ISO 3166-1

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ISO 3166-1, as part of the ISO 3166 standard, provides codes for the names of countries and dependent territories, and is published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The official name of the standard is Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes. It defines three sets of country codes:[1]

ISO 3166 has included alphabetical country codes since its first edition in 1974, and numeric country codes since its second edition in 1981. The country codes were first published as ISO 3166-1 in 1997 in the fifth edition of ISO 3166, when ISO 3166 were divided into three separate parts.[2]

ISO 3166-1 is not the only standard for country codes. Many international organizations use their own country codes, where some of them closely correspond to the ISO 3166-1 codes. For examples, see country codes.

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[edit] Criteria for inclusion

Currently, 246 countries and territories are assigned official codes in ISO 3166-1. 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:[3]

To be listed in the bulletin Country Names, a country or territory must be any of the following:

Once a country name or territory name appears in either of these two sources, it will be added to ISO 3166-1 by default.

[edit] Information included

ISO 3166-1 is published officially in both English and French. Since the second edition of ISO 3166-1, the following columns are included for each entry:

  1. COUNTRY NAME English (or French) short name
  2. English (or French) short name lower case
  3. English (or French) full name
  4. Alpha-2 code
  5. Alpha-3 code
  6. Numeric code
  7. Remarks
  8. Independent (# denotes the country is independent)
  9. Additional information (official language alpha-2 codes)
  10. Additional information (official language alpha-3 codes)
  11. Additional information (local name)

[edit] Officially assigned code elements

The following is a complete ISO 3166-1 encoding code list in alphabetical order by the English short country names officially used by the ISO 3166/MA, which uses country names from United Nations sources.[4] The table includes officially assigned codes only.

Official country names used by the ISO 3166/MA Numeric Alpha-3 Alpha-2 Local ISO codes
Flag of Afghanistan Afghanistan 004 AFG AF ISO 3166-2:AF
Flag of Åland Islands Åland Islands 248 ALA AX ISO 3166-2:AX
Flag of Albania Albania 008 ALB AL ISO 3166-2:AL
Flag of Algeria Algeria 012 DZA DZ ISO 3166-2:DZ
Flag of American Samoa American Samoa 016 ASM AS ISO 3166-2:AS
Flag of Andorra Andorra 020 AND AD ISO 3166-2:AD
Flag of Angola Angola 024 AGO AO ISO 3166-2:AO
Flag of Anguilla Anguilla 660 AIA AI ISO 3166-2:AI
 Antarctica 010 ATA AQ ISO 3166-2:AQ
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda 028 ATG AG ISO 3166-2:AG
Flag of Argentina Argentina 032 ARG AR ISO 3166-2:AR
Flag of Armenia Armenia 051 ARM AM ISO 3166-2:AM
Flag of Aruba Aruba 533 ABW AW ISO 3166-2:AW
Flag of Australia Australia 036 AUS AU ISO 3166-2:AU
Flag of Austria Austria 040 AUT AT ISO 3166-2:AT
Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 031 AZE AZ ISO 3166-2:AZ
Flag of the Bahamas Bahamas 044 BHS BS ISO 3166-2:BS
Flag of Bahrain Bahrain 048 BHR BH ISO 3166-2:BH
Flag of Bangladesh Bangladesh 050 BGD BD ISO 3166-2:BD
Flag of Barbados Barbados 052 BRB BB ISO 3166-2:BB
Flag of Belarus Belarus 112 BLR BY ISO 3166-2:BY
Flag of Belgium Belgium 056 BEL BE ISO 3166-2:BE
Flag of Belize Belize 084 BLZ BZ ISO 3166-2:BZ
Flag of Benin Benin 204 BEN BJ ISO 3166-2:BJ
Flag of Bermuda Bermuda 060 BMU BM ISO 3166-2:BM
Flag of Bhutan Bhutan 064 BTN BT ISO 3166-2:BT
Flag of Bolivia Bolivia 068 BOL BO ISO 3166-2:BO
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 070 BIH BA ISO 3166-2:BA
Flag of Botswana Botswana 072 BWA BW ISO 3166-2:BW
Flag of Norway Bouvet Island 074 BVT BV ISO 3166-2:BV
Flag of Brazil Brazil 076 BRA BR ISO 3166-2:BR
Flag of British Indian Ocean Territory British Indian Ocean Territory 086 IOT IO ISO 3166-2:IO
Flag of Brunei Brunei Darussalam 096 BRN BN ISO 3166-2:BN
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 100 BGR BG ISO 3166-2:BG
Flag of Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 854 BFA BF ISO 3166-2:BF
Flag of Burundi Burundi 108 BDI BI ISO 3166-2:BI
Flag of Cambodia Cambodia 116 KHM KH ISO 3166-2:KH
Flag of Cameroon Cameroon 120 CMR CM ISO 3166-2:CM
Flag of Canada Canada 124 CAN CA ISO 3166-2:CA
Flag of Cape Verde Cape Verde 132 CPV CV ISO 3166-2:CV
Flag of Cayman Islands Cayman Islands 136 CYM KY ISO 3166-2:KY
Flag of the Central African Republic Central African Republic 140 CAF CF ISO 3166-2:CF
Flag of Chad Chad 148 TCD TD ISO 3166-2:TD
Flag of Chile Chile 152 CHL CL ISO 3166-2:CL
Flag of the People's Republic of China China 156 CHN CN ISO 3166-2:CN
Flag of Christmas Island Christmas Island 162 CXR CX ISO 3166-2:CX
Flag of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands 166 CCK CC ISO 3166-2:CC
Flag of Colombia Colombia 170 COL CO ISO 3166-2:CO
Flag of the Comoros Comoros 174 COM KM ISO 3166-2:KM
Flag of the Republic of the Congo Congo 178 COG CG ISO 3166-2:CG
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo, Democratic Republic of the 180 COD CD ISO 3166-2:CD
Flag of the Cook Islands Cook Islands 184 COK CK ISO 3166-2:CK
Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica 188 CRI CR ISO 3166-2:CR
Flag of Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire 384 CIV CI ISO 3166-2:CI
Flag of Croatia Croatia 191 HRV HR ISO 3166-2:HR
Flag of Cuba Cuba 192 CUB CU ISO 3166-2:CU
Flag of Cyprus Cyprus 196 CYP CY ISO 3166-2:CY
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 203 CZE CZ ISO 3166-2:CZ
Flag of Denmark Denmark 208 DNK DK ISO 3166-2:DK
Flag of Djibouti Djibouti 262 DJI DJ ISO 3166-2:DJ
Flag of Dominica Dominica 212 DMA DM ISO 3166-2:DM
Flag of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 214 DOM DO ISO 3166-2:DO
Flag of Ecuador Ecuador 218 ECU EC ISO 3166-2:EC
Flag of Egypt Egypt 818 EGY EG ISO 3166-2:EG
Flag of El Salvador El Salvador 222 SLV SV ISO 3166-2:SV
Flag of Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 226 GNQ GQ ISO 3166-2:GQ
Flag of Eritrea Eritrea 232 ERI ER ISO 3166-2:ER
Flag of Estonia Estonia 233 EST EE ISO 3166-2:EE
Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia 231 ETH ET ISO 3166-2:ET
Flag of the Falkland Islands Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 238 FLK FK ISO 3166-2:FK
Flag of the Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 234 FRO FO ISO 3166-2:FO
Flag of Fiji Fiji 242 FJI FJ ISO 3166-2:FJ
Flag of Finland Finland 246 FIN FI ISO 3166-2:FI
Flag of France France 250 FRA FR ISO 3166-2:FR
Flag of French Guiana French Guiana 254 GUF GF ISO 3166-2:GF
Flag of French Polynesia French Polynesia 258 PYF PF ISO 3166-2:PF
Flag of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands French Southern Territories 260 ATF TF ISO 3166-2:TF
Flag of Gabon Gabon 266 GAB GA ISO 3166-2:GA
Flag of The Gambia Gambia 270 GMB GM ISO 3166-2:GM
Flag of Georgia (country) Georgia 268 GEO GE ISO 3166-2:GE
Flag of Germany Germany 276 DEU DE ISO 3166-2:DE
Flag of Ghana Ghana 288 GHA GH ISO 3166-2:GH
Flag of Gibraltar Gibraltar 292 GIB GI ISO 3166-2:GI
Flag of Greece Greece 300 GRC GR ISO 3166-2:GR
Flag of Greenland Greenland 304 GRL GL ISO 3166-2:GL
Flag of Grenada Grenada 308 GRD GD ISO 3166-2:GD
Flag of Guadeloupe Guadeloupe 312 GLP GP ISO 3166-2:GP
Flag of Guam Guam 316 GUM GU ISO 3166-2:GU
Flag of Guatemala Guatemala 320 GTM GT ISO 3166-2:GT
Flag of Guernsey Guernsey 831 GGY GG ISO 3166-2:GG
Flag of Guinea Guinea 324 GIN GN ISO 3166-2:GN
Flag of Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau 624 GNB GW ISO 3166-2:GW
Flag of Guyana Guyana 328 GUY GY ISO 3166-2:GY
Flag of Haiti Haiti 332 HTI HT ISO 3166-2:HT
Flag of Australia Heard Island and McDonald Islands 334 HMD HM ISO 3166-2:HM
Flag of the Vatican City Holy See (Vatican City State) 336 VAT VA ISO 3166-2:VA
Flag of Honduras Honduras 340 HND HN ISO 3166-2:HN
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong 344 HKG HK ISO 3166-2:HK
Flag of Hungary Hungary 348 HUN HU ISO 3166-2:HU
Flag of Iceland Iceland 352 ISL IS ISO 3166-2:IS
Flag of India India 356 IND IN ISO 3166-2:IN
Flag of Indonesia Indonesia 360 IDN ID ISO 3166-2:ID
Flag of Iran Iran, Islamic Republic of 364 IRN IR ISO 3166-2:IR
Flag of Iraq Iraq 368 IRQ IQ ISO 3166-2:IQ
Flag of Ireland Ireland 372 IRL IE ISO 3166-2:IE
Flag of the Isle of Man Isle of Man 833 IMN IM ISO 3166-2:IM
Flag of Israel Israel 376 ISR IL ISO 3166-2:IL
Flag of Italy Italy 380 ITA IT ISO 3166-2:IT
Flag of Jamaica Jamaica 388 JAM JM ISO 3166-2:JM
Flag of Japan Japan 392 JPN JP ISO 3166-2:JP
Flag of Jersey Jersey 832 JEY JE ISO 3166-2:JE
Flag of Jordan Jordan 400 JOR JO ISO 3166-2:JO
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 398 KAZ KZ ISO 3166-2:KZ
Flag of Kenya Kenya 404 KEN KE ISO 3166-2:KE
Flag of Kiribati Kiribati 296 KIR KI ISO 3166-2:KI
Flag of North Korea Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 408 PRK KP ISO 3166-2:KP
Flag of South Korea Korea, Republic of 410 KOR KR ISO 3166-2:KR
Flag of Kuwait Kuwait 414 KWT KW ISO 3166-2:KW
Flag of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 417 KGZ KG ISO 3166-2:KG
Flag of Laos Lao People's Democratic Republic 418 LAO LA ISO 3166-2:LA
Flag of Latvia Latvia 428 LVA LV ISO 3166-2:LV
Flag of Lebanon Lebanon 422 LBN LB ISO 3166-2:LB
Flag of Lesotho Lesotho 426 LSO LS ISO 3166-2:LS
Flag of Liberia Liberia 430 LBR LR ISO 3166-2:LR
Flag of Libya Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 434 LBY LY ISO 3166-2:LY
Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 438 LIE LI ISO 3166-2:LI
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 440 LTU LT ISO 3166-2:LT
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 442 LUX LU ISO 3166-2:LU
Flag of Macau Macao 446 MAC MO ISO 3166-2:MO
Flag of the Republic of Macedonia Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of 807 MKD MK ISO 3166-2:MK
Flag of Madagascar Madagascar 450 MDG MG ISO 3166-2:MG
Flag of Malawi Malawi 454 MWI MW ISO 3166-2:MW
Flag of Malaysia Malaysia 458 MYS MY ISO 3166-2:MY
Flag of the Maldives Maldives 462 MDV MV ISO 3166-2:MV
Flag of Mali Mali 466 MLI ML ISO 3166-2:ML
Flag of Malta Malta 470 MLT MT ISO 3166-2:MT
Flag of the Marshall Islands Marshall Islands 584 MHL MH ISO 3166-2:MH
Flag of Martinique Martinique 474 MTQ MQ ISO 3166-2:MQ
Flag of Mauritania Mauritania 478 MRT MR ISO 3166-2:MR
Flag of Mauritius Mauritius 480 MUS MU ISO 3166-2:MU
Flag of Mayotte Mayotte 175 MYT YT ISO 3166-2:YT
Flag of Mexico Mexico 484 MEX MX ISO 3166-2:MX
Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia Micronesia, Federated States of 583 FSM FM ISO 3166-2:FM
Flag of Moldova Moldova 498 MDA MD ISO 3166-2:MD
Flag of Monaco Monaco 492 MCO MC ISO 3166-2:MC
Flag of Mongolia Mongolia 496 MNG MN ISO 3166-2:MN
Flag of Montenegro Montenegro 499 MNE ME ISO 3166-2:ME
Flag of Montserrat Montserrat 500 MSR MS ISO 3166-2:MS
Flag of Morocco Morocco 504 MAR MA ISO 3166-2:MA
Flag of Mozambique Mozambique 508 MOZ MZ ISO 3166-2:MZ
Flag of Burma Myanmar 104 MMR MM ISO 3166-2:MM
Flag of Namibia Namibia 516 NAM NA ISO 3166-2:NA
Flag of Nauru Nauru 520 NRU NR ISO 3166-2:NR
Flag of Nepal Nepal 524 NPL NP ISO 3166-2:NP
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 528 NLD NL ISO 3166-2:NL
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles 530 ANT AN ISO 3166-2:AN
Flag of New Caledonia New Caledonia 540 NCL NC ISO 3166-2:NC
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 554 NZL NZ ISO 3166-2:NZ
Flag of Nicaragua Nicaragua 558 NIC NI ISO 3166-2:NI
Flag of Niger Niger 562 NER NE ISO 3166-2:NE
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria 566 NGA NG ISO 3166-2:NG
Flag of Niue Niue 570 NIU NU ISO 3166-2:NU
Flag of Norfolk Island Norfolk Island 574 NFK NF ISO 3166-2:NF
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands 580 MNP MP ISO 3166-2:MP
Flag of Norway Norway 578 NOR NO ISO 3166-2:NO
Flag of Oman Oman 512 OMN OM ISO 3166-2:OM
Flag of Pakistan Pakistan 586 PAK PK ISO 3166-2:PK
Flag of Palau Palau 585 PLW PW ISO 3166-2:PW
Palestinian flag Palestinian Territory, Occupied 275 PSE PS ISO 3166-2:PS
Flag of Panama Panama 591 PAN PA ISO 3166-2:PA
Flag of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 598 PNG PG ISO 3166-2:PG
Flag of Paraguay Paraguay 600 PRY PY ISO 3166-2:PY
Flag of Peru Peru 604 PER PE ISO 3166-2:PE
Flag of the Philippines Philippines 608 PHL PH ISO 3166-2:PH
Flag of the Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn 612 PCN PN ISO 3166-2:PN
Flag of Poland Poland 616 POL PL ISO 3166-2:PL
Flag of Portugal Portugal 620 PRT PT ISO 3166-2:PT
Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 630 PRI PR ISO 3166-2:PR
Flag of Qatar Qatar 634 QAT QA ISO 3166-2:QA
Flag of Réunion Réunion 638 REU RE ISO 3166-2:RE
Flag of Romania Romania 642 ROU RO ISO 3166-2:RO
Flag of Russia Russian Federation 643 RUS RU ISO 3166-2:RU
Flag of Rwanda Rwanda 646 RWA RW ISO 3166-2:RW
Flag of Saint Barthélemy Saint Barthélemy 652 BLM BL ISO 3166-2:BL
Flag of Saint Helena Saint Helena 654 SHN SH ISO 3166-2:SH
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis 659 KNA KN ISO 3166-2:KN
Flag of Saint Lucia Saint Lucia 662 LCA LC ISO 3166-2:LC
Flag of Saint Martin (France) Saint Martin (French part) 663 MAF MF ISO 3166-2:MF
Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon 666 SPM PM ISO 3166-2:PM
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 670 VCT VC ISO 3166-2:VC
Flag of Samoa Samoa 882 WSM WS ISO 3166-2:WS
Flag of San Marino San Marino 674 SMR SM ISO 3166-2:SM
Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe Sao Tome and Principe 678 STP ST ISO 3166-2:ST
Flag of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 682 SAU SA ISO 3166-2:SA
Flag of Senegal Senegal 686 SEN SN ISO 3166-2:SN
Flag of Serbia Serbia[5] 688 SRB RS ISO 3166-2:RS
Flag of the Seychelles Seychelles 690 SYC SC ISO 3166-2:SC
Flag of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 694 SLE SL ISO 3166-2:SL
Flag of Singapore Singapore 702 SGP SG ISO 3166-2:SG
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 703 SVK SK ISO 3166-2:SK
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 705 SVN SI ISO 3166-2:SI
Flag of the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands 090 SLB SB ISO 3166-2:SB
Flag of Somalia Somalia 706 SOM SO ISO 3166-2:SO
Flag of South Africa South Africa 710 ZAF ZA ISO 3166-2:ZA
Flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 239 SGS GS ISO 3166-2:GS
Flag of Spain Spain 724 ESP ES ISO 3166-2:ES
Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 144 LKA LK ISO 3166-2:LK
Flag of Sudan Sudan 736 SDN SD ISO 3166-2:SD
Flag of Suriname Suriname 740 SUR SR ISO 3166-2:SR
Flag of Norway Svalbard and Jan Mayen 744 SJM SJ ISO 3166-2:SJ
Flag of Swaziland Swaziland 748 SWZ SZ ISO 3166-2:SZ
Flag of Sweden Sweden 752 SWE SE ISO 3166-2:SE
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 756 CHE CH ISO 3166-2:CH
Flag of Syria Syrian Arab Republic 760 SYR SY ISO 3166-2:SY
Flag of the Republic of China Taiwan, Province of China 158 TWN TW ISO 3166-2:TW
Flag of Tajikistan Tajikistan 762 TJK TJ ISO 3166-2:TJ
Flag of Tanzania Tanzania, United Republic of 834 TZA TZ ISO 3166-2:TZ
Flag of Thailand Thailand 764 THA TH ISO 3166-2:TH
Flag of East Timor Timor-Leste 626 TLS TL ISO 3166-2:TL
Flag of Togo Togo 768 TGO TG ISO 3166-2:TG
Flag of Tokelau Tokelau 772 TKL TK ISO 3166-2:TK
Flag of Tonga Tonga 776 TON TO ISO 3166-2:TO
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 780 TTO TT ISO 3166-2:TT
Flag of Tunisia Tunisia 788 TUN TN ISO 3166-2:TN
Flag of Turkey Turkey 792 TUR TR ISO 3166-2:TR
Flag of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 795 TKM TM ISO 3166-2:TM
Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands 796 TCA TC ISO 3166-2:TC
Flag of Tuvalu Tuvalu 798 TUV TV ISO 3166-2:TV
Flag of Uganda Uganda 800 UGA UG ISO 3166-2:UG
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 804 UKR UA ISO 3166-2:UA
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 784 ARE AE ISO 3166-2:AE
Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom 826 GBR GB ISO 3166-2:GB
Flag of the United States United States 840 USA US ISO 3166-2:US
Flag of the United States United States Minor Outlying Islands 581 UMI UM ISO 3166-2:UM
Flag of Uruguay Uruguay 858 URY UY ISO 3166-2:UY
Flag of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 860 UZB UZ ISO 3166-2:UZ
Flag of Vanuatu Vanuatu 548 VUT VU ISO 3166-2:VU
Flag of Venezuela Venezuela 862 VEN VE ISO 3166-2:VE
Flag of Vietnam Viet Nam 704 VNM VN ISO 3166-2:VN
Flag of the British Virgin Islands Virgin Islands, British 092 VGB VG ISO 3166-2:VG
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands Virgin Islands, U.S. 850 VIR VI ISO 3166-2:VI
Flag of Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna 876 WLF WF ISO 3166-2:WF
Flag of Western Sahara Western Sahara 732 ESH EH ISO 3166-2:EH
Flag of Yemen Yemen 887 YEM YE ISO 3166-2:YE
Flag of Zambia Zambia 894 ZMB ZM ISO 3166-2:ZM
Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 716 ZWE ZW ISO 3166-2:ZW

[edit] Reserved and user-assigned code elements

Besides the officially assigned codes, code elements may be expanded by using either reserved codes or user-assigned codes.[6]

Reserved code elements are codes which, while not ISO 3166-1 codes, are in use for some applications in conjunction with the ISO 3166 codes. They are reserved to add flexibility to the coding system. Usually, obsolete codes may be kept as reserved, while some overseas territories, international organizations, and special nationality status have reserved codes of their own. See the corresponding sections in ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 and ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 for their respective reserved codes (ISO 3166-1 numeric does not have reserved codes).

User-assigned code elements are codes at the disposal of users who need to add further names of countries, territories or other geographical entities to their in-house application of ISO 3166-1, and the ISO 3166/MA will never use them in the updating process of the standard. See the corresponding sections in ISO 3166-1 alpha-2, ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 and ISO 3166-1 numeric for their respective user-assigned codes.

[edit] Changes

A country or territory may get new codes if it changes its name or its territorial boundaries. A country generally gets new alphabetical codes if its name changes, whereas a new numeric code is associated with a change of boundaries. Changes to ISO 3166-1 are announced in newsletters by ISO 3166/MA.

12 newsletters were released between the first and second editions of ISO 3166-1 (published in 1997 and 2006 respectively):[7]

  1. Newsletter V-1 – Published 1998-02-05: Change of official name (Samoa).
  2. Newsletter V-2 – Published 1999-10-01: Inclusion of new country name and code elements (Palestinian Territory, Occupied).
  3. Newsletter V-3 – Published 2002-02-01: Change of alpha-3 Code Element (Romania).
  4. Newsletter V-4 – Published 2002-05-20: Name changes (Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Fiji, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Macao, Niue, Somalia, and Venezuela).
  5. Newsletter V-5 – Published 2002-05-20: Change of names and alphabetical code elements of East Timor.
  6. Newsletter V-6 – Published 2002-11-15: Change of names of East Timor (to Timor-Leste).
  7. Newsletter V-7 – Published 2002-11-15: Change of official name of Comoros.
  8. Newsletter V-8 – Published 2003-07-23: Deletion of "Yugoslavia"; inclusion of "Serbia and Montenegro" with new alphabetical code elements.
  9. Newsletter V-9 – Published 2004-02-13: Inclusion of an entry for Åland Islands.
  10. Newsletter V-10 – Published 2004-04-26: Name changes (Afghanistan and Åland Islands).
  11. Newsletter V-11 – Published 2006-03-29: Inclusion of an entry for Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man. Change of remark for the United Kingdom.
  12. Newsletter V-12 – Published 2006-09-26: Inclusion of the new entries for "Serbia" and "Montenegro" (replacing Serbia and Montenegro).

The second edition of ISO 3166-1 comprised a consolidation of all changes from the first edition as published in the newsletters from V-1 to V-12.[8] Two newsletters have been released since the second edition of ISO 3166-1 was published:

  1. Newsletter VI-1 – Published 2007-09-21: Assignment of code elements for Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin and update of France and other French Territories (French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Guadeloupe, and Réunion).
  2. Newsletter VI-2 – Published 2008-04-08: Name changes for Moldova, Montenegro and other minor corrections (Madagascar, Palestinian Territory, Occupied, and Saint Barthélemy).

[edit] References

  1. ^ ISO 3166 FAQs – General questions
  2. ^ Development of ISO 3166
  3. ^ ISO 3166-1 and ccTLDs
  4. ^ ISO 3166 and the UN
  5. ^ Flag of Kosovo Kosovo declared independence from Serbia on February 17, 2008. It is not known if (or when) the ISO 3166/MA will release official codes for the area.
  6. ^ Customizing ISO 3166-1
  7. ^ Updates on ISO 3166
  8. ^ Second edition of ISO 3166-1 published
  • Information on reserved codes taken from "Reserved code elements under ISO 3166-1" published by Secretariat of ISO/TC 46, ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency, 2001-02-13, available on request from ISO 3166/MA.

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