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The International Organization for Standardization defines its country codes in standard 3166-1. ISO codes also consist of three capital letters in the alpha-3 version. For example, Germany has the IOC code "GER" for the English country name "Germany."
- Calling Codes
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- Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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- Antarctica
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- British Indian Ocean Territory
Geography The British Indian Ocean Territory is located...
- Caribbean Netherlands
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- Federated States of Micronesia
The Federated States of Micronesia are an archipelago in the...
- Northern Mariana Islands
The Northern Mariana Islands are a group of islands in the...
- Calling Codes
List of all countries in the world. Name, continent, country code and links to wikipedia and maps.
ISO Alpha-2, Alpha-3, and Numeric Country Codes. The ISO country codes are internationally recognized codes that designate every country and most of the dependent areas a two-letter combination or a three-letter combination; it is like an acronym, that stands for a country or a state.
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard [ 1 ] published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest.
The ISO 3166-1 standard currently comprises 249 countries, 193 of which are sovereign states that are members of the United Nations. Many dependent territories in the ISO 3166-1 standard are also listed as a subdivision of their administering state in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
Glossary:Country codes - Statistics Explained. Member States of the European Union (EU) and other countries have been assigned a two-letter country code, always written in capital letters, and often used as an abbreviation in statistical analyses, tables, figures or maps.
China is a country located in Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, positioned between North Korea and Vietnam. *The map highlights the location of China.