Country code

Table of contents

1 ISO 3166-1 2 Other country codes 3 Other codings 4 Sample set of codes for one country 5 See also 6 External links

ISO 3166-1

This standard defines for most of the countries and dependent areas in the world:

• a two letter (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2)
• a three-letter (ISO 3166-1 alpha-3), and
• a three-digit numeric (ISO 3166-1 numeric) code.

• for ISO 4217 currency codes and
• with deviations for country code top-level domain names (ccTLDs) on the Internet: list of Internet TLDs.

Other country codes

• The International Olympic Committee (IOC) three letter codes used in sporting events: list of IOC country codes,
• The coding system for car license plates under the 1949 and 1968 United Nations Road Traffic Conventions (distinguishing signs of vehicles in international traffic): List of international license plate codes,
• The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) two letter codes used by the US government and in the CIA World Factbook: list of FIPS country codes,
• The coding system for diplomatic license plates in the United States, assigned by the U.S. State Department.
• From the International Telecommunication Union (ITU):
  • the E.164 international dialling codes: list of country calling codes with 1-3 digits,
  • the first few characters of call signs of radio stations (maritime, aeronautical, amateur radio, broadcasting, etc.) define the country: the ITU prefix,
  • ITU letter codes for member-countries.
• The Nomenclature des unités territoriales statistiques (Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics, NUTS) of the European Union, mostly focusing on subdivisions of the EU member states
• From the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO):
  • aircraft registration prefixes,
  • nationality letters for location indicators.

Other codings

• The initial digits of International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN) are group identifiers for countries, areas, or language regions.
• The first three digits of EAN-UCC article numbers, e.g. in barcodes, designate (national) numbering agencies.

See also

External links