Country Codes 20 December 1991
International dialing uses country codes from 1 to 3 digits. These are
grouped (usually) according to geographic location. Not all countries can
dial direct to all other overseas codes, but these are the codes by which
a country's telephone network is recognised.
When listing a telephone number in international correspondence, one format
often used lists the country code followed by the area code and local number
digits required to complete the call. For instance, the number (400) 012.3456
in North America would be listed as "+ 1 400 012 3456". The overseas dialing
code would be used then the digits after the "+".
Example: "+44 71 967 1111" would be dialed from North America as
011 + 44 71 967 1111.
Codes marked with '%' mean that this is a country not dialable from
Canada as of March 1990.
INTERNATIONAL DIALING CODES
1 - North America
Canada, USA including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands,
Jamaica, Barbados, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Cayman Islands,
British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Bahamas, Dominica, Dominican
Republic, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Christopher and Nevis,
St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines (Bequia, Mustique,
Prune (Palm) Island, Union Island)
(Trinidad and Tobago [1])
Notes:
Mexico locations with former Zone 1 style area codes (706, 903, 905)
are generally out of service by now. This was only a rigged-up system
to allow dialing to Mexico City and Northwest Mexico from U.S. or Canadian
phones. These are not official (were in use within the U.S. and Canada
*only*) and are now replaced with the overseas dialing system (country code 52).
[1] Trinidad and Tobago has been assigned code 296. The date when this
country code will take effect is unknown.
(2) Country Codes...
Africa
20 - Egypt 232 - Sierra Leone 255 - Tanzania [2]
210 - (reserved Morocco) 233 - Ghana 256 - Uganda
211 - (reserved Morocco) 234 - Nigeria 257 - Burundi
212 - Morocco 235 - Chad % 258 - Mozambique
213 - Algeria 236 - Central African Rep 259 - Zanzibar [2] %
214 - (reserved Algeria) 237 - Cameroon 260 - Zambia
215 - (reserved Algeria) 238 - Cape Verde 261 - Madagascar
216 - Tunisia 239 - Sao Tome & Principe 262 - Reunion (France)
217 - (reserved Tunisia) 240 - Equatorial Guinea % 263 - Zimbabwe
218 - Libya 241 - Gabonese Republic 264 - Namibia
219 - (reserved Libya) 242 - Congo % 265 - Malawi
220 - Gambia 243 - Zaire 266 - Lesotho
221 - Senegal 244 - Angola 267 - Botswana
222 - Mauritania % 245 - Guinea-Bissau % 268 - Swaziland
223 - Mali 246 - Diego-Garcia % 269 - Comoros & Mayotte
224 - Guinea 247 - Ascension 27 - South Africa
225 - Cote d'Ivoire 248 - Seychelles 290 - St Helena [3]
226 - Burkina Faso 249 - Sudan 295 - San Marino [4] %
227 - Niger 250 - Rwandese Republic 296 - Trinidad/Tobago % [5]
228 - Togolese Republic 251 - Ethiopia 297 - Aruba [6]
229 - Benin 252 - Somalia % 298 - Faroe Islands [7]
230 - Mauritius 253 - Djibouti 299 - Greenland [8]
231 - Liberia 254 - Kenya
Unknown or unassigned:
280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289
290, 291, 292, 293, 294.
Notes:
[2] Zanzibar is routed via Tanzania as + 255 54, though the
country code 259 is assigned for Zanzibar.
[3] St Helena is a code found in service under British Telecom.
It may not be an official assignment much as it would be a
hack used by BT to provide overseas service to that point.
[4] San Marino will be split from Italy's country code (was 39).
[5] Trinidad and Tobago are new with country code 296, moving out of
North American area code 809 (ie. + 1 809). The date when this
country code takes effect is unknown.
[6] Aruba got its own country code when it formally became independent
of the Netherlands Antilles 1st January 1986.
[7] was under Norway
[8] Greenland (country code 299) is supposed to be in the part of the world
where country codes begin with 3 or 4 (Europe). However, since all those
codes are used up, 299 is as close to 3 or 4 as possible. Country codes
beginning with 5 are also all gone.
(3) Country Codes...
International Dialing Country Codes (continued)
Europe
30 - Greece 355 - Albania 41 - Switzerland,
31 - Netherlands 356 - Malta Liechtenstein [12]
32 - Belgium 357 - Cyprus 42 - Czechoslovakia
33 - Andorra, France, 358 - Finland 43 - Austria
Monaco [9] 359 - Bulgaria 44 - United Kingdom
34 - Spain 36 - Hungary 45 - Denmark
350 - Gibraltar 37 - East Germany [10] 46 - Sweden
351 - Portugal 38 - Yugoslavia 47 - Norway
352 - Luxembourg 39 - Italy, San Marino, 48 - Poland
353 - Eire (Irish Rep) Vatican City [10] 49 - West Germany
354 - Iceland 40 - Romania %
All codes beginning with 3 or 4 have been assigned at this time.
Notes:
[9] Andorra: + 33 628, Monaco: + 33 93
[10] Still active, even though the Germanies are now united; it is likely
that country code 37 will be taken out of service as the telephone
system in a united Germany will be organised under country code 49
[11] San Marino: + 39 541, but moving to country code 295 at some unknown date
Vatican City: + 39 66982
[12] Liechtenstein: + 41 75
South & Central America
500 - Falkland Islands % 51 - Peru 592 - Guyana
501 - Belize 52 - Mexico 593 - Ecuador
502 - Guatemala 53 - Cuba [13] 594 - Guiana (French)
503 - El Salvador 54 - Argentina 595 - Paraguay
504 - Honduras 55 - Brazil 596 - Martinique [15]
505 - Nicaragua 56 - Chile 597 - Suriname
506 - Costa Rica 57 - Colombia 598 - Uruguay
507 - Panama 58 - Venezuela 599 - Netherlands Antilles
508 - St Pierre&Miquelon 590 - Guadeloupe [14] Antilles [16]
509 - Haiti 591 - Bolivia
All codes beginning with 5 have been assigned at this time.
Notes:
[13] Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base: + 53 99, a special hack dialable from USA
[14] includes French Antilles: St Barthelemy, St Martin, Guadeloupe
[15] should now be onlyu Martinique; was all of French Antilles
[16] includes Saint Maarten, Saba, Statia, Curacao, Bonaire
(4) Country Codes...
South Pacific
60 - Malaysia 673 - Brunei Darussalm 686 - Kiribati, Gilbert Is
61 - Australia 674 - Nauru % 687 - New Caldonia
62 - Indonesia 675 - Papua New Guinea 688 - Tuvalu, Ellice Is %
63 - Philippines 676 - Tonga (Saipan?)
64 - New Zealand 677 - Solomon Islands 689 - French Polynesia
65 - Singapore 678 - Vanuatu [18] 690 - Tokelan
66 - Thailand 679 - Fiji Islands 691 - F.S. of Micronesia
670 - Marianna Isl. [17] 680 - Palau % 692 - Marshall Islands
671 - Guam 681 - Wallis & Fortuna %
672 - Austr. Extrn. Ter.: 682 - Cook Islands
Christmas Island, 683 - Niue Island %
Cocos Islands, 684 - American Samoa
Norfolk Island 685 - Western Samoa
Unknown or unused: 693, 694, 695, 696, 697, 698, 699
Notes:
[17] that is, Northern Mariana Islands, or Saipan
[18] or New Hebrides
Soviet Union
7 - USSR
Note:
It may not be possible to dial that many places within the Soviet Union,
even where direct dialing facilities are available. In other words,
there may be access to Moscow and perhaps a few other cities, but there
may be many cities that remain inaccessible through overseas dialing.
(5) Country Codes...
International Dialing Country Codes (continued)
East Asia (plus Inmarsat/Marisat)
81 - Japan 855 - Cambodia 874 - Inmarsat (Atl. W) [19]
82 - South Korea 856 - Laos 878 - reserved [20]
84 - Vietnam % 86 - China 879 - reserved [20]
850 - North Korea 871 - Inmarsat (Atl E) [19] 880 - Bangladesh [21]
852 - Hong Kong 872 - Inmarsat (Pacific) 886 - Taiwan [21]
853 - Macao 873 - Inmarsat (Indian)
Unknown or unused: 800 [22],
801, 802, 803, 804, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809,
830, 831, 832, 833, 834, 835, 836, 837, 838, 839,
851, 854, 857, 858, 859,
881, 882, 883, 884, 885, 887, 888, 889,
890, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895, 896, 897, 898, 899
Unknown or unused, but reserved for Maritime Mobile service:
870, 875, 876, 877
Notes:
[19] 874 is a new assignment as INMARSAT is putting a fourth satellite
into service, and adjusting its zones accordingly. This is to
allow for new land-based services on the INMARSAT network, particularly
in North America. 874 will become Atlantic Ocean Region West, while
871 will be for Atlantic Ocean Region East.
[20] Reserved for national mobile/maritime uses in various countries
[21] By CCITT policy, no more country codes of the 880-889 series are
supposed to be assigned until all other country codes beginning
with 8 have been taken. 886 for Taiwan is an unofficial code used
for access to Taiwan. The "People's" Republic of China, on the
other hand, has assigned Taiwan access via country code 866
(presumably + 86 6, through China).
[22] There is some discussion in CCITT circles that the 800 country
code could be established as an international-access toll free
service. This is subject to a formal proposal and CCITT approval,
however.
Middle East
90 - Turkey 962 - Jordan 971 - United Arab Emirates
91 - India 963 - Syria 972 - Israel
92 - Pakistan 964 - Iraq 973 - Bahrain
93 - Afghanistan % 965 - Kuwait 974 - Qatar
94 - Sri Lanka 966 - Saudi Arabia 976 - Mongolia %
95 - Myanmar (Burma) 967 - Yemen Arab Rep 977 - Nepal
960 - Maldives 968 - Oman 98 - Iran
961 - Lebanon 969 - Yemen Dem Rep % [23]
Unused or Unknown: 970, 975, 978, 979,
990, 991, 992, 993, 994, 995, 996, 997, 998, 999
Notes:
[23] with the unification of the Yemen republics, it appears that this
country code will no longer be needed, as 967 Yemen Arab Republic
code will likely take over. In the meantime, the dialing procedures
remain as if Yemen were still separate countries, at least until
the telephone system can be unified.
No country codes begin with '0'.
(continued...)
(6) Country Codes...
There would be 197 assigned country codes, with 8 codes reserved (210, 211,
214, 215, 217, 219, 878, 879). 77 more standard country codes can be assigned
(assuming that 2 digit codes aren't split up into 3 digit codes, etc), not
including the 4 unassigned/unknown mobile/marisat codes in the 87x series.
Approximately 21 country codes are not dialable from Canada as of
December 1991 (including any country codes yet to be placed into service
like Trinidad & Tobago). The most recent to be in service from Canada
are 224 Guinea, 231 Liberia and 232 Sierra Leone. 355 Albania was recently
made available for dialing, the result of reforms in that country. Romania
(40) seemed to have been active for some time, but is presently
unavailable as a dialable country. Also recently added were 233 Ghana,
253 Djibouti, 258 Mozambique, 264 Namibia, and 95 Myanmar (Burma).
There are signs that 296 Trinidad and Tobago may be placed into service
soon from Canada. From a payphone, it cost $16.30 (in March 1991) for
a 3-minute call to Myanmar/Burma from Canada. Ghana is a relative
bargain at $7.95 for 3 minutes. Don't even think of trying to use
coins for an Inmarsat call ($36 or more for the three minutes).
Thanks go to those who discussed the country codes on Telecom Digest,
a service avaialable through Usenet and other places. In particular,
information from John Covert, Mike Grant, Dolf Grunbauer, John Levine,
Chris Johnston and undoubtedly others of this newsgroup has been helpful
in the updating of this list.
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