Flag |
Country |
Capital |
IVR Code |
Notes |
Date of Admission to United Nations |
Date of Admission to the European Union |
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A |
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Aden |
Aden |
ADN |
became Yemen (People’s Democratic Republic of) in 1967 |
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Afghanistan |
Kabul |
AFG |
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19/11/1946 |
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Åland Islands |
Mariehamn |
AX |
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Albania |
Tirane |
AL |
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14/12/1955 |
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Alderney |
St. Anne |
GBA |
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Algeria |
Algiers |
DZ |
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08/10/1962 |
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Andorra |
Andorra la Vella |
AND |
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28/07/1993 |
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Angola |
Luanda |
AN |
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01/12/1976 |
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Anguilla |
The Valley |
AXA |
British Overseas Territory |
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Antarctica |
N/A |
ARK |
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Antigua and Barbuda |
Saint John’s |
AG |
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11/11/1981 |
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Argentina |
Buenos Aires |
RA |
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24/10/1945 |
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Armenia |
Yerevan |
AM |
part of the Soviet Union until 1991 |
02/03/1992 |
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Aruba |
Oranjestad |
ARU |
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Ascension |
Georgetown |
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part of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha since 2009 |
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Australia |
Canberra |
AUS |
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01/11/1945 |
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Austria |
Vienna |
A |
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14/12/1955 |
01/01/1995 |
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Azerbaijan |
Baku |
AZ |
part of the Soviet Union until 1991 |
02/03/1992 |
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B |
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Bahamas |
Nassau |
BS |
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18/09/1973 |
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Bahrain |
Manama |
BRN |
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21/09/1971 |
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Bangladesh |
Dhaka |
BD |
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17/09/1974 |
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Barbados |
Bridgetown |
BDS |
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09/12/1966 |
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Bechuanaland Protectorate |
Mafeking |
BP |
became Botswana in 1966 |
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Belarus |
Minsk |
BY |
part of the Soviet Union until 1991 |
24/10/1945 |
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Belgium |
Brussels |
B |
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27/12/1945 |
01/01/1958 (Founder) |
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Belize |
Belmopan |
BZ |
formerly British Honduras until 1981 |
25/09/1981 |
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Benin |
Porto-Novo |
DY |
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20/09/1960 |
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Bermuda |
Hamilton |
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British Overseas Territory |
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Bhutan |
Thimphu |
BHT |
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21/09/1971 |
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Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |
La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial) |
BOL |
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14/11/1945 |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Sarajevo |
BIH |
part of Yugoslavia until 1992 |
22/05/1992 |
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Botswana |
Gaborone |
BW |
formerly Bechuanaland Protectorate until 1966 |
17/10/1966 |
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Brazil |
Brasilia |
BR |
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24/10/1945 |
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British Antarctic Territory |
Rothera (base) |
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British Overseas Territory: includes Graham Land, South Orkney Islands and South Shetland Islands |
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British Indian Ocean Territory |
Diego Garcia (base) |
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British Overseas Territory |
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British Honduras |
Belize Town until 1971, thereafter Belmopan |
BH |
became Belize in 1981 |
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British Virgin Islands |
Road Town |
BVI |
British Overseas Territory |
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Brunei Darussalam |
Bandar Seri Begawan |
BRU |
aka Brunei |
21/09/1984 |
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Bulgaria |
Sofia |
BG |
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14/12/1955 |
01/01/2007 |
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Burkina Faso |
Ouagadougou |
BF |
formerly Upper Volta |
20/09/1960 |
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Burma |
Rangoon |
BUR |
IVR code BA until 1956; became Myanmar in 1989 |
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Burundi |
Bujumbura |
RU |
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18/09/1962 |
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C |
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Cambodia |
Phnom Penh |
K |
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14/12/1955 |
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Cameroon |
Yaounde |
CAM |
|
20/09/1960 |
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Canada |
Ottawa |
CDN |
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09/11/1945 |
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Cape Verde |
Praia |
CV |
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16/09/1975 |
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Cayman Islands |
George Town |
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British Overseas Territory |
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Central African Republic |
Bangui |
RCA |
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20/09/1960 |
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Chad |
N’Djamena |
TCH |
IVR code TD also used |
20/09/1960 |
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Chile |
Santiago |
RCH |
|
24/10/1945 |
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China |
Beijing |
CN |
aka People’s Republic of China |
24/10/1945 |
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China (Republic of) |
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see Taiwan |
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Colombia |
Bogota |
CO |
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05/11/1945 |
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Comoros |
Moroni |
COM |
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12/11/1975 |
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Congo |
Brazzaville |
RCB |
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20/09/1960 |
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Congo (Democratic Republic of the) |
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see Democratic Republic of the Congo |
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Costa Rica |
San Jose |
CR |
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02/11/1945 |
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Côte D’Ivoire |
Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (de facto) |
CI |
aka Ivory Coast |
20/09/1960 |
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Croatia |
Zagreb |
HR |
part of Yugoslavia until 1992 |
22/05/1992 |
01/07/2013 |
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Cuba |
Havana |
CU |
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24/10/1945 |
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Cyprus |
Nicosia |
CY |
|
20/09/1960 |
01/05/2004 |
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Czech Republic |
Prague |
CZ |
part of Czechoslovakia until 1992 |
19/01/1993 |
01/05/2004 |
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Czechoslovakia |
Prague |
CS |
divided into Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1992 |
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D |
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Democratic People’s Republic of Korea |
Pyongyang |
KP |
aka North Korea |
17/09/1991 |
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Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Kinshasa |
CGO |
formerly Zaire until 1997 |
20/09/1960 |
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Denmark |
Copenhagen |
DK |
|
24/10/1945 |
01/01/1973 |
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Djibouti |
Djibouti |
DJI |
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20/09/1977 |
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Dominica |
Roseau |
WD |
Windward Islands |
18/12/1978 |
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Dominican Republic |
Santo Domingo |
DOM |
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24/10/1945 |
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E |
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East Germany |
East Berlin |
DDR |
aka German Democratic Republic; became part of Germany in 1991 |
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East Timor |
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see Timor-Leste |
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Ecuador |
Quito |
EC |
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21/12/1945 |
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Egypt |
Cairo |
ET |
|
24/10/1945 |
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Éire |
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the official name of the Republic of Ireland from 1937 to 1949 |
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El Salvador |
San Salvador |
ES |
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24/10/1945 |
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England |
London |
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abbreviation: ENG; part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
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Equatorial Guinea |
Malabo |
GQ |
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12/11/1968 |
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Eritrea |
Asmara |
ER |
|
28/05/1993 |
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Estonia |
Tallinn |
EST |
IVR code EW until 1993; part of the Soviet Union until 1991 |
17/09/1991 |
01/05/2004 |
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Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa |
ETH |
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13/11/1945 |
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F |
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Falkland Islands |
Stanley |
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British Overseas Territory |
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Faroe Islands |
Tórshavn |
FO |
self-governing country within the Kingdom of Denmark |
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Fiji |
Suva |
FJI |
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13/10/1970 |
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Finland |
Helsinki |
FIN |
IVR code SF until 1993 |
14/12/1955 |
01/01/1995 |
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France |
Paris |
F |
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24/10/1945 |
01/01/1958 (Founder) |
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French Guiana |
Cayenne |
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French Overseas Territory |
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French Polynesia |
Papeete |
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French Overseas Territory |
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French Togoland |
Lomé |
TG |
became Togo in 1960 |
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G |
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Gabon |
Libreville |
G |
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20/09/1960 |
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Gambia |
Banjul |
WAG |
|
21/09/1965 |
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Georgia |
Tbilisi |
GE |
part of the Soviet Union until 1991 |
31/07/1992 |
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German Democratic Republic |
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see East Germany |
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Germany |
Berlin |
D |
East Germany and West Germany until 1990 |
18/09/1973 |
01/01/1958 (Founder, as West Germany) |
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Germany (Federal Republic of) |
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see West Germany |
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Ghana |
Accra |
GH |
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08/03/1957 |
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Gibraltar |
Gibraltar |
GBZ |
British Overseas Territory |
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Great Britain |
London |
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abbreviation: GB; part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
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Greece |
Athens |
GR |
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25/10/1945 |
01/01/1981 |
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Greenland |
Nuuk (Godthåb) |
KN |
autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark
IVR code GRO once used |
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Grenada |
Saint George’s |
WG |
Windward Islands |
17/09/1974 |
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Guadeloupe |
Basse-Terre |
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French Overseas Territory |
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Guatemala |
Guatemala City |
GCA |
|
21/11/1945 |
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Guernsey |
St Peter Port |
GBG |
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Guinea |
Conakry |
RG |
|
12/12/1958 |
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Guinea Bissau |
Bissau |
RGB |
formerly Portuguese Guinea until 1974 |
17/09/1974 |
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Guyana |
Georgetown |
GUY |
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20/09/1966 |
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H |
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Haiti |
Port-au-Prince |
RH |
|
24/10/1945 |
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Holland |
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see Netherlands |
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Honduras |
Tegucigalpa |
HN |
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17/12/1945 |
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Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
HK |
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Hungary |
Budapest |
H |
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14/12/1955 |
01/05/2004 |
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I |
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Iceland |
Reykjavik |
IS |
|
19/11/1946 |
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India |
New Delhi |
IND |
|
30/10/1945 |
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Indonesia |
Jakarta |
RI |
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28/09/1950 |
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Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
Tehran |
IR |
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24/10/1945 |
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Iraq |
Baghdad |
IRQ |
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21/12/1945 |
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Ireland |
Dublin |
IRL |
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14/12/1955 |
01/01/1973 |
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Isle of Man |
Douglas |
GBM |
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Israel |
Jerusalem* |
IL |
|
11/05/1949 |
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Italy |
Rome |
I |
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14/12/1955 |
01/01/1958 (Founder) |
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Ivory Coast |
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see Côte D’Ivoire |
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J |
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Jamaica |
Kingston |
JA |
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18/09/1962 |
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Japan |
Tokyo |
J |
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18/12/1956 |
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Jersey |
Saint Helier |
GBJ |
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Jordan |
Amman |
HKJ |
|
14/12/1955 |
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K |
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Kazakhstan |
Astana |
KZ |
part of the Soviet Union until 1991 |
02/03/1992 |
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Kenya |
Nairobi |
EAK |
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16/12/1963 |
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Kiribati |
Tarawa Atoll |
KIR |
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14/09/1999 |
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Korea |
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see Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Republic of Korea |
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Kosovo |
Pristina |
KOS |
part of Serbia until 1999; administered by UN 1999-2008 |
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Kuwait |
Kuwait City |
KWT |
|
14/05/1963 |
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Kyrgyzstan |
Bishkek |
KS |
part of the Soviet Union until 1991 |
02/03/1992 |
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L |
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Lao People’s Democratic Republic |
Vientiane |
LAO |
aka Laos |
14/12/1955 |
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Latvia |
Riga |
LV |
part of the Soviet Union until 1991 |
17/09/1991 |
01/05/2004 |
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Lebanon |
Beirut |
RL |
|
24/10/1945 |
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Lesotho |
Maseru |
LS |
|
17/10/1966 |
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Liberia |
Monrovia |
LB |
|
02/11/1945 |
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Libya |
Tripoli |
LAR |
formerly Libyan Arab Jamahiriya until 2011 |
14/12/1955 |
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Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
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became Libya in 2011 |
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Liechtenstein |
Vaduz |
FL |
IVR code sometimes FØ or Fø |
18/09/1990 |
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Lithuania |
Vilnius |
LT |
part of the Soviet Union until 1991 |
17/09/1991 |
01/05/2004 |
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Luxembourg |
Luxembourg |
L |
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24/10/1945 |
01/01/1958 (Founder) |
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M |
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Macau |
Macau |
MO |
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Macedonia |
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see The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
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Madagascar |
Antananarivo |
RM |
|
20/09/1960 |
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Malawi |
Lilongwe |
MW |
formerly Nyasaland until 1964 |
01/12/1964 |
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Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur |
MAL |
|
17/09/1957 |
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Maldives |
Male |
MV |
|
21/09/1965 |
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Mali |
Bamako |
RMM |
|
28/09/1960 |
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Malta |
Valletta |
M |
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01/12/1964 |
01/05/2004 |
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Marshall Islands |
Majuro |
MH |
|
17/09/1991 |
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Martinique |
Fort-de-France |
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French Overseas Territory |
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Mauritania |
Nouakchott |
RIM |
|
27/10/1961 |
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Mauritius |
Port Louis |
MS |
|
24/04/1968 |
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Mayotte |
Mamoudzou |
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French Overseas Territory |
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Mexico |
Mexico City |
MEX |
|
07/11/1945 |
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Micronesia (Federated States of) |
Palikir |
FSM |
|
17/09/1991 |
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Moldova |
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see Republic of Moldova |
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Monaco |
Monaco |
MC |
|
28/05/1993 |
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Mongolia |
Ulaanbaatar |
MGL |
capital also spelt as Ulan Bator |
27/10/1961 |
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Montenegro |
Podgorica |
MNE |
part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006 |
28/06/2006 |
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Montserrat |
Brades (de facto) |
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British Overseas Territory;
former capital Plymouth was abandoned due to volcanic eruption in 1995 |
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Morocco |
Rabat |
MA |
|
12/11/1956 |
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Mozambique |
Maputo |
MOC |
|
16/09/1975 |
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Myanmar |
Rangoon (Yangon); Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw (administrative) |
MYA |
formerly Burma until 1989 |
19/04/1948 |
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N |
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Namibia |
Windhoek |
NAM |
formerly South-West Africa until 1990 |
23/04/1990 |
|
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Nauru |
no official capital; government offices in Yaren District |
NAU |
|
14/09/1999 |
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Nepal |
Kathmandu |
NEP |
|
14/12/1955 |
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Netherlands |
Amsterdam; The Hague (seat of government) |
NL |
|
10/12/1945 |
01/01/1958 (Founder) |
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Netherlands Antilles |
Willemstad |
NA |
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New Caledonia |
Nouméa |
NC |
French Overseas Territory |
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New Zealand |
Wellington |
NZ |
|
24/10/1945 |
|
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Nicaragua |
Managua |
NIC |
|
24/10/1945 |
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Niger |
Niamey |
RN |
|
20/09/1960 |
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Nigeria |
Abuja |
WAN |
IVR code NGR in Chambers |
07/10/1960 |
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North Korea |
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see Democratic People’s Republic of Korea |
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North Yemen |
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see Yemen Arab Republic |
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Northern Ireland |
Belfast |
|
abbreviation: NI; part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
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Northern Rhodesia |
Lusaka |
RNR |
became Zambia in 1964 |
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Norway |
Oslo |
N |
|
27/11/1945 |
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Nyasaland |
Zomba |
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became Malawi in 1964 |
27/11/1945 |
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O |
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Oman |
Muscat |
OM |
|
07/10/1971 |
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P |
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Pakistan |
Islamabad |
PK |
|
30/09/1947 |
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Palau |
Melekeok |
PAL |
|
15/12/1994 |
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Palestinian National Authority |
Ramallah and Gaza City (administrative); Jerusalem (claimed) |
PS |
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Panama |
Panama City |
PA |
|
13/11/1945 |
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Panama Canal Zone |
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part of Panama since 1979 |
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|
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Papua New Guinea |
Port Moresby |
PNG |
|
10/10/1975 |
|
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Paraguay |
Asuncion |
PY |
|
24/10/1945 |
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Peru |
Lima |
PE |
|
31/10/1945 |
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Philippines |
Manila |
RP |
|
24/10/1945 |
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Pitcairn Islands |
Adamstown |
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British Overseas Territory |
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Poland |
Warsaw |
PL |
|
24/10/1945 |
01/05/2004 |
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Portugal |
Lisbon |
P |
|
14/12/1955 |
01/01/1986 |
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Portuguese Guinea |
Bissau |
GW |
became Guinea Bissau in 1974 |
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Puerto Rico |
San Juan |
PR |
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Q |
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Qatar |
Doha |
Q |
|
21/09/1971 |
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R |
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Republic of Korea |
Seoul |
ROK |
aka South Korea |
17/09/1991 |
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Republic of Moldova |
Chisinau |
MD |
part of the Soviet Union until 1991 |
02/03/1992 |
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Réunion |
Saint-Denis |
|
French Overseas Territory |
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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 |
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Rwanda |
Kigali |
RWA |
|
18/09/1962 |
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S |
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Saint Barthélemy |
Gustavia |
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French Overseas Territory |
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Saint Christopher and Nevis |
|
|
see Saint Kitts and Nevis |
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Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha |
Jamestown |
|
British Overseas Territory |
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|
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Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Basseterre |
KAN |
aka Saint Christopher and Nevis |
23/09/1983 |
|
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Saint Lucia |
Castries |
WL |
Windward Islands |
18/09/1979 |
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Saint Martin |
Marigot |
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French Overseas Territory |
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Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
Saint-Pierre |
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French Overseas Territory |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Kingstown |
WV |
Windward Islands |
16/09/1980 |
|
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Samoa |
Apia |
WS |
formerly Western Samoa until 1997 |
15/12/1976 |
|
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San Marino |
San Marino |
RSM |
|
02/03/1992 |
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São Tomé |
|
|
see São Tomé and Príncipe |
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|
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São Tomé and Príncipe |
Sao Tome |
STP |
|
16/09/1975 |
|
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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 |
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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 |
|
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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 |
|
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“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 |
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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) |
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