ISO 3166-1 numeric

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ISO 3166-1 numeric (or numeric-3) codes are three-digit 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. They are similar to the three-digit country codes developed and maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division, from which they originate in its UN M.49 standard. They were first included as part of the ISO 3166 standard in its second edition in 1981, but they were released by the United Nations Statistics Division since as early as 1970.[1]

An advantage of numeric codes over alphabetic codes is script (writing system) independence.[2] The ISO 3166-1 alphabetic codes (alpha-2 and alpha-3) use letters from the 26-letter English alphabet and are suitable for languages based on the Latin alphabet. For people and systems using non-Latin scripts (such as Arabic or Japanese), the English alphabet may be unavailable or difficult to use, understand, or correctly interpret. While numeric codes overcome the problems of script dependence, this independence comes at the cost of loss of mnemonic convenience.

Another advantage is that when countries merge or split, they will get a new numeric code, while the alphabetic code stays in use for (a part of) that country. A persistent number is needed in datasets with historical country information.

Current codes

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Officially assigned code elements

The following is a complete list of the current officially assigned ISO 3166-1 numeric codes,[3] using a title case version of the English short names officially used by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA):

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Code Country name Notes
004Afghanistan
008Albania
010Antarctica
012Algeria
016American Samoa
020Andorra
024Angola
028Antigua and Barbuda
031AzerbaijanBefore 1991: part of the USSR
032Argentina
036Australia
040Austria
044Bahamas
048Bahrain
050Bangladesh
051ArmeniaBefore 1991: part of the USSR
052Barbados
056Belgium
060Bermuda
064Bhutan
068Bolivia, Plurinational State of
070Bosnia and HerzegovinaBefore 1992: part of Yugoslavia
072Botswana
074Bouvet Island
076Brazil
084BelizeFormerly British Honduras
086British Indian Ocean Territory
090Solomon IslandsFormerly British Solomon Islands
092Virgin Islands (British)
096Brunei Darussalam
100Bulgaria
104MyanmarFormerly Burma
108Burundi
112BelarusFormerly Byelorussian SSR
116Cambodia
120Cameroon
124Canada
132Cabo VerdeFormerly Cape Verde
136Cayman Islands
140Central African Republic
144Sri LankaFormerly Ceylon
148Chad
152Chile
156China
158Taiwan, Province of China
162Christmas Island
166Cocos (Keeling) Islands
170Colombia
174Comoros
175MayotteBefore 1975: part of Comoros; ISO code assigned in 1993
178Congo
180Congo, Democratic Republic of the
184Cook Islands
188Costa Rica
191CroatiaBefore 1992: part of Yugoslavia
192Cuba
196Cyprus
203CzechiaBefore 1993: part of Czechoslovakia
204BeninFormerly Dahomey
208Denmark
212Dominica
214Dominican Republic
218Ecuador
222El Salvador
226Equatorial Guinea
231Ethiopia
232EritreaBefore 1993: part of Ethiopia
233EstoniaBefore 1991: part of the USSR
234Faroe IslandsPreviously spelled as Faeroe Islands
238Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
239South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsBefore 1993: part of the Falkland Islands
242Fiji
246Finland
248Åland IslandsBefore 2004: included in Finland
250France
254French Guiana
258French Polynesia
260French Southern Territories
262DjiboutiFormerly French Territory of the Afars and the Issas
266Gabon
268GeorgiaBefore 1991: part of the USSR
270Gambia
275Palestine, State ofReplaced the Gaza Strip, which was assigned code 274
by the United Nations Statistics Division
276GermanyA unified country since 1990
288Ghana
292Gibraltar
296KiribatiFormerly Gilbert and Ellice Islands
300Greece
304Greenland
308Grenada
312Guadeloupe
316Guam
320Guatemala
324Guinea
328Guyana
332Haiti
334Heard Island and McDonald Islands
336Holy See
340Honduras
344Hong Kong
348Hungary
352Iceland
356India
360Indonesia
364Iran, Islamic Republic of
368Iraq
372Ireland
376Israel
380Italy
384Côte d'IvoireFormerly Ivory Coast
388Jamaica
392Japan
398KazakhstanBefore 1991: part of the USSR
400Jordan
404Kenya
408Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
410Korea, Republic of
414Kuwait
417KyrgyzstanBefore 1991: part of the USSR
418Lao People's Democratic Republic
422Lebanon
426Lesotho
428LatviaBefore 1991: part of the USSR
430Liberia
434Libya
438Liechtenstein
440LithuaniaBefore 1991: part of the USSR
442Luxembourg
446Macao
450Madagascar
454Malawi
458Malaysia
462Maldives
466Mali
470Malta
474Martinique
478Mauritania
480Mauritius
484Mexico
492Monaco
496Mongolia
498Moldova, Republic ofBefore 1991: part of the USSR
499MontenegroBefore 2006: part of Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro
500Montserrat
504Morocco
508Mozambique
512OmanFormerly Muscat and Oman
516Namibia
520Nauru
524Nepal
528Netherlands, Kingdom of the
531CuraçaoBefore 2010: part of the Netherlands Antilles
533ArubaBefore 1986: part of the Netherlands Antilles
534Sint Maarten (Dutch part)Before 2010: part of the Netherlands Antilles
535Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaBefore 2010: part of the Netherlands Antilles
540New Caledonia
548VanuatuFormerly New Hebrides
554New Zealand
558Nicaragua
562Niger
566Nigeria
570Niue
574Norfolk Island
578Norway
580Northern Mariana IslandsBefore 1986: part of Pacific Islands (Trust Territory)
581United States Minor Outlying IslandsMerger of uninhabited U.S. islands on the Pacific Ocean in 1986
583Micronesia, Federated States ofBefore 1986: part of Pacific Islands (Trust Territory)
584Marshall Islands
585Palau
586Pakistan
591Panama
598Papua New Guinea
600Paraguay
604Peru
608Philippines
612Pitcairn
616Poland
620Portugal
624Guinea-BissauFormerly Portuguese Guinea
626Timor-LesteFormerly Portuguese Timor and East Timor
630Puerto Rico
634Qatar
638Réunion
642Romania
643Russian FederationBefore 1991: part of the USSR
646Rwanda
652Saint BarthélemyBefore 2007: part of Guadeloupe
654Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
659Saint Kitts and NevisBefore 1985: part of Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla
660Anguilla
662Saint Lucia
663Saint Martin (French part)Before 2007: part of Guadeloupe
666Saint Pierre and Miquelon
670Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
674San Marino
678Sao Tome and Principe
682Saudi Arabia
686Senegal
688SerbiaBefore 2006: part of Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro
690Seychelles
694Sierra Leone
702Singapore
703SlovakiaBefore 1993: part of Czechoslovakia
704Viet NamOfficial name: Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
705SloveniaBefore 1992: part of Yugoslavia
706Somalia
710South Africa
716ZimbabweFormerly Southern Rhodesia
724Spain
728South SudanBefore 2011: part of Sudan
729Sudan
732Western SaharaFormerly Spanish Sahara
740Suriname
744Svalbard and Jan Mayen
748EswatiniFormerly Swaziland
752Sweden
756Switzerland
760Syrian Arab Republic
762TajikistanBefore 1991: part of the USSR
764Thailand
768Togo
772Tokelau
776Tonga
780Trinidad and Tobago
784United Arab EmiratesFormerly Trucial States
788Tunisia
792Türkiye
795TurkmenistanBefore 1991: part of the USSR
796Turks and Caicos Islands
798Tuvalu
800Uganda
804UkraineBefore 1991: part of the USSR
807North MacedoniaBefore 1993: part of Yugoslavia
818EgyptFormerly United Arab Republic
826United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
831GuernseyBefore 2006: included with the United Kingdom
832Jersey
833Isle of Man
834Tanzania, United Republic of
840United States of America
850Virgin Islands (U.S.)
854Burkina FasoFormerly Upper Volta
858Uruguay
860UzbekistanBefore 1991: part of the USSR
862Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
876Wallis and Futuna
882SamoaFormerly Western Samoa
887YemenAn unified country since 1990
894Zambia
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User-assigned code elements

User-assigned code elements are codes at the disposal of users who need to add further names of countries, territories, or other geographical entities to their in-house application of ISO 3166-1. The ISO 3166/MA will never use these codes in the updating process of the standard. The numeric codes 900 to 999 can be user-assigned.[4]

Examples include 926 for Kosovo and 977 for Cyprus used by Dun & Bradstreet.[5]

Withdrawn codes

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When countries merge, split, or undergo territorial change, their numeric codes are withdrawn and new numeric codes are assigned. For example:

  • East Germany and West Germany used numeric codes 278 and 280 respectively before their unification in 1990. Since then, the unified Germany has used numeric code 276, while keeping the alphabetic codes for West Germany (except in the banking area where they still use the 280 code[6]).
  • Ethiopia used numeric code 230 before Eritrea split away in 1993. Since then, Ethiopia has used numeric code 231, while keeping the same alphabetic codes.
  • Sudan used numeric code 736 before South Sudan split away in 2011. Since then, Sudan has used numeric code 729, while keeping the same alphabetic codes.

If a country changes its name without any territorial change, its numeric code remains the same. For example, when Burma was renamed Myanmar without territorial change in 1989, its alphabetic codes were changed, but its numeric code 104 has remained the same.

The following numeric codes have been withdrawn from ISO 3166-1:[7]

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Code Country name Notes
128Canton and Enderbury Islands
200Czechoslovakia
216Dronning Maud Land
230Ethiopiabefore Eritrea split away in 1993
249France, Metropolitan
278German Democratic Republici.e., East Germany
280Germany, Federal Republic ofi.e., West Germany
396Johnston Island
488Midway Islands
530Netherlands Antillesafter Aruba split away in 1986
532Netherlands Antillesbefore Aruba split away in 1986[a]
536Neutral Zone
582Pacific Islands (Trust Territory)
590Panamabefore adding Panama Canal Zone in 1979[a]
658Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla
720Yemen, Democratici.e., South Yemen
736Sudanbefore South Sudan split away in 2011
810USSR
849United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands
872Wake Island
886Yemen Arab Republici.e., North Yemen
890Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of
891Serbia and Montenegrooriginal name: Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of
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The following numeric codes were also assigned by the United Nations Statistics Division, but these territories were never officially included in ISO 3166-1:[1]

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In the UN M.49 standard developed by the United Nations Statistics Division, additional numeric codes are used to represent geographical regions and groupings of countries and areas for statistical processing purposes, but these codes are not included in ISO 3166-1. Unlike alphabetic codes, there are no reserved numeric codes in ISO 3166-1.

  1. The numeric code was only changed in 1993.[8]

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