Country calling codes or country dial-in codes are
telephone number
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prefixes for reaching telephone subscribers in the networks of the member countries or regions of the
International Telecommunication Union
The International Telecommunication Union is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies. It was established on 17 May 1865 as the International Telegraph Unio ...
(ITU). The codes are defined by the
ITU-T
The ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) is one of the three sectors (divisions or units) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). It is responsible for coordinating standards for telecommunications and Information Commu ...
in standards E.123 and E.164. The prefixes enable international direct dialing (IDD) and are also referred to as ''international subscriber dialing'' (ISD) codes.
Country codes are a component of the international
telephone numbering plan
A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunication to assign telephone numbers to subscriber telephones or other telephony endpoints. Telephone numbers are the addresses of participants in a telephone network, re ...
and are necessary only when dialing a telephone number to establish a call to another country. Country codes are dialed before the national telephone number. By convention, international telephone numbers are represented by prefixing the country code with a plus sign (+), which also indicates to the subscriber that the local international call prefix must first be dialed. For example, the international call prefix in all countries of the
North American Numbering Plan
The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is a telephone numbering plan for twenty-five regions in twenty countries, primarily in North America and the Caribbean. This group is historically known as World Zone 1 and has the international calling ...
is 011, while it is 00 in most European, Asian and African countries. On GSM (cellular) networks, the prefix may automatically be inserted when the user prefixes a dialed number with the plus sign.
Tree list
Country calling codes are prefix codes and can be organized as a
tree
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. In each row of the table, the country codes given in the left-most column share the same first digit; then subsequent columns give the second digit in ascending order. The countries are marked with their
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), to represent countries, dependent territories, and special are ...
country codes.
When there are three-digit codes starting with "+jk", then the two-digit code +jk is unassignable, as denoted by "unass." Assignable but unassigned codes are denoted by a dash (—).
Ordered by code
Zones are organized principally by geographic location, but exceptions exist for political and historical alignments. Thus, the geographical indicators below are approximations only.
Zone 1: North American Numbering Plan
Member countries of the
North American Numbering Plan
The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is a telephone numbering plan for twenty-five regions in twenty countries, primarily in North America and the Caribbean. This group is historically known as World Zone 1 and has the international calling ...
(NANP) are assigned three-digit
area codes
A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunication to assign telephone numbers to subscriber telephones or other telephony endpoints. Telephone numbers are the addresses of participants in a telephone network, re ...
under the common country prefix ''1'', shown in the format ''+1 XXX''.
The North American Numbering Plan includes:
* +1 –
* +1 – , including United States territories:
** +1 340 –
** +1 670 –
** +1 671 –
** +1 684 –
** +1 787 / 939 –
* +1 Many, but not all, Caribbean nations and some Caribbean Dutch and
British Overseas Territories
The British Overseas Territories (BOTs), also known as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs), are fourteen territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom. They are the last remnants of the former Br ...
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic archipelago, island group and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark.
They are located north-northwest of Scotlan ...
,
Greenland
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+212
All phone numbers in Morocco are 9 digits in length (excluding the leading 0).
Morocco uses a closed numbering plan, i.e. the prefix is not omitted for local calls. This is necessary because the same geographic area can be served by several p ...
+216
The following are the telephone codes in Tunisia.
Calling formats
To call in Tunisia, the following format is used:
yy xxx xxx Calls within an area code
+216 yy xxx xxx Calls from outside Tunisia
00 international call prefix
List of area cod ...
+238
The following are telephone codes in Cape Verde.
Overview
Telephone numbers in Cape Verde are 7 digits long (except for special 1xx codes), and must always be dialed in their entirety (a closed dialing plan). The first 3 digits of a fixed-li ...
–
*
+239
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+244
Telephone numbers in Angola are 9 digits long (except for special 1xx service numbers like Police and Emergency services), and must always be dialed in their entirety. Land-line (fixed-line) numbers start with digit 2, followed by 1 or 2 digits ...
+246
Country Code: +246
International Call Prefix: 00
National Significant Numbers(NSN):seven digits.
The group of islands forming the British Indian Ocean Territory has no area codes.
This region includes the Chagos Archipelago, the main island of ...
+252
The following are the telephone codes in Somalia.
Calling formats
To call in Somalia, the following format is used:
* yxx xxxx, yy xxx xxx or yyy xxx xxx - Calls within Somalia
* +252 yxx xxxx, +252 yy xxx xxx or +252 yyy xxx xxx - Calls from o ...
+258
The following are the telephone codes in Mozambique.
Calling formats
* yy xxxxxx or yyy xxxxx - Calls inside Mozambique
* +258 yyy xxxxx or +258 yy xxxxxx or +258 yyy xxxxxx - Calls from outside Mozambique
The NSN length is 8 or 9 digits.
List o ...
Tanzania
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+263
The following are the telephone codes in Zimbabwe.
Local Calls
In the same town/city
For calls inside the same geographic numbering area (local calls), dial the Subscriber Number only (this includes the Prefixing Number).
To another town/ ...
+267
Fixed line numbers in Botswana are seven digits long in a closed telephone numbering plan, with the geographical area being indicated by the first two or three digits, meaning that there are no area codes. The country was allocated its own count ...
–
*
+268
Eswatini, then known as Swaziland, was allocated the country code +268 by the International Telecommunication Union, in the late 1960s.
To call a telephone number in Eswatini, the following format is used:
;yy xx xxxx:calls from within Eswatini
; ...
Mayotte
Mayotte (; french: Mayotte, ; Shimaore language, Shimaore: ''Maore'', ; Bushi language, Kibushi: ''Maori'', ), officially the Department of Mayotte (french: Département de Mayotte), is an Overseas France, overseas Overseas departments and regi ...
, now at +262)''
* +27 –
* +28x – ''unassigned (reserved for country code expansion)''
*
+290
In the island of Saint Helena and the archipelago of Tristan da Cunha, telecommunications are administered by Sure Saint Helena. There is a fixed five-digit number plan, and the country calling code is +290.
Ascension Island is also part of th ...
San Marino
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, now at +378)''
* +296 – ''unassigned''
* +297 –
*
+298
Telephone numbers in the Faroe Islands have used a closed numbering plan, with 6-digit subscriber's numbers since 1998. Numbers are usually printed in three groups of two digits. E.g. Tórshavn municipality's city hall has the telephone numbe ...
Originally, larger countries such as Spain, the United Kingdom and France were assigned two-digit codes to compensate for their usually longer domestic numbers. Small countries, such as Iceland, were assigned three-digit codes. Since the 1980s, all new assignments have been three-digit regardless of countries' populations.
* +30 –
* +31 –
* +32 –
* +33 –
* +34 –
* +350 –
* +351 –
** +351 291 – (landlines only)
** +351 292 – (landlines only,
Horta, Azores
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Ho ...
East Germany
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West Germany
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Germany
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*
+370
Lithuania uses an open telephone numbering plan with all phone numbers having nine digits, including the prefix "8", a 1–3 digit area code, and a 5–7 digit subscriber telephone number. The current plan was introduced in stages in 2001–2003 ...
– ''(formerly +7 012 as Lithuanian SSR)''
* +371 – ''(formerly +7 013 as
Latvian SSR
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+374
The following telephone numbers in Armenia are destination codes for international calls terminating in Armenia as well as the procedures for dialing internationally from within Armenia.
Dialling plan
The dialling plan is as below:
Calling Arme ...
– ''(formerly +7 885 as
Armenian SSR
The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet A ...
+375
Belarus began using its own country code +375 in 1995, replacing the +7 international country code inherited from the Soviet Union.+376 – ''(formerly +33 628)''
*
+377
Telephone numbers in Monaco are eight digits in length, with fixed line numbers beginning with the digit 9 and mobile phone numbers with the digit 6.
Overview
Until 21 June 1996, Monaco formed part of the French numbering plan, with fixed lin ...
– ''(formerly +33 93)''
* +378 – ''(interchangeably with +39 549; earlier was allocated +295 but never used)''
* +379 – ''(assigned but uses +39 06698)''.
* +38 – ''unassigned (formerly assigned to
+383
The dialing code for Kosovo is +383. It was assigned by the ITU following an agreement between the authorities of Kosovo and Serbia in an EU-led dialog. Its dialing code was initially expected to become effective on January 1, 2015 but it was ...
European Telephony Numbering Space With the intent of forming a trans-Europe numbering plan as an option (or then future movement) for anyone needing multi-national European telephone presence, the ITU allocated country calling code +388 as a subdivided, catch-all container for such ...
until its breakup in 1993)''
* +420 –
* +421 –
* +422 – ''unassigned''
*
+423
Liechtenstein previously used the Swiss telephone numbering plan (+41) under area code 075. (This was dialled as +41 75 from outside Switzerland and Liechtenstein). However, on 5 April 1999, it adopted its own international code +423. Consequen ...
NANP
The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is a telephone numbering plan for twenty-five regions in twenty countries, primarily in North America and the Caribbean. This group is historically known as World Zone 1 and has the international callin ...
*
+500
Country Code: +500
International Call Prefix: 00
National Significant Numbers (NSN): five digits.
Format: +500 YYXXX
Allocations
See also
* Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom
References
Falkland Islands, The
Communications in th ...
+504
Country Code: +504
International Call Prefix: 00
National Significant Numbers (NSN): eight digits.
Format: +504 2ABC XXXX (fixed lines)
or +504 YABC XXXX for Y = 3,7,8,9 (mobile)
Number plan
In 2010 fixed telephone numbers in Honduras increased ...
–
*
+505
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–
*
+506
Country Code: +506
International Call Prefix: 00
Number plan type: closed
As of 2010 the government body in charge of allocations is the Superintendencia de TelecomunicacioneSUTEL (In Spanish)
History of allocations
Prefix 00 was reserved ...
+590
The French telephone numbering plan is used in Metropolitan France, French overseas departments and some overseas collectivities.
France uses a ten-digit closed numbering plan, where the first two digits denote a geographic area, mobile or non-ge ...
Saint Martin Saint Martin may refer to:
People
* Saint Martin of Tours (c. 316–397), Bishop of Tours, France
* Saint Martin of Braga (c. 520–580), archbishop of Bracara Augusta in Gallaecia (now Braga in Portugal)
* Pope Martin I (598–655)
* Saint Mart ...
+596
The French telephone numbering plan is used in Metropolitan France, French overseas departments and some overseas collectivities.
France uses a ten-digit closed numbering plan, where the first two digits denote a geographic area, mobile or non-ge ...
– (''formerly assigned to Peru, now at +51'')
* +597 –
* +598 –
* +599 – Former , now grouped as follows:
** +599 3 –
** +599 4 –
** +599 5 – ''unassigned (formerly assigned to
Sint Maarten
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, now included in
NANP
The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is a telephone numbering plan for twenty-five regions in twenty countries, primarily in North America and the Caribbean. This group is historically known as World Zone 1 and has the international callin ...
+670
Until September 1999, East Timor formed part of the Indonesian numbering plan, using the country code +62, followed by area codes for the two largest cities, Dili (390) and Baucau (399). Following the violence in the wake of Indonesia's departur ...
– ''(formerly +62 39 during the Indonesian occupation);'' ''formerly'' ''assigned to'' ''
Northern Mariana Islands
The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI; ch, Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; cal, Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas), is an unincorporated territory and commonwe ...
,'' ''now'' ''included in
NANP
The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is a telephone numbering plan for twenty-five regions in twenty countries, primarily in North America and the Caribbean. This group is historically known as World Zone 1 and has the international callin ...
as +1-670 (See Zone 1, above)''
* +671 – ''unassigned (formerly'' ''assigned to'' ''
Guam
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, now included in
NANP
The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is a telephone numbering plan for twenty-five regions in twenty countries, primarily in North America and the Caribbean. This group is historically known as World Zone 1 and has the international callin ...
+670
Until September 1999, East Timor formed part of the Indonesian numbering plan, using the country code +62, followed by area codes for the two largest cities, Dili (390) and Baucau (399). Following the violence in the wake of Indonesia's departur ...
Australian Antarctic Territory
The Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) is a part of East Antarctica claimed by Australia as an external territory. It is administered by the Australian Antarctic Division, an agency of the federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the ...
+674
Nauru's country code is +674, and the international call prefix is 00. There are seven other numbers in the system.
Telephone ranges
In August 2011, Criden Appi, the Director of Telecommunications (Regulatory), said that Nauru advises "only 55 ...
+678
Number format
National Significant Numbers (NSN):
:The minimum number length (excluding the country code) is 5 digits.
Numbering Plan in Vanuatu
See also
* Telecommunications in Vanuatu
References
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Va ...
+682
Country Code: +682
International Call Prefix: 00
National Significant Numbers (NSN): five (5) digits
Format: +682 XX XXX
Number allocations in the Cook Islands
See also
* Telecommunications in the Cook Islands
Like most countries and ...
–
*
+683
An updated Numbering Plan for Niue took effect from 1 May 2018. The Country Code for Niue is +683, and the International Call Prefix is 00.
Allocations
See also
* Communications in Niue
References
Niue
Niue (, ; niu, Niuē) i ...
–
* +684 ''– unassigned (formerly assigned to
American Samoa
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, now included in
NANP
The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is a telephone numbering plan for twenty-five regions in twenty countries, primarily in North America and the Caribbean. This group is historically known as World Zone 1 and has the international callin ...
+692
Country Code: +692
International Call Prefix: 00
National Significant Numbers (NSN): seven-digits
Format: +692 yyy xxxx or +692 yyyy xxx
Areas in the Marshall Islands
See also
* Communications in the Marshall Islands
References
Marshall ...
Soviet Union
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until its dissolution in 1991)''
** +7 840 / 940 – ''(interchangeably with +995 44)''
** +7 850 / 929 – ''(interchangeably with +995 34)''
** +7 856 / 949 – ''(interchangeably with +380 71)''
** +7 959 – ''(interchangeably with +380 72)''
* +7 6xx / 7xx – ''(planned transition to +997 from 2023)''
Zone 8:
East Asia
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and special services
* +800 – Universal International Freephone Service (
UIFN
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)
* +801 – ''unassigned''
* +802 – ''unassigned''
* +803 – ''unassigned''
* +804 – ''unassigned''
* +805 – ''unassigned''
* +806 – ''unassigned''
* +807 – ''unassigned''
* +808 – Universal International Shared Cost Service ( UISC)
* +809 – ''unassigned''
* +81 –
* +82 –
* +83x – ''unassigned (reserved for country code expansion)''
* +84 –
* +850 –
* +851 – ''unassigned''
* +852 –
* +853 –
* +854 – ''unassigned''
* +855 –
* +856 –
* +857 – ''unassigned (formerly ANAC satellite service)''
* +858 – ''unassigned (formerly ANAC satellite service)''
* +859 – ''unassigned''
* +86 –
* +870 – Inmarsat "SNAC" service
* +871 – ''unassigned (formerly assigned to Inmarsat Atlantic East, discontinued in 2008)''
* +872 – ''unassigned (formerly assigned to Inmarsat Pacific, discontinued in 2008)''
* +873 – ''unassigned (formerly assigned to Inmarsat Indian, discontinued in 2008)''
* +874 – ''unassigned (formerly assigned to Inmarsat Atlantic West, discontinued in 2008)''
* +875 – ''unassigned (reserved for future maritime mobile service)''
* +876 – ''unassigned (reserved for future maritime mobile service)''
* +877 – ''unassigned (reserved for future maritime mobile service)''
* +878 – Universal Personal Telecommunications Service (UPTS)
* +879 – ''unassigned (reserved for national non-commercial purposes)''
* +880 –
* +881 – Global Mobile Satellite System
* +882 – International Networks
* +883 – International Networks
* +884 – ''unassigned''
* +885 – ''unassigned''
* +886 –
* +887 – ''unassigned''
* +888 – ''unassigned (was Telecommunications for Disaster Relief by OCHA)''
* +889 – ''unassigned''
* +89x – ''unassigned (reserved for country code expansion)''
Zone 9: Mostly
Middle East
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and parts of southern
Asia
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Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast an ...
Dubai
Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics ...
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia ( The Middle East). It is located at ...
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia ( The Middle East). It is located at ...
+996
Calling formats
*+996 XXX XXXXXX for calls from outside Kyrgyzstan
*0XXX XXXXXX or 0XXXX XXXXX for calls within Kyrgyzstan.
The NSN length is nine digits.
National Numbering Plan (NNP) of the Kyrgyz Republic
References
Kyrgyzstan
...
–
* +997 – from 2023 ''(currently using +7 6xx / 7xx)''
* +998 –
* +999 – ''unassigned (reserved for future global service)''
Alphabetical listing by country or region
Locations with no country code
In
Antarctica
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, dialing is dependent on the parent country of each base:
Other places with no country codes in use, although a code may be reserved:
See also
*
ITU-T
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ISBN
The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a numeric commercial book identifier that is intended to be unique. Publishers purchase ISBNs from an affiliate of the International ISBN Agency.
An ISBN is assigned to each separate edition an ...
s, a similar form of country code
*
International Telecommunication Union
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Telephone numbering plan
A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunication to assign telephone numbers to subscriber telephones or other telephony endpoints. Telephone numbers are the addresses of participants in a telephone network, re ...