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This list shows an overview of postal code notation schemes for all countries that use postal/ZIP codes:

Key

• 9: Digits.
• A: Letters.
• *: Postal code placed to the right of the city, suburb or town.

A-B

• Afghanistan : 0093
• Åland: 99999 Note: Country code: AX.
• Algeria: 99999
• Andorra: (AD-)999 each parish now has its own post code. See Postal services in Andorra.
• Argentina: A9999AAA . The first letter (A) indicates the province, the four numbers (9999) are the old postal codes, the three last letters (AAA) indicate a side of the block. Previously 9999 which remains the minimum requirement as of 2006. See also Argentine postal code.
• Armenia: 999999 Retained system inherited from former Soviet Union.
• Australia: known as the "postcode": 9999*. In general, the first digit identifies the state or territory. See List of postal codes in Australia
• Austria: (A-)9999 (the firstyrgnalmost one of the nine provinces -- called Bundesländer --, the last the nearest post office in the area)
• Azerbaijan: (AZ-)9999 Previously used 999999 system inherited from former Soviet Union.
• Bahamas: Not used.
• Bahrain: 999 or 9999. Valid postcodes are 199 to 1299, corresponding with the 12 administrative subdivisions of the kingdom.
• Bangladesh: 9999*
• Barbados: (BB-)99999
• Belarus: 999999 Retained system inherited from former Soviet Union.
• Belgium: (B-)9999 (in general, the first digit gives the province) List of postal codes in Belgium
• Belize: not used
• Bermuda: AA 99* for street addresses, AA AA* for PO Box addresses. The second half of the postcode identifies the street delivery walk (eg: Hamilton HM 12) or the PO Box number range (eg: Hamilton HM BX).
• Bolivia: 9999 Commonly the same as its international phone code: 0591
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: 99999
• Botswana: not used
• Brazil: 99999-999 (previously 99999, from 1972 to 1992) -000 to -899 are used for Streets, Roads, Avenues, Boulevards, -900 to -959 are used for places with a high postal use, -960 to -969 are for promotional use, -970 to -989 are public owned post offices and -990 is used in franchised post offices.
• Brunei: AA9999*
• Bulgaria: 9999

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C

• Cambodia: 99999
• Canada: A9A 9A9* Usually prefixed by a two-letter abbreviation for the province or territory. See Canadian postal code. The letters D, F, I, O, Q, and U are not used to avoid confusion with other letters or numbers.
• Cape Verde: 9999
• Cayman Islands: KY9-9999*
• Chile: 9999999 May only be required for bulk mail.
• Chad: 99999
• China, People's Republic of (Mainland): 999999*. A postal code or youbian (邮编) in a subordinate division will have the same first two digits as its governing one (see Political divisions of China and Postal Code).
  • The postal services in Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions remain separate from Mainland China, with no post code systems is currently used. See UPU documents on Hong Kong and Macau
  • For Taiwan (also known as Chinese Taipei or Republic of China), see Taiwan entry below.
• Christmas Island: 9999
• Cocos (Keeling) Island: 9999
• Colombia: none in use
• Costa Rica: 9999
• Croatia: 99999
• Cuba: (CP-)99999* - may only be required for bulk mail.
• Cyprus: (CY-)9999 Post code system covers whole island, but not used in Northern Cyprus where 'Mersin 10, Turkey' is used instead. See Postal services in Cyprus.
• Czech Republic: 999 99 Retained system from former Czechoslovakia.

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D-F

• Denmark: 9999 also used by Greenland, eg: DK-3900 Nuuk
• Dominican Republic: 99999Postal Code Web Site
• East Timor: None in use since Indonesian withdrawal in 1999.
• Ecuador: None in use.
• Egypt 99999*
• El Salvador: (CP-)9999
• Estonia: 99999
• Ethiopia: 9999
• Faroe Islands: (FO-)999
• Finland: 99999. A lower first digit indicates a place in south (for example 00100 Helsinki, a higher indicates a place further to north (99800 in Ivalo). The last digit is always 0, except for postal codes for PO Box number ranges, in which case it is 1. In the Åland Islands, the postal code is prefixed with "AX", not "FIN". New country code for Finland: "FI". Some postal codes for rural settlements may end with 5, and there are some unique postal codes for large companies and institutions, e.g. 00014 HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO (university), 00102 EDUSKUNTA (parliament), 00020 NORDEA (a major Scandinavian bank). A map of Finnish postal codea areas is available here
• France: (FR-)99999, the first two digits give the département number, while in Paris, Lyon and Marseille, the last two digits of the postal code indicates the arrondissement. Also used by French overseas departments and territories and Monaco (prefixed "MC"). See List of postal codes in France.

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G-K

• Gabon: 99 [city name] 99 Two digit postal zone goes after city name.
• Georgia: 9999
• Germany: (D-)99999 since 1993. See List of postal codes in Germany
• Greece: (GR-)99999 See also List of postal codes in Greece
• Guatemala: 99 [department] 9[route] 99 [office]
• Guinea Bissau: 9999
• Haiti: (HT-)9999
• Honduras: 99999
• Hong Kong: No use of postal codes
• Hungary: 9999 Introduced in 1973. In all except the six largest towns, there is only one postal code per settlement.
• Iceland: 999
• India: 999 999* Known as a "PIN" (Postal Index Number)
• Indonesia: 99999* Included East Timor (ranges 88xxx and 89xxx) until 1999, no longer used.
• Iran: 99999 99999
• Iraq: Work started on system post 2003. See List of postal codes in Iraq
• Ireland: No use of postal codes; however, Dublin is divided into postal districts on syntax Dublin 9.
• Israel: 99999*
• Italy: 99999 (also used by San Marino and Vatican City) First two digits identify province with some exceptions, because there are more than 100 provinces.
• Jamaica: JMAAA99 The code consists of five letters and two digits. The first two letters are always 'JM' (for Jamaica) while the third is for one of the four zones (A-D) into which the island is divided. The last two letters are for the parish, while the two digits are for the local post office.[1]
• Japan: 999-9999*, was 999 and 999-99 from 1968 through February 1998. See also Japanese addressing system.
• Jordan: 99999* Deliveries to PO Boxes only
• Kazakhstan: 999999 Retained system inherited from former Soviet Union.
• Kenya: 99999 Deliveries to PO Boxes only
• Korea, South: 999-999*
• Kyrgyzstan: 999999 Retained system inherited from former Soviet Union.

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L-M

• Latvia: (LV-)9999
• Laos: 99999
• Lebanon: 9999* in rural areas, 9999 9999 in urban areas.
• Lesotho: 999*
• Liberia: 9999 Two digit postal zone after city name.
• Libya: 99999
• Lithuania: (LT-)99999 since 2004. Previously 9999 which was actually the old Soviet 999999 format code with the first 2 digits dropped
• Luxembourg: 9999
• Macau: No use of postal codes
• Macedonia: 9999
• Madagascar: 999
• Maldives: 99-99
• Malaysia: 99999 See also List of postal codes in Malaysia
• Malta: AAA 99*
• Mexico: 99999. The first two digits identify the state (or a part thereof), except for Nos. 00 to 16, which indicate delegaciones (boroughs) of the Federal District (Mexico City). See also List of postal codes in Mexico.
• Moldova: 9999
• Monaco: MC-99999 Uses the French Postal System, but with an "MC" Prefix for Monaco.
• Mongolia: 999999
• Morocco: 99999
• Mozambique: 99999
• Myanmar: 99999*

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N-P

• Namibia: None in use - South African post codes discontinued in 1992.
• Nepal: 99999*
• Netherlands: 9999AA. See also List of postal codes in the Netherlands
• New Zealand: 9999*. Postcodes in New Zealand are currently intended for bulk mailing and are not needed for addressing individual items. However, new post codes for general use are being phased in and will be in force by July 2008. See also New Zealand postal addresses
• Nicaragua: 999-999-9
• Niger: 9999
• Nigeria: 999999*
• Norway: (N-)9999 See also List of postal codes in Norway
• Oman: 999* Deliveries to PO Boxes only
• Pakistan: 99999*
• Panama: No use of postal codes. Deliveries to PO Boxes only
• Papua New Guinea: 999*
• Paraguay: 9999
• Peru: 9999* in Lima and Callao only; plans to extend postal codes nationwide using format AA 9999*.
• Philippines: 9999*
• Poland: 99-999 See also List of postal codes in Poland
• Portugal: 9999-999 (previously 9999)
• Puerto Rico: 99999-9999 Puerto Rico is an American Territory and uses the American Zip Codes 006XX for NW PR ,007XX for SE PR, in which XX designates the town or post office & 009XX for the San Juan Metropolitan Area, in which XX designates the area or borough of San Juan. The last four digits identify an area within the post office. For example 00716-2604: 00716-for the east section of the city of Ponce and 2604 for Aceitillo St. in the neighborhood of Los Caobos. US Post office is changing the PR address format to the American one: 1234 No Name Avenue, San Juan, PR 00901.

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R-T

• Romania: 999999 since 2003. Previously 99999 in Bucharest and 9999 in rest of country.
• Russia: 999999
• Saudi Arabia: 99999* Deliveries to PO Boxes only
• Serbia and Montenegro: 99999
• Singapore: 999999* Each building has its own unique postcode.
• South Africa: 9999* Included Namibia (ranges 9000-9299) until 1992, no longer used. See List of postal codes in South Africa
• Slovakia: 999 99* Retained system from former Czechoslovakia.
• Slovenia: (SI-)9999
• Spain: 99999 See List of postal codes in Spain
• Sri Lanka: 99999* Incorporates Colombo postal districts, eg: Colombo 1 is "00100". You can search for specific postal codes here.
• Sudan: 9999
• Swaziland: A999* Letter identifies one of the country's four districts.
• Sweden: (SE?-)999 99
• Switzerland: (CH-)9999 (also used by Liechtenstein). In Geneva, there may be a digit after the name of the city, eg: 1211 Geneva 2
• Taiwan: 99999 The first three digits of the postal code are required; the last two digits are optional. Codes are known as youdi quhao (郵遞區號), and are also assigned to Senkaku Islands(Diaoyutai ), though Japanese-governed, the Pratas Islands and the Spratly Islands. See List of postal codes in Taiwan
• Tajikistan: 999999 Retained system from former Soviet Union.
• Thailand: 99999*
• Tunisia: 9999
• Turkey: (TR-)99999(?????)[?=number] First two digits are the city numbers.

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number traffic codes of the citys (provinces) - mainly listed alphabetically- ranging from 01 to 81. Before 1999, postal codes within the province of Istanbul were in the formats of 34999 (for the southern parts of the European side), 80999 (for the northern parts of the European side) and 81999 (for the Asiatic side). This was the only exception of provinces having their plate number traffic codes as the first two digits of their postal codes. As 80999 and 81999 are assigned for two new provinces (when a new province is established, all postal codes within that new province are changed in Turkey) in 1999, all postal codes within the province of Istanbul are changed and now are in the format of 34999.

• Turkmenistan: 999999 Retained system from former Soviet Union.

U-Z

• Ukraine: 99999*
• United Kingdom: known as the postcode: A9 9AA, AA9 9AA but other variants are also used. In general the first letter(s) indicate the town, or area, or part of London. See London postal districts for more.
• United States of America: known as the ZIP Code with five digits 99999* or the ZIP+4 Code with nine digits 99999-9999* (while the minimum requirement is the first five digits, the U.S. Postal Service encourages everyone to use all nine). Also used by the former US Pacific Territories: Federated States of Micronesia; Palau; and the Marshall Islands.
• Uzbekistan: 999999 Retained system inherited from former Soviet Union.
• Venezuela: 9999*. 9999 A may also be used.
• Vietnam: 999999*, previously 99999
• Zambia: 99999
• Zimbabwe: No use of postal codes.