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What are ISO country codes?
The ISO country codes are internationally recognized means of identifying countries (and their subdivisions) using a two-letter or three-letter combination (known as ISO alpha-2 and ISO alpha-3 respectively). This approach to identifying countries negates confusion that might arise due to differing naming conventions (e.g. “Netherlands” versus “The Netherlands”) as well as different languages used.
Here are application examples:
- Two-letter country codes are used as suffixes in top-level domains for each country (for example, .de for Germany and .it for Italy)
- Three-letter country codes are typically used in international sporting events and cultural competitions to designate participants from each location (e.g. AUS for Australia and ZAF for South Africa)
Applications in web development
ISO alpha-2 codes are often used in interactive world maps to give each country a unique identifier. Content editors may populate the two-letter codes for each country to activate specific regions in a map.
List of country codes
Here is a list of ISO alpha-2 country codes as described in the ISO 3166-1 standard.
| Country | Alpha-2 code (ISO 3166-1) |
| Afghanistan | AF |
| Albania | AL |
| Algeria | DZ |
| Andorra | AD |
| Angola | AO |
| Argentina | AR |
| Armenia | AM |
| Austria | AT |
| Australia | AU |
| Azerbaijan | AZ |
| Bahamas | BS |
| Bahrain | BH |
| Bangladesh | BD |
| Barbados | BB |
| Belarus | BY |
| Belgium | BE |
| Belize | BZ |
| Benin | BJ |
| Bermuda | BM |
| Bhutan | BT |
| Bolivia | BO |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BA |
| Botswana | BW |
| Brazil | BR |
| Bulgaria | BG |
| Burkina Faso | BF |
| Burundi | BI |
| Cabo Verde | CV |
| Cameroon | CM |
| Canada | CA |
| Central African Republic | CF |
| Chad | TD |
| Chile | CL |
| China | CN |
| Colombia | CO |
| Congo (the Democratic Republic of the) | CD |
| Congo | CG |
| Costa Rica | CR |
| Côte d'Ivoire | CI |
| Croatia | HR |
| Cuba | CU |
| Cyprus | CY |
| Czech Republic | CZ |
| Denmark | DK |
| Djibouti | DJ |
| Dominica | DM |
| Dominican Republic | DO |
| Ecuador | EC |
| Egypt | EG |
| Equatorial Guinea | GQ |
| Eritrea | ER |
| Estonia | EE |
| Ethiopia | ET |
| Falkland Islands | FK |
| Faroe Islands | FO |
| Fiji | FJ |
| Finland | FI |
| France | FR |
| French Guiana | GF |
| Gabon | GA |
| Gambia | GM |
| Georgia | GE |
| Germany | DE |
| Ghana | GH |
| Gibraltar | GI |
| Greece | GR |
| Greenland | GL |
| Grenada | GD |
| Guam | GU |
| Guatemala | GT |
| Guinea | GN |
| Guinea-Bissau | GW |
| Guernsey | GG |
| Guyana | GY |
| Haiti | HT |
| Honduras | HN |
| Hong Kong | HK |
| Hungary | HU |
| India | IN |
| Indonesia | ID |
| Iran | IR |
| Iraq | IQ |
| Ireland | IE |
| Isle of Man | IM |
| Israel | IL |
| Italy | IT |
| Jamaica | JM |
| Japan | JP |
| Jersey | JE |
| Jordan | JO |
| Kazakhstan | KZ |
| Kenya | KE |
| Kiribati | KI |
| Kuwait | KW |
| Kyrgyzstan | KG |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | LA |
| Latvia | LV |
| Lebanon | LB |
| Lesotho | LS |
| Liberia | LR |
| Libya | LY |
| Liechtenstein | LI |
| Lithuania | LT |
| Luxembourg | LU |
| Macao | MO |
| Madagascar | MG |
| Malawi | MW |
| Malaysia | MY |
| Maldives | MV |
| Mali | ML |
| Malta | MT |
| Marshall Islands | MH |
| Martinique | MQ |
| Mauritania | MR |
| Mauritius | MU |
| Mexico | MX |
| Micronesia | FM |
| Moldova | MD |
| Monaco | MC |
| Mongolia | MN |
| Montenegro | ME |
| Montserrat | MS |
| Morocco | MA |
| Mozambique | MZ |
| Myanmar | MM |
| Namibia | NA |
| Nauru | NR |
| Nepal | NP |
| Netherlands | NL |
| New Caledonia | NC |
| New Zealand | NZ |
| Nicaragua | NI |
| Niger | NE |
| Nigeria | NG |
| Niue | NU |
| Norfolk Island | NF |
| North Korea | KP |
| North Macedonia | MK |
| Norway | NO |
| Oman | OM |
| Pakistan | PK |
| Palau | PW |
| Palestine | PS |
| Panama | PA |
| Papua New Guinea | PG |
| Paraguay | PY |
| Peru | PE |
| Philippines | PH |
| Poland | PL |
| Portugal | PT |
| Puerto Rico | PR |
| Qatar | QA |
| Réunion | RE |
| Romania | RO |
| Russia | RU |
| Rwanda | RW |
| Samoa | WS |
| San Marino | SM |
| Sao Tome and Principe | ST |
| Saudi Arabia | SA |
| Senegal | SN |
| Serbia | RS |
| Seychelles | SC |
| Sierra Leone | SL |
| Singapore | SG |
| Slovakia | SX |
| Slovenia | SI |
| Solomon Islands | SB |
| Somalia | SO |
| South Africa | ZA |
| South Korea | KR |
| South Sudan | SS |
| Spain | ES |
| Sri Lanka | LK |
| Sudan | SD |
| Suriname | SR |
| Sweden | SE |
| Switzerland | CH |
| Syrian Arab Republic | SY |
| Taiwan | TW |
| Tajikistan | TJ |
| Tanzania | TZ |
| Thailand | TH |
| Timor-Leste | TL |
| Togo | TG |
| Tonga | TO |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TT |
| Tunisia | TN |
| Turkey | TR |
| Turkmenistan | TM |
| Tuvalu | TV |
| Uganda | UG |
| Ukraine | UA |
| United Arab Emirates | AE |
| United Kingdom | GB |
| United States of America | US |
| Uruguay | UY |
| Uzbekistan | UZ |
| Vanuatu | VU |
| Venezuela | VE |
| Viet Nam | VN |
| Virgin Islands (British) | VG |
| Virgin Islands (U.S.) | VI |
| Western Sahara | EH |
| Yemen | YE |
| Zambia | ZM |
| Zimbabwe | ZW |
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