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'''ISO 3166-1 alpha-3''' [[code]]s are three-letter [[country code]]s defined in [[ISO 3166-1]], part of the [[ISO 3166]] [[standardization|standard]] published by the [[International Organization for Standardization]] (ISO), to represent [[country|countries]], [[dependent territory|dependent territories]], and special areas of geographical interest. They allow a better visual association between the codes and the country names than the two-letter [[ISO 3166-1 alpha-2|alpha-2]] codes (the third set of codes are [[ISO 3166-1 numeric|numeric]] and hence offers no visual association).<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/iso_3166-faqs/iso_3166_faqs_general.htm| title=ISO 3166 &ndash; FAQs &ndash; General questions| publisher=International Organization for Standardization (ISO)}}</ref> They were first included as part of the ISO 3166 standard in its first edition in 1974.

==Uses and applications==
The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes are used most prominently in ISO/[[International Electrotechnical Commission|IEC]] 7501-1 for [[machine-readable passport]]s, as standardized by the [[International Civil Aviation Organization]], with a number of additional codes for special passports; some of these codes are currently [[#Codes currently agreed not to use|reserved and not used at the present stage]] in ISO 3166-1.<ref name="icao">{{cite web| url=http://www.airports.org/aci/aci/file/ACI_Priorities/Security/ICAO%20State%203%20letter%20codes.pdf| title=Appendix 7 to Section IV &ndash; Three-letter codes| work=Doc 9303, Machine Readable Travel Documents, Part I &ndash; Machine Readable Passports, Volume I &ndash; Passports with Machine Readable Data Stored in Optical Character Recognition Format| pages=IV-43–IV-46| publisher=International Civil Aviation Organization}}</ref>

The [[United Nations]] uses a combination of ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 and alpha-3 codes, along with codes that pre-date the creation of ISO 3166, for [[List of international vehicle registration codes|international vehicle registration codes]], which are codes used to identify the issuing country of a vehicle registration plate; some of these codes are currently [[#Indeterminate reservations|indeterminately reserved]] in ISO 3166-1.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.unece.org/trans/conventn/Distsigns.pdf| title=Distinguishing signs used on vehicles in international traffic| publisher=United Nations Economic Commission for Europe}}</ref>

==Current codes==
===Officially assigned code elements===<!--This section is linked from [[ISO 3166-1]]-->
The following is a complete list of the current officially assigned ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes, using the English short country names officially used by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA):<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/iso_3166_code_lists/english_country_names_and_code_elements.htm| title=English country names and code elements| publisher=ISO}}</ref>

{| style="background:transparent;" cellspacing="10" cellpadding="0"
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|<!--1st column-->
{| style="background:transparent;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
| style="width:2.5em;" | <tt>ABW</tt> || [[Aruba]]</tr>
| <tt>AFG</tt> || [[Afghanistan]]</tr>
| <tt>AGO</tt> || [[Angola]]</tr>
| <tt>AIA</tt> || [[Anguilla]]</tr>
| <tt>ALA</tt> || [[Åland Islands]]</tr>
| <tt>ALB</tt> || [[Albania]]</tr>
| <tt>AND</tt> || [[Andorra]]</tr>
| <tt>ANT</tt> || [[Netherlands Antilles]]</tr>
| <tt>ARE</tt> || [[United Arab Emirates]]</tr>
| <tt>ARG</tt> || [[Argentina]]</tr>
| <tt>ARM</tt> || [[Armenia]]</tr>
| <tt>ASM</tt> || [[American Samoa]]</tr>
| <tt>ATA</tt> || [[Antarctica]]</tr>
| <tt>ATF</tt> || [[French Southern and Antarctic Lands|French Southern Territories]]</tr>
| <tt>ATG</tt> || [[Antigua and Barbuda]]</tr>
| <tt>AUS</tt> || [[Australia]]</tr>
| <tt>AUT</tt> || [[Austria]]</tr>
| <tt>AZE</tt> || [[Azerbaijan]]</tr>
| <tt>BDI</tt> || [[Burundi]]</tr>
| <tt>BEL</tt> || [[Belgium]]</tr>
| <tt>BEN</tt> || [[Benin]]</tr>
| <tt>BFA</tt> || [[Burkina Faso]]</tr>
| <tt>BGD</tt> || [[Bangladesh]]</tr>
| <tt>BGR</tt> || [[Bulgaria]]</tr>
| <tt>BHR</tt> || [[Bahrain]]</tr>
| <tt>BHS</tt> || [[The Bahamas|Bahamas]]</tr>
| <tt>BIH</tt> || [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]</tr>
| <tt>BLM</tt> || [[Saint Barthélemy]]</tr>
| <tt>BLR</tt> || [[Belarus]]</tr>
| <tt>BLZ</tt> || [[Belize]]</tr>
| <tt>BMU</tt> || [[Bermuda]]</tr>
| <tt>BOL</tt> || [[Bolivia|Bolivia, Plurinational State of]]</tr>
| <tt>BRA</tt> || [[Brazil]]</tr>
| <tt>BRB</tt> || [[Barbados]]</tr>
| <tt>BRN</tt> || [[Brunei|Brunei Darussalam]]</tr>
| <tt>BTN</tt> || [[Bhutan]]</tr>
| <tt>BVT</tt> || [[Bouvet Island]]</tr>
| <tt>BWA</tt> || [[Botswana]]</tr>
| <tt>CAF</tt> || [[Central African Republic]]</tr>
| <tt>CAN</tt> || [[Canada]]</tr>
| <tt>CCK</tt> || [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands]]</tr>
| <tt>CHE</tt> || [[Switzerland]]</tr>
| <tt>CHL</tt> || [[Chile]]</tr>
| <tt>CHN</tt> || [[People's Republic of China|China]]</tr>
| <tt>CIV</tt> || [[Côte d'Ivoire]]</tr>
| <tt>CMR</tt> || [[Cameroon]]</tr>
| <tt>COD</tt> || [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo, the Democratic Republic of the]]</tr>
| <tt>COG</tt> || [[Republic of the Congo|Congo]]</tr>
| <tt>COK</tt> || [[Cook Islands]]</tr>
| <tt>COL</tt> || [[Colombia]]</tr>
| <tt>COM</tt> || [[Comoros]]</tr>
| <tt>CPV</tt> || [[Cape Verde]]</tr>
| <tt>CRI</tt> || [[Costa Rica]]</tr>
| <tt>CUB</tt> || [[Cuba]]</tr>
| <tt>CXR</tt> || [[Christmas Island]]</tr>
| <tt>CYM</tt> || [[Cayman Islands]]</tr>
| <tt>CYP</tt> || [[Cyprus]]</tr>
| <tt>CZE</tt> || [[Czech Republic]]</tr>
| <tt>DEU</tt> || [[Germany]]</tr>
| <tt>DJI</tt> || [[Djibouti]]</tr>
| <tt>DMA</tt> || [[Dominica]]</tr>
| <tt>DNK</tt> || [[Denmark]]</tr>
| <tt>DOM</tt> || [[Dominican Republic]]</tr>
| <tt>DZA</tt> || [[Algeria]]</tr>
| <tt>ECU</tt> || [[Ecuador]]</tr>
| <tt>EGY</tt> || [[Egypt]]</tr>
| <tt>ERI</tt> || [[Eritrea]]</tr>
| <tt>ESH</tt> || [[Western Sahara]]</tr>
| <tt>ESP</tt> || [[Spain]]</tr>
| <tt>EST</tt> || [[Estonia]]</tr>
| <tt>ETH</tt> || [[Ethiopia]]</tr>
| <tt>FIN</tt> || [[Finland]]</tr>
| <tt>FJI</tt> || [[Fiji]]</tr>
| <tt>FLK</tt> || [[Falkland Islands|Falkland Islands (Malvinas)]]</tr>
| <tt>FRA</tt> || [[France]]</tr>
| <tt>FRO</tt> || [[Faroe Islands]]</tr>
| <tt>FSM</tt> || [[Federated States of Micronesia|Micronesia, Federated States of]]</tr>
| <tt>GAB</tt> || [[Gabon]]</tr>
| <tt>GBR</tt> || [[United Kingdom]]</tr>
| <tt>GEO</tt> || [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]</tr>
| <tt>GGY</tt> || [[Guernsey]]</tr>
| <tt>GHA</tt> || [[Ghana]]</tr>
|}
|<!--2nd column-->
{| style="background:transparent;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
| style="width:2.5em;" | <tt>GIB</tt> || [[Gibraltar]]</tr>
| <tt>GIN</tt> || [[Guinea]]</tr>
| <tt>GLP</tt> || [[Guadeloupe]]</tr>
| <tt>GMB</tt> || [[The Gambia|Gambia]]</tr>
| <tt>GNB</tt> || [[Guinea-Bissau]]</tr>
| <tt>GNQ</tt> || [[Equatorial Guinea]]</tr>
| <tt>GRC</tt> || [[Greece]]</tr>
| <tt>GRD</tt> || [[Grenada]]</tr>
| <tt>GRL</tt> || [[Greenland]]</tr>
| <tt>GTM</tt> || [[Guatemala]]</tr>
| <tt>GUF</tt> || [[French Guiana]]</tr>
| <tt>GUM</tt> || [[Guam]]</tr>
| <tt>GUY</tt> || [[Guyana]]</tr>
| <tt>HKG</tt> || [[Hong Kong]]</tr>
| <tt>HMD</tt> || [[Heard Island and McDonald Islands]]</tr>
| <tt>HND</tt> || [[Honduras]]</tr>
| <tt>HRV</tt> || [[Croatia]]</tr>
| <tt>HTI</tt> || [[Haiti]]</tr>
| <tt>HUN</tt> || [[Hungary]]</tr>
| <tt>IDN</tt> || [[Indonesia]]</tr>
| <tt>IMN</tt> || [[Isle of Man]]</tr>
| <tt>IND</tt> || [[India]]</tr>
| <tt>IOT</tt> || [[British Indian Ocean Territory]]</tr>
| <tt>IRL</tt> || [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]</tr>
| <tt>IRN</tt> || [[Iran|Iran, Islamic Republic of]]</tr>
| <tt>IRQ</tt> || [[Iraq]]</tr>
| <tt>ISL</tt> || [[Iceland]]</tr>
| <tt>ISR</tt> || [[Israel]]</tr>
| <tt>ITA</tt> || [[Italy]]</tr>
| <tt>JAM</tt> || [[Jamaica]]</tr>
| <tt>JEY</tt> || [[Jersey]]</tr>
| <tt>JOR</tt> || [[Jordan]]</tr>
| <tt>JPN</tt> || [[Japan]]</tr>
| <tt>KAZ</tt> || [[Kazakhstan]]</tr>
| <tt>KEN</tt> || [[Kenya]]</tr>
| <tt>KGZ</tt> || [[Kyrgyzstan]]</tr>
| <tt>KHM</tt> || [[Cambodia]]</tr>
| <tt>KIR</tt> || [[Kiribati]]</tr>
| <tt>KNA</tt> || [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]]</tr>
| <tt>KOR</tt> || [[South Korea|Korea, Republic of]]</tr>
| <tt>KWT</tt> || [[Kuwait]]</tr>
| <tt>LAO</tt> || [[Laos|Lao People's Democratic Republic]]</tr>
| <tt>LBN</tt> || [[Lebanon]]</tr>
| <tt>LBR</tt> || [[Liberia]]</tr>
| <tt>LBY</tt> || [[Libya|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya]]</tr>
| <tt>LCA</tt> || [[Saint Lucia]]</tr>
| <tt>LIE</tt> || [[Liechtenstein]]</tr>
| <tt>LKA</tt> || [[Sri Lanka]]</tr>
| <tt>LSO</tt> || [[Lesotho]]</tr>
| <tt>LTU</tt> || [[Lithuania]]</tr>
| <tt>LUX</tt> || [[Luxembourg]]</tr>
| <tt>LVA</tt> || [[Latvia]]</tr>
| <tt>MAC</tt> || [[Macau|Macao]]</tr>
| <tt>MAF</tt> || [[Collectivity of Saint Martin|Saint Martin (French part)]]</tr>
| <tt>MAR</tt> || [[Morocco]]</tr>
| <tt>MCO</tt> || [[Monaco]]</tr>
| <tt>MDA</tt> || [[Moldova|Moldova, Republic of]]</tr>
| <tt>MDG</tt> || [[Madagascar]]</tr>
| <tt>MDV</tt> || [[Maldives]]</tr>
| <tt>MEX</tt> || [[Mexico]]</tr>
| <tt>MHL</tt> || [[Marshall Islands]]</tr>
| <tt>MKD</tt> || [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of]]</tr>
| <tt>MLI</tt> || [[Mali]]</tr>
| <tt>MLT</tt> || [[Malta]]</tr>
| <tt>MMR</tt> || [[Myanmar]]</tr>
| <tt>MNE</tt> || [[Montenegro]]</tr>
| <tt>MNG</tt> || [[Mongolia]]</tr>
| <tt>MNP</tt> || [[Northern Mariana Islands]]</tr>
| <tt>MOZ</tt> || [[Mozambique]]</tr>
| <tt>MRT</tt> || [[Mauritania]]</tr>
| <tt>MSR</tt> || [[Montserrat]]</tr>
| <tt>MTQ</tt> || [[Martinique]]</tr>
| <tt>MUS</tt> || [[Mauritius]]</tr>
| <tt>MWI</tt> || [[Malawi]]</tr>
| <tt>MYS</tt> || [[Malaysia]]</tr>
| <tt>MYT</tt> || [[Mayotte]]</tr>
| <tt>NAM</tt> || [[Namibia]]</tr>
| <tt>NCL</tt> || [[New Caledonia]]</tr>
| <tt>NER</tt> || [[Niger]]</tr>
| <tt>NFK</tt> || [[Norfolk Island]]</tr>
| <tt>NGA</tt> || [[Nigeria]]</tr>
| <tt>NIC</tt> || [[Nicaragua]]</tr>
|}
|<!--3rd column-->
{| style="background:transparent;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
| style="width:2.5em;" | <tt>NIU</tt> || [[Niue]]</tr>
| <tt>NLD</tt> || [[Netherlands]]</tr>
| <tt>NOR</tt> || [[Norway]]</tr>
| <tt>NPL</tt> || [[Nepal]]</tr>
| <tt>NRU</tt> || [[Nauru]]</tr>
| <tt>NZL</tt> || [[New Zealand]]</tr>
| <tt>OMN</tt> || [[Oman]]</tr>
| <tt>PAK</tt> || [[Pakistan]]</tr>
| <tt>PAN</tt> || [[Panama]]</tr>
| <tt>PCN</tt> || [[Pitcairn Islands|Pitcairn]]</tr>
| <tt>PER</tt> || [[Peru]]</tr>
| <tt>PHL</tt> || [[Philippines]]</tr>
| <tt>PLW</tt> || [[Palau]]</tr>
| <tt>PNG</tt> || [[Papua New Guinea]]</tr>
| <tt>POL</tt> || [[Poland]]</tr>
| <tt>PRI</tt> || [[Puerto Rico]]</tr>
| <tt>PRK</tt> || [[North Korea|Korea, Democratic People's Republic of]]</tr>
| <tt>PRT</tt> || [[Portugal]]</tr>
| <tt>PRY</tt> || [[Paraguay]]</tr>
| <tt>PSE</tt> || [[Palestinian territories|Palestinian Territory, Occupied]]</tr>
| <tt>PYF</tt> || [[French Polynesia]]</tr>
| <tt>QAT</tt> || [[Qatar]]</tr>
| <tt>REU</tt> || [[Réunion]]</tr>
| <tt>ROU</tt> || [[Romania]]</tr>
| <tt>RUS</tt> || [[Russia|Russian Federation]]</tr>
| <tt>RWA</tt> || [[Rwanda]]</tr>
| <tt>SAU</tt> || [[Saudi Arabia]]</tr>
| <tt>SDN</tt> || [[Sudan]]</tr>
| <tt>SEN</tt> || [[Senegal]]</tr>
| <tt>SGP</tt> || [[Singapore]]</tr>
| <tt>SGS</tt> || [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]]</tr>
| <tt>SHN</tt> || [[Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]]</tr>
| <tt>SJM</tt> || [[Svalbard and Jan Mayen]]</tr>
| <tt>SLB</tt> || [[Solomon Islands]]</tr>
| <tt>SLE</tt> || [[Sierra Leone]]</tr>
| <tt>SLV</tt> || [[El Salvador]]</tr>
| <tt>SMR</tt> || [[San Marino]]</tr>
| <tt>SOM</tt> || [[Somalia]]</tr>
| <tt>SPM</tt> || [[Saint Pierre and Miquelon]]</tr>
| <tt>SRB</tt> || [[Serbia]]</tr>
| <tt>STP</tt> || [[São Tomé and Príncipe|{{sic|Sao Tome and Principe|hide=y}}]]</tr>
| <tt>SUR</tt> || [[Suriname]]</tr>
| <tt>SVK</tt> || [[Slovakia]]</tr>
| <tt>SVN</tt> || [[Slovenia]]</tr>
| <tt>SWE</tt> || [[Sweden]]</tr>
| <tt>SWZ</tt> || [[Swaziland]]</tr>
| <tt>SYC</tt> || [[Seychelles]]</tr>
| <tt>SYR</tt> || [[Syria|Syrian Arab Republic]]</tr>
| <tt>TCA</tt> || [[Turks and Caicos Islands]]</tr>
| <tt>TCD</tt> || [[Chad]]</tr>
| <tt>TGO</tt> || [[Togo]]</tr>
| <tt>THA</tt> || [[Thailand]]</tr>
| <tt>TJK</tt> || [[Tajikistan]]</tr>
| <tt>TKL</tt> || [[Tokelau]]</tr>
| <tt>TKM</tt> || [[Turkmenistan]]</tr>
| <tt>TLS</tt> || [[East Timor|Timor-Leste]]</tr>
| <tt>TON</tt> || [[Tonga]]</tr>
| <tt>TTO</tt> || [[Trinidad and Tobago]]</tr>
| <tt>TUN</tt> || [[Tunisia]]</tr>
| <tt>TUR</tt> || [[Turkey]]</tr>
| <tt>TUV</tt> || [[Tuvalu]]</tr>
| <tt>TWN</tt> || [[Taiwan|<!--DO NOT CHANGE-->Taiwan, Province of China<!--The UN considers Taiwan as part of China, so "Taiwan, Province of China" is the country name used in ISO 3166: http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/iso_3166_code_lists/english_country_names_and_code_elements.htm#t..-->]]</tr>
| <tt>TZA</tt> || [[Tanzania|Tanzania, United Republic of]]</tr>
| <tt>UGA</tt> || [[Uganda]]</tr>
| <tt>UKR</tt> || [[Ukraine]]</tr>
| <tt>UMI</tt> || [[United States Minor Outlying Islands]]</tr>
| <tt>URY</tt> || [[Uruguay]]</tr>
| <tt>USA</tt> || [[United States]]</tr>
| <tt>UZB</tt> || [[Uzbekistan]]</tr>
| <tt>VAT</tt> || [[Vatican City|Holy See (Vatican City State)]]</tr>
| <tt>VCT</tt> || [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]]</tr>
| <tt>VEN</tt> || [[Venezuela|Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of]]</tr>
| <tt>VGB</tt> || [[British Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands, British]]</tr>
| <tt>VIR</tt> || [[United States Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands, U.S.]]</tr>
| <tt>VNM</tt> || [[Vietnam|<!--DO NOT CHANGE-->Viet Nam<!--"Viet Nam" is the country name used in ISO 3166: http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/iso_3166_code_lists/english_country_names_and_code_elements.htm#v..-->]]</tr>
| <tt>VUT</tt> || [[Vanuatu]]</tr>
| <tt>WLF</tt> || [[Wallis and Futuna]]</tr>
| <tt>WSM</tt> || [[Samoa]]</tr>
| <tt>YEM</tt> || [[Yemen]]</tr>
| <tt>ZAF</tt> || [[South Africa]]</tr>
| <tt>ZMB</tt> || [[Zambia]]</tr>
| <tt>ZWE</tt> || [[Zimbabwe]]</tr>
|}
|}

===User-assigned code elements===<!--This section is linked from [[ISO 3166-1]]-->
User-assigned code elements are codes at the disposal of users who need to add further names of countries, territories, or other geographical entities to their in-house application of ISO 3166-1, and the ISO 3166/MA will never use these codes in the updating process of the standard. The following alpha-3 codes can be user-assigned: <tt>AAA</tt> to <tt>AAZ</tt>, <tt>QMA</tt> to <tt>QZZ</tt>, <tt>XAA</tt> to <tt>XZZ</tt>, and <tt>ZZA</tt> to <tt>ZZZ</tt>. For example, the following codes are used in ISO/IEC 7501-1 for special [[machine-readable passport]]s:<ref name="icao" />
* <tt>XOM</tt> is used to represent the [[Sovereign Military Order of Malta]]
* <tt>XXA</tt> is used to represent a [[statelessness|stateless person]], as defined in Article 1 of the [[1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons]]
* <tt>XXB</tt> is used to represent a [[refugee]], as defined in Article 1 of the 1951 [[Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees]] as amended by the 1967 Protocol
* <tt>XXC</tt> is used to represent a refugee, other than as defined above
* <tt>XXX</tt> is used to represent a person of unspecified nationality

===Reserved code elements===<!--This section is linked from [[ISO 3166-1]]-->
Reserved code elements are codes which have become obsolete, or are required in order to enable a particular user application of the standard but do not qualify for inclusion in ISO 3166-1. To avoid transitional application problems and to aid users who require specific additional code elements for the functioning of their coding systems, the ISO 3166/MA, when justified, reserves these codes which it undertakes not to use for other than specified purposes during a limited or indeterminate period of time. The reserved alpha-3 codes can be divided into the following four categories: [[#Exceptional reservations|exceptional reservations]], [[#Transitional reservations|transitional reservations]], [[#Indeterminate reservations|indeterminate reservations]], and [[#Codes currently agreed not to use|codes currently agreed not to use]].

====Exceptional reservations====<!--This section is linked from [[ISO 3166-1]]-->
Exceptionally reserved code elements are codes reserved at the request of national ISO member bodies, governments and international organizations, which are required in order to support a particular application, as specified by the requesting body and limited to such use; any further use of such code elements is subject to approval by the ISO 3166/MA. The following alpha-3 codes are currently exceptionally reserved:
* <tt>ASC</tt> [[Ascension Island]] &mdash; Reserved on request of [[Universal Postal Union|UPU]], also used by [[International Telecommunication Union|ITU]]
* <tt>CPT</tt> [[Clipperton Island]] &mdash; Reserved on request of [[International Telecommunication Union|ITU]]
* <tt>DGA</tt> [[Diego Garcia]] &mdash; Reserved on request of [[International Telecommunication Union|ITU]]
* <tt>FXX</tt> [[Metropolitan France|France, Metropolitan]] &mdash; Reserved on request of [[France]]; Officially assigned before deleted from ISO 3166-1
* <tt>SUN</tt> [[Soviet Union|USSR]] &mdash; From 2008-06; Transitionally reserved from 1992-09; Officially assigned before deleted from ISO 3166-1
* <tt>TAA</tt> [[Tristan da Cunha]] &mdash; Reserved on request of [[Universal Postal Union|UPU]]

The following alpha-3 codes were previously exceptionally reserved, but are now officially assigned:
* <tt>GGY</tt> [[Guernsey]] &mdash; Reserved on request of [[Universal Postal Union|UPU]]
* <tt>IMN</tt> [[Isle of Man]] &mdash; Reserved on request of [[Universal Postal Union|UPU]]
* <tt>JEY</tt> [[Jersey]] &mdash; Reserved on request of [[Universal Postal Union|UPU]]

====Transitional reservations====<!--This section is linked from [[ISO 3166-1]]-->
Transitional reserved code elements are codes reserved after their deletion from ISO 3166-1. These codes may be used only during a transitional period of at least five years while new code elements that may have replaced them are taken into use. These codes may be reassigned by the ISO 3166/MA after the expiration of the transitional period. The following alpha-3 codes are currently transitionally reserved:
* <tt>BUR</tt> [[Burma]] &mdash; From 1989-12
* <tt>BYS</tt> [[Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic|Byelorussian SSR]] &mdash; From 1992-06
* <tt>CSK</tt> [[Czechoslovakia]] &mdash; From 1993-06
* <tt>NTZ</tt> [[Saudi–Iraqi neutral zone|Neutral Zone]] &mdash; From 1993-07
* <tt>ROM</tt> [[Romania]] &mdash; From 2002-02; Code changed to <tt>ROU</tt>
* <tt>SCG</tt> [[Serbia and Montenegro]] &mdash; From 2006-09
* <tt>TMP</tt> [[East Timor]] &mdash; From 2002-05
* <tt>YUG</tt> [[Yugoslavia]] &mdash; From 2003-07
* <tt>ZAR</tt> [[Zaire]] &mdash; From 1997-07

====Indeterminate reservations====<!--This section is linked from [[ISO 3166-1]]-->
Indeterminately reserved code elements are [[List of international vehicle registration codes|codes used to designate road vehicles]] under the 1949 and [[Vienna Convention on Road Traffic|1968 United Nations Conventions on Road Traffic]] but differing from those contained in ISO 3166-1. These code elements are expected eventually to be either eliminated or replaced by code elements within ISO 3166-1. In the meantime, the ISO 3166/MA has reserved such code elements for an indeterminate period. Any use beyond the application of the two Conventions is discouraged and will not be approved by the ISO 3166/MA. Moreover, these codes may be reassigned by the ISO 3166/MA at any time. The following alpha-3 codes are currently indeterminately reserved:
* <tt>ADN</tt> [[Aden Protectorate|Aden]]
* <tt>BDS</tt> [[Barbados]]
* <tt>BRU</tt> [[Brunei]]
* <tt>CDN</tt> [[Canada]]
* <tt>EAK</tt> [[Kenya]]
* <tt>EAT</tt> [[Tanganyika]] [Part of Tanzania, United Republic of]
* <tt>EAU</tt> [[Uganda]]
* <tt>EAZ</tt> [[Zanzibar]] [Part of Tanzania, United Republic of]
* <tt>GBA</tt> [[Alderney]]
* <tt>GBG</tt> [[Guernsey]]
* <tt>GBJ</tt> [[Jersey]]
* <tt>GBM</tt> [[Isle of Man]]
* <tt>GBZ</tt> [[Gibraltar]]
* <tt>GCA</tt> [[Guatemala]]
* <tt>HKJ</tt> [[Jordan]]
* <tt>MAL</tt> [[Malaysia]]
* <tt>RCA</tt> [[Central African Republic]]
* <tt>RCB</tt> [[Republic of the Congo|Congo, People's Republic of]]
* <tt>RCH</tt> [[Chile]]
* <tt>RMM</tt> [[Mali]]
* <tt>RNR</tt> [[Zambia]]
* <tt>ROK</tt> [[South Korea|Korea, Republic of]]
* <tt>RSM</tt> [[San Marino]]
* <tt>RSR</tt> [[Southern Rhodesia]] [now Zimbabwe]
* <tt>SLO</tt> [[Slovenia]]
* <tt>SME</tt> [[Suriname|Surinam]]
* <tt>TMN</tt> [[Turkmenistan]]
* <tt>WAG</tt> [[The Gambia|Gambia]]
* <tt>WAL</tt> [[Sierra Leone]]
* <tt>WAN</tt> [[Nigeria]]
* <tt>ZRE</tt> [[Zaire]]

The following alpha-3 code was previously indeterminately reserved, but has been reassigned to another country as its official code:
* <tt>ROU</tt> [[Uruguay]] &mdash; Code reassigned to [[Romania]]

====Codes currently agreed not to use====<!--This section is linked from [[ISO 3166-1]]-->
In addition, the ISO 3166/MA will not use the following alpha-3 codes at the present stage, as they are used in ISO/IEC 7501-1 for special [[machine-readable passport]]s:
* <tt>GBD</tt> identifies a British Passport holder who is a [[British Overseas Territories citizen|dependent territories citizen]]
* <tt>GBN</tt> identifies a British Passport holder who is an [[British National (Overseas)|Overseas National]]
* <tt>GBO</tt> identifies a British Passport holder who is an [[British Overseas citizen|Overseas Citizen]]
* <tt>GBP</tt> identifies a British Passport holder who is a [[British protected person|Protected Person]]
* <tt>GBS</tt> identifies a British Passport holder who is a [[British subject|Subject]]
* <tt>UNA</tt> is used as a substitute for nationality where the holder is an Official of a [[List of specialized agencies of the United Nations|Specialized Agency of the UN Organization]]
* <tt>UNK</tt> identifies [[Kosovo]] residents to whom [[UNMIK Travel Document|travel documents]] were issued by the [[United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo|United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo]] (UNMIK)
* <tt>UNO</tt> is used to designate the [[United Nations|UN Organization]] as the issuer and used as a substitute for nationality where the holder is an Official of the UN Organization

==Deleted codes==
Besides the codes currently [[#Transitional reservations|transitionally reserved]] and two other codes currently [[#Exceptional reservations|exceptionally reserved]] (<tt>FXX</tt> for [[Metropolitan France|France, Metropolitan]] and <tt>SUN</tt> for [[Soviet Union|USSR]]), the following alpha-3 codes have also been deleted from ISO 3166-1:
* <tt>AFI</tt> [[French Territory of the Afars and the Issas|French Afar and Issas]]
* <tt>ATB</tt> [[British Antarctic Territory]]
* <tt>ATN</tt> [[Queen Maud Land|Dronning Maud Land]]
* <tt>CTE</tt> [[Canton and Enderbury Islands]]
* <tt>DDR</tt> [[East Germany|German Democratic Republic]]
* <tt>DHY</tt> [[Republic of Dahomey|Dahomey]]
* <tt>GEL</tt> [[Gilbert and Ellice Islands]]
* <tt>HVO</tt> [[Republic of Upper Volta|Upper Volta]]
* <tt>JTN</tt> [[Johnston Atoll|Johnston Island]]
* <tt>MID</tt> [[Midway Atoll|Midway Islands]]
* <tt>NHB</tt> [[New Hebrides]]
* <tt>PCI</tt> [[Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands|Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the]]
* <tt>PCZ</tt> [[Panama Canal Zone]]
* <tt>PHI</tt> [[Philippines]] &mdash; Code changed to <tt>PHL</tt>
* <tt>PUS</tt> [[United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands|U.S. Miscellaneous Pacific Islands]]
* <tt>RHO</tt> [[Rhodesia|Southern Rhodesia]]
* <tt>SKM</tt> [[Sikkim]]
* <tt>VDR</tt> [[North Vietnam|Viet-Nam, Democratic Republic of]]
* <tt>WAK</tt> [[Wake Island]]
* <tt>YMD</tt> [[South Yemen|Yemen, Democratic]]

==See also==
* [[List of IOC country codes]], used by the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC)
* [[List of FIFA country codes]], used by the [[FIFA|Fédération Internationale de Football Association]] (FIFA)
* [[Comparison of IOC, FIFA, and ISO 3166 country codes]]

==References==
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==Sources and external links==
* [http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes.htm ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency], International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
** ''Reserved code elements under ISO 3166-1 "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes"'', available on request from ISO 3166/MA
* [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm ''Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use''], United Nations Statistics Division
** [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49alpha.htm Countries or areas, codes and abbreviations] (a few territories officially assigned codes in ISO 3166-1 are not included in this list)
* [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/appendix/appendix-d.html ''Appendix D &ndash; Cross-Reference List of Country Data Codes''], from ''[[The World Factbook]]'' (public domain), Central Intelligence Agency
* [http://www.statoids.com/wab.html Country codes], Statoids.com
** [http://www.statoids.com/w3166his.html ISO 3166-1 Change History]
* [http://www.davros.org/misc/iso3166.html Country codes in ISO 3166] (last modified: 2003-07-25)

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