Comparison of alphabetic country codes

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This is a comparison of the IOC, FIFA, and ISO 3166-1 three-letter codes, combined into one table for easy reference. Highlighted rows indicate those entries in which the three-letter codes differ from column to column. The last column indicates the number of codes present followed by letters to indicate which codes are present (O for Olympic, F for FIFA, and I for ISO) and dashes when a code is absent; capital letters indicate codes which match; lower case letters indicate codes which differ.[1]

Ambiguities[edit]

Currently, the only ambiguous trigraph between IOC, FIFA and ISO codes is:

Historically, ambiguous trigraphs include:

In the following cases, a code for a historical country or territory matches a modern code of the country it merged into:

  • VNM - historical IOC and ISO code for South Vietnam, became the ISO code for unified Vietnam
  • YEM - historical ISO code for the North Yemen, became the generally accepted code for unified Yemen

Including other lists of country three-letter-codes increases the number of ambiguities. For example:

List[edit]

This list only includes nations or territories that have been assigned at least one of these three types of country codes. For a more complete list of countries, see list of countries.

Flag Country IOC FIFA ISO *
Afghanistan Afghanistan AFG AFG AFG 3OFI
Åland Åland ALA 1--ï
Albania Albania ALB ALB ALB 3OFI
Algeria Algeria ALG ALG DZA 3OFï
American Samoa American Samoa[2] ASA ASA ASM 3OFï
Andorra Andorra AND AND AND 3OFI
Angola Angola ANG ANG AGO 3OFï
Anguilla Anguilla AIA AIA 2-FI
Antarctica Antarctica ATA 1--ï
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda ANT ATG ATG 3öFI
Argentina Argentina ARG ARG ARG 3OFI
Armenia Armenia ARM ARM ARM 3OFI
Aruba Aruba ARU ARU ABW 3OFï
Australia Australia AUS AUS AUS 3OFI
Austria Austria AUT AUT AUT 3OFI
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan AZE AZE AZE 3OFI
The Bahamas The Bahamas BAH BAH BHS 3OFï
Bahrain Bahrain BRN BHR BHR 3öFI
Bangladesh Bangladesh BAN BAN BGD 3OFï
Barbados Barbados BAR BRB BRB 3öFI
Belarus Belarus BLR BLR BLR 3OFI
Belgium Belgium BEL BEL BEL 3OFI
Belize Belize BIZ BLZ BLZ 3öFI
Benin Benin BEN BEN BEN 3OFI
Bermuda Bermuda BER BER BMU 3OFï
Bhutan Bhutan BHU BHU BTN 3OFï
Bolivia Bolivia BOL BOL BOL 3OFI
Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean Netherlands: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba BES 1--ï
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH BIH BIH 3OFI
Botswana Botswana BOT BOT BWA 3OFï
Norway Bouvet Island BVT 1--ï
Brazil Brazil BRA BRA BRA 3OFI
British Indian Ocean Territory British Indian Ocean Territory IOT 1--ï
British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands[3] IVB VGB VGB 3öFI
Brunei Brunei BRU BRU BRN 3OFï
Bulgaria Bulgaria BUL BUL BGR 3OFï
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso BUR BFA BFA 3öFI
Burundi Burundi BDI BDI BDI 3OFI
Cambodia Cambodia CAM CAM KHM 3OFï
Cameroon Cameroon CMR CMR CMR 3OFI
Canada Canada CAN CAN CAN 3OFI
Cape Verde Cape Verde CPV CPV CPV 3OFI
Cayman Islands Cayman Islands CAY CAY CYM 3OFï
Central African Republic Central African Republic CAF CTA CAF 3OƒI
Chad Chad CHA CHA TCD 3OFï
Chile Chile CHI CHI CHL 3OFï
China China, People's Republic of[4] CHN CHN CHN 3OFI
Christmas Island Christmas Island CXR 1--ï
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands CCK 1--ï
Colombia Colombia COL COL COL 3OFI
Comoros Comoros COM COM COM 3OFI
Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo, Democratic Republic of the[5] COD COD COD 3OFI
Republic of the Congo Congo, Republic of the[6] CGO CGO COG 3OFï
Cook Islands Cook Islands COK COK COK 3OFI
Costa Rica Costa Rica CRC CRC CRI 3OFï
Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire CIV CIV CIV 3OFI
Croatia Croatia CRO CRO HRV 3OFï
Cuba Cuba CUB CUB CUB 3OFI
Curaçao Curaçao CUW CUW 2-FI
Cyprus Cyprus CYP CYP CYP 3OFI
Czech Republic Czech Republic CZE CZE CZE 3OFI
Denmark Denmark DEN DEN DNK 3OFï
Djibouti Djibouti DJI DJI DJI 3OFI
Dominica Dominica DMA DMA DMA 3OFI
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic DOM DOM DOM 3OFI
Ecuador Ecuador ECU ECU ECU 3OFI
Egypt Egypt EGY EGY EGY 3OFI
El Salvador El Salvador ESA SLV SLV 3öFI
England England ENG [7] 1-ƒ-
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea GEQ EQG GNQ 3öƒï
Eritrea Eritrea ERI ERI ERI 3OFI
Estonia Estonia EST EST EST 3OFI
Eswatini Eswatini SWZ SWZ SWZ 3OFI
Ethiopia Ethiopia ETH ETH ETH 3OFI
Falkland Islands Falkland Islands FLK 1--ï
Faroe Islands Faroe Islands [8] FRO FRO 2-FI
Fiji Fiji FIJ FIJ FJI 3OFï
Finland Finland FIN FIN FIN 3OFI
France France FRA FRA FRA 3OFI
French Guiana French Guiana GUF 1--ï
French Polynesia French Polynesia[9] TAH PYF 2-ĕ
French Southern and Antarctic Lands French Southern and Antarctic Lands ATF 1--ï
Gabon Gabon GAB GAB GAB 3OFI
The Gambia The Gambia GAM GAM GMB 3OFï
Georgia (country) Georgia GEO GEO GEO 3OFI
Germany Germany GER GER DEU 3OFï
Ghana Ghana GHA GHA GHA 3OFI
Gibraltar Gibraltar GIB GIB 2-FI
Greece Greece GRE GRE GRC 3OFï
Greenland Greenland GRL 1--ï
Grenada Grenada GRN GRN GRD 3OFï
Guadeloupe Guadeloupe GLP 1--ï
Guam Guam GUM GUM GUM 3OFI
Guatemala Guatemala GUA GUA GTM 3OFï
Bailiwick of Guernsey Guernsey GGY 1--ï
Guinea Guinea GUI GUI GIN 3OFï
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau GBS GNB GNB 3öFI
Guyana Guyana GUY GUY GUY 3OFI
Haiti Haiti HAI HAI HTI 3OFï
Australia Heard Island and McDonald Islands HMD 1--ï
Honduras Honduras HON HON HND 3OFï
Hong Kong Hong Kong[10] HKG HKG HKG 3OFI
Hungary Hungary HUN HUN HUN 3OFI
Iceland Iceland ISL ISL ISL 3OFI
India India IND IND IND 3OFI
Indonesia Indonesia INA IDN IDN 3öFI
Iran Iran IRI IRN IRN 3öFI
Iraq Iraq IRQ IRQ IRQ 3OFI
Republic of Ireland Ireland[11] IRL IRL IRL 3OFI
Isle of Man Isle of Man IMN 1--ï
Israel Israel ISR ISR ISR 3OFI
Italy Italy ITA ITA ITA 3OFI
Jamaica Jamaica JAM JAM JAM 3OFI
Japan Japan JPN JPN JPN 3OFI
Jersey Jersey JEY 1--ï
Jordan Jordan JOR JOR JOR 3OFI
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan KAZ KAZ KAZ 3OFI
Kenya Kenya KEN KEN KEN 3OFI
Kiribati Kiribati KIR KIR 2O-I
North Korea Korea, Democratic People's Rep. (North)[12] PRK PRK PRK 3OFI
South Korea Korea, Republic of (South)[13] KOR KOR KOR 3OFI
Kosovo Kosovo KOS KOS [14] 2OF-
Kuwait Kuwait KUW KUW KWT 3OFï
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan KGZ KGZ KGZ 3OFI
Laos Laos LAO LAO LAO 3OFI
Latvia Latvia LAT LVA LVA 3öFI
Lebanon Lebanon LBN LBN LBN 3OFI
Lesotho Lesotho LES LES LSO 3OFï
Liberia Liberia LBR LBR LBR 3OFI
Libya Libya LBA LBY LBY 3öFI
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein LIE LIE LIE 3OFI
Lithuania Lithuania LTU LTU LTU 3OFI
Luxembourg Luxembourg LUX LUX LUX 3OFI
Macau Macau MAC MAC 2-FI
Madagascar Madagascar MAD MAD MDG 3OFï
Malawi Malawi MAW MWI MWI 3öFI
Malaysia Malaysia MAS MAS MYS 3OFï
Maldives Maldives MDV MDV MDV 3OFI
Mali Mali MLI MLI MLI 3OFI
Malta Malta MLT MLT MLT 3OFI
Marshall Islands Marshall Islands MHL MHL 2O-I
Martinique Martinique MTQ 1--ï
Mauritania Mauritania MTN MTN MRT 3OFï
Mauritius Mauritius MRI MRI MUS 3OFï
Mayotte Mayotte MYT 1--ï
Mexico Mexico MEX MEX MEX 3OFI
Federated States of Micronesia Micronesia, Federated States of FSM FSM 2O-I
Moldova Moldova MDA MDA MDA 3OFI
Monaco Monaco MON MCO 2ö-ï
Mongolia Mongolia MGL MNG MNG 3öFI
Montenegro Montenegro MNE MNE MNE 3OFI
Montserrat Montserrat MSR MSR 2-FI
Morocco Morocco MAR MAR MAR 3OFI
Mozambique Mozambique MOZ MOZ MOZ 3OFI
Myanmar Myanmar MYA MYA MMR 3OFï
Namibia Namibia NAM NAM NAM 3OFI
Nauru Nauru NRU NRU 2O-I
Nepal Nepal NEP NEP NPL 3OFï
Netherlands Netherlands NED NED NLD 3OFï
New Caledonia New Caledonia NCL NCL 2-FI
New Zealand New Zealand NZL NZL NZL 3OFI
Nicaragua Nicaragua NCA NCA NIC 3OFï
Niger Niger NIG NIG NER 3OFï
Nigeria Nigeria NGR NGA NGA 3öFI
Niue Niue NIU 1--ï
Norfolk Island Norfolk Island NFK 1--ï
Northern Ireland[15] Northern Ireland NIR [7] 1-ƒ-
Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands MNP 1--ï
North Macedonia North Macedonia[16] MKD MKD MKD 3OFI
Norway Norway NOR NOR NOR 3OFI
Oman Oman OMA OMA OMN 3OFï
Pakistan Pakistan PAK PAK PAK 3OFI
Palau Palau PLW PLW 2O-I
State of Palestine Palestine PLE PLE PSE 3OFï
Panama Panama PAN PAN PAN 3OFI
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea PNG PNG PNG 3OFI
Paraguay Paraguay PAR PAR PRY 3OFï
Peru Peru PER PER PER 3OFI
Philippines Philippines PHI PHI PHL 3OFï
Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Islands PCN 1--ï
Poland Poland POL POL POL 3OFI
Portugal Portugal POR POR PRT 3OFï
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico PUR PUR PRI 3OFï
Qatar Qatar QAT QAT QAT 3OFI
Réunion Réunion REU 1--ï
Romania Romania ROU ROU ROU 3OFI
Russia Russian Federation RUS RUS RUS 3OFI
Rwanda Rwanda RWA RWA RWA 3OFI
Saint Barthélemy Saint Barthélemy BLM 1--ï
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha SHN 1--ï
Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN SKN KNA 3OFï
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia LCA LCA LCA 3OFI
Collectivity of Saint Martin Saint Martin (French part) MAF 1--ï
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon SPM 1--ï
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VIN VIN VCT 3OFï
Samoa Samoa[2] SAM SAM WSM 3OFï
San Marino San Marino SMR SMR SMR 3OFI
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe STP STP STP 3OFI
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia KSA KSA SAU 3OFï
Scotland Scotland SCO [7] 1-ƒ-
Senegal Senegal SEN SEN SEN 3OFI
Serbia Serbia SRB SRB SRB 3OFI
Seychelles Seychelles SEY SEY SYC 3OFï
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone SLE SLE SLE 3OFI
Singapore Singapore SGP SGP SGP 3OFI
Sint Maarten Sint Maarten (Dutch part) SXM 1--ï
Slovakia Slovakia SVK SVK SVK 3OFI
Slovenia Slovenia SLO SVN SVN 3öFI
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands SOL SOL SLB 3OFï
Somalia Somalia SOM SOM SOM 3OFI
South Africa South Africa RSA RSA ZAF 3OFï
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands SGS 1--ï
South Sudan South Sudan SSD SSD SSD 3OFI
Spain Spain ESP ESP ESP 3OFI
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka SRI SRI LKA 3OFï
Sudan Sudan SUD SDN SDN 3öFI
Suriname Suriname SUR SUR SUR 3OFI
Norway Svalbard and Jan Mayen SJM 1--ï
Sweden Sweden SWE SWE SWE 3OFI
Switzerland Switzerland SUI SUI CHE 3OFï
Syria Syria SYR SYR SYR 3OFI
Taiwan Taiwan[17] TPE TPE TWN 3OFï
Tajikistan Tajikistan TJK TJK TJK 3OFI
Tanzania Tanzania TAN TAN TZA 3OFï
Thailand Thailand THA THA THA 3OFI
East Timor Timor-Leste[18] TLS TLS TLS 3OFI
Togo Togo TOG TOG TGO 3OFï
Tokelau Tokelau TKL 1--ï
Tonga Tonga TGA TGA TON 3OFï
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago TTO TRI TTO 3OƒI
Tunisia Tunisia TUN TUN TUN 3OFI
Turkey Turkey TUR TUR TUR 3OFI
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan TKM TKM TKM 3OFI
Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands TCA TCA 2-FI
Tuvalu Tuvalu TUV TUV 2O-I
Uganda Uganda UGA UGA UGA 3OFI
Ukraine Ukraine UKR UKR UKR 3OFI
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates UAE UAE ARE 3OFï
United Kingdom United Kingdom[19] GBR GBR 2O-I
United States United States USA USA USA 3OFI
United States United States Minor Outlying Islands UMI 1--ï
United States Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands[20] ISV VIR VIR 3öFI
Uruguay Uruguay URU URU URY 3OFï
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan UZB UZB UZB 3OFI
Vanuatu Vanuatu VAN VAN VUT 3OFï
Vatican City Vatican City State VAT 1--ï
Venezuela Venezuela VEN VEN VEN 3OFI
Vietnam Vietnam VIE VIE VNM 3OFï
Wales Wales WAL [7] 1-ƒ-
Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna WLF 1--ï
Western Sahara Western Sahara ESH 1--ï
Yemen Yemen YEM YEM YEM 3OFI
Zambia Zambia ZAM ZAM ZMB 3OFï
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe ZIM ZIM ZWE 3OFï
*
3OFI IOC, FIFA and ISO codes exist and are identical
3OFï IOC, FIFA and ISO codes exist, but only IOC and FIFA codes are identical
3OƒI IOC, FIFA and ISO codes exist, but only IOC and ISO codes are identical
3öFI IOC, FIFA and ISO codes exist, but only FIFA and ISO codes are identical
3öƒï IOC, FIFA and ISO codes exist and are different
2OF- Only IOC and FIFA codes exist and are identical
2O-I Only IOC and ISO codes exist and are identical
2ö-ï Only IOC and ISO codes exist and are different
2-FI Only FIFA and ISO codes exist and are identical
2-ĕ Only FIFA and ISO codes exist and are different
1-ƒ- Only FIFA codes exist
1--ï Only ISO codes exist

Former countries and former country names[edit]

Codes are shown with their last year of use.

Flag Country IOC FIFA ISO
British Honduras British Honduras HBR
1972		 BHO
 
Myanmar Burma BIR
1988		 BUR
1989		 BUR
1989
Dominion of Ceylon Ceylon CEY
1972		 CEY
1972
Republic of Dahomey Dahomey DAH
1972		 DAH
1975		 DHY
1977
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia TCH
1992		 TCH
1993		 CSK
1993
East Germany East Germany GDR
1988		 GDR
1990		 DDR
1990
Cambodia Khmer Republic KHM
1976		 ?
1975
Federation of Malaya Malaya MAL
1960		 ?
1963
Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles AHO
2010		 ANT
2010		 ANT
2010
North Borneo North Borneo NBO
1956		 NBO
1963
Yemen Arab Republic North Yemen YAR
1988		 NYE
1990		 YEM
1990
Northern Rhodesia Northern Rhodesia NRH
1964		 NRH
1964
Rhodesia Rhodesia RHO
1972		 RHO
1980		 RHO
1980
Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro SCG
2006		 SCG
2006		 SCG
2006
South Yemen South Yemen YMD
1988		 SYE
1990		 YMD
1990
Soviet Union Soviet Union URS
1988		 URS
1991		 SUN
1992
Republic of Upper Volta Upper Volta VOL
1984		 UPV
1984		 HVO
1984
North Vietnam Viet Nam, Democratic Republic of n.a. VNO
1975		 VDR
1977
South Vietnam Viet Nam, Republic of VNM
1976		 VSO
1975		 VNM
1977
Germany West Germany FRG
1988		 FRG
1990		 DEU
1990
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of YUG
2002		 YUG
2003		 YUG
2003
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of YUG
1992		 YUG
1992		 YUG
1992
Zaire Zaire ZAI
1996		 ZAI
1997		 ZAR
1997

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ ISO and FIFA code BHR
  2. ^ IOC and FIFA code BRU
  3. ^ current ISO and FIFA code ATG
  4. ^ IOC code AHO from French Antilles hollandaises
  5. ^ The Netherlands Antilles as a constituent country of the Netherlands was dissolved in 2010, with all island territories remaining a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands but with various legal statuses.
  6. ^ ISO and FIFA code BFA
  7. ^ previously Burkina Faso was Upper Volta, and the IOC code was VOL
  8. ^ IOC code BIR, from French Birmanie
  9. ^ at which point Burma became Myanmar and the FIFA and IOC codes became MYA, while the ISO code became MMR

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jeffree, Iain. "FIFA Country Codes". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 19 September 2000. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b The name "Samoa" in a political sense contains only the Independent State of Samoa and excludes American Samoa.
  3. ^ In Olympic Games, Virgin Islands means the United States Virgin Islands, not British Virgin Islands.
  4. ^ Mainland China (People's Republic of China except Hong Kong and Macau) is designated as the "People's Republic of China", ("China" for short) in Olympic Games, and as "China PR", ("China" for short) in football matches.
  5. ^ The Democratic Republic of the Congo is abbreviated as "DR Congo" in Olympic Games, and as "Congo DR" in football matches.
  6. ^ The Republic of the Congo is abbreviated as "Congo" in Olympic Games and football matches.
  7. ^ a b c d England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are given the ISO 3166-2 codes GB-ENG, GB-NIR, GB-SCT and GB-WLS, respectively, under the entry for the United Kingdom.
  8. ^ IOC considers Faroe Islands as a part of Denmark. However, Faroe Islands Paralympic Committee is a member of International Paralympic Committee, encoded as FRO.
  9. ^ Competes as "Tahiti" in international football
  10. ^ Hong Kong is designated as "Hong Kong, China" by the IOC, and "Hong Kong" in football matches.
  11. ^ It covers only the Republic of Ireland in the Olympic Games and football matches. In FIFA, the name "Republic of Ireland" is used in order to distinguish from Ireland as a former home nation of the United Kingdom.
  12. ^ North Korea is designated as "Democratic People's Republic of Korea", abbreviated to "DPRK", in Olympic Games, and as the "Korea DPR" in football matches.
  13. ^ South Korea is designated as "Republic of Korea" in Olympic Games, and as the "Korea Republic" in football matches.
  14. ^ With mixed International recognition of Kosovo, for ISO purposes, Kosovo is an 'autonomous province' of Serbia with ISO 3166-2 code RS-KM, under the entry for Serbia. A temporary placeholder code XKX is used by several organisations for the country.
  15. ^ Northern Ireland has no official flag. The Ulster Banner is used by FIFA to represent Northern Ireland.
  16. ^ North Macedonia was previously designated as the "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" in Olympic Games, football matches and most international organisations until the resolution of the Macedonia naming dispute with the implementation of the Prespa agreement in February 2019.
  17. ^ TW and TWN is defined as "Taiwan, Province of China" in the ISO 3166 codes list. The Republic of China is designated as " Chinese Taipei" in Olympic Games and football matches. See also Chinese Taipei and the Political status of Taiwan.
  18. ^ Timor-Leste is generally known in English as "East Timor". West Timor is a part of Indonesia.
  19. ^ The United Kingdom's short names generally used in the Olympic Games are "Great Britain and Northern Ireland" or just "Great Britain", not the "United Kingdom".[citation needed] In FIFA, its four constituent countries have separate codes.
  20. ^ The United States Virgin Islands is designated as just Virgin Islands in Olympic Games.
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