Comparison of IOC, FIFA, and ISO 3166 country codes facts for kids
Have you ever noticed that countries often have short, three-letter codes? These codes are like nicknames for countries. They help different organizations quickly identify countries around the world.
Three big groups that use these codes are the IOC, FIFA, and ISO 3166. Each group has its own reasons for using these codes, and sometimes their codes for the same country are a little different!
- The IOC uses codes for countries that compete in the Olympics.
- FIFA uses codes for countries that play in international football (soccer) matches.
- ISO 3166 is a worldwide standard that gives unique codes to countries and their parts. It's used for many things, like shipping and data.
This table shows how these codes compare for different countries. You'll see that many codes are the same, but some are unique to each organization.
Flag | Country | IOC | FIFA | ISO |
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Afghanistan | AFG | AFG | AFG |
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Åland Islands | ALA | ||
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Albania | ALB | ALB | ALB |
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Algeria | ALG | ALG | DZA |
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American Samoa | ASA | ASA | ASM |
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Andorra | AND | AND | AND |
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Angola | ANG | ANG | AGO |
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Anguilla | AIA | AIA | |
Antarctica | ATA | |||
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Antigua and Barbuda | ANT | ATG | ATG |
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Argentina | ARG | ARG | ARG |
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Armenia | ARM | ARM | ARM |
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Aruba | ARU | ARU | ABW |
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Australia | AUS | AUS | AUS |
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Austria | AUT | AUT | AUT |
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Azerbaijan | AZE | AZE | AZE |
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The Bahamas | BAH | BAH | BHS |
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Bahrain | BRN | BHR | BHR |
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Bangladesh | BAN | BAN | BGD |
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Barbados | BAR | BRB | BRB |
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Belarus | BLR | BLR | BLR |
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Belgium | BEL | BEL | BEL |
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Belize | BIZ | BLZ | BLZ |
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Benin | BEN | BEN | BEN |
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Bermuda | BER | BER | BMU |
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Bhutan | BHU | BHU | BTN |
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Bolivia | BOL | BOL | BOL |
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Caribbean Netherlands | AHO | BES | |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH | BIH | BIH |
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Botswana | BOT | BOT | BWA |
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Bouvet Island | BVT | ||
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Brazil | BRA | BRA | BRA |
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British Indian Ocean Territory | IOT | ||
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British Virgin Islands | IVB | VGB | VGB |
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Brunei | BRU | BRU | BRN |
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Bulgaria | BUL | BUL | BGR |
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Burkina Faso | BUR | BFA | BFA |
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Burundi | BDI | BDI | BDI |
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Cambodia | CAM | CAM | KHM |
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Cameroon | CMR | CMR | CMR |
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Canada | CAN | CAN | CAN |
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Cape Verde | CPV | CPV | CPV |
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Cayman Islands | CAY | CAY | CYM |
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Central African Republic | CAF | CTA | CAF |
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Chad | CHA | CHA | TCD |
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Chile | CHI | CHI | CHL |
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China, People's Republic of | CHN | CHN | CHN |
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Christmas Island | CXR | ||
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands | CCK | ||
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Colombia | COL | COL | COL |
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Comoros | COM | COM | COM |
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the | COD | COD | COD |
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Congo, Republic of | CGO | CGO | COG |
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Cook Islands | COK | COK | COK |
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Costa Rica | CRC | CRC | CRI |
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Côte d'Ivoire | CIV | CIV | CIV |
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Croatia | CRO | CRO | HRV |
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Cuba | CUB | CUB | CUB |
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Curaçao | CUW | ||
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Cyprus | CYP | CYP | CYP |
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Czech Republic | CZE | CZE | CZE |
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Denmark | DEN | DEN | DNK |
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Djibouti | DJI | DJI | DJI |
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Dominica | DMA | DMA | DMA |
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Dominican Republic | DOM | DOM | DOM |
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Ecuador | ECU | ECU | ECU |
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Egypt | EGY | EGY | EGY |
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El Salvador | ESA | SLV | SLV |
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England | ENG | ||
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Equatorial Guinea | GEQ | EQG | GNQ |
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Eritrea | ERI | ERI | ERI |
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Estonia | EST | EST | EST |
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Ethiopia | ETH | ETH | ETH |
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Falkland Islands | FLK | ||
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Faroe Islands | FRO | FRO | |
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Fiji | FIJ | FIJ | FJI |
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Finland | FIN | FIN | FIN |
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France | FRA | FRA | FRA |
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French Guiana | GUF | ||
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French Polynesia | TAH | PYF | |
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French Southern and Antarctic Lands | ATF | ||
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Gabon | GAB | GAB | GAB |
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The Gambia | GAM | GAM | GMB |
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Georgia | GEO | GEO | GEO |
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Germany | GER | GER | DEU |
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Ghana | GHA | GHA | GHA |
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Gibraltar | GIB | GIB | |
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Greece | GRE | GRE | GRC |
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Greenland | GRL | ||
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Grenada | GRN | GRN | GRD |
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Guadeloupe | GLP | ||
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Guam | GUM | GUM | GUM |
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Guatemala | GUA | GUA | GTM |
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Guernsey | GGY | ||
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Guinea | GUI | GUI | GIN |
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Guinea-Bissau | GBS | GNB | GNB |
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Guyana | GUY | GUY | GUY |
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Haiti | HAI | HAI | HTI |
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Heard Island and McDonald Islands | HMD | ||
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Honduras | HON | HON | HND |
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Hong Kong | HKG | HKG | HKG |
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Hungary | HUN | HUN | HUN |
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Iceland | ISL | ISL | ISL |
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India | IND | IND | IND |
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Indonesia | INA | IDN | IDN |
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Iran | IRI | IRN | IRN |
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Iraq | IRQ | IRQ | IRQ |
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Ireland | IRL | IRL | IRL |
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Isle of Man | IMN | ||
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Israel | ISR | ISR | ISR |
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Italy | ITA | ITA | ITA |
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Jamaica | JAM | JAM | JAM |
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Japan | JPN | JPN | JPN |
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Jersey | JEY | ||
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Jordan | JOR | JOR | JOR |
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Kazakhstan | KAZ | KAZ | KAZ |
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Kenya | KEN | KEN | KEN |
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Kiribati | KIR | KIR | |
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Korea, Democratic People's Rep. (North) | PRK | PRK | PRK |
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Korea, Republic of (South) | KOR | KOR | KOR |
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Kuwait | KUW | KUW | KWT |
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Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | KGZ | KGZ |
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Laos | LAO | LAO | LAO |
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Latvia | LAT | LVA | LVA |
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Lebanon | LIB | LBN | LBN |
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Lesotho | LES | LES | LSO |
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Liberia | LBR | LBR | LBR |
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Libya | LBA | LBY | LBY |
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Liechtenstein | LIE | LIE | LIE |
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Lithuania | LTU | LTU | LTU |
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Luxembourg | LUX | LUX | LUX |
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Macau | MAC | MAC | |
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North Macedonia | MKD | MKD | MKD |
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Madagascar | MAD | MAD | MDG |
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Malawi | MAW | MWI | MWI |
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Malaysia | MAS | MAS | MYS |
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Maldives | MDV | MDV | MDV |
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Mali | MLI | MLI | MLI |
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Malta | MLT | MLT | MLT |
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Marshall Islands | MHL | MHL | |
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Martinique | MTQ | ||
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Mauritania | MTN | MTN | MRT |
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Mauritius | MRI | MRI | MUS |
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Mayotte | MYT | ||
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Mexico | MEX | MEX | MEX |
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Micronesia, Federated States of | FSM | FSM | |
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Moldova | MDA | MDA | MDA |
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Monaco | MON | MCO | |
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Mongolia | MGL | MNG | MNG |
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Montenegro | MNE | MNE | MNE |
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Montserrat | MSR | MSR | |
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Morocco | MAR | MAR | MAR |
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Mozambique | MOZ | MOZ | MOZ |
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Myanmar | MYA | MYA | MMR |
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Namibia | NAM | NAM | NAM |
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Nauru | NRU | NRU | |
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Nepal | NEP | NEP | NPL |
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Netherlands | NED | NED | NLD |
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New Caledonia | NCL | NCL | |
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New Zealand | NZL | NZL | NZL |
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Nicaragua | NCA | NCA | NIC |
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Niger | NIG | NIG | NER |
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Nigeria | NGR | NGA | NGA |
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Niue | NIU | ||
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Norfolk Island | NFK | ||
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Northern Ireland | NIR | ||
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Northern Mariana Islands | MNP | ||
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Norway | NOR | NOR | NOR |
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Oman | OMA | OMA | OMN |
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Pakistan | PAK | PAK | PAK |
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Palau | PLW | PLW | |
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Palestinian Authority | PLE | PLE | PSE |
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Panama | PAN | PAN | PAN |
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Papua New Guinea | PNG | PNG | PNG |
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Paraguay | PAR | PAR | PRY |
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Peru | PER | PER | PER |
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Philippines | PHI | PHI | PHL |
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Pitcairn Islands | PCN | ||
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Poland | POL | POL | POL |
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Portugal | POR | POR | PRT |
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Puerto Rico | PUR | PUR | PRI |
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Qatar | QAT | QAT | QAT |
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Réunion | REU | ||
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Romania | ROU | ROU | ROU |
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Russia | RUS | RUS | RUS |
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Rwanda | RWA | RWA | RWA |
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Saint Barthélemy | BLM | ||
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Saint Helena | SHN | ||
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Saint Kitts and Nevis | SKN | SKN | KNA |
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Saint Lucia | LCA | LCA | LCA |
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Saint Martin (French part) | MAF | ||
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Saint Pierre and Miquelon | SPM | ||
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | VIN | VIN | VCT |
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Samoa | SAM | SAM | WSM |
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San Marino | SMR | SMR | SMR |
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São Tomé and Príncipe | STP | STP | STP |
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Saudi Arabia | KSA | KSA | SAU |
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Scotland | SCO | ||
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Senegal | SEN | SEN | SEN |
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Serbia | SRB | SRB | SRB |
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Seychelles | SEY | SEY | SYC |
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Sierra Leone | SLE | SLE | SLE |
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Singapore | SGP | SIN | SGP |
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Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | SXM | ||
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Slovakia | SVK | SVK | SVK |
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Slovenia | SLO | SVN | SVN |
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Solomon Islands | SOL | SOL | SLB |
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Somalia | SOM | SOM | SOM |
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South Africa | RSA | RSA | ZAF |
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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | SGS | ||
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Spain | ESP | ESP | ESP |
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Sri Lanka | SRI | SRI | LKA |
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Sudan | SUD | SDN | SDN |
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Suriname | SUR | SUR | SUR |
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Svalbard and Jan Mayen | SJM | ||
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Eswatini | SWZ | SWZ | SWZ |
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Sweden | SWE | SWE | SWE |
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Switzerland | SUI | SUI | CHE |
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Syria | SYR | SYR | SYR |
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Republic of China (Taiwan) | TPE | TPE | TWN |
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Tajikistan | TJK | TJK | TJK |
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Tanzania | TAN | TAN | TZA |
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Thailand | THA | THA | THA |
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Timor-Leste | TLS | TLS | TLS |
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Togo | TOG | TOG | TGO |
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Tokelau | TKL | ||
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Tonga | TGA | TGA | TON |
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Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | TRI | TTO |
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Tunisia | TUN | TUN | TUN |
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Turkey | TUR | TUR | TUR |
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Turkmenistan | TKM | TKM | TKM |
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Turks and Caicos Islands | TCA | TCA | |
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Tuvalu | TUV | TUV | |
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Uganda | UGA | UGA | UGA |
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Ukraine | UKR | UKR | UKR |
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United Arab Emirates | UAE | UAE | ARE |
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United Kingdom | GBR | GBR | |
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United States | USA | USA | USA |
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United States Minor Outlying Islands | UMI | ||
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United States Virgin Islands | ISV | VIR | VIR |
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Uruguay | URU | URU | URY |
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Uzbekistan | UZB | UZB | UZB |
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Vanuatu | VAN | VAN | VUT |
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Vatican City State | VAT | ||
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Venezuela | VEN | VEN | VEN |
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Vietnam | VIE | VIE | VNM |
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Wales | WAL | ||
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Wallis and Futuna | WLF | ||
Western Sahara | ESH | |||
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Yemen | YEM | YEM | YEM |
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Zambia | ZAM | ZAM | ZMB |
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Zimbabwe | ZIM | ZIM | ZWE |
What About Old Country Names?
Sometimes, countries change their names or split into new countries. When this happens, their old codes are no longer used. This section shows some of those older names and the codes they used to have, along with the last year those codes were active.
Flag | Country | IOC | FIFA | ISO |
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British Honduras | HBR
1972 |
BHO
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Burma | BIR
1988 |
BUR
1989 |
BUR
1989 |
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Ceylon | CEY
1972 |
CEY
1972 |
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Dahomey | DAH
1972 |
DAH
1975 |
DHY
1977 |
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Czechoslovakia | TCH
1992 |
TCH
1993 |
CSK
1993 |
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East Germany | GDR
1988 |
DDR
1989 |
DDR
1989 |
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Khmer Republic | KHM
1976 |
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1975 |
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Malaya | MAL
1960 |
?
1963 |
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Netherlands Antilles | AHO
active |
ANT
active |
ANT
2010 |
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North Borneo | NBO
1956 |
NBO
1963 |
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North Yemen | YAR
1988 |
NYE
1990 |
YEM
1990 |
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Northern Rhodesia | NRH
1964 |
NRH
1964 |
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Rhodesia | RHO
1972 |
RHO
1980 |
RHO
1980 |
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Serbia and Montenegro | SCG
2006 |
SCG
2006 |
SCG
2006 |
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South Yemen | YMD
1988 |
SYE
1990 |
YMD
1990 |
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Soviet Union | URS
1988 |
URS
1991 |
SUN
1992 |
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Upper Volta | VOL
1984 |
UPV
1984 |
HVO
1984 |
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Viet-Nam, Democratic Republic of | VNO
1975 |
VDR
1977 |
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Viet Nam, Republic of | VNM
1976 |
VSO
1975 |
VNM
1977 |
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West Germany | FRG
1988 |
FRG
1989 |
DEU
1989 |
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Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of | YUG
2002 |
YUG
2003 |
YUG
2003 |
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Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of | YUG
1992 |
YUG
1992 |
YUG
1992 |
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Zaire | ZAI
1996 |
ZAI
1997 |
ZAR
1997 |
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Comparación de los códigos del COI, la FIFA y la ISO 3166 para niños