ISO 3166 Certified List of Countries updated

ISO 3166 Countries List

ISO 3166 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. Each country is assigned a two-letter and a three-letter code. For instance, the United States has the two-letter code “US” and the three-letter code “USA.”

Types of ISO 3166 Codes

1. Alpha-2 code – a two-letter code that represents a country name, recommended as the general purpose code
2. Alpha-3 code – a three-letter code that represents a country name, which is usually more closely related to the country name
3. Alpha-4 code – a four-letter code that represents a country name that is no longer in use. The structure depends on the reason why the country name was removed from ISO 3166-1 and added to ISO 3166-3.

List of 3166-1 certified Countries in 2024

S.No	English short name	Alpha-2 code	Alpha-3 code	Numeric code
1	Afghanistan	AF	AFG	4
2	Albania	AL	ALB	8
3	Algeria	DZ	DZA	12
4	American Samoa	AS	ASM	16
5	Andorra	AD	AND	20
6	Angola	AO	AGO	24
7	Anguilla	AI	AIA	660
8	Antarctica	AQ	ATA	10
9	Antigua and Barbuda	AG	ATG	28
10	Argentina	AR	ARG	32
11	Armenia	AM	ARM	51
12	Aruba	AW	ABW	533
13	Australia	AU	AUS	36
14	Austria	AT	AUT	40
15	Azerbaijan	AZ	AZE	31
16	Bahamas (the)	BS	BHS	44
17	Bahrain	BH	BHR	48
18	Bangladesh	BD	BGD	50
19	Barbados	BB	BRB	52
20	Belarus	BY	BLR	112
21	Belgium	BE	BEL	56
22	Belize	BZ	BLZ	84
23	Benin	BJ	BEN	204
24	Bermuda	BM	BMU	60
25	Bhutan	BT	BTN	64
26	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	BO	BOL	68
27	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	BQ	BES	535
28	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BA	BIH	70
29	Botswana	BW	BWA	72
30	Bouvet Island	BV	BVT	74
31	Brazil	BR	BRA	76
32	British Indian Ocean Territory (the)	IO	IOT	86
33	Brunei Darussalam	BN	BRN	96
34	Bulgaria	BG	BGR	100
35	Burkina Faso	BF	BFA	854
36	Burundi	BI	BDI	108
37	Cabo Verde	CV	CPV	132
38	Cambodia	KH	KHM	116
39	Cameroon	CM	CMR	120
40	Canada	CA	CAN	124
41	Cayman Islands (the)	KY	CYM	136
42	Central African Republic (the)	CF	CAF	140
43	Chad	TD	TCD	148
44	Chile	CL	CHL	152
45	China	CN	CHN	156
46	Christmas Island	CX	CXR	162
47	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (the)	CC	CCK	166
48	Colombia	CO	COL	170
49	Comoros (the)	KM	COM	174
50	Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)	CD	COD	180
51	Congo (the)	CG	COG	178
52	Cook Islands (the)	CK	COK	184
53	Costa Rica	CR	CRI	188
54	Croatia	HR	HRV	191
55	Cuba	CU	CUB	192
56	Curaçao	CW	CUW	531
57	Cyprus	CY	CYP	196
58	Czechia	CZ	CZE	203
59	Côte d’Ivoire	CI	CIV	384
60	Denmark	DK	DNK	208
61	Djibouti	DJ	DJI	262
62	Dominica	DM	DMA	212
63	Dominican Republic (the)	DO	DOM	214
64	Ecuador	EC	ECU	218
65	Egypt	EG	EGY	818
66	El Salvador	SV	SLV	222
67	Equatorial Guinea	GQ	GNQ	226
68	Eritrea	ER	ERI	232
69	Estonia	EE	EST	233
70	Eswatini	SZ	SWZ	748
71	Ethiopia	ET	ETH	231
72	Falkland Islands (the) [Malvinas]	FK	FLK	238
73	Faroe Islands (the)	FO	FRO	234
74	Fiji	FJ	FJI	242
75	Finland	FI	FIN	246
76	France	FR	FRA	250
77	French Guiana	GF	GUF	254
78	French Polynesia	PF	PYF	258
79	French Southern Territories (the)	TF	ATF	260
80	Gabon	GA	GAB	266
81	Gambia (the)	GM	GMB	270
82	Georgia	GE	GEO	268
83	Germany	DE	DEU	276
84	Ghana	GH	GHA	288
85	Gibraltar	GI	GIB	292
86	Greece	GR	GRC	300
87	Greenland	GL	GRL	304
88	Grenada	GD	GRD	308
89	Guadeloupe	GP	GLP	312
90	Guam	GU	GUM	316
91	Guatemala	GT	GTM	320
92	Guernsey	GG	GGY	831
93	Guinea	GN	GIN	324
94	Guinea-Bissau	GW	GNB	624
95	Guyana	GY	GUY	328
96	Haiti	HT	HTI	332
97	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	HM	HMD	334
98	Holy See (the)	VA	VAT	336
99	Honduras	HN	HND	340
100	Hong Kong	HK	HKG	344
101	Hungary	HU	HUN	348
102	Iceland	IS	ISL	352
103	India	IN	IND	356
104	Indonesia	ID	IDN	360
105	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	IR	IRN	364
106	Iraq	IQ	IRQ	368
107	Ireland	IE	IRL	372
108	Isle of Man	IM	IMN	833
109	Israel	IL	ISR	376
110	Italy	IT	ITA	380
111	Jamaica	JM	JAM	388
112	Japan	JP	JPN	392
113	Jersey	JE	JEY	832
114	Jordan	JO	JOR	400
115	Kazakhstan	KZ	KAZ	398
116	Kenya	KE	KEN	404
117	Kiribati	KI	KIR	296
118	Korea (the Democratic People’s Republic of)	KP	PRK	408
119	Korea (the Republic of)	KR	KOR	410
120	Kuwait	KW	KWT	414
121	Kyrgyzstan	KG	KGZ	417
122	Lao People’s Democratic Republic (the)	LA	LAO	418
123	Latvia	LV	LVA	428
124	Lebanon	LB	LBN	422
125	Lesotho	LS	LSO	426
126	Liberia	LR	LBR	430
127	Libya	LY	LBY	434
128	Liechtenstein	LI	LIE	438
129	Lithuania	LT	LTU	440
130	Luxembourg	LU	LUX	442
131	Macao	MO	MAC	446
132	Madagascar	MG	MDG	450
133	Malawi	MW	MWI	454
134	Malaysia	MY	MYS	458
135	Maldives	MV	MDV	462
136	Mali	ML	MLI	466
137	Malta	MT	MLT	470
138	Marshall Islands (the)	MH	MHL	584
139	Martinique	MQ	MTQ	474
140	Mauritania	MR	MRT	478
141	Mauritius	MU	MUS	480
142	Mayotte	YT	MYT	175
143	Mexico	MX	MEX	484
144	Micronesia (Federated States of)	FM	FSM	583
145	Moldova (the Republic of)	MD	MDA	498
146	Monaco	MC	MCO	492
147	Mongolia	MN	MNG	496
148	Montenegro	ME	MNE	499
149	Montserrat	MS	MSR	500
150	Morocco	MA	MAR	504
151	Mozambique	MZ	MOZ	508
152	Myanmar	MM	MMR	104
153	Namibia	NA	NAM	516
154	Nauru	NR	NRU	520
155	Nepal	NP	NPL	524
156	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	NL	NLD	528
157	New Caledonia	NC	NCL	540
158	New Zealand	NZ	NZL	554
159	Nicaragua	NI	NIC	558
160	Niger (the)	NE	NER	562
161	Nigeria	NG	NGA	566
162	Niue	NU	NIU	570
163	Norfolk Island	NF	NFK	574
164	North Macedonia	MK	MKD	807
165	Northern Mariana Islands (the)	MP	MNP	580
166	Norway	NO	NOR	578
167	Oman	OM	OMN	512
168	Pakistan	PK	PAK	586
169	Palau	PW	PLW	585
170	Palestine, State of	PS	PSE	275
171	Panama	PA	PAN	591
172	Papua New Guinea	PG	PNG	598
173	Paraguay	PY	PRY	600
174	Peru	PE	PER	604
175	Philippines (the)	PH	PHL	608
176	Pitcairn	PN	PCN	612
177	Poland	PL	POL	616
178	Portugal	PT	PRT	620
179	Puerto Rico	PR	PRI	630
180	Qatar	QA	QAT	634
181	Romania	RO	ROU	642
182	Russian Federation (the)	RU	RUS	643
183	Rwanda	RW	RWA	646
184	Réunion	RE	REU	638
185	Saint Barthélemy	BL	BLM	652
186	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	SH	SHN	654
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	KN	KNA	659
188	Saint Lucia	LC	LCA	662
189	Saint Martin (French part)	MF	MAF	663
190	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	PM	SPM	666
191	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	VC	VCT	670
192	Samoa	WS	WSM	882
193	San Marino	SM	SMR	674
194	Sao Tome and Principe	ST	STP	678
195	Saudi Arabia	SA	SAU	682
196	Senegal	SN	SEN	686
197	Serbia	RS	SRB	688
198	Seychelles	SC	SYC	690
199	Sierra Leone	SL	SLE	694
200	Singapore	SG	SGP	702
201	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	SX	SXM	534
202	Slovakia	SK	SVK	703
203	Slovenia	SI	SVN	705
204	Solomon Islands	SB	SLB	90
205	Somalia	SO	SOM	706
206	South Africa	ZA	ZAF	710
207	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	GS	SGS	239
208	South Sudan	SS	SSD	728
209	Spain	ES	ESP	724
210	Sri Lanka	LK	LKA	144
211	Sudan (the)	SD	SDN	729
212	Suriname	SR	SUR	740
213	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	SJ	SJM	744
214	Sweden	SE	SWE	752
215	Switzerland	CH	CHE	756
216	Syrian Arab Republic (the)	SY	SYR	760
217	Taiwan (Province of China)	TW	TWN	158
218	Tajikistan	TJ	TJK	762
219	Tanzania, the United Republic of	TZ	TZA	834
220	Thailand	TH	THA	764
221	Timor-Leste	TL	TLS	626
222	Togo	TG	TGO	768
223	Tokelau	TK	TKL	772
224	Tonga	TO	TON	776
225	Trinidad and Tobago	TT	TTO	780
226	Tunisia	TN	TUN	788
227	Turkmenistan	TM	TKM	795
228	Turks and Caicos Islands (the)	TC	TCA	796
229	Tuvalu	TV	TUV	798
230	Türkiye	TR	TUR	792
231	Uganda	UG	UGA	800
232	Ukraine	UA	UKR	804
233	United Arab Emirates (the)	AE	ARE	784
234	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)	GB	GBR	826
235	United States Minor Outlying Islands (the)	UM	UMI	581
236	United States of America (the)	US	USA	840
237	Uruguay	UY	URY	858
238	Uzbekistan	UZ	UZB	860
239	Vanuatu	VU	VUT	548
240	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	VE	VEN	862
241	Viet Nam	VN	VNM	704
242	Virgin Islands (British)	VG	VGB	92
243	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	VI	VIR	850
244	Wallis and Futuna	WF	WLF	876
245	Western Sahara*	EH	ESH	732
246	Yemen	YE	YEM	887
247	Zambia	ZM	ZMB	894
248	Zimbabwe	ZW	ZWE	716
249	Åland Islands	AX	ALA	248

What is ISO 3166-1 Code?

ISO 3166-1 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines codes for the names of countries and their subdivisions. These codes consist of two parts: a two-letter country code (alpha-2) and a three-letter country code (alpha-3). For example:

1. The alpha-2 code for the United States is “US.”
2. The alpha-3 code for the United States is “USA.”

What is ISO 3166-2 Code?

ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). It defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. These codes are used for addressing mail, managing regions in databases, and many other purposes.

Each country with its own ISO 3166-1 code is assigned a unique set of ISO 3166-2 codes for its subdivisions. These codes typically consist of the ISO 3166-1 country code followed by a hyphen and a further alphanumeric code to represent the subdivision. For example:

1. The ISO 3166-2 code for California in the United States is “US-CA.”
2. The ISO 3166-2 code for Ontario in Canada is “CA-ON.”

Can Country names be removed from ISO 3166-1?

Yes, Country names might be removed from ISO 3166-1 for various reasons-

1. A country might change a significant part of its name, for example, Burma (BU) was changed to Myanmar (MM) in 1989. The code element for the formerly used country name is therefore BUMM.
2. A country may be divided into two or more new ones, for example, Czechoslovakia was divided into Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993. The code element for the formerly used country name Czechoslovakia is CSHH, HH meaning that no single successor country exists.
3. Two or more countries may merge for example Democratic Yemen (YD) and Yemen Arab Republic (YE) merged into the Republic of Yemen (YE) in 1990. The code element used for the formerly used country name Democratic Yemen is YDYE.

Benefits of ISO 3166 Certification

ISO 3166 certification offers numerous benefits to countries and territories, including:

1. Global Recognition: ISO 3166 certification provides countries with globally recognized codes, enhancing their visibility and presence in international systems.
2. Standardized Data Exchange: The use of ISO 3166 codes ensures standardized representation, simplifying data exchange and communication between countries and organizations.
3. Facilitates International Transactions: Certified countries can seamlessly participate in international trade, finance, and communication networks with standardized country codes.
4. Enhanced Data Management: ISO 3166 certification aids in efficient data management by providing unique identifiers for countries, improving data accuracy and integrity.
5. Interoperability: Standardized country codes promote interoperability between different systems and databases, ensuring smooth integration and communication.

Conclusion

ISO 3166 certification plays a crucial role in facilitating global communication, trade, and data management. Certified countries benefit from standardized representation, enhanced interoperability, and improved international recognition. As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, ISO 3166 certification remains essential for seamless integration into the global community.

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