Internet domain name systems use the codes to define top-level domain names such as “.fr” for France, “.au” for Australia. In addition, in machine-readable passports, the codes are used to determine the nationality of the user and, when we send money from one bank to another, the country codes are a way to identify where the bank is based. The purpose of ISO 3166 is to define internationally recognized codes of letters and/or numbers that we can use when we refer to countries and their subdivisions.

• Note that Internet top-level domain names use almost the same
  codes, but not quite (eg. the ISO code for the United Kingdom is GB, whereas the internet TLD is UK).
• 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.
• Even if all criteria are met, the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency may decide not to assign a code element, for example, due to the very limited number of official alpha-2 code elements available.
• As a general rule, the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency does not assign official country code elements to other geopolitical areas or countries that are not member states of the UN.

As of July 2013, changes are published in the online catalogue of ISO only and no newsletters are published anymore. ISO 3166 is regularly updated to reflect changes in country names and subdivisions. These changes are done by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA). Many of the D&B Direct web services expect to receive a country code for the company specified by the D-U-N-S Number being requested.

The ISO has specified two-letter ASCII codes for the
world’s countries. These are summarized in the ISO two-letter country-code standard, given below. You may notice that these are the codes used by the
Internet domain name scheme for indicating the country domain
of an Internet address. The use of these codes is discussed in Chapter 5 of
The HTML Sourcebook, Third
edition. For example, Germany is assigned the alpha-2 code DE, based on its native name “Deutschland”. However, the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency may assign country codes to dependencies of countries that are member states of the UN.

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At Datahub, we provide various solutions to Publish and Deploy your Data with power and simplicity. Datahub is the fastest way for individuals, teams and organizations to publish, deploy and share their data. Its currency alphabetic code is INR, and it is commonly referred to as the Indian Rupee. When making a phone call to India, you would need to dial this code before entering the local phone number.

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• To be considered, some criteria, amongst others, include that the area be physically separated from its parent country and outside its territorial waters.
• As of July 2013, changes are published in the online catalogue of ISO only and no newsletters are published anymore.
• ISO makes the list of alpha-2 country codes available for internal use and
  non-commercial purposes free of charge.

To be considered, some criteria, amongst others, include that the area be physically separated from its parent country and outside its territorial waters. Even if all criteria are met, the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency may decide not to assign a code element, for example, due to the very limited number of official alpha-2 code elements available. For example, all national postal organizations throughout the world exchange international mail in containers identified with the relevant country code.

The codes for subdivisions are represented as the alpha-2 code for the country, followed by up to three characters. For example ID-RI is the Riau province of Indonesia and NG-RI is the Rivers province in Nigeria. Names and codes for subdivisions are usually taken from relevant official national information sources.

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Users of ISO country codes can consult an archive of changes to the standard on our server. 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.

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We also have a product, the Country Codes Collection, which you can preview free of charge on the OBP (where you will also find a decoding table). It contains the codes from Parts 1, 2 and 3 of ISO 3166 in three different formats (.xml, .csv, and .xls) for easy integration into your own systems. You will be notified when changes are made so you can download the latest versions. In this way, you can be sure that your database is always using the most up-to-date information from ISO. The list of names in Country and Region Codes for Statistical Use of the UN Statistics Division is based on the bulletin Country Names and other UN sources.

Current ISO 3166 country codes

However, it does not define the names of countries – this information comes from United Nations sources (Terminology Bulletin Country Names and the Country and Region Codes for Statistical Use maintained by the United Nations Statistics Divisions). If you are looking for country codes in order to qualify language tags, you should see Language tags in HTML and XML. ISO makes the list of alpha-2 country codes available for internal use and
non-commercial purposes free of charge. As a general rule, the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency does not assign official country code elements to other geopolitical areas or countries that are not member states of the UN. Following notification from the United Nations (UN), the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency assigns alpha-2 and alpha-3 country code elements to new UN member states.

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. ISO used to announce changes in newsletters which updated the currently valid standard, and releasing new editions which comprise a consolidation of newsletter changes.

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This input parameter is case-sensitive and must be supplied in upper case. On some requests, this parameter is optional; however, D&B recommends that it be provided to reduce the response time of the service(s) — including products limited to results for US companies. Note that Internet top-level domain names use almost the same
codes, but not quite (eg. the ISO code for the United Kingdom is GB, whereas the internet TLD is UK). How the alpha-4 codes are constructed depends on the reason why the country name has been removed.

Using codes saves time and avoids errors as instead of using a country’s name (which will change depending on the language being used), we can use a combination of letters and/or numbers that are understood all over the world. https://1investing.in/ Each country’s alpha-2 code is linked to more information about the assignment of its code elements. ISO allows free-of-charge use of its country, currency and language codes from ISO 3166, ISO 4217 and ISO 639, respectively.

Please contact your local D&B Customer Service department/representative for more details; or to place an inquiry for a specific organization. © All Rights Reserved All ISO publications and materials are protected by copyright and are subject to the user’s acceptance of ISO’s conditions of copyright. Read more about the different types of codes in the Glossary for ISO 3166. The codes in ISO 3166 are available on the Online Browsing Platform.