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The International Organization for Standardization (
ISO ) created and maintains the
ISO 3166 standard – Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions .
[1] The ISO 3166 standard contains three parts:
ISO 3166-1 – Codes for the representation of names of
countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes
[2] defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. It defines three sets of
country codes :
ISO 3166-2 – Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 2: Country subdivision code
[3] defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g.,
provinces ,
states ,
departments ,
regions ) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
ISO 3166-3 – Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 3: Code for formerly used names of countries
[4] defines codes for country names which have been deleted from
ISO 3166-1 since its first publication in 1974.
The ISO 3166-1 standard currently comprises 249 countries, 193 of which are
sovereign states that are
members of the
United Nations . Many dependent territories in the ISO 3166-1 standard are also listed as a subdivision of their administering state in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
Current ISO 3166 country codes
The sortable table below contains the three sets of
ISO 3166-1 country codes for each of its 249 countries, links to the
ISO 3166-2 country subdivision codes, and the Internet
country code top-level domains (ccTLD) which are based on the
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard with the few exceptions noted. See the
ISO 3166-3 standard for former country codes.
For user-assigned codes used by certain organizations, see
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 § User-assigned code elements and
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 § User-assigned code elements .
See also
Notes
^ The full names of countries and areas in ISO 3166 often but not always match these official state names.
^ The
ISO 3166 country name
Antarctica comprises the
continent of Antarctica and all land and ice shelves south of the
60th parallel south .
^ The
ISO 3166 country name
Australia includes the
Ashmore and Cartier Islands and the
Coral Sea Islands .
^ Although the
country code top-level domain
.bq is reserved for the
Caribbean Netherlands , these islands use the
Netherlands country code top-level domain
.nl instead.
^ The
country code top-level domain
.bv has not been implemented.
^ Both the
International Organization for Standardization (
ISO ) and the
United Nations (
UN ) use the country name
Brunei Darussalam for
Brunei .
^
Cabo Verde was previously known as
Cape Verde .
^ The
International Organization for Standardization (
ISO ) uses the
United Nations (
UN ) country name
The Congo for the
Republic of the Congo .
^
Côte d'Ivoire was previously known as
Ivory Coast .
^
Czechia was previously known by its state name
Czech Republic .
^
Eswatini was previously known as
Swaziland .
^ The
International Organization for Standardization (
ISO ) uses the country name
The Falkland Islands [Malvinas] for the
Falkland Islands .
^ The
ISO 3166 country name
France includes
Clipperton Island .
^ The
ISO 3166 country name
The French Southern Territories comprises all of the
French Southern and Antarctic Lands except
Adélie Land which is included in the
ISO 3166 country name
Antarctica .
^ The
Holy See governs and represents the
Vatican City State .
^ Both the
International Organization for Standardization (
ISO ) and the
United Nations (
UN ) use the full state name
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea for
North Korea .
^ Both the
International Organization for Standardization (
ISO ) and the
United Nations (
UN ) use the full state name
The Republic of Korea for
South Korea .
^ Both the
International Organization for Standardization (
ISO ) and the
United Nations (
UN ) use the full state name
The Lao People's Democratic Republic for
Laos .
^
Macao may be spelt either
Macao or
Macau .
^
Myanmar was previously known as
Burma .
^ The
International Organization for Standardization (
ISO ) used The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as the country name prior to February 2019 when the
naming dispute with
Greece was settled.
^ The
International Organization for Standardization (
ISO ) uses the
United Nations (
UN ) country name
Pitcairn for the
Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands .
^ Both the
International Organization for Standardization (
ISO ) and the
United Nations (
UN ) use the full state name
The Russian Federation for
Russia .
^ The
country code top-level domain
.sj has not been implemented.
^ The
Syrian Arab Republic is also known by its common country name
Syria .
^ The
International Organization for Standardization (
ISO ) uses the country name
Taiwan (Province of China) for
Taiwan .
^ The
Republic of China controls
Taiwan . The
People's Republic of China claims Taiwan as its
Taiwan Province . In deference to the People's Republic of China, the
United Nations refers to Taiwan as
Taiwan, Province of China .
^
Timor-Leste was previously known as
East Timor .
^
Türkiye was previously known as
Turkey .
^ Although the
country code top-level domain
.gb is reserved for the
United Kingdom , the country uses the
.uk country code top-level domain instead.
^ The
ISO 3166 country name
The United States Minor Outlying Islands comprises
Baker Island ,
Howland Island ,
Jarvis Island ,
Johnston Atoll ,
Kingman Reef ,
Midway Atoll ,
Navassa Island ,
Palmyra Atoll , and
Wake Island .
^ The
country code top-level domain
.um has not been implemented.
^ The
International Organization for Standardization (
ISO ) uses the
United Nations (
UN ) country name
Viet Nam for
Vietnam .
^ The
International Organization for Standardization (
ISO ) uses the country name
Virgin Islands (British) for the
Virgin Islands of the
United Kingdom .
^ The
International Organization for Standardization (
ISO ) uses the country name
Virgin Islands (U.S.) for the
Virgin Islands of the United States .
^ The
International Organization for Standardization (
ISO ) has designated
Western Sahara as the provisional country name for the region of the
Maghreb claimed by both the
Kingdom of Morocco and the
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic .
^ Both the
Kingdom of Morocco and the
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic claim the region known as
Western Sahara . Morocco currently (2018) controls most of the coastal region while the Sahrawis control the interior.
^ The
country code top-level domain
.eh has not been implemented.
References
External links
ISO 3166 – Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions
ISO 3166-1 country codes
ISO 3166-2 country subdivision codes
ISO 3166-3 codes for former names of countries
a Changed from TP
b Changed from YU