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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
Iceland is an island state in the North Sea between Europe...
- Bouvet Island
The countrywide time on Bouvet Island is Central European...
- Antarctica
Antarctica is listed as a country by the German Weather...
- French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Geography and country status The French Southern and...
- British Indian Ocean Territory
Geography The British Indian Ocean Territory is located...
- Caribbean Netherlands
The countrywide time in Caribbean Netherlands is Atlantic...
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan Da Cunha
This land area is about 2.2 times the size of Washington,...
- Calling Codes
List of all countries in the world. Name, continent, country code and links to wikipedia and maps.
ISO 3166-1 (Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes) is a standard defining codes for the names of 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.
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.
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.
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.
