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The FIPS standard includes both the codes for independent countries (similar but often incompatible with the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard) and the codes for top-level subdivision of the countries (similar to but usually incompatible with the ISO 3166-2 standard). The ISO 3166 codes are used by the United Nations and for Internet top-level ...
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.
It defines three sets of country codes: [1] ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 – two-letter country codes which are used most prominently for the Internet's country code top-level domains (with a few exceptions). ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 – three-letter country codes which allow a better visual association between the codes and the country names than the alpha-2 ...
Appendix D – Country Data Codes — comparison of FIPS 10, ISO 3166, and STANAG 1059 country codes; List of all countries with their 2 digit codes (ISO 3166-1) (CSV, JSON) Archived 2017-08-25 at the Wayback Machine. Comprehensive country codes: ISO 3166, ITU, ISO 4217 currency codes and many more (CSV, JSON) Archived 2017-08-26 at the Wayback ...
They are collectively represented by the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code UM. The individual islands have ISO 3166-2 numerical codes. The Internet country code top-level domain ".um" has historically been assigned to the islands; however, the .um ccTLD was retired in January 2007. [7] Most of the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands islands are closed to the public.
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 – two-letter country codes which are the most widely used of the three, and used most prominently for the Internet's country code top-level domains (with a few exceptions). ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 – three-letter country codes which allow a better visual association between the codes and the country names than the alpha-2 codes.
Country or area numerical codes added or changed since 1982; The World Factbook (public domain), Central Intelligence Agency Appendix D – Cross-Reference List of Country Data Codes — comparison of FIPS 10, ISO 3166, and STANAG 1059 country codes; Administrative Divisions of Countries ("Statoids"), Statoids.com
On September 2, 2008, FIPS 10-4 was one of ten standards withdrawn by NIST as a Federal Information Processing Standard. [1] The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency continued to maintain the FIPS 10-4 codes in an informal document titled "Geopolitical Entities and Codes" (GEC) until December 31, 2014, [2] [3] retiring the GEC on March 31, 2015.