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{{short description|Two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1}}

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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{{cite web| url=https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html| title=Country Codes - ISO 3166| publisher=International Organization for Standardization (ISO)}} published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. They are the most widely used of the country codes published by ISO (the others being alpha-3 and numeric), and are used most prominently for the Internet's country code top-level domains (with a few exceptions). They were first included as part of the ISO 3166 standard in its first edition in 1974.

Uses and applications

The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are used in different environments and are also part of other standards. In some cases they are not perfectly implemented.

=Perfect implementations=

The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are used in the following standards:

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! Short name

! Long name

! Comment

ISO 3166-2

| Country subdivision code

|

ISO 3901

| International Standard Recording Code (ISRC){{cite web| url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_resources/isrc_handbook.html#Heading226| title=The International Standard Recording Code| publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry| access-date=2009-03-06| archive-date=2014-02-12| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212033615/http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_resources/isrc_handbook.html#Heading226| url-status=dead}}

|

ISO 4217

| Currency code{{cite web| url=https://www.iso.org/iso-4217-currency-codes.html| title=Currency codes - ISO 4217| publisher=ISO}}

|

ISO 6166

| International Securities Identifying Number (ISIN){{cite web| url=http://www.anna-web.com/neu/ISO_6166/iso_standard.php| title=ISO6166 - an outline of the standard| publisher=Association of National Numbering Agencies| access-date=2009-03-06| archive-date=2009-07-27| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727064817/http://www.anna-web.com/neu/ISO_6166/iso_standard.php| url-status=dead}}

|

ISO 9362

| Bank Identifier Codes (BIC)

| Also known as SWIFT codes{{cite web| url=http://www.swift.com/biconline/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_aboutbic| title=About BIC| publisher=Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301051718/http://www.swift.com/biconline/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_aboutbic| archive-date=2009-03-01}}

ISO 13616

| International Bank Account Number (IBAN){{cite web | url=http://www.swift.com/solutions/messaging/information_products/bic_downloads_documents/pdfs/IBAN_Registry.pdf | title=IBAN Registry | publisher=Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102222442/http://www.swift.com/solutions/messaging/information_products/bic_downloads_documents/pdfs/IBAN_Registry.pdf | archive-date=2010-01-02 }}

|

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{{cite web | url=http://www.unece.org/cefact/locode/service/location | title=UN/LOCODE Code List by Country | publisher=United Nations Economic Commission for Europe | access-date = 6 May 2017}}

=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.{{cite web| url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/| title=IANA – Root Zone Database| publisher=Internet Assigned Numbers Authority}} For example, the United Kingdom, whose alpha-2 code is {{mono|GB}}, uses .uk instead of .gb as its ccTLD, as {{mono|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.{{cite web| url=http://www.wipo.int/standards/en/pdf/03-03-01.pdf | title=Standard ST.3 – Recommended standard on two-letter codes for the representation of states, other entities and intergovernmental organizations| work=Handbook on Industrial Property Information and Documentation| pages=3.3.1–3.3.9| date=April 2007| publisher=World Intellectual Property Organization}}

The European Commission generally uses ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes with two exceptions: {{mono|EL}} (not {{mono|GR}}) is used to represent Greece, and {{mono|UK}} (not {{mono|GB}}) is used to represent the United Kingdom.{{cite web| url=http://publications.europa.eu/code/en/en-370100.htm| title=Publications Office – Interinstitutional style guide – Countries| publisher=European Union}}{{Cite web |title=Interinstitutional style guide – 'EU-27 and candidate countries' |url=https://publications.europa.eu/code/pdf/370000en.htm |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=publications.europa.eu}} This notwithstanding, the Official Journal of the European Communities specified that {{mono|GR}} and {{mono|GB}} be used to represent Greece and United Kingdom respectively.{{cite web| url=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:1998:335:0022:0029:EN:PDF| title=Commission Regulation (EC) No 2645/98 of 9 December 1998 on the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States| work=Official Journal of the European Communities, L 335| pages=22–29| date=1998-12-10| publisher=European Union}} For VAT administration purposes, the European Commission uses VAT identification number#European Union VAT identification numbers

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.{{cite web| url=http://www.unece.org/trans/conventn/Distsigns.pdf| title=Distinguishing signs used on vehicles in international traffic| publisher=United Nations Economic Commission for Europe}}

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 {{mono|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.

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|+ Decoding table of ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes

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| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#AA}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|AB}}}}

| title="exceptionally reserved: Ascension Island" {{rarely|#AC}}

| title="Andorra" {{active|#AD}}

| title="United Arab Emirates" {{active|#AE}}

| title="Afghanistan" {{active|#AF}}

| title="Antigua and Barbuda" {{active|#AG}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|AH}}}}

| title="Anguilla (formerly: French Afars and Issas)" {{unofficial2|#AI}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|AJ}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|AK}}}}

| title="Albania" {{active|#AL}}

| title="Armenia" {{active|#AM}}

| title="transitionally reserved: Netherlands Antilles" {{nonfree|#AN}}

| title="Angola" {{active|#AO}}

| title="indeterminately reserved: African Regional Industrial Property Organization" {{eliminated|#AP}}

| title="Antarctica" {{active|#AQ}}

| title="Argentina" {{active|#AR}}

| title="American Samoa" {{active|#AS}}

| title="Austria" {{active|#AT}}

| title="Australia" {{active|#AU}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|AV}}}}

| title="Aruba" {{active|#AW}}

| title="Åland Islands" {{active|#AX}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|AY}}}}

| title="Azerbaijan" {{active|#AZ}}

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| title="Bosnia and Herzegovina" {{active|#BA}}

| title="Barbados" {{active|#BB}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|BC}}}}

| title="Bangladesh" {{active|#BD}}

| title="Belgium" {{active|#BE}}

| title="Burkina Faso" {{active|#BF}}

| title="Bulgaria" {{active|#BG}}

| title="Bahrain" {{active|#BH}}

| title="Burundi" {{active|#BI}}

| title="Benin" {{active|#BJ}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|BK}}}}

| title="Saint Barthélemy" {{active|#BL}}

| title="Bermuda" {{active|#BM}}

| title="Brunei Darussalam" {{active|#BN}}

| title="Bolivia, Plurinational State of" {{active|#BO}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|BP}}}}

| title="Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (formerly: British Antarctic Territory)" {{unofficial2|#BQ}}

| title="Brazil" {{active|#BR}}

| title="Bahamas" {{active|#BS}}

| title="Bhutan" {{active|#BT}}

| title="transitionally reserved: Burma" {{nonfree|#BU}}

| title="Bouvet Island" {{active|#BV}}

| title="Botswana" {{active|#BW}}

| title="indeterminately reserved: Benelux Trademarks and Designs Office" {{eliminated|#BX}}

| title="Belarus" {{active|#BY}}

| title="Belize" {{active|#BZ}}

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| title="Canada" {{active|#CA}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|CB}}}}

| title="Cocos (Keeling) Islands" {{active|#CC}}

| title="Congo, Democratic Republic of the" {{active|#CD}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|CE}}}}

| title="Central African Republic" {{active|#CF}}

| title="Congo" {{active|#CG}}

| title="Switzerland" {{active|#CH}}

| title="Côte d'Ivoire" {{active|#CI}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|CJ}}}}

| title="Cook Islands" {{active|#CK}}

| title="Chile" {{active|#CL}}

| title="Cameroon" {{active|#CM}}

| title="China" {{active|#CN}}

| title="Colombia" {{active|#CO}}

| title="exceptionally reserved: Clipperton Island" {{rarely|#CP}}

| title="exceptionally reserved: Island of Sark" {{rarely|#CQ}}

| title="Costa Rica" {{active|#CR}}

| title="transitionally reserved: Serbia and Montenegro (formerly: Czechoslovakia)" {{nonfree|#CS}}

| title="deleted: Canton and Enderbury Islands; unassigned" {{okay|{{mono|CT}}}}

| title="Cuba" {{active|#CU}}

| title="Cabo Verde" {{active|#CV}}

| title="Curaçao" {{active|#CW}}

| title="Christmas Island" {{active|#CX}}

| title="Cyprus" {{active|#CY}}

| title="Czechia" {{active|#CZ}}

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| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|DA}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|DB}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|DC}}}}

| title="deleted: German Democratic Republic; unassigned" {{okay|{{mono|DD}}}}

| title="Germany" {{active|#DE}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|DF}}}}

| title="exceptionally reserved: Diego Garcia" {{rarely|#DG}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|DH}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|DI}}}}

| title="Djibouti" {{active|#DJ}}

| title="Denmark" {{active|#DK}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|DL}}}}

| title="Dominica" {{active|#DM}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|DN}}}}

| title="Dominican Republic" {{active|#DO}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|DP}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|DQ}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|DR}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|DS}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|DT}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|DU}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|DV}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|DW}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|DX}}}}

| title="indeterminately reserved: Benin" {{eliminated|#DY}}

| title="Algeria" {{active|#DZ}}

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| title="exceptionally reserved: Ceuta, Melilla" {{rarely|#EA}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|EB}}}}

| title="Ecuador" {{active|#EC}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|ED}}}}

| title="Estonia" {{active|#EE}}

| title="indeterminately reserved: Union of Countries under the European Community Patent Convention" {{eliminated|#EF}}

| title="Egypt" {{active|#EG}}

| title="Western Sahara" {{active|#EH}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|EI}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|EJ}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|EK}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|EL}}}}

| title="indeterminately reserved: European Trademark Office" {{eliminated|#EM}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|EN}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|EO}}}}

| title="indeterminately reserved: European Patent Organization" {{eliminated|#EP}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|EQ}}}}

| title="Eritrea" {{active|#ER}}

| title="Spain" {{active|#ES}}

| title="Ethiopia" {{active|#ET}}

| title="exceptionally reserved: European Union" {{rarely|#EU}}

| title="indeterminately reserved: Eurasian Patent Organization" {{eliminated|#EV}}

| title="indeterminately reserved: Estonia" {{eliminated|#EW}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|EX}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|EY}}}}

| title="exceptionally reserved: Eurozone" {{rarely|#EZ}}

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| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|FA}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|FB}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|FC}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|FD}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|FE}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|FF}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|FG}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|FH}}}}

| title="Finland" {{active|#FI}}

| title="Fiji" {{active|#FJ}}

| title="Falkland Islands (Malvinas)" {{active|#FK}}

| title="indeterminately reserved: Liechtenstein" {{eliminated|#FL}}

| title="Micronesia, Federated States of" {{active|#FM}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|FN}}}}

| title="Faroe Islands" {{active|#FO}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|FP}}}}

| title="deleted: French Southern and Antarctic Territories; unassigned" {{okay|{{mono|FQ}}}}

| title="France" {{active|#FR}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|FS}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|FT}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|FU}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|FV}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|FW}}}}

| title="exceptionally reserved: France, Metropolitan" {{rarely|#FX}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|FY}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|FZ}}}}

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| title="Gabon" {{active|#GA}}

| title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" {{active|#GB}}

| title="indeterminately reserved: Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)" {{eliminated|#GC}}

| title="Grenada" {{active|#GD}}

| title="Georgia (formerly: Gilbert and Ellice Islands)" {{unofficial2|#GE}}

| title="French Guiana" {{active|#GF}}

| title="Guernsey" {{active|#GG}}

| title="Ghana" {{active|#GH}}

| title="Gibraltar" {{active|#GI}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|GJ}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|GK}}}}

| title="Greenland" {{active|#GL}}

| title="Gambia" {{active|#GM}}

| title="Guinea" {{active|#GN}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|GO}}}}

| title="Guadeloupe" {{active|#GP}}

| title="Equatorial Guinea" {{active|#GQ}}

| title="Greece" {{active|#GR}}

| title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands" {{active|#GS}}

| title="Guatemala" {{active|#GT}}

| title="Guam" {{active|#GU}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|GV}}}}

| title="Guinea-Bissau" {{active|#GW}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|GX}}}}

| title="Guyana" {{active|#GY}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|GZ}}}}

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| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|HA}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|HB}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|HC}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|HD}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|HE}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|HF}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|HG}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|HH}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|HI}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|HJ}}}}

| title="Hong Kong" {{active|#HK}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|HL}}}}

| title="Heard Island and McDonald Islands" {{active|#HM}}

| title="Honduras" {{active|#HN}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|HO}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|HP}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|HQ}}}}

| title="Croatia" {{active|#HR}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|HS}}}}

| title="Haiti" {{active|#HT}}

| title="Hungary" {{active|#HU}}

| title="deleted: Upper Volta; unassigned" {{okay|{{mono|HV}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|HW}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|HX}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|HY}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|HZ}}}}

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| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|IA}}}}

| title="indeterminately reserved: International Bureau of WIPO" {{eliminated|#IB}}

| title="exceptionally reserved: Canary Islands" {{rarely|#IC}}

| title="Indonesia" {{active|#ID}}

| title="Ireland" {{active|#IE}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|IF}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|IG}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|IH}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|II}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|IJ}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|IK}}}}

| title="Israel" {{active|#IL}}

| title="Isle of Man" {{active|#IM}}

| title="India" {{active|#IN}}

| title="British Indian Ocean Territory" {{active|#IO}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|IP}}}}

| title="Iraq" {{active|#IQ}}

| title="Iran, Islamic Republic of" {{active|#IR}}

| title="Iceland" {{active|#IS}}

| title="Italy" {{active|#IT}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|IU}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|IV}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|IW}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|IX}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|IY}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|IZ}}}}

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| title="indeterminately reserved: Jamaica" {{eliminated|#JA}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|JB}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|JC}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|JD}}}}

| title="Jersey" {{active|#JE}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|JF}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|JG}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|JH}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|JI}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|JJ}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|JK}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|JL}}}}

| title="Jamaica" {{active|#JM}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|JN}}}}

| title="Jordan" {{active|#JO}}

| title="Japan" {{active|#JP}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|JQ}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|JR}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|JS}}}}

| title="deleted: Johnston Island; unassigned" {{okay|{{mono|JT}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|JU}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|JV}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|JW}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|JX}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|JY}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|JZ}}}}

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| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|KA}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|KB}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|KC}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|KD}}}}

| title="Kenya" {{active|#KE}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|KF}}}}

| title="Kyrgyzstan" {{active|#KG}}

| title="Cambodia" {{active|#KH}}

| title="Kiribati" {{active|#KI}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|KJ}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|KK}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|KL}}}}

| title="Comoros" {{active|#KM}}

| title="Saint Kitts and Nevis" {{active|#KN}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|KO}}}}

| title="Korea, Democratic People's Republic of" {{active|#KP}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|KQ}}}}

| title="Korea, Republic of" {{active|#KR}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|KS}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|KT}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|KU}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|KV}}}}

| title="Kuwait" {{active|#KW}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|KX}}}}

| title="Cayman Islands" {{active|#KY}}

| title="Kazakhstan" {{active|#KZ}}

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| title="Lao People's Democratic Republic" {{active|#LA}}

| title="Lebanon" {{active|#LB}}

| title="Saint Lucia" {{active|#LC}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|LD}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|LE}}}}

| title="indeterminately reserved: Libya Fezzan" {{eliminated|#LF}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|LG}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|LH}}}}

| title="Liechtenstein" {{active|#LI}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|LJ}}}}

| title="Sri Lanka" {{active|#LK}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|LL}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|LM}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|LN}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|LO}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|LP}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|LQ}}}}

| title="Liberia" {{active|#LR}}

| title="Lesotho" {{active|#LS}}

| title="Lithuania (formerly: Libya Tripoli)" {{unofficial2|#LT}}

| title="Luxembourg" {{active|#LU}}

| title="Latvia" {{active|#LV}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|LW}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|LX}}}}

| title="Libya" {{active|#LY}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|LZ}}}}

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| title="Morocco" {{active|#MA}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|MB}}}}

| title="Monaco" {{active|#MC}}

| title="Moldova, Republic of" {{active|#MD}}

| title="Montenegro (formerly: Western Sahara)" {{unofficial2|#ME}}

| title="Saint Martin (French part)" {{active|#MF}}

| title="Madagascar" {{active|#MG}}

| title="Marshall Islands" {{active|#MH}}

| title="deleted: Midway Islands; unassigned" {{okay|{{mono|MI}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|MJ}}}}

| title="North Macedonia" {{active|#MK}}

| title="Mali" {{active|#ML}}

| title="Myanmar" {{active|#MM}}

| title="Mongolia" {{active|#MN}}

| title="Macao" {{active|#MO}}

| title="Northern Mariana Islands" {{active|#MP}}

| title="Martinique" {{active|#MQ}}

| title="Mauritania" {{active|#MR}}

| title="Montserrat" {{active|#MS}}

| title="Malta" {{active|#MT}}

| title="Mauritius" {{active|#MU}}

| title="Maldives" {{active|#MV}}

| title="Malawi" {{active|#MW}}

| title="Mexico" {{active|#MX}}

| title="Malaysia" {{active|#MY}}

| title="Mozambique" {{active|#MZ}}

style="line-height: 100%;"

| title="Namibia" {{active|#NA}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|NB}}}}

| title="New Caledonia" {{active|#NC}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|ND}}}}

| title="Niger" {{active|#NE}}

| title="Norfolk Island" {{active|#NF}}

| title="Nigeria" {{active|#NG}}

| title="deleted: New Hebrides; unassigned" {{okay|{{mono|NH}}}}

| title="Nicaragua" {{active|#NI}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|NJ}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|NK}}}}

| title="Netherlands, Kingdom of the" {{active|#NL}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|NM}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|NN}}}}

| title="Norway" {{active|#NO}}

| title="Nepal" {{active|#NP}}

| title="deleted: Dronning Maud Land; unassigned" {{okay|{{mono|NQ}}}}

| title="Nauru" {{active|#NR}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|NS}}}}

| title="transitionally reserved: Neutral Zone" {{nonfree|#NT}}

| title="Niue" {{active|#NU}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|NV}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|NW}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|NX}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|NY}}}}

| title="New Zealand" {{active|#NZ}}

style="line-height: 100%;"

| title="indeterminately reserved: African Intellectual Property Organization" {{eliminated|#OA}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|OB}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|OC}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|OD}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|OE}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|OF}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|OG}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|OH}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|OI}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|OJ}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|OK}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|OL}}}}

| title="Oman" {{active|#OM}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|ON}}}}

| title="Escape code" {{safe|#OO}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|OP}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|OQ}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|OR}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|OS}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|OT}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|OU}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|OV}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|OW}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|OX}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|OY}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|OZ}}}}

style="line-height: 100%;"

| title="Panama" {{active|#PA}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|PB}}}}

| title="deleted: Pacific Islands (Trust Territory); unassigned" {{okay|{{mono|PC}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|PD}}}}

| title="Peru" {{active|#PE}}

| title="French Polynesia" {{active|#PF}}

| title="Papua New Guinea" {{active|#PG}}

| title="Philippines" {{active|#PH}}

| title="indeterminately reserved: Philippines" {{eliminated|#PI}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|PJ}}}}

| title="Pakistan" {{active|#PK}}

| title="Poland" {{active|#PL}}

| title="Saint Pierre and Miquelon" {{active|#PM}}

| title="Pitcairn" {{active|#PN}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|PO}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|PP}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|PQ}}}}

| title="Puerto Rico" {{active|#PR}}

| title="Palestine, State of" {{active|#PS}}

| title="Portugal" {{active|#PT}}

| title="deleted: United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands; unassigned" {{okay|{{mono|PU}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|PV}}}}

| title="Palau" {{active|#PW}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|PX}}}}

| title="Paraguay" {{active|#PY}}

| title="deleted: Panama Canal Zone; unassigned" {{okay|{{mono|PZ}}}}

style="line-height: 100%;"

| title="Qatar" {{active|#QA}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|QB}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|QC}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|QD}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|QE}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|QF}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|QG}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|QH}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|QI}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|QJ}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|QK}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|QL}}}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#QM}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#QN}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#QO}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#QP}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#QQ}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#QR}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#QS}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#QT}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#QU}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#QV}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#QW}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#QX}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#QY}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#QZ}}

style="line-height: 100%;"

| title="indeterminately reserved: Argentina" {{eliminated|#RA}}

| title="indeterminately reserved: Bolivia; Botswana" {{eliminated|#RB}}

| title="indeterminately reserved: China" {{eliminated|#RC}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|RD}}}}

| title="Réunion" {{active|#RE}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|RF}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|RG}}}}

| title="indeterminately reserved: Haiti" {{eliminated|#RH}}

| title="indeterminately reserved: Indonesia" {{eliminated|#RI}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|RJ}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|RK}}}}

| title="indeterminately reserved: Lebanon" {{eliminated|#RL}}

| title="indeterminately reserved: Madagascar" {{eliminated|#RM}}

| title="indeterminately reserved: Niger" {{eliminated|#RN}}

| title="Romania" {{active|#RO}}

| title="indeterminately reserved: Philippines" {{eliminated|#RP}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|RQ}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|RR}}}}

| title="Serbia" {{active|#RS}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|RT}}}}

| title="Russian Federation (formerly: Burundi)" {{unofficial2|#RU}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|RV}}}}

| title="Rwanda" {{active|#RW}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|RX}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|RY}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|RZ}}}}

style="line-height: 100%;"

| title="Saudi Arabia" {{active|#SA}}

| title="Solomon Islands" {{active|#SB}}

| title="Seychelles" {{active|#SC}}

| title="Sudan" {{active|#SD}}

| title="Sweden" {{active|#SE}}

| title="indeterminately reserved: Finland" {{eliminated|#SF}}

| title="Singapore" {{active|#SG}}

| title="Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha" {{active|#SH}}

| title="Slovenia" {{active|#SI}}

| title="Svalbard and Jan Mayen" {{active|#SJ}}

| title="Slovakia (formerly: Sikkim)" {{unofficial2|#SK}}

| title="Sierra Leone" {{active|#SL}}

| title="San Marino" {{active|#SM}}

| title="Senegal" {{active|#SN}}

| title="Somalia" {{active|#SO}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|SP}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|SQ}}}}

| title="Suriname" {{active|#SR}}

| title="South Sudan" {{active|#SS}}

| title="Sao Tome and Principe" {{active|#ST}}

| title="exceptionally reserved: USSR" {{rarely|#SU}}

| title="El Salvador" {{active|#SV}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|SW}}}}

| title="Sint Maarten (Dutch part)" {{active|#SX}}

| title="Syrian Arab Republic" {{active|#SY}}

| title="Eswatini" {{active|#SZ}}

style="line-height: 100%;"

| title="exceptionally reserved: Tristan da Cunha" {{rarely|#TA}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|TB}}}}

| title="Turks and Caicos Islands" {{active|#TC}}

| title="Chad" {{active|#TD}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|TE}}}}

| title="French Southern Territories" {{active|#TF}}

| title="Togo" {{active|#TG}}

| title="Thailand" {{active|#TH}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|TI}}}}

| title="Tajikistan" {{active|#TJ}}

| title="Tokelau" {{active|#TK}}

| title="Timor-Leste" {{active|#TL}}

| title="Turkmenistan" {{active|#TM}}

| title="Tunisia" {{active|#TN}}

| title="Tonga" {{active|#TO}}

| title="transitionally reserved: East Timor" {{nonfree|#TP}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|TQ}}}}

| title="Türkiye" {{active|#TR}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|TS}}}}

| title="Trinidad and Tobago" {{active|#TT}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|TU}}}}

| title="Tuvalu" {{active|#TV}}

| title="Taiwan, Province of China" {{active|#TW}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|TX}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|TY}}}}

| title="Tanzania, United Republic of" {{active|#TZ}}

style="line-height: 100%;"

| title="Ukraine" {{active|#UA}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|UB}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|UC}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|UD}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|UE}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|UF}}}}

| title="Uganda" {{active|#UG}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|UH}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|UI}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|UJ}}}}

| title="exceptionally reserved: United Kingdom" {{rarely|#UK}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|UL}}}}

| title="United States Minor Outlying Islands" {{active|#UM}}

| title="exceptionally reserved: United Nations" {{rarely|#UN}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|UO}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|UP}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|UQ}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|UR}}}}

| title="United States of America" {{active|#US}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|UT}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|UU}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|UV}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|UW}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|UX}}}}

| title="Uruguay" {{active|#UY}}

| title="Uzbekistan" {{active|#UZ}}

style="line-height: 100%;"

| title="Holy See" {{active|#VA}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|VB}}}}

| title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines" {{active|#VC}}

| title="deleted: Viet-Nam, Democratic Republic of; unassigned" {{okay|{{mono|VD}}}}

| title="Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of" {{active|#VE}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|VF}}}}

| title="Virgin Islands (British)" {{active|#VG}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|VH}}}}

| title="Virgin Islands (U.S.)" {{active|#VI}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|VJ}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|VK}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|VL}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|VM}}}}

| title="Viet Nam" {{active|#VN}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|VO}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|VP}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|VQ}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|VR}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|VS}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|VT}}}}

| title="Vanuatu" {{active|#VU}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|VV}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|VW}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|VX}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|VY}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|VZ}}}}

style="line-height: 100%;"

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|WA}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|WB}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|WC}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|WD}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|WE}}}}

| title="Wallis and Futuna" {{active|#WF}}

| title="indeterminately reserved: Grenada" {{eliminated|#WG}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|WH}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|WI}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|WJ}}}}

| title="deleted: Wake Island; unassigned" {{okay|{{mono|WK}}}}

| title="indeterminately reserved: Saint Lucia" {{eliminated|#WL}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|WM}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|WN}}}}

| title="indeterminately reserved: World Intellectual Property Organization" {{eliminated|#WO}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|WP}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|WQ}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|WR}}}}

| title="Samoa" {{active|#WS}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|WT}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|WU}}}}

| title="indeterminately reserved: Saint Vincent" {{eliminated|#WV}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|WW}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|WX}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|WY}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|WZ}}}}

style="line-height: 100%;"

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#XA}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#XB}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#XC}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#XD}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#XE}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#XF}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#XG}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#XH}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#XI}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#XJ}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#XK}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#XL}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#XM}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#XN}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#XO}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#XP}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#XQ}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#XR}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#XS}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#XT}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#XU}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#XV}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#XW}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#XX}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#XY}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#XZ}}

style="line-height: 100%;"

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|YA}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|YB}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|YC}}}}

| title="deleted: Yemen, Democratic; unassigned" {{okay|{{mono|YD}}}}

| title="Yemen" {{active|#YE}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|YF}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|YG}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|YH}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|YI}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|YJ}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|YK}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|YL}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|YM}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|YN}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|YO}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|YP}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|YQ}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|YR}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|YS}}}}

| title="Mayotte" {{active|#YT}}

| title="transitionally reserved: Yugoslavia" {{nonfree|#YU}}

| title="indeterminately reserved: Venezuela" {{eliminated|#YV}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|YW}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|YX}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|YY}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|YZ}}}}

style="line-height: 100%;"

| title="South Africa" {{active|#ZA}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|ZB}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|ZC}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|ZD}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|ZE}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|ZF}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|ZG}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|ZH}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|ZI}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|ZJ}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|ZK}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|ZL}}}}

| title="Zambia" {{active|#ZM}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|ZN}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|ZO}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|ZP}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|ZQ}}}}

| title="transitionally reserved: Zaire" {{nonfree|#ZR}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|ZS}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|ZT}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|ZU}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|ZV}}}}

| title="Zimbabwe" {{active|#ZW}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|ZX}}}}

| title="unassigned" {{no result|{{mono|ZY}}}}

| title="user-assigned" {{safe|#ZZ}}

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|+ Colour legend

| {{active

} 242

| Officially assigned: assigned to a country, territory, or area of geographical interest

|-

| {{unofficial2|}} 7

| Officially assigned: formerly either assigned to a different entity or reserved indeterminately, then deleted and later reassigned {{H:title|as above|assigned to a country, territory, or area of geographical interest}}

|-

| {{safe|}} 43

| User-assigned: free for assignment at the disposal of users

|-

| {{rarely|}} 13

| Exceptionally reserved: reserved on request for restricted use

|-

| {{eliminated|}} 30

| Indeterminately reserved: used in coding systems associated with ISO 3166-1

|-

| {{nonfree|}} 7

| Transitionally reserved: deleted from ISO 3166-1 but reserved transitionally

|-

| {{okay|}} 14

| Deleted: deleted and free for reassignment

|-

| {{no result|}} 320

| Unassigned: free for assignment by the ISO 3166/MA only

|}

class="wikitable"

| 676

| Overall total

=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, pointing to its ISO 3166-2 article
  • Country name: English short name officially used by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA)
  • Year: Year when alpha-2 code was first officially assigned (1974, first edition of ISO 3166)
  • ccTLD: Corresponding country code top-level domain (some are unassigned or inactive); exceptions where another ccTLD is assigned for the country are shown in parentheses
  • Notes: Any unofficial notes

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class="wikitable sortable sort-under"
Code

! Country name (using title case)

! Year

! ccTLD

! class="unsortable" | Notes

| id="AD" | ISO 3166-2:AD

Andorra1974.ad
id="AE" | ISO 3166-2:AEUnited Arab Emirates1974.ae
id="AF" | ISO 3166-2:AFAfghanistan1974.af
id="AG" | ISO 3166-2:AGAntigua and Barbuda1974.ag
id="AI" | ISO 3166-2:AIAnguilla1985.ai{{mono|AI}} previously represented French Afars and Issas
id="AL" | ISO 3166-2:ALAlbania1974.al
id="AM" | ISO 3166-2:AMArmenia1992.am
id="AO" | ISO 3166-2:AOAngola1974.ao
id="AQ" | ISO 3166-2:AQAntarctica1974.aqCovers the territories south of 60° south latitude
Code taken from name in French: {{lang|fr|Antarctique}}
id="AR" | ISO 3166-2:ARArgentina1974.ar
id="AS" | ISO 3166-2:ASAmerican Samoa1974.as
id="AT" | ISO 3166-2:ATAustria1974.at
id="AU" | ISO 3166-2:AUAustralia1974.auIncludes the Ashmore and Cartier Islands and the Coral Sea Islands
id="AW" | ISO 3166-2:AWAruba1986.aw
id="AX" | ISO 3166-2:AX{{sort|Aland Islands|Åland Islands}}2004.axAn autonomous county of Finland
id="AZ" | ISO 3166-2:AZAzerbaijan1992.az
id="BA" | ISO 3166-2:BABosnia and Herzegovina1992.ba
id="BB" | ISO 3166-2:BBBarbados1974.bb
id="BD" | ISO 3166-2:BDBangladesh1974.bd
id="BE" | ISO 3166-2:BEBelgium1974.be
id="BF" | ISO 3166-2:BFBurkina Faso1984.bfName changed from Upper Volta ({{mono|HV}})
id="BG" | ISO 3166-2:BGBulgaria1974.bg
id="BH" | ISO 3166-2:BHBahrain1974.bh
id="BI" | ISO 3166-2:BIBurundi1974.bi
id="BJ" | ISO 3166-2:BJBenin1977.bjName changed from Dahomey ({{mono|DY}})
id="BL" | ISO 3166-2:BLSaint Barthélemy2007.bl
id="BM" | ISO 3166-2:BMBermuda1974.bm
id="BN" | ISO 3166-2:BNBrunei Darussalam1974.bnPrevious ISO country name: Brunei
id="BO" | ISO 3166-2:BOBolivia, Plurinational State of1974.boPrevious ISO country name: Bolivia
id="BQ" | ISO 3166-2:BQBonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba2010.bqConsists 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
{{mono|BQ}} previously represented British Antarctic Territory
id="BR" | ISO 3166-2:BRBrazil1974.br
id="BS" | ISO 3166-2:BSBahamas1974.bs
id="BT" | ISO 3166-2:BTBhutan1974.bt
id="BV" | ISO 3166-2:BVBouvet Island1974.bvDependency of Norway
id="BW" | ISO 3166-2:BWBotswana1974.bw
id="BY" | ISO 3166-2:BYBelarus1974.byCode taken from previous ISO country name: Byelorussian SSR (now assigned ISO 3166-3 code ISO 3166-3#BYAA)
Code assigned as the country was already a UN member since 1945{{cite web| url=http://www.iso.org/iso/codes0004-2.pdf| title=Codes to history: Code for formerly used names of countries completes the trilogy of country codes| work=ISO Bulletin| pages=10–12| date=April 2000| publisher=ISO| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205093809/http://www.iso.org/iso/codes0004-2.pdf| archive-date=5 December 2008}}
id="BZ" | ISO 3166-2:BZBelize1974.bz
id="CA" | ISO 3166-2:CACanada1974.ca
id="CC" | ISO 3166-2:CCCocos (Keeling) Islands1974.ccExternal territory of Australia
id="CD" | ISO 3166-2:CDCongo, Democratic Republic of the1997.cdName changed from Zaire ({{mono|ZR}})
id="CF" | ISO 3166-2:CFCentral African Republic1974.cf
id="CG" | ISO 3166-2:CGCongo1974.cg
id="CH" | ISO 3166-2:CHSwitzerland1974.chCode taken from name in Latin: {{lang|la|Confoederatio Helvetica}}
id="CI" | ISO 3166-2:CI{{sort|Cote d'Ivoire|Côte d'Ivoire}}1974.ciISO country name follows UN designation (common name and previous ISO country name: Ivory Coast)
id="CK" | ISO 3166-2:CKCook Islands1974.ck
id="CL" | ISO 3166-2:CLChile1974.cl
id="CM" | ISO 3166-2:CMCameroon1974.cmPrevious ISO country name: Cameroon, United Republic of
id="CN" | ISO 3166-2:CNChina1974.cn
id="CO" | ISO 3166-2:COColombia1974.co
id="CR" | ISO 3166-2:CRCosta Rica1974.cr
id="CU" | ISO 3166-2:CUCuba1974.cu
id="CV" | ISO 3166-2:CVCabo Verde1974.cvISO country name follows UN designation (common name and previous ISO country name: Cape Verde, another previous ISO country name: Cape Verde Islands)
id="CW" | ISO 3166-2:CWCuraçao2010.cw
id="CX" | ISO 3166-2:CXChristmas Island1974.cxExternal territory of Australia
id="CY" | ISO 3166-2:CYCyprus1974.cy
id="CZ" | ISO 3166-2:CZCzechia1993.czPrevious ISO country name: Czech Republic
id="DE" | ISO 3166-2:DEGermany1974.deCode taken from name in German: {{lang|de|Deutschland}}
Code used for West Germany before 1990 (previous ISO country name: Germany, Federal Republic of)
id="DJ" | ISO 3166-2:DJDjibouti1977.djName changed from French Afars and Issas ({{mono|AI}})
id="DK" | ISO 3166-2:DKDenmark1974.dk
id="DM" | ISO 3166-2:DMDominica1974.dm
id="DO" | ISO 3166-2:DODominican Republic1974.do
id="DZ" | ISO 3166-2:DZAlgeria1974.dzCode taken from name in Arabic الجزائر al-Djazā'ir, Algerian Arabic الدزاير al-Dzāyīr, or Berber ⴷⵣⴰⵢⵔ Dzayer
id="EC" | ISO 3166-2:ECEcuador1974.ec
id="EE" | ISO 3166-2:EEEstonia1992.eeCode taken from name in Estonian: {{lang|et|Eesti}}
id="EG" | ISO 3166-2:EGEgypt1974.eg
id="EH" | ISO 3166-2:EHWestern Sahara1974.ehPrevious ISO country name: Spanish Sahara (code taken from name in Spanish: {{lang|es|Sahara español}})
id="ER" | ISO 3166-2:EREritrea1993.er
id="ES" | ISO 3166-2:ESSpain1974.esCode taken from name in Spanish: {{lang|es|España}}
id="ET" | ISO 3166-2:ETEthiopia1974.et
id="FI" | ISO 3166-2:FIFinland1974.fi
id="FJ" | ISO 3166-2:FJFiji1974.fj
id="FK" | ISO 3166-2:FKFalkland Islands (Malvinas)1974.fkISO country name follows UN designation due to the Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute (local common name: Falkland Islands){{cite web | url=http://www.falklands.gov.fk/ | title=Falkland Islands Government | access-date=2016-12-22 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161211102148/http://www.falklands.gov.fk/ | archive-date=2016-12-11 | url-status=dead }}
id="FM" | ISO 3166-2:FMMicronesia, Federated States of1986.fmPrevious ISO country name: Micronesia
id="FO" | ISO 3166-2:FOFaroe Islands1974.foCode taken from name in Faroese: Føroyar
id="FR" | ISO 3166-2:FRFrance1974.frIncludes Clipperton Island
id="GA" | ISO 3166-2:GAGabon1974.ga
id="GB" | ISO 3166-2:GBUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland1974.gb
(.uk)		Includes Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Sovereign Base Areas)
Code taken from Great Britain (from official name: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland){{cite web| url=http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/iso_3166-faqs/iso_3166_faqs_specific.htm| title=ISO 3166 – FAQs – Specific| publisher=ISO}}
Previous ISO country name: United Kingdom
.uk is the primary ccTLD of the United Kingdom instead of .gb[https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/gb.html IANA .gb whois information] (see code #UK, which is exceptionally reserved)
id="GD" | ISO 3166-2:GDGrenada1974.gd
id="GE" | ISO 3166-2:GEGeorgia1992.ge{{mono|GE}} previously represented Gilbert and Ellice Islands
id="GF" | ISO 3166-2:GFFrench Guiana1974.gfCode taken from name in French: {{lang|fr|Guyane française}}
id="GG" | ISO 3166-2:GGGuernsey2006.ggA British Crown Dependency
id="GH" | ISO 3166-2:GHGhana1974.gh
id="GI" | ISO 3166-2:GIGibraltar1974.gi
id="GL" | ISO 3166-2:GLGreenland1974.gl
id="GM" | ISO 3166-2:GMGambia1974.gm
id="GN" | ISO 3166-2:GNGuinea1974.gn
id="GP" | ISO 3166-2:GPGuadeloupe1974.gp
id="GQ" | ISO 3166-2:GQEquatorial Guinea1974.gqCode taken from name in French: {{lang|fr|Guinée équatoriale}}
id="GR" | ISO 3166-2:GRGreece1974.gr
id="GS" | ISO 3166-2:GSSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands1993.gs
id="GT" | ISO 3166-2:GTGuatemala1974.gt
id="GU" | ISO 3166-2:GUGuam1974.gu
id="GW" | ISO 3166-2:GWGuinea-Bissau1974.gw
id="GY" | ISO 3166-2:GYGuyana1974.gy
id="HK" | ISO 3166-2:HKHong Kong1974.hkHong Kong is officially a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (CN) since 1 July 1997
id="HM" | ISO 3166-2:HMHeard Island and McDonald Islands1974.hmExternal territory of Australia
id="HN" | ISO 3166-2:HNHonduras1974.hn
id="HR" | ISO 3166-2:HRCroatia1992.hrCode taken from name in Croatian: {{lang|hr|Hrvatska}}
id="HT" | ISO 3166-2:HTHaiti1974.ht
id="HU" | ISO 3166-2:HUHungary1974.hu
id="ID" | ISO 3166-2:IDIndonesia1974.id
id="IE" | ISO 3166-2:IEIreland1974.ie
id="IL" | ISO 3166-2:ILIsrael1974.il
id="IM" | ISO 3166-2:IMIsle of Man2006.imA British Crown Dependency
id="IN" | ISO 3166-2:INIndia1974.in
id="IO" | ISO 3166-2:IOBritish Indian Ocean Territory1974.io
id="IQ" | ISO 3166-2:IQIraq1974.iq
id="IR" | ISO 3166-2:IRIran, Islamic Republic of1974.irPrevious ISO country name: Iran
id="IS" | ISO 3166-2:ISIceland1974.isCode taken from name in Icelandic: {{lang|is|Ísland}}
id="IT" | ISO 3166-2:ITItaly1974.it
id="JE" | ISO 3166-2:JEJersey2006.jeA British Crown Dependency
id="JM" | ISO 3166-2:JMJamaica1974.jm
id="JO" | ISO 3166-2:JOJordan1974.jo
id="JP" | ISO 3166-2:JPJapan1974.jp
id="KE" | ISO 3166-2:KEKenya1974.ke
id="KG" | ISO 3166-2:KGKyrgyzstan1992.kg
id="KH" | ISO 3166-2:KHCambodia1974.khCode taken from former name: Khmer Republic
Previous ISO country name: Kampuchea, Democratic
id="KI" | ISO 3166-2:KIKiribati1979.kiName changed from Gilbert Islands ({{mono|GE}})
id="KM" | ISO 3166-2:KMComoros1974.kmCode taken from name in Comorian: {{lang|bnt|Komori}}
Previous ISO country name: Comoro Islands
id="KN" | ISO 3166-2:KNSaint Kitts and Nevis1974.knPrevious ISO country name: Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla
id="KP" | ISO 3166-2:KP{{nowrap|Korea, Democratic People's Republic of}}1974.kpISO country name follows UN designation (common name: North Korea)
id="KR" | ISO 3166-2:KRKorea, Republic of1974.krISO country name follows UN designation (common name: South Korea)
id="KW" | ISO 3166-2:KWKuwait1974.kw
id="KY" | ISO 3166-2:KYCayman Islands1974.ky
id="KZ" | ISO 3166-2:KZKazakhstan1992.kzPrevious ISO country name: {{sic|Kazakstan|hide=y}}
id="LA" | ISO 3166-2:LALao People's Democratic Republic1974.laISO country name follows UN designation (common name and previous ISO country name: Laos)
id="LB" | ISO 3166-2:LBLebanon1974.lb
id="LC" | ISO 3166-2:LCSaint Lucia1974.lc
id="LI" | ISO 3166-2:LILiechtenstein1974.li
id="LK" | ISO 3166-2:LKSri Lanka1974.lk
id="LR" | ISO 3166-2:LRLiberia1974.lr
id="LS" | ISO 3166-2:LSLesotho1974.ls
id="LT" | ISO 3166-2:LTLithuania1992.ltLT formerly reserved indeterminately for Libya Tripoli
id="LU" | ISO 3166-2:LULuxembourg1974.lu
id="LV" | ISO 3166-2:LVLatvia1992.lv
id="LY" | ISO 3166-2:LYLibya1974.lyPrevious ISO country name: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
id="MA" | ISO 3166-2:MAMorocco1974.maCode taken from name in French: {{lang|fr|Maroc}}
id="MC" | ISO 3166-2:MCMonaco1974.mc
id="MD" | ISO 3166-2:MDMoldova, Republic of1992.mdPrevious ISO country name: Moldova (briefly from 2008 to 2009)
id="ME" | ISO 3166-2:MEMontenegro2006.meME formerly reserved indeterminately for Western Sahara
id="MF" | ISO 3166-2:MFSaint Martin (French part)2007.mfThe Dutch part of Saint Martin island is assigned code #SX
id="MG" | ISO 3166-2:MGMadagascar1974.mg
id="MH" | ISO 3166-2:MHMarshall Islands1986.mh
id="MK" | ISO 3166-2:MKNorth Macedonia1993.mkCode taken from name in Macedonian: {{lang|mk|Severna Makedonija}}
Previous ISO country name: Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of (designated as such due to Macedonia naming dispute)
id="ML" | ISO 3166-2:MLMali1974.ml
id="MM" | ISO 3166-2:MMMyanmar1989.mmName changed from Burma ({{mono|BU}})
id="MN" | ISO 3166-2:MNMongolia1974.mn
id="MO" | ISO 3166-2:MOMacao1974.moPrevious ISO country name: Macau; Macao is officially a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China since 20 December 1999
id="MP" | ISO 3166-2:MPNorthern Mariana Islands1986.mp
id="MQ" | ISO 3166-2:MQMartinique1974.mq
id="MR" | ISO 3166-2:MRMauritania1974.mr
id="MS" | ISO 3166-2:MSMontserrat1974.ms
id="MT" | ISO 3166-2:MTMalta1974.mt
id="MU" | ISO 3166-2:MUMauritius1974.mu
id="MV" | ISO 3166-2:MVMaldives1974.mv
id="MW" | ISO 3166-2:MWMalawi1974.mw
id="MX" | ISO 3166-2:MXMexico1974.mx
id="MY" | ISO 3166-2:MYMalaysia1974.my
id="MZ" | ISO 3166-2:MZMozambique1974.mz
id="NA" | ISO 3166-2:NANamibia1974.na
id="NC" | ISO 3166-2:NCNew Caledonia1974.nc
id="NE" | ISO 3166-2:NENiger1974.ne
id="NF" | ISO 3166-2:NFNorfolk Island1974.nfExternal territory of Australia
id="NG" | ISO 3166-2:NGNigeria1974.ng
id="NI" | ISO 3166-2:NINicaragua1974.ni
id="NL" | ISO 3166-2:NLNetherlands, Kingdom of the1974.nlOfficially includes the islands Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba, which also have code BQ in ISO 3166-1. Within ISO 3166-2, Aruba (AW), Curaçao (CW), and Sint Maarten (SX) are also coded as subdivisions of NL.{{cite web|title=NL - Netherlands (Kingdom of the)|website=ISO Online Browsing Platform|url=https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:NL}}
Previous ISO country name: Netherlands
id="NO" | ISO 3166-2:NONorway1974.no
id="NP" | ISO 3166-2:NPNepal1974.np
id="NR" | ISO 3166-2:NRNauru1974.nr
id="NU" | ISO 3166-2:NUNiue1974.nuPrevious ISO country name: Niue Island
id="NZ" | ISO 3166-2:NZNew Zealand1974.nz
id="OM" | ISO 3166-2:OMOman1974.om
id="PA" | ISO 3166-2:PAPanama1974.pa
id="PE" | ISO 3166-2:PEPeru1974.pe
id="PF" | ISO 3166-2:PFFrench Polynesia1974.pfCode taken from name in French: {{lang|fr|Polynésie française}}
id="PG" | ISO 3166-2:PGPapua New Guinea1974.pg
id="PH" | ISO 3166-2:PHPhilippines1974.ph
id="PK" | ISO 3166-2:PKPakistan1974.pk
id="PL" | ISO 3166-2:PLPoland1974.pl
id="PM" | ISO 3166-2:PMSaint Pierre and Miquelon1974.pm
id="PN" | ISO 3166-2:PNPitcairn1974.pnPrevious ISO country name: Pitcairn Islands
id="PR" | ISO 3166-2:PRPuerto Rico1974.pr
id="PS" | ISO 3166-2:PS{{sort|Palestine|Palestine, State of}}1999.psPrevious ISO country name: Palestinian Territory, Occupied
Consists of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
id="PT" | ISO 3166-2:PTPortugal1974.pt
id="PW" | ISO 3166-2:PWPalau1986.pw
id="PY" | ISO 3166-2:PYParaguay1974.py
id="QA" | ISO 3166-2:QAQatar1974.qa
id="RE" | ISO 3166-2:RE{{sort|Reunion|Réunion}}1974.re
id="RO" | ISO 3166-2:RORomania1974.ro
id="RS" | ISO 3166-2:RSSerbia2006.rsRepublic of Serbia
id="RU" | ISO 3166-2:RURussian Federation1992.ruISO country name follows UN designation (common name: Russia); RU formerly reserved indeterminately for Burundi
id="RW" | ISO 3166-2:RWRwanda1974.rw
id="SA" | ISO 3166-2:SASaudi Arabia1974.sa
id="SB" | ISO 3166-2:SBSolomon Islands1974.sbCode taken from former name: British Solomon Islands
id="SC" | ISO 3166-2:SCSeychelles1974.sc
id="SD" | ISO 3166-2:SDSudan1974.sd
id="SE" | ISO 3166-2:SESweden1974.se
id="SG" | ISO 3166-2:SGSingapore1974.sg
id="SH" | ISO 3166-2:SHSaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha1974.shPrevious ISO country name: Saint Helena.
id="SI" | ISO 3166-2:SISlovenia1992.si
id="SJ" | ISO 3166-2:SJSvalbard and Jan Mayen1974.sjPrevious ISO name: Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
Consists of two Arctic territories of Norway: Svalbard and Jan Mayen
id="SK" | ISO 3166-2:SKSlovakia1993.sk{{mono|SK}} previously represented the Kingdom of Sikkim
id="SL" | ISO 3166-2:SLSierra Leone1974.sl
id="SM" | ISO 3166-2:SMSan Marino1974.sm
id="SN" | ISO 3166-2:SNSenegal1974.sn
id="SO" | ISO 3166-2:SOSomalia1974.so
id="SR" | ISO 3166-2:SRSuriname1974.srPrevious ISO country name: Surinam
id="SS" | ISO 3166-2:SSSouth Sudan2011.ss
id="ST" | ISO 3166-2:STSão Tomé and Príncipe1974.st
id="SV" | ISO 3166-2:SVEl Salvador1974.sv
id="SX" | ISO 3166-2:SXSint Maarten (Dutch part)2010.sxThe French part of Saint Martin island is assigned code #MF
id="SY" | ISO 3166-2:SYSyrian Arab Republic1974.syISO country name follows UN designation (common name and previous ISO country name: Syria)
id="SZ" | ISO 3166-2:SZEswatini1974.szPrevious ISO country name: Swaziland
id="TC" | ISO 3166-2:TCTurks and Caicos Islands1974.tc
id="TD" | ISO 3166-2:TDChad1974.tdCode taken from name in French: {{lang|fr|Tchad}}
id="TF" | ISO 3166-2:TFFrench Southern Territories1979.tfCovers the French Southern and Antarctic Lands except Adélie Land
Code taken from name in French: {{lang|fr|Terres australes françaises}}
id="TG" | ISO 3166-2:TGTogo1974.tg
id="TH" | ISO 3166-2:THThailand1974.th
id="TJ" | ISO 3166-2:TJTajikistan1992.tj
id="TK" | ISO 3166-2:TKTokelau1974.tkPrevious ISO country name: Tokelau Islands
id="TL" | ISO 3166-2:TLTimor-Leste2002.tlName changed from East Timor ({{mono|TP}})
id="TM" | ISO 3166-2:TMTurkmenistan1992.tm
id="TN" | ISO 3166-2:TNTunisia1974.tn
id="TO" | ISO 3166-2:TOTonga1974.to
id="TR" | ISO 3166-2:TRTürkiye1974.trPrevious ISO country name: Turkey
id="TT" | ISO 3166-2:TTTrinidad and Tobago1974.tt
id="TV" | ISO 3166-2:TVTuvalu1977.tv
id="TW" | ISO 3166-2:TWTaiwan, Province of China1974.twCovers 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)
id="TZ" | ISO 3166-2:TZTanzania, United Republic of1974.tz
id="UA" | ISO 3166-2:UAUkraine1974.uaPrevious ISO country name: Ukrainian SSR
Code assigned as the country was already a UN member since 1945
id="UG" | ISO 3166-2:UGUganda1974.ug
id="UM" | ISO 3166-2:UMUnited States Minor Outlying Islands1986.umConsists 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
{{mono|.um}} ccTLD was revoked in 2007[http://www.icann.org/minutes/minutes-17jan07.htm Special Meeting of the Board Minutes] ICANN, 16 January 2007

The United States Department of State uses the following user assigned alpha-2 codes for the nine territories, respectively, XB, XH, XQ, XU, XM, QM, XV, XL and QW.{{Cite web |title=Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/s/inr/rls/10543.htm |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=U.S. Department of State}}

id="US" | ISO 3166-2:USUnited States of America1974.usPrevious ISO country name: United States
id="UY" | ISO 3166-2:UYUruguay1974.uy
id="UZ" | ISO 3166-2:UZUzbekistan1992.uz
id="VA" | ISO 3166-2:VAHoly See1974.vaCovers Vatican City, territory of the Holy See
Previous ISO country names: Vatican City State (Holy See) and Holy See (Vatican City State)
id="VC" | ISO 3166-2:VCSaint Vincent and the Grenadines1974.vc
id="VE" | ISO 3166-2:VEVenezuela, Bolivarian Republic of1974.vePrevious ISO country name: Venezuela
id="VG" | ISO 3166-2:VGVirgin Islands (British)1974.vg
id="VI" | ISO 3166-2:VIVirgin Islands (U.S.)1974.vi
id="VN" | ISO 3166-2:VNViet Nam1974.vnISO country name follows UN designation (common name: Vietnam)
Code used for Republic of Viet Nam (common name: South Vietnam) before 1977
id="VU" | ISO 3166-2:VUVanuatu1980.vuName changed from New Hebrides ({{mono|NH}})
id="WF" | ISO 3166-2:WFWallis and Futuna1974.wfPrevious ISO country name: Wallis and Futuna Islands
id="WS" | ISO 3166-2:WSSamoa1974.wsCode taken from former name: Western Samoa
id="YE" | ISO 3166-2:YEYemen1974.yePrevious ISO country name: Yemen, Republic of (for three years after the unification)
Code used for North Yemen before 1990
id="YT" | ISO 3166-2:YTMayotte1993.yt
id="ZA" | ISO 3166-2:ZASouth Africa1974.zaCode taken from name in Dutch: {{lang|nl|Zuid-Afrika}}
id="ZM" | ISO 3166-2:ZMZambia1974.zm
id="ZW" | ISO 3166-2:ZWZimbabwe1980.zwName changed from Southern Rhodesia ({{mono|RH}})

===User-assigned code elements===

{{anchor|AA|QM|QN|QO|QP|QQ|QR|QS|QT|QU}} {{anchor|QV|QW|QX|QY|QZ|XA|XB|XC|XD|XE}} {{anchor|XF|XG|XH|XI|XJ|XK|XL|XM|XN|XO}} {{anchor|XP|XQ|XR|XS|XT|XU|XV|XW|XX|XY}} {{anchor|XZ|ZZ}}

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: {{mono|AA}}, {{mono|QM}} to {{mono|QZ}}, {{mono|XA}} to {{mono|XZ}}, and {{mono|ZZ}}.{{cite web| url=https://www.iso.org/glossary-for-iso-3166.html| title=Glossary for ISO 3166 - Codes for countries and their subdivisions| publisher=ISO}} For example:

  • The International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) uses {{mono|QM}} as a second country code for the United States, as it ran out of three-character registrant codes within the {{mono|US}} prefix. It also uses {{mono|ZZ}} for some registrants assigned directly.{{cite web |url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/isrc_bulletin-2010-02.pdf |title=International ISRC Agency Bulletin 2010/02: Country Code for ISRC in the United States |date=6 December 2010 |publisher=IFPI |access-date=2019-02-27 |archive-date=2012-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810091340/http://ifpi.org/content/library/isrc_bulletin-2010-02.pdf |url-status=dead }}
  • The Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) assigns {{mono|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 {{mono|ZZ}} to represent "Unknown or Invalid Territory". Before the adoption of the macroregion code {{mono|EU}} by ISO, CLDR also used {{mono|QU}} to represent the European Union.{{cite web| url=https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/| title=Unicode Technical Standard #35: Unicode Locale Data Markup Language (LDML)| author=Mark Davis| publisher=Unicode Consortium}}
  • The code {{mono|QZ}} is being used by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) as an indicator for the Community Plant Variety Office.
  • The code {{mono|XA}} is being used by Switzerland{{cite web|url=https://www.ezv.admin.ch/dam/ezv/en/dokumente/archiv/a5/tares_bemerkungen/laenderverzeichnis.pdf.download.pdf/list_of_countries.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202010542/https://www.ezv.admin.ch/dam/ezv/en/dokumente/archiv/a5/tares_bemerkungen/laenderverzeichnis.pdf.download.pdf/list_of_countries.pdf|archive-date=2017-02-02|title=List of Countries for the foreign trade statistics of Switzerland 2017|date=2017|work=ezv.admin.ch}} as a country code for the Canary Islands, although {{mono|IC}} is already reserved for that purpose.
  • The codes {{mono|XA}} and {{mono|XO}} are being used by Russia{{cite web|url=http://kremlin.ru/catalog/countries|title=Мир ∙ География ∙ Справочник ∙ Президент России}} to represent Abkhazia and South Ossetia respectively.
  • The code {{mono|XI}} is being used by the UK Government,{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/eori|title=Get an EORI number|work=gov.uk|access-date=2020-12-07}} as an EORI number country code prefix for Northern Ireland, and the members of European Union for European Union value added tax reports with trade with Northern Ireland.[https://www.skatteverket.se/foretag/internationellt/saharpaverkasmomsenavbrexit Swedish tax Authority: This is how VAT is affected by Brexit - Special rules for trade with Northern Ireland]
  • The code {{mono|XK}} is being used by the European Commission,{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Glossary:Country_codes|title=Glossary:Country codes - Statistics Explained|work=europa.eu}} the IMF, the SWIFT,SWIFT: [http://www.swift.com/dsp/resources/documents/IBAN_Registry.pdf IBAN Registry] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101223646/http://www.swift.com/dsp/resources/documents/IBAN_Registry.pdf |date=2013-11-01}}, Release 50, September 2014 the CLDR, and other organizations as a temporary country code for Kosovo.{{cite web |url=http://geonames.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/xk-country-code-for-kosovo/ |title=XK country code for Kosovo |publisher=GeoNames Blog |date=8 March 2010}}
  • The code {{mono|XN}} is being used by WIPO as an indicator for the Nordic Patent Institute, an international organization common to Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.{{cite web |url=http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/pct/en/texts/agreements/ag_xn.pdf |title=Agreement between the Nordic Patent Institute and the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization |publisher=World Intellectual Property Organization |date=1 May 2013 |access-date=2013-08-07}}
  • The code {{mono|XU}} is being used by WIPO as an indicator for the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants.
  • The code {{mono|XV}} is being used by WIPO as an indicator for the Visegrad Patent Institute.
  • The code {{mono|XX}} is being used by WIPO as an indicator for unknown states, other entities or organizations.
  • UN/LOCODE assigns {{mono|XZ}} to represent installations in international waters.

{{anchor|OO}}

Furthermore, the code element {{mono|OO}} is designated as an escape code if the number of regular user-assigned code elements is not sufficient.{{cite web |url=https://www.davros.org/misc/iso3166.html|title=Country codes in ISO 3166|publisher=davros.org|date=2003-07-25|access-date=2018-11-13}}

===Reserved code elements===

Reserved code elements are codes which have become obsolete, or are required in order to enable a particular user application of the standard but do not qualify for inclusion in ISO 3166-1. To avoid transitional application problems and to aid users who require specific additional code elements for the functioning of their coding systems, the ISO 3166/MA, when justified, reserves these codes which it undertakes not to use for other than specified purposes during a limited or indeterminate period of time.

The reserved alpha-2 codes are divided into the following three categories: exceptional reservations, transitional reservations, and indeterminate reservations.

====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:

class="wikitable sortable"
Code

! Area name or country name

! Current actual country

! ccTLD

! class="unsortable" | Notes

id="AC" | {{mono|AC}}Ascension IslandUnited Kingdom.acReserved on request of UPU for stamp issuing area
id="CP" | {{mono|CP}}Clipperton IslandFrance—Reserved on request of ITU for location of certain telecommunications installations
id="CQ" | {{mono|CQ}}Island of SarkUnited Kingdom—Reserved on request of the United Kingdom. Letters are derived from French name Sercq.
id="DG" | {{mono|DG}}Diego GarciaUnited Kingdom—Reserved on request of ITU for location of certain telecommunications installations
id="EA" | {{mono|EA}}Ceuta, MelillaSpain—Part of Spanish North Africa ({{langx|es|África Septentrional Española}})
Reserved on request of WCO for Eurasian Patent Organization
id="EU" | {{mono|EU}}European Unionmultiple.euReserved 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
id="EZ" | {{mono|EZ}}Eurozonemultiple—Reserved on request of ISO 6166/RA for the European OTC derivatives within International securities identification numbering system (ISIN)
id="FX" | {{mono|FX}}France, MetropolitanFrance—Reserved on request of France
Officially assigned before deleted from ISO 3166-1 (now assigned ISO 3166-3 code ISO 3166-3#FXFR)
id="IC" | {{mono|IC}}Canary IslandsSpain—Reserved on request of WCO for area not covered by European Union Customs arrangements.
Code taken from name in Spanish: {{lang|es|Islas Canarias}}
id="SU" | {{mono|SU}}USSRmultiple.suReserved on request of the Foundation for Internet Development from June 2008; Transitionally reserved from September 1992
Officially assigned before deleted from ISO 3166-1 (now assigned ISO 3166-3 code ISO 3166-3#SUHH)
Official name and previous ISO country name:{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP84-00933R000300200012-6.pdf |title=Codes for the representation of names of countries |edition=First |date=15 December 1974 |publisher=International Organization for Standardization |access-date=9 July 2021 |via=cia.gov}} Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (common name: Soviet Union)
id="TA" | {{mono|TA}}Tristan da CunhaUnited Kingdom—Reserved on request of UPU for stamp issuing area
id="UK" | {{mono|UK}}United KingdomUnited Kingdom.ukReserved on request of the United Kingdom lest {{mono|UK}} be used for any other country
Also used by the European Commission
United Kingdom is officially assigned the alpha-2 code {{mono|GB}}
id="UN" | {{mono|UN}}United Nationsmultiple—Reserved directly by ISO 3166/MA for the United Nations

The following alpha-2 codes were previously exceptionally reserved, but are now officially assigned:

class="wikitable sortable"
Code

! Area name or country name

! class="unsortable" | Notes

{{mono|AX}}Åland IslandsReserved on request of Finland
{{mono|GG}}GuernseyReserved on request of UPU for stamp issuing area
{{mono|IM}}Isle of ManReserved on request of UPU for stamp issuing area
{{mono|JE}}JerseyReserved 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:

class="wikitable sortable"
Code

! Formerly used country name

! Reserved from

! Reserved to

! ccTLD

! {{nowrap|ISO 3166-3}}

! class="unsortable" | Notes

id="AN" | ISO 3166-2:ANNetherlands Antilles2010-122060-12.anISO 3166-3#ANHHDivided into {{mono|BQ}} (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba), {{mono|CW}} (Curaçao) and {{mono|SX}} (Dutch part of Sint Maarten)
id="BU" | {{mono|BU}}Burma1989-122039-12—ISO 3166-3#BUMMName changed to Myanmar ({{mono|MM}})
id="CS" | ISO 3166-2:CSOriginally Czechoslovakia, later Serbia and Montenegro2006-092056-09—ISO 3166-3#CSHH
ISO 3166-3#CSXX		Code taken from name in Serbian: {{lang|sr|Srbija i Crna Gora}}, for Serbia and Montenegro, which however is now divided into Montenegro ({{mono|ME}}) and Serbia ({{mono|RS}}).
(Though reserved, the ccTLD .cs was never actually assigned to Serbia and Montenegro; the ccTLD of Serbia and Montenegro was .yu, as that formerly unified country's name, and that of its larger predecessor, had previously been Yugoslavia.)
{{mono|CS}} originally represented Czechoslovakia. Its successor state Czechia uses {{mono|CZ}}, and Slovakia {{mono|SK}}.
id="NT" | {{mono|NT}}Neutral Zone1993-072043-07—ISO 3166-3#NTHHDivided between Iraq (IQ) and Saudi Arabia (SA)
id="TP" | ISO 3166-2:TPEast Timor2002-052052-05.tpISO 3166-3#TPTLCode taken from previous ISO country name: Portuguese Timor, name changed to Timor-Leste ({{mono|TL}})
id="YU" | ISO 3166-2:YUYugoslavia2003-072053-07—ISO 3166-3#YUCSCode used for the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia before 1992 and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia after 1992
id="ZR" | {{mono|ZR}}Zaire1997-072047-07—ISO 3166-3#ZRCDName changed to Congo, the Democratic Republic of the ({{mono|CD}})
ccTLD {{mono|.zr}} has been deleted{{cite web |title=Report on zr domain deletion |url=https://www.iana.org/reports/2001/zr-report-20jun01.html | publisher= IANA |website=iana.org |date= 20 June 2001|access-date=17 January 2021}}

The following alpha-2 code was previously transitionally reserved, but was later reassigned to another country as its official code:

class="wikitable sortable"
Code

! Formerly used country name

! Date of reservation

! ccTLD

! {{nowrap|ISO 3166-3}}

! class="unsortable" | Notes

{{mono|CS}}Czechoslovakia1993-06—ISO 3166-3#CSHHCode reassigned to Serbia and Montenegro
ccTLD {{mono|.cs}} has been deleted

For each deleted alpha-2 code, an entry for the corresponding former country name is included in ISO 3166-3. Each entry is assigned a four-letter alphabetic code, where the first two letters are the deleted alpha-2 code.

====Indeterminate reservations====

Indeterminately reserved code elements are reserved for use in a particular way, usually due to their presence in other coding systems. For example, several codes are reserved because they are used for international intellectual property organizations in WIPO Standard ST.3. The following alpha-2 codes are currently indeterminately reserved:

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Code elements reserved indeterminately

Code

! Area name or country name

! Current code

! Notes

id="AP" | {{mono|AP}}African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO)—Reserved at the request of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for use in Standard ST.3.
id="BX" | {{mono|BX}}Benelux Trademarks and Designs Office (BOIP)—
id="DY" | {{mono|DY}}Benin{{mono|BJ}}Code notified to United Nations Secretary-General under 1949 and 1968 Road Traffic Conventions
id="EF" | {{mono|EF}}Union of Countries under the European Community Patent Convention—
id="EM" | {{mono|EM}}European Trademark Office (EUIPO)—
id="EP" | {{mono|EP}}European Patent Organization (EPOrg)—
id="EV" | {{mono|EV}}Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO)—{{#tag:ref|WIPO Standard ST.3 actually uses {{mono|EA}}, instead of {{mono|EV}}, to represent the Eurasian Patent Organization. However, {{mono|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 {{mono|EV}} be used by WIPO to represent the Eurasian Patent Organization; however, this request was not honoured by WIPO.{{cite web|title=EA - |website=ISO Online Browsing Platform|url=https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:EA}}|group=note|name=EA-vs-EV}}
id="EW" | {{mono|EW}}Estonia{{mono|EE}}
id="FL" | {{mono|FL}}Liechtenstein{{mono|LI}}Code in use for road transport purposes, but not notified to United Nations Secretary-General under 1949 Road Traffic Convention
id="GC" | {{mono|GC}}Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCCPO)—
id="IB" | {{mono|IB}}International Bureau of WIPO—
id="JA" | {{mono|JA}}Jamaica{{mono|JM}}Code under 1949 Road Traffic Convention
id="LF" | {{mono|LF}}Libya Fezzan—
id="OA" | {{mono|OA}}African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI)—
id="PI" | {{mono|PI}}Philippines{{mono|PH}}
id="RA" | {{mono|RA}}Argentina{{mono|AR}}
id="RB" | {{mono|RB}}Bolivia or Botswana{{mono|BO}} or {{mono|BW}}
id="RC" | {{mono|RC}}China{{mono|CN}} & {{mono|TW}}
id="RH" | {{mono|RH}}Haiti{{mono|HT}}
id="RI" | {{mono|RI}}Indonesia{{mono|ID}}
id="RL" | {{mono|RL}}Lebanon{{mono|LB}}
id="RM" | {{mono|RM}}Madagascar{{mono|MG}}
id="RN" | {{mono|RN}}Niger{{mono|NE}}Code under 1968 Road Traffic Convention
id="RP" | {{mono|RP}}Philippines{{mono|PH}}
id="SF" | {{mono|SF}}Finland{{mono|FI}}Previously used in international postal codes and vehicle registration codes to represent Finland (code was not officially assigned), and the code was previously listed as transitionally reserved from 1995-09 until 2012-06.
Code taken from name in Finnish and Swedish combined: {{lang|fi|Suomi}} {{lang|sv|Finland}}.
id="WG" | {{mono|WG}}Grenada{{mono|GD}}
id="WL" | {{mono|WL}}Saint Lucia{{mono|LC}}
id="WO" | {{mono|WO}}World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)—
id="WV" | {{mono|WV}}Saint Vincent{{mono|VC}}
id="YV" | {{mono|YV}}Venezuela{{mono|VE}}

The following alpha-2 codes were previously indeterminately reserved, but have been reassigned to another country as its official code:

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Code elements previously reserved indeterminately

Code

! Area name or country name

! Current code

! Notes

! Code reassigned to

{{mono|LT}}Libya TripoliLithuania
{{mono|ME}}Western Sahara{{mono|EH}}Montenegro
{{mono|RU}}Burundi{{mono|BI}}Russian Federation

; Notes

Deleted codes

Besides the codes currently transitionally reserved and two other codes currently exceptionally reserved ({{mono|FX}} for France, Metropolitan and {{mono|SU}} for USSR), the following alpha-2 codes have also been deleted from ISO 3166-1:{{cite web| url=http://www.davros.org/misc/iso3166.html#disused| title=Country codes in ISO 3166 (Table 2: codes withdrawn from use)| author=Clive Feather| date=2003-07-25}}

class="wikitable sortable"
Code

! Formerly used country name

! {{nowrap|ISO 3166-3}}

! class="unsortable" | Notes

{{mono|AI}}French Afars and IssasISO 3166-3#AIDJCode later reassigned to Anguilla
{{mono|BQ}}British Antarctic TerritoryISO 3166-3#BQAQCode later reassigned to Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
{{mono|CT}}Canton and Enderbury IslandsISO 3166-3#CTKI
{{mono|DD}}German Democratic RepublicISO 3166-3#DDDECode taken from name in German: {{lang|de|Deutsche Demokratische Republik}}
Common name: East Germany
{{mono|DY}}DahomeyISO 3166-3#DYBJName changed to Benin ({{mono|BJ}})
The code is now indeterminately reserved.
{{mono|FQ}}French Southern and Antarctic TerritoriesISO 3166-3#FQHHSee {{mono|TF}} and {{mono|FR-TF}}.
{{mono|GE}}Gilbert Islands (initially Gilbert and Ellice Islands)ISO 3166-3#GEHHCode later reassigned to Georgia
{{mono|HV}}Upper VoltaISO 3166-3#HVBFCode taken from name in French: {{lang|fr|Haute-Volta}}
{{mono|JT}}Johnston IslandISO 3166-3#JTUMCommon name: Johnston Atoll
{{mono|MI}}Midway IslandsISO 3166-3#MIUM
{{mono|NH}}New HebridesISO 3166-3#NHVU
{{mono|NQ}}Dronning Maud LandISO 3166-3#NQAQA dependent territory of Norway
{{mono|PC}}Pacific Islands (Trust Territory)ISO 3166-3#PCHH
{{mono|PU}}United States Miscellaneous Pacific IslandsISO 3166-3#PUUMConsisted of Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Kingman Reef, and Palmyra Atoll
{{mono|PZ}}Panama Canal ZoneISO 3166-3#PZPA
{{mono|RH}}Southern RhodesiaISO 3166-3#RHZWName used by country itself: Rhodesia (Southern Rhodesia was the colonial name)
{{mono|SK}}SikkimISO 3166-3#SKINCode later reassigned to Slovakia
{{mono|VD}}Viet-Nam, Democratic Republic ofISO 3166-3#VDVNCommon name: North Vietnam
{{mono|WK}}Wake IslandISO 3166-3#WKUM
{{mono|YD}}Yemen, DemocraticISO 3166-3#YDYECommon 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

References

Sources and external links

  • [https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency], International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
  • [https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#search/code/ Online Browsing Platform (OBP)] — searchable list of country codes
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20161122071627/http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/country_codes/country_names_and_code_elements_txt-temp.htm Text file (English, 2016)]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20160804224459/http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/country_codes/country_names_and_code_elements_xml-temp.htm XML file (English, 2016)]
  • Reserved code elements under ISO 3166-1 "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes", available on request from ISO 3166/MA
  • The World Factbook (public domain), Central Intelligence Agency
  • [https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/references/country-data-codes/ Appendix D – Country Data Codes] — comparison of FIPS 10, ISO 3166, and STANAG 1059 country codes
  • [https://www.datahub.io/core/country-list List of all countries with their 2 digit codes (ISO 3166-1) (CSV, JSON)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825133505/http://data.okfn.org/data/core/country-list |date=2017-08-25 }}
  • [https://www.datahub.io/core/country-codes Comprehensive country codes: ISO 3166, ITU, ISO 4217 currency codes and many more (CSV, JSON)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826195511/http://data.okfn.org/data/core/country-codes |date=2017-08-26 }}
  • [http://www.statoids.com/ Administrative Divisions of Countries ("Statoids")], Statoids.com
  • [http://www.statoids.com/wab.html Country codes] — comparison of ISO 3166-1 country codes with other country codes
  • [http://www.statoids.com/w3166his.html ISO 3166-1 Change History]

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