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Oct 14, 2020 · The Standard for Country Codes. ISO 3166-1:2020 – Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country code sets the country codes. 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.
ISO 3166 was first issued in 1974, and the three digit numbers were mostly added in 1981. This file is derived from the 1982 and 1988 versions of the standard, all change notifications since 1988, and a list of obsolete codes. The fourth column indicates the date of change of an entry using one of the following codes: b between 1982 and 1988. 9.
ISO 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. ISO 3166-3 establishes a code that represents non-current country names, i.e. the country names deleted from ISO 3166 since its first publication in 1974.
ISO 3166 has three parts: codes for countries, codes for subdivisions and formerly used codes (codes that were once used to describe countries but are no longer in use). The 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 ...
An even more detailed version of these country codes can also be obtained as a CSV file in the download area. A list of all international calling codes is also available separately. Country. ISO 3166-1. alpha2. ISO 3166-1. alpha3. ISO 3166-1. numeric.
