# Countries

#### Country List - Version 2 \[Latest] <a href="#country-list-version-2-latest" id="country-list-version-2-latest"></a>

As part of aligning our system with the **ISO 3166-1 country list** *(with a few exemptions e.g Chinese Taipei)*, we’ve updated the following entries that affect how country names are stored, displayed, and processed in the system:

<table><thead><tr><th width="335.75006103515625">Country Name</th><th width="150.04998779296875">Alpha-2 code</th><th>Alpha-3 code</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Afghanistan</td><td>AF</td><td>AFG</td></tr><tr><td>Åland Islands</td><td>AX</td><td>ALA</td></tr><tr><td>Albania</td><td>AL</td><td>ALB</td></tr><tr><td>Algeria</td><td>DZ</td><td>DZA</td></tr><tr><td>American Samoa</td><td>AS</td><td>ASM</td></tr><tr><td>Andorra</td><td>AD</td><td>AND</td></tr><tr><td>Angola</td><td>AO</td><td>AGO</td></tr><tr><td>Anguilla</td><td>AI</td><td>AIA</td></tr><tr><td>Antarctica</td><td>AQ</td><td>ATA</td></tr><tr><td>Antigua and Barbuda</td><td>AG</td><td>ATG</td></tr><tr><td>Argentina</td><td>AR</td><td>ARG</td></tr><tr><td>Armenia</td><td>AM</td><td>ARM</td></tr><tr><td>Aruba</td><td>AW</td><td>ABW</td></tr><tr><td>Australia</td><td>AU</td><td>AUS</td></tr><tr><td>Austria</td><td>AT</td><td>AUT</td></tr><tr><td>Azerbaijan</td><td>AZ</td><td>AZE</td></tr><tr><td>Bahamas (the)</td><td>BS</td><td>BHS</td></tr><tr><td>Bahrain</td><td>BH</td><td>BHR</td></tr><tr><td>Bangladesh</td><td>BD</td><td>BGD</td></tr><tr><td>Barbados</td><td>BB</td><td>BRB</td></tr><tr><td>Belarus</td><td>BY</td><td>BLR</td></tr><tr><td>Belgium</td><td>BE</td><td>BEL</td></tr><tr><td>Belize</td><td>BZ</td><td>BLZ</td></tr><tr><td>Benin</td><td>BJ</td><td>BEN</td></tr><tr><td>Bermuda</td><td>BM</td><td>BMU</td></tr><tr><td>Bhutan</td><td>BT</td><td>BTN</td></tr><tr><td>Bolivia (Plurinational State of)</td><td>BO</td><td>BOL</td></tr><tr><td>Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba</td><td>BQ</td><td>BES</td></tr><tr><td>Bosnia and Herzegovina</td><td>BA</td><td>BIH</td></tr><tr><td>Botswana</td><td>BW</td><td>BWA</td></tr><tr><td>Bouvet Island</td><td>BV</td><td>BVT</td></tr><tr><td>Brazil</td><td>BR</td><td>BRA</td></tr><tr><td>British Indian Ocean Territory (the)</td><td>IO</td><td>IOT</td></tr><tr><td>Brunei Darussalam</td><td>BN</td><td>BRN</td></tr><tr><td>Bulgaria</td><td>BG</td><td>BGR</td></tr><tr><td>Burkina Faso</td><td>BF</td><td>BFA</td></tr><tr><td>Burundi</td><td>BI</td><td>BDI</td></tr><tr><td>Cabo Verde</td><td>CV</td><td>CPV</td></tr><tr><td>Cambodia</td><td>KH</td><td>KHM</td></tr><tr><td>Cameroon</td><td>CM</td><td>CMR</td></tr><tr><td>Canada</td><td>CA</td><td>CAN</td></tr><tr><td>Cayman Islands (the)</td><td>KY</td><td>CYM</td></tr><tr><td>Central African Republic (the)</td><td>CF</td><td>CAF</td></tr><tr><td>Chad</td><td>TD</td><td>TCD</td></tr><tr><td>Chile</td><td>CL</td><td>CHL</td></tr><tr><td>China</td><td>CN</td><td>CHN</td></tr><tr><td>Chinese Taipei</td><td>TW</td><td>TWN</td></tr><tr><td>Christmas Island</td><td>CX</td><td>CXR</td></tr><tr><td>Cocos (Keeling) Islands (the)</td><td>CC</td><td>CCK</td></tr><tr><td>Colombia</td><td>CO</td><td>COL</td></tr><tr><td>Comoros (the)</td><td>KM</td><td>COM</td></tr><tr><td>Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)</td><td>CD</td><td>COD</td></tr><tr><td>Congo (the)</td><td>CG</td><td>COG</td></tr><tr><td>Cook Islands (the)</td><td>CK</td><td>COK</td></tr><tr><td>Costa Rica</td><td>CR</td><td>CRI</td></tr><tr><td>Côte d'Ivoire</td><td>CI</td><td>CIV</td></tr><tr><td>Croatia</td><td>HR</td><td>HRV</td></tr><tr><td>Cuba</td><td>CU</td><td>CUB</td></tr><tr><td>Curaçao</td><td>CW</td><td>CUW</td></tr><tr><td>Cyprus</td><td>CY</td><td>CYP</td></tr><tr><td>Czechia</td><td>CZ</td><td>CZE</td></tr><tr><td>Denmark</td><td>DK</td><td>DNK</td></tr><tr><td>Djibouti</td><td>DJ</td><td>DJI</td></tr><tr><td>Dominica</td><td>DM</td><td>DMA</td></tr><tr><td>Dominican Republic (the)</td><td>DO</td><td>DOM</td></tr><tr><td>Ecuador</td><td>EC</td><td>ECU</td></tr><tr><td>Egypt</td><td>EG</td><td>EGY</td></tr><tr><td>El Salvador</td><td>SV</td><td>SLV</td></tr><tr><td>Equatorial Guinea</td><td>GQ</td><td>GNQ</td></tr><tr><td>Eritrea</td><td>ER</td><td>ERI</td></tr><tr><td>Estonia</td><td>EE</td><td>EST</td></tr><tr><td>Eswatini</td><td>SZ</td><td>SWZ</td></tr><tr><td>Ethiopia</td><td>ET</td><td>ETH</td></tr><tr><td>Falkland Islands (the) [Malvinas]</td><td>FK</td><td>FLK</td></tr><tr><td>Faroe Islands (the)</td><td>FO</td><td>FRO</td></tr><tr><td>Fiji</td><td>FJ</td><td>FJI</td></tr><tr><td>Finland</td><td>FI</td><td>FIN</td></tr><tr><td>France</td><td>FR</td><td>FRA</td></tr><tr><td>French Guiana</td><td>GF</td><td>GUF</td></tr><tr><td>French Polynesia</td><td>PF</td><td>PYF</td></tr><tr><td>French Southern Territories (the)</td><td>TF</td><td>ATF</td></tr><tr><td>Gabon</td><td>GA</td><td>GAB</td></tr><tr><td>Gambia (the)</td><td>GM</td><td>GMB</td></tr><tr><td>Georgia</td><td>GE</td><td>GEO</td></tr><tr><td>Germany</td><td>DE</td><td>DEU</td></tr><tr><td>Ghana</td><td>GH</td><td>GHA</td></tr><tr><td>Gibraltar</td><td>GI</td><td>GIB</td></tr><tr><td>Greece</td><td>GR</td><td>GRC</td></tr><tr><td>Greenland</td><td>GL</td><td>GRL</td></tr><tr><td>Grenada</td><td>GD</td><td>GRD</td></tr><tr><td>Guadeloupe</td><td>GP</td><td>GLP</td></tr><tr><td>Guam</td><td>GU</td><td>GUM</td></tr><tr><td>Guatemala</td><td>GT</td><td>GTM</td></tr><tr><td>Guernsey</td><td>GG</td><td>GGY</td></tr><tr><td>Guinea</td><td>GN</td><td>GIN</td></tr><tr><td>Guinea-Bissau</td><td>GW</td><td>GNB</td></tr><tr><td>Guyana</td><td>GY</td><td>GUY</td></tr><tr><td>Haiti</td><td>HT</td><td>HTI</td></tr><tr><td>Heard Island and McDonald Islands</td><td>HM</td><td>HMD</td></tr><tr><td>Holy See (the)</td><td>VA</td><td>VAT</td></tr><tr><td>Honduras</td><td>HN</td><td>HND</td></tr><tr><td>Hong Kong</td><td>HK</td><td>HKG</td></tr><tr><td>Hungary</td><td>HU</td><td>HUN</td></tr><tr><td>Iceland</td><td>IS</td><td>ISL</td></tr><tr><td>India</td><td>IN</td><td>IND</td></tr><tr><td>Indonesia</td><td>ID</td><td>IDN</td></tr><tr><td>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</td><td>IR</td><td>IRN</td></tr><tr><td>Iraq</td><td>IQ</td><td>IRQ</td></tr><tr><td>Ireland</td><td>IE</td><td>IRL</td></tr><tr><td>Isle of Man</td><td>IM</td><td>IMN</td></tr><tr><td>Israel</td><td>IL</td><td>ISR</td></tr><tr><td>Italy</td><td>IT</td><td>ITA</td></tr><tr><td>Jamaica</td><td>JM</td><td>JAM</td></tr><tr><td>Japan</td><td>JP</td><td>JPN</td></tr><tr><td>Jersey</td><td>JE</td><td>JEY</td></tr><tr><td>Jordan</td><td>JO</td><td>JOR</td></tr><tr><td>Kazakhstan</td><td>KZ</td><td>KAZ</td></tr><tr><td>Kenya</td><td>KE</td><td>KEN</td></tr><tr><td>Kiribati</td><td>KI</td><td>KIR</td></tr><tr><td>Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of)</td><td>KP</td><td>PRK</td></tr><tr><td>Korea (the Republic of)</td><td>KR</td><td>KOR</td></tr><tr><td>Kuwait</td><td>KW</td><td>KWT</td></tr><tr><td>Kyrgyzstan</td><td>KG</td><td>KGZ</td></tr><tr><td>Lao People's Democratic Republic (the)</td><td>LA</td><td>LAO</td></tr><tr><td>Latvia</td><td>LV</td><td>LVA</td></tr><tr><td>Lebanon</td><td>LB</td><td>LBN</td></tr><tr><td>Lesotho</td><td>LS</td><td>LSO</td></tr><tr><td>Liberia</td><td>LR</td><td>LBR</td></tr><tr><td>Libya</td><td>LY</td><td>LBY</td></tr><tr><td>Liechtenstein</td><td>LI</td><td>LIE</td></tr><tr><td>Lithuania</td><td>LT</td><td>LTU</td></tr><tr><td>Luxembourg</td><td>LU</td><td>LUX</td></tr><tr><td>Macao</td><td>MO</td><td>MAC</td></tr><tr><td>Madagascar</td><td>MG</td><td>MDG</td></tr><tr><td>Malawi</td><td>MW</td><td>MWI</td></tr><tr><td>Malaysia</td><td>MY</td><td>MYS</td></tr><tr><td>Maldives</td><td>MV</td><td>MDV</td></tr><tr><td>Mali</td><td>ML</td><td>MLI</td></tr><tr><td>Malta</td><td>MT</td><td>MLT</td></tr><tr><td>Marshall Islands (the)</td><td>MH</td><td>MHL</td></tr><tr><td>Martinique</td><td>MQ</td><td>MTQ</td></tr><tr><td>Mauritania</td><td>MR</td><td>MRT</td></tr><tr><td>Mauritius</td><td>MU</td><td>MUS</td></tr><tr><td>Mayotte</td><td>YT</td><td>MYT</td></tr><tr><td>Mexico</td><td>MX</td><td>MEX</td></tr><tr><td>Micronesia (Federated States of)</td><td>FM</td><td>FSM</td></tr><tr><td>Moldova (the Republic of)</td><td>MD</td><td>MDA</td></tr><tr><td>Monaco</td><td>MC</td><td>MCO</td></tr><tr><td>Mongolia</td><td>MN</td><td>MNG</td></tr><tr><td>Montenegro</td><td>ME</td><td>MNE</td></tr><tr><td>Montserrat</td><td>MS</td><td>MSR</td></tr><tr><td>Morocco</td><td>MA</td><td>MAR</td></tr><tr><td>Mozambique</td><td>MZ</td><td>MOZ</td></tr><tr><td>Myanmar</td><td>MM</td><td>MMR</td></tr><tr><td>Namibia</td><td>NA</td><td>NAM</td></tr><tr><td>Nauru</td><td>NR</td><td>NRU</td></tr><tr><td>Nepal</td><td>NP</td><td>NPL</td></tr><tr><td>Netherlands (Kingdom of the)</td><td>NL</td><td>NLD</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>New Caledonia</td><td>NC</td><td>NCL</td></tr><tr><td>New Zealand</td><td>NZ</td><td>NZL</td></tr><tr><td>Nicaragua</td><td>NI</td><td>NIC</td></tr><tr><td>Niger (the)</td><td>NE</td><td>NER</td></tr><tr><td>Nigeria</td><td>NG</td><td>NGA</td></tr><tr><td>Niue</td><td>NU</td><td>NIU</td></tr><tr><td>Norfolk Island</td><td>NF</td><td>NFK</td></tr><tr><td>North Macedonia</td><td>MK</td><td>MKD</td></tr><tr><td>Northern Mariana Islands (the)</td><td>MP</td><td>MNP</td></tr><tr><td>Norway</td><td>NO</td><td>NOR</td></tr><tr><td>Oman</td><td>OM</td><td>OMN</td></tr><tr><td>Pakistan</td><td>PK</td><td>PAK</td></tr><tr><td>Palau</td><td>PW</td><td>PLW</td></tr><tr><td>Palestine, State of</td><td>PS</td><td>PSE</td></tr><tr><td>Panama</td><td>PA</td><td>PAN</td></tr><tr><td>Papua New Guinea</td><td>PG</td><td>PNG</td></tr><tr><td>Paraguay</td><td>PY</td><td>PRY</td></tr><tr><td>Peru</td><td>PE</td><td>PER</td></tr><tr><td>Philippines (the)</td><td>PH</td><td>PHL</td></tr><tr><td>Pitcairn</td><td>PN</td><td>PCN</td></tr><tr><td>Poland</td><td>PL</td><td>POL</td></tr><tr><td>Portugal</td><td>PT</td><td>PRT</td></tr><tr><td>Puerto Rico</td><td>PR</td><td>PRI</td></tr><tr><td>Qatar</td><td>QA</td><td>QAT</td></tr><tr><td>Réunion</td><td>RE</td><td>REU</td></tr><tr><td>Romania</td><td>RO</td><td>ROU</td></tr><tr><td>Russian Federation (the)</td><td>RU</td><td>RUS</td></tr><tr><td>Rwanda</td><td>RW</td><td>RWA</td></tr><tr><td>Saint Barthélemy</td><td>BL</td><td>BLM</td></tr><tr><td>Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha</td><td>SH</td><td>SHN</td></tr><tr><td>Saint Kitts and Nevis</td><td>KN</td><td>KNA</td></tr><tr><td>Saint Lucia</td><td>LC</td><td>LCA</td></tr><tr><td>Saint Martin (French part)</td><td>MF</td><td>MAF</td></tr><tr><td>Saint Pierre and Miquelon</td><td>PM</td><td>SPM</td></tr><tr><td>Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</td><td>VC</td><td>VCT</td></tr><tr><td>Samoa</td><td>WS</td><td>WSM</td></tr><tr><td>San Marino</td><td>SM</td><td>SMR</td></tr><tr><td>Sao Tome and Principe</td><td>ST</td><td>STP</td></tr><tr><td>Saudi Arabia</td><td>SA</td><td>SAU</td></tr><tr><td>Senegal</td><td>SN</td><td>SEN</td></tr><tr><td>Serbia</td><td>RS</td><td>SRB</td></tr><tr><td>Seychelles</td><td>SC</td><td>SYC</td></tr><tr><td>Sierra Leone</td><td>SL</td><td>SLE</td></tr><tr><td>Singapore</td><td>SG</td><td>SGP</td></tr><tr><td>Sint Maarten (Dutch part)</td><td>SX</td><td>SXM</td></tr><tr><td>Slovakia</td><td>SK</td><td>SVK</td></tr><tr><td>Slovenia</td><td>SI</td><td>SVN</td></tr><tr><td>Solomon Islands</td><td>SB</td><td>SLB</td></tr><tr><td>Somalia</td><td>SO</td><td>SOM</td></tr><tr><td>South Africa</td><td>ZA</td><td>ZAF</td></tr><tr><td>South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</td><td>GS</td><td>SGS</td></tr><tr><td>South Sudan</td><td>SS</td><td>SSD</td></tr><tr><td>Spain</td><td>ES</td><td>ESP</td></tr><tr><td>Sri Lanka</td><td>LK</td><td>LKA</td></tr><tr><td>Sudan (the)</td><td>SD</td><td>SDN</td></tr><tr><td>Suriname</td><td>SR</td><td>SUR</td></tr><tr><td>Svalbard and Jan Mayen</td><td>SJ</td><td>SJM</td></tr><tr><td>Sweden</td><td>SE</td><td>SWE</td></tr><tr><td>Switzerland</td><td>CH</td><td>CHE</td></tr><tr><td>Syrian Arab Republic (the)</td><td>SY</td><td>SYR</td></tr><tr><td>Tajikistan</td><td>TJ</td><td>TJK</td></tr><tr><td>Tanzania, the United Republic of</td><td>TZ</td><td>TZA</td></tr><tr><td>Thailand</td><td>TH</td><td>THA</td></tr><tr><td>Timor-Leste</td><td>TL</td><td>TLS</td></tr><tr><td>Togo</td><td>TG</td><td>TGO</td></tr><tr><td>Tokelau</td><td>TK</td><td>TKL</td></tr><tr><td>Tonga</td><td>TO</td><td>TON</td></tr><tr><td>Trinidad and Tobago</td><td>TT</td><td>TTO</td></tr><tr><td>Tunisia</td><td>TN</td><td>TUN</td></tr><tr><td>Türkiye</td><td>TR</td><td>TUR</td></tr><tr><td>Turkmenistan</td><td>TM</td><td>TKM</td></tr><tr><td>Turks and Caicos Islands (the)</td><td>TC</td><td>TCA</td></tr><tr><td>Tuvalu</td><td>TV</td><td>TUV</td></tr><tr><td>Uganda</td><td>UG</td><td>UGA</td></tr><tr><td>Ukraine</td><td>UA</td><td>UKR</td></tr><tr><td>United Arab Emirates (the)</td><td>AE</td><td>ARE</td></tr><tr><td>United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)</td><td>GB</td><td>GBR</td></tr><tr><td>United States Minor Outlying Islands (the)</td><td>UM</td><td>UMI</td></tr><tr><td>United States of America (the)</td><td>US</td><td>USA</td></tr><tr><td>Uruguay</td><td>UY</td><td>URY</td></tr><tr><td>Uzbekistan</td><td>UZ</td><td>UZB</td></tr><tr><td>Vanuatu</td><td>VU</td><td>VUT</td></tr><tr><td>Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)</td><td>VE</td><td>VEN</td></tr><tr><td>Viet Nam</td><td>VN</td><td>VNM</td></tr><tr><td>Virgin Islands (British)</td><td>VG</td><td>VGB</td></tr><tr><td>Virgin Islands (U.S.)</td><td>VI</td><td>VIR</td></tr><tr><td>Wallis and Futuna</td><td>WF</td><td>WLF</td></tr><tr><td>Western Sahara*</td><td>EH</td><td>ESH</td></tr><tr><td>Yemen</td><td>YE</td><td>YEM</td></tr><tr><td>Zambia</td><td>ZM</td><td>ZMB</td></tr><tr><td>Zimbabwe</td><td>ZW</td><td>ZWE</td></tr></tbody></table>

| Legacy Entry (version 1) | Updated (ISO 3166-1) (version 2)                                                                     | Notes                                                                                                                                               |
| ------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Swaziland                | Eswatini                                                                                             | *Swaziland* is the former name. The country officially changed its name to **Eswatini** in 2018. All legacy entries are now mapped to **Eswatini**. |
| Netherlands Antilles     | <ul><li>Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba</li><li>Curaçao</li><li>Sint Maarten (Dutch part)</li></ul> | The **Netherlands Antilles** was dissolved in 2010. Its territories are now reorganized into separate ISO entries                                   |
| N/A                      | South Sudan                                                                                          | Gained independence in 2011; officially recognized in ISO 3166-1                                                                                    |

**Source:**

* ​[ISO 3166 - Full list of country codes](https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#search/code/)


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