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Country name: English short name officially used by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA) Year : Year when alpha-2 code was first officially assigned (1974, first edition of ISO 3166) ccTLD : Corresponding country code top-level domain (some are unassigned or inactive); exceptions where another ccTLD is assigned for the country are ...
Codes for 249 countries, territories, or areas of geographical interest are assigned in ISO 3166-1. [2] According to the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA), the only way to enter a new country name into ISO 3166-1 is to have it registered in one of the following two sources: [1] United Nations Terminology Bulletin Country Names, or
The following is a list of current ISO 3166-3 codes, with the following columns: Former country name – English short country name officially used by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA) Former codes – ISO 3166-1 alpha-2, alpha-3, and numeric codes; Period of validity – Years when codes were officially assigned
The sortable table below contains the three sets of ISO 3166-1 country codes for each of its 249 countries, links to the ISO 3166-2 country subdivision codes, and the Internet country code top-level domains (ccTLD) which are based on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard with the few exceptions noted. See the ISO 3166-3 standard for former country codes.
Two other significant code changes have occurred, both because of a change in the nation's designation as used by the IOC: HOL was changed to NED for the Netherlands for the 1992 Games, reflecting the change in designation from Holland. IRN was changed to IRI for Iran for the 1992 Games, reflecting the change in designation to Islamic Republic ...
Independent government agencies by country (18 C, 1 P) Intelligence agencies by country (91 C, 2 P) Law enforcement agencies by country (97 C)
A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code. All ASCII ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all two-letter top-level domains are ccTLDs.
Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use, United Nations Statistics Division Countries or areas, codes and abbreviations – list of alpha-3 and numeric codes (a few territories officially assigned codes in ISO 3166-1 are not included in this list) The World Factbook (public domain), Central Intelligence Agency