremlin.ru">Template:Cite web</ref> to represent Abkhazia and South Ossetia respectively.
- The code Template:Mono is being used by the UK Government,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Swedish tax Authority: This is how VAT is affected by Brexit - Special rules for trade with Northern Ireland</ref>
- The code Template:Mono is being used by the European Commission,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the IMF, the SWIFT,<ref>SWIFT: IBAN Registry, Release 50, September 2014. Template:Webarchive</ref> the CLDR, and other organizations as a temporary country code for Kosovo.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- The code Template:Mono is being used by WIPO as an indicator for the Nordic Patent Institute, an international organization common to Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- The code Template:Mono is being used by WIPO as an indicator for the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants.
- The code Template:Mono is being used by WIPO as an indicator for the Visegrad Patent Institute.
- The code Template:Mono is being used by WIPO as an indicator for unknown states, other entities or organizations.
- UN/LOCODE assigns Template:Mono to represent installations in international waters.<ref name="unlocode" />
Template:Anchor Furthermore, the code element Template:Mono is designated as an escape code if the number of regular user-assigned code elements is not sufficient.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<ref name="iso-3166-glossary"/>
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Mono | Ascension Island | United Kingdom | .ac | Reserved on request of UPU for stamp issuing area |
| Template:Mono | Clipperton Island | France | — | Reserved on request of ITU for location of certain telecommunications installations |
| Template:Mono | Island of Sark | United Kingdom | — | Reserved on request of the United Kingdom. Letters are derived from French name Sercq. |
| Template:Mono | Diego Garcia | United Kingdom | — | Reserved on request of ITU for location of certain telecommunications installations |
| Template:Mono | Ceuta, Melilla | Spain | — | Part of Spanish North Africa (Template:Langx) Reserved on request of WCO for Eurasian Patent Organization<ref group="note" name="EA-vs-EV"/> |
| Template:Mono | 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 |
| Template:Mono | Eurozone | multiple | — | Reserved on request of ISO 6166/RA for the European OTC derivatives within International securities identification numbering system (ISIN) |
| Template:Mono | France, Metropolitan | France | — | Reserved on request of France Officially assigned before deleted from ISO 3166-1 (now assigned ISO 3166-3 code [[ISO 3166-3#FXFR|Template:Mono]]) |
| Template:Mono | Canary Islands | Spain | — | Reserved on request of WCO for area not covered by European Union Customs arrangements. Code taken from name in Spanish: Template:Lang |
| Template:Mono | USSR | multiple | .su | Reserved on request of the Foundation for Internet Development from June 2008; Transitionally reserved from September 1992 Officially assigned before deleted from ISO 3166-1 (now assigned ISO 3166-3 code [[ISO 3166-3#SUHH|Template:Mono]]) Official name and previous ISO country name:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (common name: Soviet Union) |
| Template:Mono | Tristan da Cunha | United Kingdom | — | Reserved on request of UPU for stamp issuing area |
| Template:Mono | United Kingdom | United Kingdom | .uk | Reserved on request of the United Kingdom lest Template:Mono be used for any other country Also used by the European Commission United Kingdom is officially assigned the alpha-2 code Template:Mono |
| Template:Mono | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Template:Mono | Åland Islands | Reserved on request of Finland |
| Template:Mono | Guernsey | Reserved on request of UPU for stamp issuing area |
| Template:Mono | Isle of Man | Reserved on request of UPU for stamp issuing area |
| Template:Mono | 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 | Template:Nowrap | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[ISO 3166-2:AN|Template:Mono]] | Netherlands Antilles | 2010-12 | 2060-12 | .an | [[ISO 3166-3#ANHH|Template:Mono]] | Divided into Template:Mono (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba), Template:Mono (Curaçao) and Template:Mono (Dutch part of Sint Maarten) |
| Template:Mono | Burma | 1989-12 | 2039-12 | — | [[ISO 3166-3#BUMM|Template:Mono]] | Name changed to Myanmar (Template:Mono) |
| [[ISO 3166-2:CS|Template:Mono]] | Originally Czechoslovakia, later Serbia and Montenegro | 2006-09 | 2056-09 | — | [[ISO 3166-3#CSHH|Template:Mono]] [[ISO 3166-3#CSXX|Template:Mono]] |
Code taken from name in Serbian: Template:Lang, for Serbia and Montenegro, which however is now divided into Montenegro (Template:Mono) and Serbia (Template:Mono). (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.) Template:Mono originally represented Czechoslovakia. Its successor state Czechia uses Template:Mono, and Slovakia Template:Mono. |
| Template:Mono | Neutral Zone | 1993-07 | 2043-07 | — | [[ISO 3166-3#NTHH|Template:Mono]] | Divided between Iraq (IQ) and Saudi Arabia (SA) |
| [[ISO 3166-2:TP|Template:Mono]] | East Timor | 2002-05 | 2052-05 | .tp | [[ISO 3166-3#TPTL|Template:Mono]] | Code taken from previous ISO country name: Portuguese Timor, name changed to Timor-Leste (Template:Mono) |
| [[ISO 3166-2:YU|Template:Mono]] | Yugoslavia | 2003-07 | 2053-07 | — | [[ISO 3166-3#YUCS|Template:Mono]] | Code used for the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia before 1992 and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia after 1992 |
| Template:Mono | Zaire | 1997-07 | 2047-07 | — | [[ISO 3166-3#ZRCD|Template:Mono]] | Name changed to Congo, the Democratic Republic of the (Template:Mono) ccTLD Template:Mono has been deleted<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
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 | Template:Nowrap | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Mono | Czechoslovakia | 1993-06 | — | [[ISO 3166-3#CSHH|Template:Mono]] | Code reassigned to Serbia and Montenegro ccTLD Template:Mono 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 | Area name or country name | Current code | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Mono | African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO) | — | <ref group="note" name="wipo">Reserved at the request of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for use in Standard ST.3.</ref> |
| Template:Mono | Benelux Trademarks and Designs Office (BOIP) | — | <ref group="note" name="wipo"/> |
| Template:Mono | Benin | Template:Mono | <ref group="note" name="unsg-rtc">Code notified to United Nations Secretary-General under 1949 and 1968 Road Traffic Conventions</ref> |
| Template:Mono | Union of Countries under the European Community Patent Convention | — | <ref group="note" name="wipo"/> |
| Template:Mono | European Trademark Office (EUIPO) | — | <ref group="note" name="wipo"/> |
| Template:Mono | European Patent Organization (EPOrg) | — | <ref group="note" name="wipo"/> |
| Template:Mono | Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) | — | <ref group="note" name="EA-vs-EV">WIPO Standard ST.3 actually uses Template:Mono, instead of Template:Mono, to represent the Eurasian Patent Organization. However, Template:Mono 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 Template:Mono be used by WIPO to represent the Eurasian Patent Organization; however, this request was not honoured by WIPO.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref></ref><ref group="note" name="wipo"/> |
| Template:Mono | Estonia | Template:Mono | <ref group="note" name="unsg-rtc" /> |
| Template:Mono | Liechtenstein | Template:Mono | <ref group="note" name="non-rtc">Code in use for road transport purposes, but not notified to United Nations Secretary-General under 1949 Road Traffic Convention</ref> |
| Template:Mono | Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCCPO) | — | <ref group="note" name="wipo"/> |
| Template:Mono | International Bureau of WIPO | — | <ref group="note" name="wipo"/> |
| Template:Mono | Jamaica | Template:Mono | <ref group="note" name="1949-rtc">Code under 1949 Road Traffic Convention</ref> |
| Template:Mono | Libya Fezzan | — | <ref group="note" name="non-rtc" /> |
| Template:Mono | African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) | — | <ref group="note" name="wipo"/> |
| Template:Mono | Philippines | Template:Mono | <ref group="note" name="1949-rtc" /> |
| Template:Mono | Argentina | Template:Mono | <ref group="note" name="1949-rtc" /> |
| Template:Mono | Bolivia or Botswana | Template:Mono or Template:Mono | <ref group="note" name="1949-rtc" /> |
| Template:Mono | China | Template:Mono & Template:Mono | <ref group="note" name="1949-rtc" /> |
| Template:Mono | Haiti | Template:Mono | <ref group="note" name="unsg-rtc" /> |
| Template:Mono | Indonesia | Template:Mono | <ref group="note" name="1949-rtc" /> |
| Template:Mono | Lebanon | Template:Mono | <ref group="note" name="1949-rtc" /> |
| Template:Mono | Madagascar | Template:Mono | <ref group="note" name="1949-rtc" /> |
| Template:Mono | Niger | Template:Mono | <ref group="note" name="1968-rtc">Code under 1968 Road Traffic Convention</ref> |
| Template:Mono | Philippines | Template:Mono | <ref group="note" name="1968-rtc" /> |
| Template:Mono | Finland | Template:Mono | <ref group="note" name="unsg-rtc" /><ref group="note">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: Template:Lang Template:Lang.</ref> |
| Template:Mono | Grenada | Template:Mono | <ref group="note" name="unsg-rtc" /> |
| Template:Mono | Saint Lucia | Template:Mono | <ref group="note" name="unsg-rtc" /> |
| Template:Mono | World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | — | <ref group="note" name="wipo"/> |
| Template:Mono | Saint Vincent | Template:Mono | <ref group="note" name="unsg-rtc" /> |
| Template:Mono | Venezuela | Template:Mono | <ref group="note" name="unsg-rtc" /> |
The following alpha-2 codes were previously indeterminately reserved, but have been reassigned to another country as its official code:
| Code | Area name or country name | Current code | Notes | Code reassigned to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Mono | Libya Tripoli | <ref group="note" name="non-rtc" /> | Lithuania | |
| Template:Mono | Western Sahara | Template:Mono | <ref group="note" name="non-rtc" /> | Montenegro |
| Template:Mono | Burundi | Template:Mono | <ref group="note" name="non-rtc" /> | Russian Federation |
Notes
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Deleted codes
Besides the codes currently transitionally reserved and two other codes currently exceptionally reserved (Template:Mono for France, Metropolitan and Template:Mono for USSR), the following alpha-2 codes have also been deleted from ISO 3166-1:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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
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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) Template:Webarchive
- 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