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# Country Codes Reference for SpherePay API

> SpherePay uses ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country codes in customer address fields. Reference common country codes used when creating customers and bank accounts.

SpherePay uses ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 (three-letter) country codes in customer and bank account address fields. You'll encounter these codes in the `address.country` field when creating customers and registering bank accounts.

<Note>
  Not all countries are available on SpherePay. Regions subject to sanctions or other legal restrictions are not supported. Contact SpherePay if you are unsure whether a specific country is available.
</Note>

## Where country codes appear

* `address.country` when creating or updating a customer
* `address.country` when registering a bank account
* Identity document fields during KYC/KYB onboarding

## Common country codes

The table below lists frequently used country codes. For the complete list of ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes, see the [full reference table](#full-reference-table) below.

| Country        | ISO Alpha-2 | ISO Alpha-3 |
| -------------- | ----------- | ----------- |
| Australia      | AU          | AUS         |
| Brazil         | BR          | BRA         |
| Canada         | CA          | CAN         |
| China          | CN          | CHN         |
| France         | FR          | FRA         |
| Germany        | DE          | DEU         |
| India          | IN          | IND         |
| Japan          | JP          | JPN         |
| Mexico         | MX          | MEX         |
| Singapore      | SG          | SGP         |
| United Kingdom | GB          | GBR         |
| United States  | US          | USA         |

## Full reference table

| Country                     | Dialing code | ISO Alpha-2 | ISO Alpha-3 |
| --------------------------- | ------------ | ----------- | ----------- |
| Afghanistan                 | 93           | AF          | AFG         |
| Aland Islands               | 358 18       | AX          | ALA         |
| Albania                     | 355          | AL          | ALB         |
| Algeria                     | 213          | DZ          | DZA         |
| American Samoa              | 1            | AS          | ASM         |
| Andorra                     | 376          | AD          | AND         |
| Angola                      | 244          | AO          | AGO         |
| Anguilla                    | 1            | AI          | AIA         |
| Antigua and Barbuda         | 1            | AG          | ATG         |
| Argentina                   | 54           | AR          | ARG         |
| Armenia                     | 374          | AM          | ARM         |
| Aruba                       | 297          | AW          | ABW         |
| Australia                   | 61           | AU          | AUS         |
| Austria                     | 43           | AT          | AUT         |
| Azerbaijan                  | 994          | AZ          | AZE         |
| Bahamas, The                | 1            | BS          | BHS         |
| Bahrain                     | 973          | BH          | BHR         |
| Bangladesh                  | 880          | BD          | BGD         |
| Barbados                    | 1            | BB          | BRB         |
| Belarus                     | 375          | BY          | BLR         |
| Belgium                     | 32           | BE          | BEL         |
| Belize                      | 501          | BZ          | BLZ         |
| Benin                       | 229          | BJ          | BEN         |
| Bermuda                     | 1            | BM          | BMU         |
| Bhutan                      | 975          | BT          | BTN         |
| Bolivia                     | 591          | BO          | BOL         |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina      | 387          | BA          | BIH         |
| Botswana                    | 267          | BW          | BWA         |
| Brazil                      | 55           | BR          | BRA         |
| British Virgin Islands      | 1            | VG          | VGB         |
| Brunei                      | 673          | BN          | BRN         |
| Bulgaria                    | 359          | BG          | BGR         |
| Burkina Faso                | 226          | BF          | BFA         |
| Burundi                     | 257          | BI          | BDI         |
| Cambodia                    | 855          | KH          | KHM         |
| Cameroon                    | 237          | CM          | CMR         |
| Canada                      | 1            | CA          | CAN         |
| Cape Verde                  | 238          | CV          | CPV         |
| Cayman Islands              | 1            | KY          | CYM         |
| Central African Republic    | 236          | CF          | CAF         |
| Chad                        | 235          | TD          | TCD         |
| Chile                       | 56           | CL          | CHL         |
| China, People's Republic of | 86           | CN          | CHN         |
| China, Republic of (Taiwan) | 886          | TW          | TWN         |
| Colombia                    | 57           | CO          | COL         |
| Comoros                     | 269          | KM          | COM         |
| Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)   | 242          | CG          | COG         |
| Congo (Congo-Kinshasa)      | 243          | CD          | COD         |
| Cook Islands                | 682          | CK          | COK         |
| Costa Rica                  | 506          | CR          | CRI         |
| Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 225          | CI          | CIV         |
| Croatia                     | 385          | HR          | HRV         |
| Cuba                        | 53           | CU          | CUB         |
| Cyprus                      | 357          | CY          | CYP         |
| Czech Republic              | 420          | CZ          | CZE         |
| Denmark                     | 45           | DK          | DNK         |
| Djibouti                    | 253          | DJ          | DJI         |
| Dominica                    | 1            | DM          | DMA         |
| Dominican Republic          | 1            | DO          | DOM         |
| Ecuador                     | 593          | EC          | ECU         |
| Egypt                       | 20           | EG          | EGY         |
| El Salvador                 | 503          | SV          | SLV         |
| Equatorial Guinea           | 240          | GQ          | GNQ         |
| Eritrea                     | 291          | ER          | ERI         |
| Estonia                     | 372          | EE          | EST         |
| Ethiopia                    | 251          | ET          | ETH         |
| Falkland Islands            | 500          | FK          | FLK         |
| Faroe Islands               | 298          | FO          | FRO         |
| Fiji                        | 679          | FJ          | FJI         |
| Finland                     | 358          | FI          | FIN         |
| France                      | 33           | FR          | FRA         |
| Gabon                       | 241          | GA          | GAB         |
| Gambia                      | 220          | GM          | GMB         |
| Georgia                     | 995          | GE          | GEO         |
| Germany                     | 49           | DE          | DEU         |
| Ghana                       | 233          | GH          | GHA         |
| Gibraltar                   | 350          | GI          | GIB         |
| Greece                      | 30           | GR          | GRC         |
| Greenland                   | 299          | GL          | GRL         |
| Grenada                     | 1            | GD          | GRD         |
| Guam                        | 1            | GU          | GUM         |
| Guatemala                   | 502          | GT          | GTM         |
| Guinea                      | 224          | GN          | GIN         |
| Guinea-Bissau               | 245          | GW          | GNB         |
| Guyana                      | 592          | GY          | GUY         |
| Haiti                       | 509          | HT          | HTI         |
| Honduras                    | 504          | HN          | HND         |
| Hong Kong                   | 852          | HK          | HKG         |
| Hungary                     | 36           | HU          | HUN         |
| Iceland                     | 354          | IS          | ISL         |
| India                       | 91           | IN          | IND         |
| Indonesia                   | 62           | ID          | IDN         |
| Iran                        | 98           | IR          | IRN         |
| Iraq                        | 964          | IQ          | IRQ         |
| Ireland                     | 353          | IE          | IRL         |
| Israel                      | 972          | IL          | ISR         |
| Italy                       | 39           | IT          | ITA         |
| Jamaica                     | 1            | JM          | JAM         |
| Japan                       | 81           | JP          | JPN         |
| Jordan                      | 962          | JO          | JOR         |
| Kazakhstan                  | 7            | KZ          | KAZ         |
| Kenya                       | 254          | KE          | KEN         |
| Korea, North                | 850          | KP          | PRK         |
| Korea, South                | 82           | KR          | KOR         |
| Kuwait                      | 965          | KW          | KWT         |
| Kyrgyzstan                  | 996          | KG          | KGZ         |
| Laos                        | 856          | LA          | LAO         |
| Latvia                      | 371          | LV          | LVA         |
| Lebanon                     | 961          | LB          | LBN         |
| Lesotho                     | 266          | LS          | LSO         |
| Liberia                     | 231          | LR          | LBR         |
| Libya                       | 218          | LY          | LBY         |
| Liechtenstein               | 423          | LI          | LIE         |
| Lithuania                   | 370          | LT          | LTU         |
| Luxembourg                  | 352          | LU          | LUX         |
| Macau                       | 853          | MO          | MAC         |
| Macedonia                   | 389          | MK          | MKD         |
| Madagascar                  | 261          | MG          | MDG         |
| Malawi                      | 265          | MW          | MWI         |
| Malaysia                    | 60           | MY          | MYS         |
| Maldives                    | 960          | MV          | MDV         |
| Mali                        | 223          | ML          | MLI         |
| Malta                       | 356          | MT          | MLT         |
| Marshall Islands            | 692          | MH          | MHL         |
| Mauritania                  | 222          | MR          | MRT         |
| Mauritius                   | 230          | MU          | MUS         |
| Mexico                      | 52           | MX          | MEX         |
| Micronesia                  | 691          | FM          | FSM         |
| Moldova                     | 373          | MD          | MDA         |
| Monaco                      | 377          | MC          | MCO         |
| Mongolia                    | 976          | MN          | MNG         |
| Montenegro                  | 382          | ME          | MNE         |
| Morocco                     | 212          | MA          | MAR         |
| Mozambique                  | 258          | MZ          | MOZ         |
| Myanmar (Burma)             | 95           | MM          | MMR         |
| Namibia                     | 264          | NA          | NAM         |
| Nepal                       | 977          | NP          | NPL         |
| Netherlands                 | 31           | NL          | NLD         |
| New Zealand                 | 64           | NZ          | NZL         |
| Nicaragua                   | 505          | NI          | NIC         |
| Niger                       | 227          | NE          | NER         |
| Nigeria                     | 234          | NG          | NGA         |
| Norway                      | 47           | NO          | NOR         |
| Oman                        | 968          | OM          | OMN         |
| Pakistan                    | 92           | PK          | PAK         |
| Palau                       | 680          | PW          | PLW         |
| Palestine                   | 970          | PS          | PSE         |
| Panama                      | 507          | PA          | PAN         |
| Papua New Guinea            | 675          | PG          | PNG         |
| Paraguay                    | 595          | PY          | PRY         |
| Peru                        | 51           | PE          | PER         |
| Philippines                 | 63           | PH          | PHL         |
| Poland                      | 48           | PL          | POL         |
| Portugal                    | 351          | PT          | PRT         |
| Qatar                       | 974          | QA          | QAT         |
| Romania                     | 40           | RO          | ROU         |
| Russia                      | 7            | RU          | RUS         |
| Rwanda                      | 250          | RW          | RWA         |
| Saudi Arabia                | 966          | SA          | SAU         |
| Senegal                     | 221          | SN          | SEN         |
| Serbia                      | 381          | RS          | SRB         |
| Seychelles                  | 248          | SC          | SYC         |
| Sierra Leone                | 232          | SL          | SLE         |
| Singapore                   | 65           | SG          | SGP         |
| Slovakia                    | 421          | SK          | SVK         |
| Slovenia                    | 386          | SI          | SVN         |
| Somalia                     | 252          | SO          | SOM         |
| South Africa                | 27           | ZA          | ZAF         |
| South Sudan                 | 211          | SS          | SSD         |
| Spain                       | 34           | ES          | ESP         |
| Sri Lanka                   | 94           | LK          | LKA         |
| Sudan                       | 249          | SD          | SDN         |
| Suriname                    | 597          | SR          | SUR         |
| Sweden                      | 46           | SE          | SWE         |
| Switzerland                 | 41           | CH          | CHE         |
| Syria                       | 963          | SY          | SYR         |
| Tajikistan                  | 992          | TJ          | TJK         |
| Tanzania                    | 255          | TZ          | TZA         |
| Thailand                    | 66           | TH          | THA         |
| Timor-Leste                 | 670          | TL          | TLS         |
| Togo                        | 228          | TG          | TGO         |
| Tonga                       | 676          | TO          | TON         |
| Trinidad and Tobago         | 1            | TT          | TTO         |
| Tunisia                     | 216          | TN          | TUN         |
| Turkey                      | 90           | TR          | TUR         |
| Turkmenistan                | 993          | TM          | TKM         |
| Uganda                      | 256          | UG          | UGA         |
| Ukraine                     | 380          | UA          | UKR         |
| United Arab Emirates        | 971          | AE          | ARE         |
| United Kingdom              | 44           | GB          | GBR         |
| United States               | 1            | US          | USA         |
| Uruguay                     | 598          | UY          | URY         |
| Uzbekistan                  | 998          | UZ          | UZB         |
| Vanuatu                     | 678          | VU          | VUT         |
| Venezuela                   | 58           | VE          | VEN         |
| Vietnam                     | 84           | VN          | VNM         |
| Yemen                       | 967          | YE          | YEM         |
| Zambia                      | 260          | ZM          | ZMB         |
| Zimbabwe                    | 263          | ZW          | ZWE         |