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ISO 3166-1 numeric

ISO 3166-1 numeric (or numeric-3) codes are 3-digit country codes in the ISO 3166-1 standard to represent countries and dependent areas. They are published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) as part of its ISO 3166 standard, and correspond to the 3-digit country codes developed and maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.


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Script (writing system) independence

A major advantage of the numeric-3 codes over the ISO 3166 letter-based codes is script (writing system) independence; this independence comes of course at the cost of mnemonic convenience.

The letter-based codes used in ISO 3166 rely on Latin alphabet characters found in English and western European languages. For people and systems using non-Latin scripts (writing systems) – e.g. Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Greek, Hangul, Japanese – Latin alphabet characters may be unavailable or difficult to use, understand or correctly interpret. Numeric-based codes overcome these problems of script dependence.

Assignment of new numeric-3 codes

New numeric-3 codes reflect changes in country boundaries but not country names. If countries merge or split up, new numeric codes are assigned for the affected countries. For example:

If a country changes its name without territorial change, its numeric code remains the same. For example, when Burma was renamed Myanmar without territorial change, its numeric code 104 has remained the same.

Current codes

Officially assigned code elements

Below is a complete list of the current officially assigned ISO 3166-1 numeric codes, with country names being English short country names officially used by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA):

004 Afghanistan008 Albania010 Antarctica012 Algeria016 American Samoa020 Andorra024 Angola028 Antigua and Barbuda031 Azerbaijan032 Argentina036 Australia040 Austria044 Bahamas048 Bahrain050 Bangladesh051 Armenia052 Barbados056 Belgium060 Bermuda064 Bhutan068 Bolivia070 Bosnia and Herzegovina072 Botswana074 Bouvet Island076 Brazil084 Belize086 British Indian Ocean Territory090 Solomon Islands092 Virgin Islands, British096 Brunei Darussalam100 Bulgaria104 Myanmar108 Burundi112 Belarus116 Cambodia120 Cameroon124 Canada132 Cape Verde136 Cayman Islands140 Central African Republic144 Sri Lanka148 Chad152 Chile156 China158 Taiwan, Province of China162 Christmas Island166 Cocos (Keeling) Islands170 Colombia174 Comoros175 Mayotte178 Congo180 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the184 Cook Islands188 Costa Rica191 Croatia192 Cuba196 Cyprus203 Czech Republic204 Benin208 Denmark212 Dominica214 Dominican Republic218 Ecuador222 El Salvador226 Equatorial Guinea231 Ethiopia232 Eritrea233 Estonia234 Faroe Islands238 Falkland Islands (Malvinas)239 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands242 Fiji246 Finland248 Åland Islands250 France254 French Guiana258 French Polynesia260 French Southern Territories262 Djibouti266 Gabon268 Georgia270 Gambia275 Palestinian Territory, Occupied276 Germany288 Ghana292 Gibraltar296 Kiribati300 Greece304 Greenland308 Grenada312 Guadeloupe316 Guam320 Guatemala324 Guinea328 Guyana332 Haiti334 Heard Island and McDonald Islands336 Holy See (Vatican City State)340 Honduras344 Hong Kong348 Hungary352 Iceland356 India360 Indonesia364 Iran, Islamic Republic of368 Iraq372 Ireland376 Israel380 Italy384 Côte d'Ivoire388 Jamaica392 Japan398 Kazakhstan400 Jordan404 Kenya408 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of410 Korea, Republic of414 Kuwait417 Kyrgyzstan418 Lao People's Democratic Republic422 Lebanon426 Lesotho428 Latvia430 Liberia434 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya438 Liechtenstein440 Lithuania442 Luxembourg446 Macao450 Madagascar454 Malawi458 Malaysia462 Maldives466 Mali470 Malta474 Martinique478 Mauritania480 Mauritius484 Mexico492 Monaco496 Mongolia498 Moldova, Republic of499 Montenegro500 Montserrat504 Morocco508 Mozambique512 Oman516 Namibia520 Nauru524 Nepal528 Netherlands530 Netherlands Antilles533 Aruba540 New Caledonia548 Vanuatu554 New Zealand558 Nicaragua562 Niger566 Nigeria570 Niue574 Norfolk Island578 Norway580 Northern Mariana Islands581 United States Minor Outlying Islands583 Micronesia, Federated States of584 Marshall Islands585 Palau586 Pakistan591 Panama598 Papua New Guinea600 Paraguay604 Peru608 Philippines612 Pitcairn616 Poland620 Portugal624 Guinea-Bissau626 Timor-Leste630 Puerto Rico634 Qatar638 Réunion642 Romania643 Russian Federation646 Rwanda654 Saint Helena659 Saint Kitts and Nevis660 Anguilla662 Saint Lucia666 Saint Pierre and Miquelon670 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines674 San Marino678 Sao Tome and Principe682 Saudi Arabia686 Senegal688 Serbia690 Seychelles694 Sierra Leone702 Singapore703 Slovakia704 Viet Nam705 Slovenia706 Somalia710 South Africa716 Zimbabwe724 Spain732 Western Sahara736 Sudan740 Suriname744 Svalbard and Jan Mayen748 Swaziland752 Sweden756 Switzerland760 Syrian Arab Republic762 Tajikistan764 Thailand768 Togo772 Tokelau776 Tonga780 Trinidad and Tobago784 United Arab Emirates788 Tunisia792 Turkey795 Turkmenistan796 Turks and Caicos Islands798 Tuvalu800 Uganda804 Ukraine807 Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of818 Egypt826 United Kingdom831 Guernsey832 Jersey833 Isle of Man834 Tanzania, United Republic of840 United States850 Virgin Islands, U.S.854 Burkina Faso858 Uruguay860 Uzbekistan862 Venezuela876 Wallis and Futuna882 Samoa887 Yemen894 Zambia

User-assigned code elements

The numeric codes from 900 to 999 can be user-assigned. These code elements are 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, and the ISO 3166/MA will never use them in the updating process of the standard.

Withdrawn codes

These codes have also been withdrawn from ISO 3166-1 since the first edition in 1974 (note that ISO 3166-1 does not have reserved numeric codes): 

080 British Antarctic Territory128 Canton and Enderbury Islands200 Czechoslovakia216 Dronning Maud Land230 Ethiopia — Changed to 231 when Eritrea broke away249 Metropolitan France278 German Democratic Republic (East Germany)280 Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)396 Johnston Island488 Midway Islands532 Netherlands Antilles — Changed to 530 when Aruba broke away536 Neutral Zone582 Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands590 Panama — Changed to 591 when Panama Canal Zone was included594 Panama Canal Zone658 Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla698 Sikkim714 Republic of Viet Nam (South Vietnam)720 People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen)810 U.S.S.R.849 U.S. Miscellaneous Pacific Islands872 Wake Island886 Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen)890 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia891 Serbia and Montenegro (previously Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)

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