ISO 3166-1

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ISO 3166-1 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. The official name of the standard is Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes. It defines three sets of country codes:[1]

The alphabetic country codes were first included in ISO 3166 in 1974, and the numeric country codes were first included in 1981. The country codes have been published as ISO 3166-1 since 1997, when ISO 3166 was expanded into three parts, with ISO 3166-2 defining codes for subdivisions and ISO 3166-3 defining codes for former countries.[1]

As a widely used international standard, ISO 3166-1 is implemented in other standards and used by international organizations[1] to allow facilitation of the exchange of goods and information.[1] However, it is not the only standard for country codes. Other country codes used by many international organizations are partly or totally incompatible with ISO 3166-1,[1] although some of them closely correspond to ISO 3166-1 codes.

Criteria for inclusion[edit | edit source]

Currently 249 countries, territories, or areas of geographical interest are assigned official codes in ISO 3166-1. According to the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA), the only way to enter a new country name into ISO 3166-1 is to have it registered in one of the following two sources:[1]

  • United Nations Terminology Bulletin Country Names, or
  • Country and Region Codes for Statistical Use of the UN Statistics Division.

To be listed in the bulletin Country Names, a country must be at least one of the following:[2]

The list of names in Country and Region Codes for Statistical Use of the UN Statistics Division is based on the bulletin Country Names and other UN sources.

Once a country name or territory name appears in either of these two sources, it will be added to ISO 3166-1 by default.

The ISO 3166/MA may reserve code elements for other entities that do not qualify for inclusion based on the above criteria.[3] For example, because the European Union is not a country, it is not formally included in ISO 3166-1, but for practical reasons, the ISO 3166/MA has "reserved the two-letter combination EU for the purpose of identifying the European Union within the framework of ISO 3166-1".[4]

Information included[edit | edit source]

ISO 3166-1 is published officially in both English and French. Since the second edition of ISO 3166-1, the following columns are included for each entry:

  1. Country Name – English (or French) short name (all upper-case)
  2. English (or French) short name lower case (title case)
  3. English (or French) full name
  4. Alpha-2 code
  5. Alpha-3 code
  6. Numeric code
  7. Remarks
  8. Independent (# denotes the country is considered a sovereign state)
  9. Additional information: Administrative language(s) alpha-2 code element(s)
  10. Additional information: Administrative language(s) alpha-3 code element(s)
  11. Additional information: Local short name(s)

Naming and code construction[edit | edit source]

Naming and disputes[edit | edit source]

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The International Organization for Standardization uses the country names chosen by the United Nations, some of which are disputed.

The country names used in ISO 3166-1 are taken from the two UN sources mentioned above. Some country names used by the UN, and accordingly by ISO, are subject to dispute:

Short name upper case in ISO 3166 Short name lower case in ISO 3166 Listed as independent or not in ISO 3166 Local short name Language(s) Disputes
CHINA China Yes[5] Zhongguo Chinese Sovereignty dispute: China is de facto divided into the People's Republic of China as the full name in ISO 3166, and the Republic of China (Taiwan) not widely recognized.
CYPRUS Cyprus Yes[6] Kýpros

Kıbrıs
Greek

Turkish
Sovereignty dispute: Cyprus is de facto divided into the Republic of Cyprus as the full name in ISO 3166, and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus not widely recognized.
FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) Falkland Islands (the) [Malvinas] No[7] Falkland Islands (the) [Malvinas] English Sovereignty dispute: The United Kingdom administers the Falkland Islands[8] and Argentina claims this group of islands as Malvinas.
PALESTINE, STATE OF Palestine, State of No[9] Dawlat Filasţīn Arabic Sovereignty dispute: Following the recognition of Palestine as a non-member UN state in 2012, the official designation used in ISO 3166-1 was changed from "Palestinian Territory, Occupied" to "Palestine, State of".[10]
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA Taiwan (Province of China) No[11] Taiwan Chinese Sovereignty and naming dispute:[4] Taiwan is included as a subdivision of China because of its political status within the United Nations, as, even though it is de facto under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China instead of the People's Republic of China, the United Nations does not recognize the Republic of China and considers Taiwan as part of China. In ISO 3166-1, Taiwan is listed as "Taiwan, Province of China". In 2007, the Republic of China filed a lawsuit before a Swiss civil court against the ISO, arguing that the ISO's use of the United Nations name rather than "Republic of China (Taiwan)" violates Taiwan's name rights.[12] On 9 September 2010, a panel of the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland decided, by three votes to two, to dismiss the suit as presenting a political question not subject to Swiss civil jurisdiction.[13][14][15]
WESTERN SAHARA Western Sahara No[16] Aş Şaḩrā' al Gharbīyah Arabic Sovereignty dispute: Morocco de facto controls the territory, claimed by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

Coding[edit | edit source]

The codes are chosen, according to the ISO 3166/MA, "to reflect the significant, unique component of the country name in order to allow a visual association between country name and country code".[4] For this reason, common components of country names like "Republic", "Kingdom", "United", "Federal" or "Democratic" are normally not used for deriving the code elements. As a consequence, for example, the United Kingdom is officially assigned the alpha-2 code GB rather than UK, based on its official name "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" (although UK is reserved on the request of the United Kingdom). Some codes are chosen based on the native names of the countries. For example, Germany is assigned the alpha-2 code DE, based on its native name "Deutschland".

Current codes[edit | edit source]

Officially assigned code elements[edit | edit source]

The following is a complete ISO 3166-1 encoding list of the countries which are assigned official codes.[17] It is listed in alphabetical order by the country's English short name used by the ISO 3166/MA.

Note: Each country's alpha-2 code is linked to more information about the assignment of its code elements.

English short name (using title case) Alpha-2 code Alpha-3 code Numeric code Link to ISO 3166-2 subdivision codes Independent
Template:Country data AFG Afghanistan AF AFG 004 ISO 3166-2:AF Yes
Template:Country data ALA Åland Islands AX ALA 248 ISO 3166-2:AX No
Template:Country data ALB Albania AL ALB 008 ISO 3166-2:AL Yes
Template:Country data DZA Algeria DZ DZA 012 ISO 3166-2:DZ Yes
Template:Country data ASM American Samoa AS ASM 016 ISO 3166-2:AS No
Template:Country data AND Andorra AD AND 020 ISO 3166-2:AD Yes
Template:Country data AGO Angola AO AGO 024 ISO 3166-2:AO Yes
Template:Country data AIA Anguilla AI AIA 660 ISO 3166-2:AI No
Template:Country data ATA Antarctica AQ ATA 010 ISO 3166-2:AQ No
Template:Country data ATG Antigua and Barbuda AG ATG 028 ISO 3166-2:AG Yes
Template:Country data ARG Argentina AR ARG 032 ISO 3166-2:AR Yes
Template:Country data ARM Armenia AM ARM 051 ISO 3166-2:AM Yes
Template:Country data ABW Aruba AW ABW 533 ISO 3166-2:AW No
Template:Country data AUS Australia AU AUS 036 ISO 3166-2:AU Yes
Template:Country data AUT Austria AT AUT 040 ISO 3166-2:AT Yes
Template:Country data AZE Azerbaijan AZ AZE 031 ISO 3166-2:AZ Yes
Template:Country data BHS Bahamas BS BHS 044 ISO 3166-2:BS Yes
Template:Country data BHR Bahrain BH BHR 048 ISO 3166-2:BH Yes
Template:Country data BGD Bangladesh BD BGD 050 ISO 3166-2:BD Yes
Template:Country data BRB Barbados BB BRB 052 ISO 3166-2:BB Yes
Template:Country data BLR Belarus BY BLR 112 ISO 3166-2:BY Yes
Template:Country data BEL Belgium BE BEL 056 ISO 3166-2:BE Yes
Template:Country data BLZ Belize BZ BLZ 084 ISO 3166-2:BZ Yes
Template:Country data BEN Benin BJ BEN 204 ISO 3166-2:BJ Yes
Template:Country data BMU Bermuda BM BMU 060 ISO 3166-2:BM No
Template:Country data BTN Bhutan BT BTN 064 ISO 3166-2:BT Yes
Template:Country data BOL Bolivia (Plurinational State of) BO BOL 068 ISO 3166-2:BO Yes
Template:Country data BES Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba BQ BES 535 ISO 3166-2:BQ No
Template:Country data BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina BA BIH 070 ISO 3166-2:BA Yes
Template:Country data BWA Botswana BW BWA 072 ISO 3166-2:BW Yes
Template:Country data BVT Bouvet Island BV BVT 074 ISO 3166-2:BV No
Template:Country data BRA Brazil BR BRA 076 ISO 3166-2:BR Yes
Template:Country data IOT British Indian Ocean Territory IO IOT 086 ISO 3166-2:IO No
Template:Country data BRN Brunei Darussalam BN BRN 096 ISO 3166-2:BN Yes
Template:Country data BGR Bulgaria BG BGR 100 ISO 3166-2:BG Yes
Template:Country data BFA Burkina Faso BF BFA 854 ISO 3166-2:BF Yes
Template:Country data BDI Burundi BI BDI 108 ISO 3166-2:BI Yes
Template:Country data CPV Cabo Verde CV CPV 132 ISO 3166-2:CV Yes
Template:Country data KHM Cambodia KH KHM 116 ISO 3166-2:KH Yes
Template:Country data CMR Cameroon CM CMR 120 ISO 3166-2:CM Yes
Template:Country data CAN Canada CA CAN 124 ISO 3166-2:CA Yes
Template:Country data CYM Cayman Islands KY CYM 136 ISO 3166-2:KY No
Template:Country data CAF Central African Republic CF CAF 140 ISO 3166-2:CF Yes
Template:Country data TCD Chad TD TCD 148 ISO 3166-2:TD Yes
Template:Country data CHL Chile CL CHL 152 ISO 3166-2:CL Yes
Template:Country data CHN China CN CHN 156 ISO 3166-2:CN Yes
Template:Country data CXR Christmas Island CX CXR 162 ISO 3166-2:CX No
Template:Country data CCK Cocos (Keeling) Islands CC CCK 166 ISO 3166-2:CC No
Template:Country data COL Colombia CO COL 170 ISO 3166-2:CO Yes
Template:Country data COM Comoros KM COM 174 ISO 3166-2:KM Yes
Template:Country data COG Congo CG COG 178 ISO 3166-2:CG Yes
Template:Country data COD Congo, Democratic Republic of the CD COD 180 ISO 3166-2:CD Yes
Template:Country data COK Cook Islands CK COK 184 ISO 3166-2:CK No
Template:Country data CRI Costa Rica CR CRI 188 ISO 3166-2:CR Yes
Template:Country data CIV Côte d'Ivoire CI CIV 384 ISO 3166-2:CI Yes
Template:Country data HRV Croatia HR HRV 191 ISO 3166-2:HR Yes
Template:Country data CUB Cuba CU CUB 192 ISO 3166-2:CU Yes
Template:Country data CUW Curaçao CW CUW 531 ISO 3166-2:CW No
Template:Country data CYP Cyprus CY CYP 196 ISO 3166-2:CY Yes
Template:Country data CZE Czechia CZ CZE 203 ISO 3166-2:CZ Yes
Template:Country data DNK Denmark DK DNK 208 ISO 3166-2:DK Yes
Template:Country data DJI Djibouti DJ DJI 262 ISO 3166-2:DJ Yes
Template:Country data DMA Dominica DM DMA 212 ISO 3166-2:DM Yes
Template:Country data DOM Dominican Republic DO DOM 214 ISO 3166-2:DO Yes
Template:Country data ECU Ecuador EC ECU 218 ISO 3166-2:EC Yes
Template:Country data EGY Egypt EG EGY 818 ISO 3166-2:EG Yes
Template:Country data SLV El Salvador SV SLV 222 ISO 3166-2:SV Yes
Template:Country data GNQ Equatorial Guinea GQ GNQ 226 ISO 3166-2:GQ Yes
Template:Country data ERI Eritrea ER ERI 232 ISO 3166-2:ER Yes
Template:Country data EST Estonia EE EST 233 ISO 3166-2:EE Yes
Template:Country data SWZ Eswatini SZ SWZ 748 ISO 3166-2:SZ Yes
Template:Country data ETH Ethiopia ET ETH 231 ISO 3166-2:ET Yes
Template:Country data FLK Falkland Islands (Malvinas) FK FLK 238 ISO 3166-2:FK No
Template:Country data FRO Faroe Islands FO FRO 234 ISO 3166-2:FO No
Template:Country data FJI Fiji FJ FJI 242 ISO 3166-2:FJ Yes
Template:Country data FIN Finland FI FIN 246 ISO 3166-2:FI Yes
France FR FRA 250 ISO 3166-2:FR Yes
Template:Country data GUF French Guiana GF GUF 254 ISO 3166-2:GF No
Template:Country data PYF French Polynesia PF PYF 258 ISO 3166-2:PF No
Template:Country data ATF French Southern Territories TF ATF 260 ISO 3166-2:TF No
Template:Country data GAB Gabon GA GAB 266 ISO 3166-2:GA Yes
Template:Country data GMB Gambia GM GMB 270 ISO 3166-2:GM Yes
Template:Country data GEO Georgia GE GEO 268 ISO 3166-2:GE Yes
Template:Country data DEU Germany DE DEU 276 ISO 3166-2:DE Yes
Template:Country data GHA Ghana GH GHA 288 ISO 3166-2:GH Yes
Template:Country data GIB Gibraltar GI GIB 292 ISO 3166-2:GI No
Template:Country data GRC Greece GR GRC 300 ISO 3166-2:GR Yes
Template:Country data GRL Greenland GL GRL 304 ISO 3166-2:GL No
Template:Country data GRD Grenada GD GRD 308 ISO 3166-2:GD Yes
Template:Country data GLP Guadeloupe GP GLP 312 ISO 3166-2:GP No
Template:Country data GUM Guam GU GUM 316 ISO 3166-2:GU No
Template:Country data GTM Guatemala GT GTM 320 ISO 3166-2:GT Yes
Template:Country data GGY Guernsey GG GGY 831 ISO 3166-2:GG No
Template:Country data GIN Guinea GN GIN 324 ISO 3166-2:GN Yes
Template:Country data GNB Guinea-Bissau GW GNB 624 ISO 3166-2:GW Yes
Template:Country data GUY Guyana GY GUY 328 ISO 3166-2:GY Yes
Template:Country data HTI Haiti HT HTI 332 ISO 3166-2:HT Yes
Template:Country data HMD Heard Island and McDonald Islands HM HMD 334 ISO 3166-2:HM No
Template:Country data VAT Holy See VA VAT 336 ISO 3166-2:VA Yes
Template:Country data HND Honduras HN HND 340 ISO 3166-2:HN Yes
Template:Country data HKG Hong Kong HK HKG 344 ISO 3166-2:HK No
Template:Country data HUN Hungary HU HUN 348 ISO 3166-2:HU Yes
Template:Country data ISL Iceland IS ISL 352 ISO 3166-2:IS Yes
Template:Country data IND India IN IND 356 ISO 3166-2:IN Yes
Template:Country data IDN Indonesia ID IDN 360 ISO 3166-2:ID Yes
Template:Country data IRN Iran (Islamic Republic of) IR IRN 364 ISO 3166-2:IR Yes
Template:Country data IRQ Iraq IQ IRQ 368 ISO 3166-2:IQ Yes
Template:Country data IRL Ireland IE IRL 372 ISO 3166-2:IE Yes
Template:Country data IMN Isle of Man IM IMN 833 ISO 3166-2:IM No
Template:Country data ISR Israel IL ISR 376 ISO 3166-2:IL Yes
Italy IT ITA 380 ISO 3166-2:IT Yes
Template:Country data JAM Jamaica JM JAM 388 ISO 3166-2:JM Yes
Template:Country data JPN Japan JP JPN 392 ISO 3166-2:JP Yes
Template:Country data JEY Jersey JE JEY 832 ISO 3166-2:JE No
Template:Country data JOR Jordan JO JOR 400 ISO 3166-2:JO Yes
Template:Country data KAZ Kazakhstan KZ KAZ 398 ISO 3166-2:KZ Yes
Template:Country data KEN Kenya KE KEN 404 ISO 3166-2:KE Yes
Template:Country data KIR Kiribati KI KIR 296 ISO 3166-2:KI Yes
Template:Country data PRK Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) KP PRK 408 ISO 3166-2:KP Yes
Template:Country data KOR Korea, Republic of KR KOR 410 ISO 3166-2:KR Yes
Template:Country data KWT Kuwait KW KWT 414 ISO 3166-2:KW Yes
Template:Country data KGZ Kyrgyzstan KG KGZ 417 ISO 3166-2:KG Yes
Template:Country data LAO Lao People's Democratic Republic LA LAO 418 ISO 3166-2:LA Yes
Template:Country data LVA Latvia LV LVA 428 ISO 3166-2:LV Yes
Template:Country data LBN Lebanon LB LBN 422 ISO 3166-2:LB Yes
Template:Country data LSO Lesotho LS LSO 426 ISO 3166-2:LS Yes
Template:Country data LBR Liberia LR LBR 430 ISO 3166-2:LR Yes
Template:Country data LBY Libya LY LBY 434 ISO 3166-2:LY Yes
Template:Country data LIE Liechtenstein LI LIE 438 ISO 3166-2:LI Yes
Template:Country data LTU Lithuania LT LTU 440 ISO 3166-2:LT Yes
Template:Country data LUX Luxembourg LU LUX 442 ISO 3166-2:LU Yes
Template:Country data MAC Macao MO MAC 446 ISO 3166-2:MO No
Template:Country data MDG Madagascar MG MDG 450 ISO 3166-2:MG Yes
Template:Country data MWI Malawi MW MWI 454 ISO 3166-2:MW Yes
Template:Country data MYS Malaysia MY MYS 458 ISO 3166-2:MY Yes
Template:Country data MDV Maldives MV MDV 462 ISO 3166-2:MV Yes
Template:Country data MLI Mali ML MLI 466 ISO 3166-2:ML Yes
Template:Country data MLT Malta MT MLT 470 ISO 3166-2:MT Yes
Template:Country data MHL Marshall Islands MH MHL 584 ISO 3166-2:MH Yes
Template:Country data MTQ Martinique MQ MTQ 474 ISO 3166-2:MQ No
Template:Country data MRT Mauritania MR MRT 478 ISO 3166-2:MR Yes
Template:Country data MUS Mauritius MU MUS 480 ISO 3166-2:MU Yes
Template:Country data MYT Mayotte YT MYT 175 ISO 3166-2:YT No
Template:Country data MEX Mexico MX MEX 484 ISO 3166-2:MX Yes
Template:Country data FSM Micronesia (Federated States of) FM FSM 583 ISO 3166-2:FM Yes
Template:Country data MDA Moldova, Republic of MD MDA 498 ISO 3166-2:MD Yes
Template:Country data MCO Monaco MC MCO 492 ISO 3166-2:MC Yes
Template:Country data MNG Mongolia MN MNG 496 ISO 3166-2:MN Yes
Template:Country data MNE Montenegro ME MNE 499 ISO 3166-2:ME Yes
Template:Country data MSR Montserrat MS MSR 500 ISO 3166-2:MS No
Template:Country data MAR Morocco MA MAR 504 ISO 3166-2:MA Yes
Template:Country data MOZ Mozambique MZ MOZ 508 ISO 3166-2:MZ Yes
Template:Country data MMR Myanmar MM MMR 104 ISO 3166-2:MM Yes
Template:Country data NAM Namibia NA NAM 516 ISO 3166-2:NA Yes
Template:Country data NRU Nauru NR NRU 520 ISO 3166-2:NR Yes
Template:Country data NPL Nepal NP NPL 524 ISO 3166-2:NP Yes
Template:Country data NLD Netherlands NL NLD 528 ISO 3166-2:NL Yes
Template:Country data NCL New Caledonia NC NCL 540 ISO 3166-2:NC No
Template:Country data NZL New Zealand NZ NZL 554 ISO 3166-2:NZ Yes
Template:Country data NIC Nicaragua NI NIC 558 ISO 3166-2:NI Yes
Template:Country data NER Niger NE NER 562 ISO 3166-2:NE Yes
Template:Country data NGA Nigeria NG NGA 566 ISO 3166-2:NG Yes
Template:Country data NIU Niue NU NIU 570 ISO 3166-2:NU No
Template:Country data NFK Norfolk Island NF NFK 574 ISO 3166-2:NF No
Template:Country data MKD North Macedonia MK MKD 807 ISO 3166-2:MK Yes
Template:Country data MNP Northern Mariana Islands MP MNP 580 ISO 3166-2:MP No
Template:Country data NOR Norway NO NOR 578 ISO 3166-2:NO Yes
Template:Country data OMN Oman OM OMN 512 ISO 3166-2:OM Yes
Template:Country data PAK Pakistan PK PAK 586 ISO 3166-2:PK Yes
Template:Country data PLW Palau PW PLW 585 ISO 3166-2:PW Yes
Template:Country data PSE Palestine, State of PS PSE 275 ISO 3166-2:PS No
Template:Country data PAN Panama PA PAN 591 ISO 3166-2:PA Yes
Template:Country data PNG Papua New Guinea PG PNG 598 ISO 3166-2:PG Yes
Template:Country data PRY Paraguay PY PRY 600 ISO 3166-2:PY Yes
Template:Country data PER Peru PE PER 604 ISO 3166-2:PE Yes
Template:Country data PHL Philippines PH PHL 608 ISO 3166-2:PH Yes
Template:Country data PCN Pitcairn PN PCN 612 ISO 3166-2:PN No
Template:Country data POL Poland PL POL 616 ISO 3166-2:PL Yes
Template:Country data PRT Portugal PT PRT 620 ISO 3166-2:PT Yes
Template:Country data PRI Puerto Rico PR PRI 630 ISO 3166-2:PR No
Template:Country data QAT Qatar QA QAT 634 ISO 3166-2:QA Yes
Template:Country data REU Réunion RE REU 638 ISO 3166-2:RE No
Template:Country data ROU Romania RO ROU 642 ISO 3166-2:RO Yes
Template:Country data RUS Russian Federation RU RUS 643 ISO 3166-2:RU Yes
Template:Country data RWA Rwanda RW RWA 646 ISO 3166-2:RW Yes
Template:Country data BLM Saint Barthélemy BL BLM 652 ISO 3166-2:BL No
Template:Country data SHN Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha SH SHN 654 ISO 3166-2:SH No
Template:Country data KNA Saint Kitts and Nevis KN KNA 659 ISO 3166-2:KN Yes
Template:Country data LCA Saint Lucia LC LCA 662 ISO 3166-2:LC Yes
Template:Country data MAF Saint Martin (French part) MF MAF 663 ISO 3166-2:MF No
Template:Country data SPM Saint Pierre and Miquelon PM SPM 666 ISO 3166-2:PM No
Template:Country data VCT Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC VCT 670 ISO 3166-2:VC Yes
Template:Country data WSM Samoa WS WSM 882 ISO 3166-2:WS Yes
Template:Country data SMR San Marino SM SMR 674 ISO 3166-2:SM Yes
Template:Country data STP Sao Tome and Principe ST STP 678 ISO 3166-2:ST Yes
Template:Country data SAU Saudi Arabia SA SAU 682 ISO 3166-2:SA Yes
Template:Country data SEN Senegal SN SEN 686 ISO 3166-2:SN Yes
Template:Country data SRB Serbia RS SRB 688 ISO 3166-2:RS Yes
Template:Country data SYC Seychelles SC SYC 690 ISO 3166-2:SC Yes
Template:Country data SLE Sierra Leone SL SLE 694 ISO 3166-2:SL Yes
Template:Country data SGP Singapore SG SGP 702 ISO 3166-2:SG Yes
Template:Country data SXM Sint Maarten (Dutch part) SX SXM 534 ISO 3166-2:SX No
Template:Country data SVK Slovakia SK SVK 703 ISO 3166-2:SK Yes
Template:Country data SVN Slovenia SI SVN 705 ISO 3166-2:SI Yes
Template:Country data SLB Solomon Islands SB SLB 090 ISO 3166-2:SB Yes
Template:Country data SOM Somalia SO SOM 706 ISO 3166-2:SO Yes
Template:Country data ZAF South Africa ZA ZAF 710 ISO 3166-2:ZA Yes
Template:Country data SGS South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands GS SGS 239 ISO 3166-2:GS No
Template:Country data SSD South Sudan SS SSD 728 ISO 3166-2:SS Yes
Template:Country data ESP Spain ES ESP 724 ISO 3166-2:ES Yes
Template:Country data LKA Sri Lanka LK LKA 144 ISO 3166-2:LK Yes
Template:Country data SDN Sudan SD SDN 729 ISO 3166-2:SD Yes
Template:Country data SUR Suriname SR SUR 740 ISO 3166-2:SR Yes
Template:Country data SJM Svalbard and Jan Mayen SJ SJM 744 ISO 3166-2:SJ No
Template:Country data SWE Sweden SE SWE 752 ISO 3166-2:SE Yes
Template:Country data CHE Switzerland CH CHE 756 ISO 3166-2:CH Yes
Template:Country data SYR Syrian Arab Republic SY SYR 760 ISO 3166-2:SY Yes
Template:Country data TWN Taiwan, Province of China[a] TW TWN 158 ISO 3166-2:TW No
Template:Country data TJK Tajikistan TJ TJK 762 ISO 3166-2:TJ Yes
Template:Country data TZA Tanzania, United Republic of TZ TZA 834 ISO 3166-2:TZ Yes
Template:Country data THA Thailand TH THA 764 ISO 3166-2:TH Yes
Template:Country data TLS Timor-Leste TL TLS 626 ISO 3166-2:TL Yes
Template:Country data TGO Togo TG TGO 768 ISO 3166-2:TG Yes
Template:Country data TKL Tokelau TK TKL 772 ISO 3166-2:TK No
Template:Country data TON Tonga TO TON 776 ISO 3166-2:TO Yes
Template:Country data TTO Trinidad and Tobago TT TTO 780 ISO 3166-2:TT Yes
Template:Country data TUN Tunisia TN TUN 788 ISO 3166-2:TN Yes
Template:Country data TUR Turkey TR TUR 792 ISO 3166-2:TR Yes
Template:Country data TKM Turkmenistan TM TKM 795 ISO 3166-2:TM Yes
Template:Country data TCA Turks and Caicos Islands TC TCA 796 ISO 3166-2:TC No
Template:Country data TUV Tuvalu TV TUV 798 ISO 3166-2:TV Yes
Template:Country data UGA Uganda UG UGA 800 ISO 3166-2:UG Yes
Template:Country data UKR Ukraine UA UKR 804 ISO 3166-2:UA Yes
Template:Country data ARE United Arab Emirates AE ARE 784 ISO 3166-2:AE Yes
Template:Country data GBR United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland GB GBR 826 ISO 3166-2:GB Yes
United States of America US USA 840 ISO 3166-2:US Yes
Template:Country data UMI United States Minor Outlying Islands UM UMI 581 ISO 3166-2:UM No
Template:Country data URY Uruguay UY URY 858 ISO 3166-2:UY Yes
Template:Country data UZB Uzbekistan UZ UZB 860 ISO 3166-2:UZ Yes
Template:Country data VUT Vanuatu VU VUT 548 ISO 3166-2:VU Yes
Template:Country data VEN Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) VE VEN 862 ISO 3166-2:VE Yes
Template:Country data VNM Viet Nam VN VNM 704 ISO 3166-2:VN Yes
Template:Country data VGB Virgin Islands (British) VG VGB 092 ISO 3166-2:VG No
Template:Country data VIR Virgin Islands (U.S.) VI VIR 850 ISO 3166-2:VI No
Template:Country data WLF Wallis and Futuna WF WLF 876 ISO 3166-2:WF No
Template:Country data ESH Western Sahara EH ESH 732 ISO 3166-2:EH No
Template:Country data YEM Yemen YE YEM 887 ISO 3166-2:YE Yes
Template:Country data ZMB Zambia ZM ZMB 894 ISO 3166-2:ZM Yes
Template:Country data ZWE Zimbabwe ZW ZWE 716 ISO 3166-2:ZW Yes

Reserved and user-assigned code elements[edit | edit source]

Besides the officially assigned codes, code elements may be expanded by using either reserved codes or user-assigned codes.[1]

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. Codes are usually reserved for former countries, overseas territories, international organizations, and special nationality status. The reserved alpha-2 and alpha-3 codes can be divided into the following four categories (click on the links for the reserved codes of each category):

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 codes can be user-assigned:[18]

  • Alpha-2: AA, QM to QZ, XA to XZ, and ZZ
  • Alpha-3: AAA to AAZ, QMA to QZZ, XAA to XZZ, and ZZA to ZZZ
  • Numeric: 900 to 999

Changes[edit | edit source]

The ISO 3166/MA updates ISO 3166-1 when necessary. A country is usually assigned new ISO 3166-1 codes if it changes its name or its territorial boundaries. In general, new alphabetic codes are assigned if a country changes a significant part of its name, while a new numeric code is assigned if a country changes its territorial boundaries. Codes for formerly used country names that were deleted from ISO 3166-1 are published in ISO 3166-3.

ISO used to announce changes in newsletters which updated the currently valid standard, and releasing new editions which comprise a consolidation of newsletter changes. As of July 2013, changes are published in the online catalogue of ISO only and no newsletters are published anymore. Past newsletters remain available through the search option on the ISO website.[19]

Edition/Newsletter Date issued Contents
ISO 3166:1974 1974 First edition of ISO 3166
ISO 3166:1981 1981 Second edition of ISO 3166
ISO 3166:1988 1988-08-15 Third edition of ISO 3166
ISO 3166:1994 1994-02-10 Fourth edition of ISO 3166
ISO 3166-1:1997 1997-09-25 First edition of ISO 3166-1 (ISO 3166 expanded into three parts)
Newsletter V-1 1998-02-05 Change of official name (Samoa)
Newsletter V-2 1999-10-01 Inclusion of new country name and code elements (Palestinian Territory, Occupied)
Newsletter V-3 2002-02-01 Change of alpha-3 Code Element (Romania)
Newsletter V-4 2002-05-20 Name changes (Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Fiji, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Macao, Niue, Somalia, Venezuela)
Newsletter V-5 2002-05-20 Change of names and alphabetical code elements of East Timor
Newsletter V-6 2002-11-15 Change of names of East Timor
Newsletter V-7 2003-01-14 Change of official name of Comoros
Newsletter V-8 2003-07-23 Deletion of "Yugoslavia"; inclusion of "Serbia and Montenegro" with new alphabetical code elements
Newsletter V-9 2004-02-13 Inclusion of an entry for Åland Islands
Newsletter V-10 2004-04-26 Name changes (Afghanistan, Åland Islands)
Newsletter V-11 2006-03-29 Inclusion of an entry for Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man. Change of remark for the United Kingdom
Newsletter V-12 2006-09-26 Inclusion of the new entries for "Serbia" and "Montenegro" (replacing Serbia and Montenegro)
ISO 3166-1:2006 2006-11-20 Second edition of ISO 3166-1
ISO 3166-1:2006/
Cor 1:2007
2007-07-15 First Technical Corrigendum to ISO 3166-1:2006
Newsletter VI-1 2007-09-21 Assignment of code elements for Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin and update of France and other French Territories (French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Guadeloupe, Réunion)
Newsletter VI-2 2008-03-31 Name changes for Moldova, Montenegro and other minor corrections (Madagascar, Palestinian Territory, Occupied, Saint Barthélemy)
Newsletter VI-3 2008-09-09 Name change for Nepal and other minor corrections (Greenland, Guernsey, Moldova, Nigeria)
Newsletter VI-4 2009-01-07 Name change for the Republic of Moldova and other minor corrections (Central African Republic, Comoros)
Newsletter VI-5 2009-03-03 Name change for Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and other minor corrections (Kiribati, Tuvalu)
Newsletter VI-6 2009-05-08 Name change for Plurinational State of Bolivia
Newsletter VI-7 2010-02-22 Name change for Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Newsletter VI-8 2010-12-15 Code elements for Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten (Dutch part), update of other territories (Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles) and minor corrections (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia)
Newsletter VI-9 2011-06-12
(corrected
2011-07-14)
Name changes for Fiji and Myanmar as well as other minor corrections (Åland Islands, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Niue)
Newsletter VI-10 2011-08-09 Code elements for South Sudan (and new numeric code for Sudan)
Newsletter VI-11 2011-11-08 Name change for Libya
Newsletter VI-12 2012-02-15 Name change for Hungary and other minor corrections (Bangladesh, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Germany)
Newsletter VI-13 2012-08-02 Name change for Eritrea and other minor corrections (Germany, Sri Lanka)
Newsletter VI-14 2013-02-06 Name change for State of Palestine and other minor corrections (Bulgaria, Bouvet Island, Jersey, Saint Martin (French part), Seychelles, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Viet Nam)
Newsletter VI-15 2013-05-10 Name change for Papua New Guinea
Newsletter VI-16 2013-07-11 Name change for Somalia
ISO 3166-1:2013 2013-11-19 Third edition of ISO 3166-1 (changes are published in the online catalogue of ISO only and no newsletters are published anymore)

See also[edit | edit source]

  • ISO 639Codes for the representation of names of languages

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. See also the table in § Naming and disputes above for the detailed background.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. a b c d e f g "Country Codes - ISO 3166". International Organization for Standardization (ISO). 
  2. "Qualifying top-level domain strings: Eligible categories of top-level domains". Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. Retrieved February 25, 2014. 
  3. "ISO 3166 – FAQs – General Questions". ISO. Archived from the original on 2007-03-06. 
  4. a b c "ISO 3166 – FAQs – Specific". ISO. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. 
  5. "ISO 3166 information for CN". International Organization for Standardization. Retrieved 2016-12-22. 
  6. "ISO 3166 information for CY". International Organization for Standardization. Retrieved 2016-12-22. 
  7. "ISO 3166 information for FK". International Organization for Standardization. Retrieved 2016-12-22. 
  8. "Falkland Islands Government". Archived from the original on 2016-12-11. Retrieved 2016-12-22.  Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  9. "ISO 3166 information for PS". International Organization for Standardization. Retrieved 2016-12-22. Remark: Conventional names. 
  10. "Countries or areas, codes and abbreviations". United Nations Statistics Division. 
  11. "ISO 3166 information for TW". International Organization for Standardization. Retrieved 2016-12-22. 
  12. "Taiwan sues ISO over incorrect reference". Taipei Representative Office in the UK. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18.  Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  13. Felber, René (10 September 2010). "Umweg über Zivilrichter unzulässig: Taiwans Kampf um seinen Namen". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). p. 14. 
  14. "Urteil vom 9. September 2010 (5A_329/2009)" [Decision of 9 September 2010 (5A_329/2009)] (PDF) (in German). Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2011.  Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  15. "Arrêt du 9 septembre 2010 (5A_329/2009)" [Decision of 9 September 2010 (5A_329/2009)] (PDF) (in French). Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2010.  Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  16. "ISO 3166 information for EH". International Organization for Standardization. Retrieved 2016-12-25. Remark: Provisional name. 
  17. "Country names and code elements". ISO. 
  18. "Glossary for ISO 3166 - Codes for countries and their subdivisions". ISO. 
  19. "ISO 3166-1 - New access". ISO. 

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