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ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 and alpha-3 codes for 197 countries — international standard for country identification

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The ISO 3166-1 standard

The ISO 3166-1 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) defines codes for countries and territories worldwide. It has three parts: alpha-2 (2 letters, e.g. GB for United Kingdom), alpha-3 (3 letters, e.g. GBR), and numeric (3 digits, e.g. 826). These codes are used in passports, country-code top-level domains (e.g. .uk), banking systems, international trade and geospatial data.
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# Country Alpha-2 Alpha-3 Capital Continent Currency Population
1 Afghanistan AF AFG Kabul Asia AFN 42 647 492
2 Albania AL ALB Tirana Europe ALL 2 714 617
3 Algeria DZ DZA Algiers Africa DZD 46 814 308
4 Andorra AD AND Andorra la Vella Europe EUR 81 938
5 Angola AO AGO Luanda Africa AOA 37 885 849
6 Antigua and Barbuda AG ATG St. John's America XCD 93 772
7 Argentina AR ARG Buenos Aires America ARS 45 696 159
8 Armenia AM ARM Yerevan Asia AMD 3 033 500
9 Australia AU AUS Canberra Oceania AUD 27 204 809
10 Austria AT AUT Vienna Europe EUR 9 178 482
11 Azerbaijan AZ AZE Baku Asia AZN 10 202 850
12 Bahamas BS BHS Nassau America BSD 401 283
13 Bahrain BH BHR Manama Asia BHD 1 588 670
14 Bangladesh BD BGD Dhaka Asia BDT 173 562 364
15 Barbados BB BRB Bridgetown America BBD 282 467
16 Belarus BY BLR Minsk Europe BYN 9 133 712
17 Belgium BE BEL Brussels Europe EUR 11 876 844
18 Belize BZ BLZ Belmopan America BZD 417 072
19 Benin BJ BEN Porto Novo Africa XOF 14 462 724
20 Bhutan BT BTN Thimphu Asia BTN 791 524
21 Bolivia BO BOL Sucre America BOB 12 413 315
22 Bosnia and Herzegovina BA BIH Sarajevo Europe BAM 3 164 253
23 Botswana BW BWA Gaborone Africa BWP 2 521 139
24 Brazil BR BRA Brasilia America BRL 211 998 573
25 Brunei BN BRN Bandar Seri Begawan Asia BND 462 721
26 Bulgaria BG BGR Sofia Europe BGN 6 444 366
27 Burkina Faso BF BFA Ouagadougou Africa XOF 23 548 781
28 Burundi BI BDI Bujumbura Africa BIF 14 047 786
29 Cambodia KH KHM Phnom Penh Asia KHR 17 638 801
30 Cameroon CM CMR Yaoundé Africa XAF 29 123 744
31 Canada CA CAN Ottawa America CAD 41 288 599
32 Cape Verde CV CPV Praia Africa CVE 524 877
33 Central African Republic CF CAF Bangui Africa XAF 5 330 690
34 Chad TD TCD N'Djamena Africa XAF 20 299 123
35 Chile CL CHL Santiago America CLP 19 764 771
36 China CN CHN Beijing Asia CNY 1 408 975 000
37 Colombia CO COL Bogota America COP 52 886 363
38 Comoros KM COM Moroni Africa KMF 866 628
39 Costa Rica CR CRI San José America CRC 5 129 910
40 Croatia HR HRV Zagreb Europe EUR 3 866 300
41 Cuba CU CUB Havana America CUP 10 979 783
42 Cyprus CY CYP Nicosia Europe EUR 1 358 282
43 Czech Republic CZ CZE Prague Europe CZK 10 882 164
44 Democratic Republic of Congo CD COD Kinshasa Africa CDF 109 276 265
45 Denmark DK DNK Copenagen Europe DKK 5 976 992
46 Djibouti DJ DJI Djibouti Africa DJF 1 168 722
47 Dominica DM DMA Roseau America XCD 66 205
48 Dominican Republic DO DOM Santo Domingo America DOP 11 427 557
49 East Timor TL TLS Dili Oceania USD 1 400 638
50 Ecuador EC ECU Quito America USD 18 135 478
51 Egypt EG EGY Cairo Africa EGP 116 538 258
52 El Salvador SV SLV San Salvador America USD 6 338 193
53 Equatorial Guinea GQ GNQ Malabo Africa XAF 1 892 516
54 Eritrea ER ERI Asmara Africa ERN 3 535 603
55 Estonia EE EST Tallinn Europe EUR 1 371 986
56 Eswatini SZ SWZ Mbabane Africa SZL 1 242 822
57 Ethiopia ET ETH Addis Ababa Africa ETB 132 059 767
58 Fiji FJ FJI Suva Oceania FJD 928 784
59 Finland FI FIN Helsinki Europe EUR 5 637 214
60 France FR FRA Paris Europe EUR 68 516 699
61 Gabon GA GAB Libreville Africa XAF 2 538 952
62 Gambia GM GMB Banjul Africa GMD 2 759 988
63 Georgia GE GEO Tbilisi Asia GEL 3 673 850
64 Germany DE DEU Berlin Europe EUR 83 510 950
65 Ghana GH GHA Accra Africa GHS 34 427 414
66 Greece GR GRC Athens Europe EUR 10 388 805
67 Grenada GD GRD St. George's America XCD 117 207
68 Guatemala GT GTM Guatemala City America GTQ 18 406 359
69 Guinea GN GIN Conakry Africa GNF 14 754 785
70 Guinea-Bissau GW GNB Bissau Africa XOF 2 201 352
71 Guyana GY GUY Georgetown America GYD 831 087
72 Haiti HT HTI Port-au-Prince America HTG 11 772 557
73 Honduras HN HND Tegucigalpa America HNL 10 825 703
74 Hungary HU HUN Budapest Europe HUF 9 562 314
75 Iceland IS ISL Reykjavík Europe ISK 404 610
76 India IN IND New Delhi Asia INR 1 450 935 791
77 Indonesia ID IDN Jakarta Asia IDR 283 487 931
78 Iran IR IRN Tehran Asia IRR 91 567 738
79 Iraq IQ IRQ Baghdad Asia IQD 46 042 015
80 Ireland IE IRL Dublin Europe EUR 5 380 257
81 Israel IL ISR Jerusalem Asia ILS 9 974 400
82 Italy IT ITA Rome Europe EUR 58 986 023
83 Ivory Coast CI CIV Yamoussoukro Africa XOF 31 934 230
84 Jamaica JM JAM Kingston America JMD 2 839 175
85 Japan JP JPN Tokyo Asia JPY 123 975 371
86 Jordan JO JOR Amman Asia JOD 11 552 876
87 Kazakhstan KZ KAZ Astana Asia KZT 20 592 571
88 Kenya KE KEN Nairobi Africa KES 56 432 944
89 Kiribati KI KIR Tarawa Oceania AUD 134 518
90 Korea, North KP PRK Pyongyang Asia KPW 26 498 823
91 Korea, South KR KOR Seoul Asia KRW 51 751 065
92 Kosovo — — Pristina Europe EUR 1 527 324
93 Kuwait KW KWT Kuwait City Asia KWD 4 973 861
94 Kyrgyzstan KG KGZ Bishkek Asia KGS 7 224 614
95 Laos LA LAO Vientiane Asia LAK 7 769 819
96 Latvia LV LVA Riga Europe EUR 1 862 441
97 Lebanon LB LBN Beirut Asia LBP 5 805 962
98 Lesotho LS LSO Maseru Africa LSL 2 337 423
99 Liberia LR LBR Monrovia Africa LRD 5 612 817
100 Libya LY LBY Tripoli Africa LYD 7 381 023
101 Liechtenstein LI LIE Vaduz Europe CHF 40 197
102 Lithuania LT LTU Vilnius Europe EUR 2 888 055
103 Luxembourg LU LUX Luxembourg Europe EUR 677 717
104 Madagascar MG MDG Antananarivo Africa MGA 31 964 956
105 Malawi MW MWI Lilongwe Africa MWK 21 655 286
106 Malaysia MY MYS Kuala Lumpur Asia MYR 35 557 673
107 Maldives MV MDV Malé Asia MVR 527 799
108 Mali ML MLI Bamako Africa XOF 24 478 595
109 Malta MT MLT Valletta Europe EUR 574 346
110 Marshall Islands MH MHL Majuro Oceania USD 37 548
111 Mauritania MR MRT Nouakchott Africa MRO 5 169 395
112 Mauritius MU MUS Port Louis Africa MUR 1 259 509
113 Mexico MX MEX Mexico City America MXN 130 861 007
114 Micronesia FM FSM Palikir Oceania USD 113 160
115 Moldova MD MDA Chisinau Europe MDL 2 389 275
116 Monaco MC MCO Monaco Europe EUR 38 631
117 Mongolia MN MNG Ulaanbaatar Asia MNT 3 524 788
118 Montenegro ME MNE Podgorica Europe EUR 623 831
119 Morocco MA MAR Rabat Africa MAD 38 081 173
120 Mozambique MZ MOZ Maputo Africa MZN 34 631 766
121 Myanmar MM MMR Naypyidaw Asia MMK 54 500 091
122 Namibia NA NAM Windhoek Africa NAD 3 030 131
123 Nauru NR NRU Yaren Oceania AUD 11 947
124 Nepal NP NPL Kathmandu Asia NPR 29 651 054
125 Netherlands NL NLD Amsterdam Europe EUR 17 994 237
126 New Zealand NZ NZL Wellington Oceania NZD 5 338 500
127 Nicaragua NI NIC Managua America NIO 6 916 140
128 Niger NE NER Niamey Africa XOF 27 032 412
129 Nigeria NG NGA Abuja Africa NGN 232 679 478
130 North Macedonia MK MKD Skopje Europe MKD 1 792 179
131 Norway NO NOR Oslo Europe NOK 5 572 272
132 Oman OM OMN Muscat Asia OMR 5 281 538
133 Pakistan PK PAK Islamabad Asia PKR 251 269 164
134 Palau PW PLW Melekeok Oceania USD 17 695
135 Palestine PS PSE East Jerusalem Asia ILS 5 289 152
136 Panama PA PAN Panama City America PAB 4 515 577
137 Papua New Guinea PG PNG Port Moresby Oceania PGK 10 576 502
138 Paraguay PY PRY Asunción America PYG 6 929 153
139 Peru PE PER Lima America PEN 34 217 848
140 Philippines PH PHL Manila Asia PHP 115 843 670
141 Poland PL POL Warsaw Europe PLN 36 554 707
142 Portugal PT PRT Lisbon Europe EUR 10 701 636
143 Qatar QA QAT Doha Asia QAR 2 857 822
144 Republic of the Congo CG COG Brazzaville Africa XAF 6 332 961
145 Romania RO ROU Bucharest Europe RON 19 069 340
146 Russia RU RUS Moscow Europe RUB 143 533 851
147 Rwanda RW RWA Kigali Africa RWF 14 256 567
148 Saint Kitts and Nevis KN KNA Basseterre America XCD 46 843
149 Saint Lucia LC LCA Castries America XCD 179 744
150 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC VCT Kingstown America XCD 100 616
151 Samoa WS WSM Apia Oceania WST 218 019
152 San Marino SM SMR San Marino Europe EUR 33 977
153 São Tomé and Príncipe ST STP São Tomé Africa STD 235 536
154 Saudi Arabia SA SAU Riyadh Asia SAR 35 300 280
155 Senegal SN SEN Dakar Africa XOF 18 501 984
156 Serbia RS SRB Belgrade Europe RSD 6 587 202
157 Seychelles SC SYC Victoria Africa SCR 121 354
158 Sierra Leone SL SLE Freetown Africa SLL 8 642 022
159 Singapore SG SGP Singapore Asia SGD 6 036 860
160 Slovakia SK SVK Bratislava Europe EUR 5 422 069
161 Slovenia SI SVN Ljubljana Europe EUR 2 126 324
162 Solomon Islands SB SLB Honiara Oceania SBD 819 198
163 Somalia SO SOM Mogadishu Africa SOS 19 009 151
164 South Africa ZA ZAF Pretoria Africa ZAR 64 007 187
165 South Sudan SS SSD Juba Africa SSP 11 943 408
166 Spain ES ESP Madrid Europe EUR 48 807 137
167 Sri Lanka LK LKA Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte Asia LKR 21 916 000
168 Sudan SD SDN Khartoum Africa SDG 50 448 963
169 Suriname SR SUR Paramaribo America SRD 634 431
170 Sweden SE SWE Stockholm Europe SEK 10 569 709
171 Switzerland CH CHE Bern Europe CHF 9 034 102
172 Syria SY SYR Damascus Asia SYP 24 672 760
173 Taiwan TW TWN Taipei Asia TWD 23 519 518
174 Tajikistan TJ TJK Dushanbe Asia TJS 10 590 927
175 Tanzania TZ TZA Dodoma Africa TZS 68 560 157
176 Thailand TH THA Bangkok Asia THB 71 668 011
177 Togo TG TGO Lomé Africa XOF 9 515 236
178 Tonga TO TON Nukualofa Oceania TOP 104 175
179 Trinidad and Tobago TT TTO Port of Spain America TTD 1 368 333
180 Tunisia TN TUN Tunis Africa TND 12 277 109
181 Turkey TR TUR Ankara Asia TRY 85 518 661
182 Turkmenistan TM TKM Ashgabat Asia TMT 7 494 498
183 Tuvalu TV TUV Funafuti Oceania AUD 9 646
184 Uganda UG UGA Kampala Africa UGX 50 015 092
185 Ukraine UA UKR Kiev Europe UAH 37 860 221
186 United Arab Emirates AE ARE Abu Dhabi Asia AED 10 876 981
187 United Kingdom GB GBR London Europe GBP 69 226 000
188 United States US USA Washington D.C. America USD 340 110 988
189 Uruguay UY URY Montevideo America UYU 3 386 588
190 Uzbekistan UZ UZB Tashkent Asia UZS 36 361 859
191 Vanuatu VU VUT Port Vila Oceania VUV 327 777
192 Vatican City VA VAT Vatican City Europe EUR 882
193 Venezuela VE VEN Caracas America VEF 28 405 543
194 Vietnam VN VNM Hanoi Asia VND 100 987 686
195 Yemen YE YEM Sana'a Asia YER 40 583 164
196 Zambia ZM ZMB Lusaka Africa ZMW 21 314 956
197 Zimbabwe ZW ZWE Harare Africa USD 16 634 373

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Frequently asked questions

What is the ISO 3166-1 standard?

ISO 3166-1 is an international standard published by ISO that assigns unique codes to countries and territories worldwide. It comes in three variants: alpha-2 (2 letters: GB, DE, US…), alpha-3 (3 letters: GBR, DEU, USA…) and numeric (3 digits). It is maintained by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency and updated regularly to reflect geopolitical changes.

What are country ISO alpha-2 codes used for?

Alpha-2 codes are the most widely used. They are used for national domain name extensions (ccTLDs: .uk, .de, .us…), in web forms for country dropdown menus, in international shipping labels and barcodes, on European licence plates, and in geographic APIs and databases.

What is the difference between ISO alpha-2 and alpha-3?

Alpha-2 uses 2 letters (e.g. GB for United Kingdom) and is the most common format for everyday use (internet domains, forms). Alpha-3 uses 3 letters (e.g. GBR) and is preferred in contexts where ambiguity must be avoided or in systems that cannot rely on immediate recognition of the 2-letter code, such as biometric passports (ICAO) or UN statistical data.

Do ISO country codes change over time?

Yes, rarely but regularly. Changes occur with the creation of a new state (East Timor 2002, Kosovo 2008, South Sudan 2011), a union (German reunification), a dissolution (USSR, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia) or a simple change of official name (North Macedonia 2019, Eswatini 2018). The ISO 3166/MA manages these updates.

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