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The PGN specification indicates that game headers should use the IOC country codes, however, a large number of people tend to use other codes, such as those adopted by FIDE (being that it is the accepted international body governing chess). This list contains a number of codes from differing sources to aid in decoding the country that may be indicated by the three-character country code.
This page contains four sections:
1) Active Country Codes
2) Historical Country Codes
3) Countries, Kingdoms, or Regions that lack a Country Code
4) Sources
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Active Country Codes
FIDE FIFA IOC ISO Common Name / Official Name
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AFG AFG AFG AFG Afghanistan / Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
--- --- --- ALA Aland Islands / Åland Islands
ALB ALB ALB ALB Albania / Republic of Albania
ALG ALG ALG DZA Algeria / People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
--- ASA ASA ASM American Samoa / American Samoa
AND AND AND AND Andorra / Principality of Andorra
ANG ANG ANG AGO Angola / Republic of Angola
--- AIA --- AIA Anguilla / Anguilla
--- --- --- ATA Antarctica / Antarctica
ANT ATG ANT ATG Antigua and Barbuda / Antigua and Barbuda
ARG ARG ARG ARG Argentina / Argentine Republic
ARM ARM ARM ARM Armenia / Republic of Armenia
ARU ARU ARU ABW Aruba / Country of Aruba
AUS AUS AUS AUS Australia / Commonwealth of Australia
AUT AUT AUT AUT Austria / Republic of Austria
AZE AZE AZE AZE Azerbaijan / Republic of Azerbaijan
BAH BAH BAH BHS Bahamas / Commonwealth of The Bahamas
BRN BHR BRN BHR Bahrain / Kingdom of Bahrain
BAN BAN BAN BGD Bangladesh / People's Republic of Bangladesh
BAR BRB BAR BRB Barbados / Barbados
--- BSQ --- --- Basque Country / Euskadi
BLR BLR BLR BLR Belarus / Republic of Belarus
BEL BEL BEL BEL Belgium / Kingdom of Belgium
BIZ BLZ BIZ BLZ Belize / Belize
--- BEN BEN BEN Benin / Republic of Benin
BER BER BER BMU Bermuda / Bermuda
BHU BHU BHU BTN Bhutan / Kingdom of Bhutan
BOL BOL BOL BOL Bolivia / Plurinational State of Bolivia
--- BOE --- --- Bonaire / Bonaire
--- BES --- BES Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba / Caribbean Netherlands
BIH BIH BIH BIH Bosnia-Herzegovina / Bosnia and Herzegovina
BOT BOT BOT BWA Botswana / Republic of Botswana
--- --- --- BVT Bouvet Island / Bouvet Island
BRA BRA BRA BRA Brazil / Federative Republic of Brazil
--- --- --- IOT British Indian Ocean Territory / British Indian Ocean Territory
IVB VGB IVB VGB British Virgin Islands / Virgin Islands
BRU BRU BRU BRN Brunei / Brunei Darussalam
BUL BUL BUL BGR Bulgaria / Republic of Bulgaria
BUR BFA BUR BFA Burkina Faso / People's Republic of Burkina Faso
BDI BDI BDI BDI Burundi / Republic of Burundi
CAM CAM CAM KHM Cambodia / Kingdom of Cambodia
CMR CMR CMR CMR Cameroon / Republic of Cameroon
CAN CAN CAN CAN Canada / Canada
CPV CPV CPV CPV Cape Verde / Republic of Cabo Verde
--- CAT --- --- Catalonia / Catalonia
CAY CAY CAY CYM Cayman Islands / Cayman Islands
CAF CAF CAF CAF Central African Republic / Central African Republic
CHA CHA CHA TCD Chad / Republic of Chad
CHI CHI CHI CHL Chile / Republic of Chile
CHN CHN CHN CHN China / People's Republic of China
TPE TPE TPE --- Chinese Taipei / Republic of China
--- --- --- CXR Christmas Island / Territory of Christmas Island
--- --- --- CCK Cocos (Keeling) Islands / Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands
COL COL COL COL Colombia / Republic of Colombia
COM COM COM COM Comoro Islands / Comoro Islands
CGO CGO CGO COG Congo / Republic of the Congo
COD COD COD COD Congo-Kinshasa / Democratic Republic of the Congo
--- COK COK COK Cook Islands / Cook Islands
CRC CRC CRC CRI Costa Rica / Republic of Costa Rica
CRO CRO CRO HRV Croatia / Republic of Croatia
CUB CUB CUB CUB Cuba / Republic of Cuba
--- CUW --- CUW Curaçao / Country of Curaçao
CYP CYP CYP CYP Cyprus / Republic of Cyprus
CZE CZE CZE CZE Czechia / Czech Republic
DEN DEN DEN DNK Denmark / Denmark
DJI DJI DJI DJI Djibouti / Republic of Djibouti
DMA DMA DMA DMA Dominica / Commonwealth of Dominica
DOM DOM DOM DOM Dominican Republic / Dominican Republic
AHO ANT AHO --- Dutch Antilles / Netherlands Antilles
TLS TLS TLS TLS East Timor / Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
ECU ECU ECU ECU Ecuador / Republic of Ecuador
EGY EGY EGY EGY Egypt / Arab Republic of Egypt
ESA SLV ESA SLV El Salvador / Republic of El Salvador
ENG ENG --- --- England / England
GEQ EQG GEQ GNQ Equatorial Guinea / Republic of Equatorial Guinea
ERI ERI ERI ERI Eritrea / State of Eritrea
EST EST EST EST Estonia / Republic of Estonia
ETH ETH ETH ETH Ethiopia / Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
--- --- --- FLK Falkland Islands / Falkland Islands
FAI FRO FRO FRO Faroe / Faeroe Islands
FIJ FIJ FIJ FIJ Fiji / Republic of Fiji
FIN FIN FIN FIN Finland / Republic of Finland
FRA FRA FRA FRA France / French Republic
--- GUF --- GUF French Guiana / French Guiana
--- --- --- PYF French Polynesia / French Polynesia
--- --- --- ATF French Southern and Antarctic Lands / French Southern and Antarctic Lands
GAB GAB GAB GAB Gabon / Gabonese Republic
GAM GAM GAM GMB Gambia / Republic of The Gambia
GEO GEO GEO GEO Georgia / Georgia
GER GER GER DEU Germany / Federal Republic of Germany
GHA GHA GHA GHA Ghana / Republic of Ghana
--- GIB --- GIB Gibraltar / Gibraltar
GRE GRE GRE GRC Greece / Hellenic Republic
GRL GRL --- GRL Greenland / Greenland
GRN GRN GRN GRD Grenada / Grenada
--- GLP --- GLP Guadeloupe / Guadeloupe
GUM GUM GUM GUM Guam / Guam
GUA GUA GUA GTM Guatemala / Republic of Guatemala
GCI --- --- GGY Guernsey / Bailiwick of Guernsey
GBG --- --- --- Guernsey-Jersey / Channel Islands
--- GUI GUI GIN Guinea / Republic of Guinea
--- GNB GBS GNB Guinea-Bissau / Republic of Guinea-Bissau
GUY GUY GUY GUY Guyana / Co-operative Republic of Guyana
HAI HAI HAI HTI Haiti / Republic of Haiti
--- --- --- HMD Heard Island and McDonald Islands / Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
HON HON HON HND Honduras / Republic of Honduras
HKG HKG HKG HKG Hong Kong / Hong Kong
HUN HUN HUN HUN Hungary / Hungary
ISL ISL ISL ISL Iceland / Iceland
IND IND IND IND India / Republic of India
INA IDN INA IDN Indonesia / Republic of Indonesia
IRI IRN IRI IRN Iran / Islamic Republic of Iran
IRQ IRQ IRQ IRQ Iraq / Republic of Iraq
IRL IRL IRL IRL Ireland / Republic of Ireland
ISR ISR ISR ISR Israel / State of Israel
ITA ITA ITA ITA Italy / Italian Republic
CIV CIV CIV CIV Ivory Coast / Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
JAM JAM JAM JAM Jamaica / Jamaica
JPN JPN JPN JPN Japan / Japan
JCI --- --- JEY Jersey / Bailiwick of Jersey
JOR JOR JOR JOR Jordan / Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
KAZ KAZ KAZ KAZ Kazakhstan / Republic of Kazakhstan
KEN KEN KEN KEN Kenya / Republic of Kenya
--- KIR KIR KIR Kiribati / Republic of Kiribati
KOS KOS KOS --- Kosovo / Republic of Kosovo
KUW KUW KUW KWT Kuwait / State of Kuwait
KGZ KGZ KGZ KGZ Kyrgyzstan / Kyrgyz Republic
LAO LAO LAO LAO Laos / Lao People's Democratic Republic
LAT LVA LAT LVA Latvia / Republic of Latvia
LBN LBN LBN LBN Lebanon / Republic of Lebanon
LES LES LES LSO Lesotho / Kingdom of Lesotho
LBR LBR LBR LBR Liberia / Republic of Liberia
LBA LBY LBA LBY Libya / State of Libya
LIE LIE LIE LIE Liechtenstein / Principality of Liechtenstein
LTU LTU LTU LTU Lithuania / Republic of Lithuania
LUX LUX LUX LUX Luxembourg / Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
MAC MAC MAC MAC Macau / Macau
MAD MAD MAD MDG Madagascar / Republic of Madagascar
MAW MWI MAW MWI Malawi / Republic of Malawi
MAS MAS MAS MYS Malaysia / Malaysia
MDV MDV MDV MDV Maldives / Republic of Maldives
MLI MLI MLI MLI Mali / Republic of Mali
MLT MLT MLT MLT Malta / Republic of Malta
IOM --- --- IMN Mann / Isle of Man
--- MHL MHL MHL Marshall Islands / Republic of the Marshall Islands
--- MTQ --- MTQ Martinique / Martinique
MTN MTN MTN MRT Mauritania / Islamic Republic of Mauritania
MRI MRI MRI MUS Mauritius / Republic of Mauritius
--- --- --- MYT Mayotte / Department of Mayotte
MEX MEX MEX MEX Mexico / United Mexican States
--- FSM FSM FSM Micronesia / Federated States of Micronesia
MDA MDA MDA MDA Moldova / Republic of Moldova
MNC MCO MON MCO Monaco / Principality of Monaco
MGL MNG MGL MNG Mongolia / Mongolia
MNE MNE MNE MNE Montenegro / Montenegro
--- MSR --- MSR Montserrat / Montserrat
MAR MAR MAR MAR Morocco / Kingdom of Morocco
MOZ MOZ MOZ MOZ Mozambique / Republic of Mozambique
MYA MYA MYA MMR Myanmar / Republic of the Union of Myanmar
NAM NAM NAM NAM Namibia / Republic of Namibia
NRU NRU NRU NRU Nauru / Republic of Nauru
NEP NEP NEP NEP Nepal / Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
NED NED NED NLD Netherlands / Netherlands
NCL NCL --- NCL New Caledonia / New Caledonia
NZL NZL NZL NZL New Zealand / New Zealand
NCA NCA NCA NIC Nicaragua / Republic of Nicaragua
NIG NIG NIG NER Niger / Republic of the Niger
NGR NGA NGR NGA Nigeria / Federal Republic of Nigeria
--- NIU --- NIU Niue / Niue
--- --- --- NFK Norfolk Island / Norfolk Island
--- PRK PRK PRK North Korea / Democratic People's Republic of Korea
MKD MKD MKD MKD North Macedonia / Republic of North Macedonia
--- NIR --- --- Northern Ireland / Northern Ireland
--- NMI --- MNP Northern Mariana Islands / Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
NOR NOR NOR NOR Norway / Kingdom of Norway
OMA OMA OMA OMA Oman / Sultanate of Oman
PAK PAK PAK PAK Pakistan / Islamic Republic of Pakistan
PLW PLW PLW PLW Palau / Republic of Palau
PLE PLE PLE PSE Palestine / State of Palestine
PAN PAN PAN PAN Panama / Republic of Panama
PNG PNG PNG PNG Papua New Guinea / Independent State of Papua New Guinea
PAR PAR PAR PRY Paraguay / Republic of Paraguay
PER PER PER PER Peru / Republic of Peru
PHI PHI PHI PHL Philippines / Republic of the Philippines
--- --- --- PCN Pitcairn Islands / Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands
POL POL POL POL Poland / Republic of Poland
POR POR POR PRT Portugal / Portuguese Republic
PUR PUR PUR PRI Puerto Rico / Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
QAT QAT QAT QAT Qatar / State of Qatar
--- REU --- REU Réunion / La Réunion
ROU ROU ROU ROU Romania / Romania
RUS RUS RUS RUS Russia / Russian Federation
RWA RWA RWA RWA Rwanda / Republic of Rwanda
--- BLM --- BLM Saint Barts / Collectivité Territoriale de Saint-Barthélemy
--- SHN --- SHN Saint Helena / Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
SKN SKN SKN KNA Saint Kitts and Nevis / Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis
LCA LCA LCA LCA Saint Lucia / Saint Lucia
--- SMN --- --- Saint Martin / Saint Martin
--- MAF --- MAF Saint Martin / Collectivity of Saint Martin
--- SPM --- SPM Saint Pierre and Miquelon / Collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
VIN VIN VIN VCT Saint Vincent and the Grenadines / Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
--- SAM SAM WSM Samoa / Independent State of Samoa
SMR SMR SMR SMR San Marino / Republic of San Marino
STP STP STP STP São Tomé and Príncipe / Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
KSA KSA KSA SAU Saudi Arabia / Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
SCO SCO --- --- Scotland / Scotland
SEN SEN SEN SEN Senegal / Republic of Senegal
SRB SRB SRB SRB Serbia / Republic of Serbia
SEY SEY SEY SYC Seychelles / Republic of Seychelles
SLE SLE SLE SLE Sierra Leone / Republic of Sierra Leone
SGP SGP SGP SGP Singapore / Republic of Singapore
--- SXM --- SXM Sint Maarten / Sint Maarten
SVK SVK SVK SVK Slovakia / Slovak Republic
SLO SVN SLO SVN Slovenia / Republic of Slovenia
SOL SOL SOL SLB Solomon Islands / Solomon Islands
SOM SOM SOM SOM Somalia / Federal Republic of Somalia
RSA RSA RSA ZAF South Africa / Republic of South Africa
--- --- --- SGS South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands / South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
KOR KOR KOR KOR South Korea / Republic of Korea
SSD SSD SSD SSD South Sudan / Republic of South Sudan
ESP ESP ESP ESP Spain / Kingdom of Spain
SRI SRI SRI LKA Sri Lanka / Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
SUD SDN SUD SDN Sudan / Republic of the Sudan
SUR SUR SUR SUR Suriname / Republic of Suriname
--- --- --- SJM Svalbard and Jan Mayen / Svalbard and Jan Mayen
SWZ SWZ SWZ SWZ Swaziland / Kingdom of Eswatini
SWE SWE SWE SWE Sweden / Kingdom of Sweden
SUI SUI SUI CHE Switzerland / Swiss Confederation
SYR SYR SYR SYR Syria / Syrian Arab Republic
--- TAH --- --- Tahiti / Tahiti
TJK TJK TJK TJK Tajikistan / Republic of Tajikistan
TAN TAN TAN TZA Tanzania / United Republic of Tanzania
THA THA THA THA Thailand / Kingdom of Thailand
TOG TOG TOG TGO Togo / Togolese Republic
--- TKL --- TKL Tokelau / Tokelau
TGA TGA TGA TON Tonga / Kingdom of Tonga
--- PMR --- --- Transnistria / Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
TTO TRI TTO TTO Trinidad and Tobago / Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
TUN TUN TUN TUN Tunisia / Republic of Tunisia
TUR TUR TUR TUR Turkey / Republic of Türkiye
TKM TKM TKM TKM Turkmenistan / Turkmenistan
--- TCA --- TCA Turks and Caicos Islands / Turks and Caicos Islands
--- TUV TUV TUV Tuvalu / Tuvalu
UGA UGA UGA UGA Uganda / Republic of Uganda
UKR UKR UKR UKR Ukraine / Ukraine
UAE UAE UAE ARE United Arab Emirates / United Arab Emirates
USA USA USA USA United States / United States of America
--- --- --- UMI United States Minor Outlying Islands / United States Minor Outlying Islands
URU URU URU URY Uruguay / Oriental Republic of Uruguay
ISV VIR ISV VIR US Virgin Islands / Virgin Islands of the United States
UZB UZB UZB UZB Uzbekistan / Republic of Uzbekistan
VAN VAN VAN VUT Vanuatu / Republic of Vanuatu
--- VAT --- VAT Vatican / Vatican City State
VEN VEN VEN VEN Venezuela / Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
VIE VIE VIE VNM Vietnam / Socialist Republic of Vietnam
WLS WAL --- --- Wales / Wales
--- WLF --- WLF Wallis and Futuna / Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands
--- ESH --- ESH Western Sahara / Western Sahara
YEM YEM YEM YEM Yemen / Republic of Yemen
ZAM ZAM ZAM ZMB Zambia / Republic of Zambia
--- ZAN --- --- Zanzibar / Zanzibar
ZIM ZIM ZIM ZWE Zimbabwe / Republic of Zimbabwe
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Historic Country Codes
FIDE FIFA IOC ISO Common Name / Official Name
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--- --- ANZ --- Australasia / Australasia
--- BOH BOH --- Bohemia / Kingdom of Bohemia
--- BGU GUI --- British Guiana / British Guiana
--- --- HBR --- British Honduras / British Honduras
--- BIN --- --- British India / British Raj
--- --- BWI --- British West Indies / British West Indies
--- BUR BIR --- Burma / Burma
--- CTA --- --- Central African Republic / Central African Republic
--- CEY CEY --- Ceylon / Ceylon
--- CIS --- --- Commonwealth of Independent States / Commonwealth of Independent States
CSR TCH TCH --- Czechoslovakia / Czechoslovakia
--- DAH DAH --- Dahomey / Kingdom of Dahomey
--- INH IHO --- Dutch East Indies / Netherlands East Indies
GDR GDR GDR --- East Germany / German Democratic Republic
--- GOC --- --- Gold Coast / Gold Coast
--- HOL --- --- Holland / Holland
--- EIR --- --- Ireland / Éire (before 3 May 1921)
--- --- KHM --- Khmer Republic / Khmer Republic
--- KVX --- --- Kosovo / Republic of Kosovo
LIB LIB --- --- Lebanon / Republic of Lebanon
--- MAL MAL --- Malaya / Federation of Malaya
MAU --- --- --- Mauritania / Kingdom of Mauretania
--- MON --- --- Monaco / Principality of Monaco
--- HEB --- --- New Hebrides / New Hebrides Condominium
--- --- NBO --- North Borneo / North Borneo
--- VNO --- --- North Vietnam / Democratic Republic of Vietnam
--- YAR YAR --- North Yemen / Yemen Arab Republic
--- NCY --- --- Northern Cyprus / Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
--- MNP --- --- Northern Mariana Islands / Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
--- NRH NRH --- Northern Rhodesia / Northern Rhodesia
--- PAL --- --- Palestine / Mandatory Palestine
--- RHO RHO --- Rhodesia / Republic of Rhodesia
ROM ROM --- --- Romania / Romania
SAA SAA SAA --- Saarland / Saar Protectorate
--- SCG SCG --- Serbia and Montenegro / Serbia and Montenegro
--- SIA --- --- Siam / Siam
SIN SIN --- --- Singapore / Republic of Singapore
--- SMA --- --- Sint Maarten / Sint Maarten
--- VSO VNM --- South Vietnam / Republic of Vietnam
--- YMD YMD --- South Yemen / People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
--- SRH --- --- Southern Rhodesia / Southern Rhodesia
--- SUD --- --- Sudan / Republic of the Sudan
--- NGY --- --- Suriname / Republic of Suriname
--- TAI ROC TWN Taiwan / Republic of China
--- TAA --- --- Tanganyika / Tanganyika
TRI --- --- --- Trinidad and Tobago / Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
--- --- RAU --- United Arab Republic / United Arab Republic
--- UAR UAR --- United Arab Republic / United Arab Republic
--- UPV VOL --- Upper Volta / Republic of Upper Volta
--- FRG FRG --- West Germany / Federal Republic of Germany
--- WSM WSM --- Western Samoa / Western Samoa
--- FRY --- --- Yugoslavia / Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
YUG YUG YUG --- Yugoslavia / Kingdom of Yugoslavia
ZAI ZAI ZAI --- Zaire / Republic of Zaire
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Countries, Kingdoms, or Regions that lack a Country Code
When dealing with cities located in areas lacking a country code it is best practice spell out the country/region in the PGN tag. For example:
Wikipedia article: Swedish Livonia
Wikipedia article: Livonia
<Dorpat, Livonia (Swedish Empire)>
<Dorpat, Livonia (Russian Empire)>
Wikipedia article: Austrian Littoral
<Triest, Austrian Littoral (Austrian Empire) >
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Sources
FIDE (Active): http://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtm... (last checked 2024.10.11)
FIDE (Historic): https://www.olimpbase.org/help/help... (last checked 2024.10.11)
FIFA: Wikipedia article: List of FIFA country codes (last checked 2024.10.11)
IOC: Wikipedia article: List of IOC country codes (last checked 2024.10.11)
ISO: Wikipedia article: List of ISO 3166 country codes (last checked 2024.10.11)
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