Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical codes (geocodes) developed to represent countries and dependent areas, for use in data processing and communications. Several different systems have been developed to do this. The most famous of these is ISO 3166-1. The term country code frequently refers to international dialing codes, the E.164 country calling codes. The Country Code was a set of rules aimed at visitors to rural, and especially agricultural, regions of the United Kingdom. ... This is a list of country calling codes defined by ITU-T recommendation E.164. ... For the books called Geography by Ancient Greek authors, see Geographia (Ptolemy) and Geographica (Strabo) For the magazine of the Royal Geographical Society, see Geographical (magazine) Geography is the study of the earth and its features, inhabitants, and phenomena. ... In communications, a code is a rule for converting a piece of information (for example, a letter, word, or phrase) into another form or representation, not necessarily of the same type. ... A geocode is a geographical code to identify a point or area at the surface of the earth. ... ISO 3166-1, as part of the ISO 3166 standard, provides codes for the names of countries and dependent areas. ... E.164 is an ITU-T recommendation which defines the international public telecommunication numbering plan used in the PSTN and some other data networks. ... This is a list of country calling codes defined by ITU-T recommendation E.164. ...

ISO 3166-1

Main article: ISO 3166-1

This standard defines for most of the countries and dependent areas in the world: ISO 3166-1, as part of the ISO 3166 standard, provides codes for the names of countries and dependent areas. ...

• a two letter (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2)
• a three-letter (ISO 3166-1 alpha-3), and
• a three-digit numeric (ISO 3166-1 numeric) code.

The two-letter codes are used as the basis for some other codes or applications, e.g. ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes in the ISO 3166-1 standard to represent countries and dependent areas. ... ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes are three-letter country codes in the ISO 3166-1 standard to represent countries and dependent territories. ... ISO 3166-1 numeric-3 is a set of 3-digit codes to represent the names of countries and dependent areas. ...

• for ISO 4217 currency codes and
• with deviations, for country code top-level domain names (ccTLDs) on the Internet: list of Internet TLDs.

For more applications see ISO 3166-1 alpha-2. ISO 4217 is the international standard describing three letter codes (also known as the currency code) to define the names of currencies established by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). ... “TLD” redirects here. ... The following is a list of currently existing Internet Top-level domains (TLDs). ... ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes in the ISO 3166-1 standard to represent countries and dependent areas. ...

Other country codes

• The International Olympic Committee (IOC) three letter codes used in sporting events: list of IOC country codes
• The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) assigns a three-letter code (dubbed FIFA Trigramme) to each of its member and non-member countries: List of FIFA country codes
• The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) used two-letter codes of its own: list of NATO country codes. They were largely borrowed from the FIPS 10-4 codes mentioned below. In 2003, the eighth edition of the Standardisation Agreement (STANAG) adopted the ISO 3166 three-letter codes with one exception (the code for Macedonia). With the ninth edition, NATO is transitioning to four- and six-letter codes based on ISO 3166 with a few exceptions and additions.
• The coding system for car license plates under the 1949 and 1968 United Nations Road Traffic Conventions (distinguishing signs of vehicles in international traffic): List of international license plate codes [1]
• The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has its own list of country codes, used in reporting meteorological observations.
• The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) also has its own list of trigram country codes.
• The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) two letter codes used by the US government and in the CIA World Factbook: list of FIPS country codes, See also List of FIPS region codes for a set of 4-character region codes, also assigned by FIPS.
• The coding system for diplomatic license plates in the United States, assigned by the U.S. State Department.
• From the International Telecommunication Union (ITU):
  • the E.164 international dialling codes: list of country calling codes with 1-3 digits,
  • the E.212 mobile country codes (MCC), for mobile/wireless phone addresses,
  • the first few characters of call signs of radio stations (maritime, aeronautical, amateur radio, broadcasting, etc.) define the country: the ITU prefix,
  • ITU letter codes for member-countries,
  • Three-digit codes used to identify countries in maritime mobile radio transmissions, known as maritime identification digits
• European Union:
  • Before the 2004 EU enlargement the EU used the UN Road Traffic Conventions license plate codes; since then, it uses ISO 3166-1, with 2 exceptions: EL (not GR) is used for Greece, and UK (not GB) is used for the United Kingdom. [2]
  • The Nomenclature des unités territoriales statistiques (Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics, NUTS) of the European Union, mostly focusing on subdivisions of the EU member states
• From the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO):
  • aircraft registration prefixes,
  • nationality letters for location indicators.
• From the International Union of Railways (UIC):
  • UIC Country Code
• GOST 7.67

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Other codings

The following can represent countries:

• The initial digits of International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN) are group identifiers for countries, areas, or language regions.
• The first three digits of GS1 Company Prefixes used to identify products, e.g. in barcodes, designate (national) numbering agencies.

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Lists of country codes by country

A - B - C - D-E - F - G - H-I - J-K - L - M - N - O-R - S - T - U-Z A - B - C - D-E - F - G - H-I - J-K - L - M - N - O-R - S - T - U-Z Afghanistan Åland Islands Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Categories: Country codes ... A - B - C - D-E - F - G - H-I - J-K - L - M - N - O-R - S - T - U-Z Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria ISO 3166-1 Numerical 100... A - B - C - D-E - F - G - H-I - J-K - L - M - N - O-R - S - T - U-Z Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo (Brazzaville) Congo (Kinshasa) Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte... A - B - C - D-E - F - G - H-I - J-K - L - M - N - O-R - S - T - U-Z Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Categories: Country codes ... A - B - C - D-E - F - G - H-I - J-K - L - M - N - O-R - S - T - U-Z Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Categories: Country codes ... A - B - C - D-E - F - G - H-I - J-K - L - M - N - O-R - S - T - U-Z Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Categories: Country codes ... A - B - C - D-E - F - G - H-I - J-K - L - M - N - O-R - S - T - U-Z Haiti Heard Island and McDonald Islands Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Categories: Country codes ... A - B - C - D-E - F - G - H-I - J-K - L - M - N - O-R - S - T - U-Z Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea (North) Korea (South) Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Categories: Country codes ... A - B - C - D-E - F - G - H-I - J-K - L - M - N - O-R - S - T - U-Z Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Categories: Country codes ... A - B - C - D-E - F - G - H-I - J-K - L - M - N - O-R - S - T - U-Z Macao Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia ISO 3166-1 Numerical 496 ISO 3166-1 Alpha-3 MNG... A - B - C - D-E - F - G - H-I - J-K - L - M - N - O-R - S - T - U-Z Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Norway Categories: Country codes ... A - B - C - D-E - F - G - H-I - J-K - L - M - N - O-R - S - T - U-Z Oman Pakistan Palau Palestinian Territories Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Islands Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Réunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda ISO 3166-1 Numerical 646... A - B - C - D-E - F - G - H-I - J-K - L - M - N - O-R - S - T - U-Z Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino São Tomé and Príncipe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia... A - B - C - D-E - F - G - H-I - J-K - L - M - N - O-R - S - T - U-Z Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Categories: Country codes ... A - B - C - D-E - F - G - H-I - J-K - L - M - N - O-R - S - T - U-Z Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Viet Nam Virgin Islands (U.K.) Virgin Islands (U.S.) Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara...

See also

• Language code
• Numbering scheme
• ISO 639 language codes

A language code is a system that assigns short letter codes to languages. ... There are many different numbering schemes for assigning numbers to entities. ... ISO 639 is one of several international standards that lists short codes for language names. ...

External links

• Comparison of various systems: http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/codes/country.htm
• Another comparison: Country Codes at statoids.com
• list with flags
• United Nations Region Codes