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Country Codes, Flags, and Names
The following table lists the ISO 3166 two and four character country codes together with their flags and official names:
| AD | an-flag | File:ad.gif | Andorra File:AD.gif |
| AE | ae-flag | File:ae.gif | United Arab Emirates File:AE.gif File:AE.png 
|
| AF | af-flag | File:af-flag.gif | Afghanistan File:AF.gif 
|
| AG | ac-flag | File:ag.gif | Antigua and Barbuda 
|
| AI | av-flag | File:ai.gif | Anguilla File:AI.gif |
| AL | al-flag | File:al.gif | Albania File:AL.gif |
| AM | am-flag | File:am.gif | Armenia File:AM.gif 
|
| AN | nt-flag |  |
Netherlands Antilles File:AN.gif |
| AO | ao-flag | File:ao.gif | Angola File:AO.gif |
| AQ | File:aq.gif | Antarctica | |
| AR | ar-flag | File:ar.gif | Argentina File:AR.gif  
|
| AS | aq-flag | File:as flag.gif | American Samoa File:AS.gif |
| AT | au-flag | File:at.gif | Austria File:AT.gif File:at.png |
| AU | as-flag | File:au.gif | Australia File:AU.gif |
| AW | aa-flag | File:aw.gif | Aruba File:AW.gif |
| AX | File:fi-al.gif | Åland Islands | |
| AZ | aj-flag | File:az.gif | Azerbaijan File:AZ.gif 
|
| BA | bk-flag |  |
Bosnia and Herzegowina File:BA.gif |
| BB | bb-flag | File:bb.gif | Barbados File:BB.gif |
| BD | bg-flag | File:bd.gif | Bangladesh File:BD.gif |
| BE | be-flag | File:be.gif | Belgium File:BE.gif File:BE.png File:be.png |
| BF | uv-flag | File:bf.gif | Burkina Faso File:BF.gif |
| BG | bu-flag | File:bg.gif | Bulgaria File:BG.gif  
|
| BH | ba-flag | File:bh.gif | Bahrain File:BH.gif File:bh.png |
| BI | by-flag | File:bi.gif | Burundi File:BI.gif |
| BJ | bn-flag | File:bj.gif | Benin File:BJ.gif File:BJ.png |
| BM | bd-flag | File:bm.gif | Bermuda 
|
| BN | bx-flag | File:bn.gif | Brunei Darussalam File:BN.gif |
| BO | bl-flag | File:bo.gif | Bolivia File:BO.gif |
| BR | br-flag | File:br.gif | Brazil File:BR.gif 
|
| BS | bf-flag | File:bs.gif | Bahamas File:BS.gif |
| BT | bt-flag | File:bt.gif | Bhutan File:BT.gif |
| BV | bv-flag | Bouvet Island | |
| BW | bc-flag | File:bw.gif | Botswana File:BW.gif |
| BY | bo-flag | File:by.gif | Belarus File:BY.gif File:by.png |
| BZ | bh-flag | File:bz.gif | Belize File:BZ.gif |
| CA | ca-flag | File:ca.gif | Canada  
|
| CC | ck-flag | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | |
| CD | cg-flag |  |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the File:CD.gif |
| CF | ct-flag | File:cf.gif | Central African Republic File:CF.gif |
| CG | cf-flag |  |
Congo, Republic of the File:CG.gif |
| CH | sz-flag | File:ch.gif | Switzerland File:CH.png File:CH.png |
| CI | iv-flag | File:ci.gif | Côte D'Ivoire 
|
| CK | cw-flag | File:ck.gif | Cook Islands File:CK.gif |
| CL | ci-flag | File:cl.gif | Chile File:CL.gif File:CL.png |
| CM | cm-flag | File:cm.gif | Cameroon File:CM.gif |
| CN | ch-flag | File:cn.gif | China File:CN.gif File:CN.png |
| CO | co-flag | File:co.gif | Colombia 
|
| CR | cs-flag | File:cr.gif | Costa Rica File:CR.gif 
|
| CSHH | ez-flag | File:cz.gif | Czechoslovakia - 1993 Replaced by CZ and SK (CS is now Serbia and Montenegro) |
| CS | yi-flag | File:yu.gif | Serbia and Montenegro File:CS.gif 
|
| CU | cu-flag | File:cu.gif | Cuba  
|
| CV | cv-flag | File:cv.gif | Cape Verde 
|
| CX | kt-flag | File:cx.gif | Christmas Island File:CX.gif |
| CY | cy-flag | File:cy.gif | Cyprus File:CY.gif |
| CZ | ez-flag | File:cz.gif | Czech Republic File:CZ.gif File:cz.png |
| DDDE | File:DDDE.gif | East Germany - 1990 Now covered by DE (Germany) | |
| DE | gm-flag | File:de.gif | Germany File:DE.gif  
|
| DJ | dj-flag | File:dj.gif | Djibouti File:DJ.gif File:DJ.png 
|
| DK | da-flag | File:dk.gif | Denmark File:DK.gif 
|
| DM | do-flag | File:dm.gif | Dominica File:DM.gif |
| DO | dr-flag |  |
Dominican Republic File:DO.gif |
| DZ | ag-flag | File:dz.gif | Algeria File:DZ.gif File:dz.png |
| EC | ec-flag | File:ec.gif | Ecuador File:EC.gif |
| EE | en-flag | File:ee.gif | Estonia File:EE.gif 
|
| EG | eg-flag | File:eg.gif | Egypt File:EG.gif File:eg.png |
| EH | wi-flag | File:eh.gif | Western Sahara File:EH.gif |
| ER | er-flag | File:er.gif | Eritrea File:ER.gif |
| ES | sp-flag | File:es.gif | Spain File:ES.gif File:ES.png 
|
| ET | et-flag | File:et.gif | Ethiopia File:ET.gif File:ET.png |
| FI | fi-flag | File:fi.gif | Finland File:FI.gif File:FI.png 
|
| FJ | fj-flag | File:fj.gif | Fiji File:FJ.gif |
| FK | fk-flag | File:fk.gif | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) File:FK.gif |
| FM | fm-flag | File:fm.gif | Micronesia, Federated States of File:FM.gif |
| FO | fo-flag | File:fo.gif | Faroe Islands File:FO.gif |
| FR | fr-flag | File:fr.gif | France File:FR.gif  
|
| GA | gb-flag | File:ga.gif | Gabon File:GA.gif |
| GB | uk-flag | File:gb.gif | United Kingdom File:GB.gif File:GB.png File:gb.png |
| GD | gj-flag | File:gd.gif | Grenada File:GD.gif |
| GE | gg-flag | File:flag-Georgia-Sm-2004.gif | Georgia File:GE.gif |
| GF | fg-flag | French Guiana | |
| GH | gh-flag | File:gh.gif | Ghana 
|
| GI | gi-flag | File:gi flag.gif | Gibraltar File:GI.gif |
| GL | gl-flag | File:gl flag.gif | Greenland File:GL.gif |
| GM | ga-flag | File:gm.gif | Gambia File:GM.gif |
| GN | gv-flag | File:gn.gif | Guinea File:GN.gif |
| GP | gp-flag | File:guadalupa.gif | Guadeloupe |
| GQ | ek-flag | File:gq.gif | Equatorial Guinea File:GQ.gif |
| GR | gr-flag | File:gr.gif | Greece File:GR.gif File:GR.png File:gr.png |
| GS | sx-flag | File:gs.gif | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands File:GS.gif |
| GT | gt-flag | File:gt.gif | Guatemala File:GT.gif |
| GU | gq-flag | File:gu.gif | Guam File:GU.gif |
| GW | pu-flag | File:gw.gif | Guinea-Bissau File:GW.gif |
| GY | gy-flag | File:gy.gif | Guyana File:GY.gif |
| HK | hk-flag | File:hk flag.gif | Hong Kong File:HK.gif |
| HM | hm-flag | Heard and Mc Donald Islands | |
| HN | ho-flag | File:hn.gif | Honduras File:HN.gif |
| HR | hr-flag |  |
Croatia (Hrvatska) File:HR.gif 
|
| HT | ha-flag | File:ht.gif | Haiti File:HT.gif |
| HU | hu-flag |  |
Hungary File:HU.gif File:HU.png 
|
| ID | id-flag |  |
Indonesia File:ID.gif 
|
| IE | ei-flag | File:ie.gif | Ireland File:IE.gif 
|
| IL | is-flag | File:il.gif | Israel File:IL.gif File:IL.png File:il.png |
| IN | in-flag | File:in.gif | India File:IN.gif File:IN.png |
| IO | io-flag | File:flag-britishindianoceanter.gif | British Indian Ocean Territory File:IO.gif |
| IQ | iz-flag | File:iq.gif | Iraq   File:iq.png
|
| IR | ir-flag | File:ir.gif | Iran, Islamic Republic of File:IR.gif |
| IS | ic-flag |  |
Iceland File:IS.gif  
|
| IT | it-flag |  |
Italy File:IT.gif  File:it.png
|
| JM | jm-flag | File:jm.gif | Jamaica File:JM.gif |
| JO | jo-flag | File:jo.gif | Jordan File:JO.gif 
|
| JP | ja-flag | File:jp.gif | Japan File:JP.gif File:JP.png 
|
| KE | ke-flag | File:ke.gif | Kenya File:KE.gif |
| KG | kg-flag | File:kg.gif | Kyrgyzstan File:KG.gif |
| KH | cb-flag | File:kh.gif | Cambodia File:KH.gif |
| KI | kr-flag | File:ki.gif | Kiribati File:KI.gif |
| KM | cn-flag |  |
Comoros
|
| KN | sc-flag | File:kn.gif | Saint Kitts and Nevis File:KN.gif |
| KP | kn-flag | File:kp.gif | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of File:KP.gif |
| KR | ks-flag | File:kr.gif | Korea, Republic of File:KR.gif 
|
| KW | ku-flag | File:kw.gif | Kuwait File:KW.gif File:KW.png nbsp; 
|
| KY | cj-flag | File:ky.gif | Cayman Islands File:KY.gif |
| KZ | kz-flag | File:kz.gif | Kazakhstan File:KZ.gif |
| LA | la-flag | File:la.gif | Lao People's Democratic Republic File:LA.gif File:LA.png 
|
| LB | le-flag | File:lb.gif | Lebanon File:LB.gif  
|
| LC | st-flag | File:lc.gif | Saint Lucia File:LC.gif |
| LI | ls-flag | File:li.gif | Liechtenstein File:LI.gif |
| LK | ce-flag |  |
Sri Lanka File:LK.gif |
| LR | li-flag | File:lr.gif | Liberia File:LR.gif |
| LS | lt-flag | File:ls.gif | Lesotho File:LS.gif |
| LT | lh-flag | File:lt.gif | Lithuania File:LT.gif File:LT.png File:lt.png |
| LU | lu-flag | File:lu.gif | Luxembourg File:LU.gif File:LU.png |
| LV | lg-flag | File:lv.gif | Latvia File:LV.gif File:LV.png |
| LY | ly-flag | File:ly.gif | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya File:LY.gif File:LY.png File:ly.png |
| MA | mo-flag | File:ma.gif | Morocco File:MA.gif File:ma.png |
| MC | mn-flag |  |
Monaco File:MC.gif |
| MD | md-flag | File:md.gif | Moldova, Republic of File:MD.gif |
| MG | ma-flag | File:mg.gif | Madagascar File:MG.gif 
|
| MH | rm-flag | File:mh.gif | Marshall Islands File:MH.gif |
| MK | mk-flag | File:mk.gif | Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of File:MK.gif 
|
| ML | ml-flag | File:ml.gif | Mali File:ML.gif |
| MM | bm-flag | File:mm.gif | Myanmar File:MM.gif |
| MN | mg-flag | File:mn.gif | Mongolia File:MN.gif |
| MO | mc-flag | File:mo.gif | Macau File:MO.gif |
| MP | cq-flag | File:mp.gif | Northern Mariana Islands File:MP.gif |
| MQ | mb-flag | File:mq.gif | Martinique File:MQ.gif |
| MR | mr-flag | File:mr.gif | Mauritania File:MR.gif |
| MS | mh-flag | File:ms.gif | Montserrat File:MS.gif |
| MT | mt-flag | File:mt.gif | Malta File:MT.gif |
| MU | mp-flag | File:mu.gif | Mauritius File:MU.gif |
| MV | mv-flag | File:mv.gif | Maldives File:MV.gif |
| MW | mi-flag |  |
Malawi File:MW.gif |
| MX | mx-flag | File:mx.gif | Mexico File:MX.gif File:MX.png 
|
| MY | my-flag | File:my.gif | Malaysia File:MY.png |
| MZ | mz-flag | File:mz.gif | Mozambique 
|
| NA | wa-flag | File:na.gif | Namibia File:NA.gif |
| NC | nc-flag | File:newcaledonia.gif | New Caledonia |
| NE | ng-flag | File:ne.gif | Niger File:NE.gif File:NE.png |
| NF | nf-flag | File:nf.gif | Norfolk Island File:NF.gif |
| NG | ni-flag | File:ng.gif | Nigeria File:NG.gif File:NG.png |
| NI | nu-flag |  |
Nicaragua File:NI.gif 
|
| NL | nl-flag | File:nl.gif | Netherlands File:NL.gif File:NL.png File:nl.png |
| NO | no-flag | File:no.gif | Norway File:NO.gif  File:no.png
|
| NP | np-flag | File:np.gif | Nepal File:NP.gif |
| NR | nr-flag | File:nr.gif | Nauru File:NR.gif |
| NU | ne-flag | File:nu.gif | Niue File:NU.gif |
| NZ | nz-flag | File:nz.gif | New Zealand File:NZ.gif |
| OM | mu-flag | File:om.gif | Oman File:OM.gif 
|
| PA | pm-flag | File:pa.gif | Panama File:PA.gif 
|
| PE | pe-flag | File:pe.gif | Peru File:PE.gif File:PE.png |
| PF | fp-flag | File:pf.gif | French Polynesia File:PF.gif |
| PG | pp-flag |  |
Papua New Guinea File:PG.gif |
| PH | rp-flag | File:ph.gif | Philippines File:PH.gif 
|
| PK | pk-flag | File:pk.gif | Pakistan File:PK.gif 
|
| PL | pl-flag | File:pl.gif | Poland File:PL.gif  File:pl.png
|
| PM | sb-flag | File:pm.gif | St. Pierre and Miquelon File:PM.gif |
| PN | pc-flag | File:pn flag.gif | Pitcairn File:PN.gif |
| PR | rq-flag | File:pr.gif | Puerto Rico File:PR.gif File:PR.png |
| PS | File:ps.gif | Palestinian Territory, Occupied File:PS.gif File:PS.png 
| |
| PT | po-flag | File:pt.gif | Portugal File:PT.gif 
|
| PW | ps-flag | File:pw.gif | Palau File:PW.gif |
| PY | pa-flag |  |
Paraguay File:PY.gif |
| QA | qa-flag | File:qa.gif | Qatar File:QA.gif  
|
| RE | re-flag | Réunion | |
| RO | ro-flag | File:ro.gif | Romania File:RO.gif  File:ro.png
|
| RU | rs-flag | File:ru.gif | Russian Federation File:RU.gif File:RU.png 
|
| RW | rw-flag | File:rw-new.gif | Rwanda File:RW.gif File:RW.png |
| SA | sa-flag | File:sa.gif | Saudi Arabia File:SA.gif File:SA.png .png)
|
| SB | bp-flag | File:sb.gif | Solomon Islands File:SB.gif |
| SC | se-flag | File:sc.gif | Seychelles File:SC.gif |
| SD | su-flag | File:sd.gif | Sudan   File:su.png
|
| SE | sw-flag | File:se.gif | Sweden File:SE.gif File:SE.png  File:sv.png
|
| SG | sn-flag | File:sg.gif | Singapore File:SG.gif 
|
| SH | sh-flag | File:sh.gif | St. Helena File:SH.gif |
| SI | si-flag | File:si.gif | Slovenia File:SI.gif .png)
|
| SJ | sv-flag | Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands | |
| SKIN | File:sikkim r.gif | Sikkim - 1975 Now covered by IN (SK is now Slovakia) | |
| SK | lo-flag | File:sk.gif | Slovakia (Slovak Republic) File:SK.gif File:sk.png |
| SL | sl-flag | File:sl.gif | Sierra Leone File:SL.gif File:SL.png |
| SM | sm-flag | File:sm.gif | San Marino File:SM.gif |
| SN | sg-flag | File:sn.gif | Senegal  File:SN.png
|
| SO | so-flag | File:so.gif | Somalia File:SO.gif  File:so.png
|
| SR | ns-flag | File:sr.gif | Suriname File:SR.gif 
|
| ST | tp-flag | File:st.gif | São Tomé and Príncipe File:ST.gif |
| SU/SUHH | File:sov.gif | Soviet Union - 1992 Replaced by AM,AZ,BY,EE,GE,KG,KZ,LT,LV,MD,RU,TJ,TM,UA,UZ (active domain) | |
| SV | es-flag | File:sv.gif | El Salvador File:SV.gif |
| SY | sy-flag | File:sy.gif | Syrian Arab Republic File:SY.gif File:sy.png |
| SZ | wz-flag | File:sz.gif | Swaziland File:SZ.gif |
| TC | tk-flag | File:tc.gif | Turks and Caicos Islands File:TC.gif |
| TD | cd-flag | File:td.gif | Chad File:TD.gif 
|
| TF | fs-flag | File:tf.gif | French Southern Territories |
| TG | to-flag | File:tg.gif | Togo File:TG.gif |
| TH | th-flag | File:th.gif | Thailand File:TH.gif File:TH.png File:th.png |
| TJ | ti-flag | File:tj.gif | Tajikistan File:TJ.gif |
| TK | tl-flag | Tokelau | |
| TL | tt-flag | File:tp.gif | Timor-Leste File:TL.gif 
|
| TM | tx-flag | File:tm.gif | Turkmenistan File:TM.gif |
| TN | ts-flag | File:tn.gif | Tunisia File:TN.gif  
|
| TO | tn-flag |  |
Tonga File:TO.gif |
| TP/TPTL | East Timor - 2002 Replaced by TL on becoming the independent country of Timor-Leste (active domain) | ||
| TR | tu-flag | File:tr.gif | Turkey File:TR.gif File:TR.png 
|
| TT | td-flag | File:tt.gif | Trinidad and Tobago File:TT.gif |
| TV | tv-flag | File:tv.gif | Tuvalu File:TV.gif |
| TW | tw-flag | File:tw.gif | Taiwan (Republic of China) File:TW.gif 
|
| TZ | tz-flag | File:tz.gif | Tanzania, United Republic of File:TZ.gif |
| UA | up-flag | File:ua.gif | Ukraine File:UA.gif File:UA.png .png)
|
| UG | ug-flag | File:ug.gif | Uganda File:UG.gif File:UG.png |
| UM | mq-flag | United States Minor Outlying Islands | |
| US | us-flag | File:us.gif | United States File:US.gif File:US.png 
|
| UY | uy-flag | File:uy.gif | Uruguay File:UY.gif File:UY.png File:uy.png |
| UZ | uz-flag | File:uz.gif | Uzbekistan File:UZ.gif |
| VA | vt-flag | File:va.gif | Vatican City State (Holy See) File:VA.gif |
| VC | vc-flag | File:vc.gif | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines File:VC.gif |
| VDVN | vm-flag | File:vn.gif | Democratic Republic of Vietnam - 1977 Now covered by VN (Viet Nam). |
| VE | ve-flag | File:ve.gif | Venezuela File:VE.gif File:VE.png |
| VG | vi-flag | File:vg flag.gif | Virgin Islands, British File:VG.gif |
| VI | vq-flag | File:vi.gif | Virgin Islands (U.S.) File:VI.gif |
| VN | vm-flag | File:vn.gif | Viet Nam File:VN.gif File:VN.png 
|
| VU | nh-flag | File:vu.gif | Vanuatu File:VU.gif |
| WF | wf-flag | File:tn wf.gif | Wallis and Futuna File:WF.gif |
| WS | ws-flag | File:ws.gif | Samoa File:WS.gif File:WS.png |
| YDYE | File:yemen south old 04.gif | South Yemen - 1990 Now covered by YE (Yemen). | |
| YE | ym-flag | File:ye.gif | Yemen File:YE.gif File:YE.png File:ye.png |
| YT | mf-flag | Mayotte | |
| YU/YUCS | File:YUCS.gif | Yugoslavia  - 2003 Replaced by CS (Serbia and Montenegro) (active domain)
| |
| ZA | sf-flag | File:za.gif | South Africa File:ZA.gif |
| ZM | za-flag | File:zm.gif | Zambia File:ZM.gif |
| ZW | zi-flag | File:zw.gif | Zimbabwe File:ZW.gif |
Some additional (unofficial) codes may be supported as well:
| XW | File:XW.gif | Worldwide (unofficial, private-use) File:XW.png File:un.png | |
| XX | Unknown (unofficial, private-use) | ||
| EU | File:eu.gif | European Union (unofficial, reserved) File:EU.gif File:EU.png | |
| AC | Ascension Island (unofficial, reserved: top-level domain) | ||
| GG | gk-flag | File:gg flag.gif | Guernsey (unofficial, reserved: top-level domain) |
| JE | je-flag | File:je flag.gif | Jersey (unofficial, reserved: top-level domain) |
| IM | im-flag | Man, Isle of (unofficial, reserved: top-level domain) | |
| VNVN* | File:vn-svn.gif | Republic of Vietnam - 1977 Now covered by VN (Viet Nam) (unofficial) | |
| TI* | File:cn-tibet.gif | Tibet (unofficial) | |
| EK* | Basque (unofficial) 
| ||
| QC* | File:ca-qc.gif | Québec (unofficial) File: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 | AkrotiriCyprus | |
| ?? | 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 | DhekeliaCyprus | |
| ?? | 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 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 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 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 country pages of the 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 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 ClickFire flag icons, cleaned up versions of which appear on this page, and Jimmac's small flags for the Gnome project. Either of these could be converted to .ico format for use as browser "favorites" icons as they are 16x16. These icons use PNG format transparency, which requires special hacks to display correctly with IE, so they would need cropping or conversion to GIF format.
The Sodipodi Flag Collection has a comprehensive collection of flags in SVG format. I think it was supposed to be moved/incorporated into the OpenClipArt collection but that website seems down at the moment.
Several 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:
| 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:
| 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
| 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).
Author: @alex
