English country names and code elements This list states the country names (official short names in English) in alphabetical order as given in ISO 3166-1 and the corresponding ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 code elements. This list is updated whenever a change to the official code list in ISO 3166-1 is effected by the ISO 3166/MA. It lists 239 official short names and code elements. AFGHANISTAN AF ALBANIA AL ALGERIA DZ AMERICAN SAMOA AS ANDORRA AD ANGOLA AO ANGUILLA AI ANTARCTICA AQ ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AG ARGENTINA AR ARMENIA AM ARUBA AW AUSTRALIA AU AUSTRIA AT AZERBAIJAN AZ BAHAMAS BS BAHRAIN BH BANGLADESH BD BARBADOS BB From http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html1 1 30 January 2003 BELARUS BY BELGIUM BE BELIZE BZ BENIN BJ BERMUDA BM BHUTAN BT BOLIVIA BO BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BA BOTSWANA BW BOUVET ISLAND BV BRAZIL BR BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY IO BRUNEI DARUSSALAM BN BULGARIA BG BURKINA FASO BF BURUNDI BI CAMBODIA KH CAMEROON CM CANADA CA CAPE VERDE CV CAYMAN ISLANDS KY CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CF CHAD TD CHILE CL CHINA CN From http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html2 2 30 January 2003 CHRISTMAS ISLAND CX COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS CC COLOMBIA CO COMOROS KM CONGO CG CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CD COOK ISLANDS CK 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 EL SALVADOR SV EQUATORIAL GUINEA GQ ERITREA ER ESTONIA EE ETHIOPIA ET FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) FK From http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html3 3 30 January 2003 FAROE ISLANDS FO FIJI FJ FINLAND FI FRANCE FR FRENCH GUIANA GF FRENCH POLYNESIA PF FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES TF GABON GA GAMBIA GM GEORGIA GE GERMANY DE GHANA GH GIBRALTAR GI GREECE GR GREENLAND GL GRENADA GD GUADELOUPE GP GUAM GU GUATEMALA GT GUINEA GN GUINEA-BISSAU GW GUYANA GY HAITI HT HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS HM HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE) VA From http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html4 4 30 January 2003 HONDURAS HN HONG KONG HK HUNGARY HU ICELAND IS INDIA IN INDONESIA ID IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IR IRAQ IQ IRELAND IE ISRAEL IL ITALY IT JAMAICA JM JAPAN JP JORDAN JO KAZAKHSTAN KZ KENYA KE KIRIBATI KI KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KP KOREA, REPUBLIC OF KR KUWAIT KW KYRGYZSTAN KG LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC LA LATVIA LV LEBANON LB LESOTHO LS From http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html5 5 30 January 2003 LIBERIA LR LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA LY LIECHTENSTEIN LI LITHUANIA LT LUXEMBOURG LU MACAO MO MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MK MADAGASCAR MG MALAWI MW MALAYSIA MY MALDIVES MV MALI ML MALTA MT MARSHALL ISLANDS MH MARTINIQUE MQ MAURITANIA MR MAURITIUS MU MAYOTTE YT MEXICO MX MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF FM MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF MD MONACO MC MONGOLIA MN MONTSERRAT MS MOROCCO MA From http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html6 6 30 January 2003 MOZAMBIQUE MZ MYANMAR MM NAMIBIA NA NAURU NR NEPAL NP NETHERLANDS NL NETHERLANDS ANTILLES AN NEW CALEDONIA NC NEW ZEALAND NZ NICARAGUA NI NIGER NE NIGERIA NG NIUE NU NORFOLK ISLAND NF NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS MP NORWAY NO OMAN OM PAKISTAN PK PALAU PW PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED PS PANAMA PA PAPUA NEW GUINEA PG PARAGUAY PY PERU PE PHILIPPINES PH From http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html7 7 30 January 2003 PITCAIRN PN POLAND PL PORTUGAL PT PUERTO RICO PR QATAR QA RÉUNION RE ROMANIA RO RUSSIAN FEDERATION RU RWANDA RW SAINT HELENA SH SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS KN SAINT LUCIA LC SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON PM SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES VC SAMOA WS SAN MARINO SM SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE ST SAUDI ARABIA SA SENEGAL SN SEYCHELLES SC SIERRA LEONE SL SINGAPORE SG SLOVAKIA SK SLOVENIA SI SOLOMON ISLANDS SB From http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html8 8 30 January 2003 SOMALIA SO SOUTH AFRICA ZA SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS GS SPAIN ES SRI LANKA LK SUDAN SD SURINAME SR SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN SJ SWAZILAND SZ SWEDEN SE SWITZERLAND CH SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC SY TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA TW TAJIKISTAN TJ TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF TZ THAILAND TH TIMOR-LESTE TL TOGO TG TOKELAU TK TONGA TO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TT TUNISIA TN TURKEY TR TURKMENISTAN TM TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS TC From http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html9 9 30 January 2003 TUVALU TV UGANDA UG UKRAINE UA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AE UNITED KINGDOM GB UNITED STATES US UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS UM URUGUAY UY UZBEKISTAN UZ VANUATU VU Vatican City State see HOLY SEE VENEZUELA VE VIET NAM VN VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH VG VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S. VI WALLIS AND FUTUNA WF WESTERN SAHARA EH YEMEN YE YUGOSLAVIA YU Zaire see CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE ZAMBIA ZM ZIMBABWE ZW From http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html10 10 30 January 2003 ISO 3166-1 decoding table This decoding table provides the user of ISO 3166-1 with an easy access to the definition of all 676 code elements available in the alpha-2 code of ISO's country code standard. The content of this document is taken from two sources: The official code list of ISO 3166-1 and the list of reserved ISO 3166-1 code elements which contains information on code allocations which are not officially part of ISO 3166-1 (see "Reserved code elements"). The reserved code elements have different statuses with regard to restrictions on use within ISO's country code system. Some may be used - others must not be used. These statuses - and their approximate meanings for the user of ISO 3166-1 - are described and colour-coded in Table 1. Tables 2 gives a colour coded, clickable matrix of all ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code elements which is linked to Table 3 which gives the definition of the code element. For more detailed information please refer to the section on "Reserved code elements" on our Website. Table 1: Colour coding of statuses Status of code element Col. What it means Code element may be used without Officially assigned code element restriction Code element may be used without User-assigned code element restriction Code element may be used but Exceptionally reserved code element restrictions may apply Code element deleted from ISO 3166-1; Transitionally reserved code element stop using ASAP Indeterminately reserved code Code element must not be used in ISO element 3166-1 Code elements not used at present Code element must not be used in ISO stage (a) 3166-1 Code element free for assignment (by ISO Un-assigned code elements 3166/MA only!) From http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/iso_3166-1_decoding_table.html 1 30 January 2003 Table 2: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (26 x 26 matrix) AA AB AC AD AE AF AG AH AI AJ AK AL AM AN AO AP AQ AR AS AT AU AV AW AX AY AZ BA BB BC BD BE BF BG BH BI BJ BK BL BM BN BO BP BQ BR BS BT BU BV BW BX BY BZ CA CB CC CD CE CF CG CH CI CJ CK CL CM CN CO CP CQ CR CS CT CU CV CW CX CY CZ DA DB DC DD DE DF DG DH DI DJ DK DL DM DN DO DP DQ DR DS DT DU DV DW DX DY DZ EA EB EC ED EE EF EG EH EI EJ EK EL EM EN EO EP EQ ER ES ET EU EV EW EX EY EZ FA FB FC FD FE FF FG FH FI FJ FK FL FM FN FO FP FQ FR FS FT FU FV FW FX FY FZ GA GB GC GD GE GF GG GH GI GJ GK GL GM GN GO GP GQ GR GS GT GU GV GW GX GY GZ HA HB HC HD HE HF HG HH HI HJ HK HL HM HN HO HP HQ HR HS HT HU HV HW HX HY HZ IA IB IC ID IE IF IG IH II IJ IK IL IM IN IO IP IQ IR IS IT IU IV IW IX IY IZ JA JB JC JD JE JF JG JH JI JJ JK JL JM JN JO JP JQ JR JS JT JU JV JW JX JY JZ KA KB KC KD KE KF KG KH KI KJ KK KL KM KN KO KP KQ KR KS KT KU KV KW KX KY KZ LA LB LC LD LE LF LG LH LI LJ LK LL LM LN LO LP LQ LR LS LT LU LV LW LX LY LZ MA MB MC MD ME MF MG MH MI MJ MK ML MM MN MO MP MQ MR MS MT MU MV MW MX MY MZ NA NB NC ND NE NF NG NH NI NJ NK NL NM NN NO NP NQ NR NS NT NU NV NW NX NY NZ OA OB OC OD OE OF OG OH OI OJ OK OL OM ON OO OP OQ OR OS OT OU OV OW OX OY OZ PA PB PC PD PE PF PG PH PI PJ PK PL PM PN PO PP PQ PR PS PT PU PV PW PX PY PZ QA QB QC QD QE QF QG QH QI QJ QK QL QM QN QO QP QQ QR QS QT QU QV QW QX QY QZ RA RB RC RD RE RF RG RH RI RJ RK RL RM RN RO RP RQ RR RS RT RU RV RW RX RY RZ SA SB SC SD SE SF SG SH SI SJ SK SL SM SN SO SP SQ SR SS ST SU SV SW SX SY SZ TA TB TC TD TE TF TG TH TI TJ TK TL TM TN TO TP TQ TR TS TT TU TV TW TX TY TZ UA UB UC UD UE UF UG UH UI UJ UK UL UM UN UO UP UQ UR US UT UU UV UW UX UY UZ VA VB VC VD VE VF VG VH VI VJ VK VL VM VN VO VP VQ VR VS VT VU VV VW VX VY VZ WA WB WC WD WE WF WG WH WI WJ WK WL WM WN WO WP WQ WR WS WT WU WV WW WX WY WZ XA XB XC XD XE XF XG XH XI XJ XK XL XM XN XO XP XQ XR XS XT XU XV XW XX XY XZ YA YB YC YD YE YF YG YH YI YJ YK YL YM YN YO YP YQ YR YS YT YU YV YW YX YY YZ ZA ZB ZC ZD ZE ZF ZG ZH ZI ZJ ZK ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZQ ZR ZS ZT ZU ZV ZW ZX ZY ZZ From http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/iso_3166-1_decoding_table.html 2 30 January 2003 Table 3: All ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 code elements in use English Name French Name (b); Status of Code Remark (d) (b) (c) Code Element AA user-assigned UPU [alpha-3 also exceptionally AC Ascension Island used by ITU] reserved officially AD ANDORRA ANDORRE assigned UNITED ARAB ÉMIRATS ARABES officially AE EMIRATES UNIS assigned officially AF AFGHANISTAN AFGHANISTAN assigned ANTIGUA AND ANTIGUA-ET- officially AG BARBUDA BARBUDA assigned officially