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NCD Code

ISO Code

  
Short Form

   
Status

   
Capital

   
Alternative Form

004

AFG

Afghanistan

Member State

Kabul

Kabol

008

ALB

Albania

Member State

Tiranë

Tirana

012

DZA

Algeria

Member State

Algiers

Alger, El Djazâir, Al Jaza'ir

016

ASM

American Samoa

Non-Self-Governing Territory of the USA

Pago Pago

   

005

AND

Andorra

Member State

Andorra la Vella

   

006

AGO

Angola

Member State

Luanda

   

660

AIA

Anguilla

Non-Self-Governing Territory of the UK

The Valley

    

  

ATA

Antarctica

See (1)

  

     

028

ATG

Antigua and Barbuda

Member State

St. John's

Saint John's

032

ARG

Argentina

Member State

Buenos Aires

     

051

ARM

Armenia

Member State

Yerevan

Erevan (am)

533

ABW

Aruba

Non-Self-Governing Territory of the Netherlands

Oranjestad

     

  

  

Ashmore and Cartier Islands

Australian Territory

  

   

036

AUS

Australia

Member State

Canberra

   

040

AUT

Austria

Member State

Vienna

Wien

031

AZE

Azerbaijan

Member State

Baku

Baki (az)

044

BHS

Bahamas

Member State

Nassau

  

048

BHR

Bahrain

Member State

Manama

Al Manamah

  

  

Baker Island

US Territory

    

    

050

BGD

Bangladesh

Member State

Dhaka

   

052

BRB

Barbados

Member State

Bridgetown

   

  

  

Bassas da India

Possession of France

   

   

112

BLR

Belarus

Member State

Minsk

   

056

BEL

Belgium

Member State

Brussels

Bruxelles(fr.), Brüssel (de), Brussel (nl)

084

BLZ

Belize

Member State

Belmopan

   

204

BEN

Benin

Member State

Porto-Novo (constitutional) Cotonou (seat of Govt)

   

060

BMU

Bermuda

Non-Self-Governing Territioy of the UK

Hamilton

     

064

BTN

Bhutan

Member State

Thimphu

     

068

BOL

Bolivia

Member State

La Paz (adm) Sucre (legislative)

    

070

BIH

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Member State

Sarajevo

    

072

BWA

Botswana

Member State

Gaborone

     

  

BVT

Bouvet Island

Norwegian Dependency

   

    

076

BRA

Brazil

Member State

Brasília

    

  

IOT

British Indian Ocean Territory

British Crown Dependency

   

   

092

VGB

British Virgin Islands

Non-Self-Governing Territory of the UK

Road Town

   

096

BRN

Brunei Darussalam

Member State

Bandar Seri Begawan

  

100

BGR

Bulgaria

Member State

Sofia

  

854

BFA

Burkina Faso

Member State

Ouagadougou

  

108

BDI

Burundi

Member State

Bujumbura

  

 

116

KHM

Cambodia

Member State

Phnom Penh

Phnum Pénh

120

CMR

Cameroon

Member State

Yaoundé

  

124

CAN

Canada

Member State

Ottawa

  

132

CPV

Cape Verde

Member State

Praia

  

136

CYM

Cayman Islands

Non-Self-Governing Territory of the UK

George Town

  

140

CAF

Central African Republic

Member State

Bangui

  

148

TCD

Chad

Member State

N'Djamena

Ndjamena

152

CHL

Chile

Member State

Santiago

   

156

CHN

China

Member State

Beijing

Peking

  

CXR

Christmas Island

Australian Territory

The Settlement

  

  

  

Clipperton Island

Possession of France

   

  

  

CCK

Cocos (Keeling) Island

Australian Territory

West Island

  

170

COL

Colombia

Member State

Bogotá

Santa Fé de Bogotá

174

COM

Comoros

Member State

Moroni

   

178

COG

Congo

Member State

Brazzaville

   

184

COK

Cook Islands

Self-governing in free association with New Zealand

Avarua

    

  

   

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Australian Territory

   

  

188

CRI

Costa rica

Member State

San José

  

384

CIV

Cote d'Ivoire

Member State

Yamoussoukrou

  

191

HRV

Croatia

Member State

Zagreb

  

192

CUB

Cuba

Member State

Havana

La Habana

196

CYP

Cyprus

Member State

Nicosia

Lefkosía (gk), Lefkosa (tk)

203

CZE

Czech Republic

Member State

Prague

Praha

 

408

PRK

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Member State

P'yongyang

Pyongyang

180

COD

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Member State

Kinshasa

   

208

DNK

Denmark

Member State

Copenhagen

København

262

DJI

Djibouti

Member State

Djibouti

Djibouti

212

DMA

Dominica

Member State

Roseau

    

214

DOM

Dominican Republic

Member State

Santo Domingo

    

218

ECU

Ecuador

Member State

Quito

    

818

EGY

Egypt

Member State

Cairo

El Qahirah

222

SLV

El Salvador

Member State

San Salvador

   

226

GNQ

Equatorial Guinea

Member State

Malabo

    

232

ERI

Eritrea

Member State

Asmara

Asmera

233

EST

Estonia

Member State

Tallinn

Reval

231

ETH

Ethiopia

Member State

Addis Ababa

Addis Abeba

  

  

Europa Island

Possession of France

   

    

238

FLK

Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

Non-Self-Governing Territory of the UK (2)

Stanley

   

234

FRO

Faroe Islands

Self-Governing Territory of Denmark

Tórshavn

   

242

FJI

Fiji

Member State

Suva

   

246

FIN

Finland

Member State

Helsinki

Helsinfors (sw)

250

FRA

France

Member State

Paris

   

254

GUF

French Guiana

Overseas department of France

Cayenne

   

258

PYF

French Polynesia

Overseas Department of France

Papeete

   

  

ATF

French Southern and Antarctic Territories

Overseas department of France

   

   

266

GAB

Gabon

Member State

Libreville

    

270

GMB

Gambia

Member State

Banjul

   

268

GEO

Georgia

Member State

T'bilisi

Tiflis

276

DEU

Germany

Member State

Berlin

   

288

GHA

Ghana

Member State

Accra

   

292

GIB

Gibraltar

Non-Self-Governing Territory of the UK

Gibraltar

   

  

  

Glorioso Islands

Possession of France

   

   

300

GRC

Greece

Member State

Athens

Athina

304

GRL

Greenland

Self-Governing Territory of Denmark

Nuuk

Godthab

308

GRD

Grenada

Member State

Saint George's

    

312

GLP

Guadeloupe

Overseas Department of France

Basse-Terre

   

316

GUM

Guam

Non-Self-Governing Territory of the USA

Agana

Hagathña

320

GTM

Guatemala

Member State

Guatemala

La Cuidad de Guatemala

   

  

Guernsey

British Crown Dependency

St. Peter Port

   

324

GIN

Guinea

Member State

Conakry

    

624

GNB

Guinea-Bissau

Member State

Bissau

    

328

GUY

Guyana

Member State

Georgetown

    

 

332

HTI

Haiti

Member State

Port-au-Prince

    

   

HMD

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

Australian Territory

   

    

336

VAT

Holy See

    

   

    

340

HND

Honduras

Member State

Tegucigalpa   

     

344

HGK

Hong Kong

Special Administrative Region of China

   

    

   

  

Howland Island

US Territory

   

   

348

HUN

Hungary

Member State

Budapest

   

352

ISL

Iceland

Member State

Reykjavik

  

356

IND

India

Member State

New Delhi

Ni Dilli (in) 

360

IDN

Indonesia

Member State

Jakarta

364

IRN

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Member State

Tehran

Tehran

368

IRQ

Iraq

Member State

Baghdad

 

372

IRL

Ireland

Member State

Dublin

Baile Atha Cliath

833

XIM

Isle of Man

British Crown Dependency

Douglas

   

376

ISR

Israel

Member State

 See (3)

   

380

ITA

Italy

Member State

Rome

Roma

388

JAM

Jamaica

Member State

Kingston

   

392

JPN

Japan

Member State

Tokyo

    

   

  

Jarvis Island

US Territory

   

   

   

  

Jersey

British Crown Dependency

St. Helier

    

  

  

Johnson Atoll

US Territory

   

   

400

JOR

Jordan

Member State

Amman

    

Juan de Nova Island

Possession of France

    

     

398

KAZ

Kazakhstan

Member State

Astana

     

404

KEN

Kenya

Member State

Nairobi

    

   

Kingman Reef

US Territory

   

   

296

KIR

Kiribati

Member State

Tarawa

Bairiki

414

KWT

Kuwait

Member State

Kuwait

Al Kuwayt

417

KGZ

Kyrgyzstan

Member State

Bishkek

Biskek

 

418

LAO

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Member State

Vientiane

Viangchan

428

LVA

Latvia

Member State

Riga

    

422

LBN

Lebanon

Member State

Beirut

Bayrut, Beiroût (lb)

426

LSO

Lesotho

Member State

Maseru

   

430

LBR

Liberia

Member State

Monrovia

   

434

LBY

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Member State

Tripoli

Tarabulus

438

LIE

Liechtenstein

Member State

Vaduz

   

440

LTU

Lithuania

Member State

Vilnius

   

442

LUX

Luxembourg

Member State

Luxembourg

Luxemburg (de), Letzebuerg (lu)

446

MAC

Macao

Special Administrative Region of China

Macau

   

450

MDG

Madagascar

Member State

Antananarivo

   

454

MWI

Malawi

Member State

Lilogwe

   

458

MYS

Malaysia

Member State

Putrajaya (Administrative)Kuala Lumpur (Financial) 

   

462

MDV

Maldives

Member State

Male

   

466

MLI

Mali

Member State

Bamako

   

470

MLT

Malta

Member State

Valletta

   

584

MHL

Marshall Islands

Member State

Majuro

   

474

MTQ

Martinique

Overseas Department of France

Fort-de-France

   

478

MRT

Mauritania

Member State

Nouakchott

Nuwaskshut, Noûâkchot

480

MUS

Mauritius

Member State

Port Louis

   

175

MYT

Mayotte

Territorial Collectivity of France

Mamoudzou

   

484

MEX

Mexico

Member State

México

Ciudad de Mexico

583

FSM

Micronesia (Federated States of)

Member State

Palikir

   

  

  

Midway Island

US Territory

   

   

492

MCO

Monaco

Member State

Monaco

  

496

MNG

Mongolia

Member State

Ulaanbaatar

Ulan Bator

500

MSR

Montserrat

Non-Self-Governing Territory of the UK

Plymouth

   

504

MAR

Morocco

Member State

Rabat

Ar Ribat, Er Ribât(ma)

508

MOZ

Mozambique

Member State

Maputo

  

104

MMR

Myanmar

Member State

Yangon

Rangoon

 

516

NAM

Namibia

Member State

Windhoek

   

520

NRU

Nauru

Member State

Yaren District

    

 

  

Navassa Island

US Territory

    

   

524

NPL

Nepal

Member State

Kathmandu

   

528

NLD

Netherlands

Member State

Amsterdam ; The Hague (seat of Govt.)

Den Haag

530

ANT

Netherlands Antilles

Self- Governing Territory in association with the Netherlands

Willemstad

   

540

NCL

New Caledonia

Non-Self-Governing Territory of France

Nouméa

   

554

NZL

New Zealand

Member State

Wellington

Te Whanganui-a-Tara (mi)

558

NIC

Nicaragua

Member State

Managua

   

562

NER

Niger

Member State

Niamey

   

566

NGA

Nigeria

Member State

Abuja

   

570

NIU

Niue

Self-governing in free association with New Zealand

Alofi

   

574

NFK

Norfolk Island

Australian Territory

Kingston

   

580

MNP

Northern Mariana Islands

Commonwealth associated with the US  

Saipan

   

578

NOR

Norway

Member State

Oslo

   

512

OMN

Oman

Member State

Masqat

Muscat

586

PAK

Pakistan

Member State

Islamabad

   

585

PLW

Palau

Member State

Koror

   

  

  

Palmyra Atoll

US Territory

   

   

275

PSE

Palestinian Territory, Occupied

Occupied Territory

   

   

591

PAN

Panama

Member State

Panamá

Panama

598

PGN

Papua New Guinea

Member State

Port Moresby

   

   

  

Paracel Islands

US Territory

   

   

600

PRY

Paraguay

Member State

Asunción

   

604

PER

Peru

Member State

Lima

   

608

PHL

Philippines

Member State

Manila

   

612

PCN

Pitcairn Island

Non-Self-Governing Territory of the UK

Adamstown

   

616

POL

Poland

Member State

Warsaw

Warszawa

620

PRT

Portugal

Member State

Lisbon

Lisboa

630

PRI

Puerto Rico

Commonwealth associated with the US

San Juan

   

634

QAT

Qatar

Member State

Doha

Ad Dawhah

410

KOR

Republic of Korea

Member State

Seoul

Soul

498

MDA

Republic of Moldova

Member State

Chisinau

    

638

REU

Réunion

Overseas Department of France

Saint-Denis

    

642

ROU

Romania

Member State

Bucuresti

Bucharest

643

RUS

Russian Federation

Member State

Moskva

Moscow

646

RWA

Rwanda

Member State

Kigali

   

654

SHN

Saint Helena

Non-Self-Governing Territory of UK

Jamestown

   

659

KNA

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Member State

Basseterre

   

662

LCA

Saint Lucia

Member State

Castries

   

666

SPM

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Territorial collectivity of France

Saint-Pierre

   

670

VCT

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Member State

Kingstown

   

882

WSM

Samoa

Member State

Apia

   

674

SMR

San Marino

Member State

San Marino

   

678

STP

Sao Tome and Principe

Member State

São Tomé

   

682

SAU

Saudi Arabia

Member State

Riyadh

   

686

SEN

Senegal

Member State

Dakar

   

891

SCG 

Serbia

Member State

Belgrade

Beograd

690

SYC

Seychelles

Member State

Victoria

   

694

SLE

Sierra Leone

Member State

Freetown

   

702

SGP

Singapore

Member State

Singpore

Xinjiapo(zh), Singapura (ms), Singapur (ta)

703

SVK

Slovakia

Member State

Bratislava

   

705

SVN

Slovenia

Member State

Ljubljana

   

090

SLB

Solomon Islands

Member State

Honiara

   

706

SOM

Somalia

Member State

Mogadishu

Muqdishu (ar), Muqdisho (so)

710

ZAF

South Africa

Member State

Pretoria (Administrative), Cape Town (Legislative),Bloemfontein (Judicial)

Kaapstad (za)

724

ESP

Spain

Member State

Madrid 

   

144

LKA

Sri Lanka

Member State

Sri Jayawardhanapura (Kotte)

   

736

SDN

Sudan

Member State

Khartoum

Al Khartum, Al Khurtum(sd)

740

SUR

Suriname

Member State

Paramaribo

   

744

SJM

Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands

Territory of Norway

Longyearbyen

   

748

SWZ

Swaziland

Member State

Mbabane (Administrative), Lobamba (Legislative)

   

752

SWE

Sweden

Member State

Stockholm

  

756

CHE

Switzerland

Member State

Bern

Berne, Berna

760

SYR

Syrian Arab Republic

Member State

Damascus

Dimashq

 

762

TJK

Tajikistan

Member State

Dushanbe

Dusanbe

764

THA

Thailand

Member State

Bangkok

Krung Thep

807

MKD

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Member State

Skopje

   

626

TLS

Timor-Leste

Member State

Dili

   

768

TOG

Togo

Member State

Lomé

   

772

TKL

Tokelau

Non-Self-Governing Territory of New Zealand

   

   

776

TON

Tonga

Member State

Nuku'alofa

   

780

TTO

Trinidad and Tobago

Member State

Port of Spain

   

  

  

Tromelin Island

Possession of France

   

   

788

TUN

Tunisia

Member State

Tunis

Toûnis, Tunus (tn)

792

TUR

Turkey

Member State

Ankara

Angora

795

TKM

Turkmenistan

Member State

Ashgabat

Asgabat (tk), Ashabad (rus)

796

TCA

Turks and Caicos Islands

Non-Self-Governing Territory of the UK

Cockburn Town

Grand Turk

798

TUV

Tuvalu

Member State

Funafuti

Fongafale

800

UGA

Uganda

Member State

Kampala

   

804

UKR

Ukraine

Member State

Kiev

Kyïv (ukr)

784

ARE

United Arab Emirates

Member State

Abu Dhabi

Abu Zabi, Abu Zaby (ae)

826

GBR

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Member State

London

   

834

TZA

United Republic of Tanzania

Member State

Dodoma

   

840

USA

United States of America

Member State

Washington, D.C.

   

850

VIR

United States Virgin Islands

Non-Self-Governing Territory of the USA

Charlotte Amalie

   

858

URY

Uruguay

Member State

Montevideo

   

860

UZB

Uzbekistan

Member State

Tashkent

Toskent (uz), Taskent (rus)

548

VUT

Vanuatu

Member State

Port-Vila

   

862

VEN

Venezuela

Member State

Caracas

   

704

VNM

Viet Nam

Member State

Hanoi

Hà Nôi

  

   

Wake Island

US Territory

   

   

876

WLF

Wallis and Futuna

Overseas territory of France

Mata-Utu

Matâ'utu

732

ESH

Western Sahara

Non-Self-Governing Territory (4)

La'Youn

Al Aaiun

887

YEM

Yemen

Member State

San'a'

Sanaa

894

ZMB

Zambia

Member State

Lusaka

    

716

ZWE

Zimbabwe

Member State

Harare

    

 

(1)

The question of Antarctica is contained in General Assembly resolution 38/77 and subsequent resolutions of the General Assembly.

(2)

The position of the United Nations on the question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) is contained in General Assembly resolution 2065 of 16 December 1965 and subsequent resolutions of the General Assembly.A dispute exists between the Government of Argentina and the United Kingdom concerning sovereignty over the Islands.

(3)

The designation of Jerusalem as the capital is provided by Israel. The position of the United Nations on the question of Jerusalem is contained in General Assembly resolution 181(II) and subsequent resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council concerning this question.

(4)

On 26 February 1976, Spain informed the Secretary-General that as of that date it had terminated its presence in the Territory of the Sahara and deemed it necessary to place on record that Spain considered itself henceforth exempt from any responsibility of any international nature in connection with the administration of the Territory, in view of the cessation of its participation in the temporary administration established for the Territory. In 1990, the General Assembly reaffirmed that the question of Western Sahara was a question of decolonization which remained to be completed by the people of Western Sahara.

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