| AF |
Afghanistan |
AL |
Albania |
| DZ |
Algeria |
AS |
American Samoa |
| AD |
Andorra, Principality of |
AO |
Angola |
| AI |
Anguilla (overseas territory of UK) |
AQ |
Antarctica |
| AG |
Antigua & Barbuda |
AR |
Argentina |
| AM |
Armenia |
AW |
Aruba |
| AU |
Australia |
AT |
Austria |
| AZ |
Azerbaijan or Azerbaidjan
(Former Azerbaijan SSR, Azerhaijan Soviet Socialist Republic) |
|
|
| BS |
Bahamas, Commonwealth of The |
BH |
Bahrain, Kingdom of
(Former Dilmun) |
| BD |
Bangladesh
(Former East Pakistan) |
BB |
Barbados |
| BY |
Belarus
(Former Byelorussian SSR or Byelorrussian [Belorussian] Soviet Socialist Republic) |
BE |
Belgium |
| BZ |
Belize
(Former British Honduras) |
BJ |
Benin
(Former Dahomey) |
| BM |
Bermuda |
BT |
Bhutan, Kingdom of |
| BO |
Bolivia |
BA |
Bosnia & Herzegovina |
| BW |
Botswana
(Former Bechuanaland Protectorate) |
BV |
Bouvet Island (Territory of Norway) |
| BR |
Brazil |
IO |
British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) |
| BN |
Brunei (Negara Brunei Darussalam) |
BG |
Bulgaria |
| BF |
Burkina Faso
(Former Upper Volta) |
BI |
Burundi
(Former Urundi) |
| KH |
Cambodia, Kingdom of
(Former Khmer Republic, Kampuchea Republic) |
CM |
Cameroon
(Former French Cameroon) |
| CA |
Canada |
CV |
Cape Verde |
| KY |
Cayman Islands |
CF |
Central African Republic |
| TD |
Chad |
CL |
Chile |
| CN |
China |
CX |
Christmas Island |
| CC |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
CO |
Colombia |
| KM |
Comoros, Union of the |
CG |
Congo, Republic of the
(Former French Middle Congo) |
| CD |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
(Former Zaire) |
CK |
Cook Islands
(Former Harvey Islands) |
| CR |
Costa Rica |
CI |
Cote D'Ivoire - (Pronounced Coat-dee-vouaar)
(French for Ivory Coast) |
| HR |
Croatia (Hrvatska) |
CU |
Cuba |
| CY |
Cyprus |
CZ |
Czech Republic
(Former Czechoslavakia) |
| CS |
(Former Czechoslavakia)
Now: CZ - Czech Republic |
|
|
| DK |
Denmark |
DJ |
Djibouti
(Former French Territory of the Afars & Issas, French Somaliland) |
| DM |
Dominica |
DO |
Dominican Republic |
| TP |
East Timor
(Former Portuguese Timor) |
EC |
Ecuador |
| EG |
Egypt
(Former United Arab Republic - with Syria) |
SV |
El Salvador |
| GQ |
Equatorial Guinea
(Former Spanish Guinea) |
ER |
Eritrea
(Former Eritrea Autonomous Region in Ethiopia) |
| EE |
Estonia
(Former Estonian SSR, Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic) |
ET |
Ethiopia
(Former Abyssinia, Italian East Africa) |
| FK |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
FO |
Faroe Islands |
| FJ |
Fiji |
FI |
Finland |
| FR |
France |
GF |
French
Guiana or French Guyana |
| PF |
French Polynesia
(Former French Colony of Oceania) |
TF |
French Southern Territories
and Antarctic Lands |
| GA |
Gabon (Gabonese Republic) |
GM |
Gambia, The |
| GE |
Georgia
(Former Georgian SSR - Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic) |
DE |
Germany |
| GH |
Ghana
(Former Gold Coast - British Colony) |
GI |
Gibraltar |
| GB/UK |
Great Britain = United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
GR |
Greece |
| GL |
Greenland |
GD |
Grenada |
| GP |
Guadeloupe |
GU |
Guam |
| GT |
Guatemala |
GN |
Guinea
(Former French Guinea) |
| GW |
Guinea-Bissau
(Former Portuguese Guinea) |
GY |
Guyana
(Former British Guiana) |
| HT |
Haiti |
HM |
Heard Island & McDonald Islands (Territory of Australia) |
| VA |
Holy See (Vatican City State) |
HN |
Honduras |
| HK |
Hong Kong |
HU |
Hungary |
| IS |
Iceland |
IN |
India |
| ID |
Indonesia
(Former Netherlands East Indies; Dutch East Indies) |
IR |
Iran, Islamic Republic of
(Former Persia) |
| IQ |
Iraq |
IE |
Ireland |
| IL |
Israel |
IT |
Italy |
| JM |
Jamaica |
JP |
Japan |
|
| JO |
Jordan
(Former Transjordan) |
|
|
| KZ |
Kazakstan or Kazakhstan
(Former Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic) |
KE |
Kenya
(Former British East Africa) |
| KI |
Kiribati (Pronounced KIH-rih-bahss or Keer' ee baus)
(Former Gilbert Islands) |
KP |
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (North Korea) |
| KR |
Korea, Republic of (South Korea) |
KW |
Kuwait |
| KG |
Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Republic)
(Former Kyrgyz or Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic) |
|
|
| LA |
Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos) |
LV |
Latvia
(Former Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic) |
| LB |
Lebanon |
LS |
Lesotho
(Former Basutoland) |
| LR |
Liberia |
LY |
Libya (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) |
| LI |
Liechtenstein |
LT |
Lithuania
(Former Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic) |
| LU |
Luxembourg |
|
|
| MO |
Macau |
MK |
Macedonia
(The former Yugoslavia) |
| MG |
Madagascar (Official name: Malagasy Republic or Republic of Madagascar) |
MW |
Malawi
(Former British Central African Protectorate, Nyasaland) |
| MY |
Malaysia |
MV |
Maldives |
| ML |
Mali
(Former French Sudan & Sudanese Republic) |
MT |
Malta |
| MH |
Marshall Islands
(Former Marshall Islands District - Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands) |
MQ |
Martinique (French) |
| MR |
Mauritania |
MU |
Mauritius |
| YT |
Mayotte
(Territorial Collectivity of Mayotte) |
MX |
Mexico |
| FM |
Micronesia, Federated States of
(Former Ponape, Truk, & Yap Districts
- Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands) |
MD |
Moldova, Republic of
(Former Soviet Socialist Republic of Moldova, Moldavia) |
| MC |
Monaco, Principality of |
MN |
Mongolia (Informally called Outer Mongolia) |
| MS |
Montserrat |
MA |
Morocco |
| MZ |
Mozambique
(Former Portuguese East Africa) |
MM |
Myanmar, Union of
(Former Burma) |
| NA |
Namibia
(Former German South-West Africa or German Southwest Africa) |
NR |
Nauru
(Former Pleasant Island) |
| NP |
Nepal |
NL |
Netherlands |
| AN |
Netherlands Antilles |
NC |
New Caledonia |
| NZ |
New Zealand (Aotearoa) |
NI |
Nicaragua |
| NE |
Niger |
NG |
Nigeria |
| NU |
Niue
(Former Savage Island) |
NF |
Norfolk Island |
| MP |
Northern Mariana Islands
(Former Mariana Islands District - Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands) |
NO |
Norway |
| OM |
Oman, Sultanate of
(Former Muscat & Oman) |
|
|
| PK |
Pakistan
(Former West Pakistan) |
PW |
Palau
(Former Palau District - Trust Terriroty of the Pacific Islands) |
| PS |
Palestinian State (Proposed) |
PA |
Panama |
| PG |
Papua New Guinea
(Former Territory of Papua & New Guinea) |
PY |
Paraguay |
| PE |
Peru |
PH |
Philippines |
| PN |
Pitcairn Island |
PL |
Poland |
| PT |
Portugal |
PR |
Puerto Rico |
| QA |
Qatar, State of |
|
|
| RE |
Réunion (French) - Île de la Réunion or La Réunion
(Former Bourbon Island or Île Bourbon) |
RO |
Romania |
| SU |
Russia - USSR
(Former Russian Empire, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic)
Now RU - Russian Federation |
RU |
Russian Federation |
| RW |
Rwanda (Rwandese Republic)
(Former Ruanda-Urundi) |
|
|
| SH |
Saint Helena |
KN |
Saint Kitts & Nevis
(Officially Federation of Saint Christopher & Nevis) |
| LC |
Saint Lucia |
PM |
Saint Pierre & Miquelon |
| VC |
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines |
WS |
Samoa
(Former Western Samoa) |
| SM |
San Marino |
ST |
Sao Tome & Principe |
| SA |
Saudi Arabia |
SN |
Senegal |
| SC |
Seychelles |
SL |
Sierra Leone |
| SG |
Singapore |
SK |
Slovakia |
| SI |
Slovenia |
SB |
Solomon Islands
(Former British Solomon Islands) |
| SO |
Somalia
(Former Somali Republic, Somali Democratic Republic) |
ZA |
South Africa
(Former Union of South Africa) |
| GS |
South Georgia &
the South Sandwich Islands |
ES |
Spain |
| LK |
Sri Lanka
(Former Serendib, Ceylon) |
SD |
Sudan
(Former Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) |
| SR |
Suriname
(Former Netherlands Guiana, Dutch Guiana) |
SJ |
Svalbard (Spitzbergen) &
Jan Mayen Islands
|
| SZ |
Eswatini (Formerly Swaziland,
Kingdom of) |
SE |
Sweden |
| CH |
Switzerland |
SY |
Syria (Syrian Arab Republic)
(Former United Arab Republic - with Egypt) |
| TW |
Taiwan
(Former Formosa) |
TJ |
Tajikistan
(Former Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic) |
| TZ |
Tanzania, United Republic of
(Former
United Republic of Tanganyika & Zanzibar) |
TH |
Thailand
(Former Siam) |
| TG |
Togo
(Former French Togoland) |
TK |
Tokelau |
| TO |
Tonga,
Kingdom of
(Former Friendly Islands) |
TT |
Trinidad & Tobago
|
| TE |
Tromelin Island
|
TN |
Tunisia |
| TR |
Turkey (Turkiye) |
TM |
Turkmenistan
(Former Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic) |
| TC |
Turks & Caicos Islands |
TV |
Tuvalu
(Former Ellice Islands) |
| UG |
Uganda,
Republic of |
UA |
Ukraine
West Ukrainian People (Former Ukrainian National Republic, Ukrainian State, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic) |
| AE |
United Arab Emirates
(UAE)
(Former Trucial Oman, Trucial States) |
UK/GB |
United Kingdom (Great Britain = United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) |
| US |
United States |
UM |
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
United States Minor Outlying Islands
|
| UY |
Uruguay,
Oriental Republic of
(Former Banda Oriental, Cisplatine Province) |
UZ |
Uzbekistan
(Former Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic) |
| VU |
Vanuatu
(Former New Hebrides) |
VA |
Vatican City State (Holy See) |
| VE |
Venezuela
|
VN |
Vietnam |
| VI |
Virgin Islands, British |
VQ |
Virgin Islands
(Former Danish West Indies) |
| WF |
Wallis & Futuna Islands |
EH |
In 2020, the US recognized Western Sahara as part of Morocco
(Former Spanish Sahara) |
| YE |
Yemen |
YU |
Yugoslavia |
| ZR |
Zaire (Changed to Congo) - Now CD - Congo, Democratic Republic of the
(Former Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Congo/Leopoldville, Congo/Kinshasa, Zaire)
|
ZM |
Zambia, Republic of
(Former Northern Rhodesia) |
| ZW |
Zimbabwe,
Republic of
(Former Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia) |
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