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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">[[Image:Alert.png]] This page is a duplicate of [[Release Country|ReleaseCountry]] (without flags but really faster to load). IMHO a [[Candidate For Deletion|CandidateForDeletion]]. -- [[User:murdos|murdos]] 21:26, 01 April 2007 (UTC)
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">Sure, there is some (boring to maintain) duplication. Though, are they really the same? This one claims to be ISO_3166-1, and contains some extra bits down the page. The other is the country list we use, which is possibly slightly different. I also agree that flags are not our primary objective :-) and a lot of these links are dead. [[Candidate For Deletion|CandidateForDeletion]]: probably - needs to be investigated a bit more: sure. -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 21:52, 01 April 2007 (UTC)
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=Country Codes, Flags, and Names=

The following table lists the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 ISO 3166] two and four character country codes together with their flags and official names:
{| border="1"
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| AD || an-flag || [[Image:ad.gif]] || Andorra [[Image:AD.gif]]
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| AE || ae-flag || [[Image:ae.gif]] || United Arab Emirates [[Image:AE.gif]] [[Image:AE.png]] [[Image:ae.png]]
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| AF || af-flag || [[Image:af-flag.gif]] || Afghanistan [[Image:AF.gif]] [[Image:AF.png]]
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| AG || ac-flag || [[Image:ag.gif]] || Antigua and Barbuda [[Image:AG.gif]]
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| AI || av-flag || [[Image:ai.gif]] || Anguilla [[Image:AI.gif]]
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| AL || al-flag || [[Image:al.gif]] || Albania [[Image:AL.gif]]
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| AM || am-flag || [[Image:am.gif]] || Armenia [[Image:AM.gif]] [[Image:am.png]]
|-
| AN || nt-flag || [[Image:an.gif]] || Netherlands Antilles [[Image:AN.gif]]
|-
| AO || ao-flag || [[Image:ao.gif]] || Angola [[Image:AO.gif]]
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| AQ || || [[Image:aq.gif]] || Antarctica
|-
| AR || ar-flag || [[Image:ar.gif]] || Argentina [[Image:AR.gif]] [[Image:AR.png]] [[Image:ar.png]]
|-
| AS || aq-flag || [[Image:as_flag.gif]] || American Samoa [[Image:AS.gif]]
|-
| AT || au-flag || [[Image:at.gif]] || Austria [[Image:AT.gif]] [[Image:at.png]]
|-
| AU || as-flag || [[Image:au.gif]] || Australia [[Image:AU.gif]]
|-
| AW || aa-flag || [[Image:aw.gif]] || Aruba [[Image:AW.gif]]
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| AX || || [[Image:fi-al.gif]] || Åland Islands
|-
| AZ || aj-flag || [[Image:az.gif]] || Azerbaijan [[Image:AZ.gif]] [[Image:az.png]]
|-
| BA || bk-flag || [[Image:ba.gif]] || Bosnia and Herzegowina [[Image:BA.gif]]
|-
| BB || bb-flag || [[Image:bb.gif]] || Barbados [[Image:BB.gif]]
|-
| BD || bg-flag || [[Image:bd.gif]] || Bangladesh [[Image:BD.gif]]
|-
| BE || be-flag || [[Image:be.gif]] || Belgium [[Image:BE.gif]] [[Image:BE.png]] [[Image:be.png]]
|-
| BF || uv-flag || [[Image:bf.gif]] || Burkina Faso [[Image:BF.gif]]
|-
| BG || bu-flag || [[Image:bg.gif]] || Bulgaria [[Image:BG.gif]] [[Image:BG.png]] [[Image:bg.png]]
|-
| BH || ba-flag || [[Image:bh.gif]] || Bahrain [[Image:BH.gif]] [[Image:bh.png]]
|-
| BI || by-flag || [[Image:bi.gif]] || Burundi [[Image:BI.gif]]
|-
| BJ || bn-flag || [[Image:bj.gif]] || Benin [[Image:BJ.gif]] [[Image:BJ.png]]
|-
| BM || bd-flag || [[Image:bm.gif]] || Bermuda [[Image:BM.gif]]
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| BN || bx-flag || [[Image:bn.gif]] || Brunei Darussalam [[Image:BN.gif]]
|-
| BO || bl-flag || [[Image:bo.gif]] || Bolivia [[Image:BO.gif]]
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| BR || br-flag || [[Image:br.gif]] || Brazil [[Image:BR.gif]] [[Image:br.png]]
|-
| BS || bf-flag || [[Image:bs.gif]] || Bahamas [[Image:BS.gif]]
|-
| BT || bt-flag || [[Image:bt.gif]] || Bhutan [[Image:BT.gif]]
|-
| BV || bv-flag || || Bouvet Island
|-
| BW || bc-flag || [[Image:bw.gif]] || Botswana [[Image:BW.gif]]
|-
| BY || bo-flag || [[Image:by.gif]] || Belarus [[Image:BY.gif]] [[Image:by.png]]
|-
| BZ || bh-flag || [[Image:bz.gif]] || Belize [[Image:BZ.gif]]
|-
| CA || ca-flag || [[Image:ca.gif]] || Canada [[Image:CA.gif]] [[Image:CA.png]] [[Image:ca.png]]
|-
| CC || ck-flag || || Cocos (Keeling) Islands
|-
| CD || cg-flag || [[Image:cg.gif]] || Congo, The Democratic Republic of the [[Image:CD.gif]]
|-
| CF || ct-flag || [[Image:cf.gif]] || Central African Republic [[Image:CF.gif]]
|-
| CG || cf-flag || [[Image:cd.gif]] || Congo, Republic of the [[Image:CG.gif]]
|-
| CH || sz-flag || [[Image:ch.gif]] || Switzerland [[Image:CH.png]] [[Image:CH.png]]
|-
| CI || iv-flag || [[Image:ci.gif]] || Côte D'Ivoire [[Image:CI.gif]]
|-
| CK || cw-flag || [[Image:ck.gif]] || Cook Islands [[Image:CK.gif]]
|-
| CL || ci-flag || [[Image:cl.gif]] || Chile [[Image:CL.gif]] [[Image:CL.png]]
|-
| CM || cm-flag || [[Image:cm.gif]] || Cameroon [[Image:CM.gif]]
|-
| CN || ch-flag || [[Image:cn.gif]] || China [[Image:CN.gif]] [[Image:CN.png]]
|-
| CO || co-flag || [[Image:co.gif]] || Colombia [[Image:CO.gif]] [[Image:CO.png]]
|-
| CR || cs-flag || [[Image:cr.gif]] || Costa Rica [[Image:CR.gif]] [[Image:CR.png]]
|-
| CSHH || ez-flag || [[Image:cz.gif]] || Czechoslovakia - 1993 Replaced by CZ and SK (CS is now Serbia and Montenegro)
|-
| CS || yi-flag || [[Image:yu.gif]] || Serbia and Montenegro [[Image:CS.gif]] [[Image:CS.png]]
|-
| CU || cu-flag || [[Image:cu.gif]] || Cuba [[Image:CU.gif]] [[Image:cu.png]]
|-
| CV || cv-flag || [[Image:cv.gif]] || Cape Verde [[Image:CV.gif]]
|-
| CX || kt-flag || [[Image:cx.gif]] || Christmas Island [[Image:CX.gif]]
|-
| CY || cy-flag || [[Image:cy.gif]] || Cyprus [[Image:CY.gif]]
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| CZ || ez-flag || [[Image:cz.gif]] || Czech Republic [[Image:CZ.gif]] [[Image:cz.png]]
|-
| DDDE || || [[Image:DDDE.gif]] || East Germany - 1990 Now covered by DE (Germany)
|-
| DE || gm-flag || [[Image:de.gif]] || Germany [[Image:DE.gif]] [[Image:DE.png]] [[Image:de.png]]
|-
| DJ || dj-flag || [[Image:dj.gif]] || Djibouti [[Image:DJ.gif]] [[Image:DJ.png]] [[Image:dj.png]]
|-
| DK || da-flag || [[Image:dk.gif]] || Denmark [[Image:DK.gif]] [[Image:dk.png]]
|-
| DM || do-flag || [[Image:dm.gif]] || Dominica [[Image:DM.gif]]
|-
| DO || dr-flag || [[Image:do.gif]] || Dominican Republic [[Image:DO.gif]]
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| DZ || ag-flag || [[Image:dz.gif]] || Algeria [[Image:DZ.gif]] [[Image:dz.png]]
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| EC || ec-flag || [[Image:ec.gif]] || Ecuador [[Image:EC.gif]]
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| EE || en-flag || [[Image:ee.gif]] || Estonia [[Image:EE.gif]] [[Image:ee.png]]
|-
| EG || eg-flag || [[Image:eg.gif]] || Egypt [[Image:EG.gif]] [[Image:eg.png]]
|-
| EH || wi-flag || [[Image:eh.gif]] || Western Sahara [[Image:EH.gif]]
|-
| ER || er-flag || [[Image:er.gif]] || Eritrea [[Image:ER.gif]]
|-
| ES || sp-flag || [[Image:es.gif]] || Spain [[Image:ES.gif]] [[Image:ES.png]] [[Image:es.png]]
|-
| ET || et-flag || [[Image:et.gif]] || Ethiopia [[Image:ET.gif]] [[Image:ET.png]]
|-
| FI || fi-flag || [[Image:fi.gif]] || Finland [[Image:FI.gif]] [[Image:FI.png]] [[Image:fi.png]]
|-
| FJ || fj-flag || [[Image:fj.gif]] || Fiji [[Image:FJ.gif]]
|-
| FK || fk-flag || [[Image:fk.gif]] || Falkland Islands (Malvinas) [[Image:FK.gif]]
|-
| FM || fm-flag || [[Image:fm.gif]] || Micronesia, Federated States of [[Image:FM.gif]]
|-
| FO || fo-flag || [[Image:fo.gif]] || Faroe Islands [[Image:FO.gif]]
|-
| FR || fr-flag || [[Image:fr.gif]] || France [[Image:FR.gif]] [[Image:FR.png]] [[Image:fr.png]]
|-
| GA || gb-flag || [[Image:ga.gif]] || Gabon [[Image:GA.gif]]
|-
| GB || uk-flag || [[Image:gb.gif]] || United Kingdom [[Image:GB.gif]] [[Image:GB.png]] [[Image:gb.png]]
|-
| GD || gj-flag || [[Image:gd.gif]] || Grenada [[Image:GD.gif]]
|-
| GE || gg-flag || [[Image:flag-Georgia-Sm-2004.gif]] || Georgia [[Image:GE.gif]]
|-
| GF || fg-flag || || French Guiana
|-
| GH || gh-flag || [[Image:gh.gif]] || Ghana [[Image:GH.gif]]
|-
| GI || gi-flag || [[Image:gi_flag.gif]] || Gibraltar [[Image:GI.gif]]
|-
| GL || gl-flag || [[Image:gl_flag.gif]] || Greenland [[Image:GL.gif]]
|-
| GM || ga-flag || [[Image:gm.gif]] || Gambia [[Image:GM.gif]]
|-
| GN || gv-flag || [[Image:gn.gif]] || Guinea [[Image:GN.gif]]
|-
| GP || gp-flag || [[Image:guadalupa.gif]] || Guadeloupe
|-
| GQ || ek-flag || [[Image:gq.gif]] || Equatorial Guinea [[Image:GQ.gif]]
|-
| GR || gr-flag || [[Image:gr.gif]] || Greece [[Image:GR.gif]] [[Image:GR.png]] [[Image:gr.png]]
|-
| GS || sx-flag || [[Image:gs.gif]] || South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands [[Image:GS.gif]]
|-
| GT || gt-flag || [[Image:gt.gif]] || Guatemala [[Image:GT.gif]]
|-
| GU || gq-flag || [[Image:gu.gif]] || Guam [[Image:GU.gif]]
|-
| GW || pu-flag || [[Image:gw.gif]] || Guinea-Bissau [[Image:GW.gif]]
|-
| GY || gy-flag || [[Image:gy.gif]] || Guyana [[Image:GY.gif]]
|-
| HK || hk-flag || [[Image:hk_flag.gif]] || Hong Kong [[Image:HK.gif]]
|-
| HM || hm-flag || || Heard and Mc Donald Islands
|-
| HN || ho-flag || [[Image:hn.gif]] || Honduras [[Image:HN.gif]]
|-
| HR || hr-flag || [[Image:hr.gif]] || Croatia (Hrvatska) [[Image:HR.gif]] [[Image:hr.png]]
|-
| HT || ha-flag || [[Image:ht.gif]] || Haiti [[Image:HT.gif]]
|-
| HU || hu-flag || [[Image:hu.gif]] || Hungary [[Image:HU.gif]] [[Image:HU.png]] [[Image:hu.png]]
|-
| ID || id-flag || [[Image:id.gif]] || Indonesia [[Image:ID.gif]] [[Image:ID.png]]
|-
| IE || ei-flag || [[Image:ie.gif]] || Ireland [[Image:IE.gif]] [[Image:IE.png]]
|-
| IL || is-flag || [[Image:il.gif]] || Israel [[Image:IL.gif]] [[Image:IL.png]] [[Image:il.png]]
|-
| IN || in-flag || [[Image:in.gif]] || India [[Image:IN.gif]] [[Image:IN.png]]
|-
| IO || io-flag || [[Image:flag-britishindianoceanter.gif]] || British Indian Ocean Territory [[Image:IO.gif]]
|-
| IQ || iz-flag || [[Image:iq.gif]] || Iraq [[Image:IQ.gif]] [[Image:IQ.png]] [[Image:iq.png]]
|-
| IR || ir-flag || [[Image:ir.gif]] || Iran, Islamic Republic of [[Image:IR.gif]]
|-
| IS || ic-flag || [[Image:is.gif]] || Iceland [[Image:IS.gif]] [[Image:IS.png]] [[Image:is.png]]
|-
| IT || it-flag || [[Image:it.gif]] || Italy [[Image:IT.gif]] [[Image:IT.png]] [[Image:it.png]]
|-
| JM || jm-flag || [[Image:jm.gif]] || Jamaica [[Image:JM.gif]]
|-
| JO || jo-flag || [[Image:jo.gif]] || Jordan [[Image:JO.gif]] [[Image:jo.png]]
|-
| JP || ja-flag || [[Image:jp.gif]] || Japan [[Image:JP.gif]] [[Image:JP.png]] [[Image:jp.png]]
|-
| KE || ke-flag || [[Image:ke.gif]] || Kenya [[Image:KE.gif]]
|-
| KG || kg-flag || [[Image:kg.gif]] || Kyrgyzstan [[Image:KG.gif]]
|-
| KH || cb-flag || [[Image:kh.gif]] || Cambodia [[Image:KH.gif]]
|-
| KI || kr-flag || [[Image:ki.gif]] || Kiribati [[Image:KI.gif]]
|-
| KM || cn-flag || [[Image:KM.gif]] || Comoros [[Image:KM.gif]]
|-
| KN || sc-flag || [[Image:kn.gif]] || Saint Kitts and Nevis [[Image:KN.gif]]
|-
| KP || kn-flag || [[Image:kp.gif]] || Korea, Democratic People's Republic of [[Image:KP.gif]]
|-
| KR || ks-flag || [[Image:kr.gif]] || Korea, Republic of [[Image:KR.gif]] [[Image:KR.png]]
|-
| KW || ku-flag || [[Image:kw.gif]] || Kuwait [[Image:KW.gif]] [[Image:KW.png]] nbsp; [[Image:kw.png]]
|-
| KY || cj-flag || [[Image:ky.gif]] || Cayman Islands [[Image:KY.gif]]
|-
| KZ || kz-flag || [[Image:kz.gif]] || Kazakhstan [[Image:KZ.gif]]
|-
| LA || la-flag || [[Image:la.gif]] || Lao People's Democratic Republic [[Image:LA.gif]] [[Image:LA.png]] [[Image:la.png]]
|-
| LB || le-flag || [[Image:lb.gif]] || Lebanon [[Image:LB.gif]] [[Image:LB.png]] [[Image:lb.png]]
|-
| LC || st-flag || [[Image:lc.gif]] || Saint Lucia [[Image:LC.gif]]
|-
| LI || ls-flag || [[Image:li.gif]] || Liechtenstein [[Image:LI.gif]]
|-
| LK || ce-flag || [[Image:lk.gif]] || Sri Lanka [[Image:LK.gif]]
|-
| LR || li-flag || [[Image:lr.gif]] || Liberia [[Image:LR.gif]]
|-
| LS || lt-flag || [[Image:ls.gif]] || Lesotho [[Image:LS.gif]]
|-
| LT || lh-flag || [[Image:lt.gif]] || Lithuania [[Image:LT.gif]] [[Image:LT.png]] [[Image:lt.png]]
|-
| LU || lu-flag || [[Image:lu.gif]] || Luxembourg [[Image:LU.gif]] [[Image:LU.png]]
|-
| LV || lg-flag || [[Image:lv.gif]] || Latvia [[Image:LV.gif]] [[Image:LV.png]]
|-
| LY || ly-flag || [[Image:ly.gif]] || Libyan Arab Jamahiriya [[Image:LY.gif]] [[Image:LY.png]] [[Image:ly.png]]
|-
| MA || mo-flag || [[Image:ma.gif]] || Morocco [[Image:MA.gif]] [[Image:ma.png]]
|-
| MC || mn-flag || [[Image:mc.gif]] || Monaco [[Image:MC.gif]]
|-
| MD || md-flag || [[Image:md.gif]] || Moldova, Republic of [[Image:MD.gif]]
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| MG || ma-flag || [[Image:mg.gif]] || Madagascar [[Image:MG.gif]] [[Image:MG.png]]
|-
| MH || rm-flag || [[Image:mh.gif]] || Marshall Islands [[Image:MH.gif]]
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| MK || mk-flag || [[Image:mk.gif]] || Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of [[Image:MK.gif]] [[Image:mk.png]]
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| ML || ml-flag || [[Image:ml.gif]] || Mali [[Image:ML.gif]]
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| MM || bm-flag || [[Image:mm.gif]] || Myanmar [[Image:MM.gif]]
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| MN || mg-flag || [[Image:mn.gif]] || Mongolia [[Image:MN.gif]]
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| MO || mc-flag || [[Image:mo.gif]] || Macau [[Image:MO.gif]]
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| MP || cq-flag || [[Image:mp.gif]] || Northern Mariana Islands [[Image:MP.gif]]
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| MQ || mb-flag || [[Image:mq.gif]] || Martinique [[Image:MQ.gif]]
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| MR || mr-flag || [[Image:mr.gif]] || Mauritania [[Image:MR.gif]]
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| MS || mh-flag || [[Image:ms.gif]] || Montserrat [[Image:MS.gif]]
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| MT || mt-flag || [[Image:mt.gif]] || Malta [[Image:MT.gif]]
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| MU || mp-flag || [[Image:mu.gif]] || Mauritius [[Image:MU.gif]]
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| MV || mv-flag || [[Image:mv.gif]] || Maldives [[Image:MV.gif]]
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| MW || mi-flag || [[Image:mw.gif]] || Malawi [[Image:MW.gif]]
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| MX || mx-flag || [[Image:mx.gif]] || Mexico [[Image:MX.gif]] [[Image:MX.png]] [[Image:mx.png]]
|-
| MY || my-flag || [[Image:my.gif]] || Malaysia [[Image:MY.png]]
|-
| MZ || mz-flag || [[Image:mz.gif]] || Mozambique [[Image:MZ.gif]]
|-
| NA || wa-flag || [[Image:na.gif]] || Namibia [[Image:NA.gif]]
|-
| NC || nc-flag || [[Image:newcaledonia.gif]] || New Caledonia
|-
| NE || ng-flag || [[Image:ne.gif]] || Niger [[Image:NE.gif]] [[Image:NE.png]]
|-
| NF || nf-flag || [[Image:nf.gif]] || Norfolk Island [[Image:NF.gif]]
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| NG || ni-flag || [[Image:ng.gif]] || Nigeria [[Image:NG.gif]] [[Image:NG.png]]
|-
| NI || nu-flag || [[Image:ni.gif]] || Nicaragua [[Image:NI.gif]] [[Image:NI.png]]
|-
| NL || nl-flag || [[Image:nl.gif]] || Netherlands [[Image:NL.gif]] [[Image:NL.png]] [[Image:nl.png]]
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| NO || no-flag || [[Image:no.gif]] || Norway [[Image:NO.gif]] [[Image:NO.png]] [[Image:no.png]]
|-
| NP || np-flag || [[Image:np.gif]] || Nepal [[Image:NP.gif]]
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| NR || nr-flag || [[Image:nr.gif]] || Nauru [[Image:NR.gif]]
|-
| NU || ne-flag || [[Image:nu.gif]] || Niue [[Image:NU.gif]]
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| NZ || nz-flag || [[Image:nz.gif]] || New Zealand [[Image:NZ.gif]]
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| OM || mu-flag || [[Image:om.gif]] || Oman [[Image:OM.gif]] [[Image:om.png]]
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| PA || pm-flag || [[Image:pa.gif]] || Panama [[Image:PA.gif]] [[Image:PA.png]]
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| PE || pe-flag || [[Image:pe.gif]] || Peru [[Image:PE.gif]] [[Image:PE.png]]
|-
| PF || fp-flag || [[Image:pf.gif]] || French Polynesia [[Image:PF.gif]]
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| PG || pp-flag || [[Image:pg.gif]] || Papua New Guinea [[Image:PG.gif]]
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| PH || rp-flag || [[Image:ph.gif]] || Philippines [[Image:PH.gif]] [[Image:PH.png]]
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| PK || pk-flag || [[Image:pk.gif]] || Pakistan [[Image:PK.gif]] [[Image:PK.png]]
|-
| PL || pl-flag || [[Image:pl.gif]] || Poland [[Image:PL.gif]] [[Image:PL.png]] [[Image:pl.png]]
|-
| PM || sb-flag || [[Image:pm.gif]] || St. Pierre and Miquelon [[Image:PM.gif]]
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| PN || pc-flag || [[Image:pn_flag.gif]] || Pitcairn [[Image:PN.gif]]
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| PR || rq-flag || [[Image:pr.gif]] || Puerto Rico [[Image:PR.gif]] [[Image:PR.png]]
|-
| PS || || [[Image:ps.gif]] || Palestinian Territory, Occupied [[Image:PS.gif]] [[Image:PS.png]] [[Image:ps.png]]
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| PT || po-flag || [[Image:pt.gif]] || Portugal [[Image:PT.gif]] [[Image:pt.png]]
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| PW || ps-flag || [[Image:pw.gif]] || Palau [[Image:PW.gif]]
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| PY || pa-flag || [[Image:py.gif]] || Paraguay [[Image:PY.gif]]
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| QA || qa-flag || [[Image:qa.gif]] || Qatar [[Image:QA.gif]] [[Image:QA.png]] [[Image:qa.png]]
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| RE || re-flag || || Réunion
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| RO || ro-flag || [[Image:ro.gif]] || Romania [[Image:RO.gif]] [[Image:RO.png]] [[Image:ro.png]]
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| RU || rs-flag || [[Image:ru.gif]] || Russian Federation [[Image:RU.gif]] [[Image:RU.png]] [[Image:ru.png]]
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| RW || rw-flag || [[Image:rw-new.gif]] || Rwanda [[Image:RW.gif]] [[Image:RW.png]]
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| SA || sa-flag || [[Image:sa.gif]] || Saudi Arabia [[Image:SA.gif]] [[Image:SA.png]] [[Image:sa.png]]
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| SB || bp-flag || [[Image:sb.gif]] || Solomon Islands [[Image:SB.gif]]
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| SC || se-flag || [[Image:sc.gif]] || Seychelles [[Image:SC.gif]]
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| SD || su-flag || [[Image:sd.gif]] || Sudan [[Image:SD.gif]] [[Image:SD.png]] [[Image:su.png]]
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| SE || sw-flag || [[Image:se.gif]] || Sweden [[Image:SE.gif]] [[Image:SE.png]] [[Image:se.png]] [[Image:sv.png]]
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| SG || sn-flag || [[Image:sg.gif]] || Singapore [[Image:SG.gif]] [[Image:SG.png]]
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| SH || sh-flag || [[Image:sh.gif]] || St. Helena [[Image:SH.gif]]
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| SI || si-flag || [[Image:si.gif]] || Slovenia [[Image:SI.gif]] [[Image:si.png]]
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| SJ || sv-flag || || Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
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| SKIN || || [[Image:sikkim_r.gif]] || Sikkim - 1975 Now covered by IN (SK is now Slovakia)
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| SK || lo-flag || [[Image:sk.gif]] || Slovakia (Slovak Republic) [[Image:SK.gif]] [[Image:sk.png]]
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| SL || sl-flag || [[Image:sl.gif]] || Sierra Leone [[Image:SL.gif]] [[Image:SL.png]]
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| SM || sm-flag || [[Image:sm.gif]] || San Marino [[Image:SM.gif]]
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| SN || sg-flag || [[Image:sn.gif]] || Senegal [[Image:SN.gif]] [[Image:SN.png]]
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| SO || so-flag || [[Image:so.gif]] || Somalia [[Image:SO.gif]] [[Image:SO.png]] [[Image:so.png]]
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| SR || ns-flag || [[Image:sr.gif]] || Suriname [[Image:SR.gif]] [[Image:SR.png]]
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| ST || tp-flag || [[Image:st.gif]] || São Tomé and Príncipe [[Image:ST.gif]]
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| SU/SUHH || || [[Image:sov.gif]] || Soviet Union - 1992 Replaced by AM,AZ,BY,EE,GE,KG,KZ,LT,LV,MD,RU,TJ,TM,UA,UZ (active domain)
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| SV || es-flag || [[Image:sv.gif]] || El Salvador [[Image:SV.gif]]
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| SY || sy-flag || [[Image:sy.gif]] || Syrian Arab Republic [[Image:SY.gif]] [[Image:sy.png]]
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| SZ || wz-flag || [[Image:sz.gif]] || Swaziland [[Image:SZ.gif]]
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| TC || tk-flag || [[Image:tc.gif]] || Turks and Caicos Islands [[Image:TC.gif]]
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| TD || cd-flag || [[Image:td.gif]] || Chad [[Image:TD.gif]] [[Image:TD.png]]
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| TF || fs-flag || [[Image:tf.gif]] || French Southern Territories
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| TG || to-flag || [[Image:tg.gif]] || Togo [[Image:TG.gif]]
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| TH || th-flag || [[Image:th.gif]] || Thailand [[Image:TH.gif]] [[Image:TH.png]] [[Image:th.png]]
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| TJ || ti-flag || [[Image:tj.gif]] || Tajikistan [[Image:TJ.gif]]
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| TK || tl-flag || || Tokelau
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| TL || tt-flag || [[Image:tp.gif]] || Timor-Leste [[Image:TL.gif]] [[Image:TL.png]]
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| TM || tx-flag || [[Image:tm.gif]] || Turkmenistan [[Image:TM.gif]]
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| TN || ts-flag || [[Image:tn.gif]] || Tunisia [[Image:TN.gif]] [[Image:TN.png]] [[Image:tn.png]]
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| TO || tn-flag || [[Image:to.gif]] || Tonga [[Image:TO.gif]]
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| TP/TPTL || || || East Timor - 2002 Replaced by TL on becoming the independent country of Timor-Leste (active domain)
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| TR || tu-flag || [[Image:tr.gif]] || Turkey [[Image:TR.gif]] [[Image:TR.png]] [[Image:tr.png]]
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| TT || td-flag || [[Image:tt.gif]] || Trinidad and Tobago [[Image:TT.gif]]
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| TV || tv-flag || [[Image:tv.gif]] || Tuvalu [[Image:TV.gif]]
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| TW || tw-flag || [[Image:tw.gif]] || Taiwan (Republic of China) [[Image:TW.gif]] [[Image:TW.png]]
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| TZ || tz-flag || [[Image:tz.gif]] || Tanzania, United Republic of [[Image:TZ.gif]]
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| UA || up-flag || [[Image:ua.gif]] || Ukraine [[Image:UA.gif]] [[Image:UA.png]] [[Image:ua.png]]
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| UG || ug-flag || [[Image:ug.gif]] || Uganda [[Image:UG.gif]] [[Image:UG.png]]
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| UM || mq-flag || || United States Minor Outlying Islands
|-
| US || us-flag || [[Image:us.gif]] || United States [[Image:US.gif]] [[Image:US.png]] [[Image:us.png]]
|-
| UY || uy-flag || [[Image:uy.gif]] || Uruguay [[Image:UY.gif]] [[Image:UY.png]] [[Image:uy.png]]
|-
| UZ || uz-flag || [[Image:uz.gif]] || Uzbekistan [[Image:UZ.gif]]
|-
| VA || vt-flag || [[Image:va.gif]] || Vatican City State (Holy See) [[Image:VA.gif]]
|-
| VC || vc-flag || [[Image:vc.gif]] || Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [[Image:VC.gif]]
|-
| VDVN || vm-flag || [[Image:vn.gif]] || Democratic Republic of Vietnam - 1977 Now covered by VN (Viet Nam).
|-
| VE || ve-flag || [[Image:ve.gif]] || Venezuela [[Image:VE.gif]] [[Image:VE.png]]
|-
| VG || vi-flag || [[Image:vg_flag.gif]] || Virgin Islands, British [[Image:VG.gif]]
|-
| VI || vq-flag || [[Image:vi.gif]] || Virgin Islands (U.S.) [[Image:VI.gif]]
|-
| VN || vm-flag || [[Image:vn.gif]] || Viet Nam [[Image:VN.gif]] [[Image:VN.png]] [[Image:vn.png]]
|-
| VU || nh-flag || [[Image:vu.gif]] || Vanuatu [[Image:VU.gif]]
|-
| WF || wf-flag || [[Image:tn_wf.gif]] || Wallis and Futuna [[Image:WF.gif]]
|-
| WS || ws-flag || [[Image:ws.gif]] || Samoa [[Image:WS.gif]] [[Image:WS.png]]
|-
| YDYE || [[Image:yemen_south_old_04.gif]] || || South Yemen - 1990 Now covered by YE (Yemen).
|-
| YE || ym-flag || [[Image:ye.gif]] || Yemen [[Image:YE.gif]] [[Image:YE.png]] [[Image:ye.png]]
|-
| YT || mf-flag || || Mayotte
|-
| YU/YUCS || || [[Image:YUCS.gif]] || Yugoslavia [[Image:yu.png]] - 2003 Replaced by CS (Serbia and Montenegro) (active domain)
|-
| ZA || sf-flag || [[Image:za.gif]] || South Africa [[Image:ZA.gif]]
|-
| ZM || za-flag || [[Image:zm.gif]] || Zambia [[Image:ZM.gif]]
|-
| ZW || zi-flag || [[Image:zw.gif]] || Zimbabwe [[Image:ZW.gif]]
|}

Some additional (unofficial) codes may be supported as well:
{| border="1"
|-
| XW || || [[Image:XW.gif]] || Worldwide (''unofficial, private-use'') [[Image:XW.png]] [[Image:un.png]]
|-
| XX || || || Unknown (''unofficial, private-use'')
|-
| EU || || [[Image:eu.gif]] || European Union (''unofficial, reserved'') [[Image:EU.gif]] [[Image:EU.png]]
|-
| AC || || || Ascension Island (''unofficial, reserved'': top-level domain)
|-
| GG || gk-flag || [[Image:gg_flag.gif]] || Guernsey (''unofficial, reserved'': top-level domain)
|-
| JE || je-flag || [[Image:je_flag.gif]] || Jersey (''unofficial, reserved'': top-level domain)
|-
| IM || im-flag || || Man, Isle of (''unofficial, reserved'': top-level domain)
|-
| VNVN* || || [[Image:vn-svn.gif]] || Republic of Vietnam - 1977 Now covered by VN (Viet Nam) (''unofficial'')
|-
| TI* || || [[Image:cn-tibet.gif]] || Tibet (''unofficial'')
|-
| EK* || || || Basque (''unofficial'') [[Image:eu.png]]
|-
| QC* || || [[Image:ca-qc.gif]] || Québec (''unofficial'') [[Image:qc.png]]
|-
| EA* || || || Ceuta and Melilla (''unofficial, reserved'')
|-
| IC* || || || Canary Islands (''unofficial, reserved'')
|-
| TA* || || || Tristan da Cunha (''unofficial, reserved'')
|-
| BX* || || || Benelux (Trademarks and Design Offices) (''unofficial'')
|-
| ?? || ax-flag || || Akrotiri [''Cyprus'']
|-
| ?? || at-flag || || Ashmore and Cartier Islands
|-
| ?? || fq-flag || || Baker Island
|-
| ?? || bs-flag || || Bassas da India
|-
| CP || ip-flag || || Clipperton Island (''unofficial, reserved'')
|-
| ?? || cr-flag || || Coral Sea Islands
|-
| ?? || dx-flag || || Dhekelia [''Cyprus'']
|-
| ?? || eu-flag || || Europa Island
|-
| ?? || go-flag || || Glorioso Islands
|-
| ?? || hq-flag || || Howland Island
|-
| ?? || dq-flag || || Jarvis Island
|-
| ?? || ju-flag || || Juan de Nova Island
|-
| ?? || kq-flag || || Kingman Reef
|-
| ?? || bq-flag || || Navassa Island
|-
| ?? || lq-flag || || Palmyra Atoll
|-
| ?? || te-flag || || Tromelin Island
|}

In the long term, it may be better to allow NULL values for unknown, but use of "XX" may be easier to implement immediately.

===Note on the Flags===

The flags in the second column are the versions from the [https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/flagsoftheworld.html CIA World Factbook]; this is an almost complete set, is quite up to date, and all the images are in the public domain. They use a different set of country codes for their URLs.

Most of the flags in the third column are taken from [http://www.edwardmooney.com/miniflags/ Mooney's MiniFlags], which are "free to download and use on non-commercial sites"; they vary from 26 to 30 pixels high. This variance allows a similar size look to each flag, but accuracy in the presentation of the flag.

These flags are quite accurate in proportion, but the URLs for the two Congolese flags (CD/CG) are reversed, and new flags for Afghanistan (AF), Comoros (KM), and Georgia (GE) are not included.

Where there was no flag in that collection (or it was out of date), I've used flags from [http://www.google.com/language_tools Google's language tools]; they are a bit smaller and possibly less accurate in proportion.

For the remaining codes (mostly obscure islands), I've used flags from the [http://www.nbii.gov/geographic/international/country_index.html country pages] of the [http://www.nbii.gov/ USGS National Biological Information Infrastructure]; these are a bit larger and possibly less accurate in proportion or colors.

The first tiny flags are taken from [http://33ff.com/flags/ 33ff.com]; these "freeware images may be used as long as they remain intact and you add a link to their home page". This is a very complete set at just about exactly the size we want. Their Switzerland flag is ill-proportioned (not square, as it should be) and I've replaced it with the ClickFire version (below).

There are two sets of flags even smaller than that, the [http://www.clickfire.com/content/graphics/favicons/flags_icons.php ClickFire flag icons], cleaned up versions of which appear on this page, and Jimmac's [http://jimmac.musichall.cz/i.php3?ikony=60 small flags for the Gnome project]. Either of these could be converted to <code><nowiki> .ico </nowiki></code> format for use as browser "favorites" icons as they are 16x16. These icons use PNG format transparency, which requires [http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q294714 special hacks] to display correctly with IE, so they would need cropping or conversion to GIF format.

The [http://www.sodipodi.com/index.php3?section=clipart/flags Sodipodi Flag Collection] has a comprehensive collection of flags in SVG format. I think it was supposed to be moved/incorporated into the [http://www.openclipart.org OpenClipArt collection] but that website seems down at the moment.

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Several [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-3 ISO 3166-3] historical codes are not used as they reflect only a name change or territory in which it is unlikely any music was ever released.

Name changes:
{| border="1"
|-
| BUMM || Burma - 1989 Replaced by MM
|-
| DYBJ || Dahomey - 1977 Replaced by BJ
|-
| HVBF || Upper Volta (Haute-Volta) - 1984 Replaced by BF
|-
| RHZW || Rhodesia - 1980 Replaced by ZW
|-
| ZRCD || Zaire - 1997 - Replaced by CD
|}

Totally obscure territories:
{| border="1"
|-
| AIDJ || French Territory of the Afars and the Issas - 1977 Replaced by DJ (AI now Anguilla)
|-
| BQAQ || British Antarctic Territory - 1979 Now covered by AQ
|-
| CTKI || Canton and Enderbury Islands - 1984 Now covered by KI
|-
| FQHH || French Southern and Antarctic Territories - 1979 Now covered by AQ and TF
|-
| FXFR || Metropolitan France - 1997 Covered by FR
|-
| GEHH || Gilbert and Ellis Islands - 1979 Now covered by KI and TV (GE is now Georgia)
|-
| JTUM || Johnston Island - 1986 Now covered by UM
|-
| MIUM || Midway Atoll - 1986 Now covered by UM
|-
| NHVU || New Hebrides - 1980 Replaced by VU
|-
| NQAQ || Queen Maud Land - 1983 Now covered by AQ
|-
| NTHH || Neutral Zone - 1993 Now divided between SA and IQ
|-
| PCHH || Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands - 1986 Replaced by FM, MH, MP and PW
|-
| PUUM || U.S. Miscellaneous Pacific Islands - 1986 Now covered by UM
|-
| PZPA || Panama Canal Zone - 1980 Now covered by PA
|-
| WKUM || Wake Island - 1986 Now covered by UM
|}

==Conversion from existing (2004-12) database codes==

{| border="1"
|-
| ''Old'' || ''New ''
|-
| FX || FR
|-
| TP || TL
|-
| YU || YUCS (for pre-1992 releases)
|-
| YU || CS (for 1992 & later releases)
|-
| ZR || CD
|}

The split for YU (Yugoslavia) is a bit tricky; although it split up in 1992, the entity now known as Serbia and Montenegro retained the name Yugoslavia and the YU country code until 2003 (although they changed the flag immediately).

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