ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard. It was made by the International Organization for Standardization. For each country listed in ISO 3166-1, ISO 3166-2 defines its provinces with two or three letter codes, or numbers.
Current codes
Below is a full table of the ISO 3166-2 codes for each country, with three columns:
- Entry — ISO 3166-2 entry for the country, indexed by its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code
- Country name — English short country name used by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA)
- Subdivisions assigned codes — Subdivisions currently given codes in ISO 3166-2; if there are more than one level of subdivisions, the first-level subdivisions are shown in italics
Entry
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Country name |
Subdivisions assigned codes |
| AD |
Andorra |
7 parishes |
| AE |
United Arab Emirates |
7 emirates |
| AF |
Afghanistan |
34 provinces |
| AG |
Antigua and Barbuda |
6 parishes
2 dependencies |
| AI |
Anguilla |
— |
| AL |
Albania |
12 counties
36 districts |
| AM |
Armenia |
1 city
10 regions |
| AO |
Angola |
18 provinces |
| AQ |
Antarctica |
— |
| AR |
Argentina |
1 city
23 provinces |
| AS |
American Samoa |
— |
| AT |
Austria |
9 federal lands |
| AU |
Australia |
6 states
2 territories |
| AW |
Aruba |
— |
| AX |
Aland Islands Åland Islands |
— |
| AZ |
Azerbaijan |
1 autonomous republic
11 municipalities
66 rayons |
| BA |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2 entities
1 district with special status
10 cantons |
| BB |
Barbados |
11 parishes |
| BD |
Bangladesh |
7 divisions
64 districts |
| BE |
Belgium |
3 regions
10 provinces |
| BF |
Burkina Faso |
13 regions
45 provinces |
| BG |
Bulgaria |
28 regions |
| BH |
Bahrain |
5 governorates |
| BI |
Burundi |
17 provinces |
| BJ |
Benin |
12 departments |
| BL |
Saint Barthélemy |
— |
| BM |
Bermuda |
— |
| BN |
Brunei Darussalam |
4 districts |
| BO |
Bolivia, Plurinational State of |
9 departments |
| BQ |
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba |
3 special municipalities |
| BR |
Brazil |
1 federal district
26 states |
| BS |
Bahamas |
32 districts |
| BT |
Bhutan |
20 districts |
| BV |
Bouvet Island |
— |
| BW |
Botswana |
9 districts |
| BY |
Belarus |
6 oblasts
1 city |
| BZ |
Belize |
6 districts |
| CA |
Canada |
10 provinces
3 territories |
| CC |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
— |
| CD |
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the |
1 city
10 provinces |
| CF |
Central African Republic |
1 commune
14 prefectures
2 economic prefectures |
| CG |
Congo |
1 capital
10 regions |
| CH |
Switzerland |
26 cantons |
| CI |
Cote d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire |
19 regions |
| CK |
Cook Islands |
— |
| CL |
Chile |
15 regions |
| CM |
Cameroon |
10 regions |
| CN |
China |
4 municipalities
23 provinces
5 autonomous regions
2 special administrative regions |
| CO |
Colombia |
1 capital district
32 departments |
| CR |
Costa Rica |
7 provinces |
| CU |
Cuba |
14 provinces
1 special municipality |
| CV |
Cape Verde |
2 geographical regions
22 municipalities |
| CW |
Curaçao |
— |
| CX |
Christmas Island |
— |
| CY |
Cyprus |
6 districts |
| CZ |
Czech Republic |
14 regions
91 districts |
| DE |
Germany |
16 federated states |
| DJ |
Djibouti |
5 regions
1 city |
| DK |
Denmark |
5 regions |
| DM |
Dominica |
10 parishes |
| DO |
Dominican Republic |
1 district
31 provinces |
| DZ |
Algeria |
48 provinces |
| EC |
Ecuador |
24 provinces |
| EE |
Estonia |
15 counties |
| EG |
Egypt |
29 governorates |
| EH |
Western Sahara |
— |
| ER |
Eritrea |
6 regions |
| ES |
Spain |
17 autonomous communities
2 autonomous cities in North Africa
50 provinces |
| ET |
Ethiopia |
2 administrations
9 states |
| FI |
Finland |
19 regions |
| FJ |
Fiji |
4 divisions
1 dependency |
| FK |
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
— |
| FM |
Micronesia, Federated States of |
4 states |
| FO |
Faroe Islands |
— |
| FR |
France |
22 metropolitan regions
5 overseas regions/departments
96 metropolitan departments
1 dependency
7 overseas territorial collectivities |
| GA |
Gabon |
9 provinces |
| GB |
United Kingdom |
England: 27 two-tier counties
32 London boroughs
36 metropolitan districts
55 unitary authorities
1 city corporation
Northern Ireland: 26 districts
Scotland: 32 council areas
Wales: 22 unitary authorities
(included for completeness:
England and Wales
Great Britain
United Kingdom) |
| GD |
Grenada |
6 parishes
1 dependency |
| GE |
Georgia |
2 autonomous republics
1 city
9 regions |
| GF |
French Guiana |
— |
| GG |
Guernsey |
— |
| GH |
Ghana |
10 regions |
| GI |
Gibraltar |
— |
| GL |
Greenland |
4 municipalities |
| GM |
Gambia |
1 city
5 divisions |
| GN |
Guinea |
7 governorates
1 special zone
33 prefectures |
| GP |
Guadeloupe |
— |
| GQ |
Equatorial Guinea |
2 regions
7 provinces |
| GR |
Greece |
13 administrative regions
51 departments
1 self-governed part |
| GS |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
— |
| GT |
Guatemala |
22 departments |
| GU |
Guam |
— |
| GW |
Guinea-Bissau |
3 provinces
1 autonomous sector
8 regions |
| GY |
Guyana |
10 regions |
| HK |
Hong Kong |
— |
| HM |
Heard Island and McDonald Islands |
— |
| HN |
Honduras |
18 departments |
| HR |
Croatia |
1 city
20 counties |
| HT |
Haiti |
10 departments |
| HU |
Hungary |
1 capital city
19 counties
23 cities of county right |
| ID |
Indonesia |
7 geographical units
1 autonomous province
30 provinces
1 special district
1 special region |
| IE |
Ireland |
4 provinces
26 counties |
| IL |
Israel |
6 districts |
| IM |
Isle of Man |
— |
| IN |
India |
28 states
7 Union territories |
| IO |
British Indian Ocean Territory |
— |
| IQ |
Iraq |
18 governorates |
| IR |
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
30 provinces |
| IS |
Iceland |
9 regions |
| IT |
Italy |
20 regions
110 provinces |
| JE |
Jersey |
— |
| JM |
Jamaica |
14 parishes |
| JO |
Jordan |
12 governorates |
| JP |
Japan |
47 prefectures |
| KE |
Kenya |
8 provinces |
| KG |
Kyrgyzstan |
1 city
7 regions |
| KH |
Cambodia |
4 autonomous municipalities
20 provinces |
| KI |
Kiribati |
3 groups of islands |
| KM |
Comoros |
3 islands |
| KN |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
2 states
14 parishes |
| KP |
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of |
1 capital city
1 special city
9 provinces |
| KR |
Korea, Republic of |
1 capital metropolitan city
6 metropolitan cities
9 provinces |
| KW |
Kuwait |
6 governorates |
| KY |
Cayman Islands |
— |
| KZ |
Kazakhstan |
2 cities
14 regions |
| LA |
Lao People's Democratic Republic |
1 prefecture
16 provinces
1 special zone |
| LB |
Lebanon |
8 governorates |
| LC |
Saint Lucia |
11 quarters |
| LI |
Liechtenstein |
11 communes |
| LK |
Sri Lanka |
9 provinces
25 districts |
| LR |
Liberia |
15 counties |
| LS |
Lesotho |
10 districts |
| LT |
Lithuania |
10 counties |
| LU |
Luxembourg |
3 districts |
| LV |
Latvia |
110 municipalities
9 republican cities |
| LY |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
22 popularates |
| MA |
Morocco |
16 regions
46 provinces
17 prefectures |
| MC |
Monaco |
17 quarters |
| MD |
Moldova, Republic of |
1 autonomous territorial unit
3 cities
32 districts
1 territorial unit |
| ME |
Montenegro |
21 municipalities |
| MF |
Saint Martin (French part) |
— |
| MG |
Madagascar |
6 provinces |
| MH |
Marshall Islands |
2 groups of islands
24 municipalities |
| MK |
Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of |
84 municipalities |
| ML |
Mali |
1 district
8 regions |
| MM |
Myanmar |
7 divisions
7 states |
| MN |
Mongolia |
1 capital city
21 provinces |
| MO |
Macao |
— |
| MP |
Northern Mariana Islands |
— |
| MQ |
Martinique |
— |
| MR |
Mauritania |
1 district
12 regions |
| MS |
Montserrat |
— |
| MT |
Malta |
68 local councils |
| MU |
Mauritius |
5 cities
3 dependencies
9 districts |
| MV |
Maldives |
7 provinces
1 capital
20 administrative atolls |
| MW |
Malawi |
3 regions
28 districts |
| MX |
Mexico |
31 states
1 district |
| MY |
Malaysia |
3 federal territories
13 states |
| MZ |
Mozambique |
1 city
10 provinces |
| NA |
Namibia |
13 regions |
| NC |
New Caledonia |
— |
| NE |
Niger |
1 urban community
7 departments |
| NF |
Norfolk Island |
— |
| NG |
Nigeria |
1 capital district
36 states |
| NI |
Nicaragua |
15 departments
2 autonomous regions |
| NL |
Netherlands |
12 provinces
3 countries
3 special municipalities |
| NO |
Norway |
19 counties
2 territories |
| NP |
Nepal |
5 development regions
14 zones |
| NR |
Nauru |
14 districts |
| NU |
Niue |
— |
| NZ |
New Zealand |
2 islands
12 regional councils
4 unitary authorities
1 special island authority |
| OM |
Oman |
5 regions
4 governorates |
| PA |
Panama |
9 provinces
3 indigenous regions |
| PE |
Peru |
1 constitutional province
1 municipality
24 departments |
| PF |
French Polynesia |
— |
| PG |
Papua New Guinea |
1 district
18 provinces
1 autonomous region |
| PH |
Philippines |
17 regions
80 provinces |
| PK |
Pakistan |
1 federal capital territory
4 provinces
1 territory
2 Pakistan administered areas |
| PL |
Poland |
16 provinces |
| PM |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
— |
| PN |
Pitcairn |
— |
| PR |
Puerto Rico |
— |
| PS |
Palestinian Territory, Occupied |
16 governorates |
| PT |
Portugal |
18 districts
2 autonomous regions |
| PW |
Palau |
16 states |
| PY |
Paraguay |
1 capital
17 departments |
| QA |
Qatar |
7 municipalities |
| RE |
Reunion Réunion |
— |
| RO |
Romania |
41 departments
1 municipality |
| RS |
Serbia |
2 autonomous provinces
1 city
29 districts |
| RU |
Russian Federation |
21 republics
9 administrative territories
46 administrative regions
2 autonomous cities
1 autonomous region
4 autonomous districts |
| RW |
Rwanda |
1 town council
4 provinces |
| SA |
Saudi Arabia |
13 provinces |
| SB |
Solomon Islands |
1 capital territory
9 provinces |
| SC |
Seychelles |
25 districts |
| SD |
Sudan |
17 states |
| SE |
Sweden |
21 counties |
| SG |
Singapore |
5 districts |
| SH |
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha |
3 geographical entities |
| SI |
Slovenia |
210 municipalities |
| SJ |
Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
— |
| SK |
Slovakia |
8 regions |
| SL |
Sierra Leone |
1 area
3 provinces |
| SM |
San Marino |
9 municipalities |
| SN |
Senegal |
14 regions |
| SO |
Somalia |
18 regions |
| SR |
Suriname |
10 districts |
| SS |
South Sudan |
10 states |
| ST |
Sao Tome and Principe |
2 provinces |
| SV |
El Salvador |
14 departments |
| SX |
Sint Maarten |
— |
| SY |
Syrian Arab Republic |
14 provinces |
| SZ |
Swaziland |
4 districts |
| TC |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
— |
| TD |
Chad |
22 regions |
| TF |
French Southern Territories |
— |
| TG |
Togo |
5 regions |
| TH |
Thailand |
1 metropolitan administration
1 special administrative city
75 provinces |
| TJ |
Tajikistan |
1 autonomous region
2 regions |
| TK |
Tokelau |
— |
| TL |
Timor-Leste |
13 districts |
| TM |
Turkmenistan |
5 regions
1 city |
| TN |
Tunisia |
24 governorates |
| TO |
Tonga |
5 divisions |
| TR |
Turkey |
81 provinces |
| TT |
Trinidad and Tobago |
11 regions
5 municipalities |
| TV |
Tuvalu |
1 town council
7 island councils |
| TW |
[[Taiwan|]] |
16 districts
5 municipalities
2 special municipalities |
| TZ |
Tanzania, United Republic of |
26 regions |
| UA |
Ukraine |
24 regions
1 republic
2 cities |
| UG |
Uganda |
4 geographical regions
111 districts |
| UM |
United States Minor Outlying Islands |
9 islands and groups of islands |
| US |
United States |
50 states
1 district
6 outlying areas |
| UY |
Uruguay |
19 departments |
| UZ |
Uzbekistan |
1 city
12 regions
1 republic |
| VA |
Holy See (Vatican City State) |
— |
| VC |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
6 parishes |
| VE |
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of |
1 federal dependency
1 federal district
23 states |
| VG |
Virgin Islands, British |
— |
| VI |
Virgin Islands, U.S. |
— |
| VN |
[[Vietnam|]] |
59 provinces
5 municipalities |
| VU |
Vanuatu |
6 provinces |
| WF |
Wallis and Futuna |
— |
| WS |
Samoa |
11 districts |
| YE |
Yemen |
1 municipality
20 governorates |
| YT |
Mayotte |
— |
| ZA |
South Africa |
9 provinces |
| ZM |
Zambia |
9 provinces |
| ZW |
Zimbabwe |
10 provinces |
See also
In Spanish: ISO 3166-2 para niños
