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1 Lists of country codes by country

2 ISO 3166-1

Main article: ISO 3166-1

This standard defines for most of the countries and dependent areas in the world:

• a two letter ( ISO 3166-1 alpha-2ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are the best known part of ISO 3166-1 and subsequent use as most of the country codes for Internet domain names (see also External Links below). Uses and applications The codes are used in different environments and are also part)
• a three-letter ( ISO 3166-1 alpha-3ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 is used in ISO/IEC 7501-1 for machine-readable passports. For current codes see: 3166-1 Reserved Code Elements list The following alpha-3 codes are user-assigned: AAA, QMA-QZZ, XAA-XZZ, and ZZZ. The following alpha-3 codes are subject t), and
• a three-digit numeric ( ISO 3166-1 numericISO 3166-1 numeric-3 is a set of 3-digit codes to represent the names of countries and dependent areas. It is published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) as part of its ISO 3166 standard and uses the 3-digit country codes develop) code.

The two-letter codes are used as the basis for some other codes or applications, e.g.

• for ISO 4217ISO 4217 is an international standard describing three letter codes to define the names of currencies established by the International Organization for Standardization or ISO. The first two letters of the code are the two letters of ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 cou currency codes and
• with deviations for country code top-level domain names (ccTLDs) on the Internet: list of Internet TLDs.

For more applications see ISO 3166-1 alpha-2.

3 Other country codes

• The International Olympic Committee (IOC) three letter codes used in sporting events: list of IOC country codes,
• The coding system for car license plates under the 1949 and 1968 United Nations Road Traffic Conventions (distinguishing signs of vehicles in international traffic): List of international license plate codes [1]
• The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) two letter codes used by the US government and in the CIA World Factbook: list of FIPS country codes,
• The coding system for diplomatic license plates in the United States , assigned by the U.S. State Department.
• From the International Telecommunication Union (ITU):
  • the E.164 international dialling codes: list of country calling codes with 1-3 digits,
  • the E.212 mobile country codes (MCC), for mobile/wireless phone addresses,
  • the first few characters of call signs of radio stations (maritime, aeronautical, amateur radio, broadcasting, etc.) define the country: the ITU prefix,
  • ITU letter codes for member-countries,
  • Three-digit codes used to identify countries in maritime mobile radio transmissions, known as maritime identification digits
• European Union:
  • Before the 2004 EU enlargement the EU used the UN Road Traffic Conventions license plate codes; since then, it uses ISO 3166-1, with 2 exceptions: EL (not GR) is used for Greece, and UK (not GB) is used for the United Kingdom. [2]
  • The Nomenclature des unités territoriales statistiques (Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics, NUTS) of the European Union, mostly focusing on subdivisions of the EU member states
• From the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO):
  • aircraft registration prefixes,
  • nationality letters for location indicators.

The developers of ISO 3166 intended that in time it would replace other coding systems in existence.

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