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.

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Country codes 1999

Valid from
1.1.1999
Valid to
1.1.2001

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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