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International Country Codes

+ = Archaic (i.e., the country no longer exists or the abbreviation has 
been changed)


AFG Afghanistan 
AHO Netherlands Antilles (Dutch West Indies) 
ALB Albania 
ALG Algeria 
AND Andorra 
ANG Angola 
ANT Antigua and Barbuda 
ARG Argentina 
ARM Armenia 
ARU Aruba 
ARS Saudi Arabia +
ASA American Samoa 
AUS Australia 
AUT Austria 
AZE Azerbaijan	

BAH Bahamas 
BAN Bangladesh 
BAR Barbados 
BDI Burundi 
BEL Belgium 
BEN Benin 
BER Bermuda 
BHU Bhutan 
BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina 
BIR Burma +
BIZ Belize 
BLR Belarus 
BOH Bohemia + 
BOL Bolivia 
BOT Botswana 
BRA Brazil 
BRN Bahrain 
BRU Brunei Darussalam 
BUL Bulgaria 
BUR Burkina Faso 
BWI British West Indies +	

CAF Central African Republic 
CAM Cambodia 
CAN Canada 
CAY Cayman Islands 
CEY Ceylon + 
CGO Congo 
CHA Chad 
CHI Chile 
CHN People’s Republic Of China 
CIV Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) 
CMR Cameroon 
COD Republic of Congo 
COK Cook Islands 
COL Colombia 
COM Comoros 
CPV Cape Verde 
CRC Costa Rica 
CRO Croatia 
CUB Cuba 
CYP Cyprus 
CZE Czech Republic	

DAH Dahomey + 
DEN Denmark 
DJI Djibouti 
DMA Dominica 
DOM Dominican Republic	

ECU Ecuador 
EGY Egypt 
ESA El Salvador 
ESP Spain 
EST Estonia 
ETH Ethiopia 
EUN Unified Team (Commonwealth Of Independent States) +	

FIJ Fiji 
FIN Finland 
FRA France 
FRG West Germany +	

GAB Gabon 
GAM Gambia 
GBR Great Britain and Northern Ireland
GBS Guinea-Bissau 
GDR East Germany + 
GEO Georgia 
GEQ Equatorial Guinea 
GER Germany 
GHA Ghana 
GNB Guinea-Bissau 
GRE Greece 
GRN Grenada 
GUA Guatemala 
GUI Guinea 
GUM Guam 
GUY Guyana	

HAI Haiti 
HBR British Honduras + 
HKG Hong Kong 
HOL Holland + 
HON Honduras 
HUN Hungary	

INA Indonesia 
IND India 
IOP Independent Olympic Participants + 
IRI Islamic Republic of Iran 
IRN Iran + 
IRL Ireland 
IRQ Iraq 
ISL Iceland 
ISR Israel 
ISV Virgin Islands (United States)
ITA Italy 
IVB British Virgin Islands	

JAM Jamaica 
JOR Jordan 
JPN Japan	

KAZ Kazakhstan 
KEN Kenya 
KGZ Kyrgyzstan 
KOR Korea (South Korea) 
KSA Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 
KUW Kuwait	

LAO Laos People’s Democratic Republic 
LAT Latvia 
LBA People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 
LBR Liberia 
LCA Saint Lucia 
LES Lesotho 
LIB Lebanon 
LIE Liechtenstein 
LTU Lithuania 
LUX Luxembourg	

MAD Madagascar 
MAR Morocco 
MAS Malaysia 
MAW Malawi 
MDA Republic of Moldova 
MDV Maldives 
MEX Mexico 
MGL Mongolia 
MKD Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 
MLI Mali 
MLT Malta 
MON Monaco 
MOZ Mozambique 
MRI Mauritius 
MTN Mauritania 
MYA Myanmar	

NAM Namibia 
NCA Nicaragua 
NED Netherlands 
NEP Nepal 
NGR Nigeria 
NGU Papua New Guinea + 
NIG Niger 
NOR Norway 
NRU Nauru 
NZL New Zealand	

OMA Oman	

PAK Pakistan 
PAN Panama 
PAR Paraguay 
PER Peru 
PHI Philippines 
PLE Palestine 
PNG Papua New Guinea 
POL Poland 
POR Portugal 
PRK Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) 
PUR Puerto Rico	

QAT Qatar	

RHO Rhodesia + 
ROC Republic of China (Taiwan) + 
ROM Romania 
RSA South Africa 
RUS Russian Federation 
RWA Rwanda	

SAA Saar + 
SAF South Africa + 
SAM Western Samoa 
SEN Senegal 
SEY Seychelles 
SIN Singapore 
SKN Saint Kitts and Nevis 
SLE Sierra Leone 
SLO Slovenia 
SMR San Marino 
SOL Solomon Islands 
SOM Somalia 
SRI Sri Lanka 
STP Sao Tome and Principe 
SUD Sudan 
SUI Switzerland 
SUR Suriname 
SVK Slovakia 
SWE Sweden 
SWZ Swaziland 
SYR Syrian Arab Republic	

TAN United Republic of Tanzania 
TCH Czechoslovakia + 
TGA Tonga 
THA Thailand 
TJK Tajikistan 
TKM Turkmenistan 
TOG Togo 
TPE Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) 
TRI Trinidad and Tobago 
TUN Tunisia 
TUR Turkey	

UAE United Arab Emirates 
UGA Uganda 
UKR Ukraine 
URS Soviet Union + 
URU Uruguay 
USA United States of America 
UZB Uzbekistan	

VAN Vanuatu 
VEN Venezuela 
VIE Vietnam 
VIN Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	

YAR Yemen Arab Republic + 
YEM Yemen 
YMD Yemen Democratic Republic + 
YUG Yugoslavia	

ZAI Zaire + 
ZAM Zambia 
ZIM Zimbabwe	


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