Entity GEC ISO 3166 alpha-2 ISO 3166 alpha-3 Stanag Internet Comment Afghanistan AF AF AFG AFG .af Akrotiri AX Albania AL AL ALB ALB .al Algeria AG DZ DZA DZA .dz American Samoa AQ AS ASM ASM .as Andorra AN AD AND AND .ad Angola AO AO AGO AGO .ao Anguilla AV AI AIA AIA .ai Antarctica AY AQ ATA ATA .aq ISO defines as the territory south of 60 degrees south latitude Antigua and Barbuda AC AG ATG ATG .ag Argentina AR AR ARG ARG .ar Armenia AM AM ARM ARM .am Aruba AA AW ABW ABW .aw Ashmore and Cartier Islands AT AUS ISO includes with Australia Australia AS AU AUS AUS .au ISO includes Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Coral Sea Islands Austria AU AT AUT AUT .at Azerbaijan AJ AZ AZE AZE .az Bahamas, The BF BS BHS BHS .bs Bahrain BA BH BHR BHR .bh Baker Island FQ UMI ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands Bangladesh BG BD BGD BGD .bd Barbados BB BB BRB BRB .bb Bassas da India BS administered as part of French Southern and Antarctic Lands; no ISO codes assigned Belarus BO BY BLR BLR .by Belgium BE BE BEL BEL .be Belize BH BZ BLZ BLZ .bz Benin BN BJ BEN BEN .bj Bermuda BD BM BMU BMU .bm Bhutan BT BT BTN BTN .bt Bolivia BL BO BOL BOL .bo Bosnia and Herzegovina BK BA BIH BIH .ba Botswana BC BW BWA BWA .bw Bouvet Island BV BV BVT BVT .bv Brazil BR BR BRA BRA .br British Indian Ocean Territory IO IO IOT IOT .io British Virgin Islands VI VG VGB VGB .vg Brunei BX BN BRN BRN .bn Bulgaria BU BG BGR BGR .bg Burkina Faso UV BF BFA BFA .bf Burma BM MM MMR MMR .mm ISO uses the name Myanmar Burundi BY BI BDI BDI .bi Cabo Verde CV CV CPV CPV .cv Cambodia CB KH KHM KHM .kh Cameroon CM CM CMR CMR .cm Canada CA CA CAN CAN .ca Cayman Islands CJ KY CYM CYM .ky Central African Republic CT CF CAF CAF .cf Chad CD TD TCD TCD .td Chile CI CL CHL CHL .cl China CH CN CHN CHN .cn see also Taiwan Christmas Island KT CX CXR CXR .cx Clipperton Island IP FYP ISO includes with France Cocos (Keeling) Islands CK CC CCK AUS .cc Colombia CO CO COL COL .co Comoros CN KM COM COM .km Congo, Democratic Republic of the CG CD COD COD .cd formerly Zaire Congo, Republic of the CF CG COG COG .cg Cook Islands CW CK COK COK .ck Coral Sea Islands CR AUS ISO includes with Australia Costa Rica CS CR CRI CRI .cr Cote d'Ivoire IV CI CIV CIV .ci Croatia HR HR HRV HRV .hr Cuba CU CU CUB CUB .cu Curacao UC CW CUW .cw Cyprus CY CY CYP CYP .cy Czechia EZ CZ CZE CZE .cz Denmark DA DK DNK DNK .dk Dhekelia DX Djibouti DJ DJ DJI DJI .dj Dominica DO DM DMA DMA .dm Dominican Republic DR DO DOM DOM .do Ecuador EC EC ECU ECU .ec Egypt EG EG EGY EGY .eg El Salvador ES SV SLV SLV .sv Equatorial Guinea EK GQ GNQ GNQ .gq Eritrea ER ER ERI ERI .er Estonia EN EE EST EST .ee Eswatini WZ SZ SWZ SWZ .sz Ethiopia ET ET ETH ETH .et Europa Island EU administered as part of French Southern and Antarctic Lands; no ISO codes assigned Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) FK FK FLK FLK .fk Faroe Islands FO FO FRO FRO .fo Fiji FJ FJ FJI FJI .fj Finland FI FI FIN FIN .fi France FR FR FRA FRA .fr ISO includes metropolitan France along with the dependencies of Clipperton Island, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Reunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna France, Metropolitan FX FXX .fx ISO limits to the European part of France French Guiana FG GF GUF GUF .gf French Polynesia FP PF PYF PYF .pf French Southern and Antarctic Lands FS TF ATF ATF .tf GEC does not include the Frenchclaimed portion of Antarctica (Terre Adelie) Gabon GB GA GAB GAB .ga Gambia, The GA GM GMB GMB .gm Gaza Strip GZ PS PSE PSE .ps ISO identifies as Occupied Palestinian Territory Georgia GG GE GEO GEO .ge Germany GM DE DEU DEU .de Ghana GH GH GHA GHA .gh Gibraltar GI GI GIB GIB .gi Glorioso Islands GO administered as part of French Southern and Antarctic Lands; no ISO codes assigned Greece GR GR GRC GRC .gr For its internal communications, the European Union recommends the use of the code EL in lieu of the ISO 31662 code of GR Greenland GL GL GRL GRL .gl Grenada GJ GD GRD GRD .gd Guadeloupe GP GP GLP GLP .gp Guam GQ GU GUM GUM .gu Guatemala GT GT GTM GTM .gt Guernsey GK GG GGY UK .gg Guinea GV GN GIN GIN .gn GuineaBissau PU GW GNB GNB .gw Guyana GY GY GUY GUY .gy Haiti HA HT HTI HTI .ht Heard Island and McDonald Islands HM HM HMD HMD .hm Holy See (Vatican City) VT VA VAT VAT .va Honduras HO HN HND HND .hn Hong Kong HK HK HKG HKG .hk Howland Island HQ UMI ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands Hungary HU HU HUN HUN .hu Iceland IC IS ISL ISL .is India IN IN IND IND .in Indonesia ID ID IDN IDN .id Iran IR IR IRN IRN .ir Iraq IZ IQ IRQ IRQ .iq Ireland EI IE IRL IRL .ie Isle of Man IM IM IMN UK .im Israel IS IL ISR ISR .il Italy IT IT ITA ITA .it Jamaica JM JM JAM JAM .jm Jan Mayen JN SJM ISO includes with Svalbard Japan JA JP JPN JPN .jp Jarvis Island DQ UMI ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands Jersey JE JE JEY UK .je Johnston Atoll JQ UMI ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands Jordan JO JO JOR JOR .jo Juan de Nova Island JU administered as part of French Southern and Antarctic Lands; no ISO codes assigned Kazakhstan KZ KZ KAZ KAZ .kz Kenya KE KE KEN KEN .ke Kingman Reef KQ UMI ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands Kiribati KR KI KIR KIR .ki Korea, North KN KP PRK PRK .kp Korea, South KS KR KOR KOR .kr Kosovo KV XK XKS XK and XKS are ISO 3166 user assigned codes; ISO 3166 Maintenace Authority has not assigned codes Kuwait KU KW KWT KWT .kw Kyrgyzstan KG KG KGZ KGZ .kg Laos LA LA LAO LAO .la Latvia LG LV LVA LVA .lv Lebanon LE LB LBN LBN .lb Lesotho LT LS LSO LSO .ls Liberia LI LR LBR LBR .lr Libya LY LY LBY LBY .ly Liechtenstein LS LI LIE LIE .li Lithuania LH LT LTU LTU .lt Luxembourg LU LU LUX LUX .lu Macau MC MO MAC MAC .mo Madagascar MA MG MDG MDG .mg Malawi MI MW MWI MWI .mw Malaysia MY MY MYS MYS .my Maldives MV MV MDV MDV .mv Mali ML ML MLI MLI .ml Malta MT MT MLT MLT .mt Marshall Islands RM MH MHL MHL .mh Martinique MB MQ MTQ MTQ .mq Mauritania MR MR MRT MRT .mr Mauritius MP MU MUS MUS .mu Mayotte MF YT MYT FRA .yt Mexico MX MX MEX MEX .mx Micronesia, Federated States of FM FM FSM FSM .fm Midway Islands MQ UMI ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands Moldova MD MD MDA MDA .md Monaco MN MC MCO MCO .mc Mongolia MG MN MNG MNG .mn Montenegro MJ ME MNE MNE .me Montserrat MH MS MSR MSR .ms Morocco MO MA MAR MAR .ma Mozambique MZ MZ MOZ MOZ .mz Myanmar see Burma Namibia WA NA NAM NAM .na Nauru NR NR NRU NRU .nr Navassa Island BQ UMI ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands Nepal NP NP NPL NPL .np Netherlands NL NL NLD NLD .nl Netherlands Antilles NT ANT .an disestablished in October 2010 this entity no longer exists; ISO deleted the codes in December 2010 New Caledonia NC NC NCL NCL .nc New Zealand NZ NZ NZL NZL .nz Nicaragua NU NI NIC NIC .ni Niger NG NE NER NER .ne Nigeria NI NG NGA NGA .ng Niue NE NU NIU NIU .nu Norfolk Island NF NF NFK NFK .nf North Macedonia MK MK MKD FYR .mk Northern Mariana Islands CQ MP MNP MNP .mp Norway NO NO NOR NOR .no Oman MU OM OMN OMN .om Pakistan PK PK PAK PAK .pk Palau PS PW PLW PLW .pw Palmyra Atoll LQ UMI ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands Panama PM PA PAN PAN .pa Papua New Guinea PP PG PNG PNG .pg Paracel Islands PF Paraguay PA PY PRY PRY .py Peru PE PE PER PER .pe Philippines RP PH PHL PHL .ph Pitcairn Islands PC PN PCN PCN .pn Poland PL PL POL POL .pl Portugal PO PT PRT PRT .pt Puerto Rico RQ PR PRI PRI .pr Qatar QA QA QAT QAT .qa Reunion RE RE REU REU .re Romania RO RO ROU ROU .ro Russia RS RU RUS RUS .ru Rwanda RW RW RWA RWA .rw Saint Barthelemy TB BL BLM .bl ccTLD .fr and .gp may also be used Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha SH SH SHN SHN .sh includes Saint Helena Island, Ascension Island, and the Tristan da Cunha archipelago Saint Kitts and Nevis SC KN KNA KNA .kn Saint Lucia ST LC LCA LCA .lc Saint Martin RN MF MAF .mf ccTLD .fr and .gp may also be used Saint Pierre and Miquelon SB PM SPM SPM .pm Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC VC VCT VCT .vc Samoa WS WS WSM WSM .ws San Marino SM SM SMR SMR .sm Sao Tome and Principe TP ST STP STP .st Saudi Arabia SA SA SAU SAU .sa Senegal SG SN SEN SEN .sn Serbia RI RS SRB .rs Seychelles SE SC SYC SYC .sc Sierra Leone SL SL SLE SLE .sl Singapore SN SG SGP SGP .sg Sint Maarten NN SX SXM .sx Slovakia LO SK SVK SVK .sk Slovenia SI SI SVN SVN .si Solomon Islands BP SB SLB SLB .sb Somalia SO SO SOM SOM .so South Africa SF ZA ZAF ZAF .za South Georgia and the Islands SX GS SGS SGS .gs South Sudan OD SS SSD IANA has designated .ss as the ccTLD for South Sudan, however it has not been activated in DNS root zone Spain SP ES ESP ESP .es Spratly Islands PG Sri Lanka CE LK LKA LKA .lk Sudan SU SD SDN SDN .sd Suriname NS SR SUR SUR .sr Svalbard SV SJ SJM SJM .sj ISO includes Jan Mayen Sweden SW SE SWE SWE .se Switzerland SZ CH CHE CHE .ch Syria SY SY SYR SYR .sy Taiwan TW TW TWN TWN .tw Tajikistan TI TJ TJK TJK .tj Tanzania TZ TZ TZA TZA .tz Thailand TH TH THA THA .th TimorLeste TT TL TLS TLS .tl Togo TO TG TGO TGO .tg Tokelau TL TK TKL TKL .tk Tonga TN TO TON TON .to Trinidad and Tobago TD TT TTO TTO .tt Tromelin Island TE administered as part of French Southern and Antarctic Lands; no ISO codes assigned Tunisia TS TN TUN TUN .tn Turkey TU TR TUR TUR .tr Turkmenistan TX TM TKM TKM .tm Turks and Caicos Islands TK TC TCA TCA .tc Tuvalu TV TV TUV TUV .tv Uganda UG UG UGA UGA .ug Ukraine UP UA UKR UKR .ua United Arab Emirates AE AE ARE ARE .ae United Kingdom UK GB GBR GBR .uk for its internal communications, the European Union recommends the use of the code UK in lieu of the ISO 31662 code of GB United States US US USA USA .us United States Minor Outlying Islands UM UMI .um ISO includes Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Palmyra Atoll, Wake Island Uruguay UY UY URY URY .uy Uzbekistan UZ UZ UZB UZB .uz Vanuatu NH VU VUT VUT .vu Venezuela VE VE VEN VEN .ve Vietnam VM VN VNM VNM .vn Virgin Islands VQ VI VIR VIR .vi Virgin Islands (UK) .vg see British Virgin Islands Virgin Islands (US) .vi see Virgin Islands Wake Island WQ UMI ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands Wallis and Futuna WF WF WLF WLF .wf West Bank WE PS PSE PSE .ps ISO identifies as Occupied Palestinian Territory Western Sahara WI EH ESH ESH .eh Western Samoa .ws see Samoa World the Factbook uses the W data code from DIAM 6518 Geopolitical Data Elements and Related Features, Data Standard No. 3, December 1994, published by the Defense Intelligence Agency Yemen YM YE YEM YEM .ye Zaire see Democratic Republic of the Congo Zambia ZA ZM ZMB ZMB .zm Zimbabwe ZI ZW ZWE ZWE .zw