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ISO 3166: Country Codes
Date added 26 March 2009
Last edited 12 November 2009
Full Title
ISO 3166: Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries and their Subdivisions
Description
ISO 3166: Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries and their Subdivisions enables the construction of codes for the representation of country names.
Part 1 allows 3 number numeric, 3 letter (Alpha-3) and 2 letter (Alpha-2) for current country names, dependencies and areas of geopolitical interest. The country names represented are established by the United Nations, and do not represent any legal status.
Part 2 provides a structure, and a code list, to enable administrative subdivisions of countries to be coded consistently. By adding a separator and three alphanumeric characters to the two letter (Alpha-2) country codes designated by part 1.
Part 3 enables universal alpabetic coding of country names which have been superseded or changed, and therefore withdrawn from the code lists designated by ISO 3166-1:2006.
Standards Developing Organisation
- ISO
- International Organization for Standardization
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Lifecycle Actions
- Access, Use and Reuse
- Description and Representation Information
Standard Framework
- Digital Archive Standards
Standard Type
- Metadata Content Standards
Current Version
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- ISO 3166 is made up of 3 parts, all of which are current. See Alternative Current Versions below.
Further Information
- Wikipedia entry for ISO 3166 [external]
- ISO 3166 code lists [external]
- ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency [external]
Alternative Current Versions
- 1999 - ISO 3166-3: Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries and their Subdivisions - Part 3: Code for Formerly Used Names of Countries [external]
- Full text available for purchase from ISO.
- 2006 - ISO 3166-1: Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries and their Subdivisions - Part 1: Country Codes [external]
- Full text available for purchase from ISO. Corrected by ISO 3166-1:2006/Cor 1:2007.
- 2007 - ISO 3166-2: Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries and their Subdivisions - Part 2: Country Subdivision Code [external]
- Full text available for purchase from ISO.
Previous Versions
Referenced Standards
- ISO 2382-4: 1987, Information Processing Systems - Vocabulary - Part 4: Organization of Data
- ISO 5127-1:1983, Documentation and Information Vocabulary - Part 1: Basic Concepts
- ISO 639-1, Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages - Part 1: Alpha-2 Code
- ISO 639-2, Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages - Part 2: Alpha-3 Code
- ISO/IEC 10646, Information Technology - Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS)