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The ISO country codes are internationally recognized codes that designate every country and most of the dependent areas a two-letter combination or a three-letter combination; it is like an acronym, that stands for a country or a state. The country code is in use for example for the two-letter suffixes such as .us (United States), .fr (France ...
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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.
CodeCountry Name (using Title Case )YearCctld1974197419741974ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 – two-letter country codes which are also used to create the ISO 3166-2 country subdivision codes and the Internet country code top-level domains. ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 – three-letter country codes which may allow a better visual association between the codes and the country names than the 3166-1 alpha-2 codes.
More 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.
It defines three sets of country codes: [1] 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). ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 – three-letter country codes which allow a better visual association ...
English Short Name (using Title Case )Alpha-2 CodeAlpha-3 CodeNumeric CodeAFG004ALA248ALB008DZA012List of two letter- and the three letter codes as well as three digit numerical code for all countries and dependent areas. List of the International Country Codes, with two letter code (ISO alpha-2), the three letter code (ISO alpha-3), the UN numeric code (ISO 3166-1 numeric-3), the FIPS 10-4 code.
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) Country. ISO 3166 Alpha-2. ISO 3166 Alpha-3. Afghanistan.