Country Abbreviations

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Alphabetically by Country

Abbrev.

Country

Country

Abbrev.

ac

Ascension Island

ASCENSION ISLAND

AC

ad

Andorra

AFGHANISTAN

AF

ae

United Arab Emirates

ALAND

AX

af

Afghanistan

ALBANIA

AL

ag

Antigua And Barbuda

ALGERIA

DZ

ai

Anguilla

ANDORRA

AD

al

Albania

ANGOLA

AO

am

Armenia

ANGUILLA

AI

an

Netherlands Antilles

ANTARCTICA

AQ

ao

Angola

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

AG

aq

Antarctica

ARGENTINA REPUBLIC

AR

ar

Argentina

ARMENIA

AM

as

American Samoa

ARUBA

AW

at

Austria

AUSTRALIA

AU

au

Australia

AUSTRIA

AT

aw

Aruba

AZERBAIJAN

AZ

ax

Åland

BAHAMAS

BS

az

Azerbaijan

BAHRAIN

BH

ba

Bosnia And Herzegovina

BANGLADESH

BD

bb

Barbados

BARBADOS

BB

be

Belgium

BELARUS

BY

bd

Bangladesh

BELGIUM

BE

bf

Burkina Faso

BELIZE

BZ

bg

Bulgaria

BENIN

BJ

bh

Bahrain

BERMUDA

BM

bi

Burundi

BHUTAN

BT

bj

Benin

BOLIVIA

BO

bm

Bermuda

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

BA

bn

Brunei Darussalam

BOTSWANA

BW

bo

Bolivia

BOUVET ISLAND

BV

br

Brazil

BRAZIL

BR

bs

Bahamas

BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERR

IO

bt

Bhutan

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

VG

bv

Bouvet Island

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

BN

bw

Botswana

BULGARIA

BG

by

Belarus

BURKINA FASO

BF

bz

Belize

BURUNDI

BI

ca

Canada

CAMBODIA

KH

cc

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

CAMEROON

CM

cd

Congo (Democratic Republic)

CANADA

CA

cf

Central African Republic

CAPE VERDE

CV

cg

Congo (Republic)

CAYMAN ISLANDS

KY

ch

Switzerland

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

CF

ci

Cote D’Ivoire

CHAD

TD

ck

Cook Islands

CHILE

CL

cl

Chile

PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

CN

cm

Cameroon

CHRISTMAS ISLANDS

CX

cn

People’s Republic of China

COCOS ISLANDS

CC

co

Colombia

COLOMBIA

CO

cr

Costa Rica

COMORAS

KM

cu

Cuba

CONGO

CG

cv

Cape Verde

CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC)

CD

cx

Christmas Island

COOK ISLANDS

CK

cy

Cyprus

COSTA RICA

CR

cz

Czech Republic

COTE D IVOIRE

CI

de

Germany

CROATIA

HR

dj

Djibouti

CUBA

CU

dk

Denmark

CYPRUS

CY

dm

Dominica

CZECH REPUBLIC

CZ

do

Dominican Republic

DENMARK

DK

dz

Algeria

DJIBOUTI

DJ

ec

Ecuador

DOMINICA

DM

ee

Estonia

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

DO

eg

Egypt

EAST TIMOR

TP

er

Eritrea

ECUADOR

EC

es

Spain

EGYPT

EG

et

Ethiopia

EL SALVADOR

SV

eU

European Union

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

GQ

fi

Finland

ESTONIA

EE

fj

Fiji

ETHIOPIA

ET

fk

Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

FALKLAND ISLANDS

FK

fm

Micronesia, Federated States Of

FAROE ISLANDS

FO

fo

Faroe Islands

FIJI

FJ

fr

France

FINLAND

FI

ga

Gabon

FRANCE

FR

gb

United Kingdom (no new registrations, see also UK)

FRANCE METROPOLITAN

FX

gd

Grenada

FRENCH GUIANA

GF

ge

Georgia

FRENCH POLYNESIA

PF

gf

French Guiana

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES

TF

gg

Guernsey

GABON

GA

gh

Ghana

GAMBIA

GM

gi

Gibraltar

GEORGIA

GE

gl

Greenland

GERMANY

DE

gm

Gambia

GHANA

GH

gn

Guinea

GIBRALTAR

GI

gp

Guadeloupe

GREECE

GR

gq

Equatorial Guinea

GREENLAND

GL

gr

Greece

GRENADA

GD

gs

South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands

GUADELOUPE

GP

gt

Guatemala

GUAM

GU

gu

Guam

GUATEMALA

GT

gw

Guinea-Bissau

GUINEA

GN

gy

Guyana

GUINEA-BISSAU

GW

hk

Hong Kong

GUYANA

GY

hm

Heard And Mc Donald Islands

HAITI

HT

hn

Honduras

HEARD & MCDONALD ISLAND

HM

hr

Croatia (local name: Hrvatska)

HONDURAS

HN

ht

Haiti

HONG KONG

HK

hu

Hungary

HUNGARY

HU

id

Indonesia

ICELAND

IS

ie

Ireland

INDIA

IN

il

Israel

INDONESIA

ID

im

Isle of Man

IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF

IR

in

India

IRAQ

IQ

io

British Indian Ocean Territory

IRELAND

IE

iq

Iraq

ISLE OF MAN

IM

ir

Iran (Islamic Republic Of)

ISRAEL

IL

is

Iceland

ITALY

IT

it

Italy

JAMAICA

JM

je

Jersey

JAPAN

JP

jm

Jamaica

JORDAN

JO

jo

Jordan

KAZAKHSTAN

KZ

jp

Japan

KENYA

KE

ke

Kenya

KIRIBATI

KI

kg

Kyrgyzstan

KOREA, DEM. PEOPLES REP OF

KP

kh

Cambodia

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

KR

ki

Kiribati

KUWAIT

KW

km

Comoros

KYRGYZSTAN

KG

kn

Saint Kitts And Nevis

LAO PEOPLE’S DEM. REPUBLIC

LA

kr

Korea, Republic Of

LATVIA

LV

kw

Kuwait

LEBANON

LB

ky

Cayman Islands

LESOTHO

LS

kz

Kazakhstan

LIBERIA

LR

la

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA

LY

lb

Lebanon

LIECHTENSTEIN

LI

lc

Saint Lucia

LITHUANIA

LT

li

Liechtenstein

LUXEMBOURG

LU

lk

Sri Lanka

MACAO

MO

lr

Liberia

MACEDONIA

MK

ls

Lesotho

MADAGASCAR

MG

lt

Lithuania

MALAWI

MW

lu

Luxembourg

MALAYSIA

MY

lv

Latvia

MALDIVES

MV

ly

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

MALI

ML

ma

Morocco

MALTA

MT

mc

Monaco

MARSHALL ISLANDS

MH

md

Moldova, Republic Of

MARTINIQUE

MQ

me

Montenegro

MAURITANIA

MR

mg

Madagascar

MAURITIUS

MU

mh

Marshall Islands

MAYOTTE

YT

mk

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of

MEXICO

MX

ml

Mali

MICRONESIA

FM

mm

Myanmar

MOLDAVA REPUBLIC OF

MD

mn

Mongolia

MONACO

MC

mo

Macau

MONGOLIA

MN

mp

Northern Mariana Islands

MONTENEGRO

ME

mq

Martinique

MONTSERRAT

MS

mr

Mauritania

MOROCCO

MA

ms

Montserrat

MOZAMBIQUE

MZ

mt

Malta

MYANMAR

MM

mu

Mauritius

NAMIBIA

NA

mv

Maldives

NAURU

NR

mw

Malawi

NEPAL

NP

mx

Mexico

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES

AN

my

Malaysia

NETHERLANDS, THE

NL

mz

Mozambique

NEW CALEDONIA

NC

na

Namibia

NEW ZEALAND

NZ

nc

New Caledonia

NICARAGUA

NI

ne

Niger

NIGER

NE

nf

Norfolk Island

NIGERIA

NG

ng

Nigeria

NIUE

NU

ni

Nicaragua

NORFOLK ISLAND

NF

nl

Netherlands

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

MP

no

Norway

NORWAY

NO

np

Nepal

OMAN

OM

nr

Nauru

PAKISTAN

PK

nu

Niue

PALAU

PW

nz

New Zealand

PALESTINE

PS

om

Oman

PANAMA

PA

pa

Panama

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PG

pe

Peru

PARAGUAY

PY

pf

French Polynesia

PERU

PE

pg

Papua New Guinea

PHILIPPINES (REPUBLIC OF THE)

PH

ph

Philippines, Republic of the

PITCAIRN

PN

pk

Pakistan

POLAND

PL

pl

Poland

PORTUGAL

PT

pm

St. Pierre And Miquelon

PUERTO RICO

PR

pn

Pitcairn

QATAR

QA

pr

Puerto Rico

REUNION

RE

ps

Palestine

ROMANIA

RO

pt

Portugal

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

RU

pw

Palau

RWANDA

RW

py

Paraguay

SAMOA

WS

qa

Qatar

SAN MARINO

SM

re

Reunion

SAO TOME/PRINCIPE

ST

ro

Romania

SAUDI ARABIA

SA

rs

Serbia

SCOTLAND

UK

ru

Russian Federation

SENEGAL

SN

rw

Rwanda

SERBIA

RS

sa

Saudi Arabia

SEYCHELLES

SC

uk

Scotland

SIERRA LEONE

SL

sb

Solomon Islands

SINGAPORE

SG

sc

Seychelles

SLOVAKIA

SK

sd

Sudan

SLOVENIA

SI

se

Sweden

SOLOMON ISLANDS

SB

sg

Singapore

SOMALIA

SO

sh

St. Helena

SOMOA,GILBERT,ELLICE ISLANDS

AS

si

Slovenia

SOUTH AFRICA

ZA

sj

Svalbard And Jan Mayen Islands

SOUTH GEORGIA, SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS

GS

sk

Slovakia (Slovak Republic)

SOVIET UNION

SU

sl

Sierra Leone

SPAIN

ES

sm

San Marino

SRI LANKA

LK

sn

Senegal

ST. HELENA

SH

so

Somalia

ST. KITTS AND NEVIS

KN

sr

Suriname

ST. LUCIA

LC

st

Sao Tome And Principe

ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON

PM

su

Soviet Union

ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES

VC

sv

El Salvador

SUDAN

SD

sy

Syrian Arab Republic

SURINAME

SR

sz

Swaziland

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN

SJ

tc

Turks And Caicos Islands

SWAZILAND

SZ

td

Chad

SWEDEN

SE

tf

French Southern Territories

SWITZERLAND

CH

tg

Togo

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

SY

th

Thailand

TAIWAN

TW

tj

Tajikistan

TAJIKISTAN

TJ

tk

Tokelau

TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF

TZ

ti

East Timor (new code)

THAILAND

TH

tm

Turkmenistan

TOGO

TG

tn

Tunisia

TOKELAU

TK

to

Tonga

TONGA

TO

tp

East Timor (old code)

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

TT

tr

Turkey

TUNISIA

TN

tt

Trinidad And Tobago

TURKEY

TR

tv

Tuvalu

TURKMENISTAN

TM

tw

Taiwan

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS

TC

tz

Tanzania, United Republic Of

TUVALU

TV

ua

Ukraine

UGANDA

UG

ug

Uganda

UKRAINE

UA

uk

United Kingdom

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

AE

um

United States Minor Outlying Islands

UNITED KINGDOM (no new registrations)

GB

us

United States

UNITED KINGDOM

UK

uy

Uruguay

UNITED STATES

US

uz

Uzbekistan

UNITED STATES MINOR OUTL.IS.

UM

va

Vatican City State (Holy See)

URUGUAY

UY

vc

Saint Vincent And The Grenadines

UZBEKISTAN

UZ

ve

Venezuela

VANUATU

VU

vg

Virgin Islands (British)

VATICAN CITY STATE

VA

vi

Virgin Islands (U.S.)

VENEZUELA

VE

vn

Vietnam

VIETNAM

VN

vu

Vanuatu

VIRGIN ISLANDS (USA)

VI

wf

Wallis And Futuna Islands

WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

WF

ws

Samoa

WESTERN SAHARA

EH

ye

Yemen

YEMEN

YE

yt

Mayotte

ZAMBIA

ZM

za

South Africa

ZIMBABWE

ZW

zm

Zambia

zw

Zimbabwe