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Below is a list of two-letter codes (ISO alpha-2), and the three letter codes (ISO alpha-3), as well as the United Nations, used numerical code M49 for countries, dependencies, and other areas. (Dependencies marked in Italic writing)
- United States
Background: Britain's American colonies broke with the...
- Botswana
The country is sparsely populated because up to 70% of the...
- South Africa
South Africa in brief Destination South Africa, a Nations...
- Kenya
Destination Kenya, a country in East Africa bordering the...
- Country Codes
Country listing with the given two letter code (ISO alpha-2)...
- United States
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 3166-1 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.
CodeCountry Name (using Title Case )YearCctld1974197419741974More common for this is the 2-letter code alpha-2. It is mainly used for assigning a country-specific domain. The European IBAN system for bank account numbers also uses this code.
CountryIso 3166-1 Alpha2Iso 3166-1 Alpha3Iso 3166-1 NumericAFAFG004AXALA248ALALB008DZDZA012The country codes can be represented either as a two-letter code (alpha-2) which is recommended as the general-purpose code, a three-letter code (alpha-3) which is more closely related to the country name and a three-digit numeric code (numeric-3) which can be useful if you need to avoid using Latin script.
ISO 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.
