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Translation table between country names and ISO 3166-1 codes (including the two-letter, three-letter, and numeric versions). Many countries have more than one entry, reflecting the variant spellings of their names. The intent is that if you have an R data frame with a 'country' column and you merge that data frame with this one, you should get c…
country two-letter ISO numerical
Afghanistan AF AFG 4
Aland Islands AX ALA 248
Albania AL ALB 8
Algeria DZ DZA 12
American Samoa AS ASM 16
Andorra AD AND 20
Angola AO AGO 24
Anguilla AI AIA 660
Antarctica AQ ATA 10
Antigua and Barbuda AG ATG 28
Antigua & Barbuda AG ATG 28
Argentina AR ARG 32
Armenia AM ARM 51
Aruba AW ABW 533
Australia AU AUS 36
Austria AT AUT 40
Azerbaijan AZ AZE 31
Bahamas BS BHS 44
The Bahamas BS BHS 44
Bahrain BH BHR 48
Bangladesh BD BGD 50
Barbados BB BRB 52
Belarus BY BLR 112
Belgium BE BEL 56
Belize BZ BLZ 84
Benin BJ BEN 204
Bermuda BM BMU 60
Bhutan BT BTN 64
Bolivia BO BOL 68
Bosnia and Herzegovina BA BIH 70
Bosnia & Herzegovina BA BIH 70
BosniaHerz BA BIH 70
Botswana BW BWA 72
Bouvet Island BV BVT 74
Bouvet I. BV BVT 74
Brazil BR BRA 76
British Virgin Islands VG VGB 92
British Virgin Is. VG VGB 92
British Indian Ocean Territory IO IOT 86
Brunei BN BRN 96
Bulgaria BG BGR 100
Burkina Faso BF BFA 854
Burundi BI BDI 108
Cambodia KH KHM 116
Cameroon CM CMR 120
Canada CA CAN 124
Cape Verde CV CPV 132
Cayman Islands KY CYM 136
Cayman Is. KY CYM 136
Central African Republic CF CAF 140
Chad TD TCD 148
Chile CL CHL 152
China CN CHN 156
Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China HK HKG 344
Hong Kong, China HK HKG 344
Hong Kong HK HKG 344
HongKong HK HKG 344
Macao, Special Administrative Region of China MO MAC 446
Macao, China MO MAC 446
Macao MO MAC 446
Christmas Island CX CXR 162
Christmas I. CX CXR 162
Cocos (Keeling) Islands CC CCK 166
Cocos Islands CC CCK 166
Cocos Is. CC CCK 166
Colombia CO COL 170
Comoros KM COM 174
Congo (Brazzaville) CG COG 178
Congo, Rep. CG COG 178
Congo, Democratic Republic of the CD COD 180
Congo, Dem. Rep. CD COD 180
Congo, DRC CD COD 180
Cook Islands CK COK 184
Cook Is. CK COK 184
Costa Rica CR CRI 188
Côte d'Ivoire CI CIV 384
Cote d'Ivoire CI CIV 384
CoteIvoire CI CIV 384
Croatia HR HRV 191
Cuba CU CUB 192
Cyprus CY CYP 196
Czech Republic CZ CZE 203
Czech CZ CZE 203
Denmark DK DNK 208
Djibouti DJ DJI 262
Dominica DM DMA 212
Dominican Republic DO DOM 214
DominicanR DO DOM 214
Ecuador EC ECU 218
Egypt EG EGY 818
El Salvador SV SLV 222
ElSalvador SV SLV 222
Equatorial Guinea GQ GNQ 226
Eritrea ER ERI 232
Estonia EE EST 233
Ethiopia ET ETH 231
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) FK FLK 238
Falkland Islands FK FLK 238
Falkland Is. FK FLK 238
Faroe Islands FO FRO 234
Faroe Is. FO FRO 234
Faeroe Islands FO FRO 234
Faeroe Is. FO FRO 234
Fiji FJ FJI 242
Finland FI FIN 246
France FR FRA 250
French Guiana GF GUF 254
French Polynesia PF PYF 258
French Southern Territories TF ATF 260
French Southern & Antarctic Lands TF ATF 260
Gabon GA GAB 266
Gambia GM GMB 270
The Gambia GM GMB 270
Georgia GE GEO 268
Germany DE DEU 276
Ghana GH GHA 288
Gibraltar GI GIB 292
Greece GR GRC 300
Greenland GL GRL 304
Grenada GD GRD 308
Guadeloupe GP GLP 312
Guam GU GUM 316
Guatemala GT GTM 320
Guernsey GG GGY 831
Guinea GN GIN 324
Guinea-Bissau GW GNB 624
Guyana GY GUY 328
Haiti HT HTI 332
Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands HM HMD 334
Heard I. and Mcdonald Is. HM HMD 334
Holy See (Vatican City State) VA VAT 336
Vatican City VA VAT 336
Honduras HN HND 340
Hungary HU HUN 348
Iceland IS ISL 352
India IN IND 356
Indonesia ID IDN 360
Iran, Islamic Republic of IR IRN 364
Iran IR IRN 364
Iraq IQ IRQ 368
Ireland IE IRL 372
Isle of Man IM IMN 833
Israel IL ISR 376
Italy IT ITA 380
Jamaica JM JAM 388
Japan JP JPN 392
Jersey JE JEY 832
Jordan JO JOR 400
Kazakhstan KZ KAZ 398
Kenya KE KEN 404
Kiribati KI KIR 296
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of KP PRK 408
North Korea KP PRK 408
KoreaDPR KP PRK 408
Korea, Republic of KR KOR 410
South Korea KR KOR 410
Kuwait KW KWT 414
Kyrgyzstan KG KGZ 417
Kyrgyz Republic KG KGZ 417
Lao PDR LA LAO 418
Lao LA LAO 418
Laos LA LAO 418
Latvia LV LVA 428
Lebanon LB LBN 422
Lesotho LS LSO 426
Liberia LR LBR 430
Libya LY LBY 434
Liechtenstein LI LIE 438
Lithuania LT LTU 440
Luxembourg LU LUX 442
Macedonia, Republic of MK MKD 807
Macedonia MK MKD 807
Macedonia, FYR MK MKD 807
FYROM MK MKD 807
Madagascar MG MDG 450
Malawi MW MWI 454
Malaysia MY MYS 458
Maldives MV MDV 462
Mali ML MLI 466
Malta MT MLT 470
Marshall Islands MH MHL 584
Marshall Is. MH MHL 584
Martinique MQ MTQ 474
Mauritania MR MRT 478
Mauritius MU MUS 480
Mayotte YT MYT 175
Mexico MX MEX 484
Micronesia, Federated States of FM FSM 583
Micronesia, fed. sts. FM FSM 583
Micronesia FM FSM 583
Moldova MD MDA 498
Monaco MC MCO 492
Mongolia MN MNG 496
Montenegro ME MNE 499
Montserrat MS MSR 500
Morocco MA MAR 504
Mozambique MZ MOZ 508
Myanmar MM MMR 104
Namibia NA NAM 516
Nauru NR NRU 520
Nepal NP NPL 524
Netherlands NL NLD 528
Netherlands Antilles AN ANT 530
NAntilles AN ANT 530
New Caledonia NC NCL 540
New Zealand NZ NZL 554
Nicaragua NI NIC 558
Niger NE NER 562
Nigeria NG NGA 566
Niue NU NIU 570
Norfolk Island NF NFK 574
Norfolk I. NF NFK 574
Northern Mariana Islands MP MNP 580
Northern Mariana Is. MP MNP 580
Norway NO NOR 578
Oman OM OMN 512
Pakistan PK PAK 586
Palau PW PLW 585
Palestinian Territory, Occupied PS PSE 275
West Bank and Gaza PS PSE 275
West Bank PS PSE 275
Panama PA PAN 591
Papua New Guinea PG PNG 598
Paraguay PY PRY 600
Peru PE PER 604
Philippines PH PHL 608
Pitcairn PN PCN 612
Pitcairn Is. PN PCN 612
Poland PL POL 616
Portugal PT PRT 620
Puerto Rico PR PRI 630
Qatar QA QAT 634
Réunion RE REU 638
Reunion RE REU 638
Romania RO ROU 642
Russian Federation RU RUS 643
Russia RU RUS 643
Rwanda RW RWA 646
Saint-Barthélemy BL BLM 652
Saint Helena SH SHN 654
St. Helena SH SHN 654
Saint Kitts and Nevis KN KNA 659
St. Kitts and Nevis KN KNA 659
St. Kitts & Nevis KN KNA 659
Saint Lucia LC LCA 662
St. Lucia LC LCA 662
Saint-Martin (French part) MF MAF 663
Saint Pierre and Miquelon PM SPM 666
St. Pierre & Miquelon PM SPM 666
Saint Vincent and Grenadines VC VCT 670
St. Vincent and the Grenadines VC VCT 670
St. Vincent & the Grenadines VC VCT 670
Samoa WS WSM 882
San Marino SM SMR 674
Sao Tome and Principe ST STP 678
Sao Tome & Principe ST STP 678
Saudi Arabia SA SAU 682
Senegal SN SEN 686
Serbia RS SRB 688
Seychelles SC SYC 690
Sierra Leone SL SLE 694
Singapore SG SGP 702
Slovakia SK SVK 703
Slovak Republic SK SVK 703
Slovenia SI SVN 705
Solomon Islands SB SLB 90
Solomon Is. SB SLB 90
Somalia SO SOM 706
South Africa ZA ZAF 710
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands GS SGS 239
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Is. GS SGS 239
South Sudan SS SSD 728
Spain ES ESP 724
Sri Lanka LK LKA 144
Sudan SD SDN 736
Suriname SR SUR 740
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands SJ SJM 744
Svalbard SJ SJM 744
Swaziland SZ SWZ 748
Sweden SE SWE 752
Switzerland CH CHE 756
Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) SY SYR 760
Syrian Arab Republic SY SYR 760
Syria SY SYR 760
Taiwan, Republic of China TW TWN 158
Taiwan TW TWN 158
Tajikistan TJ TJK 762
Tanzania, United Republic of TZ TZA 834
Tanzania TZ TZA 834
Thailand TH THA 764
Timor-Leste TL TLS 626
Togo TG TGO 768
Tokelau TK TKL 772
Tonga TO TON 776
Trinidad and Tobago TT TTO 780
Trinidad & Tobago TT TTO 780
Trinidad TT TTO 780
Tunisia TN TUN 788
Turkey TR TUR 792
Turkmenistan TM TKM 795
Turks and Caicos Islands TC TCA 796
Turks & Caicos Is. TC TCA 796
Tuvalu TV TUV 798
Uganda UG UGA 800
Ukraine UA UKR 804
United Arab Emirates AE ARE 784
UAE AE ARE 784
United Kingdom GB GBR 826
UK GB GBR 826
United States of America US USA 840
United States US USA 840
USA US USA 840
United States Minor Outlying Islands UM UMI 581
Uruguay UY URY 858
Uzbekistan UZ UZB 860
Vanuatu VU VUT 548
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) VE VEN 862
Venezuela VE VEN 862
Viet Nam VN VNM 704
Vietnam VN VNM 704
Virgin Islands, US VI VIR 850
Virgin Islands (U.S.) VI VIR 850
Virgin Islands VI VIR 850
Wallis and Futuna Islands WF WLF 876
Wallis & Futuna WF WLF 876
Western Sahara EH ESH 732
Yemen YE YEM 887
Zambia ZM ZMB 894
Zimbabwe ZW ZWE 716
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