Country codes

AF	Afghanistan
AA	Albania
AE	Algeria
AS	American Samoa	ISO code
AN	Andorra
AL	Angola
AG	Argentina
AR	Armenia	> 1991
AT	Australia
AU	Austria
AZ	Azerbaijan	> 1991
BA	Bangladesh
BY	Belarus	> 1991
BE	Belgium
BN	Benin
BH	Bhutan
BO	Bolivia
BS	Bosnia
BT	Botswana
BL	Brazil
BU	Bulgaria
UV	Burkina Faso	Upper Volta
BR	Burma	Myanmar
BD	Burundi
CB	Cambodia
CM	Cameroon
CN	Canada
CA	Central African Republic
CH	Chad
CL	Chile
C	China	before 1949; after 1949 use People’s Republic of China (CC)
CK	Colombia
CG	Congo (Zaire)	ex-Zaire and former colony of Belgium, not to be confused with People’s Republic of the Congo (CF)
CI	Cook Islands	No FIAF code – ISO code is CK which conflicts with Colombia
CR	Costa Rica
CT	Croatia
CU	Cuba
CY	Cyprus
CZ	Czech Republic	Before 1993 use Czechoslovakia (CS)
CS	Czechoslovakia	After 1993 use Czech Republic (CZ) or Slovakia (SO)
DM	Dahomey
KN	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	Used for North Korea (since 1950); use Republic of Korea (KO) for South Korea and Korea (K) for period before 1950
VN	Democratic Republic of Vietnam	Used for North Vietnam for period 1954-1976; use Vietnam (V) for the whole of Vietnam (before 1954 and after 1976) and VS for South Vietnam
DK	Denmark
DR	Dominican Republic
EC	Ecuador
UA	Egypt
SL	El Salvador
ER	Eritrea
ES	Estonia	> 1991
ET	Ethiopia
FM	Federated States of Micronesia	ISO code – Caroline Islands etc
FI	Finland
FR	France
GB	Gabon
GM	Gambia
GO	Georgia	> 1991
GE	German Democratic Republic	Used for East Germany 1949-1990; use GW for West Germany and GG for reunified Germany after 1990
GG	German Federal Republic	Used for the reunified Germany from 1990; use GW for West Germany (1949-1990)
GW	German Federal Republic	Used for West Germany 1949-1990; use GE for East Germany and GG for reunified Germany after 1990
G	Germany	Used for German cinema until 1945
GH	Ghana
GI	Gibraltar
GR	Greece
GL	Greenland
GU	Guadeloupe
GA	Guam	No FIAF code – ISO code is GU which conflicts with Guadeloupe
GT	Guatamala
GV	Guinea
GX	Guinea-Bissau
GY	Guyana
HT	Haiti
HO	Honduras
HK	Hong Kong	Still in use; despite official integration in People’s Republic of China (CC) since 1997
HU	Hungary
IC	Iceland
II	India
IO	Indonesia
IR	Iran
IQ	Iraq
	Ireland	see Republic of Ireland
IS	Israel
IT	Italy
IV	Ivory Coast
JM	Jamaica
JA	Japan
JO	Jordan
KA	Kazakhstan	> 1991
KE	Kenya
K	Korea	i.e. before 1950. after 1950 use Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (KN) for North Korea and Republic of Korea (KO) for South Korea
	Korea, North	see Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
	Korea, South	see Republic of Korea
KD	Kurdistan
KU	Kuwait
KI	Kyrgyzstan	> 1991
LS	Laos
LA	Latvia	> 1991
LE	Lebanon
LB	Liberia
LY	Libya
LH	Liechtenstein
LI	Lithuania	> 1991
LU	Luxembourg
ME	Macedonia
MD	Madagascar
MV	Malawi
MY	Malaysia
ML	Mali
MT	Malta
MI	Marshall Islands
MQ	Martinique
MU	Mauritania
MA	Mauritius
MX	Mexico
MO	Moldavia	> 1991
MC	Monaco
MP	Mongolia
MN	Montenegro	Used for independant state since 2006; for period 2003-2006 use Serbia-Montenegro (SM)
MR	Morocco
MZ	Mozambique
	Myanmar	see Burma
NM	Namibia
NP	Nepal
NE	Netherlands
NZ	New Zealand
NA	Nicaragua
NG	Niger
NR	Nigeria
NO	Norway
PK	Pakistan
PA	Palestine
PN	Panama
PP	Papua New Guinea
PY	Paraguay
CC	People’s Republic of China	i.e. 1949 to present; before 1949 use China (C)
CF	People’s Republic of the Congo	Not to be confused with Congo (ex-Zaire and former colony of Belgium)
PE	Peru
PH	Philippines
PL	Poland
PO	Portugal
PR	Puerto Rico
IE	Republic of Ireland	Eire
KO	Republic of Korea	Used for South Korea (since 1950); use Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (KN) for North Korea and Korea (K) for period before 1950
VS	Republic of South Vietnam	Used for South Vietnam for period 1954-1976; use Vietnam (V) for the whole of Vietnam (before 1954 and after 1976) and VN for North Vietnam
RM	Romania
RU	Russia	Used for period 1895-1917 (before Russian Revolution) and for independent state since 1991
RW	Rwanda
SU	Saudi Arabia
SG	Senegal
SB	Serbia	Used for independent state since 2006 and also for Kingdom of Serbia before 1918; use Serbia-Montenegro (SE) for period 2003-2006
SE	Serbia-Montenegro	i.e. period 2003-2006; after 2006 use Serbia (SB) or Montenegro (MN)
SR	Sierra Leone
SI	Singapore
SO	Slovakia	> 1993
SV	Slovenia	> 1991
SA	South Africa
	Soviet Union	see Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
SP	Spain
CE	Sri Lanka	Ceylon
SJ	Sudan
SN	Surinam
SW	Sweden
SZ	Switzerland
TZ	Taiwan
TA	Tajikistan	> 1991
TH	Thailand
TR	Trinidad
TI	Tunisia
TU	Turkey
TK	Turkmenistan	> 1991
UG	Uganda
UE	Ukraine	> 1991
UR	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	Used for Soviet Union (1917-1991); use Russia (RU) or other independent states after 1991
TS	United Arab Emirates
UK	United Kingdom
UN	United Nations
US	United States of America
UY	Uruguay
UZ	Uzbekistan
VU	Vanuatu	Created due to film Tanna being a co-production between Australia and Vanuatu. Code used is the ISO standard
VE	Venezuela
V	Vietnam	Used as general entry for the whole of Vietnam (before 1954 and after 1976). Use Democratic Republic of Vietnam (VN) for North Vietnam (1954-1976) and Republic of Vietnam (VS) for South Vietnam (1954-1976)
	Vietnam, North	see Democratic Republic of Vietnam VN
	Vietnam, South	see Republic of South Vietnam VS
WB	West Indies	British West Indies
WS	Western Samoa
YE	Yemen
YU	Yugoslavia	Included Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia, and Slovenia before Oct. 1992; use Serbia-Montenegro for period 2003-2006
	Zaire	see Congo (Zaire) CG
ZA	Zambia
RH	Zimbabwe	Rhodesia

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