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{{short description|Three-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1}}
'''ISO 3166-1 alpha-3''' codes are three-letter [[country code]]s defined in [[ISO 3166-1]], part of the [[ISO 3166]] standard published by the [[International Organization for Standardization]] (ISO), to represent [[country|countries]], [[dependent territory|dependent territories]], and special areas of geographical interest. They allow a better visual association between the codes and the country names than the two-letter [[ISO 3166-1 alpha-2|alpha-2]] codes (the third set of codes is [[ISO 3166-1 numeric|numeric]] and hence offers no visual association).<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/iso_3166-faqs/iso_3166_faqs_general.htm| title=ISO 3166 – FAQs – General questions| publisher=International Organization for Standardization (ISO) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514070956/http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/iso_3166-faqs/iso_3166_faqs_general.htm |archive-date=2011-05-14}}</ref> They were first included as part of the ISO 3166 standard in its first edition in 1974.
==Uses and applications==
The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes are used most prominently in ISO/[[International Electrotechnical Commission|IEC]] 7501-1 for [[machine-readable passport]]s, as standardized by the [[International Civil Aviation Organization]], with a number of additional codes for special passports; some of these codes are currently [[#Codes currently agreed not to use|reserved and not used at the present stage]] in ISO 3166-1.<ref name="icao">{{
The [[United Nations]] uses a combination of ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 and alpha-3 codes, along with codes that pre-date the creation of ISO 3166, for [[List of international vehicle registration codes|international vehicle registration codes]], which are codes used to identify the issuing country of a vehicle registration plate; some of these codes are currently [[#Indeterminate reservations|indeterminately reserved]] in ISO 3166-1.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.unece.org/trans/conventn/Distsigns.pdf| title=Distinguishing signs used on vehicles in international traffic| publisher=United Nations Economic Commission for Europe}}</ref>
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===Officially assigned code elements===<!--This section is linked from [[ISO 3166-1]]-->
The following is a complete list of the current officially assigned ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes,
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* {{mono|ABW}} [[Aruba]]
* {{mono|AFG}} [[Afghanistan]]
* {{mono|ATF}} [[French Southern and Antarctic Lands|French Southern Territories]]
* {{mono|AUS}} [[Australia]]
* {{mono|BES}} [[Caribbean Netherlands|Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba]]
* {{mono|BGD}} [[Bangladesh]]
* {{mono|BOL}} [[Bolivia|Bolivia, Plurinational State of]]
* {{mono|BRB}} [[Barbados]]
* {{mono|COD}} [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo, Democratic Republic of the]]
* {{mono|COK}} [[Cook Islands]]
* {{mono|FLK}} [[Falkland Islands|Falkland Islands (Malvinas)]]
* {{mono|FSM}} [[Federated States of Micronesia|Micronesia, Federated States of]]
* {{mono|GBR}} [[United Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]]
* {{mono|GLP}} [[Guadeloupe]]
* {{mono|GMB}} [[The Gambia|Gambia]]
* {{mono|GNB}} [[Guinea-Bissau]]
* {{mono|GNQ}} [[Equatorial Guinea]]
* {{mono|LAO}} [[Laos|Lao People's Democratic Republic]]
* {{mono|LIE}} [[Liechtenstein]]
* {{mono|MAF}} [[Collectivity of Saint Martin|Saint Martin (French part)]]
* {{mono|MDV}} [[Maldives]]
* {{mono|MNG}} [[Mongolia]]
* {{mono|NLD}} [[Kingdom of the Netherlands|Netherlands, Kingdom of the]]
* {{mono|OMN}} [[Oman]]
* {{mono|PAK}} [[Pakistan]]
* {{mono|PAN}} [[Panama]]
* {{mono|PCN}} [[Pitcairn Islands|Pitcairn]]
* {{mono|PRK}} [[North Korea|Korea, Democratic People's Republic of]]
* {{mono|PSE}} [[State of Palestine|Palestine, State of]]
* {{mono|RUS}} [[Russia|Russian Federation]]
* {{mono|SDN}} [[Sudan]]
* {{mono|SGS}} [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]]
* {{mono|SHN}} [[Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]]
* {{mono|SJM}} [[Svalbard and Jan Mayen]]
* {{mono|SRB}} [[Serbia]]
* {{mono|STP}} [[São Tomé and Príncipe|{{sic|Sao Tome and Principe|hide=y}}]]
* {{mono|SYR}} [[Syria|Syrian Arab Republic]]
* {{mono|TKL}} [[Tokelau]]
* {{mono|TWN}} [[Taiwan]], [[Taiwan, Province of China|<!--DO NOT CHANGE-->Province of China<!--The United Nations considers Taiwan as part of the People's Republic of China, so "Taiwan, Province of China" is the country name used in ISO 3166: https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:TW -->]]
* {{mono|TZA}} [[Tanzania|Tanzania, United Republic of]]
* {{mono|VAT}} [[Vatican City|Holy See]]
* {{mono|VEN}} [[Venezuela|Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of]]
* {{mono|VGB}} [[British Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands (British)]]
* {{mono|VNM}} [[Vietnam|<!--DO NOT CHANGE-->Viet Nam<!--"Viet Nam" is the country name used in ISO 3166: https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:VN -->]]
* {{mono|ZAF}} [[South Africa]]
* {{mono|ZMB}} [[Zambia]]
* {{mono|ZWE}} [[Zimbabwe]]
{{endplainlist}}
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===User-assigned code elements===<!--This section is linked from [[ISO 3166-1]]-->
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 these codes in the updating process of the standard. The following alpha-3 codes can be user-assigned: {{mono|AAA}} to {{mono|AAZ}}, {{mono|QMA}} to {{mono|QZZ}}, {{mono|XAA}} to {{mono|XZZ}}, and {{mono|ZZA}} to {{mono|ZZZ}}.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.iso.org/glossary-for-iso-3166.html| title=Glossary for ISO 3166 - Codes for countries and their subdivisions| publisher=ISO}}</ref>
==== Examples ====
The following codes are used in ISO/IEC 7501-1 for special [[machine-readable passport]]s:<ref name="icao" />
* {{mono|EUE}}
* {{mono|XOM}} is used to represent the [[Sovereign Military Order of Malta]]
* {{mono|D}}, a single character, is used for [[Germany]].
* {{mono|XPO}} is used for [[Interpol passport|Interpol travel documents]]
* {{mono|XXA}} is used to represent a [[statelessness|stateless person]], as defined in Article 1 of the [[1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons]]
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* {{mono|XXC}} is used to represent a refugee, other than as defined above
* {{mono|XXX}} is used to represent a person of unspecified nationality
[[List of NATO country codes|NATO STANAG 1059 INT]] is built upon ISO alpha-3 codes, but also defines alpha-2 codes incompatible with ISO 3166-1. It introduces several private use codes for fictional countries and organizational entities:
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* {{mono|XXY}} "Yellowland"
* {{mono|XXE}} [[SHAPE]]
* {{mono|XXM}} NATO
* {{mono|XXN}} NATO
* {{mono|XXS}} [[SACLANT]]
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NATO also continues to use reserved codes for continents:
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* {{mono|ABB}} Asia
* {{mono|EEE}} Europe
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* {{mono|UUU}} Oceania
* {{mono|NTT}} NATO countries
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Differences and omissions from 9th edition (2005) due to subsequent updates to ISO 3166-1:
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* {{mono|ASC}} [[Ascension Island]]{{snd}} Reserved on request of [[Universal Postal Union|Universal Postal Union (UPU)]], also used by [[International Telecommunication Union|International Telecommunication Union (ITU)]]
* {{mono|CPT}} [[Clipperton Island]]{{snd}} Reserved on request of [[International Telecommunication Union|ITU]]
* {{mono|DGA}} [[Diego Garcia]]{{snd}} Reserved on request of
* {{mono|FXX}} [[Metropolitan France|France, Metropolitan]]{{snd}} Reserved on request of [[France]]; Officially assigned before being deleted from ISO 3166-1
* {{mono|SUN}} [[Soviet Union|USSR]]{{snd}} From June 2008; Transitionally reserved from September 1992; Officially assigned before being deleted from ISO 3166-1
* {{mono|TAA}} [[Tristan da Cunha]]{{snd}} Reserved on request of [[Universal Postal Union|UPU]]
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The following alpha-3 codes were previously exceptionally reserved, but are now officially assigned:
* {{mono|GGY}} [[Bailiwick of Guernsey|Guernsey]]{{snd}} Reserved on request of
* {{mono|IMN}} [[Isle of Man]]{{snd}} Reserved on request of
* {{mono|JEY}} [[Jersey]]{{snd}} Reserved on request of
====Transitional reservations====<!--This section is linked from [[ISO 3166-1]]-->
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* {{mono|ANT}} [[Netherlands Antilles]]{{snd}} From December 2010
* {{mono|BUR}} [[Myanmar|Burma]]{{snd}} From December 1989
* {{mono|BYS}} [[Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic|Byelorussian SSR]]{{snd}} From June 1992
* {{mono|CSK}} [[Czechoslovakia]]{{snd}} From June 1993
* {{mono|NTZ}} [[
* {{mono|ROM}} [[Romania]]{{snd}} From February 2002; Code changed to {{mono|ROU}}<ref name="Romania">{{cite web |url = http://www.iso.org/iso/newsletter_v-3_romania.pdf |title = RE: Change of alpha-3 Code Element |author = ISO International Organization for Standardization, ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency |date = 1 February 2002 |work = ISO 3166-1 NEWSLETTER No. V-3 |
* {{mono|SCG}} [[Serbia and Montenegro]]{{snd}} From September 2006
* {{mono|TMP}} [[East Timor]]{{snd}} From May 2002
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* {{mono|CDN}} [[Canada]]
* {{mono|EAK}} [[Kenya]]
* {{mono|EAT}} [[Tanzania Mainland|Tanganyika]] [Part of Tanzania, United Republic of]
* {{mono|EAU}} [[Uganda]]
* {{mono|EAZ}} [[Zanzibar]] [Part of Tanzania, United Republic of]
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* {{mono|RSR}} [[Rhodesia|Southern Rhodesia]] [now Zimbabwe]
* {{mono|SLO}} [[Slovenia]]
* {{mono|SME}} [[Suriname
* {{mono|TMN}} [[Turkmenistan]]
* {{mono|WAG}} [[The Gambia|Gambia]]
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==Deleted codes==
Besides the codes currently [[#Transitional reservations|transitionally reserved]] and two other codes currently [[#Exceptional reservations|exceptionally reserved]] ({{mono|FXX}} for [[Metropolitan France|France, Metropolitan]] and {{mono|SUN}} for [[Soviet Union|USSR]]), the following alpha-3 codes have also been deleted from ISO 3166-1:<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.davros.org/misc/iso3166.html#disused| title=Country codes in ISO 3166 (Table 2: codes withdrawn from use)| author=Clive Feather|website=Davros.org| date=2003-07-25}}</ref>
* {{mono|AFI}} [[French Territory of the Afars and the Issas|French
* {{mono|ATB}} [[British Antarctic Territory]]
* {{mono|ATN}} [[Queen Maud Land|Dronning Maud Land]]
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* {{mono|MID}} [[Midway Atoll|Midway Islands]]
* {{mono|NHB}} [[New Hebrides]]
* {{mono|PCI}} [[Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands|Pacific Islands
* {{mono|PCZ}} [[Panama Canal Zone]]
* {{mono|PHI}} [[Philippines]]{{snd}} Code changed to {{mono|PHL}} in 1976<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.statoids.com/w3166his.html| title=Changes in ISO 3166-1| author=Gwillim Law| website=Statoids.com| date=2014-07-17}}</ref>
* {{mono|PUS}} [[United States
* {{mono|RHO}} [[Southern Rhodesia]]
* {{mono|SKM}} [[Kingdom of Sikkim|Sikkim]]
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* [[List of IOC country codes]], used by the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC)
* [[List of FIFA country codes]], used by the [[FIFA|Fédération Internationale de Football Association]] (FIFA)
* [[Comparison of
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Sources
* [
** ''Reserved code elements under ISO 3166-1 "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes"'', available on request from ISO 3166/MA
* [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm ''Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use''], United Nations Statistics Division
** [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49alpha.htm Countries or areas, codes and abbreviations]{{snd}} list of alpha-3 and numeric codes (a few territories officially assigned codes in ISO 3166-1 are not included in this list)
* ''[[The World Factbook]]'' (public domain), Central Intelligence Agency
** [https://www.cia.gov
* [http://www.statoids.com/ Administrative Divisions of Countries ("Statoids")], Statoids.com
** [http://www.statoids.com/wab.html Country codes]{{snd}} comparison of ISO 3166-1 country codes with other country codes
** [http://www.statoids.com/w3166his.html ISO 3166-1 Change History], Statoids.com
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Latest revision as of 05:02, 23 May 2024
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes are three-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. They allow a better visual association between the codes and the country names than the two-letter alpha-2 codes (the third set of codes is numeric and hence offers no visual association).[1] They were first included as part of the ISO 3166 standard in its first edition in 1974.
Uses and applications
[edit]The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes are used most prominently in ISO/IEC 7501-1 for machine-readable passports, as standardized by the International Civil Aviation Organization, with a number of additional codes for special passports; some of these codes are currently reserved and not used at the present stage in ISO 3166-1.[2]
The United Nations uses a combination of ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 and alpha-3 codes, along with codes that pre-date the creation of ISO 3166, for international vehicle registration codes, which are codes used to identify the issuing country of a vehicle registration plate; some of these codes are currently indeterminately reserved in ISO 3166-1.[3]
Current codes
[edit]Officially assigned code elements
[edit]The following is a complete list of the current officially assigned ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes,[4] using a title case version of the English short names officially defined by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA):
- ABW Aruba
- AFG Afghanistan
- AGO Angola
- AIA Anguilla
- ALA Åland Islands
- ALB Albania
- AND Andorra
- ARE United Arab Emirates
- ARG Argentina
- ARM Armenia
- ASM American Samoa
- ATA Antarctica
- ATF French Southern Territories
- ATG Antigua and Barbuda
- AUS Australia
- AUT Austria
- AZE Azerbaijan
- BDI Burundi
- BEL Belgium
- BEN Benin
- BES Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
- BFA Burkina Faso
- BGD Bangladesh
- BGR Bulgaria
- BHR Bahrain
- BHS Bahamas
- BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina
- BLM Saint Barthélemy
- BLR Belarus
- BLZ Belize
- BMU Bermuda
- BOL Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- BRA Brazil
- BRB Barbados
- BRN Brunei Darussalam
- BTN Bhutan
- BVT Bouvet Island
- BWA Botswana
- CAF Central African Republic
- CAN Canada
- CCK Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- CHE Switzerland
- CHL Chile
- CHN China
- CIV Côte d'Ivoire
- CMR Cameroon
- COD Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- COG Congo
- COK Cook Islands
- COL Colombia
- COM Comoros
- CPV Cabo Verde
- CRI Costa Rica
- CUB Cuba
- CUW Curaçao
- CXR Christmas Island
- CYM Cayman Islands
- CYP Cyprus
- CZE Czechia
- DEU Germany
- DJI Djibouti
- DMA Dominica
- DNK Denmark
- DOM Dominican Republic
- DZA Algeria
- ECU Ecuador
- EGY Egypt
- ERI Eritrea
- ESH Western Sahara
- ESP Spain
- EST Estonia
- ETH Ethiopia
- FIN Finland
- FJI Fiji
- FLK Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- FRA France
- FRO Faroe Islands
- FSM Micronesia, Federated States of
- GAB Gabon
- GBR United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- GEO Georgia
- GGY Guernsey
- GHA Ghana
- GIB Gibraltar
- GIN Guinea
- GLP Guadeloupe
- GMB Gambia
- GNB Guinea-Bissau
- GNQ Equatorial Guinea
- GRC Greece
- GRD Grenada
- GRL Greenland
- GTM Guatemala
- GUF French Guiana
- GUM Guam
- GUY Guyana
- HKG Hong Kong
- HMD Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- HND Honduras
- HRV Croatia
- HTI Haiti
- HUN Hungary
- IDN Indonesia
- IMN Isle of Man
- IND India
- IOT British Indian Ocean Territory
- IRL Ireland
- IRN Iran, Islamic Republic of
- IRQ Iraq
- ISL Iceland
- ISR Israel
- ITA Italy
- JAM Jamaica
- JEY Jersey
- JOR Jordan
- JPN Japan
- KAZ Kazakhstan
- KEN Kenya
- KGZ Kyrgyzstan
- KHM Cambodia
- KIR Kiribati
- KNA Saint Kitts and Nevis
- KOR Korea, Republic of
- KWT Kuwait
- LAO Lao People's Democratic Republic
- LBN Lebanon
- LBR Liberia
- LBY Libya
- LCA Saint Lucia
- LIE Liechtenstein
- LKA Sri Lanka
- LSO Lesotho
- LTU Lithuania
- LUX Luxembourg
- LVA Latvia
- MAC Macao
- MAF Saint Martin (French part)
- MAR Morocco
- MCO Monaco
- MDA Moldova, Republic of
- MDG Madagascar
- MDV Maldives
- MEX Mexico
- MHL Marshall Islands
- MKD North Macedonia
- MLI Mali
- MLT Malta
- MMR Myanmar
- MNE Montenegro
- MNG Mongolia
- MNP Northern Mariana Islands
- MOZ Mozambique
- MRT Mauritania
- MSR Montserrat
- MTQ Martinique
- MUS Mauritius
- MWI Malawi
- MYS Malaysia
- MYT Mayotte
- NAM Namibia
- NCL New Caledonia
- NER Niger
- NFK Norfolk Island
- NGA Nigeria
- NIC Nicaragua
- NIU Niue
- NLD Netherlands, Kingdom of the
- NOR Norway
- NPL Nepal
- NRU Nauru
- NZL New Zealand
- OMN Oman
- PAK Pakistan
- PAN Panama
- PCN Pitcairn
- PER Peru
- PHL Philippines
- PLW Palau
- PNG Papua New Guinea
- POL Poland
- PRI Puerto Rico
- PRK Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
- PRT Portugal
- PRY Paraguay
- PSE Palestine, State of
- PYF French Polynesia
- QAT Qatar
- REU Réunion
- ROU Romania
- RUS Russian Federation
- RWA Rwanda
- SAU Saudi Arabia
- SDN Sudan
- SEN Senegal
- SGP Singapore
- SGS South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- SHN Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- SJM Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- SLB Solomon Islands
- SLE Sierra Leone
- SLV El Salvador
- SMR San Marino
- SOM Somalia
- SPM Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- SRB Serbia
- SSD South Sudan
- STP Sao Tome and Principe
- SUR Suriname
- SVK Slovakia
- SVN Slovenia
- SWE Sweden
- SWZ Eswatini
- SXM Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- SYC Seychelles
- SYR Syrian Arab Republic
- TCA Turks and Caicos Islands
- TCD Chad
- TGO Togo
- THA Thailand
- TJK Tajikistan
- TKL Tokelau
- TKM Turkmenistan
- TLS Timor-Leste
- TON Tonga
- TTO Trinidad and Tobago
- TUN Tunisia
- TUR Türkiye
- TUV Tuvalu
- TWN Taiwan, Province of China
- TZA Tanzania, United Republic of
- UGA Uganda
- UKR Ukraine
- UMI United States Minor Outlying Islands
- URY Uruguay
- USA United States of America
- UZB Uzbekistan
- VAT Holy See
- VCT Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- VEN Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- VGB Virgin Islands (British)
- VIR Virgin Islands (U.S.)
- VNM Viet Nam
- VUT Vanuatu
- WLF Wallis and Futuna
- WSM Samoa
- YEM Yemen
- ZAF South Africa
- ZMB Zambia
- ZWE Zimbabwe
User-assigned code elements
[edit]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 these codes in the updating process of the standard. The following alpha-3 codes can be user-assigned: AAA to AAZ, QMA to QZZ, XAA to XZZ, and ZZA to ZZZ.[5]
Examples
[edit]The following codes are used in ISO/IEC 7501-1 for special machine-readable passports:[2]
- EUE is used for the European Union laissez-passer[6]
- XOM is used to represent the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
- D, a single character, is used for Germany.
- XPO is used for Interpol travel documents
- XXA is used to represent a stateless person, as defined in Article 1 of the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
- XXB is used to represent a refugee, as defined in Article 1 of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees as amended by the 1967 Protocol
- XXC is used to represent a refugee, other than as defined above
- XXX is used to represent a person of unspecified nationality
NATO STANAG 1059 INT is built upon ISO alpha-3 codes, but also defines alpha-2 codes incompatible with ISO 3166-1. It introduces several private use codes for fictional countries and organizational entities:
NATO also continues to use reserved codes for continents:
- ABB Asia
- EEE Europe
- FFF Africa
- NNN North America
- SRR South America
- UUU Oceania
- NTT NATO countries
Reserved code elements
[edit]Reserved code elements are codes which have become obsolete, or are required in order to enable a particular user application of the standard but do not qualify for inclusion in ISO 3166-1. To avoid transitional application problems and to aid users who require specific additional code elements for the functioning of their coding systems, the ISO 3166/MA, when justified, reserves these codes which it undertakes not to use for other than specified purposes during a limited or indeterminate period of time. The reserved alpha-3 codes can be divided into the following four categories: exceptional reservations, transitional reservations, indeterminate reservations, and codes currently agreed not to use.
Exceptional reservations
[edit]Exceptionally reserved code elements are codes reserved at the request of national ISO member bodies, governments and international organizations, which are required in order to support a particular application, as specified by the requesting body and limited to such use; any further use of such code elements is subject to approval by the ISO 3166/MA. The following alpha-3 codes are currently exceptionally reserved:
- ASC Ascension Island – Reserved on request of Universal Postal Union (UPU), also used by International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
- CPT Clipperton Island – Reserved on request of ITU
- DGA Diego Garcia – Reserved on request of ITU
- FXX France, Metropolitan – Reserved on request of France; Officially assigned before being deleted from ISO 3166-1
- SUN USSR – From June 2008; Transitionally reserved from September 1992; Officially assigned before being deleted from ISO 3166-1
- TAA Tristan da Cunha – Reserved on request of UPU
The following alpha-3 codes were previously exceptionally reserved, but are now officially assigned:
- GGY Guernsey – Reserved on request of UPU
- IMN Isle of Man – Reserved on request of UPU
- JEY Jersey – Reserved on request of UPU
Transitional reservations
[edit]Transitional reserved code elements are codes reserved after their deletion from ISO 3166-1. These codes may be used only during a transitional period of at least five years while new code elements that may have replaced them are taken into use. These codes may be reassigned by the ISO 3166/MA after the expiration of the transitional period. The following alpha-3 codes are currently transitionally reserved:
- ANT Netherlands Antilles – From December 2010
- BUR Burma – From December 1989
- BYS Byelorussian SSR – From June 1992
- CSK Czechoslovakia – From June 1993
- NTZ Neutral Zone – From July 1993
- ROM Romania – From February 2002; Code changed to ROU[7]
- SCG Serbia and Montenegro – From September 2006
- TMP East Timor – From May 2002
- YUG Yugoslavia – From July 2003
- ZAR Zaire – From July 1997
Indeterminate reservations
[edit]Indeterminately reserved code elements are codes used to designate road vehicles under the 1949 and 1968 United Nations Conventions on Road Traffic but differing from those contained in ISO 3166-1. These code elements are expected eventually to be either eliminated or replaced by code elements within ISO 3166-1. In the meantime, the ISO 3166/MA has reserved such code elements for an indeterminate period. Any use beyond the application of the two Conventions is discouraged and will not be approved by the ISO 3166/MA. Moreover, these codes may be reassigned by the ISO 3166/MA at any time. The following alpha-3 codes are currently indeterminately reserved:
- ADN Aden
- BDS Barbados
- BRU Brunei
- CDN Canada
- EAK Kenya
- EAT Tanganyika [Part of Tanzania, United Republic of]
- EAU Uganda
- EAZ Zanzibar [Part of Tanzania, United Republic of]
- GBA Alderney
- GBG Guernsey
- GBJ Jersey
- GBM Isle of Man
- GBZ Gibraltar
- GCA Guatemala
- HKJ Jordan
- MAL Malaysia
- RCA Central African Republic
- RCB Congo, People's Republic of
- RCH Chile
- RMM Mali
- RNR Zambia
- ROK Korea, Republic of
- RSM San Marino
- RSR Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]
- SLO Slovenia
- SME Suriname
- TMN Turkmenistan
- WAG Gambia
- WAL Sierra Leone
- WAN Nigeria
- ZRE Zaire
The following alpha-3 code was previously indeterminately reserved, but has been reassigned to another country as its official code:
Codes currently agreed not to use
[edit]In addition, the ISO 3166/MA will not use the following alpha-3 codes at the present stage, as they are used in ISO/IEC 7501-1 for special machine-readable passports:
- GBD identifies a British Passport holder who is a British Overseas Territories citizen
- GBN identifies a British Passport holder who is a British National (Overseas)
- GBO identifies a British Passport holder who is a British Overseas citizen
- GBP identifies a British Passport holder who is a British protected person
- GBS identifies a British Passport holder who is a British subject
- UNA is used as a substitute for nationality where the holder is an Official of a Specialized Agency of the UN Organization
- UNK identifies Kosovo residents to whom travel documents were issued by the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK)
- UNO is used to designate the UN Organization as the issuer and used as a substitute for nationality where the holder is an Official of the UN Organization
Deleted codes
[edit]Besides the codes currently transitionally reserved and two other codes currently exceptionally reserved (FXX for France, Metropolitan and SUN for USSR), the following alpha-3 codes have also been deleted from ISO 3166-1:[8]
- AFI French Afars and Issas
- ATB British Antarctic Territory
- ATN Dronning Maud Land
- CTE Canton and Enderbury Islands
- DDR German Democratic Republic
- DHY Dahomey
- GEL Gilbert and Ellice Islands
- HVO Upper Volta
- JTN Johnston Island
- MID Midway Islands
- NHB New Hebrides
- PCI Pacific Islands (Trust Territory)
- PCZ Panama Canal Zone
- PHI Philippines – Code changed to PHL in 1976[9]
- PUS United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands
- RHO Southern Rhodesia
- SKM Sikkim
- VDR Viet-Nam, Democratic Republic of
- WAK Wake Island
- YMD Yemen, Democratic
See also
[edit]- List of IOC country codes, used by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
- List of FIFA country codes, used by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
- Comparison of alphabetic country codes
References
[edit]- ^ "ISO 3166 – FAQs – General questions". International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Archived from the original on 2011-05-14.
- ^ a b "Codes for Nationality, Place of Birth, Location of Issuing State/Authority and Other Purposes", Doc 9303, Machine Readable Travel Documents, Part 3: Specifications Common to all MRTDs (PDF) (Eighth ed.), International Civil Aviation Organization, 2021, pp. 21–23
- ^ "Distinguishing signs used on vehicles in international traffic" (PDF). United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.
- ^ "Country names and code elements". ISO.
- ^ "Glossary for ISO 3166 - Codes for countries and their subdivisions". ISO.
- ^ "European Union laissez-passer (video at 0:47)". Laissez-passer.eu. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ ISO International Organization for Standardization, ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (1 February 2002). "RE: Change of alpha-3 Code Element" (PDF). ISO 3166-1 NEWSLETTER No. V-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
Description of change: Change of the alpha-3 Code element for Romania from ROM to ROU following a request of the Government of Romania.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Clive Feather (2003-07-25). "Country codes in ISO 3166 (Table 2: codes withdrawn from use)". Davros.org.
- ^ Gwillim Law (2014-07-17). "Changes in ISO 3166-1". Statoids.com.
Sources
[edit]- ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency, International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
- Reserved code elements under ISO 3166-1 "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes", available on request from ISO 3166/MA
- Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use, United Nations Statistics Division
- Countries or areas, codes and abbreviations – list of alpha-3 and numeric codes (a few territories officially assigned codes in ISO 3166-1 are not included in this list)
- The World Factbook (public domain), Central Intelligence Agency
- Appendix D – Country Data Codes – comparison of FIPS 10, ISO 3166, and STANAG 1059 country codes
- Administrative Divisions of Countries ("Statoids"), Statoids.com
- Country codes – comparison of ISO 3166-1 country codes with other country codes
- ISO 3166-1 Change History, Statoids.com