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Country
Capital
IVR Code
Notes
Date of Admission to United Nations
Date of Admission to the European Union
A
Aden
Aden
ADN
became Yemen (People’s Democratic Republic of) in 1967
Afghanistan
Kabul
AFG
19/11/1946
Åland Islands
Mariehamn
AX
Albania
Tirane
AL
14/12/1955
Alderney
St. Anne
GBA
Algeria
Algiers
DZ
08/10/1962
Andorra
Andorra la Vella
AND
28/07/1993
Angola
Luanda
AN
01/12/1976
Anguilla
The Valley
AXA
British Overseas Territory
Antarctica
N/A
ARK
Antigua and Barbuda
Saint John’s
AG
11/11/1981
Argentina
Buenos Aires
RA
24/10/1945
Armenia
Yerevan
AM
part of the Soviet Union until 1991
02/03/1992
Aruba
Oranjestad
ARU
Ascension
Georgetown
part of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha since 2009
Australia
Canberra
AUS
01/11/1945
Austria
Vienna
A
14/12/1955
01/01/1995
Azerbaijan
Baku
AZ
part of the Soviet Union until 1991
02/03/1992
B
Bahamas
Nassau
BS
18/09/1973
Bahrain
Manama
BRN
21/09/1971
Bangladesh
Dhaka
BD
17/09/1974
Barbados
Bridgetown
BDS
09/12/1966
Bechuanaland Protectorate
Mafeking
BP
became Botswana in 1966
Belarus
Minsk
BY
part of the Soviet Union until 1991
24/10/1945
Belgium
Brussels
B
27/12/1945
01/01/1958 (Founder)
Belize
Belmopan
BZ
formerly British Honduras until 1981
25/09/1981
Benin
Porto-Novo
DY
20/09/1960
Bermuda
Hamilton
British Overseas Territory
Bhutan
Thimphu
BHT
21/09/1971
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial)
BOL
14/11/1945
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
BIH
part of Yugoslavia until 1992
22/05/1992
Botswana
Gaborone
BW
formerly Bechuanaland Protectorate until 1966
17/10/1966
Brazil
Brasilia
BR
24/10/1945
British Antarctic Territory
Rothera (base)
British Overseas Territory: includes Graham Land, South Orkney Islands and South Shetland Islands
British Indian Ocean Territory
Diego Garcia (base)
British Overseas Territory
British Honduras
Belize Town until 1971, thereafter Belmopan
BH
became Belize in 1981
British Virgin Islands
Road Town
BVI
British Overseas Territory
Brunei Darussalam
Bandar Seri Begawan
BRU
aka Brunei
21/09/1984
Bulgaria
Sofia
BG
14/12/1955
01/01/2007
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
BF
formerly Upper Volta
20/09/1960
Burma
Rangoon
BUR
IVR code BA until 1956; became Myanmar in 1989
Burundi
Bujumbura
RU
18/09/1962
C
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
K
14/12/1955
Cameroon
Yaounde
CAM
20/09/1960
Canada
Ottawa
CDN
09/11/1945
Cape Verde
Praia
CV
16/09/1975
Cayman Islands
George Town
British Overseas Territory
Central African Republic
Bangui
RCA
20/09/1960
Chad
N’Djamena
TCH
IVR code TD also used
20/09/1960
Chile
Santiago
RCH
24/10/1945
China
Beijing
CN
aka People’s Republic of China
24/10/1945
China (Republic of)
see Taiwan
Colombia
Bogota
CO
05/11/1945
Comoros
Moroni
COM
12/11/1975
Congo
Brazzaville
RCB
20/09/1960
Congo (Democratic Republic of the)
see Democratic Republic of the Congo
Costa Rica
San Jose
CR
02/11/1945
Côte D’Ivoire
Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (de facto)
CI
aka Ivory Coast
20/09/1960
Croatia
Zagreb
HR
part of Yugoslavia until 1992
22/05/1992
01/07/2013
Cuba
Havana
CU
24/10/1945
Cyprus
Nicosia
CY
20/09/1960
01/05/2004
Czech Republic
Prague
CZ
part of Czechoslovakia until 1992
19/01/1993
01/05/2004
Czechoslovakia
Prague
CS
divided into Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1992
D
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Pyongyang
KP
aka North Korea
17/09/1991
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kinshasa
CGO
formerly Zaire until 1997
20/09/1960
Denmark
Copenhagen
DK
24/10/1945
01/01/1973
Djibouti
Djibouti
DJI
20/09/1977
Dominica
Roseau
WD
Windward Islands
18/12/1978
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
DOM
24/10/1945
E
East Germany
East Berlin
DDR
aka German Democratic Republic; became part of Germany in 1991
East Timor
see Timor-Leste
Ecuador
Quito
EC
21/12/1945
Egypt
Cairo
ET
24/10/1945
Éire
the official name of the Republic of Ireland from 1937 to 1949
El Salvador
San Salvador
ES
24/10/1945
England
London
abbreviation: ENG; part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Equatorial Guinea
Malabo
GQ
12/11/1968
Eritrea
Asmara
ER
28/05/1993
Estonia
Tallinn
EST
IVR code EW until 1993; part of the Soviet Union until 1991
17/09/1991
01/05/2004
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
ETH
13/11/1945
F
Falkland Islands
Stanley
British Overseas Territory
Faroe Islands
Tórshavn
FO
self-governing country within the Kingdom of Denmark
Fiji
Suva
FJI
13/10/1970
Finland
Helsinki
FIN
IVR code SF until 1993
14/12/1955
01/01/1995
France
Paris
F
24/10/1945
01/01/1958 (Founder)
French Guiana
Cayenne
French Overseas Territory
French Polynesia
Papeete
French Overseas Territory
French Togoland
Lomé
TG
became Togo in 1960
G
Gabon
Libreville
G
20/09/1960
Gambia
Banjul
WAG
21/09/1965
Georgia
Tbilisi
GE
part of the Soviet Union until 1991
31/07/1992
German Democratic Republic
see East Germany
Germany
Berlin
D
East Germany and West Germany until 1990
18/09/1973
01/01/1958 (Founder, as West Germany)
Germany (Federal Republic of)
see West Germany
Ghana
Accra
GH
08/03/1957
Gibraltar
Gibraltar
GBZ
British Overseas Territory
Great Britain
London
abbreviation: GB; part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Greece
Athens
GR
25/10/1945
01/01/1981
Greenland
Nuuk (Godthåb)
KN
autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark
IVR code GRO once used
Grenada
Saint George’s
WG
Windward Islands
17/09/1974
Guadeloupe
Basse-Terre
French Overseas Territory
Guatemala
Guatemala City
GCA
21/11/1945
Guernsey
St Peter Port
GBG
Guinea
Conakry
RG
12/12/1958
Guinea Bissau
Bissau
RGB
formerly Portuguese Guinea until 1974
17/09/1974
Guyana
Georgetown
GUY
20/09/1966
H
Haiti
Port-au-Prince
RH
24/10/1945
Holland
see Netherlands
Honduras
Tegucigalpa
HN
17/12/1945
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
HK
Hungary
Budapest
H
14/12/1955
01/05/2004
I
Iceland
Reykjavik
IS
19/11/1946
India
New Delhi
IND
30/10/1945
Indonesia
Jakarta
RI
28/09/1950
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Tehran
IR
24/10/1945
Iraq
Baghdad
IRQ
21/12/1945
Ireland
Dublin
IRL
14/12/1955
01/01/1973
Isle of Man
Douglas
GBM
Israel
Jerusalem*
IL
11/05/1949
Italy
Rome
I
14/12/1955
01/01/1958 (Founder)
Ivory Coast
see Côte D’Ivoire
J
Jamaica
Kingston
JA
18/09/1962
Japan
Tokyo
J
18/12/1956
Jersey
Saint Helier
GBJ
Jordan
Amman
HKJ
14/12/1955
K
Kazakhstan
Astana
KZ
part of the Soviet Union until 1991
02/03/1992
Kenya
Nairobi
EAK
16/12/1963
Kiribati
Tarawa Atoll
KIR
14/09/1999
Korea
see Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Republic of Korea
Kosovo
Pristina
KOS
part of Serbia until 1999; administered by UN 1999-2008
Kuwait
Kuwait City
KWT
14/05/1963
Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek
KS
part of the Soviet Union until 1991
02/03/1992
L
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Vientiane
LAO
aka Laos
14/12/1955
Latvia
Riga
LV
part of the Soviet Union until 1991
17/09/1991
01/05/2004
Lebanon
Beirut
RL
24/10/1945
Lesotho
Maseru
LS
17/10/1966
Liberia
Monrovia
LB
02/11/1945
Libya
Tripoli
LAR
formerly Libyan Arab Jamahiriya until 2011
14/12/1955
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
became Libya in 2011
Liechtenstein
Vaduz
FL
IVR code sometimes FØ or Fø
18/09/1990
Lithuania
Vilnius
LT
part of the Soviet Union until 1991
17/09/1991
01/05/2004
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
L
24/10/1945
01/01/1958 (Founder)
M
Macau
Macau
MO
Macedonia
see The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Madagascar
Antananarivo
RM
20/09/1960
Malawi
Lilongwe
MW
formerly Nyasaland until 1964
01/12/1964
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
MAL
17/09/1957
Maldives
Male
MV
21/09/1965
Mali
Bamako
RMM
28/09/1960
Malta
Valletta
M
01/12/1964
01/05/2004
Marshall Islands
Majuro
MH
17/09/1991
Martinique
Fort-de-France
French Overseas Territory
Mauritania
Nouakchott
RIM
27/10/1961
Mauritius
Port Louis
MS
24/04/1968
Mayotte
Mamoudzou
French Overseas Territory
Mexico
Mexico City
MEX
07/11/1945
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Palikir
FSM
17/09/1991
Moldova
see Republic of Moldova
Monaco
Monaco
MC
28/05/1993
Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar
MGL
capital also spelt as Ulan Bator
27/10/1961
Montenegro
Podgorica
MNE
part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006
28/06/2006
Montserrat
Brades (de facto)
British Overseas Territory;
former capital Plymouth was abandoned due to volcanic eruption in 1995
Morocco
Rabat
MA
12/11/1956
Mozambique
Maputo
MOC
16/09/1975
Myanmar
Rangoon (Yangon); Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw (administrative)
MYA
formerly Burma until 1989
19/04/1948
N
Namibia
Windhoek
NAM
formerly South-West Africa until 1990
23/04/1990
Nauru
no official capital; government offices in Yaren District
NAU
14/09/1999
Nepal
Kathmandu
NEP
14/12/1955
Netherlands
Amsterdam; The Hague (seat of government)
NL
10/12/1945
01/01/1958 (Founder)
Netherlands Antilles
Willemstad
NA
New Caledonia
Nouméa
NC
French Overseas Territory
New Zealand
Wellington
NZ
24/10/1945
Nicaragua
Managua
NIC
24/10/1945
Niger
Niamey
RN
20/09/1960
Nigeria
Abuja
WAN
IVR code NGR in Chambers
07/10/1960
North Korea
see Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
North Yemen
see Yemen Arab Republic
Northern Ireland
Belfast
abbreviation: NI; part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Northern Rhodesia
Lusaka
RNR
became Zambia in 1964
Norway
Oslo
N
27/11/1945
Nyasaland
Zomba
became Malawi in 1964
27/11/1945
O
Oman
Muscat
OM
07/10/1971
P
Pakistan
Islamabad
PK
30/09/1947
Palau
Melekeok
PAL
15/12/1994
Palestinian National Authority
Ramallah and Gaza City (administrative); Jerusalem (claimed)
PS
Panama
Panama City
PA
13/11/1945
Panama Canal Zone
part of Panama since 1979
Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby
PNG
10/10/1975
Paraguay
Asuncion
PY
24/10/1945
Peru
Lima
PE
31/10/1945
Philippines
Manila
RP
24/10/1945
Pitcairn Islands
Adamstown
British Overseas Territory
Poland
Warsaw
PL
24/10/1945
01/05/2004
Portugal
Lisbon
P
14/12/1955
01/01/1986
Portuguese Guinea
Bissau
GW
became Guinea Bissau in 1974
Puerto Rico
San Juan
PR
Q
Qatar
Doha
Q
21/09/1971
R
Republic of Korea
Seoul
ROK
aka South Korea
17/09/1991
Republic of Moldova
Chisinau
MD
part of the Soviet Union until 1991
02/03/1992
Réunion
Saint-Denis
French Overseas Territory
Romania
Bucharest
RO
IVR code R until 1981
14/12/1955
01/01/2007
Russian Federation
Moscow
RUS
aka Russia; part of the Soviet Union until 1991
24/10/1945
Rwanda
Kigali
RWA
18/09/1962
S
Saint Barthélemy
Gustavia
French Overseas Territory
Saint Christopher and Nevis
see Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Jamestown
British Overseas Territory
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Basseterre
KAN
aka Saint Christopher and Nevis
23/09/1983
Saint Lucia
Castries
WL
Windward Islands
18/09/1979
Saint Martin
Marigot
French Overseas Territory
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint-Pierre
French Overseas Territory
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Kingstown
WV
Windward Islands
16/09/1980
Samoa
Apia
WS
formerly Western Samoa until 1997
15/12/1976
San Marino
San Marino
RSM
02/03/1992
São Tomé
see São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe
Sao Tome
STP
16/09/1975
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
KSA
24/10/1945
Scotland
Edinburgh
abbreviation: SCO; part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Senegal
Dakar
SN
28/09/1960
Serbia
Belgrade
SRB
part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006
01/11/2000
Serbia and Montenegro
Belgrade
SCG
part of Yugoslavia until 1992; divided into separate states in 2006
Seychelles
Victoria
SY
21/09/1976
Sierra Leone
Freetown
WAL
27/09/1961
Singapore
Singapore
SGP
21/09/1965
Slovakia
Bratislava
SK
part of Czechoslovakia until 1992
19/01/1993
01/05/2004
Slovenia
Ljubljana
SLO
part of Yugoslavia until 1992
22/05/1992
01/05/2004
Solomon Islands
Honiara
SOL
19/09/1978
Somalia
Mogadishu
SO
20/09/1960
South Africa
Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary)
ZA
aka Zuid-Afrika / Suid-Afrika
07/11/1945
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
King Edward Point (Grytviken)
British Overseas Territory
South Korea
see Republic of Korea
South Sandwich Islands
see South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Sudan
Jura
became an independent state on 9 July 2011; formerly part of Sudan
14/07/2011
South Yemen
see Yemen (People’s Democratic Republic of)
Southern Rhodesia
Salisbury
RSR
unofficially Rhodesia from 1964-1980; became Zimbabwe in 1980
South-West Africa
Windhoek
SWA
became Namibia in 1990
Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Episkopi Cantonment
British Overseas Territory
Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Magistral Palace, Rome
SMOM
Soviet Union
Moscow
SU
aka Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; dissolved in 1991
Spain
Madrid
E
14/12/1955
01/01/1986
Sri Lanka
Colombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative)
CL
14/12/1955
Sudan
Khartoum
SUD
see also South Sudan
12/11/1956
Suriname
Paramaribo
SME
04/12/1975
Swaziland
Mbabane
SD
24/09/1968
Sweden
Stockholm
S
19/11/1946
01/01/1995
Switzerland
Bern
CH
10/09/2002
Syrian Arab Republic
Damascus
SYR
aka Syria
24/10/1945
T
Taiwan
Taipei
RC
aka Republic of China
Tajikistan
Dushanbe
TJ
part of the Soviet Union until 1991
02/03/1992
Tanganyika
Dar es Salaam
became part of United Republic of Tanzania in 1964
Tanzania
see United Republic of Tanzania
Thailand
Bangkok
T
16/12/1946
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Skopje
MK
part of Yugoslavia until 1992
08/04/1993
Timor-Leste
Dili
TL
aka East Timor
27/09/2002
Togo
Lomé
RT
aka Togolese Republic (République Togolaise); formerly French Togoland until 1960
20/09/1960
Togolese Republic
see Togo
Tonga
Nuku’alofa
TO
14/09/1999
Transnistria
Tiraspol
PMR
aka Trans-Dniester or Transdniestria (Pridnestrovie)
Trinidad and Tobago
Port-of-Spain
TT
18/09/1962
Tristan da Cunha
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
part of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha since 2008
Tunisia
Tunis
TN
12/11/1956
Turkey
Ankara
TR
24/10/1945
Turkmenistan
Ashgabat
TM
part of the Soviet Union until 1991
02/03/1992
Turks and Caicos Islands
Cockburn Town
British Overseas Territory
Tuvalu
Vaiaku village, Funafuti province
TUV
05/09/2000
U
Uganda
Kampala
EAU
25/10/1962
Ukraine
Kyiv
UA
part of the Soviet Union until 1991
24/10/1945
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Moscow
SU
abbreviation: USSR – see Soviet Union
United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
UAE
09/12/1971
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
London
GB (until 2021)
UK (from 2021)
abbreviation: UK
24/10/1945
01/01/1973
–
29/03/2019
United Republic of Tanzania
Dar es Salaam; Dodoma (legislative)
EAT
14/12/1961
United States of America
Washington D.C.
USA
abbreviation: USA
24/10/1945
Upper Volta
Ouagadougou
HV
became Burkina Faso in 1984
Uruguay
Montevideo
ROU
abbreviation: URU
18/12/1945
Uzbekistan
Tashkent
UZ
part of the Soviet Union until 1991
02/03/1992
V
Vanuatu
Port-Vila
VU
15/09/1981
Vatican City
Vatican City
V
Holy See
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Caracas
YV
15/11/1945
Viet Nam
Hanoi
VN
20/09/1977
Virgin Islands
see British Virgin Islands
W
Wales
Cardiff
abbreviation: CYM; part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Wallis and Futuna
Mata-Utu
French Overseas Territory
West Germany
Bonn
D
aka Federal Republic of Germany; became part of Germany in 1991
Western Sahara
Laayoune
WSA
Western Samoa
became Samoa in 1997
Y
Yemen
Sanaa
YEM
30/09/1947
Yemen (People’s Democratic Republic of)
Aden
Y
aka South Yemen; formerly Aden until 1967; became part of Yemen in 1990
Yemen Arab Republic
Sanaa
YAR
aka North Yemen; became part of Yemen in 1990
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
YU
IVR code Y until 1953; dissolved in 1992
Z
Zaire
Kinshasa
ZRE
became Democratic Republic of Congo in 1997
Zambia
Lusaka
Z
formerly Northern Rhodesia until 1964
01/12/1964
Zanzibar
Zanzibar City
EAZ
became part of United Republic of Tanzania in 1964
Zimbabwe
Harare
ZW
formerly Southern Rhodesia until 1980
25/08/1980
“Republic of”,” Federation of” and similar prefixes are omitted from current members of the United Nations unless they appear as such on the United Nations website
The main source of the IVR data contained here is the UN document “Distinguishing signs used on vehicles in international traffic” – (as at 15 February 2007)