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Abbreviations: F.S. Micronesia = FM Federated States of Micronesia;
Au. Ext. Terr. = Australian External Territories [*]
(NF Norfolk Island, plus Australian bases in Antarctica).
The international standard format for writing telephone numbers is + Country City Number. For example, +1 202 456 1111 (Washington, DC, USA) or +44 20 7222 1234 (London, England, UK) or +678 23499 (Vanuatu, no city code). The plus symbol indicates insert your international dialing prefix here. For the U.S. and Canada, it's 011. For most of Europe, it's 00. There are several other prefixes used in various countries around the world. Many mobile phones, especially GSM phones, allow you to store numbers in full international format; the network automatically substitutes the correct prefix for you.
Many countries write domestic telephone numbers including the trunk digit '0' with the city code. In most cases, you must drop the '0' when dialing internationally. For instance, London (020) 7222 1234 becomes +44 20 7222 1234. However, Italy and a few other countries require you to dial the '0'. For instance, Rome (06) 47613317 becomes +39 06 47613317.
The North American Numbering Plan, country code +1, includes the following countries and territories: US United States, CA Canada, AG Antigua & Barbuda (+1 268), AI Anguilla (+1 264), SX Sint Maarten (+1 721), AS American Samoa (+1 684), BB Barbados (+1 246), BM Bermuda (+1 441), BS Bahamas (+1 242), DM Dominica (+1 767), DO Dominican Republic (+1 809 and +1 829 and +1 849), GD Grenada (+1 473), GU Guam (+1 671), JM Jamaica (+1 876), KN Saint Kitts & Nevis (+1 869), KY Cayman Islands (+1 345), LC Saint Lucia (+1 758), MP Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands/CNMI (+1 670), MS Montserrat (+1 664), PR Puerto Rico (+1 787 and +1 939), TC Turks & Caicos Islands (+1 649), TT Trinidad & Tobago (+1 868), VC Saint Vincent & the Grenadines (+1 784), VG British Virgin Islands (+1 284), and VI US Virgin Islands (+1 340). From the U.S. and Canada, dial 1 + area code + number for these countries.
Country code +21 was originally designed to be a unified numbering scheme for +212 MA Morocco, +213 DZ Algeria, +216 TN Tunisia, and +218 LY Libya. Each country had reserved two or three of the +21X codes. However, only the codes shown here are actually in use. In 2011, country code +211 was assigned to the new nation of SS South Sudan; country codes +210, +214, +215, +217, and +219 are unassigned, and no longer reserved for North Africa.
Country code +388 was assigned for the "European Telephone Numbering Space." The intent was to allow companies, primarily within the European Union, to have a single number with a European identity, rather than separate national numbers in the various countries in which they do business. However, due to lack of demand, the project was discontinued in 2009, and the +388 code will be available for reassignment in 2011.
Country code +800 is Universal International Freephone Numbers (UIFN). These numbers are toll-free from any country that participates in the UIFN scheme and from which the number's owner elects to receive calls. The numbers are not the same as 1-800 numbers in North America or 0800 or 1800 or similar numbers in other countries.
Country code +808 is used for international shared-cost services (UISCN). The caller pays a charge typically comparable to a domestic long-distance call, with the called party paying the remainder.
Country code +870 is used for Inmarsat satellite service, primarily for ship-to-shore calls. (Codes +871 through +874 have been discontinued in favor of the single code +870.)
Country codes +875, +876, and +877 are designated for future mobile maritime satellite services.
Country code +878 is used for Universal Personal Telecommunications (UPT) — a global "follow-me" number along the lines of +1 500 within the United States or a British +44 70 (i.e., 070xx) number. The subcode +878 10 is assigned to VISIONng, which is to date the only provider who has applied for numbering resources in +878.
Country code +879 is designated for future "national non-commercial purposes."
Country code +881 is used for satellite mobile phones, with the next digit identifying the operator: 0 or 1 is reserved for ICO Global Communications/Pendrell; 2 or 3 is Ellipso; 6 or 7 is Iridium; and 8 or 9 is Globalstar.
Country code +882 is used for international networks, with the next two digits identifying the carrier. Carriers marked with an asterisk (*) provide regional satellite mobile phones.
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Country code +883 is designated for "international networks," with the next 3 or 4 digits identifying the company.
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Country code +888 is assigned to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) for disaster relief activities. Numbers within +888 should be considered temporary and may be reassigned for a future disaster relief effort.
Country code +979 is for adult-oriented premium numbers, billed at whatever rates the providers choose. Beware any number advertised as 00 979 or 011–979!
Country code +991 is assigned to a trial of a proposed International Telecommunication Public Correspondence Service (ITPCS), whatever that means.
Country code +999 is reserved for an unspecified future global service.
Egypt changed every mobile phone number in the country in 2011. (details • تغير كل رقم الهاتف المحمول في مصر في عام 2011.)
Country code +242
is CG Republic of Congo (République du Congo),
including the capital, Brazzaville.
CG Congo is the smaller nation to the northwest of CD Democratic Republic of Congo.
Country code +243
is CD Democratic Republic of Congo (République Démocratique du Congo),
including the capital, Kinshasa.
CD D.R. Congo, formerly known as Zaire, is the much larger nation to the southeast
of CG Republic of Congo.
Country code
+249
is SD Sudan.
On 2011‑07‑09,
South Sudan split from Sudan, forming a new nation.
Telephone country code
+211
is now in effect for South Sudan.
The new ISO code
and Internet domain
.SS
has been assigned, and will be activated in 2013. DJ Djibouti +253
changed every telephone number in the country, effective
2012‑03‑01. Fixed lines in the city of Djibouti
and surrounding area are prefixed with '21', other regions are
prefixed with '27', and mobiles are prefixed with '77'.
Details in English, French, and
Arabic on the Africa page.
(Nouvelle
numérotation à Djibouti
•
الترقيم الجديد في جيبوتي
)
French Indian Ocean:
Major change!
The French overseas departmental collectivity of
YT Mayotte has separated
telephonically from KM Comoros
(a separate independent nation) under
+269.
Effective 2007‑03‑30,
YT Mayotte shares the
+262 code currently used by
RE Réunion Island,
which is an overseas département of France.
Existing Mayotte landline numbers of the form
+269 xx xx xx moved to
+262 269 xx xx xx;
mobile numbers of the form
+269 xx xx xx moved to
+262 639 xx xx xx.
Existing numbers in Réunion and the Comoros are not affected.
(Renseignements en français
•
معلومات باللغة العربية
)
Kalaallit Nunaat, also known as
GL Greenland or Grønland,
has country code
+299.
Although the +2 zone is primarily for Africa, ITU policy allows
countries or territories in regions with no codes available
(such as the +5 zone where Greenland is located)
to use spare codes from other regions.
Country codes
+297
and +298
were allocated under the same rule. Even though the
+3/+4 zone for Europe
now has spare codes available, there is no plan to move
FO the Faroe Islands from
+298 to a more European code.
VA Vatican City
has been assigned country code
+379,
but has apparently made no progress towards implementing it.
Until further notice, continue to dial the Vatican City using Italy's country code
+39 06 698 xxxxx.
YU Yugoslavia split up, with
BA Bosnia and Herzegovina,
HR Croatia,
MK Republic of Macedonia, and
SI Slovenia
receiving separate country codes, leaving only Serbia and Montenegro.
On 2006‑05‑21,
the Montenegrin people voted to dissolve the union with
RS Serbia, and on
2006‑06‑03,
ME Montenegro declared its independence.
The ISO code of ME
has been assigned for Montenegro, and the ITU
has assigned telephone country code +382.
As of 2007‑10‑01,
use of +382 is mandatory.
Note that all city codes also changed in 2008. Old city codes began with 8;
new city codes begin with 2, 3, 4, or 5. For example, Podgorica is now
+382 20.
Websites are now appearing under
.me,
replacing the old .cg.yu
(CG for Crna Gora, which is Montenegro in Montenegrin).
RS Serbia
retains telephone country code +381,
and has been assigned the new
ISO code RS,
which is now being used on the Internet although a few
.yu sites
remain in use as of 2010‑08‑27.
The ISO code CS
was assigned to replace YU for Serbia and Montenegro,
but it was never implemented.
MK Republic of Macedonia
was known initially as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
to prevent confusion with the adjacent region in
GR Greece.
Country code
+44
for UK United Kingdom
also includes the British crown dependencies of
GG Guernsey
(+44 1481 landlines;
+44 7781 or
+44 7839 or
+44 7911 mobiles),
IM Isle of Man
(+44 1624 landlines;
+44 7524 or
+44 7624 or
+44 7924 mobiles), and
JE Jersey
(+44 1534 landlines;
+44 7509 or
+44 7700 or
+44 7797 or
+44 7829 mobiles).
Mobiles in the UK are in the range
+44 74xx through
+44 79xx.
MX Mexico
requires that calls to mobiles insert the prefix '1' between the country code +52 and the area code. For example, a landline in Guadalajara is +52 33 xxxx xxxx, but a mobile from Guadalajara is +52 1 33 xxxx xxxx.
México requiere que las llamadas a móviles inserar el
prefijo '1' entre el código del país
+52 y la clave LADA (el indicativo regional).
Por ejemplo, para llamar a un teléfono fijo a Guadalajara, marque
+52 33 xxxx xxxx,
pero para llamar a un móvil guadalajarense, marque
+52 1 33 xxxx xxxx.
GP Guadeloupe covers the French Caribbean islands
of Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and Les Saintes. The islands
of BL Saint-Barthélemy and MF Saint-Martin have separated
politically from Guadeloupe, but continue to use +590 and .gp for the time being.
SX Sint Maarten:
The Dutch side of the Caribbean island of Saint Martin changed from
+599 5 to
+1 721 5.
The change was originally to take effect
2010‑05‑31,
but was postponed to 2011‑09‑30,
mandatory 2012‑03‑31.
At present, all 7‑digit local numbers in Sint Maarten begin
with the number '5'; all former numbers beginning with
+599 5
must now be dialed using North American area code
+1 721, but other numbers
in +599 are not affected.
The French side of Saint-Martin remains in
+590,
and the other islands of the former
AN Netherlands Antilles
remain in +599.
Other changes are underway with the dissolution of
AN Netherlands Antilles
as a political entity.
AW Aruba
(+297)
left the N.A. on
1986‑01‑01
to form a separate constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands;
CW Curaçao and
SX Sint Maarten did the same on
2010‑10‑10,
on which date
(BQ) the BES islands
(Bonaire, Sint Eustasius, and Saba)
became municipalities in the province of Noord-Holland.
The new ISO country code
(BQ)
is not yet in use for the Internet, but should be activated in 2013.
Until further notice, continue to use
.an
for the BES islands.
Country codes
+670 and
+671 were
previously used for
MP the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
(CNMI; includes Saipan and Tinian) and
GU Guam,
which have now joined the North American Numbering Plan
(country code +1).
You must now use +1 670
for CNMI and +1 671 for Guam.
(The new North American area codes match the previous international country codes.)
Country code +670 is now
in use by TL Timor-Leste (East Timor),
which declared its independence from ID Indonesia
after two decades of occupation.
All landline numbers in Timor-Leste are 7 digits with no
city code or area code. Effective 2012‑07‑31,
7-digit mobile numbers beginning with +670 7 add an
additional 7 to the beginning of the subscriber number;
i.e., +670 77. New mobile numbers in the range
+670 78 have also been added.
Australian External Territories, country code
+672,
includes NF Norfolk Island and the
Australian bases in Antarctica. It once included
CC Cocos Islands
(+61 8 9162) and
CX Christmas Island
(+61 8 9164),
but those territories have been integrated into
+61
with AU Australia,
with numbers of the form
+61 8 916X XXXX.
AS American Samoa,
a U.S. territory in the Pacific Ocean, moved from
+684 to
+1 684,
mandatory as of 2005‑04‑02.
(From North America, 011-684
changed to 1-684.)
Country code +684
is now available for reassignment.
(Please note that the change for American Samoa does not affect
WS the Independent State of Samoa,
formerly known as Western Samoa, which retains country code
+685.)
New country codes have been
assigned for several European microstates in the
+37X range,
and for several Asian former Soviet republics in the
+99X range.
So far, it appears that
KZ Kazakhstan has no plans
to split from +7.
Italy, and possibly other countries, formerly used
country code +851
(officially unassigned) for
DO Dominican Republic
(+1 809 &
+1 829 &
+1 849),
BM Bermuda
(+1 441),
PR Puerto Rico
(+1 787 &
+1 939), and
VI U.S. Virgin Islands
(+1 340).
Country code +854
was also used for AI Anguilla
(+1 264),
BB Barbados
(+1 246), and
JM Jamaica
(+1 876).
However, the correct codes are as shown above.
All other countries or territories formerly in
+1 809
(in the Caribbean region)
now have their own unique area codes within country code
+1.
DO Dominican Republic
is sometimes erroneously referred to as
"country code 809" —
but in fact it is country code 1; city codes 809, 829, and 849.
Country code +809 is unassigned.
The
Republic of China (TW Taiwan)
is officially recognized by the ITU as a part of
CN the People's Republic of China.
The country code +886
is designated as "Taiwan, China,"
as opposed to the designation of
+86
as "China (People's Republic of)."
However, calls to Taiwan — including calls originating
from the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, or Macau —
are routed using country code
+886,
as shown in the table above.
(The +86 6 numbering space
in China's numbering plan was previously reserved for Taiwan,
although China has now released those numbers for assignment
on the mainland.)
HK Hong Kong was politically united
with the PRC on 1997‑07‑01;
all indications are that China has no plans to change the numbering for
Hong Kong in the foreseeable future.
MO Macau was united with the PRC on
1999‑12‑20,
but also retains its separate country code.
Country code
+970
has been implemented for the areas controlled by
PS the Palestinian Authority
in the West Bank and Gaza. Details remain sketchy.
For the foreseeable future, areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority
may be dialed by simply substituting
+970 for the
Israeli code +972,
using the same city code and local number. At some point in the future,
the Palestinians may undertake a renumbering of codes under
+970.
The name of each country or territory is preceded by its ISO two-letter
country code. In most cases, this two-letter code corresponds to the national
top-level Internet domain; for example, Turkey has the .tr domain.
Thus, you can find both the telephone country code and the e-mail country code here.
Note that a few of the ISO country codes are not yet in use for the Internet:
EH Western Sahara, PM Saint Pierre & Miquelon,
WF Wallis & Futuna Islands, and YT Mayotte.
Russia continues to use .su
for some websites, almost 20 years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Also, for purposes other than the Internet, the ISO code of
GB for Great Britain is used for the United Kingdom.
(For example, GBP is the currency code for British pounds.)
Other Internet top-level domains not listed above:
Several countries have been assigned Internet domains in addition
to those shown here, including domain names in other alphabets or character sets.
بلد
+249
متاحة
السودان.
في
2011‑07‑09،
أعلن
جنوب السودان
استقلالها
عن
السودان،
وتشكيل
دولة
جديدة.
الهاتف رمز البلد
+211
الآن في الواقع لجنوب السودان.
البلد
ايزو
جديدة
متاحة
SS،
وسيتم
تفعيل
شبكة الإنترنت
.ss
نطاق
المستوى
الأعلى
في
عام
2013.
Internet notes:
| Country | Domain | Romanized | Character Set |
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| Jordan | .الاردن | .al-ordon | Arabic alphabet |
| Saudi Arabia | .السعودية | .al-saudia | Arabic alphabet |
| United Arab Emirates | .امارات | .emarat | Arabic alphabet |
| Iran | .ایران | .iran | Arabic alphabet |
| Tunisia | .تونس | .tunis | Arabic alphabet |
| Palestine | .فلسطين | .filastin | Arabic alphabet |
| Egypt | .مصر | .masr | Arabic alphabet |
| Russian Federation | .рф | .rf | Cyrillic alphabet |
| People's Republic of China |
.中国 | .zhongguo | Chinese (simplified) |
| .中國 | Chinese (traditional) | ||
| Republic of China (Taiwan) |
.台湾 | .taiwan | Chinese (simplified) |
| .台灣 | Chinese (traditional) | ||
| Hong Kong | .香港 | .hongkong | Chinese |
| Sri Lanka | .ලංකා | .lanka | Sinhala |
| .இலங்கை | .ilangai | Tamil | |
| Thailand | .ไทย | .thai | Thai |
| Syria (proposed) | .سوريا | .suriya | Arabic alphabet |
| Qatar (proposed) | .قطر | .qatar | Arabic alphabet |
| Israel (proposed) | .ישראל | .yishrael | Hebrew alphabet |
| Bulgaria (proposed) | .бг | .bg | Cyrillic alphabet |
| Ukraine (proposed) | .укр | .ukr | Cyrillic alphabet |
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The LincMad.com site also has a map of Africa with telephone country and city codes, and Internet country codes, in multiple languages.
Additional information about international country codes and other numbering issues is available from the World Telephone Numbering Guide (WTNG), maintained by Dave Leibold. The NumberPlan.org site also provides extensive information on country codes and some city codes, as well as some number ranges specifically for mobile telephony in various countries.
HowToCallAbroad.com also has simple instructions for calling from wherever you are to almost anywhere in the world, with listings of major city codes for most countries and links to comprehensive listings. Planet Numbers is a British site that also lists country codes and major city codes, along with instructions for using cheaper "dialaround" numbers to place international calls from the U.K.
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