Countries, two-letter codes
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ISO 3166 standard, two-letter codes
The classification of countries is used for classifying the nationalities of people in population statistics, for example.
2 January 2023
The Swedish name of Belarus (112) (Vitryssland) was replaced by Belarus.
The misspelling of the swedish name of the United States (840) has been corrected: Förenta Staterna > Förenta staterna.
2 September 2022
The English name of Turkey (792) was replaced by Türkiye.
Côte d'Ivoire (384) is the correct spelling for the English name of the country.
22 April 2022
The following changes have been made to the English names of the countries:
- The English name of Bolivia, Plurinational State of (BO) was replaced by the name Bolivia
- The English name of Timor-Leste (TL) was replaced by the name East Timor
- The English name of Kazakstan (KZ) was replaced by the name Kazakhstan
- The English name of Congo (CG) was replaced by the name Congo (Congo Brazzaville)
- The English name of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (SH) was replaced by the name Saint Helena
- Saint Martin (French Part) (MF), the explanatory text has been added to the Finnish and Swedish names
7 September 2020
The name of Swasiland (748) was changed to Eswatini.
17 May 2019 Great Britain was changed to the standardised format United Kingdom.
15 February 2019 The name of Macedonia was changed to North Macedonia.
The codes of countries are based on the international ISO 3166 standard (International Standard ISO 3166-1. Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions. Fifth edition. 1997.).
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