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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 [1] published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest.
The country code is in use for example for the two-letter suffixes such as .us (United States), .fr (France) or .de (Germany) in top-level domains (for countries) on the Internet.
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]Official State Name [6][a]Sovereignty [6][7][8]Iso 3166-1 [2](a-2 [5])UN memberUN memberISO 3166-1 (Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes) is a standard defining codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest.
English Short Name (using Title Case)Alpha-2 CodeAlpha-3 CodeNumeric CodeAFG004ALA248ALB008DZA012The country code is in use for example for the two-letter suffixes such as .us (United States), .fr (France) or .de (Germany) in top-level domains (for countries) on the Internet.
Country listing with the given two letter code (ISO alpha-2) and the three letter code (ISO alpha-3), the UN numeric code (ISO 3166-1 numeric-3), as well as the Geopolitical Entities and Codes (formerly FIPS PUB 10-4 code) for countries, dependencies, and other areas.
What are the ISO Country Codes? 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.