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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.
An enlargeable basic map of Yemen. Pronunciation: Common English country name: Yemen; Official English country name: The Republic of Yemen; Common endonym(s): Official endonym(s): Adjectival(s): Yemeni; Demonym(s): Etymology: Name of Yemen; International rankings of Yemen; ISO country codes: YE, YEM, 887; ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:YE
YEM - historical ISO code for the North Yemen [l], became the generally accepted code for unified Yemen; Including other lists of country three-letter-codes increases the number of ambiguities. For example: AUS - IOC, FIFA and ISO code for Australia, but UNDP code for Austria (Australia is AUL there)
Currently for Yemen, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 1 municipality and 21 governorates. The municipality Sana'a is the capital of the country and has special status equal to the governorates. Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is YE, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Yemen. The second part is two letters.
Yemen is number five on Open Doors' 2022 World Watch List, an annual ranking of the 50 countries where Christians face the most extreme persecution. [319] Estimates of the number of Christians in Yemen range from 25,000 [320] to 41,000. [321] A 2015 study estimates 400 Christians from a Muslim background reside in the country. [322]
The two-letter country codes were used by the US government for geographical data processing in many publications, such as the CIA World Factbook. The standard is also known as DAFIF 0413 ed 7 Amdt. No. 3 (Nov 2003) and as DIA 65-18 ( Defense Intelligence Agency , 1994, "Geopolitical Data Elements and Related Features").
This is a list of heritage NATO country codes. Up to and including the seventh edition of STANAG 1059, these were two-letter codes (digrams). The eighth edition, promulgated 19 February 2004, and effective 1 April 2004, replaced all codes with new ones based on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes.
Country codes are defined by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in ITU-T standards E.123 and E.164. The prefixes enable international direct dialing (IDD). Country codes constitute the international telephone numbering plan. They are used only when dialing a telephone number in a country or world region other than the caller's.