Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions
(FIPS PUB 10-4) is maintained by the Office of the
Geographer and Global Issues (Department of State) and
published by the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (Department of Commerce). These two-character
alphabetic codes are included in the text of the Factbook in
the Data code entry under the Government category. FIPS 10-4
codes are intended for general use throughout the US
Government, especially in activities associated with the
mission of the Department of State and national defense
programs.
ISO 3166: Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries
(ISO 3166) is prepared by the International Organization for
Standardization. ISO 3166 includes two- and three-character
alphabetic codes and three-digit numeric codes that may be
needed for activities involving exchange of data with
international organizations that have adopted that standard.
Except for the numeric codes, ISO 3166 codes have been
adopted in the US as FIPS 104-1: American National Standard
Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries,
Dependencies, and Areas of Special Sovereignty for
Information Interchange.
Internet: This is a provisional compilation that generally
agrees with the ISO 3166 two-character alphabetic codes.
Entity FIPS ISO ISO ISO Interne Comment
10-4 316 316 316 t
6 6 6
Afghanistan AF AF AFG 004 AF
Albania AL AL ALB 008 AL
Algeria AG DZ DZA 012 DZ
American AQ AS ASM 016 AS
Samoa
Andorra AN AD AND 020 AD
Angola AO AO AGO 024 AO
Anguilla AV AI AIA 660 AI
Antarctica AY AQ ATA 010 AQ ISO defines as the
territory south of 60
degrees south latitude
Antigua and AC AG ATG 028 AG
Barbuda
Argentina AR AR ARG 032 AR
Armenia AM AM ARM 051 AM
Aruba AA AW ABW 533 AW
Ashmore and AT -- -- -- -- ISO includes with
Cartier Australia
Australia AS AU AUS 036 AU ISO includes Ashmore
and Cartier
Islands,Coral Sea
Islands
Austria AU AT AUT 040 AT
Azerbaijan AJ AZ AZE 031 AZ
The Bahamas BF BS BHS 044 BS
Bahrain BA BH BHR 048 BH
Baker Island FQ -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the
US Minor Outlying
Islands
Bangladesh BG BD BGD 050 BD
Barbados BB BB BRB 052 BB
Bassas da BS -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the
India Miscellaneous (French)
Indian Ocean Islands
Belarus BO BY BLR 112 BY
Belgium BE BE BEL 056 BE
Belize BH BZ BLZ 084 BZ
Benin BN BJ BEN 204 BJ
Bermuda BD BM BMU 060 BM
Bhutan BT BT BTN 064 BT
Bolivia BL BO BOL 068 BO
Bosnia and BK BA BIH 070 BA
Herzegovina
Botswana BC BW BWA 072 BW
Bouvet Island BV BV BVT 074 BV
Brazil BR BR BRA 076 BR
British IO IO IOT 086 IO
Indian Ocean
Territory
British VI VG VGB 092 VG
Virgin
Islands
Brunei BX BN BRN 096 BN
Bulgaria BU BG BGR 100 BG
Burkina Faso UV BF BFA 854 BF
Burma BM MM MMR 104 MM ISO uses the name
Myanmar
Burundi BY BI BDI 108 BI
Cambodia CB KH KHM 116 KH
Cameroon CM CM CMR 120 CM
Canada CA CA CAN 124 CA
Cape Verde CV CV CPV 132 CV
Cayman CJ KY CYM 136 KY
Islands
Central CT CF CAF 140 CF
African
Republic
Chad CD TD TCD 148 TD
Chile CI CL CHL 152 CL
China CH CN CHN 156 CN see also Taiwan
Christmas KT CX CXR 162 CX
Island
Clipperton IP -- -- -- -- ISO includes with
Island French Polynesia
Cocos CK CC CCK 166 CC
(Keeling)
Islands
Colombia CO CO COL 170 CO
Comoros CN KM COM 174 KM
Congo, CG ZR ZAR 180 ZR formerly Zaire
Democratic
Republic of
the
Congo, CF CG COG 178 CG
Republic of
the
Cook Islands CW CK COK 184 CK
Coral Sea CR -- -- -- -- ISO includes with
Islands Australia
Costa Rica CS CR CRI 188 CR
Cote d'Ivoire IV CI CIV 384 CI
Croatia HR HR HRV 191 HR
Cuba CU CU CUB 192 CU
Cyprus CY CY CYP 196 CY
Czech EZ CZ CZE 203 CZ
Republic
Denmark DA DK DNK 208 DK
Djibouti DJ DJ DJI 262 DJ
Dominica DO DM DMA 212 DM
Dominican DR DO DOM 214 DO
Republic
East Timor -- TP TMP 626 TP FIPS includes with
Indonesia
Ecuador EC EC ECU 218 EC
Egypt EG EG EGY 818 EG
El Salvador ES SV SLV 222 SV
Equatorial EK GQ GNQ 226 GQ
Guinea
Eritrea ER ER ERI 232 ER
Estonia EN EE EST 233 EE
Ethiopia ET ET ETH 231 ET
Europa Island EU -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the
Miscellaneous (French)
Indian Ocean Islands
Falkland FA FK FLK 238 FK
Islands
(Islas
Malvinas)
Faroe Islands FO FO FRO 234 FO
Fiji FJ FJ FJI 242 FJ
Finland FI FI FIN 246 FI
France FR FR FRA 250 FR
France, -- FX FXX 249 FX ISO limits to the
Metropolitan European part of
France, excluding
French Guiana, French
Polynesia, French
Southern and Antarctic
Lands, Guadeloupe,
Martinique, Mayotte,
New Caledonia, Reunion,
Saint Pierre and
Miquelon, Wallis and
Futuna
French Guiana FG GF GUF 254 GF
French FP PF PYF 258 PF ISO includes Clipperton
Polynesia Island
French FS TF ATF 260 -- FIPS 10-4 does not
Southern and include the French-
Antarctic claimed portion of
Lands Antarctica (Terre
Adelie)
Gabon GB GA GAB 266 GA
The Gambia GA GM GMB 270 GM
Gaza Strip GZ -- -- -- --
Georgia GG GE GEO 268 GE
Germany GM DE DEU 276 DE
Ghana GH GH GHA 288 GH
Gibraltar GI GI GIB 292 GI
Glorioso GO -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the
Islands Miscellaneous (French)
Indian Ocean Islands
Greece GR GR GRC 300 GR
Greenland GL GL GRL 304 GL
Grenada GJ GD GRD 308 GD
Guadeloupe GP GP GLP 312 GP
Guam GQ GU GUM 316 GU
Guatemala GT GT GTM 320 GT
Guernsey GK -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the
United Kingdom
Guinea GV GN GIN 324 GN
Guinea-Bissau PU GW GNB 624 GW
Guyana GY GY GUY 328 GY
Haiti HA HT HTI 332 HT
Heard Island HM HM HMD 334 HM
and McDonald
Islands
Holy See VT VA VAT 336 VA
(Vatican
City)
Honduras HO HN HND 340 HN
Hong Kong HK HK HKG 344 HK
Howland HQ -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the
Island US Minor Outlying
Islands
Hungary HU HU HUN 348 HU
Iceland IC IS ISL 352 IS
India IN IN IND 356 IN
Indonesia ID ID IDN 360 ID
Iran IR IR IRN 364 IR
Iraq IZ IQ IRQ 368 IQ
Ireland EI IE IRL 372 IE
Israel IS IL ISR 376 IL
Italy IT IT ITA 380 IT
Jamaica JM JM JAM 388 JM
Jan Mayen JN -- -- -- -- ISO includes with
Svalbard
Japan JA JP JPN 392 JP
Jarvis Island DQ -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the
US Minor Outlying
Islands
Jersey JE -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the
United Kingdom
Johnston JQ -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the
Atoll US Minor Outlying
Islands
Jordan JO JO JOR 400 JO
Juan de Nova JU -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the
Island Miscellaneous (French)
Indian Ocean Islands
Kazakhstan KZ KZ KAZ 398 KZ
Kenya KE KE KEN 404 KE
Kingman Reef KQ -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the
US Minor Outlying
Islands
Kiribati KR KI KIR 296 KI
Korea, North KN KP PRK 408 KP
Korea, South KS KR KOR 410 KR
Kuwait KU KW KWT 414 KW
Kyrgyzstan KG KG KGZ 417 KG
Laos LA LA LAO 418 LA
Latvia LG LV LVA 428 LV
Lebanon LE LB LBN 422 LB
Lesotho LT LS LSO 426 LS
Liberia LI LR LBR 430 LR
Libya LY LY LBY 434 LY
Liechtenstein LS LI LIE 438 LI
Lithuania LH LT LTU 440 LT
Luxembourg LU LU LUX 442 LU
Macau MC MO MAC 446 MO
Macedonia, MK MK MKD 807 MK
The Former
Yugoslav
Republic of
Madagascar MA MG MDG 450 MG
Malawi MI MW MWI 454 MW
Malaysia MY MY MYS 458 MY
Maldives MV MV MDV 462 MV
Mali ML ML MLI 466 ML
Malta MT MT MLT 470 MT
Man, Isle of IM -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the
United Kingdom
Marshall RM MH MHL 584 MH
Islands
Martinique MB MQ MTQ 474 MQ
Mauritania MR MR MRT 478 MR
Mauritius MP MU MUS 480 MU
Mayotte MF YT MYT 175 YT
Mexico MX MX MEX 484 MX
Micronesia, FM FSM 583 FM
Federated
States of
Midway MQ -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the
Islands US Minor Outlying
Islands
Miscellaneous -- -- -- -- ISO includes Bassas da
(French) India, Europa Island,
Glorioso Islands, Juan
de Nova Island,
Tromelin Island
Moldova MD MD MDA 498 MD
Monaco MN MC MCO 492 MC
Mongolia MG MN MNG 496 MN
Montenegro* MW -- -- -- -- see footnote at end of
table
Montserrat MH MS MSR 500 MS
Morocco MO MA MAR 504 MA
Mozambique MZ MZ MOZ 508 MZ
Myanmar -- -- -- -- -- see Burma
Namibia WA NA NAM 516 NA
Nauru NR NR NRU 520 NR
Navassa BQ -- -- -- --
Island
Nepal NP NP NPL 524 NP
Netherlands NL NL NLD 528 NL
Netherlands NT AN ANT 530 AN
Antilles
New Caledonia NC NC NCL 540 NC
New Zealand NZ NZ NZL 554 NZ
Nicaragua NU NI NIC 558 NI
Niger NG NE NER 562 NE
Nigeria NI NG NGA 566 NG
Niue NE NU NIU 570 NU
Norfolk NF NF NFK 574 NF
Island
Northern CQ MP MNP 580 MP
Mariana
Islands
Norway NO NO NOR 578 NO
Oman MU OM OMN 512 OM
Pakistan PK PK PAK 586 PK
Palau PS PW PLW 585 PW
Palmyra Atoll LQ -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the
US Minor Outlying
Islands
Panama PM PA PAN 591 PA
Papua New PP PG PNG 598 PG
Guinea
Paracel PF -- -- -- --
Islands
Paraguay PA PY PRY 600 PY
Peru PE PE PER 604 PE
Philippines RP PH PHL 608 PH
Pitcairn PC PN PCN 612 PN
Islands
Poland PL PL POL 616 PL
Portugal PO PT PRT 620 PT
Puerto Rico RQ PR PRI 630 PR
Qatar QA QA QAT 634 QA
Reunion RE RE REU 638 RE
Romania RO RO ROM 642 RO
Russia RS RU RUS 643 RU
Rwanda RW RW RWA 646 RW
Saint Helena SH SH SHN 654 SH
Saint Kitts SC KN KNA 659 KN
and Nevis
Saint Lucia ST LC LCA 662 LC
Saint Pierre SB PM SPM 666 PM
and Miquelon
Saint Vincent VC VC VCT 670 VC
and the
Grenadines
Samoa WS WS WSM 882 WS --
San Marino SM SM SMR 674 SM
Sao Tome and TP ST STP 678 ST
Principe
Saudi Arabia SA SA SAU 682 SA
Senegal SG SN SEN 686 SN
Serbia* SR -- -- -- -- see footnote at end of
table
Serbia and -- -- -- -- -- see footnote at end of
Montenegro* table
Seychelles SE SC SYC 690 SC
Sierra Leone SL SL SLE 694 SL
Singapore SN SG SGP 702 SG
Slovakia LO SK SVK 703 SK
Slovenia SI SI SVN 705 SI
Solomon BP SB SLB 090 SB
Islands
Somalia SO SO SOM 706 SO
South Africa SF ZA ZAF 710 ZA
South Georgia SX GS SGS 239 GS
and the South
Sandwich
Islands
Spain SP ES ESP 724 ES
Spratly PG -- -- -- --
Islands
Sri Lanka CE LK LKA 144 LK
Sudan SU SD SDN 736 SD
Suriname NS SR SUR 740 SR
Svalbard SV SJ SJM 744 SJ ISO includes Jan Mayen
Swaziland WZ SZ SWZ 748 SZ
Sweden SW SE SWE 752 SE
Switzerland SZ CH CHE 756 CH
Syria SY SY SYR 760 SY
Taiwan TW TW TWN 158 TW
Tajikistan TI TJ TJK 762 TJ
Tanzania TZ TZ TZA 834 TZ
Thailand TH TH THA 764 TH
Togo TO TG TGO 768 TG
Tokelau TL TK TKL 772 TK
Tonga TN TO TON 776 TO
Trinidad and TD TT TTO 780 TT
Tobago
Tromelin TE -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the
Island Miscellaneous (French)
Indian Ocean Islands
Tunisia TS TN TUN 788 TN
Turkey TU TR TUR 792 TR
Turkmenistan TX TM TKM 795 TM
Turks and TK TC TCA 796 TC
Caicos
Islands
Tuvalu TV TV TUV 798 TV
Uganda UG UG UGA 800 UG
Ukraine UP UA UKR 804 UA
United Arab TC AE ARE 784 AE
Emirates
United UK GB GBR 826 UK/GB ISO includes Guernsey,
Kingdom Isle of Man, Jersey
United States US US USA 840 US
United States -- UM UMI 581 UM ISO includes Baker
Minor Island, Howland Island,
Outlying Jarvis Island, Johnston
Islands Atoll, Kingman Reef,
Midway Islands, Palmyra
Atoll, Wake Island
Uruguay UY UY URY 858 UY
Uzbekistan UZ UZ UZB 860 UZ
Vanuatu NH VU VUT 548 VU
Venezuela VE VE VEN 862 UE
Vietnam VM VN VNM 704 VN
Virgin VQ VI VIR 850 VI
Islands
Virgin -- -- -- -- -- see British Virgin
Islands (UK) Islands
Virgin -- -- -- -- -- see Virgin Islands
Islands (US)
Wake Atoll WQ -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the
US Minor Outlying
Islands
Wallis and WF WF WLF 876 WF
Futuna
West Bank WE -- -- -- --
Western WI EH ESH 732 EH
Sahara
Western Samoa -- -- -- -- -- see Samoa
World -- -- -- -- -- the Factbook uses the W
data code from DIAM 65-
-18 Geopolitical Data
Elements and Related
Features, Data Standard
No. 3, December 1994,
published by the
Defense Intelligence
Agency
Yemen YM YE YEM 887 YE
Yugoslavia* -- YU YUG 891 YU see footnote at end of
table
Zaire -- -- -- -- -- see Democratic Republic
of the Congo
Zambia ZA ZM ZWB 894 ZM
Zimbabwe ZI ZW ZWE 716 ZW
Serbia and Montenegro have asserted the formation of a joint
independent state,but this entity has not been formally
recognized as a state by the US; the US view is that the
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) has
dissolved and that none of the successor republics
represents its continuation.
Appendix F: Cross-Reference List of Country Data Codes
FIPS 10-4: Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and
Their Principal Administrative Divisions (FIPS PUB 10-4) is maintained
by the Office of the Geographer and Global Issues (Department of State)
and published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(Department of Commerce). These two-character alphabetic codes are
included in the text of the Factbook in the Data code entry under the
Government category. FIPS 10-4 codes are intended for general use
throughout the US Government, especially in activities associated with
the mission of the Department of State and national defense programs.
ISO 3166: Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries (ISO 3166)
is prepared by the International Organization for Standardization. ISO
3166 includes two- and three-character alphabetic codes and three-digit
numeric codes that may be needed for activities involving exchange of
data with international organizations that have adopted that standard.
Except for the numeric codes, ISO 3166 codes have been adopted in the
US as FIPS 104-1: American National Standard Codes for the
Representation of Names of Countries, Dependencies, and Areas of
Special Sovereignty for Information Interchange.
Internet: This is a provisional compilation that generally agrees with
the ISO 3166 two-character alphabetic codes.
Entity FIPS ISO ISO ISO Interne Comment
10-4 3166 3166 3166 t
Afghanistan AF AF AFG 004 AF
Albania AL AL ALB 008 AL
Algeria AG DZ DZA 012 DZ
American AQ AS ASM 016 AS
Samoa
Andorra AN AD AND 020 AD
Angola AO AO AGO 024 AO
Anguilla AV AI AIA 660 AI
Antarctica AY AQ ATA 010 AQ ISO defines as the territory
south of 60 degrees south
latitude
Antigua and AC AG ATG 028 AG
Barbuda
Argentina AR AR ARG 032 AR
Armenia AM AM ARM 051 AM
Aruba AA AW ABW 533 AW
Ashmore and AT -- -- -- -- ISO includes with Australia
Cartier
Australia AS AU AUS 036 AU ISO includes Ashmore and
Cartier Islands,Coral Sea
Islands
Austria AU AT AUT 040 AT
Azerbaijan AJ AZ AZE 031 AZ
The Bahamas BF BS BHS 044 BS
Bahrain BA BH BHR 048 BH
Baker Island FQ -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the US
Minor Outlying Islands
Bangladesh BG BD BGD 050 BD
Barbados BB BB BRB 052 BB
Bassas da BS -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the
India Miscellaneous (French)
Indian Ocean Islands
Belarus BO BY BLR 112 BY
Belgium BE BE BEL 056 BE
Belize BH BZ BLZ 084 BZ
Benin BN BJ BEN 204 BJ
Bermuda BD BM BMU 060 BM
Bhutan BT BT BTN 064 BT
Bolivia BL BO BOL 068 BO
Bosnia and BK BA BIH 070 BA
Herzegovina
Botswana BC BW BWA 072 BW
Bouvet Island BV BV BVT 074 BV
Brazil BR BR BRA 076 BR
British IO IO IOT 086 IO
Indian Ocean
Territory
British VI VG VGB 092 VG
Virgin
Islands
Brunei BX BN BRN 096 BN
Bulgaria BU BG BGR 100 BG
Burkina Faso UV BF BFA 854 BF
Burma BM MM MMR 104 MM ISO uses the name Myanmar
Burundi BY BI BDI 108 BI
Cambodia CB KH KHM 116 KH
Cameroon CM CM CMR 120 CM
Canada CA CA CAN 124 CA
Cape Verde CV CV CPV 132 CV
Cayman CJ KY CYM 136 KY
Islands
Central CT CF CAF 140 CF
African
Republic
Chad CD TD TCD 148 TD
Chile CI CL CHL 152 CL
China CH CN CHN 156 CN see also Taiwan
Christmas KT CX CXR 162 CX
Island
Clipperton IP -- -- -- -- ISO includes with French
Island Polynesia
Cocos CK CC CCK 166 CC
(Keeling)
Islands
Colombia CO CO COL 170 CO
Comoros CN KM COM 174 KM
Congo, CG ZR ZAR 180 ZR formerly Zaire
Democratic
Republic of
the
Congo, CF CG COG 178 CG
Republic of
the
Cook Islands CW CK COK 184 CK
Coral Sea CR -- -- -- -- ISO includes with Australia
Islands
Costa Rica CS CR CRI 188 CR
Cote d'Ivoire IV CI CIV 384 CI
Croatia HR HR HRV 191 HR
Cuba CU CU CUB 192 CU
Cyprus CY CY CYP 196 CY
Czech EZ CZ CZE 203 CZ
Republic
Denmark DA DK DNK 208 DK
Djibouti DJ DJ DJI 262 DJ
Dominica DO DM DMA 212 DM
Dominican DR DO DOM 214 DO
Republic
East Timor -- TP TMP 626 TP FIPS includes with Indonesia
Ecuador EC EC ECU 218 EC
Egypt EG EG EGY 818 EG
El Salvador ES SV SLV 222 SV
Equatorial EK GQ GNQ 226 GQ
Guinea
Eritrea ER ER ERI 232 ER
Estonia EN EE EST 233 EE
Ethiopia ET ET ETH 231 ET
Europa Island EU -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the
Miscellaneous (French)
Indian Ocean Islands
Falkland FA FK FLK 238 FK
Islands
(Islas
Malvinas)
Faroe Islands FO FO FRO 234 FO
Fiji FJ FJ FJI 242 FJ
Finland FI FI FIN 246 FI
France FR FR FRA 250 FR
France, -- FX FXX 249 FX ISO limits to the European
Metropolitan part of France, excluding
French Guiana, French
Polynesia, French Southern
and Antarctic Lands,
Guadeloupe, Martinique,
Mayotte, New Caledonia,
Reunion, Saint Pierre and
Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna
French Guiana FG GF GUF 254 GF
French FP PF PYF 258 PF ISO includes Clipperton
Polynesia Island
French FS TF ATF 260 -- FIPS 10-4 does not include
Southern and the French-claimed portion
Antarctic of Antarctica (Terre Adelie)
Lands
Gabon GB GA GAB 266 GA
The Gambia GA GM GMB 270 GM
Gaza Strip GZ -- -- -- --
Georgia GG GE GEO 268 GE
Germany GM DE DEU 276 DE
Ghana GH GH GHA 288 GH
Gibraltar GI GI GIB 292 GI
Glorioso GO -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the
Islands Miscellaneous (French)
Indian Ocean Islands
Greece GR GR GRC 300 GR
Greenland GL GL GRL 304 GL
Grenada GJ GD GRD 308 GD
Guadeloupe GP GP GLP 312 GP
Guam GQ GU GUM 316 GU
Guatemala GT GT GTM 320 GT
Guernsey GK -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the United
Kingdom
Guinea GV GN GIN 324 GN
Guinea-Bissau PU GW GNB 624 GW
Guyana GY GY GUY 328 GY
Haiti HA HT HTI 332 HT
Heard Island HM HM HMD 334 HM
and McDonald
Islands
Holy See VT VA VAT 336 VA
(Vatican
City)
Honduras HO HN HND 340 HN
Hong Kong HK HK HKG 344 HK
Howland HQ -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the US
Island Minor Outlying Islands
Hungary HU HU HUN 348 HU
Iceland IC IS ISL 352 IS
India IN IN IND 356 IN
Indonesia ID ID IDN 360 ID
Iran IR IR IRN 364 IR
Iraq IZ IQ IRQ 368 IQ
Ireland EI IE IRL 372 IE
Israel IS IL ISR 376 IL
Italy IT IT ITA 380 IT
Jamaica JM JM JAM 388 JM
Jan Mayen JN -- -- -- -- ISO includes with Svalbard
Japan JA JP JPN 392 JP
Jarvis Island DQ -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the US
Minor Outlying Islands
Jersey JE -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the United
Kingdom
Johnston JQ -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the US
Atoll Minor Outlying Islands
Jordan JO JO JOR 400 JO
Juan de Nova JU -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the
Island Miscellaneous (French)
Indian Ocean Islands
Kazakhstan KZ KZ KAZ 398 KZ
Kenya KE KE KEN 404 KE
Kingman Reef KQ -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the US
Minor Outlying Islands
Kiribati KR KI KIR 296 KI
Korea, North KN KP PRK 408 KP
Korea, South KS KR KOR 410 KR
Kuwait KU KW KWT 414 KW
Kyrgyzstan KG KG KGZ 417 KG
Laos LA LA LAO 418 LA
Latvia LG LV LVA 428 LV
Lebanon LE LB LBN 422 LB
Lesotho LT LS LSO 426 LS
Liberia LI LR LBR 430 LR
Libya LY LY LBY 434 LY
Liechtenstein LS LI LIE 438 LI
Lithuania LH LT LTU 440 LT
Luxembourg LU LU LUX 442 LU
Macau MC MO MAC 446 MO
Macedonia, MK MK MKD 807 MK
The Former
Yugoslav
Republic of
Madagascar MA MG MDG 450 MG
Malawi MI MW MWI 454 MW
Malaysia MY MY MYS 458 MY
Maldives MV MV MDV 462 MV
Mali ML ML MLI 466 ML
Malta MT MT MLT 470 MT
Man, Isle of IM -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the United
Kingdom
Marshall RM MH MHL 584 MH
Islands
Martinique MB MQ MTQ 474 MQ
Mauritania MR MR MRT 478 MR
Mauritius MP MU MUS 480 MU
Mayotte MF YT MYT 175 YT
Mexico MX MX MEX 484 MX
Micronesia, FM FSM 583 FM
Federated
States of
Midway MQ -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the US
Islands Minor Outlying Islands
Miscellaneous -- -- -- -- ISO includes Bassas da
(French) India, Europa Island,
Glorioso Islands, Juan de
Nova Island, Tromelin Island
Moldova MD MD MDA 498 MD
Monaco MN MC MCO 492 MC
Mongolia MG MN MNG 496 MN
Montenegro* MW -- -- -- -- see footnote at end of table
Montserrat MH MS MSR 500 MS
Morocco MO MA MAR 504 MA
Mozambique MZ MZ MOZ 508 MZ
Myanmar -- -- -- -- -- see Burma
Namibia WA NA NAM 516 NA
Nauru NR NR NRU 520 NR
Navassa BQ -- -- -- --
Island
Nepal NP NP NPL 524 NP
Netherlands NL NL NLD 528 NL
Netherlands NT AN ANT 530 AN
Antilles
New Caledonia NC NC NCL 540 NC
New Zealand NZ NZ NZL 554 NZ
Nicaragua NU NI NIC 558 NI
Niger NG NE NER 562 NE
Nigeria NI NG NGA 566 NG
Niue NE NU NIU 570 NU
Norfolk NF NF NFK 574 NF
Island
Northern CQ MP MNP 580 MP
Mariana
Islands
Norway NO NO NOR 578 NO
Oman MU OM OMN 512 OM
Pakistan PK PK PAK 586 PK
Palau PS PW PLW 585 PW
Palmyra Atoll LQ -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the US
Minor Outlying Islands
Panama PM PA PAN 591 PA
Papua New PP PG PNG 598 PG
Guinea
Paracel PF -- -- -- --
Islands
Paraguay PA PY PRY 600 PY
Peru PE PE PER 604 PE
Philippines RP PH PHL 608 PH
Pitcairn PC PN PCN 612 PN
Islands
Poland PL PL POL 616 PL
Portugal PO PT PRT 620 PT
Puerto Rico RQ PR PRI 630 PR
Qatar QA QA QAT 634 QA
Reunion RE RE REU 638 RE
Romania RO RO ROM 642 RO
Russia RS RU RUS 643 RU
Rwanda RW RW RWA 646 RW
Saint Helena SH SH SHN 654 SH
Saint Kitts SC KN KNA 659 KN
and Nevis
Saint Lucia ST LC LCA 662 LC
Saint Pierre SB PM SPM 666 PM
and Miquelon
Saint Vincent VC VC VCT 670 VC
and the
Grenadines
Samoa WS WS WSM 882 WS --
San Marino SM SM SMR 674 SM
Sao Tome and TP ST STP 678 ST
Principe
Saudi Arabia SA SA SAU 682 SA
Senegal SG SN SEN 686 SN
Serbia* SR -- -- -- -- see footnote at end of table
Serbia and -- -- -- -- -- see footnote at end of table
Montenegro*
Seychelles SE SC SYC 690 SC
Sierra Leone SL SL SLE 694 SL
Singapore SN SG SGP 702 SG
Slovakia LO SK SVK 703 SK
Slovenia SI SI SVN 705 SI
Solomon BP SB SLB 090 SB
Islands
Somalia SO SO SOM 706 SO
South Africa SF ZA ZAF 710 ZA
South Georgia SX GS SGS 239 GS
and the South
Sandwich
Islands
Spain SP ES ESP 724 ES
Spratly PG -- -- -- --
Islands
Sri Lanka CE LK LKA 144 LK
Sudan SU SD SDN 736 SD
Suriname NS SR SUR 740 SR
Svalbard SV SJ SJM 744 SJ ISO includes Jan Mayen
Swaziland WZ SZ SWZ 748 SZ
Sweden SW SE SWE 752 SE
Switzerland SZ CH CHE 756 CH
Syria SY SY SYR 760 SY
Taiwan TW TW TWN 158 TW
Tajikistan TI TJ TJK 762 TJ
Tanzania TZ TZ TZA 834 TZ
Thailand TH TH THA 764 TH
Togo TO TG TGO 768 TG
Tokelau TL TK TKL 772 TK
Tonga TN TO TON 776 TO
Trinidad and TD TT TTO 780 TT
Tobago
Tromelin TE -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the
Island Miscellaneous (French)
Indian Ocean Islands
Tunisia TS TN TUN 788 TN
Turkey TU TR TUR 792 TR
Turkmenistan TX TM TKM 795 TM
Turks and TK TC TCA 796 TC
Caicos
Islands
Tuvalu TV TV TUV 798 TV
Uganda UG UG UGA 800 UG
Ukraine UP UA UKR 804 UA
United Arab TC AE ARE 784 AE
Emirates
United UK GB GBR 826 UK/GB ISO includes Guernsey, Isle
Kingdom of Man, Jersey
United States US US USA 840 US
United States -- UM UMI 581 UM ISO includes Baker Island,
Minor Howland Island, Jarvis
Outlying Island, Johnston Atoll,
Islands Kingman Reef, Midway
Islands, Palmyra Atoll, Wake
Island
Uruguay UY UY URY 858 UY
Uzbekistan UZ UZ UZB 860 UZ
Vanuatu NH VU VUT 548 VU
Venezuela VE VE VEN 862 UE
Vietnam VM VN VNM 704 VN
Virgin VQ VI VIR 850 VI
Islands
Virgin -- -- -- -- -- see British Virgin Islands
Islands (UK)
Virgin -- -- -- -- -- see Virgin Islands
Islands (US)
Wake Atoll WQ -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the US
Minor Outlying Islands
Wallis and WF WF WLF 876 WF
Futuna
West Bank WE -- -- -- --
Western WI EH ESH 732 EH
Sahara
Western Samoa -- -- -- -- -- see Samoa
World -- -- -- -- -- the Factbook uses the W data
code from DIAM 65--18
Geopolitical Data Elements
and Related Features, Data
Standard No. 3, December
1994, published by the
Defense Intelligence Agency
Yemen YM YE YEM 887 YE
Yugoslavia* -- YU YUG 891 YU see footnote at end of table
Zaire -- -- -- -- -- see Democratic Republic of
the Congo
Zambia ZA ZM ZWB 894 ZM
Zimbabwe ZI ZW ZWE 716 ZW
Serbia and Montenegro have asserted the formation of a joint
independent state, but this entity has not been formally
recognized as a state by the US; the US view is that the
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) has
dissolved and that none of the successor republics
represents its continuation.
Appendix G: Cross-Reference List of Hydrographic Codes
IHO 23-4th: Limits of Oceans and Seas, Special Publication 23, Draft
4th Edition 1986, published by the International Hydrographic Bureau
of the International Hydrographic Organization
IHO 23-3rd: Limits of Oceans and Seas, Special Publication 23, 3rd
Edition 1953, published by the International Hydrographic Organization
ACIC M 49-1: Chart of Limits of Seas and Oceans, revised January 1958,
published by the Aeronautical Chart and Information Center (ACIC),
United States Air Force; note--ACIC is now part of the National
Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)
DIAM 65-18: Geopolitical Data Elements and Related Features, Data
Standard No. 4, Defense Intelligence Agency Manual 65-18, December
1994, published by the Defense Intelligence Agency
The US Government has not yet adopted a standard for hydrographic
codes similar to the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)
10-4 country codes. The names and limits of the following oceans and
seas are not always directly comparable because of differences in the
customers, needs, and requirements of the individual organizations.
Even the number of principal water bodies varies from organization to
organization. Factbook users, for example, find the Atlantic Ocean and
Pacific Ocean entries useful, but none of the following standards
include those oceans in their entirety. Nor is there any provision for
combining codes or overcodes to aggregate water bodies.
Principal Oceans and Seas of
the World With Hydrographic
Codes by Institution
IHO IHO ACIC DIAM
23-4th 23-3rd* M 49-1 65-18
Arctic Ocean 9 17 A 5A
Atlantic Ocean -- -- -- --
North Atlantic Ocean 1 23 B 1A
South Atlantic Ocean 4 32 C 2A
Baltic Sea 2 1 B26 7B
Indian Ocean 5 45 F 6A
Mediterranean Sea 3.1 28 B11 --
Eastern Mediterranean 3.1.2 28 B -- 8E
Western Mediterranean 3.1.1 28 A -- 8W
Pacific Ocean -- -- -- --
North Pacific Ocean 7 57 D 3A
South Pacific Ocean 8 61 E 4A
South China and Eastern 6 49 and 48 D18 plus 3U plus
Archipelagic Seas others others