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 published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. They are the most widely used of the country codes published by ISO (the others being alpha-3 and numeric), and are used most prominently for the Internet's country code top-level domains (with a few exceptions). They are also used as country identifiers extending the postal code when appropriate within the international postal system for paper mail, and has replaced the previous one consisting one-letter codes. They were first included as part of the ISO 3166 standard in its first edition in 1974.
Uses and applications
The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are used in different environments and are also part of other standards. In some cases they are not perfectly implemented.
Perfect implementations
The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are used in the following standards:
| Short name | Long name | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| ISO 3166-2 | Country subdivision code | |
| ISO 3901 | International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) | |
| ISO 4217 | Currency code | |
| ISO 6166 | International Securities Identifying Number (ISIN) | |
| ISO 9362 | Bank Identifier Codes (BIC) | Also known as SWIFT codes |
| ISO 13616 | International Bank Account Number (IBAN) | |
| ISO 15511 | International Standard Identifier for Libraries and Related Organizations (ISIL) | |
| UN/LOCODE | United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations | Implemented by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
Imperfect implementations
Starting in 1985, ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes have been used in the Domain Name System as country code top-level domains (ccTLDs). The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority currently assigns the ccTLDs mostly following the alpha-2 codes, but with a few exceptions. For example, the United Kingdom, whose alpha-2 code is GB, uses .uk instead of .gb as its ccTLD, as UK is currently exceptionally reserved in ISO 3166-1 on the request of the United Kingdom.
The WIPO coding standard ST.3 is based on ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes, but includes a number of additional codes for international intellectual property organizations, which are currently reserved and not used at the present stage in ISO 3166-1.
The European Commission generally uses ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes with two exceptions: EL (not GR) is used to represent Greece, and UK (not GB) is used to represent the United Kingdom. This notwithstanding, the Official Journal of the European Communities specified that GR and GB be used to represent Greece and United Kingdom respectively. For VAT administration purposes, the European Commission uses for Greece and the United Kingdom respectively.
The United Nations uses a combination of ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 and alpha-3 codes, along with codes that pre-date the creation of ISO 3166, for international vehicle registration codes, which are codes used to identify the issuing country of a vehicle registration plate; some of these codes are currently indeterminately reserved in ISO 3166-1.
IETF language tags (conforming to the BCP 47 standard track and maintained in an IANA registry) are also partially derived from ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes (for the region subtags). The full list of ISO 3166-1 codes assigned to countries and territories are usable as region subtags. Also, the "exceptionally reserved" alpha-2 codes defined in ISO 3166-1 (with the exception of UK) are also usable as region subtags for language tags. However, newer stability policies (agreed with ISO) have been implemented to avoid deleting subtags that have been withdrawn in ISO 3166-1 ; instead they are kept and aliased to the new preferred subtags, or kept as subtags grouping several countries. Some other region grouping subtags are derived from other standards. Under the newer stability policies, old assigned codes that have been withdrawn from ISO 3166-1 should no longer be reassigned to another country or territory (as has occurred in the past for "CS").
Current codes
Decoding table
The following is a colour-coded decoding table of all ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes.
| AB | title="exceptionally reserved: Ascension Island" نطقب:Rarely | title="Andorra" نطقب:Active | title="United Arab Emirates" نطقب:Active | title="Afghanistan" نطقب:Active | title="Antigua and Barbuda" نطقب:Active | AH | AJ | AK | title="Albania" نطقب:Active | title="Armenia" نطقب:Active | title="Angola" نطقب:Active | title="indeterminately reserved: African Regional Industrial Property Organization" نطقب:Eliminated | title="Antarctica" نطقب:Active | title="Argentina" نطقب:Active | title="American Samoa" نطقب:Active | title="Austria" نطقب:Active | title="Australia" نطقب:Active | AV | title="Aruba" نطقب:Active | title="Åland Islands" نطقب:Active | AY | title="Azerbaijan" نطقب:Active | |||
| title="Bosnia and Herzegovina" نطقب:Active | title="Barbados" نطقب:Active | BC | title="Bangladesh" نطقب:Active | title="Belgium" نطقب:Active | title="Burkina Faso" نطقب:Active | title="Bulgaria" نطقب:Active | title="Bahrain" نطقب:Active | title="Burundi" نطقب:Active | title="Benin" نطقب:Active | BK | title="Saint Barthélemy" نطقب:Active | title="Bermuda" نطقب:Active | title="Brunei Darussalem" نطقب:Active | title="Bolivia, Plurinational State of" نطقب:Active | BP | title="Brazil" نطقب:Active | title="Bahamas" نطقب:Active | title="Bhutan" نطقب:Active | title="Bouvet Island" نطقب:Active | title="Botswana" نطقب:Active | title="indeterminately reserved: Benelux Trademarks and Design Offices" نطقب:Eliminated | title="Belarus" نطقب:Active | title="Belize" نطقب:Active | ||
| title="Canada" نطقب:Active | CB | title="Cocos (Keeling) Islands" نطقب:Active | title="Congo, the Democratic Republic of the" نطقب:Active | CE | title="Central African Republic" نطقب:Active | title="Congo" نطقب:Active | title="Switzerland" نطقب:Active | title="Côte d'Ivoire" نطقب:Active | CJ | title="Cook Islands" نطقب:Active | title="Chile" نطقب:Active | title="Cameroon" نطقب:Active | title="China" نطقب:Active | title="Colombia" نطقب:Active | title="exceptionally reserved: Clipperton Island" نطقب:Rarely | CQ | title="Costa Rica" نطقب:Active | CT | title="Cuba" نطقب:Active | title="Cabo Verde" نطقب:Active | title="Curaçao" نطقب:Active | title="Christmas Island" نطقب:Active | title="Cyprus" نطقب:Active | title="Czech Republic" نطقب:Active | |
| DA | DB | DC | DD | title="Germany" نطقب:Active | DF | title="exceptionally reserved: Diego Garcia" نطقب:Rarely | DH | DI | title="Djibouti" نطقب:Active | title="Denmark" نطقب:Active | DL | title="Dominica" نطقب:Active | DN | title="Dominican Republic" نطقب:Active | DP | DQ | DR | DS | DT | DU | DV | DW | DX | title="indeterminately reserved: Benin" نطقب:Eliminated | title="Algeria" نطقب:Active |
| title="exceptionally reserved: Ceuta, Melilla" نطقب:Rarely | EB | title="Ecuador" نطقب:Active | ED | title="Estonia" نطقب:Active | title="indeterminately reserved: Union of Countries under the European Community Patent Convention" نطقب:Eliminated | title="Egypt" نطقب:Active | title="Western Sahara" نطقب:Active | EI | EJ | EK | EL | title="indeterminately reserved: European Trademark Office" نطقب:Eliminated | EN | EO | title="indeterminately reserved: European Patent Organization" نطقب:Eliminated | EQ | title="Eritrea" نطقب:Active | title="Spain" نطقب:Active | title="Ethiopia" نطقب:Active | title="exceptionally reserved: European Union" نطقب:Rarely | title="indeterminately reserved: Eurasian Patent Organization" نطقب:Eliminated | title="indeterminately reserved: Estonia" نطقب:Eliminated | EX | EY | title="exceptionally reserved: Eurozone" نطقب:Rarely |
| FA | FB | FC | FD | FE | FF | FG | FH | title="Finland" نطقب:Active | title="Fiji" نطقب:Active | title="Falkland Islands (Malvinas)" نطقب:Active | title="indeterminately reserved: Liechtenstein" نطقب:Eliminated | title="Micronesia, Federated States of" نطقب:Active | FN | title="Faroe Islands" نطقب:Active | FP | FQ | title="France" نطقب:Active | FS | FT | FU | FV | FW | title="exceptionally reserved: France, Metropolitan" نطقب:Rarely | FY | FZ |
| title="Gabon" نطقب:Active | title="United Kingdom" نطقب:Active | title="indeterminately reserved: Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)" نطقب:Eliminated | title="Grenada" نطقب:Active | title="French Guiana" نطقب:Active | title="Guernsey" نطقب:Active | title="Ghana" نطقب:Active | title="Gibraltar" نطقب:Active | GJ | GK | title="Greenland" نطقب:Active | title="Gambia" نطقب:Active | title="Guinea" نطقب:Active | GO | title="Guadeloupe" نطقب:Active | title="Equatorial Guinea" نطقب:Active | title="Greece" نطقب:Active | title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands" نطقب:Active | title="Guatemala" نطقب:Active | title="Guam" نطقب:Active | GV | title="Guinea-Bissau" نطقب:Active | GX | title="Guyana" نطقب:Active | GZ | |
| HA | HB | HC | HD | HE | HF | HG | HH | HI | HJ | title="Hong Kong" نطقب:Active | HL | title="Heard Island and McDonald Islands" نطقب:Active | title="Honduras" نطقب:Active | HO | HP | HQ | title="Croatia" نطقب:Active | HS | title="Haiti" نطقب:Active | title="Hungary" نطقب:Active | HV | HW | HX | HY | HZ |
| IA | title="indeterminately reserved: International Bureau of WIPO" نطقب:Eliminated | title="exceptionally reserved: Canary Islands" نطقب:Rarely | title="Indonesia" نطقب:Active | title="Ireland" نطقب:Active | IF | IG | IH | II | IJ | IK | title="Israel" نطقب:Active | title="Isle of Man" نطقب:Active | title="India" نطقب:Active | title="British Indian Ocean Territory" نطقب:Active | IP | title="Iraq" نطقب:Active | title="Iran, Islamic Republic of" نطقب:Active | title="Iceland" نطقب:Active | title="Italy" نطقب:Active | IU | IV | IW | IX | IY | IZ |
| title="indeterminately reserved: Jamaica" نطقب:Eliminated | JB | JC | JD | title="Jersey" نطقب:Active | JF | JG | JH | JI | JJ | JK | JL | title="Jamaica" نطقب:Active | JN | title="Jordan" نطقب:Active | title="Japan" نطقب:Active | JQ | JR | JS | JT | JU | JV | JW | JX | JY | JZ |
| KA | KB | KC | KD | title="Kenya" نطقب:Active | KF | title="Kyrgyzstan" نطقب:Active | title="Cambodia" نطقب:Active | title="Kiribati" نطقب:Active | KJ | KK | KL | title="Comoros" نطقب:Active | title="Saint Kitts and Nevis" نطقب:Active | KO | title="Korea, Democratic People's Republic of" نطقب:Active | KQ | title="Korea, Republic of" نطقب:Active | KS | KT | KU | KV | title="Kuwait" نطقب:Active | KX | title="Cayman Islands" نطقب:Active | title="Kazakhstan" نطقب:Active |
| title="Lao People's Democratic Republic" نطقب:Active | title="Lebanon" نطقب:Active | title="Saint Lucia" نطقب:Active | LD | LE | title="indeterminately reserved: Libya Fezzan" نطقب:Eliminated | LG | LH | title="Liechtenstein" نطقب:Active | LJ | title="Sri Lanka" نطقب:Active | LL | LM | LN | LO | LP | LQ | title="Liberia" نطقب:Active | title="Lesotho" نطقب:Active | title="Lithuania" نطقب:Active | title="Luxembourg" نطقب:Active | title="Latvia" نطقب:Active | LW | LX | title="Libya" نطقب:Active | LZ |
| title="Morocco" نطقب:Active | MB | title="Monaco" نطقب:Active | title="Moldova, Republic of" نطقب:Active | title="Montenegro" نطقب:Active | title="Saint Martin (French part)" نطقب:Active | title="Madagascar" نطقب:Active | title="Marshall Islands" نطقب:Active | MI | MJ | title="Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of" نطقب:Active | title="Mali" نطقب:Active | title="Myanmar" نطقب:Active | title="Mongolia" نطقب:Active | title="Macao" نطقب:Active | title="Northern Mariana Islands" نطقب:Active | title="Martinique" نطقب:Active | title="Mauritania" نطقب:Active | title="Montserrat" نطقب:Active | title="Malta" نطقب:Active | title="Mauritius" نطقب:Active | title="Maldives" نطقب:Active | title="Malawi" نطقب:Active | title="Mexico" نطقب:Active | title="Malaysia" نطقب:Active | title="Mozambique" نطقب:Active |
| title="Namibia" نطقب:Active | NB | title="New Caledonia" نطقب:Active | ND | title="Niger" نطقب:Active | title="Norfolk Island" نطقب:Active | title="Nigeria" نطقب:Active | NH | title="Nicaragua" نطقب:Active | NJ | NK | title="Netherlands" نطقب:Active | NM | NN | title="Norway" نطقب:Active | title="Nepal" نطقب:Active | NQ | title="Nauru" نطقب:Active | NS | title="Niue" نطقب:Active | NV | NW | NX | NY | title="New Zealand" نطقب:Active | |
| title="indeterminately reserved: African Intellectual Property Organization" نطقب:Eliminated | OB | OC | OD | OE | OF | OG | OH | OI | OJ | OK | OL | title="Oman" نطقب:Active | ON | OP | OQ | OR | OS | OT | OU | OV | OW | OX | OY | OZ | |
| title="Panama" نطقب:Active | PB | PC | PD | title="Peru" نطقب:Active | title="French Polynesia" نطقب:Active | title="Papua New Guinea" نطقب:Active | title="Philippines" نطقب:Active | title="indeterminately reserved: Philippines" نطقب:Eliminated | PJ | title="Pakistan" نطقب:Active | title="Poland" نطقب:Active | title="Saint Pierre and Miquelon" نطقب:Active | title="Pitcairn" نطقب:Active | PO | PP | PQ | title="Puerto Rico" نطقب:Active | title="Palestine, State of" نطقب:Active | title="Portugal" نطقب:Active | PU | PV | title="Palau" نطقب:Active | PX | title="Paraguay" نطقب:Active | PZ |
| title="Qatar" نطقب:Active | QB | QC | QD | QE | QF | QG | QH | QI | QJ | QK | QL | ||||||||||||||
| title="indeterminately reserved: Argentina" نطقب:Eliminated | title="indeterminately reserved: Bolivia; Botswana" نطقب:Eliminated | title="indeterminately reserved: China" نطقب:Eliminated | RD | title="Réunion" نطقب:Active | RF | RG | title="indeterminately reserved: Haiti" نطقب:Eliminated | title="indeterminately reserved: Indonesia" نطقب:Eliminated | RJ | RK | title="indeterminately reserved: Lebanon" نطقب:Eliminated | title="indeterminately reserved: Madagascar" نطقب:Eliminated | title="indeterminately reserved: Niger" نطقب:Eliminated | title="Romania" نطقب:Active | title="indeterminately reserved: Philippines" نطقب:Eliminated | RQ | RR | title="Serbia" نطقب:Active | RT | title="Russian Federation" نطقب:Active | RV | title="Rwanda" نطقب:Active | RX | RY | RZ |
| title="Saudi Arabia" نطقب:Active | title="Solomon Islands" نطقب:Active | title="Seychelles" نطقب:Active | title="Sudan" نطقب:Active | title="Sweden" نطقب:Active | title="indeterminately reserved: Finland" نطقب:Eliminated | title="Singapore" نطقب:Active | title="Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha" نطقب:Active | title="Slovenia" نطقب:Active | title="Svalbard and Jan Mayen" نطقب:Active | title="Sierra Leone" نطقب:Active | title="San Marino" نطقب:Active | title="Senegal" نطقب:Active | title="Somalia" نطقب:Active | SP | SQ | title="Suriname" نطقب:Active | title="South Sudan" نطقب:Active | title="Sao Tome and Principe [ك]" نطقب:Active | title="exceptionally reserved: USSR" نطقب:Rarely | title="El Salvador" نطقب:Active | SW | title="Sint Maarten (Dutch part)" نطقب:Active | title="Syrian Arab Republic" نطقب:Active | title="Eswatini" نطقب:Active | |
| title="exceptionally reserved: Tristan da Cunha" نطقب:Rarely | TB | title="Turks and Caicos Islands" نطقب:Active | title="Chad" نطقب:Active | TE | title="French Southern Territories" نطقب:Active | title="Togo" نطقب:Active | title="Thailand" نطقب:Active | TI | title="Tajikistan" نطقب:Active | title="Tokelau" نطقب:Active | title="Timor-Leste" نطقب:Active | title="Turkmenistan" نطقب:Active | title="Tunisia" نطقب:Active | title="Tonga" نطقب:Active | TQ | title="Turkey" نطقب:Active | TS | title="Trinidad and Tobago" نطقب:Active | TU | title="Tuvalu" نطقب:Active | title="Taiwan, Province of China" نطقب:Active | TX | TY | title="Tanzania, United Republic of" نطقب:Active | |
| title="Ukraine" نطقب:Active | UB | UC | UD | UE | UF | title="Uganda" نطقب:Active | UH | UI | UJ | title="exceptionally reserved: United Kingdom" نطقب:Rarely | UL | title="United States Minor Outlying Islands" نطقب:Active | title="exceptionally reserved: United Nations" نطقب:Rarely | UO | UP | UQ | UR | title="United States" نطقب:Active | UT | UU | UV | UW | UX | title="Uruguay" نطقب:Active | title="Uzbekistan" نطقب:Active |
| title="Holy See (Vatican City State)" نطقب:Active | VB | title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines" نطقب:Active | VD | title="Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of" نطقب:Active | VF | title="Virgin Islands, British" نطقب:Active | VH | title="Virgin Islands, U.S." نطقب:Active | VJ | VK | VL | VM | title="Viet Nam" نطقب:Active | VO | VP | VQ | VR | VS | VT | title="Vanuatu" نطقب:Active | VV | VW | VX | VY | VZ |
| WA | WB | WC | WD | WE | title="Wallis and Futuna" نطقب:Active | title="indeterminately reserved: Grenada" نطقب:Eliminated | WH | WI | WJ | WK | title="indeterminately reserved: Saint Lucia" نطقب:Eliminated | WM | WN | title="indeterminately reserved: World Intellectual Property Organization" نطقب:Eliminated | WP | WQ | WR | title="Samoa" نطقب:Active | WT | WU | title="indeterminately reserved: Saint Vincent" نطقب:Eliminated | WW | WX | WY | WZ |
| YA | YB | YC | YD | title="Yemen" نطقب:Active | YF | YG | YH | YI | YJ | YK | YL | YM | YN | YO | YP | YQ | YR | YS | title="Mayotte" نطقب:Active | title="indeterminately reserved: Venezuela" نطقب:Eliminated | YW | YX | YY | YZ | |
| title="South Africa" نطقب:Active | ZB | ZC | ZD | ZE | ZF | ZG | ZH | ZI | ZJ | ZK | ZL | title="Zambia" نطقب:Active | ZN | ZO | ZP | ZQ | ZS | ZT | ZU | ZV | title="Zimbabwe" نطقب:Active | ZX | ZY | ||
| Colour legend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| colspan="2" نطقب:Active | Officially assigned: assigned to a country, territory, or area of geographical interest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Officially assigned: formerly assigned to a different entity, then deleted and later reassigned to a country, territory… | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| User-assigned: free for assignment at the disposal of users | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| colspan="2" نطقب:Rarely | Exceptionally reserved: reserved on request for restricted use | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| colspan="2" نطقب:Eliminated | Indeterminately reserved: used in coding systems associated with ISO 3166-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transitionally reserved: deleted from ISO 3166-1 but reserved transitionally | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deleted: deleted and free for reassignment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unassigned: free for assignment by the ISO 3166/MA only | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Officially assigned code elements
The following is a complete list of the 249 current officially assigned ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes, with the following columns:
- Code — ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code
- Country name — English short country 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 (note that some are inactive); exceptions where another ccTLD is assigned for the country are shown in parentheses
- ISO 3166-2 — Corresponding ISO 3166-2 codes
- Notes — Any unofficial notes
| Code | Country name | Year | ccTLD | ISO 3166-2 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AD | Andorra | 1974 | .ad | ISO 3166-2:AD | |
| AE | United Arab Emirates | 1974 | .ae | ISO 3166-2:AE | |
| AF | Afghanistan | 1974 | .af | ISO 3166-2:AF | |
| AG | Antigua and Barbuda | 1974 | .ag | ISO 3166-2:AG | |
| AI | Anguilla | 1985 | .ai | ISO 3166-2:AI | AI previously represented French Afar and Issas |
| AL | Albania | 1974 | .al | ISO 3166-2:AL | |
| AM | Armenia | 1992 | .am | ISO 3166-2:AM | |
| AO | Angola | 1974 | .ao | ISO 3166-2:AO | |
| AQ | Antarctica | 1974 | .aq | ISO 3166-2:AQ | Covers the territories south of 60° south latitude Code taken from name in French: Antarctique |
| AR | Argentina | 1974 | .ar | ISO 3166-2:AR | |
| AS | American Samoa | 1974 | .as | ISO 3166-2:AS | |
| AT | Austria | 1974 | .at | ISO 3166-2:AT | |
| AU | Australia | 1974 | .au | ISO 3166-2:AU | Includes the Ashmore and Cartier Islands and the Coral Sea Islands |
| AW | Aruba | 1986 | .aw | ISO 3166-2:AW | |
| AX | Åland Islands | 2004 | .ax | ISO 3166-2:AX | An autonomous province of Finland |
| AZ | Azerbaijan | 1992 | .az | ISO 3166-2:AZ | |
| BA | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1992 | .ba | ISO 3166-2:BA | |
| BB | Barbados | 1974 | .bb | ISO 3166-2:BB | |
| BD | Bangladesh | 1974 | .bd | ISO 3166-2:BD | |
| BE | Belgium | 1974 | .be | ISO 3166-2:BE | |
| BF | Burkina Faso | 1984 | .bf | ISO 3166-2:BF | Name changed from Upper Volta (HV) |
| BG | Bulgaria | 1974 | .bg | ISO 3166-2:BG | |
| BH | Bahrain | 1974 | .bh | ISO 3166-2:BH | |
| BI | Burundi | 1974 | .bi | ISO 3166-2:BI | |
| BJ | Benin | 1977 | .bj | ISO 3166-2:BJ | Name changed from Dahomey (DY) |
| BL | Saint Barthélemy | 2007 | .bl | ISO 3166-2:BL | |
| BM | Bermuda | 1974 | .bm | ISO 3166-2:BM | |
| BN | Brunei Darussalam | 1974 | .bn | ISO 3166-2:BN | ISO country name follows UN designation (common name: Brunei) |
| BO | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1974 | .bo | ISO 3166-2:BO | ISO country name follows UN designation (common name and previous ISO country name: Bolivia) |
| BQ | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 2010 | .bq | ISO 3166-2:BQ | Consists of three Caribbean "special municipalities", which are part of the Netherlands proper: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba (the BES Islands) Previous ISO country name: Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba BQ previously represented British Antarctic Territory |
| BR | Brazil | 1974 | .br | ISO 3166-2:BR | |
| BS | Bahamas | 1974 | .bs | ISO 3166-2:BS | |
| BT | Bhutan | 1974 | .bt | ISO 3166-2:BT | |
| BV | Bouvet Island | 1974 | .bv | ISO 3166-2:BV | Belongs to Norway |
| BW | Botswana | 1974 | .bw | ISO 3166-2:BW | |
| BY | Belarus | 1974 | .by | ISO 3166-2:BY | Code taken from previous ISO country name: Byelorussian SSR (now assigned ISO 3166-3 code ) Code assigned as the country was already a UN member since 1945 |
| BZ | Belize | 1974 | .bz | ISO 3166-2:BZ | |
| CA | Canada | 1974 | .ca | ISO 3166-2:CA | |
| CC | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 1974 | .cc | ISO 3166-2:CC | |
| CD | Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | 1997 | .cd | ISO 3166-2:CD | Name changed from Zaire (ZR) |
| CF | Central African Republic | 1974 | .cf | ISO 3166-2:CF | |
| CG | Congo | 1974 | .cg | ISO 3166-2:CG | |
| CH | Switzerland | 1974 | .ch | ISO 3166-2:CH | Code taken from name in Latin: Confoederatio Helvetica |
| CI | Côte d'Ivoire | 1974 | .ci | ISO 3166-2:CI | ISO country name follows UN designation (common name: Ivory Coast) |
| CK | Cook Islands | 1974 | .ck | ISO 3166-2:CK | |
| CL | Chile | 1974 | .cl | ISO 3166-2:CL | |
| CM | Cameroon | 1974 | .cm | ISO 3166-2:CM | |
| CN | China | 1974 | .cn | ISO 3166-2:CN | |
| CO | Colombia | 1974 | .co | ISO 3166-2:CO | |
| CR | Costa Rica | 1974 | .cr | ISO 3166-2:CR | |
| CU | Cuba | 1974 | .cu | ISO 3166-2:CU | |
| CV | Cabo Verde | 1974 | .cv | ISO 3166-2:CV | |
| CW | Curaçao | 2010 | .cw | ISO 3166-2:CW | |
| CX | Christmas Island | 1974 | .cx | ISO 3166-2:CX | |
| CY | Cyprus | 1974 | .cy | ISO 3166-2:CY | |
| CZ | Czechia | 1993 | .cz | ISO 3166-2:CZ | Previous ISO country name: Czech Republic |
| DE | Germany | 1974 | .de | ISO 3166-2:DE | Code taken from name in German: Deutschland Code used for West Germany before 1990 (previous ISO country name: Germany, Federal Republic of) |
| DJ | Djibouti | 1977 | .dj | ISO 3166-2:DJ | Name changed from French Afar and Issas (AI) |
| DK | Denmark | 1974 | .dk | ISO 3166-2:DK | |
| DM | Dominica | 1974 | .dm | ISO 3166-2:DM | |
| DO | Dominican Republic | 1974 | .do | ISO 3166-2:DO | |
| DZ | Algeria | 1974 | .dz | ISO 3166-2:DZ | Code taken from name in Kabyle: Dzayer |
| EC | Ecuador | 1974 | .ec | ISO 3166-2:EC | |
| EE | Estonia | 1992 | .ee | ISO 3166-2:EE | Code taken from name in Estonian: Eesti |
| EG | Egypt | 1974 | .eg | ISO 3166-2:EG | |
| EH | Western Sahara | 1974 | .eh | ISO 3166-2:EH | Previous ISO country name: Spanish Sahara (code taken from name in Spanish: Sahara español) |
| ER | Eritrea | 1993 | .er | ISO 3166-2:ER | |
| ES | Spain | 1974 | .es | ISO 3166-2:ES | Code taken from name in Spanish: España |
| ET | Ethiopia | 1974 | .et | ISO 3166-2:ET | |
| FI | Finland | 1974 | .fi | ISO 3166-2:FI | |
| FJ | Fiji | 1974 | .fj | ISO 3166-2:FJ | |
| FK | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 1974 | .fk | ISO 3166-2:FK | ISO country name follows UN designation due to the Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute (local common name: Falkland Islands) |
| FM | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1986 | .fm | ISO 3166-2:FM | Previous ISO country name: Micronesia |
| FO | Faroe Islands | 1974 | .fo | ISO 3166-2:FO | Code taken from name in Faroese: Føroyar |
| FR | France | 1974 | .fr | ISO 3166-2:FR | Includes Clipperton Island |
| GA | Gabon | 1974 | .ga | ISO 3166-2:GA | |
| GB | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1974 |
.gb (.uk) |
ISO 3166-2:GB | Code taken from Great Britain (from official name: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) .uk is the primary ccTLD of the United Kingdom instead of .gb (see code , which is exceptionally reserved) |
| GD | Grenada | 1974 | .gd | ISO 3166-2:GD | |
| GE | Georgia | 1992 | .ge | ISO 3166-2:GE | GE previously represented Gilbert and Ellice Islands |
| GF | French Guiana | 1974 | .gf | ISO 3166-2:GF | Code taken from name in French: Guyane française |
| GG | Guernsey | 2006 | .gg | ISO 3166-2:GG | a British Crown dependency |
| GH | Ghana | 1974 | .gh | ISO 3166-2:GH | |
| GI | Gibraltar | 1974 | .gi | ISO 3166-2:GI | |
| GL | Greenland | 1974 | .gl | ISO 3166-2:GL | |
| GM | Gambia | 1974 | .gm | ISO 3166-2:GM | |
| GN | Guinea | 1974 | .gn | ISO 3166-2:GN | |
| GP | Guadeloupe | 1974 | .gp | ISO 3166-2:GP | |
| GQ | Equatorial Guinea | 1974 | .gq | ISO 3166-2:GQ | Code taken from name in French: Guinée équatoriale |
| GR | Greece | 1974 | .gr | ISO 3166-2:GR | |
| GS | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 1993 | .gs | ISO 3166-2:GS | |
| GT | Guatemala | 1974 | .gt | ISO 3166-2:GT | |
| GU | Guam | 1974 | .gu | ISO 3166-2:GU | |
| GW | Guinea-Bissau | 1974 | .gw | ISO 3166-2:GW | |
| GY | Guyana | 1974 | .gy | ISO 3166-2:GY | |
| HK | Hong Kong | 1974 | .hk | ISO 3166-2:HK | |
| HM | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 1974 | .hm | ISO 3166-2:HM | |
| HN | Honduras | 1974 | .hn | ISO 3166-2:HN | |
| HR | Croatia | 1992 | .hr | ISO 3166-2:HR | Code taken from name in Croatian: Hrvatska |
| HT | Haiti | 1974 | .ht | ISO 3166-2:HT | |
| HU | Hungary | 1974 | .hu | ISO 3166-2:HU | |
| ID | Indonesia | 1974 | .id | ISO 3166-2:ID | |
| IE | Ireland | 1974 | .ie | ISO 3166-2:IE | |
| IL | Israel | 1974 | .il | ISO 3166-2:IL | |
| IM | Isle of Man | 2006 | .im | ISO 3166-2:IM | a British Crown dependency |
| IN | India | 1974 | .in | ISO 3166-2:IN | |
| IO | British Indian Ocean Territory | 1974 | .io | ISO 3166-2:IO | |
| IQ | Iraq | 1974 | .iq | ISO 3166-2:IQ | |
| IR | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1974 | .ir | ISO 3166-2:IR | ISO country name follows UN designation (common name: Iran) |
| IS | Iceland | 1974 | .is | ISO 3166-2:IS | Code taken from name in Icelandic: Ísland |
| IT | Italy | 1974 | .it | ISO 3166-2:IT | |
| JE | Jersey | 2006 | .je | ISO 3166-2:JE | a British Crown dependency |
| JM | Jamaica | 1974 | .jm | ISO 3166-2:JM | |
| JO | Jordan | 1974 | .jo | ISO 3166-2:JO | |
| JP | Japan | 1974 | .jp | ISO 3166-2:JP | |
| KE | Kenya | 1974 | .ke | ISO 3166-2:KE | |
| KG | Kyrgyzstan | 1992 | .kg | ISO 3166-2:KG | |
| KH | Cambodia | 1974 | .kh | ISO 3166-2:KH | Code taken from former name: Khmer Republic Previous ISO country name: Kampuchea |
| KI | Kiribati | 1979 | .ki | ISO 3166-2:KI | |
| KM | Comoros | 1974 | .km | ISO 3166-2:KM | Code taken from name in Comorian: Komori |
| KN | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1974 | .kn | ISO 3166-2:KN | Previous ISO country name: Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla |
| KP | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 1974 | .kp | ISO 3166-2:KP | ISO country name follows UN designation (common name: North Korea) |
| KR | Korea, Republic of | 1974 | .kr | ISO 3166-2:KR | ISO country name follows UN designation (common name: South Korea) |
| KW | Kuwait | 1974 | .kw | ISO 3166-2:KW | |
| KY | Cayman Islands | 1974 | .ky | ISO 3166-2:KY | |
| KZ | Kazakhstan | 1992 | .kz | ISO 3166-2:KZ | Previous ISO country name: Kazakstan [ك] |
| LA | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1974 | .la | ISO 3166-2:LA | ISO country name follows UN designation (common name: Laos) |
| LB | Lebanon | 1974 | .lb | ISO 3166-2:LB | |
| LC | Saint Lucia | 1974 | .lc | ISO 3166-2:LC | |
| LI | Liechtenstein | 1974 | .li | ISO 3166-2:LI | |
| LK | Sri Lanka | 1974 | .lk | ISO 3166-2:LK | |
| LR | Liberia | 1974 | .lr | ISO 3166-2:LR | |
| LS | Lesotho | 1974 | .ls | ISO 3166-2:LS | |
| LT | Lithuania | 1992 | .lt | ISO 3166-2:LT | |
| LU | Luxembourg | 1974 | .lu | ISO 3166-2:LU | |
| LV | Latvia | 1992 | .lv | ISO 3166-2:LV | |
| LY | Libya | 1974 | .ly | ISO 3166-2:LY | Previous ISO country name: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
| MA | Morocco | 1974 | .ma | ISO 3166-2:MA | Code taken from name in French: Maroc |
| MC | Monaco | 1974 | .mc | ISO 3166-2:MC | |
| MD | Moldova, Republic of | 1992 | .md | ISO 3166-2:MD | ISO country name follows UN designation (common name and previous ISO country name: Moldova) |
| ME | Montenegro | 2006 | .me | ISO 3166-2:ME | |
| MF | Saint Martin (French part) | 2007 | .mf | ISO 3166-2:MF | The Dutch part of Saint Martin island is assigned code |
| MG | Madagascar | 1974 | .mg | ISO 3166-2:MG | |
| MH | Marshall Islands | 1986 | .mh | ISO 3166-2:MH | |
| MK | Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of | 1993 | .mk | ISO 3166-2:MK | ISO country name follows UN designation (due to Macedonia naming dispute; official name used by country itself: Republic of Macedonia) Code taken from name in Macedonian: Makedonija |
| ML | Mali | 1974 | .ml | ISO 3166-2:ML | |
| MM | Myanmar | 1989 | .mm | ISO 3166-2:MM | Name changed from Burma (BU) |
| MN | Mongolia | 1974 | .mn | ISO 3166-2:MN | |
| MO | Macao | 1974 | .mo | ISO 3166-2:MO | Previous ISO country name: Macau |
| MP | Northern Mariana Islands | 1986 | .mp | ISO 3166-2:MP | |
| MQ | Martinique | 1974 | .mq | ISO 3166-2:MQ | |
| MR | Mauritania | 1974 | .mr | ISO 3166-2:MR | |
| MS | Montserrat | 1974 | .ms | ISO 3166-2:MS | |
| MT | Malta | 1974 | .mt | ISO 3166-2:MT | |
| MU | Mauritius | 1974 | .mu | ISO 3166-2:MU | |
| MV | Maldives | 1974 | .mv | ISO 3166-2:MV | |
| MW | Malawi | 1974 | .mw | ISO 3166-2:MW | |
| MX | Mexico | 1974 | .mx | ISO 3166-2:MX | |
| MY | Malaysia | 1974 | .my | ISO 3166-2:MY | |
| MZ | Mozambique | 1974 | .mz | ISO 3166-2:MZ | |
| NA | Namibia | 1974 | .na | ISO 3166-2:NA | |
| NC | New Caledonia | 1974 | .nc | ISO 3166-2:NC | |
| NE | Niger | 1974 | .ne | ISO 3166-2:NE | |
| NF | Norfolk Island | 1974 | .nf | ISO 3166-2:NF | |
| NG | Nigeria | 1974 | .ng | ISO 3166-2:NG | |
| NI | Nicaragua | 1974 | .ni | ISO 3166-2:NI | |
| NL | Netherlands | 1974 | .nl | ISO 3166-2:NL | |
| NO | Norway | 1974 | .no | ISO 3166-2:NO | |
| NP | Nepal | 1974 | .np | ISO 3166-2:NP | |
| NR | Nauru | 1974 | .nr | ISO 3166-2:NR | |
| NU | Niue | 1974 | .nu | ISO 3166-2:NU | |
| NZ | New Zealand | 1974 | .nz | ISO 3166-2:NZ | |
| OM | Oman | 1974 | .om | ISO 3166-2:OM | |
| PA | Panama | 1974 | .pa | ISO 3166-2:PA | |
| PE | Peru | 1974 | .pe | ISO 3166-2:PE | |
| PF | French Polynesia | 1974 | .pf | ISO 3166-2:PF | Code taken from name in French: Polynésie française |
| PG | Papua New Guinea | 1974 | .pg | ISO 3166-2:PG | |
| PH | Philippines | 1974 | .ph | ISO 3166-2:PH | |
| PK | Pakistan | 1974 | .pk | ISO 3166-2:PK | |
| PL | Poland | 1974 | .pl | ISO 3166-2:PL | |
| PM | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1974 | .pm | ISO 3166-2:PM | |
| PN | Pitcairn | 1974 | .pn | ISO 3166-2:PN | |
| PR | Puerto Rico | 1974 | .pr | ISO 3166-2:PR | |
| PS | Palestine, State of | 1999 | .ps | ISO 3166-2:PS | Previous ISO country name: Palestinian Territory, Occupied Consists of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip |
| PT | Portugal | 1974 | .pt | ISO 3166-2:PT | |
| PW | Palau | 1986 | .pw | ISO 3166-2:PW | |
| PY | Paraguay | 1974 | .py | ISO 3166-2:PY | |
| QA | Qatar | 1974 | .qa | ISO 3166-2:QA | |
| RE | Réunion | 1974 | .re | ISO 3166-2:RE | |
| RO | Romania | 1974 | .ro | ISO 3166-2:RO | |
| RS | Serbia | 2006 | .rs | ISO 3166-2:RS | |
| RU | Russian Federation | 1992 | .ru | ISO 3166-2:RU | ISO country name follows UN designation (common name: Russia) |
| RW | Rwanda | 1974 | .rw | ISO 3166-2:RW | |
| SA | Saudi Arabia | 1974 | .sa | ISO 3166-2:SA | |
| SB | Solomon Islands | 1974 | .sb | ISO 3166-2:SB | Code taken from former name: British Solomon Islands |
| SC | Seychelles | 1974 | .sc | ISO 3166-2:SC | |
| SD | Sudan | 1974 | .sd | ISO 3166-2:SD | |
| SE | Sweden | 1974 | .se | ISO 3166-2:SE | |
| SG | Singapore | 1974 | .sg | ISO 3166-2:SG | |
| SH | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 1974 | .sh | ISO 3166-2:SH | Previous ISO country name: Saint Helena |
| SI | Slovenia | 1992 | .si | ISO 3166-2:SI | |
| SJ | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 1974 | .sj | ISO 3166-2:SJ | Consists of two arctic territories of Norway: Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
| SK | Slovakia | 1993 | .sk | ISO 3166-2:SK | SK previously represented Sikkim |
| SL | Sierra Leone | 1974 | .sl | ISO 3166-2:SL | |
| SM | San Marino | 1974 | .sm | ISO 3166-2:SM | |
| SN | Senegal | 1974 | .sn | ISO 3166-2:SN | |
| SO | Somalia | 1974 | .so | ISO 3166-2:SO | |
| SR | Suriname | 1974 | .sr | ISO 3166-2:SR | |
| SS | South Sudan | 2011 | .ss | ISO 3166-2:SS | |
| ST | [[São Tomé and Príncipe|Sao Tome and Principe [ك]]] | 1974 | .st | ISO 3166-2:ST | |
| SV | El Salvador | 1974 | .sv | ISO 3166-2:SV | |
| SX | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2010 | .sx | ISO 3166-2:SX | The French part of Saint Martin island is assigned code |
| SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1974 | .sy | ISO 3166-2:SY | ISO country name follows UN designation (common name: Syria) |
| SZ | Eswatini | 1974 | .sz | ISO 3166-2:SZ | Previous ISO country name: Swaziland |
| TC | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1974 | .tc | ISO 3166-2:TC | |
| TD | Chad | 1974 | .td | ISO 3166-2:TD | Code taken from name in French: Tchad |
| TF | French Southern Territories | 1979 | .tf | ISO 3166-2:TF | Covers the French Southern and Antarctic Lands except Adélie Land Code taken from name in French: Terres australes françaises |
| TG | Togo | 1974 | .tg | ISO 3166-2:TG | |
| TH | تايلند | 1974 | .th | ISO 3166-2:TH | |
| TJ | Tajikistan | 1992 | .tj | ISO 3166-2:TJ | |
| TK | Tokelau | 1974 | .tk | ISO 3166-2:TK | |
| TL | Timor-Leste | 2002 | .tl | ISO 3166-2:TL | Name changed from East Timor (TP) |
| TM | Turkmenistan | 1992 | .tm | ISO 3166-2:TM | |
| TN | Tunisia | 1974 | .tn | ISO 3166-2:TN | |
| TO | Tonga | 1974 | .to | ISO 3166-2:TO | |
| TR | هجريا | 1974 | .tr | ISO 3166-2:TR | |
| TT | Trinidad and Tobago | 1974 | .tt | ISO 3166-2:TT | |
| TV | Tuvalu | 1977 | .tv | ISO 3166-2:TV | |
| TW | Taiwan, Province of China | 1974 | .tw | ISO 3166-2:TW | Covers the current jurisdiction of the Republic of China ISO country name follows UN designation (due to political status of Taiwan within the UN) (common name: Taiwan) |
| TZ | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1974 | .tz | ISO 3166-2:TZ | ISO country name follows UN designation (common name: Tanzania) |
| UA | Ukraine | 1974 | .ua | ISO 3166-2:UA | Previous ISO country name: Ukrainian SSR Code assigned as the country was already a UN member since 1945 |
| UG | Uganda | 1974 | .ug | ISO 3166-2:UG | |
| UM | United States Minor Outlying Islands | 1986 | .um | ISO 3166-2: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 |
| US | United States of America | 1974 | .us | ISO 3166-2:US | |
| UY | Uruguay | 1974 | .uy | ISO 3166-2:UY | |
| UZ | Uzbekistan | 1992 | .uz | ISO 3166-2:UZ | |
| VA | Holy See | 1974 | .va | ISO 3166-2:VA | Covers Vatican City, territory of the Holy See Previous ISO country name: Vatican City State (Holy See) |
| VC | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1974 | .vc | ISO 3166-2:VC | |
| VE | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1974 | .ve | ISO 3166-2:VE | ISO country name follows UN designation (common name and previous ISO country name: Venezuela) |
| VG | Virgin Islands, British | 1974 | .vg | ISO 3166-2:VG | |
| VI | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 1974 | .vi | ISO 3166-2:VI | |
| VN | Viet Nam | 1974 | .vn | ISO 3166-2:VN | ISO country name follows UN designation (common name: Vietnam) Code used for Republic of Viet Nam (Common Name:South Vietnam) before 1977 |
| VU | Vanuatu | 1980 | .vu | ISO 3166-2:VU | Name changed from New Hebrides (NH) |
| WF | Wallis and Futuna | 1974 | .wf | ISO 3166-2:WF | |
| WS | Samoa | 1974 | .ws | ISO 3166-2:WS | Code taken from former name: Western Samoa |
| YE | Yemen | 1974 | .ye | ISO 3166-2:YE | Previous ISO country name: Yemen, Republic of Code used for North Yemen before 1990 |
| YT | Mayotte | 1993 | .yt | ISO 3166-2:YT | |
| ZA | South Africa | 1974 | .za | ISO 3166-2:ZA | Code taken from name in Dutch: Zuid-Afrika |
| ZM | Zambia | 1974 | .zm | ISO 3166-2:ZM | |
| ZW | Zimbabwe | 1980 | .zw | ISO 3166-2:ZW | Name changed from Southern Rhodesia (RH) |
User-assigned code elements
User-assigned code elements are codes at the disposal of users who need to add further names of countries, territories, or other geographical entities to their in-house application of ISO 3166-1, and the ISO 3166/MA will never use these codes in the updating process of the standard. The following alpha-2 codes can be user-assigned: AA, QM to QZ, XA to XZ, and ZZ. For example:
- The code QZ is being used by the World Intellectual Property Organization as an indicator for the Community Plant Variety Office.
- The code XN is being used by the World Intellectual Property Organization as an indicator for the Nordic Patent Institute, an international organization common to Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
- The code XU is being used by the World Intellectual Property Organization as an indicator for the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants.
- The code XV is being used by the World Intellectual Property Organization as an indicator for the Visegrad Patent Institute.
- The code XX is being used by the World Intellectual Property Organization as an indicator for unknown states, other entities or organizations.
- UN/LOCODE assigns XZ to represent installations in international waters.
- The Unicode Common Locale Data Repository assigns QO to represent Outlying Oceania (a multi-territory region containing Antarctica, Bouvet Island, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, the British Indian Ocean Territory, the French Southern Territories, and the United States Minor Outlying Islands), and ZZ to represent "Unknown or Invalid Territory". Before the adoption of the macroregion code EU by ISO, CLDR also used QU to represent the European Union.
- The code XK is being used by the European Commission, the IMF, and SWIFT, CLDR and other organizations as a temporary country code for Kosovo.
- The code XA is being used by Switzerland, as a country code for the Canary Islands, although IC is already reserved for that purpose.
- The codes XE, XS and XW are used by WhatsApp to represent the flags of England, Scotland and Wales as Emoji.
Furthermore, the code element OO is designated as an escape code if the number of regular user-assigned code elements is not sufficient.
Reserved code elements
Reserved code elements are codes which have become obsolete, or are required in order to enable a particular user application of the standard but do not qualify for inclusion in ISO 3166-1. To avoid transitional application problems and to aid users who require specific additional code elements for the functioning of their coding systems, the ISO 3166/MA, when justified, reserves these codes which it undertakes not to use for other than specified purposes during a limited or indeterminate period of time. The reserved alpha-2 codes can be divided into the following four categories: exceptional reservations, transitional reservations, indeterminate reservations, and codes currently agreed not to use.
Exceptional reservations
Exceptionally reserved code elements are codes reserved at the request of national ISO member bodies, governments and international organizations, which are required in order to support a particular application, as specified by the requesting body and limited to such use; any further use of such code elements is subject to approval by the ISO 3166/MA. The following alpha-2 codes are currently exceptionally reserved:
| Code | Area name or country name | Current actual country | ccTLD | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC | Ascension Island | United Kingdom | .ac | Reserved on request of UPU for stamp issuing area |
| CP | Clipperton Island | France | — | Reserved on request of ITU for location of certain telecommunications installations |
| DG | Diego Garcia | United Kingdom | — | Reserved on request of ITU for location of certain telecommunications installations |
| EA | Ceuta, Melilla | Spain | — | Reserved on request of WCO for area not covered by European Union Customs arrangements Part of Spanish North Africa (Spanish: África Septentrional Española) |
| EU | European Union | multiple | .eu | Reserved on request of ISO 4217/MA for the European monetary unit Euro Extended for ISO 6166 "Securities – International securities identification numbering system (ISIN)" in March 1998 Extended for any application needing to represent the name European Union in August 1999 |
| EZ | Eurozone | multiple | — | Reserved on request of ISO 6166/RA for the European OTC derivatives within International securities identification numbering system (ISIN) |
| FX | France, Metropolitan | France | — | Reserved on request of France Officially assigned before deleted from ISO 3166-1 (now assigned ISO 3166-3 code ) |
| IC | Canary Islands | Spain | — | Reserved on request of WCO for area not covered by European Union Customs arrangements. Code taken from name in Spanish: Islas Canarias |
| SU | USSR | multiple | .su | From June 2008; Transitionally reserved from September 1992 Officially assigned before deleted from ISO 3166-1 (now assigned ISO 3166-3 code ) Official name: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (common name: Soviet Union) |
| TA | Tristan da Cunha | United Kingdom | — | Reserved on request of UPU for stamp issuing area |
| UK | United Kingdom | United Kingdom | .uk | Reserved on request of the United Kingdom lest UK be used for any other country Also used by the European Commission United Kingdom is officially assigned the alpha-2 code GB |
| UN | United Nations | multiple | — | Reserved directly by ISO 3166/MA for the United Nations |
The following alpha-2 codes were previously exceptionally reserved, but are now officially assigned:
| Code | Area name or country name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| AX | Åland | Reserved on request of Finland |
| GG | Guernsey | Reserved on request of UPU for stamp issuing area |
| IM | Isle of Man | Reserved on request of UPU for stamp issuing area |
| JE | Jersey | Reserved on request of UPU for stamp issuing area |
Transitional reservations
Transitional reserved code elements are codes reserved after their deletion from ISO 3166-1. These codes may be used only during a transitional period of at least five years while new code elements that may have replaced them are taken into use. These codes may be reassigned by the ISO 3166/MA after the expiration of the transitional period. The following alpha-2 codes are currently transitionally reserved:
| Code | Formerly used country name | Reserved from | Reserved to | ccTLD | ISO 3166-2 | ISO 3166-3 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AN | Netherlands Antilles | 2010-12 | 2060-12 | .an | ISO 3166-2:AN | Divided into BQ, CW, SX | |
| BU | Burma | 1989-12 | 2039-12 | — | — | Name changed to Myanmar (MM) | |
| CS | Originally Czechoslovakia, later Serbia and Montenegro | 2006-09 | 2056-09 | (.yu) | ISO 3166-2:CS | Code taken from name in Serbian: Srbija i Crna Gora Now divided into Montenegro (ME) and Serbia (RS) CS previously represented Czechoslovakia (ccTLD .cs was never assigned to Serbia and Montenegro; .yu was the ccTLD of Serbia and Montenegro, as name was changed from Yugoslavia). Czechia uses (CZ) and Slovakia (SK) |
|
| NT | Neutral Zone | 1993-07 | 2043-07 | — | — | Divided between Iraq (IQ) and Saudi Arabia (SA) | |
| SF | Finland | 1995-09 | ? | — | — | — | Previously used in international postal codes and vehicle registration codes to represent Finland (code was not officially assigned) Code taken from name in Finnish and Swedish combined: Suomi Finland Finland is officially assigned the alpha-2 code FI Listed as transitionally reserved until 2012-06. Since then listed as indeterminately reserved. |
| TP | East Timor | 2002-05 | 2052-05 | .tp | ISO 3166-2:TP | Code taken from previous ISO country name: Portuguese Timor, name changed to Timor-Leste (TL) | |
| YU | Yugoslavia | 2003-07 | 2053-07 | .yu | ISO 3166-2:YU | Code used for the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia before 1992 and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia after 1992 | |
| ZR | Zaire | 1997-07 | 2047-07 | .zr | — | Name changed to Congo, the Democratic Republic of the (CD) |
The following alpha-2 code was previously transitionally reserved, but was later reassigned to another country as its official code:
| Code | Formerly used country name | Date of reservation | ccTLD | ISO 3166-2 | ISO 3166-3 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CS | Czechoslovakia | 1993-06 | .cs | — | Code reassigned to Serbia and Montenegro |
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 codes used to designate road vehicles under the 1949 and 1968 United Nations Conventions on Road Traffic but differing from those contained in ISO 3166-1. These code elements are expected eventually to be either eliminated or replaced by code elements within ISO 3166-1. In the meantime, the ISO 3166/MA has reserved such code elements for an indeterminate period. Any use beyond the application of the two Conventions is discouraged and will not be approved by the ISO 3166/MA. Moreover, these codes may be reassigned by the ISO 3166/MA at any time. The following alpha-2 codes are currently indeterminately reserved:
| Code | Area name or country name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DY | Benin | |
| EW | Estonia | |
| FL | Liechtenstein | |
| JA | Jamaica | |
| LF | Libya Fezzan | |
| PI | Philippines | |
| RA | Argentina | |
| RB | Bolivia [cf. Botswana: identical code element] | |
| RB | Botswana [cf. Bolivia: identical code element] | |
| RC | China | |
| RH | Haiti | |
| RI | Indonesia | |
| RL | Lebanon | |
| RM | Madagascar | |
| RN | Niger | |
| RP | Philippines | |
| SF | Finland | |
| WG | Grenada | |
| WL | Saint Lucia | |
| WV | Saint Vincent | |
| YV | Venezuela |
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 | Notes | Code reassigned to |
|---|---|---|---|
| LT | Libya Tripoli | Lithuania | |
| ME | Western Sahara | Montenegro | |
| RU | Burundi | Russian Federation |
- Notes
- ^ Code notified to United Nations Secretary-General under 1949 and/or 1968 Road Traffic Conventions
- ^ Code in use for road transport purposes, but not notified to United Nations Secretary-General under 1949 Road Traffic Convention
- ^ Code under 1949 Road Traffic Convention
- ^ Code under 1968 Road Traffic Convention
- ^ Presumably a reclassification of the expired transitional reservation mentioned above.
Codes currently agreed not to use
In addition, the ISO 3166/MA will not use the following alpha-2 codes at the present stage, as they are used for international intellectual property organizations in WIPO Standard ST.3:
| Code | Organization name |
|---|---|
| AP | African Regional Industrial Property Organization |
| BX | Benelux Trademarks and Design Offices |
| EF | Union of Countries under the European Community Patent Convention |
| EM | European Trademark Office |
| EP | European Patent Organization (Union of countries under the European Patent Convention) |
| EV | Eurasian Patent Organization |
| GC | Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) |
| IB | International Bureau of WIPO |
| OA | African Intellectual Property Organization |
| WO | World Intellectual Property Organization |
WIPO Standard ST.3 actually uses EA, instead of EV, to represent the Eurasian Patent Organization. However, EA was already exceptionally reserved by the ISO 3166/MA to represent Ceuta and Melilla for customs purposes. The ISO 3166/MA proposed in 1995 that EV be used by WIPO to represent the Eurasian Patent Organization; however, this request was not honoured by WIPO.
Deleted codes
Besides the codes currently transitionally reserved and two other codes currently exceptionally reserved (FX for France, Metropolitan and SU for USSR), the following alpha-2 codes have also been deleted from ISO 3166-1:
| Code | Formerly used country name | ISO 3166-3 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI | French Afar and Issas | Code later reassigned to Anguilla | |
| BQ | British Antarctic Territory | Code later reassigned to Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | |
| CT | Canton and Enderbury Islands | ||
| DD | German Democratic Republic | Code taken from name in German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik Common name: East Germany |
|
| DY | Dahomey | Name changed to Benin (BJ) The code is now indeterminately reserved. |
|
| FQ | French Southern and Antarctic Territories | Cp. TF and FR-TF. | |
| GE | Gilbert and Ellice Islands | Code later reassigned to Georgia | |
| HV | Upper Volta | Code taken from name in French: Haute-Volta | |
| JT | Johnston Island | ||
| MI | Midway Islands | ||
| NH | New Hebrides | ||
| NQ | Dronning Maud Land | Part of Norwegian Antarctic Territory | |
| PC | Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the | ||
| PU | U.S. Miscellaneous Pacific Islands | Consisted of Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Kingman Reef, and Palmyra Atoll | |
| PZ | Panama Canal Zone | ||
| RH | Southern Rhodesia | Name used by country itself: Rhodesia (Southern Rhodesia was the colonial name) | |
| SK | Sikkim | Code later reassigned to Slovakia | |
| VD | Viet Nam, Democratic Republic of | Common name: North Vietnam | |
| WK | Wake Island | ||
| YD | Yemen, Democratic | Common name: South Yemen |
For each deleted alpha-2 code, an entry for the corresponding former country name is included in ISO 3166-3. Each entry is assigned a four-letter alphabetic code, where the first two letters are the deleted alpha-2 code.
See also
- List of FIPS country codes in FIPS 10-4, part of the Federal Information Processing Standard (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
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Sources and external links
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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
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The World Factbook (public domain), Central Intelligence Agency
- Appendix D – Cross-Reference List of Country Data Codes — comparison of FIPS 10, ISO 3166, and STANAG 1059 country codes
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Core Datasets Project ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 English country names and code elements (HTML, CSV, JSON)
- Core Datasets Project Comprehensive country codes: ISO 3166, ITU, ISO 4217 currency codes and many more (HTML, CSV, JSON)
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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
