Country code changes
Countries come and go. This page shows, year by year, how the two-letter codes on the webcentive International list relate to the official ISO 3166 codes. Old country pages stay online with a note pointing to the countries that replaced them.
Classic version. New version.
Years: 1992 | 1997 | 2002 | 2003 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2010 | 2011 | 2026
Frozen lists: 2026
1992
- USSR (former) (SU) retired by ISO; became Armenia (AM), Azerbaijan (AZ), Estonia (EE), Georgia (GE), Kazakhstan (KZ), Kyrgyzstan (KG), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT), Moldova (MD), Russian Federation (RU), Tajikistan (TJ), Turkmenistan (TM), Uzbekistan (UZ).
1997
- France, Metropolitan (FX) retired by ISO; became France (FR).
- Zaire (former) (ZR) retired by ISO; became Democratic Republic of the Congo (CD).
2002
- East Timor (TP) retired by ISO; became Timor-Leste (TL).
2003
- Yugoslavia (former) (YU) retired by ISO; became Serbia and Montenegro (CS).
2005
- Earliest Wayback Machine capture of the webcentive International list: 246 codes listed.
2006
- Serbia and Montenegro (CS) retired by ISO; became Serbia (RS), Montenegro (ME).
- Guernsey (GG) code assigned by ISO.
- Isle of Man (IM) code assigned by ISO.
- Jersey (JE) code assigned by ISO.
- Montenegro (ME) code assigned by ISO.
- Serbia (RS) code assigned by ISO.
2007
- Saint Barthélemy (BL) code assigned by ISO.
- Saint Martin (French part) (MF) code assigned by ISO.
2010
- Netherlands Antilles (AN) retired by ISO; became Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (BQ), Curaçao (CW), Sint Maarten (Dutch part) (SX).
- Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (BQ) code assigned by ISO.
- Curaçao (CW) code assigned by ISO.
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part) (SX) code assigned by ISO.
2011
- South Sudan (SS) code assigned by ISO.
2026
- Added to the webcentive list (11): Saint Barthélemy (BL), Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (BQ), Curaçao (CW), Guernsey (GG), Isle of Man (IM), Jersey (JE), Montenegro (ME), Saint Martin (French part) (MF), Serbia (RS), South Sudan (SS), Sint Maarten (Dutch part) (SX).
- 2026 list frozen.
Retired codes still on the webcentive list
| Code | Name | Retired | Became |
|---|---|---|---|
| AN | Netherlands Antilles | 2010 | BQ, CW, SX |
| CS | Serbia and Montenegro | 2006 | RS, ME |
| FX | France, Metropolitan | 1997 | FR |
| SU | USSR (former) | 1992 | AM, AZ, EE, GE, KZ, KG, LV, LT, MD, RU, TJ, TM, UZ |
| TP | East Timor | 2002 | TL |
| YU | Yugoslavia (former) | 2003 | CS |
| ZR | Zaire (former) | 1997 | CD |
UK is kept for the United Kingdom page; the official ISO code is GB (also listed).
Sources: ISO 3166-3 (formerly used codes), ISO 3166-1 assignment years, and Wayback Machine captures of webcentive.com/international/. Data: countries.tsv.