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List of Countries, Dependencies and Other Areas of Interest

The list below is the Statistics Canada version of the international standard ISO 3166-1:2006.

NUM-3 Name ALPHA-2 ALPHA-3

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

NUM-3:
three digits numeric code defined by United Nations
Name of countries, dependencies and other areas of interest:
Statistics Canada version of Codes for the representation of country names list established by ISO.
ALPHA-2:
two digits alpha code defined by ISO
ALPHA-3:
three digits alpha code defined by ISO
 
Differences between the Statistics Canada version and the International Standard ISO 3166-1: 2006 are
Statistics Canada version ISO country names
Iran Iran, Islamic Republic of
Ireland, Republic of (EIRE) Ireland
Korea, North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, South Korea, Republic of
Laos Lao People's Democratic Republic
Libya Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Macedonia (FYROM) Macedonia, The former Yugoslav Republic of
Syria Syrian Arab Republic
Taiwan Taiwan, Province of China
Vatican City State Holy See (Vatican City State)
 
Definition of some geographic coverage in the Statistics Canada version:
China Hong Kong and Taiwan are separated entities
France France-Mainland (includes Corsica)
Norway includes Svalbard and Jan Mayen island
Serbia includes Kosovo
United Kingdom Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland (excludes Isle of Man and the Channels Islands since March 29, 2006
United States includes the 50 states and the district of Columbia
 

Updates of ISO 3166-1: 2006:

- On April 8, 2008, the name of Moldova (498, MD, MDA) has been modified (from Moldova, Republic of to Moldova).

- On September 21, 2007, two entities have been added (Saint Barthélemy, 652, BL, BLM; and Saint Martin (French part), 663, MF, MAF).

 

Updates of ISO 3166-1: 1997:

- On September 26, 2006, two entities have been added (Montenegro, 499, ME, MNE; and Serbia, 688, RS, SRB) and the country name Serbia and Montenegro (891, CS, SCG) has been removed from the list.

- On March 29, 2006, three entities have been added (Guernsey, 831, GG, GGY; Isle of Man, 833, IM, IMN; and Jersey, 832, JE, JEY).

- On February 13, 2004, one entity has been added (Åland Islands, 248, AX, ALA)

- On February 5, 2003, the name and the ALPHA code elements for Serbia and Montenegro have been modified (from Yugoslavia to Serbia and Montenegro, and from YU, YUG to CS, SCG).

- On November 15, 2002, the name of Timor-Leste (626, TL, TLS) has been modified (from East Timor to Timor-Leste).

- On May 20, 2002, the name of Macao (446, MO, MAC) has been modified (from Macau to Macao), and the ALPHA code elements for East Timor (626, TL, TLS) have changed (from TP, TMP to TL, TLS).

- On February 1st, 2002, the ALPHA-3 code element for Romania (642, RO, ROU) has changed (from ROM to ROU).

- On January 1st 2001, two entities have been added (Occupied Palestinian Territory, 275, PS, PSE and East Timor, 626, TP, TMP).



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