Country of birth codes

Country of birth

Code

Afghanistan

001

Albania

002

Algeria

003

Andorra

004

Angola

005

Anguilla

006

Antigua and Barbuda - part of the Commonwealth

007

Argentina

008

Armenia

228

Aruba

229

Australia - part of the Commonwealth

179

Austria

009

Azerbaijan

230

Bahamas - part of the Commonwealth

010

Bahrain

011

Bangladesh - part of the Commonwealth

012

Barbados - part of the Commonwealth

013

Belarus

233

Belgium

014

Belize - part of the Commonwealth

015

Benin

016

Bermuda

017

Bhutan

018

Bolivia

019

Bosnia and Herzegovina

231

Botswana - part of the Commonwealth

020

Bouvet Island

232

Brazil

021

British Indian Ocean Territory

183

British Virgin Islands

168

Brunei - part of the Commonwealth

022

Bulgaria

023

Burkina Faso

184

Burma

024

Burundi

025

Cambodia

026

Cameroon - part of the Commonwealth

027

Canada - part of the Commonwealth

028

Cape Verde

029

Cayman Islands

030

Central African Republic

031

Chad

032

Chile

033

China, Peoples Republic of

034

Christmas Island

235

Cocos Islands

185

Colombia

035

Comoros Fed and Islamic Republic

186

Congo, The Democratic Republic of the (was Zaire)

173

Congo, old Kingdom (was Congo)

037

Cook Islands

036

Costa Rica

038

Côte D'ivoire

234

Croatia

227

Cuba

039

Cyprus - part of the Commonwealth

040

Czechoslovakia

041

Denmark

042

Djibouti

043

Dominica - part of the Commonwealth

188

Dominican Republic

044

East Germany (see Germany)

East Timor

189

Ecuador

045

Egypt

046

El Salvador

047

Equatorial Guinea

048

Eritrea

226

Estonia

190

Ethiopia

049

Faeroe Islands

191

Falkland Islands

050

Federated States of Micronesia

192

Fiji - part of the Commonwealth

051

Finland

052

France

053

French Guiana

193

French Polynesia

194

French Southern Territories

250

Gabon

054

Gambia

055

Georgia

237

Germany

057

Ghana - part of the Commonwealth

058

Gibraltar

059

Greece

060

Greenland

061

Grenada - part of the Commonwealth

062

Guadeloupe

195

Guam

196

Guatemala

063

Guernsey

199

Guinea

064

Guinea Revolutionary People' s Republic

197

Guinea-Bissau

198

Guyana - part of the Commonwealth

065

Haiti

066

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

239

Honduras

067

Hong Kong

068

Hungary

069

Iceland

070

India - part of the Commonwealth

071

Indonesia

072

Iran

073

Iraq

074

Ireland

075

Isle of Man

182

Israel

076

Italy

077

Jamaica - part of the Commonwealth

078

Japan

079

Jersey

202

Jordan

080

Kampuchea

203

Kazakstan

241

Kenya - part of the Commonwealth

081

Kiribati - part of the Commonwealth

082

Korea, Republic of (was South Korea)

083

Korea, Democratic People's Republic (was North Korea)

176

Kuwait

084

Kyrgyzstan

240

Laos

085

Latvia

204

Lebanon

086

Lesotho - part of the Commonwealth

087

Liberia

088

Libya

089

Liechtenstein

090

Lithuania

205

Luxembourg

091

Macau

206

Macedonia, The former Yugoslav Republic of

243

Madagascar

092

Malawi - part of the Commonwealth

093

Malaysia - part of the Commonwealth

094

Maldives, Republic of

095

Mali

096

Malta - part of the Commonwealth

097

Marshall Islands

208

Martinique

244

Mauritania

098

Mauritius - part of the Commonwealth

099

Mayotte

255

Mexico

101

Micronesia, Federated States of

192

Moldova, Republic of

242

Monaco

102

Mongolia

103

Montserrat

104

Morocco

105

Mozambique - part of the Commonwealth

106

Myanmar, Union of (Burma)

024

Namibia - part of the Commonwealth

107

Nauru - part of the Commonwealth

108

Nepal

109

Netherlands

110

Netherlands Antilles

210

New Caledonia

211

New Zealand - part of the Commonwealth

100

Nicaragua

111

Niger

112

Nigeria - part of the Commonwealth

113

Niue

181

Norfolk Island

178

Northern Mariana Islands

212

Norway

114

Oman

115

Pacific Islands Trust Territory

213

Pakistan - part of the Commonwealth

116

Palau

214

Palestinian Territory, Occupied

245

Panama

117

Papua New Guinea - part of the Commonwealth

118

Paraguay

119

Peru

120

Philippines

121

Pitcairn

122

Poland

123

Portugal

124

Puerto Rico

125

Qatar

126

Reunion

201

Romania

127

Russian Federation

246

Rwanda - part of the Commonwealth

128

Saint Helena

129

Saint Kitts and Nevis - part of the Commonwealth

215

Saint Lucia - part of the Commonwealth

130

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

216

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - part of the Commonwealth

131

Samoa, American

132

Samoa - part of the Commonwealth

133

San Marino

134

Sao Tome and Principe

217

Saudi Arabia

135

Senegal

136

Seychelles - part of the Commonwealth

137

Sierra Leone - part of the Commonwealth

138

Singapore - part of the Commonwealth

139

Svalbard and Jan Mayen

248

Slovakia

249

Slovenia

247

Solomon Islands - part of the Commonwealth

140

Somalia

141

South Africa, Republic Of - part of the Commonwealth

142

South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands

238

South Korea (see Korea, Democratic People's Republic)

South Pacific Commission

218

Spain

143

Sri Lanka - part of the Commonwealth

144

Sudan

145

Suriname

146

Swaziland - part of the Commonwealth

147

Sweden

148

Switzerland

149

Syria

150

Tahiti

219

Taiwan

177

Tajikistan

251

Tanzania - part of the Commonwealth

151

Thailand

152

Togo

153

Tokelau

220

Tonga - part of the Commonwealth

154

Trinidad and Tobago - part of the Commonwealth

155

Tunisia

156

Turkey

157

Turkmenistan

252

Turks and Caicos Islands

221

Tuvalu - part of the Commonwealth

158

Uganda - part of the Commonwealth

159

Ukraine

253

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

160

United Arab Emirates

161

United Kingdom (UK) - part of the Commonwealth
comprising England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland

180

United Nations (UN)

222

United States of America (USA)

162

United States Minor Outlying Islands

223

United States Pacific Islands

224

Uruguay

163

Uzbekistan

254

Vanuatu - part of the Commonwealth

164

Vatican City

165

Venezuela

166

Vietnam

167

Virgin Islands, British

168

Virgin Islands, American

169

Wallis and Futuna

225

Western Sahara

236

West Germany (see Germany)

Yemen, Arab Republic

170

Yemen, People' s Democratic Republic of

171

Yugoslavia

172

Zaire (see Congo, The Democratic Republic of the)

Zambia - part of the Commonwealth

174

Zimbabwe

175