Countries

Countries – Capitals Cities and International Vehicle Registration Codes

Country Capital Code Abbreviation Notes
Aden Aden ADN became Yemen (People’s Democratic Republic of) in 1967
Afghanistan Kabul AFG
Åland Islands Mariehamn AX
Albania Tirane AL
Alderney St. Anne GBA
Algeria Algiers DZ
Andorra Andorra la Vella AND
Angola Luanda AN
Anguilla The Valley AXA
Antarctica N/A ARK
Antigua and Barbuda Saint John’s AG
Argentina Buenos Aires RA
Armenia Yerevan AM part of the Soviet Union until 1991
Aruba Oranjestad ARU
Australia Canberra AUS
Austria Vienna A
Azerbaijan Baku AZ part of the Soviet Union until 1991
Bahamas Nassau BS
Bahrain Manama BRN
Bangladesh Dhaka BD
Barbados Bridgetown BDS
Bechuanaland Protectorate Mafeking BP became Botswana (Republic of) in 1966
Belarus Minsk BY part of the Soviet Union until 1991
Belgium Brussels B
Belize Belmopan BZ formerly British Honduras until 1981
Benin Porto-Novo DY
Bhutan Thimphu BHT
Bolivia La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial) BOL
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo BIH part of Yugoslavia until 1992
Botswana (Republic of) Gaborone BW formerly Bechuanaland Protectorate until 1966 ???RB
Brazil Brasilia BR
British Honduras Belize Town until 1971, thereafter Belmopan BH became Belize in 1981
British Virgin Islands see Virgin Islands
Brunei Darussalam Bandar Seri Begawan BRU aka Brunei
Bulgaria Sofia BG
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou BF formerly Upper Volta
Burma Rangoon BUR IVR code BA until 1956; became Myanmar in 1989
Burundi (Republic of) Bujumbura RU
Cambodia Phnom Penh K
Cameroon Yaounde CAM
Canada Ottawa CDN
Cape Verde Praia CV
Central African Republic Bangui RCA
Chad N’Djamena TCH IVR code TD also used
Chile Santiago RCH
China (People’s Republic of) Beijing CN
China (Republic of) see Taiwan
Colombia Bogota CO
Comoros Moroni COM
Congo (Democratic Republic of the) Kinshasa CGO formerly Zaire until 1997
Congo (Republic of the) Brazzaville RCB
Costa Rica San Jose CR
Côte d’Ivoire Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (de facto) CI aka Ivory Coast
Croatia Zagreb HR part of Yugoslavia until 1992
Cuba Havana CU
Cyprus Nicosia CY
Czech Republic Prague CZ part of Czechoslovakia until 1992
Czechoslovakia Prague CS divided into Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1992
Denmark Copenhagen DK
Djibouti Djibouti DJI
Dominica (Windward Islands) Roseau WD
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo DOM
East Germany East Berlin DDR aka German Democratic Republic; became part of Germany in 1991
East Timor see Timor-Leste
Ecuador Quito EC
Egypt Cairo ET
El Salvador San Salvador ES
England London ENG
Equatorial Guinea Malabo GQ
Eritrea Asmara ER
Estonia Tallinn EST IVR code EW until 1993; part of the Soviet Union until 1991
Ethiopia Addis Ababa ETH
Faroe Islands Tórshavn FO
Fiji Suva FJI
Finland Helsinki FIN IVR code SF until 1993
France Paris F
French Togoland Lomé TG became Togo in 1960
Gabon Libreville G
Gambia Banjul WAG
Georgia Tbilisi GE part of the Soviet Union until 1991
German Democratic Republic see East Germany
Germany Berlin D formerly East Germany and West Germany until 1990
Germany (Federal Republic of) see West Germany
Ghana Accra GH
Gibraltar Gibraltar GBZ
Greece Athens GR
Greenland Nuuk (Godthåb) KN IVR code GRO once used
Grenada (Windward Islands) Saint George’s WG
Guatemala Guatemala City GCA
Guernsey St Peter Port GBG
Guinea Conakry RG
Guinea-Bissau (Republic of) Bissau RGB formerly Portuguese Guinea until 1974
Guyana Georgetown GUY
Haiti Port-au-Prince RH
Honduras Tegucigalpa HN
Hong Kong Hong Kong HK
Hungary Budapest H
Iceland Reykjavik IS
India New Delhi IND
Indonesia Jakarta RI
Iran (Islamic Republic of) Tehran IR
Iraq Baghdad IRQ
Ireland Dublin IRL
Isle of Man Douglas GBM
Israel Jerusalem* IL
Italy Rome I
Ivory Coast see Côte d’Ivoire
Jamaica Kingston JA
Japan Tokyo J
Jersey Saint Helier GBJ
Jordan Amman HKJ
Kazakhstan Astana KZ part of the Soviet Union until 1991
Kenya Nairobi EAK
Kiribati Tarawa Atoll KIR
Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of) Pyongyang KP aka North Korea
Korea (Republic of) Seoul ROK aka South Korea
Kosovo Pristina KOS part of Serbia until 1999; administered by UN 1999-2008
Kuwait Kuwait City KWT
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek KS part of the Soviet Union until 1991
Lao People’s Democratic Republic Vientiane LAO aka Laos
Latvia Riga LV part of the Soviet Union until 1991
Lebanon Beirut RL
Lesotho Maseru LS
Liberia Monrovia LB
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Tripoli LAR aka Libya
Liechtenstein Vaduz FL IVR code sometimes FØ or Fø
Lithuania Vilnius LT part of the Soviet Union until 1991
Luxembourg Luxembourg L
Macau Macau MO
Macedonia Skopje MK part of Yugoslavia until 1992
Madagascar Antananarivo RM
Malawi Lilongwe MW
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur MAL
Maldives Male MV
Mali Bamako RMM
Malta Valletta M
Marshall Islands Majuro MH
Mauritania Nouakchott RIM
Mauritius Port Louis MS
Mexico Mexico City MEX
Micronesia (Federated States of) Palikir FSM
Moldova Chisinau MD part of the Soviet Union until 1991
Monaco Monaco MC
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar MGL
capital also spelt as Ulan Bator
Montenegro Podgorica MNE part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006
Morocco Rabat MA
Mozambique Maputo MOC
Myanmar (Union of) Rangoon (Yangon); Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw (administrative) MYA formerly Burma until 1989
Namibia Windhoek NAM formerly South-West Africa until 1990
Nauru no official capital; government offices in Yaren District NAU
Nepal Kathmandu NEP
Netherlands Amsterdam; The Hague (seat of government) NL
Netherlands Antilles Willemstad NA
New Caledonia Nouméa NC
New Zealand Wellington NZ
Nicaragua Managua NIC
Niger Niamey RN
Nigeria (Federal Republic of) Abuja WAN IVR code NGR in Chambers
North Korea see Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of)
North Yemen see Yemen Arab Republic
Northern Ireland Belfast NI
Northern Rhodesia Lusaka RNR became Zambia in 1964
Norway Oslo N
Oman Muscat OM
Pakistan Islamabad PK
Palau Melekeok PAL
Palestinian National Authority Ramallah and Gaza City are administrative capitals while Jerusalem is claimed as capital PS
Panama Panama City PA
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby PNG
Paraguay Asuncion PY
Peru Lima PE
Philippines Manila RP
Poland Warsaw PL
Portugal Lisbon P
Portuguese Guinea Bissau GW became Guinea-Bissau (Republic of) in 1974
Puerto Rico San Juan PR
Qatar Doha Q
Romania Bucharest RO IVR code R until 1981
Russian Federation Moscow RUS aka Russia; part of the Soviet Union until 1991
Rwanda Kigali RWA
Saint Christopher and Nevis (Federation of) SCN see Saint Kitts and Nevis (Federation of)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (Federation of) Basseterre KAN aka Saint Christopher and Nevis (Federation of)
Samoa Apia WS
San Marino San Marino RSM
São Tomé ST see São Tomé and Príncipe (Democratic Republic of)
São Tomé and Príncipe (Democratic Republic of) Sao Tome STP
Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of) Riyadh KSA
Scotland Edinburgh SCO
Senegal Dakar SN
Serbia Belgrade SRB part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006
Serbia and Montenegro Belgrade SCG part of Yugoslavia until 1992;  divided into separate states in 2006
Seychelles Victoria SY
Sierra Leone (Republic of) Freetown WAL
Singapore Singapore SGP
Slovakia Bratislava SK part of Czechoslovakia until 1992
Slovenia Ljubljana SLO part of Yugoslavia until 1992
Solomon Islands Honiara SOL
Somalia Mogadishu SO
South Africa Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary) ZA aka Zuid-Afrika / Suid-Afrika
South Korea see Korea (Republic of)
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 Military Order of Malta Magistral Palace, Rome SMOM
Soviet Union Moscow SU aka Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; dissolved in 1991
Spain Madrid E
Sri Lanka Colombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative) CL
St Lucia (Windward Islands) Castries WL
St Vincent and the Grenadines (Windward Islands) Kingstown WV
Sudan Khartoum SUD
Suriname Paramaribo SME
Swaziland Mbabane SD
Sweden Stockholm S
Switzerland Bern CH
Syrian Arab Republic Damascus SYR aka Syria
Taiwan Taipei RC aka China (Republic of)
Tajikistan Dushanbe TJ part of the Soviet Union until 1991
Tanganyika Dar es Salaam part of Tanzania (United Republic of) since 1964
Tanzania (United Republic of) Dar es Salaam; Dodoma (legislative) EAT
Thailand Bangkok T
Timor-Leste Dili TL aka East Timor
Togo Lomé RT aka Togolese Republic (République Togolaise); formerly French Togoland until 1960
Togolese Republic see Togo
Tonga Nuku’alofa TO
Transnistria Tiraspol PMR aka Trans-Dniester or Transdniestria (Pridnestrovie)
Trinidad and Tobago Port-of-Spain TT
Tunisia Tunis TN
Turkey Ankara TR
Turkmenistan Ashgabat TM part of the Soviet Union until 1991
Tuvalu Vaiaku village, Funafuti province TUV
Uganda Kampala EAU
Ukraine Kyiv UA part of the Soviet Union until 1991
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Moscow SU USSR see Soviet Union
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi UAE
United Kingdom London GB UK United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United States of America Washington D.C. USA USA
Upper Volta Ouagadougou HV became Burkina Faso in 1984
Uruguay Montevideo ROU URU
Uzbekistan Tashkent UZ part of the Soviet Union until 1991
Vanuatu Port-Vila VU
Vatican City Vatican City V Holy See
Venezuela Caracas YV
Vietnam (Socialist Republic of) Hanoi VN
Virgin Islands Road Town BVI aka British Virgin Islands
Wales Cardiff CYM
West Germany Bonn D aka Germany (Federal Republic of); became part of Germany in 1991
Western Sahara N/A WSA
Yemen (People’s Democratic Republic of) Aden Y aka South Yemen; formerly Aden until 1967;  part of Yemen (Republic of) since 1990
Yemen (Republic of) Sanaa YEM
Yemen Arab Republic Sanaa YAR aka North Yemen;  part of Yemen (Republic of) since 1990
Yugoslavia Belgrade YU IVR code Y until 1953; dissolved in 1992
Zaire Kinshasa ZRE became Congo (Democratic Republic of) in 1997
Zambia Lusaka Z formerly Northern Rhodesia until 1964
Zanzibar Zanzibar City EAZ part of Tanzania (United Republic of) since 1964
Zimbabwe Harare ZW formerly Southern Rhodesia until 1980
Last updated 26 March 2010 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)