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The following list shows the countries of the world, according to international standard ISO 3166-1. Selected standard codes for the countries are shown. There is also an indication of which entities are or are not independent countries.

246 countries	A-2	A-3	Num	ITU	FIPS	IOC	FIFA	DS	WMO	GAUL	MARC	Independent
Afghanistan	`AF`	`AFG`	`004`	`AFG`	`AF`	`AFG`	`AFG`	`AFG`	`AF`	1	`af`	Yes
Åland	`AX`	`ALA`	`248`				`ALD`	`FIN`		1242		Part of FI
Albania	`AL`	`ALB`	`008`	`ALB`	`AL`	`ALB`	`ALB`	`AL`	`AB`	3	`aa`	Yes
Algeria	`DZ`	`DZA`	`012`	`ALG`	`AG`	`ALG`	`ALG`	`DZ`	`AL`	4	`ae`	Yes
American Samoa	`AS`	`ASM`	`016`	`SMA`	`AQ`	`ASA`	`ASA`	`USA`		5	`as`	Territory of US
Andorra	`AD`	`AND`	`020`	`AND`	`AN`	`AND`	`AND`	`AND`		7	`an`	Yes
Angola	`AO`	`AGO`	`024`	`AGL`	`AO`	`ANG`	`ANG`		`AN`	8	`ao`	Yes
Anguilla	`AI`	`AIA`	`660`	`AIA`	`AV`	`AIA`	`AIA`			9	`am`	Territory of GB
Antarctica	`AQ`	`ATA`	`010`		`AY`		`ROS3`		`AA`	10	`ay`	International
Antigua and Barbuda	`AG`	`ATG`	`028`	`ATG`	`AC`	`ANT`	`ATG`		`AT`	11	`aq`	Yes
Argentina	`AR`	`ARG`	`032`	`ARG`	`AR`	`ARG`	`ARG`	`RA`	`AG`	12	`ag`	Yes
Armenia	`AM`	`ARM`	`051`	`ARM`	`AM`	`ARM`	`ARM`	`AM`	`AY`	13	`ai`	Yes
Aruba	`AW`	`ABW`	`533`	`ABW`	`AA`	`ARU`	`ARU`		`NU`	14	`aw`	Part of NL
Australia	`AU`	`AUS`	`036`	`AUS`	`AS`	`AUS`	`AUS`	`AUS`	`AU`	17	`at`	Yes
Austria	`AT`	`AUT`	`040`	`AUT`	`AU`	`AUT`	`AUT`	`A`	`OS`	18	`au`	Yes
Azerbaijan	`AZ`	`AZE`	`031`	`AZE`	`AJ`	`AZE`	`AZE`	`AZ`	`AJ`	19	`aj`	Yes
Bahamas	`BS`	`BHS`	`044`	`BAH`	`BF`	`BAH`	`BAH`	`BS`	`BA`	20	`bf`	Yes
Bahrain	`BH`	`BHR`	`048`	`BHR`	`BA`	`BRN`	`BHR`	`BRN`	`BN`	21	`ba`	Yes
Bangladesh	`BD`	`BGD`	`050`	`BGD`	`BG`	`BAN`	`BAN`	`BD`	`BW`	23	`bg`	Yes
Barbados	`BB`	`BRB`	`052`	`BRB`	`BB`	`BAR`	`BRB`	`BDS`	`BR`	24	`bb`	Yes
Belarus	`BY`	`BLR`	`112`	`BLR`	`BO`	`BLR`	`BLR`	`BY`	`BY`	26	`bw`	Yes
Belgium	`BE`	`BEL`	`056`	`BEL`	`BE`	`BEL`	`BEL`	`B`	`BX`	27	`be`	Yes
Belize	`BZ`	`BLZ`	`084`	`BLZ`	`BH`	`BIZ`	`BLZ`	`BZ`	`BH`	28	`bh`	Yes
Benin	`BJ`	`BEN`	`204`	`BEN`	`BN`	`BEN`	`BEN`	`DY`	`BJ`	29	`dm`	Yes
Bermuda	`BM`	`BMU`	`060`	`BER`	`BD`	`BER`	`BER`		`BE`	30	`bm`	Territory of GB
Bhutan	`BT`	`BTN`	`064`	`BTN`	`BT`	`BHU`	`BHU`			31	`bt`	Yes
Bolivia	`BO`	`BOL`	`068`	`BOL`	`BL`	`BOL`	`BOL`	`BOL`	`BO`	33	`bo`	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	`BA`	`BIH`	`070`	`BIH`	`BK`	`BIH`	`BIH`	`BIH`	`BG`	34	`bn`	Yes
Botswana	`BW`	`BWA`	`072`	`BOT`	`BC`	`BOT`	`BOT`	`BW`	`BC`	35	`bs`	Yes
Bouvet Island	`BV`	`BVT`	`074`		`BV`				`BV`	36	`bv`	Territory of NO
Brazil	`BR`	`BRA`	`076`	`B`	`BR`	`BRA`	`BRA`	`BR`	`BZ`	37	`bl`	Yes
British Indian Ocean Territory	`IO`	`IOT`	`086`	`BIO`	`IO`					38	`bi`	Territory of GB
Brunei Darussalam	`BN`	`BRN`	`096`	`BRU`	`BX`	`BRU`	`BRU`	`BRU`	`BD`	40	`bx`	Yes
Bulgaria	`BG`	`BGR`	`100`	`BUL`	`BU`	`BUL`	`BUL`	`BG`	`BU`	41	`bu`	Yes
Burkina Faso	`BF`	`BFA`	`854`	`BFA`	`UV`	`BUR`	`BFA`	`BF`	`HV`	42	`uv`	Yes
Burundi	`BI`	`BDI`	`108`	`BDI`	`BY`	`BDI`	`BDI`	`RU`	`BI`	43	`bd`	Yes
Cambodia	`KH`	`KHM`	`116`	`CBG`	`CB`	`CAM`	`CAM`	`K`	`KP`	44	`cb`	Yes
Cameroon	`CM`	`CMR`	`120`	`CME`	`CM`	`CMR`	`CMR`	`CAM`	`CM`	45	`cm`	Yes
Canada	`CA`	`CAN`	`124`	`CAN`	`CA`	`CAN`	`CAN`	`CDN`	`CN`	46	`xxc`	Yes
Cape Verde	`CV`	`CPV`	`132`	`CPV`	`CV`	`CPV`	`CPV`		`CV`	47	`cv`	Yes
Cayman Islands	`KY`	`CYM`	`136`	`CYM`	`CJ`	`CAY`	`CAY`		`GC`	48	`cj`	Territory of GB
Central African Republic	`CF`	`CAF`	`140`	`CAF`	`CT`	`CAF`	`CTA`	`RCA`	`CE`	49	`cx`	Yes
Chad	`TD`	`TCD`	`148`	`TCD`	`CD`	`CHA`	`CHA`	`TCH`	`CD`	50	`cd`	Yes
Chile	`CL`	`CHL`	`152`	`CHL`	`CI`	`CHI`	`CHI`	`RCH`	`CH`	51	`cl`	Yes
China	`CN`	`CHN`	`156`	`CHN`	`CH`	`CHN`	`CHN`		`CI`	53	`cc`	Yes
Christmas Island	`CX`	`CXR`	`162`	`CHR`	`KT`		`CXR`	`AUS`	`KI`	54	`xa`	Territory of AU
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	`CC`	`CCK`	`166`	`ICO`	`CK`		`CCK`	`AUS`	`KK`	56	`xb`	Territory of AU
Colombia	`CO`	`COL`	`170`	`CLM`	`CO`	`COL`	`COL`	`CO`	`CO`	57	`ck`	Yes
Comoros	`KM`	`COM`	`174`	`COM`	`CN`	`COM`	`COM`		`IC`	58	`cq`	Yes
Congo (Brazzaville)	`CG`	`COG`	`178`	`COG`	`CF`	`CGO`	`CGO`	`RCB`	`CG`	59	`cf`	Yes
Congo (Kinshasa)	`CD`	`COD`	`180`	`COD`	`CG`	`COD`	`COD`	`ZRE`	`ZR`	68	`cg`	Yes
Cook Islands	`CK`	`COK`	`184`	`CKH`	`CW`	`COK`	`COK`	`NZ`	`KU`	60	`cw`	Associated with NZ
Costa Rica	`CR`	`CRI`	`188`	`CTR`	`CS`	`CRC`	`CRC`	`CR`	`CS`	61	`cr`	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	`CI`	`CIV`	`384`	`CTI`	`IV`	`CIV`	`CIV`	`CI`	`IV`	66	`iv`	Yes
Croatia	`HR`	`HRV`	`191`	`HRV`	`HR`	`CRO`	`CRO`	`HR`	`RH`	62	`ci`	Yes
Cuba	`CU`	`CUB`	`192`	`CUB`	`CU`	`CUB`	`CUB`	`C`	`CU`	63	`cu`	Yes
Cyprus	`CY`	`CYP`	`196`	`CYP`	`CY`	`CYP`	`CYP`	`CY`	`CY`	64	`cy`	Yes
Czech Republic	`CZ`	`CZE`	`203`	`CZE`	`EZ`	`CZE`	`CZE`	`CZ`	`CZ`	65	`xr`	Yes
Denmark	`DK`	`DNK`	`208`	`DNK`	`DA`	`DEN`	`DEN`	`DK`	`DN`	69	`dk`	Yes
Djibouti	`DJ`	`DJI`	`262`	`DJI`	`DJ`	`DJI`	`DJI`		`DJ`	70	`ft`	Yes
Dominica	`DM`	`DMA`	`212`	`DMA`	`DO`	`DMA`	`DMA`	`WD`	`DO`	71	`dq`	Yes
Dominican Republic	`DO`	`DOM`	`214`	`DOM`	`DR`	`DOM`	`DOM`	`DOM`	`DR`	72	`dr`	Yes
Ecuador	`EC`	`ECU`	`218`	`EQA`	`EC`	`ECU`	`ECU`	`EC`	`EQ`	73	`ec`	Yes
Egypt	`EG`	`EGY`	`818`	`EGY`	`EG`	`EGY`	`EGY`	`ET`	`EG`	40765	`ua`	Yes
El Salvador	`SV`	`SLV`	`222`	`SLV`	`ES`	`ESA`	`SLV`	`ES`	`ES`	75	`es`	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	`GQ`	`GNQ`	`226`	`GNE`	`EK`	`GEQ`	`EQG`		`GQ`	76	`eg`	Yes
Eritrea	`ER`	`ERI`	`232`	`ERI`	`ER`	`ERI`	`ERI`			77	`ea`	Yes
Estonia	`EE`	`EST`	`233`	`EST`	`EN`	`EST`	`EST`	`EST`	`EO`	78	`er`	Yes
Ethiopia	`ET`	`ETH`	`231`	`ETH`	`ET`	`ETH`	`ETH`	`ETH`	`ET`	79	`et`	Yes
Falkland Islands	`FK`	`FLK`	`238`	`FLK`	`FK`	`FLK`	`FLK`		`FK`	81	`fk`	Territory of GB
Faroe Islands	`FO`	`FRO`	`234`	`FRO`	`FO`	`FRO`	`FRO`	`FO`	`FA`	82	`fa`	Part of DK
Fiji	`FJ`	`FJI`	`242`	`FJI`	`FJ`	`FIJ`	`FIJ`	`FJI`	`FJ`	83	`fj`	Yes
Finland	`FI`	`FIN`	`246`	`FIN`	`FI`	`FIN`	`FIN`	`FIN`	`FI`	84	`fi`	Yes
France	`FR`	`FRA`	`250`	`F`	`FR`	`FRA`	`FRA`	`F`	`FR`	85	`fr`	Yes
French Guiana	`GF`	`GUF`	`254`	`GUF`	`FG`	`FGU`	`GUF`	`F`	`FG`	86	`fg`	Part of FR
French Polynesia	`PF`	`PYF`	`258`	`OCE`	`FP`	`FPO`	`TAH2`	`F`	`PF`	87	`fp`	Territory of FR
French Southern Lands	`TF`	`ATF`	`260`		`FS`			`F`		88	`fs`	Territory of FR
Gabon	`GA`	`GAB`	`266`	`GAB`	`GB`	`GAB`	`GAB`	`G`	`GO`	89	`go`	Yes
Gambia	`GM`	`GMB`	`270`	`GMB`	`GA`	`GAM`	`GAM`	`WAG`	`GB`	90	`gm`	Yes
Georgia	`GE`	`GEO`	`268`	`GEO`	`GG`	`GEO`	`GEO`	`GE`	`GG`	92	`gs`	Yes
Germany	`DE`	`DEU`	`276`	`D`	`GM`	`GER`	`GER`	`D`	`DL`	93	`gw`	Yes
Ghana	`GH`	`GHA`	`288`	`GHA`	`GH`	`GHA`	`GHA`	`GH`	`GH`	94	`gh`	Yes
Gibraltar	`GI`	`GIB`	`292`	`GIB`	`GI`	`GIB`	`GBZ`	`GBZ`	`GI`	95	`gi`	Territory of GB
Greece	`GR`	`GRC`	`300`	`GRC`	`GR`	`GRE`	`GRE`	`GR`	`GR`	97	`gr`	Yes
Greenland	`GL`	`GRL`	`304`	`GRL`	`GL`	`GRL`	`GRL`	`DK`	`GL`	98	`gl`	Part of DK
Grenada	`GD`	`GRD`	`308`	`GRD`	`GJ`	`GRN`	`GRN`	`WG`	`GD`	99	`gd`	Yes
Guadeloupe	`GP`	`GLP`	`312`	`GDL`	`GP`	`GUD`	`GLP`	`F`	`MF`	100	`gp`	Part of FR
Guam	`GU`	`GUM`	`316`	`GUM`	`GQ`	`GUM`	`GUM`	`USA`	`GM`	101	`gu`	Territory of US
Guatemala	`GT`	`GTM`	`320`	`GTM`	`GT`	`GUA`	`GUA`	`GCA`	`GU`	103	`gt`	Yes
Guernsey	`GG`	`GGY`	`831`		`GK`		`GBG`	`GBG`		104	`uik`	Crown dependency of GB
Guinea	`GN`	`GIN`	`324`	`GUI`	`GV`	`GUI`	`GUI`	`RG`	`GN`	106	`gv`	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	`GW`	`GNB`	`624`	`GNB`	`PU`	`GBS`	`GNB`		`GW`	105	`pg`	Yes
Guyana	`GY`	`GUY`	`328`	`GUY`	`GY`	`GUY`	`GUY`	`GUY`	`GY`	107	`gy`	Yes
Haiti	`HT`	`HTI`	`332`	`HTI`	`HA`	`HAI`	`HAI`	`RH`	`HA`	108	`ht`	Yes
Heard and McDonald Islands	`HM`	`HMD`	`334`		`HM`			`AUS`		109	`hm`	Territory of AU
Honduras	`HN`	`HND`	`340`	`HND`	`HO`	`HON`	`HON`		`HO`	111	`ho`	Yes
Hong Kong	`HK`	`HKG`	`344`	`HKG`	`HK`	`HKG`	`HKG`	`HK`	`HK`	33364		Part of CN
Hungary	`HU`	`HUN`	`348`	`HNG`	`HU`	`HUN`	`HUN`	`H`	`HU`	113	`hu`	Yes
Iceland	`IS`	`ISL`	`352`	`ISL`	`IC`	`ISL`	`ISL`	`IS`	`IL`	114	`ic`	Yes
India	`IN`	`IND`	`356`	`IND`	`IN`	`IND`	`IND`	`IND`	`IN`	115	`ii`	Yes
Indonesia	`ID`	`IDN`	`360`	`INS`	`ID`	`INA`	`IDN`	`RI`	`ID`	116	`io`	Yes
Iran	`IR`	`IRN`	`364`	`IRN`	`IR`	`IRI`	`IRN`	`IR`	`IR`	117	`ir`	Yes
Iraq	`IQ`	`IRQ`	`368`	`IRQ`	`IZ`	`IRQ`	`IRQ`	`IRQ`	`IQ`	118	`iq`	Yes
Ireland	`IE`	`IRL`	`372`	`IRL`	`EI`	`IRL`	`IRL`	`IRL`	`IE`	119	`ie`	Yes
Isle of Man	`IM`	`IMN`	`833`		`IM`		`GBM`	`GBM`		120	`uik`	Crown dependency of GB
Israel	`IL`	`ISR`	`376`	`ISR`	`IS`	`ISR`	`ISR`	`IL`	`IS`	121	`is`	Yes
Italy	`IT`	`ITA`	`380`	`I`	`IT`	`ITA`	`ITA`	`I`	`IY`	122	`it`	Yes
Jamaica	`JM`	`JAM`	`388`	`JMC`	`JM`	`JAM`	`JAM`	`JA`	`JM`	123	`jm`	Yes
Japan	`JP`	`JPN`	`392`	`J`	`JA`	`JPN`	`JPN`	`J`	`JP`	126	`ja`	Yes
Jersey	`JE`	`JEY`	`832`		`JE`		`GBJ`	`GBJ`		128	`uik`	Crown dependency of GB
Jordan	`JO`	`JOR`	`400`	`JOR`	`JO`	`JOR`	`JOR`	`HKJ`	`JD`	130	`jo`	Yes
Kazakhstan	`KZ`	`KAZ`	`398`	`KAZ`	`KZ`	`KAZ`	`KAZ`	`KZ`	`KZ`	132	`kz`	Yes
Kenya	`KE`	`KEN`	`404`	`KEN`	`KE`	`KEN`	`KEN`	`EAK`	`KN`	133	`ke`	Yes
Kiribati	`KI`	`KIR`	`296`	`KIR`	`KR`	`KIR`	`KIR`		`KB`	135	`gb`	Yes
Korea, North	`KP`	`PRK`	`408`	`KRE`	`KN`	`PRK`	`PRK`		`KR`	67	`kn`	Yes
Korea, South	`KR`	`KOR`	`410`	`KOR`	`KS`	`KOR`	`KOR`	`ROK`	`KO`	202	`ko`	Yes
Kuwait	`KW`	`KWT`	`414`	`KWT`	`KU`	`KUW`	`KUW`	`KWT`	`KW`	137	`ku`	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	`KG`	`KGZ`	`417`	`KGZ`	`KG`	`KGZ`	`KGZ`	`KS`	`KG`	138	`kg`	Yes
Laos	`LA`	`LAO`	`418`	`LAO`	`LA`	`LAO`	`LAO`	`LAO`	`LA`	139	`ls`	Yes
Latvia	`LV`	`LVA`	`428`	`LVA`	`LG`	`LAT`	`LVA`	`LV`	`LV`	140	`lv`	Yes
Lebanon	`LB`	`LBN`	`422`	`LBN`	`LE`	`LIB`	`LIB`	`RL`	`LB`	141	`le`	Yes
Lesotho	`LS`	`LSO`	`426`	`LSO`	`LT`	`LES`	`LES`	`LS`	`LS`	142	`lo`	Yes
Liberia	`LR`	`LBR`	`430`	`LBR`	`LI`	`LBR`	`LBR`	`LB`	`LI`	144	`lb`	Yes
Libya	`LY`	`LBY`	`434`	`LBY`	`LY`	`LBA`	`LBY`	`LAR`	`LY`	145	`ly`	Yes
Liechtenstein	`LI`	`LIE`	`438`	`LIE`	`LS`	`LIE`	`LIE`	`FL`		146	`lh`	Yes
Lithuania	`LT`	`LTU`	`440`	`LTU`	`LH`	`LTU`	`LTU`	`LT`	`LT`	147	`li`	Yes
Luxembourg	`LU`	`LUX`	`442`	`LUX`	`LU`	`LUX`	`LUX`	`L`	`BX`	148	`lu`	Yes
Macau	`MO`	`MAC`	`446`	`MAC`	`MC`	`MAC`	`MAC`		`MU`	149		Part of CN
Macedonia	`MK`	`MKD`	`807`	`MKD`	`MK`	`MKD`	`MKD`	`MK`	`MJ`	241	`xn`	Yes
Madagascar	`MG`	`MDG`	`450`	`MDG`	`MA`	`MAD`	`MAD`	`RM`	`MG`	150	`mg`	Yes
Malawi	`MW`	`MWI`	`454`	`MWI`	`MI`	`MAW`	`MWI`	`MW`	`MW`	152	`mw`	Yes
Malaysia	`MY`	`MYS`	`458`	`MLA`	`MY`	`MAS`	`MAS`	`MAL`	`MS`	153	`my`	Yes
Maldives	`MV`	`MDV`	`462`	`MLD`	`MV`	`MDV`	`MDV`		`MV`	154	`xc`	Yes
Mali	`ML`	`MLI`	`466`	`MLI`	`ML`	`MLI`	`MLI`	`RMM`	`MI`	155	`ml`	Yes
Malta	`MT`	`MLT`	`470`	`MLT`	`MT`	`MLT`	`MLT`	`M`	`ML`	156	`mm`	Yes
Marshall Islands	`MH`	`MHL`	`584`	`MHL`	`RM`	`MSH`	`MHL`		`MH`	157	`xe`	Yes
Martinique	`MQ`	`MTQ`	`474`	`MRT`	`MB`	`MRT`	`MTQ`	`F`	`MR`	158	`mq`	Part of FR
Mauritania	`MR`	`MRT`	`478`	`MTN`	`MR`	`MTN`	`MTN`	`RIM`	`MT`	159	`mu`	Yes
Mauritius	`MU`	`MUS`	`480`	`MAU`	`MP`	`MRI`	`MRI`	`MS`	`MA`	160	`mf`	Yes
Mayotte	`YT`	`MYT`	`175`	`MYT`	`MF`	`MAY`	`MYT`			161	`ot`	Part of FR
Mexico	`MX`	`MEX`	`484`	`MEX`	`MX`	`MEX`	`MEX`	`MEX`	`MX`	162	`mx`	Yes
Micronesia	`FM`	`FSM`	`583`	`FSM`	`FM`	`FSM`	`FSM`			163	`fm`	Yes
Moldova	`MD`	`MDA`	`498`	`MDA`	`MD`	`MDA`	`MDA`	`MD`	`RM`	165	`mv`	Yes
Monaco	`MC`	`MCO`	`492`	`MCO`	`MN`	`MON`	`MON`	`MC`		166	`mc`	Yes
Mongolia	`MN`	`MNG`	`496`	`MNG`	`MG`	`MGL`	`MGL`	`MGL`	`MO`	167	`mp`	Yes
Montenegro	`ME`	`MNE`	`499`	`MNE`	`MJ`	`MGO`	(See Serbia)			2647	`mo`	Yes
Montserrat	`MS`	`MSR`	`500`	`MSR`	`MH`	`MNT`	`MSR`			168	`mj`	Territory of GB
Morocco	`MA`	`MAR`	`504`	`MRC`	`MO`	`MAR`	`MAR`	`MA`	`MC`	169	`mr`	Yes
Mozambique	`MZ`	`MOZ`	`508`	`MOZ`	`MZ`	`MOZ`	`MOZ`	`MOC`	`MZ`	170	`mz`	Yes
Myanmar	`MM`	`MMR`	`104`	`BRM`	`BM`	`MYA`	`MYA`	`BUR`	`BM`	171	`br`	Yes
Namibia	`NA`	`NAM`	`516`	`NMB`	`WA`	`NAM`	`NAM`	`NAM`	`NM`	172	`sx`	Yes
Nauru	`NR`	`NRU`	`520`	`NRU`	`NR`	`NRU`	`NRU`	`NAU`	`NW`	173	`nu`	Yes
Nepal	`NP`	`NPL`	`524`	`NPL`	`NP`	`NEP`	`NEP`	`NEP`	`NP`	175	`np`	Yes
Netherlands	`NL`	`NLD`	`528`	`HOL`	`NL`	`NED`	`NED`	`NL`	`NL`	177	`ne`	Yes
Netherlands Antilles	`AN`	`ANT`	`530`	`ATN`	`NT`	`AHO`	`ANT`	`NA`	`NU`	176	`na`	Part of NL
New Caledonia	`NC`	`NCL`	`540`	`NCL`	`NC`	`NCD`	`NCL`	`F`	`NC`	178	`nl`	Territory of FR
New Zealand	`NZ`	`NZL`	`554`	`NZL`	`NZ`	`NZL`	`NZL`	`NZ`	`NZ`	179	`nz`	Yes
Nicaragua	`NI`	`NIC`	`558`	`NCG`	`NU`	`NCA`	`NCA`	`NIC`	`NK`	180	`nq`	Yes
Niger	`NE`	`NER`	`562`	`NGR`	`NG`	`NIG`	`NIG`	`RN`	`NR`	181	`ng`	Yes
Nigeria	`NG`	`NGA`	`566`	`NIG`	`NI`	`NGR`	`NGA`	`NGR`	`NI`	182	`nr`	Yes
Niue	`NU`	`NIU`	`570`	`NIU`	`NE`	`NIU`	`NIU`	`NZ`		183	`xh`	Associated with NZ
Norfolk Island	`NF`	`NFK`	`574`	`NFK`	`NF`	`NFI`	`NFK`	`AUS`	`NF`	184	`nx`	Territory of AU
Northern Mariana Islands	`MP`	`MNP`	`580`	`MRA`	`CQ`	`NMA`	`NMI`	`USA`	`MY`	185	`nw`	Commonwealth of US
Norway	`NO`	`NOR`	`578`	`NOR`	`NO`	`NOR`	`NOR`	`N`	`NO`	186	`no`	Yes
Oman	`OM`	`OMN`	`512`	`OMA`	`MU`	`OMA`	`OMA`		`OM`	187	`mk`	Yes
Pakistan	`PK`	`PAK`	`586`	`PAK`	`PK`	`PAK`	`PAK`	`PK`	`PK`	188	`pk`	Yes
Palau	`PW`	`PLW`	`585`	`PLW`	`PS`	`PLW`	`PLW`			189	`pw`	Yes
Palestine	`PS`	`PSE`	`275`		`GZ,WE`	`PLE`	`PLE`			91,267	`gz,wj`	In contention
Panama	`PA`	`PAN`	`591`	`PNR`	`PM`	`PAN`	`PAN`	`PA`	`PM`	191	`pn`	Yes
Papua New Guinea	`PG`	`PNG`	`598`	`PNG`	`PP`	`PNG`	`PNG`	`PNG`	`NG`	192	`pp`	Yes
Paraguay	`PY`	`PRY`	`600`	`PRG`	`PA`	`PAR`	`PAR`	`PY`	`PY`	194	`py`	Yes
Peru	`PE`	`PER`	`604`	`PRU`	`PE`	`PER`	`PER`	`PE`	`PR`	195	`pe`	Yes
Philippines	`PH`	`PHL`	`608`	`PHL`	`RP`	`PHI`	`PHI`	`RP`	`PH`	196	`ph`	Yes
Pitcairn	`PN`	`PCN`	`612`	`PTC`	`PC`		`PCN`		`PT`	197	`pc`	Territory of GB
Poland	`PL`	`POL`	`616`	`POL`	`PL`	`POL`	`POL`	`PL`	`PL`	198	`pl`	Yes
Portugal	`PT`	`PRT`	`620`	`POR`	`PO`	`POR`	`POR`	`P`	`PO`	199	`po`	Yes
Puerto Rico	`PR`	`PRI`	`630`	`PTR`	`RQ`	`PUR`	`PUR`	`USA`	`PU`	200	`pr`	Commonwealth of US
Qatar	`QA`	`QAT`	`634`	`QAT`	`QA`	`QAT`	`QAT`	`Q`	`QT`	201	`qa`	Yes
Reunion	`RE`	`REU`	`638`	`REU`	`RE`	`REU`	`REU`	`F`	`RE`	206	`re`	Part of FR
Romania	`RO`	`ROU`	`642`	`ROU`	`RO`	`ROM`	`ROU`	`RO`	`RO`	203	`rm`	Yes
Russian Federation	`RU`	`RUS`	`643`	`RUS`	`RS`	`RUS`	`RUS`	`RUS`	`RS`	204	`ru`	Yes
Rwanda	`RW`	`RWA`	`646`	`RRW`	`RW`	`RWA`	`RWA`	`RWA`	`RW`	205	`rw`	Yes
Saint Barthélemy	`BL`	`BLM`	`652`		`TB`							Part of FR
Saint Helena	`SH`	`SHN`	`654`	`SHN`	`SH`	`HEL`	`SHN`		`HE`	207	`xj`	Territory of GB
Saint Kitts and Nevis	`KN`	`KNA`	`659`	`KNA`	`SC`	`SKN`	`SKN`		`AT`	208	`xd`	Yes
Saint Lucia	`LC`	`LCA`	`662`	`LCA`	`ST`	`LCA`	`LCA`	`WL`	`LC`	209	`xk`	Yes
Saint Martin (French part)	`MF`	`MAF`	`663`		`RN`							Part of FR
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	`PM`	`SPM`	`666`	`SPM`	`SB`	`SPM`	`SPM`	`F`	`FP`	210	`xl`	Part of FR
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	`VC`	`VCT`	`670`	`VCT`	`VC`	`VIN`	`VIN`	`WV`	`VG`	211	`xm`	Yes
Samoa	`WS`	`WSM`	`882`	`SMO`	`WS`	`SAM`	`SAM`	`WS`	`ZM`	212	`ws`	Yes
San Marino	`SM`	`SMR`	`674`	`SMR`	`SM`	`SMR`	`SMR`	`RSM`		213	`sm`	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	`ST`	`STP`	`678`	`STP`	`TP`	`STP`	`STP`		`TP`	214	`sf`	Yes
Saudi Arabia	`SA`	`SAU`	`682`	`ARS`	`SA`	`KSA`	`KSA`	`SA`	`SD`	215	`su`	Yes
Senegal	`SN`	`SEN`	`686`	`SEN`	`SG`	`SEN`	`SEN`	`SN`	`SG`	217	`sg`	Yes
Serbia	`RS`	`SRB`	`688`	`SRB`	`RI,KV`	`SER`	`SER`	`SCG`	`YG`	2648	`rb`	Yes
Seychelles	`SC`	`SYC`	`690`	`SEY`	`SE`	`SEY`	`SEY`	`SY`	`SC`	220	`se`	Yes
Sierra Leone	`SL`	`SLE`	`694`	`SRL`	`SL`	`SLE`	`SLE`	`WAL`	`SL`	221	`sl`	Yes
Singapore	`SG`	`SGP`	`702`	`SNG`	`SN`	`SIN`	`SIN`	`SGP`	`SR`	222	`si`	Yes
Slovakia	`SK`	`SVK`	`703`	`SVK`	`LO`	`SVK`	`SVK`	`SK`	`SQ`	223	`xo`	Yes
Slovenia	`SI`	`SVN`	`705`	`SVN`	`SI`	`SLO`	`SVN`	`SLO`	`LJ`	224	`xv`	Yes
Solomon Islands	`SB`	`SLB`	`090`	`SLM`	`BP`	`SOL`	`SOL`		`SO`	225	`bp`	Yes
Somalia	`SO`	`SOM`	`706`	`SOM`	`SO`	`SOM`	`SOM`	`SO`	`SI`	226	`so`	Yes
South Africa	`ZA`	`ZAF`	`710`	`AFS`	`SF`	`RSA`	`RSA`	`ZA`	`ZA`	227	`sa`	Yes
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	`GS`	`SGS`	`239`		`SX`					228	`xs`	Territory of GB
Spain	`ES`	`ESP`	`724`	`E`	`SP`	`ESP`	`ESP`	`E`	`SP`	229	`sp`	Yes
Sri Lanka	`LK`	`LKA`	`144`	`CLN`	`CE`	`SRI`	`SRI`	`CL`	`SB`	231	`ce`	Yes
Sudan	`SD`	`SDN`	`736`	`SDN`	`SU`	`SUD`	`SUD`	`SUD`	`SU`	40764	`sj`	Yes
Suriname	`SR`	`SUR`	`740`	`SUR`	`NS`	`SUR`	`SUR`	`SME`	`SM`	233	`sr`	Yes
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands	`SJ`	`SJM`	`744`	`NOR`	`SV,JN`				`SZ`	234		Territory of NO
Swaziland	`SZ`	`SWZ`	`748`	`SWZ`	`WZ`	`SWZ`	`SWZ`	`SD`	`SV`	235	`sq`	Yes
Sweden	`SE`	`SWE`	`752`	`S`	`SW`	`SWE`	`SWE`	`S`	`SN`	236	`sw`	Yes
Switzerland	`CH`	`CHE`	`756`	`SUI`	`SZ`	`SUI`	`SUI`	`CH`	`SW`	237	`sz`	Yes
Syria	`SY`	`SYR`	`760`	`SYR`	`SY`	`SYR`	`SYR`	`SYR`	`SY`	238	`sy`	Yes
Taiwan	`TW`	`TWN`	`158`		`TW`	`TPE`	`TPE`	`RC`		925	`ch`	Yes
Tajikistan	`TJ`	`TJK`	`762`	`TJK`	`TI`	`TJK`	`TJK`	`TJ`	`TA`	239	`ta`	Yes
Tanzania	`TZ`	`TZA`	`834`	`TZA`	`TZ`	`TAN`	`TAN`	`EAT`	`TN`	257	`tz`	Yes
Thailand	`TH`	`THA`	`764`	`THA`	`TH`	`THA`	`THA`	`T`	`TH`	240	`th`	Yes
Timor-Leste	`TL`	`TLS`	`626`	`TMP`	`TT`	`TLS`	`TLS`		`TM`	242	`em`	Yes
Togo	`TG`	`TGO`	`768`	`TGO`	`TO`	`TOG`	`TOG`	`TG`	`TG`	243	`tg`	Yes
Tokelau	`TK`	`TKL`	`772`	`TKL`	`TL`		`TKL`	`NZ`	`TK`	244	`tl`	Territory of NZ
Tonga	`TO`	`TON`	`776`	`TON`	`TN`	`TGA`	`TGA`		`TO`	245	`to`	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	`TT`	`TTO`	`780`	`TRD`	`TD`	`TRI`	`TRI`	`TT`	`TD`	246	`tr`	Yes
Tunisia	`TN`	`TUN`	`788`	`TUN`	`TS`	`TUN`	`TUN`	`TN`	`TS`	248	`ti`	Yes
Turkey	`TR`	`TUR`	`792`	`TUR`	`TU`	`TUR`	`TUR`	`TR`	`TU`	249	`tu`	Yes
Turkmenistan	`TM`	`TKM`	`795`	`TKM`	`TX`	`TKM`	`TKM`	`TM`	`TR`	250	`tk`	Yes
Turks and Caicos Islands	`TC`	`TCA`	`796`	`TCA`	`TK`	`TKS`	`TCA`		`TI`	251	`tc`	Territory of GB
Tuvalu	`TV`	`TUV`	`798`	`TUV`	`TV`	`TUV`	`TUV`		`TV`	252	`tv`	Yes
Uganda	`UG`	`UGA`	`800`	`UGA`	`UG`	`UGA`	`UGA`	`EAU`	`UG`	253	`ug`	Yes
Ukraine	`UA`	`UKR`	`804`	`UKR`	`UP`	`UKR`	`UKR`	`UA`	`UR`	254	`un`	Yes
United Arab Emirates	`AE`	`ARE`	`784`	`UAE`	`AE`	`UAE`	`UAE`		`ER`	255	`ts`	Yes
United Kingdom	`GB`	`GBR`	`826`	`G`	`UK`	`GBR`	`1`	`GB`	`UK`	256	`xxk`	Yes
United States Minor Outlying Islands	`UM`	`UMI`	`581`		a			`USA`			`b`	Territories of US
United States of America	`US`	`USA`	`840`	`USA`	`US`	`USA`	`USA`	`USA`	`US`	259	`xxu`	Yes
Uruguay	`UY`	`URY`	`858`	`URG`	`UY`	`URU`	`URU`	`ROU`	`UY`	260	`uy`	Yes
Uzbekistan	`UZ`	`UZB`	`860`	`UZB`	`UZ`	`UZB`	`UZB`	`UZ`	`UZ`	261	`uz`	Yes
Vanuatu	`VU`	`VUT`	`548`	`VUT`	`NH`	`VAN`	`VAN`		`NV`	262	`nn`	Yes
Vatican City	`VA`	`VAT`	`336`	`CVA`	`VT`		`VAT`	`V`		110	`vc`	Yes
Venezuela	`VE`	`VEN`	`862`	`VEN`	`VE`	`VEN`	`VEN`	`YV`	`VN`	263	`ve`	Yes
Vietnam	`VN`	`VNM`	`704`	`VTN`	`VM`	`VIE`	`VIE`	`VN`	`VS`	264	`vm`	Yes
Virgin Islands, British	`VG`	`VGB`	`092`	`VRG`	`VI`	`IVB`	`VGB`	`BVI`	`VI`	39	`vb`	Territory of GB
Virgin Islands, U.S.	`VI`	`VIR`	`850`	`VIR`	`VQ`	`ISV`	`VIR`	`USA`	`VI`	258	`vi`	Territory of US
Wallis and Futuna Islands	`WF`	`WLF`	`876`	`WAL`	`WF`	`WAF`	`WLF`	`F`	`FW`	266	`wf`	Territory of FR
Western Sahara	`EH`	`ESH`	`732`	`AOE`	`WI`		`SAH`			268	`ss`	In contention
Yemen	`YE`	`YEM`	`887`	`YEM`	`YM`	`YEM`	`YEM`	`YAR`	`YE`	269	`ye`	Yes
Zambia	`ZM`	`ZMB`	`894`	`ZMB`	`ZA`	`ZAM`	`ZAM`	`Z`	`ZB`	270	`za`	Yes
Zimbabwe	`ZW`	`ZWE`	`716`	`ZWE`	`ZI`	`ZIM`	`ZIM`	`ZW`	`ZW`	271	`rh`	Yes
Country name: As shown in "Administrative Subdivisions of Countries". A-2: Alpha-2 codes from ISO 3166-1 A-3: Alpha-3 codes from ISO 3166-1 (synonymous with World Bank Codes) Num: Numeric codes from ISO 3166-1 ITU: Codes assigned by the International Telecommunications Union FIPS: Codes from the U.S. standard FIPS PUB 10-4 IOC: Codes assigned by the International Olympics Committee . These codes identify the nationality of athletes and teams during Olympic events. FIFA: Codes assigned by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association DS: Distinguishing signs of vehicles in international traffic (oval bumper sticker codes) WMO: Country abbreviations used in weather reports from the World Meteorological Organization GAUL: Global Administrative Unit Layers from the Food and Agriculture Organization MARC: MAchine-Readable Cataloging codes from the Library of Congress Independent: Country status, based on the CIA World Factbook. This column is just a superficial note, provided for convenience. I don't care to argue about it. For full details, please consult your favorite official source.

Sources and notes:

ISO - The Maintenance Agency for ISO standard 3166 is supported directly by the central secretariat of the ISO in Geneva. It maintains an authoritative list of ISO Alpha-2 Codes . Its list is coordinated with a list of countries used by the United Nations Statistics Division for reporting purposes. If I understand correctly, the organization that defines ISO Alpha-3 and Numeric Codes is actually the U.N. Statistics Division . Here are the changes since 1982 for those codes. See the changes in ISO 3166-1 page for the change history. I have also written a page about using ISO 3166-1 in software.

The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) administers top-level domain names (.com, .edu, .org, and so on). The majority of top-level domain names are referred to as ccTLD, or country-code Top Level Domains. They include .fr, .in, etc. URLs with .fr as their top-level domain are supposed to be assigned to French individuals, organizations, and companies by a French administrative body. IANA has chosen to use ISO 3166 as a basis for the ccTLDs (see their list ), and sticks to it very closely. It does, however, use .uk as well as .gb for the United Kingdom. It also allows .ac for Ascension Island (properly part of Saint Helena).

ITU - A number of Web pages say that the ITU country codes are being used, mostly to identify radio transmitter locations. The ITU Web site has the list. These should not be confused with several other ITU codes, mostly numeric, which are used as dialing prefixes (e.g., ITU-T Recommendation E.164 ). The ITU code for Serbia and Montenegro recently changed from YUG to SCG.

FIPS - The FIPS 10-4 page has an official U.S. government listing of codes. I have been told that the Departments of State and Defense use these FIPS codes, while government agencies dealing with international trade and cooperation use the ISO Alpha-2 codes (which are also designated FIPS 104-1, to add to the confusion). Both sets of codes are so entrenched that it's impractical for the U.S. to standardize on just one set. See the changes in FIPS PUB 10 page for the change history. Eric Muller has created a website that keeps track of changes in the FIPS codes for primary subdivisions.

The FIPS 10-4 country list differs from ISO 3166 in many minor and sometimes surprising ways. It has assigned separate codes to Bassas da India (BS), Europa Island (EU), Glorioso Islands (GO), Juan de Nova Island (JU), and Tromelin Island (TE), tiny and mostly uninhabited Indian Ocean islands administered with the French Southern Territories; also, Ashmore and Cartier Islands (AT) and Coral Sea Islands (CR), Australian territories; and Clipperton Island (IP), which is administered from French Polynesia. It splits Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands into two countries (JN and SV). a It shows United States Minor Outlying Islands as nine countries: Baker Island (FQ), Howland Island (HQ), Jarvis Island (DQ), Johnston Atoll (JQ), Kingman Reef (KQ), Midway Islands (MQ), Navassa Island (BQ), Palmyra Atoll (LQ), and Wake Island (WQ). It treats Palestine as the Gaza Strip (GZ) plus the West Bank (WE); also, a code is assigned to No Man's Land (NM), a small and winding band of neutral territory near Jerusalem. Since Kosovo declared independence, it has treated Serbia as Serbia proper (RI) plus Kosovo (KV). The 2004 edition of the CIA World Factbook explains why it has added country listings for Akrotiri and Dhekelia, two British military bases in Cyprus. They were assigned the FIPS codes AX and DX, respectively, by FIPS Change Notice 12, dated 2007-06-11. At the same time, codes were added for the Southern Kuril Islands (a.k.a. Hoppo Ryodo) (PJ) and areas of undesignated sovereignty (UU), which overlaps with some other codes. Finally, FIPS allocates codes to the Paracel (PF) and Spratly (PG) Islands, two island groups in the South China Sea that are claimed by every country within shooting distance; ISO 3166 is noncommital about the Paracels and Spratlys.

When ISO split Åland from Finland, FIPS did not, so that is one more point of difference between them.

IOC - The International Olympics Committee code for Yugoslavia changed from YUG to SCG at about the same time as the ISO Alpha-3 code. Faroe Islands didn't compete in the 2004 Olympics, but in the Paralympic Games they were identified by FRO rather than the former code, FAR. Thanks to Richard Rundle for mentioning the Faroes change.

FIFA - The FIFA (soccer) codes are taken from the FIFA website, with supplemental codes as shown in Wikipedia . There are a couple of discrepancies between the two sources. Notes: 1 The United Kingdom is covered by several codes: ENG (England), NIR (Northern Ireland), SCO (Scotland), and WAL (Wales). 2 Represents Tahiti. 3 Represents Ross Dependency.

DS - Have you ever wondered about those white oval stickers on cars, with a country code in them? They are provided for by Article 20 of the Convention on Road Traffic (Geneva, 1949). Therein, they are called "distinguishing signs of the place of registration" of vehicles. There's a list of them on this United Nations Economic Commission for Europe page. However, some of the codes reported there are not the ones in actual use, because some countries are lax in reporting their codes to the U.N. Secretary General. Neil Parker, John Weeks, and Reg Wilson (of Europlate), in their book "Registration Plates of the World" (ISBN 0-9502735-6-2 paperback, 0-9502735-7-0 hardback), list the codes actually being used on vehicles. That list (as sent to me by Mr. Parker) is the primary source of the data given in the table above.

In recent years, unauthorized stickers have come on the market to promote various tourist areas. One of the earliest was MV for Martha's Vineyard. Besides, when a code changes (e.g. Faroe Islands changed from FR to FO in the mid-1990s), the old stickers don't disappear in a flash. Consequently, even direct observation may not be sufficient to establish the correct Distinguishing Sign for a country.

On 2003-09-11, following the change in the ISO codes for Serbia and Montenegro, the country's Distinguishing Sign was also changed to SCG (formerly YU). Mr. Parker reports that Botswana changed from RB to BW, notifying the U.N. authority in 2003.

The list of countries by Distinguishing Sign is a bit different from the ISO 3166 country list. Instead of Tanzania, there are Tanganyika (EAT) and Zanzibar (EAZ), dating back to before 1964 when the two countries united. There is even a code for Alderney (GBA), which is a dependency of Guernsey.

GAUL - GAUL is a relatively new initiative from the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization), a specialized agency of the U.N. It aims to codify all the world's statoids and their changes, from about 1990 on. So far it has developed data for countries, primary, and secondary divisions, including boundary data and entity codes. The entity codes are integers, assigned sequentially, with no duplication between layers; that is, no country has the same code as any primary subdivision, and so on. When an entity splits or merges, its code is dropped and new codes are created. However, the codes for its subdivisions remain the same. Therefore, there is no permanent relationship between the codes for an entity and those for its subdivisions; the system is not hierarchical. A revised set of codes is released annually. Some information about GAUL is at Description , PDF document , Presentation , and List of codes .

MARC - MARC is a standard for encoding bibliographic materials in electronic form. The Library of Congress maintains the MARC code list for countries . For background on MARC and a list of country code changes, see the changes in MARC page. In general, MARC country codes are two letters. For three countries, MARC provides three-letter subdivision codes. In these cases, the first two letters represent the state or province, and the third letter indicates the country. If the first two letters are xx, the code represents a location in an unspecified subdivision of that country. b There are five MARC codes that represent parts of United States Minor Outlying Islands: ji Johnston Atoll, xf Midway Islands, wk Wake Island, uc United States Misc. Caribbean Islands, and up United States Misc. Pacific Islands.

Misc. - The Educational Testing Service has a set of three-digit country codes in a PDF file .

The U.S. Census Bureau has a set of four-digit country codes - Schedule C - for use in reporting trade statistics. The (PDF file) AID Geographic Code Book lists region and country codes used by the U.S. Agency for International Development, along with FIPS codes.

There are NATO standards called Stanag (for Standardization Agreement), used to communicate military information among NATO members. STANAG 1059 is used for countries and other regions. The country codes are based closely on the ISO Alpha-3 codes. The Stanag code for Macedonia is FYR instead of MKD; almost all of the others are the same.

Eurostat, the statistical agency of the European Union, has modified the ISO 3166-1 standard to create its own Geonomenclature , or GEONOM for short. These codes are intended to be used in compiling external trade statistics for EU countries.

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