NAME: Country Code
NUMBER: 01703
FILES/TABLES: DOM COMPONENTS: 01110
DEFINITION: The U.S. Department of Commerce Code for countries.
CODING INSTRUCTIONS: All entries with the letter 'Q' as the second character of their codes are outlying areas of the United States of America. Updated through October 2001 using the Federal Information Processing Standards Publication, 'Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and their principal administrative divisions."
TABLE VALUES:
The valid Nation Codes are:
AF Afghanistan
AL Albania
AG Algeria
AQ American Samoa
U.S. Territory.
AN Andorra
AO Angola
AV Anguilla
British dependent territory.
AY Antarctica
AC Antigua and Barbuda
Became independent November 1, 1981.
Includes Redonda.
AR Argentina
AM Armenia
AA Aruba
Part of the Netherlands realm.
AT Ashmore and Cartier islands
Australian territory.
AS Australia
Includes MacQuarie Island.
AU Austria
AJ Azerbaijan
BF Bahamas, The
Excludes Turks and Caicos islands (TK) which is
a British colony.
BA Bahrain
FQ Baker Island
U.S. territory.
BG Bangladesh
BB Barbados
BS Bassas Da India
French possession.
BO Belarus
BE Belgium
BH Belize
Became independent on September 21, 1981.
BN Benin
BD Bermuda
British colony.
BT Bhutan
BL Bolivia
BK Bosnia and Herzegovina
BC Botswana
BV Bouvet Island
Norwegian territory.
BR Brazil
Includes Atol Das Rocas, Arquipelago De Fernando
De Noronha, Ilha Da Trindade, Ilhas Martin Vaz,
and Penedos De Sao Pedro E Sao Paulo.
IO British Indian Ocean Territory
British dependency comprised of the Chagos
archipelago.
VI British Virgin Islands
British colony. Includes Anegada, Jost Van Dyke,
Tortola, Virgin Gorda.
BX Brunei
Became independent January 1, 1984.
BU Bulgaria
UV Burkina Faso
BM Burma
BY Burundi
CB Cambodia
Formally known as Khmer Republic and Kampuchea.
CM Cameroon
CA Canada
CV Cape Verde
CJ Cayman Islands
British dependency: includes Grand Cayman,
Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman.
CT Central African Republic
CD Chad
CI Chile
Includes Isla De Pascua (Easter Island),
CH China
See also Taiwan.
KT Christmas Island
Australian dependency in the Indian Ocean.
IP Clipperton Island
French possession.
CK Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Australian dependency.
CO Colombia
Includes Archipelago De San Andres Y Providencia,
Isla De Malpelo, Roncador Cay, Serrana Bank and
Serranilla Bank.
CN Comoros
Includes Anjouan, Grande Comore, Moheli and other
smaller islands. Excludes Mayotte (MF).
CF Congo (Republic of the)
CG Congo (Democratic Republic of the)
Formally known as Zaire.
CW Cook Islands
New Zealand associated state. Under provisions of
a "Treaty of friendship and delimitation of the
maritime boundary between the United States of
America and the Cook Islands" signed on June 11,
1980, the United States formally relinquishes its
claim to the following atolls: Pukapuka (Danger),
Manihiki, Penrhyn and Rakahanga. The treaty
was ratified by the U.S. Senate in June, 1983.
CR Coral Sea Islands
Australian external territory.
CS Costa Rica
Includes Isla Del Coco.
IV Cote D'Ivoire
HR Croatia
CU Cuba
CY Cyprus
EZ Czech Republic
DA Denmark
Code Da Pertains only to metropolitan Denmark,
thereby excluding the Faroe islands (FO) and
Greenland (GL), which are overseas administrative
divisions of Denmark.
DJ Djibouti
DO Dominica
Became independent on November 3, 1978.
DR Dominican Republic
TT East Timor
EC Ecuador
Includes Archipielago De Colon(Galapagos islands).
EG Egypt
ES El Salvador
EK Equatorial Guinea
Comprises Rio Muni and the islands of Bioko
(FernandoPo),Annobon,Corisco,and Islas De Elobey.
ER Eritrea
EN Estonia
ET Ethiopia
EU Europa Island
French possession.
FK Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
British dependency claimed by Argentina.
Includes West Falkland and East Falkland islands.
FO Faroe Islands
Overseas administrative division of Denmark (DA).
FM Federated States of Micronesia
A compact of free association was signed by the
United States and the Federated States of
Micronesia which entered into full force and
effect November 3, 1986. Comprised of the former
Kosrae, Yap, Ponape, and Chuuk districts of the
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (PS).
FJ Fiji
Includes Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, and Rotuma
islands.
FI Finland
FR France
FR pertains only to metropolitan France, thereby
excluding French Guiana(FG), French Polynesia(FP),
French Southern and Antarctic Lands(FS),
Antarctic Lands(FS)Guadeloupe(GP), Martinique(MB),
New Caledonia(NC), Reunion(RE), Saint Pierre and
Miquelon(SB), Wallis and Futuna(WF), all of which
are overseas adminstrative divisions of France.
FG French Guiana
Overseas department of France.
FP French Polynesia
Overseas territory of France (FR). Includes the
Society Islands, Iles Tuamotu, Iles Marquises, and
Isles Tubuai. Excludes Clipperton Island (IP).
FS French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Overseas territory of France(FR). Includes Ile Am-
sterdam, Ile Saint-Paul, Iles Kerguelen, and Iles
Crozet. Terre Adelie (French-claimed sector of
Antarctica) is not included in this entity but
rather, see Antarctica (AY). The U.S. does not
recognize sovereignty in Antarctica, therefore
Terre Adelie is excluded from this entity.
GB Gabon
GA Gambia, The
GZ Gaza Strip
Part of former Palestine Mandate. Includes
city of Gaza and Environs. Bounded by the
Mediterranean, Egypt, and Israel.
GG Georgia
GM Germany
Comprises the Federal Republic of Germany, the
former German Democratic Republic, and Berlin.
GH Ghana
GI Gibraltar
British colony.
GO Glorioso Islands
French possession.
GR Greece
GL Greenland
Overseas administrative division of Denmark (DA).
GJ Grenada
Includes the Southern Grenadines.
GP Guadeloupe
Overseas department of France(FR). Includes Grande
-Terre, Basse-Terre, Iles Des Saintes, Iles De La
Petite Terre, La Desirade, Ile Saint-Barthelemy,
Marie-Galante, and Northern Saint-Martin.
GQ Guam
U.S. Territory.
GT Guatemala
GK Guernsey
British crown dependency.
GV Guinea
PU Guinea-Bissau
GY Guyana
HA Haiti
HM Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands
Australian external territory.
HO Honduras
HK Hong Kong
British colony.
HQ Howland Island
U.S. territory.
HU Hungary
IC Iceland
IN India
Includes the Amindivi, Cannanore, Andaman, and
Nicobar Islands, Minicoy Island, Daman, Diu,
Goa, and Sikkim.
ID Indonesia
Includes Irian Jaya (West New Guinea) and
the former Portuguese Overseas Province of
Portuguese Timor with its exclave of Oe-Cusse.
IR Iran
IZ Iraq
EI Ireland
Excludes Northern Ireland.
IS Israel
Includes area within the armistice lines of 1949
and 1950, and the Israel-Jordan and the
Israel-Syria demilitarized zones.
IT Italy
JM Jamaica
JN Jan Mayen
Insular administrative division of Norway (NO).
JA Japan
Includes Ryukyu, Bonin, and Volcano Islands and
the islands of Minami-Tori-Shima, Nishinoshima,
and Okino-Tori-Shima.
DQ Jarvis Island
U.S. territory.
JE Jersey
British Crown Dependency.
JQ Johnston Atoll
U.S. territory.
JO Jordan
JU Juan De Nova Island
French possession.
KZ Kazakhstan
KE Kenya
KQ Kingman Reef
U.S. territory.
KR Kiribati
The governments of the United States and Kiribati
signed a "Treaty of Friendship" on September 20,
1979. Under provisions of the treaty, the U.S.
relinquishes its claims to the following islands:
Birnie, Canton, Enderbury, Gardner, Hull, Mckean,
Phoenix, and Sydney in the Phoenix Islands;
and Caroline, Christmas, Flint, Malden, Star-
buck, and Vostok in the Line Islands. The treaty
was ratified by the U.S. Senate in June, 1983.
KN Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Also known as "North Korea." Regime not
recognized by the U.S.
KS Korea, Republic of
Also known as "South Korea."
KU Kuwait
KG Kyrgyzstan
LA Laos
LG Latvia
LE Lebanon
LT Lesotho
LI Liberia
LY Libya
LS Liechtenstein
LH Lithuania
LU Luxembourg
MC Macau
Portuguese administered territory.
MK Macedonia
MA Madagascar
MI Malawi
MY Malaysia
MV Maldives
ML Mali
MT Malta
IM Man, Isle of
British Crown dependency.
RM Marshall Islands
A compact of free association was signed by the
United States and the Republic of the Marshall
Islands which entered into full force and effect
October 21, 1986. Comprised of the former
Marshall Islands district of the Trust Territory
of the Pacific Islands (PS).
MB Martinique
Overseas department of France (FR).
MR Mauritania
MP Mauritius
Includes Rodrigues Island, Agalega Islands and
Cargados Carajos Shoals.
MF Mayotte
Territorial collectivity France (FR). Ultimate
status not yet determined.
MX Mexico
MQ Midway Islands
U.S. territory.
MD Moldova
MN Monaco
MG Mongolia
MW Montenegro
MH Montserrat
British colony.
MO Morocco
MZ Mozambique
WA Namibia
International territory. Formerly SW Africa.
NR Nauru
BQ Navassa Island
U.S. territory.
NP Nepal
NL Netherlands
NL pertains only to the Netherlands in Europe,
thereby excluding the Netherlands Antilles(NA).
NT Netherlands Antilles
Part of the Netherlands realm. Includes Bonaire,
Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius and Southern
Saint Martin.
NC New Caledonia
Overseas territory of France (FR). Includes Ile
Des Pins, Iles Loyaute, Ile Huon, Iles Belep, Iles
Chesterfield and Ile Walpole.
NZ New Zealand
Includes Stewart Island, Chatham Islands, and
Kermadec Islands.
NU Nicaragua
Includes Islas Del Maiz (Corn Islands).
NG Niger
NI Nigeria
NE Niue
New Zealand territory.
NM No Mans Land
NF Norfolk Island
Australian external territory.
CQ Northern Mariana Islands
Commonwealth associated with the US.
NO Norway
NO pertains only to continental Norway, thereby
excluding Jan Mayen (JN) and Svalbard (SV), which
are insular administrative divisions of Norway.
OS Oceans
MU Oman
Includes Khuriyra Muriyra.
PK Pakistan
Includes Pakistani administered Jammu and Kashmir.
LQ Palmyra Atoll
U.S. territory.
PM Panama
Includes area formerly known as Canal Zone.
PP Papua New Guinea
Includes Bismarck Archipelago (Admiralty Islands,
New Britain, New Ireland, etc.), Louisiade
Archipelago D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Northern
Solomon Islands (Bougainville, Buka Island, etc.),
Trobriand Islands and Wooklark Island.
PF Paracel Islands
Disputed islands in the South China Sea.
PA Paraguay
PE Peru
RP Philippines
PC Pitcairn Islands
British dependency. Includes Henderson Island,
Ducie and Oeno Atolls.
PL Poland
Includes Danzig and areas of 1937 Germany east
or the Oder-Neisse Line.
PO Portugal
Includes the Azores and Madeira Islands.
RQ Puerto Rico
Commonwealth associated with the US.
QA Qatar
RE Reunion
Overseas department of France (FR). Excludes
Bassas Da India (BS), Europa Island (EU), Glorioso
Islands (GO) (Iles Glorieuses), Juan De Nova
Island (JU), and Tromelin Island (TE).
RO Rumania
RS Russia
RW Rwanda
SC St. Kitts and Nevis
SH St. Helena
ST St. Lucia
SB St. Pierre and Miquelon
VC St. Vincent and the Grenadines
SM San Marino
TP Sao Tome and Principe
SA Saudi Arabia
SG Senegal
SE Seychelles
Includes Aldabra Islands, Alphonse, Bijoutier,
and St. Francois Islands, Amirante Isles,
Cosmoledo Group, Farquhar Group, Ile
Desroches and St. Pierre Islet.
YI Serbia and Montenegro
SL Sierra Leone
SN Singapore
LO Slovakia
SI Slovenia
BP Solomon Islands
Includes Southern Solomon Islands (primarily
Guadal Canal, Malaita, San Cristobal, Santa
Isabel, and Choiseul) and Santa Cruz Islands.
Northern Solomon Islands constitute part of Papua
New Guinea (PP).
SO Somalia
SF South Africa
Includes Walvis Bay, Marion Island, and Prince
Edward Island.
SX South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
British dependency claimed by Argentina.
Includes South Georgia and the South Sandwich
Islands, and Shag Rocks.
SP Spain
Includes the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands,
Ceuta, Melilla, Islas Chafarinas, Penon De
Alhucenas, and Penon De Velez De La Gomera.
PG Spratly Islands
Disputed islands in the South China Sea.
CE Sri Lanka
SU Sudan
NS Suriname
SV Svalbard
Insular administrative division of Norway (NO).
includes Spitsbergen and Bjornoya.
WZ Swaziland
SW Sweden
SZ Switzerland
SY Syria
TW Taiwan
TI Tajikistan
TZ Tanzania, United Republic of
TH Thailand
TO Togo
TL Tokelau
New Zealand island territory. On December 2,
1980, the U. S. government signed a "Delimita-
tion of Maritime Boundary" treaty with New Zealand
for Tokelau. Under provisions of the treaty the
U.S. relinquishes its claims to the following a-
tolls: Atafu, Fakaofu, and Nukunonu. The treaty
was ratified by the U.S. Senate in June, 1983.
TN Tonga
TD Trinidad and Tobago
TE Tromelin Island
French possession.
PS Palau
TS Tunisia
TU Turkey
TX Turkmenistan
TK Turks and Caicos Islands
British colony.
TV Tuvalu
Includes the islands of Nanumanga, Nanumea, Nui,
Niutao, Vaitupu, Funafuti, Nukufetau, Nukulailai,
and Nurakita. The governments of the U. S.
and Tuvalu signed a "Treaty of Friendship" on
February 7, 1979. Under provisions of the treaty,
the United States relinquishes its claims to the
following islands: Funafuti, Nukufetau, Nu-
kulailai, and Nurakita. The treaty was ratified
by the U.S. Senate in June, 1983.
UG Uganda
UP Ukraine
UF Undersea Features
AE United Arab Emirates
UK United Kingdom
US United States
Includes only the States and the District of Colu-
mbia; each outlying area is separately identified.
UY Uruguay
UZ Uzbekistan
NH Vanuatu
Formerly New Hebrides. Became independent
July 30, 1980.
VT Vatican City
VE Venezuela
VM Vietnam
VQ Virgin Islands
U.S. territory.
WQ Wake Atoll
U.S. territory.
WF Wallis and Futuna
Overseas territory of France (FR). Includes Iles
De Horne, Ile Uvea, and Ile Alofi.
WE West Bank
All of the area west of the Jordan river under
Jordanian administration before the 1967 Arab-
Israeli-War.
WI Western Sahara
Formerly Spanish Sahara. Now under de facto
control of Morocco.
WS Samoa
YM Yemen
Comprises the former Yemen Arab Republic and the
former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen.
ZA Zambia
ZI Zimbabwe
Became independent April 18, 1980. Former British
colony of Southern Rhodesia.
ZZ Unknown Country
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