All of us know that there are 196 countries in the world. And all of this country is represented by a two-letter country code based on the International Naming Convention. Here we mention the entire country abbreviations list in alphabetic order below:
Country abbreviations A
SL
Country Name
Country code / Abbreviations
1
Ascension Island
AC
2
Afghanistan
AF
3
Aland
AX
4
Albania
AL
5
Algeria
DZ
6
Andorra
AD
7
Angola
AO
8
Anguilla
AI
9
Antarctica
AQ
10
Antigua and Barbuda
AG
11
Argentina Republic
AR
12
Armenia
AM
13
Aruba
AW
14
Australia
AU
15
Austria
AT
16
Azerbaijan
AZ
Country abbreviations list B
SL
Country Name
Country code / Abbreviations
1
Bahamas
BS
2
Bahrain
BH
3
Bangladesh
BD
4
Barbados
BB
5
Belarus
BY
6
Belgium
BE
7
Belize
BZ
8
Benin
BJ
9
Bermuda
BM
10
Bhutan
BT
11
Bolivia
BO
12
Bosnia and Herzegovina
BA
13
Botswana
BW
14
Bouvet island
BV
15
Brazil
BR
16
British Indian Ocean Terr
IO
17
British virgin islands
VG
18
Brunei Darussalam
BN
19
Bulgaria
BG
20
Burkina Faso
BF
21
Burundi
BI
Country abbreviations List C
SL
Country Name
Country code / Abbreviations
1
Cambodia
KH
2
Cameroon
CM
3
Canada
CA
4
Cape Verde
CV
5
Cayman islands
KY
6
Central African Republic
CF
7
Chad
TD
8
Chile
CL
9
People’s Republic of China
CN
10
Christmas islands
CX
11
Cocos Islands
CC
12
Colombia
CO
13
Comoros
KM
14
Congo
CG
15
Congo (Democratic Republic)
CD
16
Cook islands
CK
17
Costa Rica
CR
18
Cote d Ivoire
CI
19
Croatia
HR
20
Cuba
CU
21
Cyprus
CY
22
Czech Republic
CZ
Country abbreviations list D
SL
Country Name
Country code / Abbreviations
1
Denmark
DK
2
Djibouti
DJ
3
Dominica
DM
4
Dominican Republic
DO
Country abbreviations E
SL
Country Name
Country code / Abbreviations
1
East Timor
TP
2
Ecuador
EC
3
Egypt
EG
4
El Salvador
SV
5
Equatorial Guinea
GQ
6
Estonia
EE
7
Ethiopia
ET
Country abbreviations F
SL
Country Name
Country code / Abbreviations
1
Falkland Islands
FK
2
Faroe Islands
FO
3
Fiji
FJ
4
Finland
FI
5
France
FR
6
France Metropolitan
FX
7
French Guiana
GF
8
French Polynesia
PF
9
French Southern Territories
TF
Country abbreviations list G
SL
Country Name
Country code / Abbreviations
1
Gabon
GA
2
Gambia
GM
3
Georgia
GE
4
Germany
DE
5
Ghana
GH
6
Gibraltar
GI
7
Greece
GR
8
Greenland
GL
9
Grenada
GD
10
Guadeloupe
GP
11
Guam
GU
12
Guatemala
GT
13
Guinea
GN
14
Guinea-Bissau
GW
15
Guyana
GY
Country abbreviations H
SL
Country Name
Country code / Abbreviations
1
Haiti
HT
2
Heard & Mcdonald Island
HM
3
Honduras
HN
4
Hong Kong
HK
5
Hungary
HU
Country abbreviations I
SL
Country Name
Country code / Abbreviations
1
Iceland
IS
2
India
IN
3
Indonesia
ID
4
Iran, Islamic Republic of
IR
5
Italy
IT
6
Ireland
IE
7
Israel
IL
8
Iraq
IQ
Country abbreviations J
SL
Country Name
Country code / Abbreviations
1
Jamaica
JM
2
Japan
JP
3
Jordan
JO
Country abbreviations K
SL
Country Name
Country code / Abbreviations
1
Kazakhstan
KZ
2
Kenya
KE
3
Kiribati
KI
4
Korea, Dem. Peoples Rep of
KP
5
Korea, Republic of
KR
6
Kuwait
KW
7
Kyrgyzstan
KG
Country abbreviations L
SL
Country Name
Country code / Abbreviations
1
Lao people’s dem. Republic
LA
2
Latvia
LV
3
Lebanon
LB
4
Lesotho
LS
5
Liberia
LR
6
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
LY
7
Liechtenstein
LI
8
Lithuania
LT
9
Luxembourg
LU
Country abbreviations M
SL
Country Name
Country code / Abbreviations
1
Macao
MO
2
Macedonia
MK
3
Madagascar
MG
4
Malawi
MW
5
Malaysia
MY
6
Maldives
MV
7
Mali
ML
8
Malta
MT
9
Marshall Islands
MH
10
Martinique
MQ
11
Mauritania
MR
12
Mauritius
MU
13
Mayotte
YT
14
Mexico
MX
15
Micronesia
FM
16
Moldava Republic of
MD
17
Monaco
MC
18
Mongolia
MN
19
Montenegro
ME
20
Montserrat
MS
21
Morocco
MA
22
Mozambique
MZ
23
Myanmar
MM
Country abbreviations N
SL
Country Name
Country code / Abbreviations
1
Namibia
NA
2
Nauru
NR
3
Nepal
NP
4
Netherlands Antilles
AN
5
Netherlands, the
NL
6
New Caledonia
NC
7
New Zealand
NZ
8
Nicaragua
NI
9
Niger
NE
10
Nigeria
NG
11
Niue
NU
12
Norfolk Island
NF
13
Northern Mariana Islands
MP
14
Norway
NO
Country abbreviations O
SL
Country Name
Country code / Abbreviations
1
Oman
OM
P
SL
Country Name
Country code / Abbreviations
1
Pakistan
PK
2
Palau
PW
3
Palestine
PS
4
Panama
PA
5
Papua New Guinea
PG
6
Paraguay
PY
7
Peru
PE
8
Philippines (Republic of the)
PH
9
Pitcairn
PN
10
Poland
PL
11
Portugal
PT
12
Puerto Rico
PR
Q
SL
Country Name
Country code / Abbreviations
1
Qatar
QA
Country abbreviations R
SL
Country Name
Country code / Abbreviations
1
Reunion
RE
2
Romania
RO
3
Russian Federation
RU
4
Rwanda
RW
Country Abbreviations List
Country abbreviations S
SL
Country Name
Country code / Abbreviations
1
Samoa
WS
2
San Marino
SM
3
Sao Tome/Principe
ST
4
Saudi Arabia
SA
5
Scotland
UK
6
Senegal
SN
7
Serbia
RS
8
Seychelles
SC
9
Sierra Leone
SL
10
Singapore
SG
11
Slovakia
SK
12
Slovenia
SI
13
Solomon islands
SB
14
Somalia
SO
15
Somoa, Gilbert,Ellice Islands
AS
16
South Africa
SA
17
South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands
GS
18
Soviet union
SU
19
Spain
ES
20
Sri Lanka
LK
21
St. Helena
SH
22
St. Kitts and Nevis
KN
23
St. Lucia
LC
24
St. Pierre and Miquelon
PM
25
St. Vincent & the Grenadines
VC
26
Sudan
SD
27
Suriname
SR
28
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
SJ
29
Swaziland
SZ
30
Sweden
SE
31
Switzerland
CH
32
Syrian Arab Republic
SY
Country abbreviations T
SL
Country Name
Country code / Abbreviations
1
Taiwan
TW
2
Tajikistan
TJ
3
Tanzania, United Republic of
TZ
4
Thailand
TH
5
Togo
TG
6
Tokelau
TK
7
Tonga
TO
8
Trinidad and Tobago
TT
9
Tunisia
TN
10
Turkey
TR
11
Turkmenistan
TM
12
Turks and Caicos Islands
TC
13
Tuvalu
TV
Country abbreviations U
SL
Country Name
Country code / Abbreviations
1
Uganda
UG
2
Ukraine
UA
3
United Arab Emirates
AE
4
United Kingdom
UK
5
United States
US
6
United States Minor outl.is.
UM
7
Uruguay
UY
8
Uzbekistan
UZ
Country abbreviations V
SL
Country Name
Country code / Abbreviations
1
Vanuatu
VU
2
Vatican City State
VA
3
Venezuela
VE
4
Viet Nam
VN
5
Virgin islands (USA)
VI
Country abbreviations W
SL
Country Name
Country code / Abbreviations
1
Wallis and Futuna Islands
WF
2
Western Sahara
EH
Country abbreviations Y
SL
Country Name
Country code / Abbreviations
1
Yemen
YE
Z
SL
Country Name
Country code / Abbreviations
1
Zambia
ZM
2
Zimbabwe
ZW
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Thanks ‘Ann Williams and Irene Roberts’ for notify me.
Informative post, thanks for saring.
This list (and site) is very helpful, thanks! After several visits here, today I noticed that Italy is AWOL.
Thanks, Melissa Mason for informing me, I already added Italy.
Thanks again
Very helpful but I’m missing Ireland and Israel?
Thanks, Erik for your comment and inform me. I already add Ireland and Israel.
Thanks again, be with us.
South Africa’s abbreviation is wrong, it should be ZA not SA
Thanks, Paul for your comment, the abbreviation of South Africa is SA, not ZA.
Please dear check it out.
You publish this very organized way, thanks for publishing.