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TABLE 2.
Basic Geopolitical Entities Sequenced by
Country
Code with Historical Records of Changes to Codes and Names
(NOTE: Codes currently in use are only those associated with entity
names in capital letters.)
Country Change
Code Name and Change Description Number
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AC ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA: changed
from Antigua (AC) 2-12-01
AF AFGHANISTAN
AG ALGERIA
AL ALBANIA
AN ANDORRA
AO ANGOLA
AQ AMERICAN SAMOA
AR ARGENTINA
AS AUSTRALIA
AT ASHMORE AND CARTIER ISLANDS: added,
separated from AUSTRALIA (AS) 2-12-02
AT Ashmore and Cartier Islands: deleted,
included in AUSTRALIA (AS) 2-00-21
AU AUSTRIA
AV ANGUILLA: added,
separated from St. Christopher-
Nevis-Anguilla (SC) 1-00-01
AY ANTARCTICA
BA BAHRAIN
BB BARBADOS
BC BOTSWANA
BD BERMUDA
BE BELGIUM
BF BAHAMAS, THE: changed
from Bahamas (BF) 2-00-09
BG BANGLADESH: added,
separated from PAKISTAN (PK) 1-00-02
BH BELIZE: changed
from British Honduras (BH) 1-00-03
BL BOLIVIA
BM BURMA
BN BENIN: added,
replaced Benin (DM) 2-13-01
BP SOLOMON ISLANDS: changed
from British Solomon Islands (BP) 1-07-01
BQ NAVASSA ISLAND: added,
separated from U.S. Miscellaneous
Caribbean Islands (BQ) 1-00-18
BQ U.S. Miscellaneous Caribbean Islands: deleted,
replaced by NAVASSA ISLAND (BQ)
and other islands included in
COLOMBIA (CO) 1-00-18
BR BRAZIL
BS BASSAS DA INDIA: added,
separated from REUNION (RE) 2-12-04
BT BHUTAN
BU BULGARIA
BV BOUVET ISLAND: changed
from Bouvetoya (BV) 2-04-02
BX BRUNEI
BY BURUNDI
BZ GERMANY, BERLIN: added,
replaced Germany, Berlin (WB) 2-00-22
CA CANADA
CB KAMPUCHEA: changed
from Cambodia (CB) 2-05-01
CD CHAD
CE SRI LANKA: changed
from Ceylon (CE) 1-00-05
CF CONGO: changed
from Congo (Brazzaville) (CF) l-00-08
CG ZAIRE: changed
from Congo (Kinshasa) (CG) 1-00-09
CH CHINA: changed
from China, Peoples Republic of (CH) 2-01-14
CH China, Peoples Republic of: changed
from China, Communist (CH) 1-00-06
CI CHILE
CJ CAYMAN ISLANDS
CK COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS: changed
from Cocos Islands (CK) 1-00-07
CL Central and Southern Line Islands: deleted,
included in Gilbert and
Ellice Islands (GN) 1-00-04
CM CAMEROON
CN COMOROS: changed
from Comoro Islands (CN) 2-00-10
CO COLOMBIA
CQ NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS: added,
separated from Trust Territory
of the Pacific Islands (TQ) 2-03-01
CR CORAL SEA ISLANDS: added,
separated from AUSTRALIA (AS) 2-12-08
CR Coral Sea Islands Territory: deleted,
included in AUSTRALIA (AS) 2-00-23
CR Coral Sea Islands Territory: added,
separated from AUSTRALIA (AS) 1-00-10
CS COSTA RICA
CT CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: changed
from Central African Empire (CT) 2-07-03
CT Central African Empire: changed
from Central African Republic (CT) 2-00-20
CU CUBA
CV CAPE VERDE: changed
from Cape Verde, Republic of (CV) 2-12-05
CV Cape Verde, Republic of: changed
from Cape Verde (CV) 1-08-01
CW COOK ISLANDS
CY CYPRUS
CZ CZECHOSLOVAKIA
DA DENMARK
DJ DJIBOUTI: added,
replaced French Territory
of the Afars and Issas (FT) 2-01-01
DM Benin: deleted,
replaced by BENIN (BN) 2-13-01
DM Benin: changed
from Dahomey (DM) 1-12-01
DO DOMINICA
DQ JARVIS ISLAND: added,
separated from U.S.
Miscellaneous Pacific Islands (IQ) 2-12-14
DR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
EC ECUADOR
EG EGYPT: changed
from United Arab Republic (EG) 1-00-11
El IRELAND
EK EQUATORIAL GUINEA
EQ Canton and Enderbury Islands: deleted,
included in KIRIBATI (KR) 2-07-02
ES ELSALVADOR
ET ETHIOPIA
EU EUROPA ISLAND: added,
separated from REUNION (RE) 2-12-09
FA FALKLAND ISLANDS (ISLAS MALVINAS): changed
from Falkland Islands (FA) 1-00-12
FG FRENCH GUIANA
FI FINLAND
FJ FIJI
FO FAROE ISLANDS: changed
from Faeroe Islands (FO) 2-00-11
FP FRENCH POLYNESIA
FQ BAKER ISLAND: added,
separated from U.S.
Miscellaneous Pacific Islands (IQ) 2-12-03
FR FRANCE
FS FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS
FT French Territory of the Afars and Issas: deleted,
replaced by DJIBOUTI (DJ) 2-01-01
GA GAMBIA, THE: changed
from Gambia (GA) 2-00-01
GB GABON
GC GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC: changed
from Germany, Soviet Zone of (GC) 1-00-13
GE GERMANY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
GH GHANA
GI GIBRALTAR
GJ GRENADA
GK GUERNSEY: added,
separated from UNITED KINGDOM (UK) 2-12-11
GL GREENLAND
GN Gilbert and Ellice Islands: deleted,
replaced by
TUVALU (TV) and Gilbert Islands (GS) 1-11-01
GO GLORIOSO ISLANDS: added,
separated from REUNION (RE) 2-12-10
GP GUADELOUPE
GQ GUAM
GR GREECE
GS Gilbert Islands: deleted,
replaced by KIRIBATI (KR) 2-07-01
GS Gilbert Islands: added,
separated from Gilbert and
Ellice Islands (GN) 1-11-01
GT GUATEMALA
GV GUINEA
GY GUYANA
GZ GAZA STRIP
HA HAITI
HK HONG KONG
HM HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS (HM): changed
from Heard and McDonald Islands (HM) 1-00-15
HO HONDURAS
HQ HOWLAND ISLAND: added,
separated from
U.S. Miscellaneous Pacific Islands (IQ) 2-12-12
HU HUNGARY
IC ICELAND
ID INDONESIA
IM MAN, ISLE OF: added,
separated from UNITED KINGDOM (UK) 2-12-18
IN INDIA
IO BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY
IP CLIPPERTON ISLAND: added,
separated from FRENCH POLYNESIA (FP) 2-12-07
IQ U.S. Miscellaneous Pacific Islands: deleted,
replaced by BAKER ISLAND (FQ),
HOWLAND ISLAND (HQ), JARVIS
ISLAND (DQ), KINGMAN REEF (KQ),
and PALMYRA ATOLL (LQ) 2-12-23
IR IRAN
IS ISRAEL
IT ITALY
IU Israel-Syria Demilitarized Zone: deleted,
included in ISRAEL (IS) 2-00-17
IV IVORY COAST
IW Israel-Jordan Demilitarized Zone: deleted,
included in ISRAEL (IS) 2-00-16
IY IRAQ-SAUDI ARABIA NEUTRAL ZONE
IZ IRAQ
JA JAPAN
JE JERSEY: added,
separated from UNITED KINGDOM (UK) 2-12-15
JM JAMAICA
JN JAN MAYEN: added,
separated from Svalbard and
Jan Mayen (JS) 2-12-13
JN Jan Mayen: deleted,
included in Svalbard and
Jan Mayen (JS) 2-00-04
JO JORDAN
JQ JOHNSTON ATOLL
JS Svalbard and Jan Mayen: deleted,
separated into JAN MAYEN (JN)
and SVALBARD (SV) 2-12-13
JS Svalbard and Jan Mayen: added,
replaced Svalbard (SV) and
Jan Mayen (JN) 2-00-06
JU JUAN DE NOVA ISLAND: added,
separated from REUNION (RE) 2-12-16
KE KENYA
KN KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF: changed
from Korea, North (KN) 2-00-07
KQ KINGMAN REEF: added,
separated from U.S. Miscellaneous
Pacific Islands (IQ) 2-12-17
KR KIRIBATI: added,
replaced Gilbert Islands (GS)
and Canton and Enderbury Islands (EQ) 2-07-01
KS KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
KT CHRISTMAS ISLAND
KU KUWAIT
LA LAOS
LE LEBANON
LI LIBERIA
LQ PALMYRA ATOLL: added,
separated from
U.S. Miscellaneous Pacific Islands (IQ) 2-12-20
LS LIECHTENSTEIN
LT LESOTHO
LU LUXEMBOURG
LY LIBYA
MA MADAGASCAR
MB MARTINIQUE
MC MACAU: changed
from Macao (MC) 2-11-01
ME Spanish North Africa: deleted,
included in SPAIN (SP) 2-00-25
ME Spanish North Africa: changed
from Spanish Territories in
Northern Morocco (ME) 1-00-21
MF MAYOTTE: added,
separated from FRANCE (FR) 2-12-19
MG MONGOLIA
MH MONTSERRAT
MI MALAWI
ML MALI
MN MONACO
MO MOROCCO
MP MAURITIUS
MQ MIDWAY ISLANDS
MR MAURITANIA
MT MALTA
MU OMAN: changed
from Muscat and Oman (MU) 1-00-16
MV MALDIVES
MX MEXICO
MY MALAYSIA
MZ MOZAMBIQUE
NA NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
NC NEW CALEDONIA
NE NIUE
NF NORFOLKISLAND
NG NIGER
NH VANUATU: changed
from New Hebrides (NH) 2-10-01
NI NIGERIA
NL NETHERLANDS
NO NORWAY
NP NEPAL
NQ TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS: added,
separated from Trust Territory
of the Pacific Islands (TQ) 2-03-02
NR NAURU
NS SURINAME: changed
from Surinam (NS) 2-04-01
NU NICARAGUA
NZ NEW ZEALAND
PA PARAGUAY
PC PITCAIRN ISLANDS: changed
from Pitcairn (PC) 2-02-01
PC Pitcairn: changed
from Pitcairn Island (PC) 2-00-13
PE PERU
PF PARACEL ISLANDS
PG SPRATLY ISLANDS: changed
from Spratly Island (PG) 1-00-22
PK PAKISTAN
PL POLAND
PM PANAMA: added,
replaced Panama (PN)
and Canal Zone (PQ) 2-09-01
PN Panama: deleted,
included in PANAMA (PM) 2-09-01
PO PORTUGAL
PP PAPUA NEW GUINEA: changed
from Papua and New Guinea (PP) 1-00-17
PQ Canal Zone: deleted,
included in PANAMA (PM) 2-07-04
PT Portuguese Timor: deleted,
included in INDONESIA (ID) 1-15-01
PU GUINEA-BISSAU: changed
from Portuguese Guinea (PU) 1-01-01
QA QATAR
RE REUNION
RH Southern Rhodesia: deleted,
replaced by ZIMBABWE (ZI) 2-08-01
RO ROMANIA
RP PHILIPPINES
RQ PUERTO RICO
RW RWANDA
SA SAUDI ARABIA
SB ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON
SC ST. CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS: changed
from St. Christopher-Nevis (SC) 2-14-01
SC St. Christopher-Nevis: changed
from St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (SC)2-11-0
SE SEYCHELLES
SF SOUTH AFRICA
SG SENEGAL
SH ST. HELENA
SK Sikkim: deleted,
included in INDIA (IN) 1-04-01
SL SIERRA LEONE
SM SAN MARINO
SN SINGAPORE
SO SOMALIA
SP SPAIN
SQ Swan Islands: deleted,
included in HONDURAS (HO) 1-00-2
SS Spanish Sahara: deleted,
replaced by WESTERN SAHARA (WI) 2-00-0
ST St. LUCIA
SU SUDAN
SV SVALBARD: added,
separated from Svalbard and
Jan Mayen (JS) 2-12-21
SV Svalbard: deleted,
included in Svalbard and
Jan Mayen (JS) 2-00-05
SW SWEDEN
SY SYRIA
SZ SWITZERLAND
TC UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: changed
from Trucial States (TC) 1-00-2
TD TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TE TROMELIN ISLAND: added,
separated from REUNION (RE) 2-12-22
TH THAILAND
TK TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
TL TOKELAU: changed
from Tokelau Islands (TL) 2-02-02
TN TONGA
TO TOGO
TP SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
TQ Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands: deleted,
replaced by NORTHERN MARIANA
ISLANDS (CQ) and TRUST TERRITORY
OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS (NQ) 2-03-02
TS TUNISIA
TU TURKEY
TV TUVALU: added,
separated from Gilbert and
Ellice Islands (GN) 1-11-01
TW TAIWAN: changed
from China (Taiwan) (TW) 2-12-06
TW China (Taiwan): changed
from China, Republic of (TW) 2-00-15
TZ TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF: changed
from Tanzania (TZ) 2-00-18
UG UGANDA
UK UNITED KINGDOM
UR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS: changed
from Soviet Union (UR) 2-00-08
US UNITED STATES
UV UPPER VOLTA
UY URUGUAY
VC ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES: changed
from St. Vincent (VC) 2-07-0
VE VENEZUELA
VI BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
VM VIETNAM: added,
replaced Viet-nam, North (VN)
and Vietnam, Republic of (VS) 1-14-0
VN Viet-nam, North: deleted,
included in VIETNAM (VM) 1-14-0
VQ VIRGIN ISLANDS: changed
from Virgin Islands of the U.S. (VQ) 2-12-2
VQ Virgin Islands of the U.S.: changed
from Virgin Islands (VQ) 2-00-2
VS Vietnam, Republic of. deleted,
included in Vietnam (VM) 1-14-0
VT VATICAN CITY
WA NAMIBIA: changed
from South-West Africa (WA) 2-00-1
WB Germany, Berlin: deleted,
replaced by GERMANY, BERLIN (BZ) 2-00-2
WB Germany, Berlin: changed
from West Berlin (WB) 1-00-1
WE WEST BANK: added 2-15-0
WF WALLIS AND FUTUNA
WI WESTERN SAHARA: added,
replaced Spanish Sahara (SS) 2-00-0
WQ WAKE ISLAND
WS WESTERN SAMOA
WZ SWAZILAND
YE YEMEN (SANAA): changed
from Yemen (Sana) (YE) 2-11-0
YE Yemen (Sana): changed
from Yemen (San'a) (YE) 1-05-0
YE Yemen (San'a): changed
from Yemen (YE) 1-00-2
YO YUGOSLAVIA
YQ Ryukyu Islands, Southern: deleted,
included in JAPAN (JA) 1-00-1
YS YEMEN (ADEN): changed
from Southern Yemen (YS) 1-00-2
ZA ZAMBIA
ZI ZIMBABWE: added,
replaced Southern Rhodesia (RH) 2-08-0
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