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ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest.
Following notification from the United Nations (UN), the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency assigns alpha-2 and alpha-3 country code elements to new UN member states. The numeric country code is assigned by the UN.
The sortable table below contains the three sets of ISO 3166-1 country codes for each of its 249 countries, links to the ISO 3166-2 country subdivision codes, and the Internet country code top-level domains (ccTLD) which are based on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard with the few exceptions noted.
Iso 3166 [1] Name [5]World Factbook [6] Official State Name ...Sovereignty [6] [7] [8]Iso 3166-1 [2](a-2 [5])UN memberUN memberISO 3166-2 establishes a code that represents the names of the principal administrative divisions, or similar areas, of the countries and entities included in ISO 3166-1.
Country ISO codes, also known as ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes, are two-letter codes that are used to represent countries and dependent territories. These codes are defined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and are part of the ISO 3166 standard.
Oct 14, 2020 · It establishes for each country an alphabetic 2-character (alpha-2) code, an alphabetic 3-character (alpha-3) code, and a three-digit numeric (numeric-3) code. For example, the United States is abbreviated as US, USA, and 840.
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 – two-letter country codes which are the most widely used of the three, [citation needed] and used most prominently for the Internet's country code top-level domains (with a few exceptions).
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