This is a list of FIPS

Federal Information Processing Standard

A Federal Information Processing Standard is a publicly announced standardization developed by the United States federal government for use in computer systems by all non-military government agencies and by government contractors, when properly invoked and tailored on a contract...

 10-4 country code

Country code

Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical codes developed to represent countries and dependent areas, for use in data processing and communications. Several different systems have been developed to do this. The best known of these is ISO 3166-1...

s for Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions.

The two-letter country codes were used by the US government for geographical data processing in many publications, such as the CIA World Factbook. The standard is also known as DAFIF

DAFIF

DAFIF or the Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File is a complete and comprehensive database of up-to-date aeronautical data, including information on airports, airways, airspaces, navigation data and other facts relevant to flying in the entire world, managed by the National...

 0413 ed 7 Amdt. No. 3 (Nov 2003) and as DIA 65-18 (Defense Intelligence Agency

Defense Intelligence Agency

The Defense Intelligence Agency is a member of the Intelligence Community of the United States, and is the central producer and manager of military intelligence for the United States Department of Defense, employing over 16,500 U.S. military and civilian employees worldwide...

, 1994, "Geopolitical Data Elements and Related Features").

The FIPS 10-4 codes were similar to (but sometimes incompatible with) the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest...

 country codes. The standard also included codes for the top-level subdivision of the countries, similar to but usually incompatible with the ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , and defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1...

 standard. The ISO 3166 codes are used by the United Nations and for Internet top-level country code domains.

Non-sovereign entities are in italics.

On September 2, 2008, FIPS 10-4 was one of ten standards withdrawn by NIST as a Federal Information Processing Standard

Federal Information Processing Standard

A Federal Information Processing Standard is a publicly announced standardization developed by the United States federal government for use in computer systems by all non-military government agencies and by government contractors, when properly invoked and tailored on a contract...

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A

Code	Short-form name
AA	Aruba
AC	Antigua and Barbuda
AE	United Arab Emirates
AF	Afghanistan
AG	Algeria
AJ	Azerbaijan
AL	Albania
AM	Armenia
AN	Andorra
AO	Angola
AQ	American Samoa
AR	Argentina
AS	Australia
AS	Ashmore and Cartier Islands
AT	Austria
AV	Anguilla
AX	'
AY	Antarctica

B

Code	Short-form name
BA	Bahrain
BB	Barbados
BC	Botswana
BD	Bermuda
BE	Belgium
BF
BG	Bangladesh
BH	Belize
BK	Bosnia and Herzegovina
BL	Bolivia
BM	Myanmar
BN	Benin
BO	Belarus
BP	Solomon Islands
BQ	Navassa Island
BR	Brazil
BS	Bassas da India Bassas da India Bassas da India is part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. It is an uninhabited, roughly circular atoll about in diameter, which corresponds to a total size of . It is located in the southern Mozambique Channel, about half-way between Madagascar and Mozambique, and northwest of...
BT	Bhutan
BU	Kingdom of Bulgaria
BV	Bouvet Island
BX	Brunei
BY	Burundi

C

Code	Short-form name
CA	Canada
CB	Cambodia
CD	Chad
CE	Sri Lanka
CF
CG
CH
CI	Chile
CJ	Cayman Islands
CK	Cocos (Keeling) Islands
CM	Cameroon
CN	Comoros
CO	Colombia
CQ	Northern Mariana Islands
CR	Coral Sea Islands
CS	Costa Rica
CT	Central African Republic
CU	Cuba
CV	Cape Verde
CW	Cook Islands
CY	Cyprus

D

Code	Short-form name
DA	Denmark
DJ	Djibouti
DO	Dominica
DQ	Jarvis Island
DR	Dominican Republic
DX	'

E

Code	Short-form name
EC	Ecuador
EG	Egypt
EI
EK	Equatorial Guinea
EN	Estonia
ER	Eritrea
ES	El Salvador
ET	Ethiopia
EU	Europa Island Europa Island Europa Island is a 28 km² low-lying tropical island in the Mozambique Channel, about a third of the way from southern Madagascar to southern Mozambique, at . It has 22.2 kilometres of coastline, but no ports or harbours. Anchorage is possible offshore...
EZ	Czech Republic

F

Code	Short-form name
FG	French Guiana
FI	Finland
FJ	Fiji
FK	'
FM
FO	Faroe Islands
FP	French Polynesia
FQ	Baker Island
FR	Early Modern France
FS	French Southern Territories

G

Code	Short-form name
GA
GB	Gabon
GG	Georgia (country)
GH	Ghana
GI	Gibraltar
GJ	Grenada
GK	Guernsey
GL	Greenland
GM	Germany
GO	Glorioso Islands Glorioso Islands The Glorieuses or Glorioso Islands are a group of French islands and rocks totalling , at , in the northern Mozambique channel, about northwest of Madagascar. The Glorieuses have an Exclusive Economic Zone of...
GP	Guadeloupe
GQ	Guam
GR	Greece
GT	Guatemala
GV	Guinea
GY	Guyana
GZ	Gaza Strip

H

Code	Short-form name
HA	Haiti
HK	Hong Kong
HM	Heard Island and McDonald Islands
HO	Honduras
HQ	Howland Island
HR	Independent State of Croatia
HU	Hungary

I

Code	Short-form name
IC	Iceland
ID	Indonesia
IM	Isle of Man
IN	India
IO	British Indian Ocean Territory
IP	Clipperton Island
IR	Iran
IS	Israel
IT	Italy
IV	Côte d'Ivoire
IZ	Iraq

J

Code	Short-form name
JA	Japan
JE	Jersey
JM	Jamaica
JN	Jan Mayen
JO	Jordan
JQ	Johnston Atoll
JU	Juan de Nova Island Juan de Nova Island Juan de Nova Island is a low, flat, tropical island in the narrowest part of the Mozambique Channel, about one-third of the way between Madagascar and Mozambique at...

K

Code	Short-form name
KE	Kenya
KG	Kyrgyzstan
KN
KQ	Kingman Reef
KR	Kiribati
KS
KT	Christmas Island
KU	Kuwait
KV	Republic of Kosovo
KZ	Kazakhstan

L

Code	Short-form name
LA	Laos
LE	Lebanon
LG	Latvia
LH	Lithuania
LI	Liberia
LO	Slovakia
LQ	Palmyra Atoll
LS	Liechtenstein
LT	Lesotho
LU	Luxembourg
LY	Libya

M

Code	Short-form name
MA	Madagascar
MB	Martinique
MC	Macau
MD	Moldova
MF	Mayotte
MG	Mongolia
MH	Montserrat
MI	Malawi
MJ	Kingdom of Montenegro
MK	Republic of Macedonia
ML	Mali
MN	Monaco
MO	Morocco
MP	Mauritius
MQ	'
MR	Mauritania
MT	Malta
MU	Oman
MV	Maldives
MX	Mexico
MY	Malaysia
MZ	Mozambique

N

Code	Short-form name
NC	New Caledonia
NE	Niue
NF	Norfolk Island
NG	Niger
NH	Vanuatu
NI	Nigeria
NL	Netherlands
NN	Sint Maarten
NO	Norway
NP	Nepal
NR	Nauru
NS	Suriname
NU	Nicaragua
NZ	New Zealand

O

Code	Short-form name
OD

P

Code	Short-form name
PA	Paraguay
PC	Pitcairn Islands
PE	Peru
PF	Paracel Islands Paracel Islands The Paracel Islands, also called Xisha Islands in Chinese and Hoàng Sa Islands in Vietnamese, is a group of islands under the administration of Hainan Province, The People's Republic of China. Vietnam and the Republic of China also claim sovereignty of these islands...
PG	Spratly Islands Spratly Islands The Spratly Islands are a group of more than 750 reefs, islets, atolls, cays and islands in the South China Sea. The archipelago lies off the coasts of the Philippines and Malaysia , about one third of the way from there to southern Vietnam. They comprise less than four square kilometers of land...
PJ	Etorofu, Habomai, Kunashiri, and Shikotan Islands Kuril Islands dispute The Kuril Islands dispute , also known as the , is a dispute between Japan and Russia over sovereignty over the South Kuril Islands. The disputed islands, which were occupied by Soviet forces during the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation at the end of World War II, are under Russian...
PK	Pakistan
PL	Poland
PM	Panama
PO	Portugal
PP	Papua New Guinea
PS	Palau
PU	Guinea-Bissau

Q

Code	Short-form name
QA	Qatar

R

Code	Short-form name
RE	Réunion
RI	Serbia
RM	Marshall Islands
RN	Saint Martin (France)
RO	Kingdom of Romania
RP	Philippines
RQ	Puerto Rico
RS	Russia
RW	Rwanda

S

Code	Short-form name
SA	Saudi Arabia
SB	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
SC	Saint Kitts and Nevis
SE	Seychelles
SF	South Africa
SG	Senegal
SH	'
SI	Slovenia
SL	Sierra Leone
SM	San Marino
SN	Singapore
SO	Somalia
SP	Spain
ST	Saint Lucia
SU	Sudan
SV	Svalbard
SW	Sweden
SX	'
SY	Syria
SZ	Switzerland

T

Code	Short-form name
TB	'
TD	Trinidad and Tobago
TE	Tromelin Island Tromelin Island Tromelin Island is a low, flat 0.8-square-kilometre island in the Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar . There are no harbours or anchorages and access by sea is difficult. The island has a 1,200-metre airstrip. It is a French territory...
TH	Thailand
TI	Tajikistan
TK	Turks and Caicos Islands
TL	Tokelau
TN	Tonga
TO	Togo
TP
TS	Tunisia
TT
TU	Turkey
TV	Tuvalu
TW
TX	Turkmenistan
TZ	Tanzania

U

Code	Short-form name
UC	Curaçao
UG	Uganda
UK	United Kingdom
UP	Ukraine
US	United States
UV	Burkina Faso
UY	Uruguay
UZ	Uzbekistan

V

Code	Short-form name
VC	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
VE	Venezuela
VI	British Virgin Islands
VM	Vietnam
VQ	United States Virgin Islands
VT	Vatican City

W

Code	Short-form name
WA	Namibia
WE	West Bank
WF	Wallis and Futuna
WI	Western Sahara Western Sahara Western Sahara is a disputed territory in North Africa, bordered by Morocco to the north, Algeria to the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Its surface area amounts to . It is one of the most sparsely populated territories in the world, mainly...
WQ	Wake Island
WS	Samoa
WZ	Swaziland

Y

Code	Short-form name
YM	Yemen

Z

Code	Short-form name
ZA	Zambia
ZI	Zimbabwe

Resources

The complete standard can be found at:

• http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/fip10-4.htm

Updates to the standard (before it was withdrawn in September 2008) are at:

• http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/fips_files.htm.

Updates to the standard since September 2008 are at:

• http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/gazetteers2.html.

• FIPS PUB 10-4: Federal Information Processing Standard 10-4: Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions, April 1995
• DAFIF 0413, Edition 7, Amendment No. 3, November 2003
• DIA 65-18: Defense Intelligence Agency, Geopolitical Data Elements and Related Features, 1994

External links

• UK MOD Ontology Demonstrator – integrates NATO STANAG 1059 codes with ISO3166 and FIPS10-4 codes