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A list of local (endemic) country names along with their ISO 3166-1 representation. Endonyms taken from http://self.gutenberg.org/articles/list_of_official_endonyms_of_present-day_nations_and_states#cite_note-disputed-1
Country (exonym) ISO 3166-1 Country (endonym)
Abkhazia not recognized Abkhaziya
Abkhazia not recognized Apsny
Abkhazia not recognized Абхазия
Abkhazia not recognized Аҧсны
Afghanistan Afghanistan Afghanestan
Afghanistan Afghanistan افغانستان
Albania Albania Shqipëria
Algeria Algeria Al-Jazā'ir
Algeria Algeria Dzayer
Algeria Algeria الجزائر
Algeria Algeria ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ
American Samoa American Samoa American Samoa
American Samoa American Samoa Amerika Sāmoa
Andorra Andorra Andorra
Angola Angola Angola
Anguilla Anguilla Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina Argentina Argentina
Armenia Armenia Hayastán
Armenia Armenia Հայաստան
Aruba Aruba Aruba
Australia Australia Australia
Austria Austria Österreich
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Azərbaycan
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (blank)
Bahrain Bahrain Al-Baḥrayn
Bahrain Bahrain البحرين 
Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh
Bangladesh Bangladesh বাংলাদেশ
Barbados Barbados Barbados
Belarus Belarus Belarus’
Belarus Belarus Belorussiya or Belorussiâ
Belarus Belarus Biełaruś
Belarus Belarus Беларусь
Belarus Belarus Белоруссия
Belgium Belgium België
Belgium Belgium Belgien
Belgium Belgium Belgique
Belize Belize (blank)
Benin Benin Bénin
Bermuda Bermuda (blank)
Bhutan Bhutan Druk Yul
Bhutan Bhutan འབྲུག་ཡུལ 
Bolivia Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia
Bolivia Bolivia, Plurinational State of Buliwya 
Bolivia Bolivia, Plurinational State of Volívia
Bolivia Bolivia, Plurinational State of Wuliwya
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosna i Hercegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Босна и Херцеговина
Botswana Botswana (blank)
Brazil Brazil Brasil
British Virgin Islands Virgin Islands, British (blank)
Brunei Brunei Darussalam Brunei
Brunei Brunei Darussalam بروني
Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgariya or Bălgarija
Bulgaria Bulgaria България
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (blank)
Burma Myanmar Myanmar
Burma Myanmar မြန်မာ
Burundi Burundi (blank)
Cambodia Cambodia Kampuchea
Cambodia Cambodia កម្ពុជា
Cameroon Cameroon Cameroon
Cameroon Cameroon Cameroun
Canada Canada (blank)
Cape Verde Cape Verde Cabo Verde
Cayman Islands Cayman Islands (blank)
Central African Republic Central African Republic Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka
Central African Republic Central African Republic République Centrafricaine
Chad Chad Tchad
Chad Chad Tšād
Chad Chad تشاد
Chile Chile (blank)
China (People's Republic of China) China Zhōngguó (Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó)
China (People's Republic of China) China 中国 (中华人民共和国)
Christmas Island Christmas Island (blank)
Cocos Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands (blank)
Colombia Colombia (blank)
Comoros Comoros Comores
Comoros Comoros Juzur al-Qamar
Comoros Comoros Komori
Comoros Comoros جزر القمر
Cook Islands Cook Islands (blank)
Costa Rica Costa Rica (blank)
Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire (blank)
Croatia Croatia Hrvatska
Cuba Cuba Cuba
Curaçao Curaçao Curaçao
Curaçao Curaçao Kòrsou
Cyprus Cyprus Kıbrıs
Cyprus Cyprus Kypros
Cyprus Cyprus Κύπρος
Czech Republic Czech Republic Česká republika
Czech Republic Czech Republic Česko
Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo, the Democratic Republic of the République démocratique du Congo
Denmark Denmark Danmark
Djibouti Djibouti Djibouti
Djibouti Djibouti Jībūtī
Djibouti Djibouti جيبوتي
Dominica Dominica (blank)
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic República Dominicana
East Timor Timor-Leste Timor Lorosa'e
East Timor Timor-Leste Timor-Leste
Ecuador Ecuador (blank)
Egypt Egypt Misr or Masr
Egypt Egypt مصر
El Salvador El Salvador (blank)
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea Guinea Ecuatorial
Eritrea Eritrea Erta
Eritrea Eritrea Iritriya
Eritrea Eritrea إرتريا
Eritrea Eritrea ኤርትራ
Estonia Estonia Eesti
Ethiopia Ethiopia Ityop'ia
Ethiopia Ethiopia ኢትዮጵያ
Falkland Islands Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (blank)
Faroe Islands Faroe Islands Færøerne
Faroe Islands Faroe Islands Føroyar 
Federated States of Micronesia Micronesia, Federated States of (blank)
Fiji Fiji Fiji 
Fiji Fiji Viti 
Fiji Fiji फ़िजी
Finland Finland Finland
Finland Finland Suomi
France France (blank)
French Guiana French Guiana Guyane
French Polynesia French Polynesia Polynésie française
Gabon Gabon (blank)
Georgia Georgia Sak'art'velo
Georgia Georgia საქართველო
Germany Germany Deutschland
Ghana Ghana (blank)
Gibraltar Gibraltar (blank)
Greece Greece Hellas
Greece Greece Ελλάδα
Greece Greece Ελλάς or Ellada
Greenland Greenland Grønland
Greenland Greenland Kalaallit Nunaat
Grenada Grenada (blank)
Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (blank)
Guam Guam Guåhån
Guam Guam (blank)
Guatemala Guatemala Guatemala
Guernsey Guernsey (blank)
Guinea Guinea Gine
Guinea Guinea Guinée
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau Guiné-Bissau
Guyana Guyana (blank)
Haiti Haiti Ayiti
Haiti Haiti Haïti
Honduras Honduras (blank)
Hong Kong Hong Kong Heung Gong
Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong
Hong Kong Hong Kong 香港
Hungary Hungary Magyarország
Iceland Iceland Ísland
India India Bhārat
India India Bhārata
India India Bhāratadēsam
India India Bhāratam
India India Bharôt
India India Bharôtô
India India India
India India Indiyā, Bārata
India India Inḍya, Bhāratam
India India भारत
India India भारतम्
India India ভারত
India India ভাৰত
India India ਭਾਰਤ
India India ભારત
India India ଭାରତ
India India இந்தியா, பாரத
India India భారత దేశం
India India ಭಾರತ
India India ഇന്ത്യ, ഭാരതം
Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia
Iran Iran, Islamic Republic of Īrān
Iran Iran, Islamic Republic of ایران
Iraq Iraq Al-'Iraq
Iraq Iraq Îraq
Iraq Iraq العراق
Ireland Ireland Éire
Ireland Ireland Ireland
Isle of Man Isle of Man Ellan Vannin
Isle of Man Isle of Man Isle of Man
Israel Israel Isrā'īl
Israel Israel yisrael
Israel Israel ישראל
Israel Israel إسرائيل
Italy Italy Italia
Jamaica Jamaica (blank)
Japan Japan Nihon 
Japan Japan Nippon 
Japan Japan 日本
Jersey Jersey Jèrri
Jersey Jersey Jersey 
Jordan Jordan Al-’Urdun
Jordan Jordan الأردن
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Kazakhstán
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Qazaqstan
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Казахстан
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Қазақстан
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan قازاقستان
Kenya Kenya (blank)
Kiribati Kiribati (blank)
Kosovo not recognized Kosova, Косово
Kosovo not recognized (blank)
Kuwait Kuwait Al-Kuwayt
Kuwait Kuwait الكويت
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Kirgizija
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Киргизия
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Кыргызстан
Laos Lao People's Democratic Republic Lao
Laos Lao People's Democratic Republic ປະເທດລາວ
Latvia Latvia Latvija
Lebanon Lebanon Lubnān
Lebanon Lebanon لبنان
Lesotho Lesotho (blank)
Liberia Liberia (blank)
Libya Libya Lībiyā
Libya Libya Libya
Libya Libya ليبيا
Libya Libya ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰ
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Liechtenstein
Lithuania Lithuania Lietuva
Luxembourg Luxembourg Lëtzebuerg
Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg
Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxemburg
Macau Macao (blank)
Macedonia Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Makedonija
Macedonia Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Македонија
Madagascar Madagascar Madagascar
Madagascar Madagascar Madagasikara
Malawi Malawi (blank)
Malaysia Malaysia Malaysia
Maldives Maldives Dhivehi Raajje
Maldives Maldives ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ
Mali Mali Mali
Malta Malta Malta
Marshall Islands Marshall Islands (blank)
Martinique Martinique (blank)
Mauritania Mauritania Muritan / Agawec
Mauritania Mauritania Mūrītānyā
Mauritania Mauritania موريتانيا
Mauritania Mauritania ⵎⵓⵔⵉⵜⴰⵏ / ⴰⴳⴰⵡⵛ
Mauritius Mauritius Maurice
Mauritius Mauritius (blank)
Mayotte Mayotte Mayotte
Mexico Mexico México
Mexico Mexico Mēxihco
Moldova Moldova, Republic of Moldova
Monaco Monaco Monaco
Mongolia Mongolia Mongol Uls
Mongolia Mongolia Монгол Улс
Montenegro Montenegro Crna Gora
Montenegro Montenegro Црна Гора
Montserrat Montserrat (blank)
Morocco Morocco Al-maɣréb
Morocco Morocco Amerruk / Elmeɣrib
Morocco Morocco المغرب
Morocco Morocco ⴰⵎⵔⵔⵓⴽ / ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ
Mozambique Mozambique Moçambique
Nagorno-Karabakh not recognized (blank)
Namibia Namibia Namibia
Namibia Namibia (blank)
Nauru Nauru Naoero
Nauru Nauru Nauru
Nepal Nepal Nepāla
Nepal Nepal नेपाल
Nepal Nepal (blank)
Netherlands Netherlands Nederlân
Netherlands Netherlands Nederland
New Caledonia New Caledonia Nouvelle-Calédonie
New Zealand New Zealand Aotearoa
New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand 
Nicaragua Nicaragua (blank)
Niger Niger (blank)
Nigeria Nigeria (blank)
Niue Niue Niue
Niue Niue Niuē
Norfolk Island Norfolk Island (blank)
North Korea Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Buk-han
North Korea Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Chosŏn as called in NK
North Korea Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 조선 / 朝鮮
Northern Cyprus Cyprus Kuzey Kıbrıs
Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands (blank)
Norway Norway Noreg
Norway Norway Norge
Oman Oman ‘Umān
Oman Oman عُمان
Pakistan Pakistan Pākistān
Pakistan Pakistan پاکستان
Palau Palau Belau
Palestinian National Authority Palestine, State of Filastīn
Palestinian National Authority Palestine, State of فلسطين
Panama Panama Panamá
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Papua Niugini
Paraguay Paraguay Paraguái
Paraguay Paraguay Paraguay
Peru Peru Perú
Philippines Philippines Filipinas
Philippines Philippines Philippines
Philippines Philippines Pilipinas
Philippines Philippines pilipins+
Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn (blank)
Poland Poland Polska
Portugal Portugal Portugal
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (blank)
Qatar Qatar Qaṭar
Qatar Qatar قطر
Republic of the Congo Congo République du Congo
Réunion Réunion Réunion
Romania Romania România
Russia Russian Federation Rossiya or Rossiâ
Russia Russian Federation Россия
Rwanda Rwanda (blank)
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic not recognized (blank)
Saint Barthélemy Saint Barthélemy Saint-Barthélemy
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (blank)
Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis (blank)
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia (blank)
Saint Martin Saint Martin (French part) Saint-Martin
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (blank)
Samoa Samoa (blank)
San Marino San Marino (blank)
São Tomé and Príncipe Sao Tome and Principe São Tomé e Príncipe
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Al-Mamlaka Al-‘Arabiyyah as Sa‘ūdiyyah
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia المملكة العربية السعودية
Senegal Senegal Sénégal
Serbia Serbia Srbija
Serbia Serbia Србија
Seychelles Seychelles Sesel
Seychelles Seychelles Seychelles
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone (blank)
Singapore Singapore Singapore
Singapore Singapore Singapur
Singapore Singapore Singapura
Singapore Singapore Xīnjiāpō
Singapore Singapore சிங்கப்பூர்
Singapore Singapore 新加坡
Sint Maarten Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Sint Maarten
Slovakia Slovakia Slovensko
Slovenia Slovenia Slovenija
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Solomon Aelan
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Solomon Islands
Somalia Somalia aş-Şūmāl
Somalia Somalia Soomaaliya
Somalia Somalia الصومال
Somaliland Somalia (blank)
South Africa South Africa Aforika Borwa
South Africa South Africa Afrika Borwa
South Africa South Africa Afrika Dzonga
South Africa South Africa Afrika-Borwa
South Africa South Africa Afurika Tshipembe
South Africa South Africa iNingizimu Afrika
South Africa South Africa iSewula Afrika
South Africa South Africa South Africa
South Africa South Africa Suid-Afrika
South Africa South Africa uMzantsi Afrika
South Korea Korea, Republic of Hanguk as called in SK
South Korea Korea, Republic of Nam-josŏn
South Korea Korea, Republic of 한국 / 韓國
South Ossetia not recognized Khussar Iryston
South Ossetia not recognized Samkhret Oseti
South Ossetia not recognized Yuzhnaya Osetiya
South Ossetia not recognized Хуссар Ирыстон
South Ossetia not recognized Южная Осетия
South Ossetia not recognized სამხრეთი ოსეთი
South Sudan South Sudan (blank)
Spain Spain Espainia 
Spain Spain España 
Spain Spain Espanha
Spain Spain Espanya 
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lankā
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka இலங்கை
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka ශ්‍රී ලංකාව
Sudan Sudan As-Sudan
Sudan Sudan السودان
Suriname Suriname (blank)
Svalbard Svalbard and Jan Mayen Svalbard
Swaziland Swaziland (blank)
Sweden Sweden Sverige
Switzerland Switzerland Schweiz
Switzerland Switzerland Suisse
Switzerland Switzerland Svizra
Switzerland Switzerland Svizzera
Syria Syrian Arab Republic Suriyah
Syria Syrian Arab Republic سورية
Taiwan Taiwan, Province of China Zhōnghuá Mínguó or Táiwan
Taiwan Taiwan, Province of China 中華民國 or 臺灣/台灣
Tajikistan Tajikistan Tojikistan
Tajikistan Tajikistan Тоҷикистон
Tanzania Tanzania, United Republic of (blank)
Thailand Thailand Mueang Thai, Prathet Thai, Ratcha-anachak Thai
Thailand Thailand เมืองไทย, ประเทศไทย, ราชอาณาจักรไทย
The Bahamas Bahamas The Bahamas
The Gambia Gambia (blank)
Togo Togo (blank)
Tokelau Tokelau (blank)
Tonga Tonga Tonga
Transnistria not recognized (blank)
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (blank)
Tunisia Tunisia Tunes
Tunisia Tunisia Tūns
Tunisia Tunisia تونس
Tunisia Tunisia ⵜⵓⵏⵙ
Turkey Turkey Türkiye
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Türkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands (blank)
Tuvalu Tuvalu (blank)
Uganda Uganda (blank)
Ukraine Ukraine Ukraїna
Ukraine Ukraine Україна
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Al-’Imārat Al-‘Arabiyyah Al-Muttaḥidah
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates الإمارات العربيّة المتّحدة
United Kingdom United Kingdom An Rywvaneth Unys
United Kingdom United Kingdom Ríocht Aontaithe
United Kingdom United Kingdom Rìoghachd Aonaichte
United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom
United Kingdom United Kingdom Unitit Kinrick
United Kingdom United Kingdom Y Deyrnas Unedig
United States United States 'Amelika-hui-pu-'ia
United States United States Estados Unidos
United States United States États-Unis
United States United States United States
United States United States (blank)
United States Virgin Islands Virgin Islands, U.S. (blank)
Uruguay Uruguay República Oriental del Uruguay
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan O‘zbekiston
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Ўзбекистон
Vanuatu Vanuatu Vanuatu
Vatican City Holy See (Vatican City State) Città del Vaticano
Venezuela Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of (blank)
Vietnam Viet Nam Việt Nam
Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna Wallis-et-Futuna
Yemen Yemen Al-Yaman
Yemen Yemen اليمن
Zambia Zambia (blank)
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (blank)
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