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- 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.
-
-