This is a list of FIPS 10-4

country codes A country code is a short alphanumeric identification code for countries and dependent areas. Its primary use is in data processing and communications. Several identification systems have been developed. The term ''country code'' frequently refe ...

for ''Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions''. The two-letter country codes were used by the US government for geographical data processing in many publications, such as the

CIA World Factbook ''The World Factbook'', also known as the ''CIA World Factbook'', is a reference resource produced by the United States' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with almanac-style information about the countries of the world. The official print ve ...

. The standard is also known as

DAFIF The Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File or DAFIF () is a comprehensive database of up-to-date aeronautical data, including information on airports, airways, airspaces, navigation data, and other facts relevant to flying in the entire wo ...

0413 ed 7 Amdt. No. 3 (Nov 2003) and as DIA 65-18 (

Defense Intelligence Agency The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is an intelligence agency and combat support agency of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) specializing in military intelligence. A component of the Department of Defense and the United States In ...

, 1994, "Geopolitical Data Elements and Related Features"). The FIPS standard includes both the codes for independent countries (similar but often incompatible with the

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 ...

standard) and the codes for top-level subdivision of the countries (similar to but usually incompatible with the

ISO 3166-2 ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and defines codes for identifying the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. Th ...

standard). The ISO 3166 codes are used by the United Nations and for Internet top-level country code domains. Non-sovereign entities are in italics. On September 2, 2008, FIPS 10-4 was one of ten standards withdrawn by

NIST The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce whose mission is to promote American innovation and industrial competitiveness. NIST's activities are organized into physical s ...

as a

Federal Information Processing Standard The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) of the United States are a set of publicly announced standards that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed for use in computer systems of non-military United Stat ...

. It was replaced in the U.S. Government by the Geopolitical Entities, Names, and Codes (GENC), which is based on

ISO 3166 ISO 3166 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, special areas of geographical interest, and their principal subdivisions (e.g., pro ...

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* * The complete standard can be found at:
https://web.archive.org/web/20090201000438/http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/fip10-4.htm
Updates to previous version of the standard (before FIPS-10 was withdrawn in September 2008) are at:

Updates to the standard since September 2008 are at:

* FIPS PUB 10-4: Federal Information Processing Standard 10-4:
Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions
', April 1995 * DAFIF 0413, Edition 7, Amendment No. 3, November 2003 * DIA 65-18: Defense Intelligence Agency, ''Geopolitical Data Elements and Related Features'', 1994

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UK MOD Ontology Demonstrator
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Country codes A country code is a short alphanumeric identification code for countries and dependent areas. Its primary use is in data processing and communications. Several identification systems have been developed. The term ''country code'' frequently refe ...

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