Classification of country codes

Country codes (alpha-2) are two-letter codes (e.g. NO = Norway, SE = Sweden) defined and published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to represent countries, dependent territories, and special geographical areas. The standard is based on the ISO 3166-1 code list and has been adapted to Statistics Norway’s needs. Special codes for unknown citizenship and citizenship stateless are not included in Standard for Country Code (ISO alpha-2). This standard is also used by EU countries, however with some minor differences.

Country codes 2023

Valid from
1.1.2023
Valid to
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Code reference has the following order (alpha-2, alpha-3, num-3, SSB-3), for example Norway (NO, NOR, 578, 000). The English name for Turkey was changed to Türkiye. Norwegian name for Belarus (Hviterussland) changed to Belarus. The codes are unchanged.

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This version contains 253 codes organized into 1 level.

CodeNameAdditional information
97
AD
AE
AF
AG
AI
AL
AM
AO
AQ
AR
AS
AT
AU
AW
AX
AZ
BA
BB
BD
BE
BF
BG
BH
BI
BJ
BL
BM
BN
BO
BQ
BR
BS
BT
BV
BW
BY
BZ
CA
CC
CD
CF
CG
CH
CI
CK
CL
CM
CN
CO
CR
CU
CV
CW
CX
CY
CZ
DE
DJ
DK
DM
DO
DZ
EC
EE
EG
EH
ER
ES
ET
FI
FJ
FK
FM
FO
FR
GA
GB
GD
GE
GF
GG
GH
GI
GL
GM
GN
GP
GQ
GR
GS
GT
GU
GW
GY
HK
HM
HN
HR
HT
HU
ID
IE
IL
IM
IN
IO
IQ
IR
IS
IT
JE
JM
JO
JP
KE
KG
KH
KI
KM
KN
KP
KR
KW
KY
KZ
LA
LB
LC
LI
LK
LR
LS
LT
LU
LV
LY
MA
MC
MD
ME
MF
MG
MH
MK
ML
MM
MN
MO
MP
MQ
MR
MS
MT
MU
MV
MW
MX
MY
MZ
NA
NC
NE
NF
NG
NI
NL
NO
NP
NR
NU
NZ
OM
PA
PE
PF
PG
PH
PK
PL
PM
PN
PR
PS
PT
PW
PY
QA
RE
RO
RS
RU
RW
SA
SB
SC
SD
SE
SG
SH
SI
SJ
SK
SL
SM
SN
SO
SR
SS
ST
SV
SX
SY
SZ
TC
TD
TF
TG
TH
TJ
TK
TL
TM
TN
TO
TR
TT
TV
TW
TZ
UA
UG
UM
US
UY
UZ
VA
VC
VE
VG
VI
VN
VU
WF
WS
XB
XC
XK
YE
YT
ZA
ZM
ZW

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Country codes 2023

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