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List of sovereign states; List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area, comparing continents, countries, and first-level administrative country subdivisions. List of first-level administrative divisions by population; List of FIPS region codes in FIPS 10-4, withdrawn from the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) in 2008
However, the ISO list of the subdivisions of the United Kingdom, compiled by British Standards and the United Kingdom's Office for National Statistics, uses "country" to describe England, Scotland, and Wales. [12] Northern Ireland, in contrast, is described as a "province" in the same lists. [12]
ISO 3166-2:GB is the entry for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. [1]
The subdivisions of England constitute a hierarchy of administrative divisions and non-administrative ceremonial areas. Overall, England is divided into nine regions and 48 ceremonial counties , although these have only a limited role in public policy.
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.
ISO 3166-1 (Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes) is a standard defining codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest.
In England, though county boroughs are now abolished, the current status of metropolitan boroughs and unitary authorities have been compared to county boroughs. In Wales, county boroughs were revived in the 1990s, when certain principal areas were designated as county boroughs, though county boroughs have the same powers as administrative ...
Administrative subdivision Type Country Continent Nominal GDP (billion US$) [needs update] Year Pop. (mil) Nominal GDP per capita (thousand US$) California: State United States: North America: 4,080 2024 [1] 38.9 105 Texas: State United States: North America: 2,695 2024 [1] 30.5 87 England: Constituent country United Kingdom: Europe: 2,674 2022 ...