List of international call prefixes

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Every country has both a country calling code used to dial into a country, and an international call prefix or international access code used to dial out of the country. The ITU approved 00 as the general standard some time ago, and this has been implemented by a large number of countries but not all of them. This page lists the exceptions.

International phone numbers are usually written with a + before the phone number representing the international call prefix. Some phones allow this to be entered directly, often by holding the '0' key (most GSM mobile phones) or with two consecutive presses of the * key, which avoids having to know the international call prefix. For example a UK phone number written as +44 1234 567890 would be dialled as 567890 from the '01234' linked numbering scheme exchanges in the UK; as 01234 567890 from elsewhere in the UK; and as 00 44 1234 567890 from countries using the 00 international access code. For countries using a prefix other than 00, simply substitute that for 00 in the last example; for example, from North American Numbering Plan countries (including the United States and Canada), dial 011 44 1234 567890.

Many states also provide alternative dialing arrangements for calls to neighbouring countries.

Note: ‘~’ means to await a tone before continuing.

  • 00
    • All countries not listed below.
  • 0x0
    • Mauritius ('x' represents one digit defining an 'International Long Distance' operating company.)
      • 00 Works only from payphones and '+' only from mobile phones.[1]
  • 0010

Note that many Japanese phone subscriptions do not include international calls. If the one in use does not, you have to dial a prefix of three or four digits before the 010 prefix to select an international phone carrier. Even if your phone subscription includes international calls, you may use one of those prefixes to select a phone carrier other than the usual one. Selecting a phone carrier is mandatory if you use a public payphones. Different codes available: 001 010 (KDDI) 0033 010 (NTT) 0041 010 (Japan Telecom) 0061 010 (Japan Telecom IDC) NB: Japan Telecom and Japan Telecom IDC are different!

  • 01x
    • Israel ('x' represents one digit defining a carrier. Also supports the ITU standard.)
  • 07~
  • 1xx0 ('xx' represents two-digit Chilean Carrier Selection Code; For example, an argentinean phone number written as +54 11 23456789 would be dialed as 1230 54 1123456789 or 1880 54 1123456789)[3]
  • 99…
    • Finland, where to encourage competition between international telephone carriers, a system of prefixes beginning with 99 was introduced in addition to the 00 prefix. For example, if the subscriber dials 990-1-234-567-7890, the call will be routed to North America via TeliaSonera.

[edit] Country codes listed alphabetically by country

Country Code
Afghanistan 93
Albania 355
Algeria 213
American Samoa +1-684*
Andorra 376
Angola 244
Anguilla +1-264*
Antarctica 672
Antigua +1-268*
Argentina 54
Armenia 374
Aruba 297
Ascension 247
Australia 61
Australian External Territories 672
Austria 43
Azerbaijan 994
Bahamas +1-242*
Bahrain 973
Bangladesh 880
Barbados +1-246*
Barbuda +1-268*
Belarus 375
Belgium 32
Belize 501
Benin 229
Bermuda +1-441*
Bhutan 975
Bolivia 591
Bosnia & Herzegovina 387
Botswana 267
Brazil 55
British Virgin Islands +1-284*
Brunei Darussalam 673
Bulgaria 359
Burkina Faso 226
Burundi 257
Cambodia 855
Cameroon 237
Canada 1
Cape Verde Islands 238
Cayman Islands +1-345*
Central African Republic 236
Chad 235
Chatham Island (New Zealand) 64
Chile 56
China (PRC) 86
Christmas Island 61
Cocos-Keeling Islands 61
Colombia 57
Comoros 269
Congo 242
Congo, Dem. Rep. of (Zaire) 243
Cook Islands 682
Costa Rica 506
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) 225
Croatia 385
Cuba 53
Cuba (Guantanamo Bay) 5399
Curaçao 599
Cyprus 357
Czech Republic 420
Denmark 45
Diego Garcia 246
Djibouti 253
Dominica +1-767*
Dominican Republic +1-809* and +1-829*
East Timor 670
Easter Island 56
Ecuador 593
Egypt 20
El Salvador 503
Ellipso (Mobile Satellite service) 17625
EMSAT (Mobile Satellite service) 88213
Equatorial Guinea 240
Eritrea 291
Estonia 372
Ethiopia 251
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 500
Faroe Islands 298
Fiji Islands 679
Finland 358
France 33
French Antilles 596
French Guiana 594
French Polynesia 689
Gabonese Republic 241
Gambia 220
Georgia 995
Germany 49
Ghana 233
Gibraltar 350
Global Mobile Satellite System (GMSS) 881
Globalstar 8818, 8819
Globalstar (Mobile Satellite Service) 17637
Greece 30
Greenland 299
Grenada +1-473*
Guadeloupe 590
Guam +1-671*
Guantanamo Bay 5399
Guatemala 502
Guinea-Bissau 245
Guinea 224
Guyana 592
Haiti 509
Honduras 504
Hong Kong 852
Hungary 36
ICO Global (Mobile Satellite Service) 17621
Iceland 354
India 91
Indonesia 62
Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean - East) 871
Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean - West) 874
Inmarsat (Indian Ocean) 873
Inmarsat (Pacific Ocean) 872
International Freephone Service 800
International Shared Cost Service (ISCS) 808
Iran 98
Iraq 964
Ireland 353
Iridium (Mobile Satellite service) 17633
Israel 972
Italy 39
Jamaica +1-876*
Japan 81
Jordan 962
Kazakhstan 7
Kenya 254
Kiribati 686
Korea (North) 850
Korea (South) 82
Kosovo 381
Kuwait 965
Kyrgyz Republic 996
Laos 856
Latvia 371
Lebanon 961
Lesotho 266
Liberia 231
Libya 218
Liechtenstein 423
Lithuania 370
Luxembourg 352
Macao 853
Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Rep of.) 389
Madagascar 261
Malawi 265
Malaysia 60
Maldives 960
Mali Republic 223
Malta 356
Marshall Islands 692
Martinique 596
Mauritania 222
Mauritius 230
Mayotte Island 269
Mexico 52
Micronesia, (Federal States of) 691
Midway Island +1-808*
Moldova 373
Monaco 377
Mongolia 976
Montenegro 382
Montserrat +1-664*
Morocco 212
Mozambique 258
Myanmar 95
Namibia 264
Nauru 674
Nepal 977
Netherlands 31
Netherlands Antilles 599
Nevis +1-869*
New Caledonia 687
New Zealand 64
Nicaragua 505
Niger 227
Nigeria 234
Niue 683
Norfolk Island 672
Northern Marianas Islands +1-670*
Norway 47
Oman 968
Pakistan 92
Palau 680
Palestinian Settlements 970
Panama 507
Papua New Guinea 675
Paraguay 595
Peru 51
Philippines 63
Poland 48
Portugal 351
Puerto Rico +1-787* or +1-939*
Qatar 974
Réunion Island 262
Romania 40
Russia 7
Rwandese Republic 250
St. Helena 290
St. Kitts/Nevis +1-869*
St. Lucia +1-758*
St. Pierre & Miquelon 508
St. Vincent & Grenadines +1-784*
Samoa 685
San Marino 378
São Tomé and Principe 239
Saudi Arabia 966
Senegal 221
Serbia 381
Seychelles Republic 248
Sierra Leone 232
Singapore 65
Slovak Republic 421
Slovenia 386
Solomon Islands 677
Somali Democratic Republic 252
South Africa 27
Spain 34
Sri Lanka 94
Sudan 249
Suriname 597
Swaziland 268
Sweden 46
Switzerland 41
Syria 963
Taiwan 886
Tajikistan 992
Tanzania 255
Thailand 66
Thuraya (Mobile Satellite service) 88216
Timor Leste 670
Togolese Republic 228
Tokelau 690
Tonga Islands 676
Trinidad & Tobago +1-868*
Tunisia 216
Turkey 90
Turkmenistan 993
Turks and Caicos Islands +1-649*
Tuvalu 688
Uganda 256
Ukraine 380
United Arab Emirates 971
United Kingdom 44
United States of America 1
US Virgin Islands +1-340*
Universal Personal Telecommunications (UPT) 878
Uruguay 598
Uzbekistan 998
Vanuatu 678
Vatican City 39; 379
Venezuela 58
Vietnam 84
Wake Island 808
Wallis and Futuna Islands 681
Yemen 967
Zambia 260
Zanzibar 255
Zimbabwe 263

Source: How to Call International Used with permission.
* These countries are part of the North America Numbering Plan (NANP). Although they may be far from North America the country code for all NANP countries is 1; the numbers that follow are used in the same way as area codes in the U.S. and Canada.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d [1]
  2. ^ This code will let the dialer choose his primary IDD carrier, usually being the telephone company he is subscribed to. A telephone line can subscribe to multiple IDD carriers in Hong Kong, and those carriers have their own international call prefix, which begins with 00 (3-4 digits), 15 (4 digits) or 16 (4 digits). See The Numbering Plan for Telecommunications Services in Hong Kong for complete code list.
  3. ^ Although in Chile all the carriers use the 1 prefix, the number of the carrier in advertising and common usage includes the 1 prefix as a part of the number.
  4. ^ The domestic call prefix 8 and international call prefix 8~10 are to be replaced by the ITU-recommended dialling prefixes of 0 and 00. The first step will be to replace area codes beginning with the digit '0' with ones beginning with '4', hence Moscow 095 becomes 495. See also Telephone numbering plan for Russia and Kazakhstan.

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