Comparison of IOC, FIFA, and ISO 3166 country codes

This is a comparison of the IOC, FIFA, and ISO 3166-1 three-letter codes, combined into one table for easy reference. Highlighted rows indicate those entries in which the three-letter codes differ from column to column.

This list only includes nations or territories that have been assigned at least one of these three types of country codes. For a more complete list of countries, see list of countries.

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Flag Country IOC FIFA ISO
Afghanistan AFG AFG AFG
Åland Islands ALA
Albania ALB ALB ALB
Algeria ALG ALG DZA
American Samoa[1] ASA ASA ASM
Andorra AND AND AND
Angola ANG ANG AGO
Anguilla AIA AIA
Antarctica ATA
Antigua and Barbuda ANT ATG ATG
Argentina ARG ARG ARG
Armenia ARM ARM ARM
Aruba ARU ARU ABW
Australia AUS AUS AUS
Austria AUT AUT AUT
Azerbaijan AZE AZE AZE
The Bahamas BAH BAH BHS
Bahrain BRN BHR BHR
Bangladesh BAN BAN BGD
Barbados BAR BRB BRB
Belarus BLR BLR BLR
Belgium BEL BEL BEL
Belize BIZ BLZ BLZ
Benin BEN BEN BEN
Bermuda BER BER BMU
Bhutan BHU BHU BTN
Bolivia BOL BOL BOL
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba BES
Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH BIH BIH
Botswana BOT BOT BWA
Bouvet Island BVT
Brazil BRA BRA BRA
British Indian Ocean Territory IOT
British Virgin Islands[2] IVB VGB VGB
Brunei BRU BRU BRN
Bulgaria BUL BUL BGR
Burkina Faso BUR BFA BFA
Burundi BDI BDI BDI
Cambodia CAM CAM KHM
Cameroon CMR CMR CMR
Canada CAN CAN CAN
Cape Verde CPV CPV CPV
Cayman Islands CAY CAY CYM
Central African Republic CAF CTA CAF
Chad CHA CHA TCD
Chile CHI CHI CHL
China, People's Republic of[3] CHN CHN CHN
Christmas Island CXR
Cocos (Keeling) Islands CCK
Colombia COL COL COL
Comoros COM COM COM
Congo, Democratic Republic of the[4] COD COD COD
Congo, Republic of[5] CGO CGO COG
Cook Islands COK COK COK
Costa Rica CRC CRC CRI
Côte d'Ivoire CIV CIV CIV
Croatia CRO CRO HRV
Cuba CUB CUB CUB
Curaçao CUW CUW
Cyprus CYP CYP CYP
Czech Republic CZE CZE CZE
Denmark DEN DEN DNK
Djibouti DJI DJI DJI
Dominica[6] DMA DMA DMA
Dominican Republic DOM DOM DOM
Ecuador ECU ECU ECU
Egypt EGY EGY EGY
El Salvador ESA SLV SLV
England ENG [7]
Equatorial Guinea GEQ EQG GNQ
Eritrea ERI ERI ERI
Estonia EST EST EST
Ethiopia ETH ETH ETH
Falkland Islands FLK
Faroe Islands FRO FRO
Fiji FIJ FIJ FJI
Finland FIN FIN FIN
France FRA FRA FRA
French Guiana GUF
French Polynesia[8] TAH PYF
French Southern and Antarctic Lands ATF
Gabon GAB GAB GAB
The Gambia GAM GAM GMB
Georgia GEO GEO GEO
Germany GER GER DEU
Ghana GHA GHA GHA
Gibraltar GIB
Greece GRE GRE GRC
Greenland GRL
Grenada GRN GRN GRD
Guadeloupe GLP
Guam GUM GUM GUM
Guatemala GUA GUA GTM
Guernsey GGY
Guinea GUI GUI GIN
Guinea-Bissau GBS GNB GNB
Guyana GUY GUY GUY
Haiti HAI HAI HTI
Heard Island and McDonald Islands HMD
Honduras HON HON HND
Hong Kong[9] HKG HKG HKG
Hungary HUN HUN HUN
Iceland ISL ISL ISL
India IND IND IND
Indonesia INA IDN IDN
Iran IRI IRN IRN
Iraq IRQ IRQ IRQ
Ireland[10] IRL IRL IRL
Isle of Man IMN
Israel ISR ISR ISR
Italy ITA ITA ITA
Jamaica JAM JAM JAM
Japan JPN JPN JPN
Jersey JEY
Jordan JOR JOR JOR
Kazakhstan KAZ KAZ KAZ
Kenya KEN KEN KEN
Kiribati KIR KIR
Korea, Democratic People's Rep. (North)[11] PRK PRK PRK
Korea, Republic of (South)[12] KOR KOR KOR
Kuwait KUW KUW KWT
Kyrgyzstan KGZ KGZ KGZ
Laos LAO LAO LAO
Latvia LAT LVA LVA
Lebanon LIB LIB LBN
Lesotho LES LES LSO
Liberia LBR LBR LBR
Libya LBA LBY LBY
Liechtenstein LIE LIE LIE
Lithuania LTU LTU LTU
Luxembourg LUX LUX LUX
Macau[13] MAC MAC
Macedonia[14] MKD MKD MKD
Madagascar MAD MAD MDG
Malawi MAW MWI MWI
Malaysia MAS MAS MYS
Maldives MDV MDV MDV
Mali MLI MLI MLI
Malta MLT MLT MLT
Marshall Islands MHL MHL
Martinique MTQ
Mauritania MTN MTN MRT
Mauritius MRI MRI MUS
Mayotte MYT
Mexico MEX MEX MEX
Micronesia, Federated States of FSM FSM
Moldova MDA MDA MDA
Monaco MON MCO
Mongolia MGL MGL MNG
Montenegro MNE MNE MNE
Montserrat MSR MSR
Morocco MAR MAR MAR
Mozambique MOZ MOZ MOZ
Myanmar MYA MYA MMR
Namibia NAM NAM NAM
Nauru NRU NRU
Nepal NEP NEP NPL
Netherlands NED NED NLD
New Caledonia NCL NCL
New Zealand NZL NZL NZL
Nicaragua NCA NCA NIC
Niger NIG NIG NER
Nigeria NGR NGA NGA
Niue NIU
Norfolk Island NFK
Northern Ireland NIR [15]
Northern Mariana Islands MNP
Norway NOR NOR NOR
Oman OMA OMA OMN
Pakistan PAK PAK PAK
Palau PLW PLW
Palestinian Authority PLE PLE PSE
Panama PAN PAN PAN
Papua New Guinea PNG PNG PNG
Paraguay PAR PAR PRY
Peru PER PER PER
Philippines PHI PHI PHL
Pitcairn Islands PCN
Poland POL POL POL
Portugal POR POR PRT
Puerto Rico PUR PUR PRI
Qatar QAT QAT QAT
Réunion REU
Romania ROU ROU ROU
Russia RUS RUS RUS
Rwanda RWA RWA RWA
Saint Barthélemy BLM
Saint Helena SHN
Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN SKN KNA
Saint Lucia LCA LCA LCA
Saint Martin (French part) MAF
Saint Pierre and Miquelon SPM
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VIN VIN VCT
Samoa[1] SAM SAM WSM
San Marino SMR SMR SMR
São Tomé and Príncipe STP STP STP
Saudi Arabia KSA KSA SAU
Scotland SCO [16]
Senegal SEN SEN SEN
Serbia SRB SRB SRB
Seychelles SEY SEY SYC
Sierra Leone SLE SLE SLE
Singapore SIN SIN SGP
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) SXM
Slovakia SVK SVK SVK
Slovenia SLO SVN SVN
Solomon Islands SOL SOL SLB
Somalia SOM SOM SOM
South Africa RSA RSA ZAF
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands SGS
Spain ESP ESP ESP
Sri Lanka SRI SRI LKA
Sudan SUD SUD SDN
Suriname SUR SUR SUR
Svalbard and Jan Mayen SJM
Swaziland SWZ SWZ SWZ
Sweden SWE SWE SWE
Switzerland SUI SUI CHE
Syria SYR SYR SYR
Republic of China (Taiwan)[17] TPE TPE TWN
Tajikistan TJK TJK TJK
Tanzania TAN TAN TZA
Thailand THA THA THA
Timor-Leste[18] TLS TLS TLS
Togo TOG TOG TGO
Tokelau TKL
Tonga TGA TGA TON
Trinidad and Tobago TRI TRI TTO
Tunisia TUN TUN TUN
Turkey TUR TUR TUR
Turkmenistan TKM TKM TKM
Turks and Caicos Islands TCA TCA
Tuvalu TUV TUV
Uganda UGA UGA UGA
Ukraine UKR UKR UKR
United Arab Emirates UAE UAE ARE
United Kingdom[19] GBR GBR
United States USA USA USA
United States Minor Outlying Islands UMI
United States Virgin Islands[20] ISV VIR VIR
Uruguay URU URU URY
Uzbekistan UZB UZB UZB
Vanuatu VAN VAN VUT
Vatican City State VAT
Venezuela VEN VEN VEN
Vietnam VIE VIE VNM
Wales WAL [21]
Wallis and Futuna WLF
Western Sahara ESH
Yemen YEM YEM YEM
Zambia ZAM ZAM ZMB
Zimbabwe ZIM ZIM ZWE

Former countries and former country names

Codes are shown with their last year of use.

Flag Country IOC FIFA ISO
British Honduras HBR
1972		 BHO
 
Burma BIR
1988		 BUR
1989		 BUR
1989
Ceylon CEY
1972		 CEY
1972
Dahomey DAH
1972		 DAH
1975		 DHY
1977
Czechoslovakia TCH
1992		 TCH
1993		 CSK
1993
East Germany GDR
1988		 DDR
1989		 DDR
1989
Khmer Republic KHM
1976		 ?
1975
Malaya MAL
1960		 ?
1963
Netherlands Antilles AHO
2011		 ANT
2011		 ANT
2010
North Borneo ?
1956		 NBO
1963
North Yemen YAR
1988		 NYE
1990		 YEM
1990
Northern Rhodesia NRH
1964		 NRH
1964
Rhodesia RHO
1972		 RHO
1980		 RHO
1980
Serbia and Montenegro SCG
2006		 SCG
2006		 SCG
2006
South Yemen YMD
1988		 SYE
1990		 YMD
1990
Soviet Union URS
1988		 URS
1991		 SUN
1992
Upper Volta VOL
1984		 UPV
1984		 HVO
1984
Viet-Nam, Democratic Republic of VNO
1975		 VDR
1977
Viet Nam, Republic of VNM
1976		 VSO
1975		 VNM
1977
West Germany FRG
1988		 FRG
1989		 DEU
1989
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of YUG
2002		 YUG
2003		 YUG
2003
Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of YUG
1992		 YUG
1992		 YUG
1992
Zaire ZAI
1996		 ZAI
1997		 ZAR
1997

Notes

  1. ^ a b The name "Samoa" in a political sense contains only the Independent States of Samoa and excludes American Samoa.
  2. ^ In Olympic Games, Virgin Islands means the United States Virgin Islands, not British Virgin Islands.
  3. ^ Mainland China (People's Republic of China except Hong Kong and Macau) is designated as the "People's Republic of China", ("China" for short) in Olympic Games, and as "China PR", ("China" for short) in football matches.
  4. ^ The Democratic Republic of the Congo is abbreviated as the "DR Congo" in Olympic Games, and as "Congo DR" in football matches.
  5. ^ The Republic of the Congo is abbreviated as "Congo" in Olympic Games and football matches.
  6. ^ The Commonwealth of Dominica (Dominica) is abbreviated as "Dominica" in Olympic Games and football matches.
  7. ^ "GB-ENG" is its ISO 3166-2 code. See also ISO 3166-2:GB.
  8. ^ Competes as "Tahiti" in international football
  9. ^ Hong Kong is designated as "Hong Kong, China" by the IOC and EAFF, and "Hong Kong" by FIFA and AFC.
  10. ^ It covers only the Republic of Ireland in the Olympic Games and football matches. In FIFA, the name "Republic of Ireland" is used in order to distinguish from Ireland as a former home nation of the United Kingdom.
  11. ^ North Korea is designated as "Democratic People's Republic of Korea", abbreviated to "DPRK", in Olympic Games, and as the "Korea DPR" in football matches.
  12. ^ South Korea is designated as "Korea" in Olympic Games, and as the "Korea Republic" in football matches.
  13. ^ Macau is designated as "Macau, China" by the IOC and EAFF, and "Macau" by FIFA and AFC.
  14. ^ The Republic of Macedonia is designated as the "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" in Olympic Games and football matches. See also Macedonia naming dispute.
  15. ^ "GB-NIR" is its ISO 3166-2 code. See also ISO 3166-2:GB.
  16. ^ "GB-SCT" is its ISO 3166-2 code. See also ISO 3166-2:GB.
  17. ^ TW and TWN is defined as "Taiwan, Province of China" in the ISO 3166 codes list. The Republic of China is designated as " Chinese Taipei" in Olympic Games and football matches. See also Chinese Taipei and the Political status of Taiwan.
  18. ^ Timor-Leste is generally known in English as "East Timor". West Timor is a part of Indonesia.
  19. ^ The United Kingdom's short names generally used in the Olympic Games are "Great Britain and Northern Ireland" or just "Great Britain", not the "United Kingdom".
  20. ^ The United States Virgin Islands is designated as just Virgin Islands in Olympic Games.
  21. ^ "GB-WLS" is its ISO 3166-2 code. See also ISO 3166-2:GB.