Afghanistan

AF

Africa (AC for reference only)

--

Albania

AA

Algeria

AN

All Others

YY

Andorra

AD

Angola

AO

Anguilla

AE

Antarctica (AY for reference only)

--

Antigua

AI

Antigua & Barbuda

AI

Argentina

AT

Armenia

AP

Aruba

AJ

Ashmore & Cartier Islands

AH

Australia

AS

Austria

AU

Azerbaijan

AV

Azores Islands

AQ

Bahamas

BD

Bahrain/Bahrein

BE

Bailiwick of Guernsey

GF

Balearic Islands

BW

Balliwick of Jersey

JE

Bangladesh

BL

Barbados

BB

Barbuda

AI

Bassas Da India

BF

Belarus

BY

Belgium

BG

Belize

BH

Benin

DH

Bermuda

BM

Bhutan

BN

Bolivia

BV

Bosnia & Hercegovina

BP

Botswana

BT

Bouvet Island

BQ

Brazil

BZ

Brazzaville

RB

British Honduras

BH

British Indian Ocean Territory

BO

British Solomon Islands

BS

British Virgin Islands

VB

Brunei

BX

Bulgaria

BU

Burkina Faso

UV

Burma

BR

Burundi

BI

Byelarus

BY

Cambodia

CJ

Cameroon

CM

Canada (see separate list of Canadian provinces, use CD only when province unknown)

CD

Canary Islands

ZI

Cape Verde Islands

CV

Cayman Islands

CP

Central African Republic

CW

Ceylon

CY

Chad

CF

Chile

CQ

China (CN for reference only, use either People's Republic of China or Taiwan, Republic of China)

China Republic of (Taiwan)

TW

Christmas Island

HR

Clipperton Island

DB

Cocos Islands

DD

Colombia

CB

Comoros/Comoros Islands

DG

Congo or Republic of Congo (CX for reference only)

Congo Kinshasa, now Zaire

ZR

Cook Islands

DI

Coral Sea Islands

DJ

Costa Rica

CR

Cote d'lvoire

IY

Croatia

KC

Cuba

CC

Curacao (Netherlands Antilles)

NX

Cyprus

CS

Czech Republic

EZ

Czechoslovakia (CK for reference only)

Dahomey

DH

Denmark

DK

Djibouti

DN

Dominica

DM

Dominican Republic

DR

Ducie Islands (see Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands  (DU for reference only)

East Germany (1945-1989) (EM for reference only, use Germany)

Ecuador

EU

Egypt

EY

El Salvador

EL

Ellice & Gilbert Islands (Ellice Island now Tuvalu, Gilbert Islands now Kiribati)  (GL for reference only)

Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu)

TV

England

EN

Equatorial Guinea

EK

Eretria

ET

Estonia

ES

Ethiopia

EO

Europa Island

ER

Falkland Islands

FA

Faroe Islands

FO

Federal Republic of Germany (WG for reference only, use Germany)

--

Federated States of Micronesia

FS

Fiji

FJ

Finland

FD

France

FN

French Guiana

FG

French Polynesia

FP

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

FR

Futuna

WF

Gabon

GB

Gambia

GK

Gaza

GZ

Georgia

GD

German Democratic Republic (EM for reference only, use Germany)

--

Germany

GE

Ghana

GG

Gibraltar

RG

Gilbert Islands (now Kiribati)

KB

Glorioso Islands

GO

Greece

GC

Greenland

GN

Grenada

GJ

Guadeloupe

GP

Guatemala

GT

Guernsey

GF

Guinea

GI

Guinea-Bissau

PG

Guyana

GY

Haiti

HT

Heard Island

HE

Hercegovina, Bosnia

BP

Hercegovina (HC for reference only)

Holland

NE

Honduras

HD

Hong Kong

HK

Hungary

HU

Iceland

IC

India

II

Indonesia

IO

Iran

IR

Iraq

IQ

Ireland

IE

Islas Malvias

FA

Isle of Man

IB

Israel

IS

Italy

IT

Ivory Coast

IY

Jamaica

JM

Jan Mayen

JN

Japan

JA

Jersey

JE

Jordan

JO

Juan de Nova Island

JU

Kampuchea

CJ

Kazakhstan

KT

Keeling Islands

DD

Kenya

KE

Khmer Republic

CJ

Kiribati

KB

Korea (see North or South Korea)  (KR for reference only)

Kosovo

KV

Kuwait

KU

Kyrgyzstan

KZ

Labrador

NF

Laos

LS

Latvia (LT for reference only)

Lebanon

LN

Lesotho

LE

Liberia

LB

Libya

LY

Liechtenstein

LI

Lithuania

LH

Luxembourg

LX

Macao (now spelled Macau)

OC

Macau (formerly spelled Macao)

OC

Madagascar

MP

Madeira Islands

IM

Malagasy Republic

MP

Malawi

MF

Malaysia

MZ

Maldives

MV

Mali

ML

Malta

MY

Manahiki Island

KH

Martinique

ZB

Mauritania

MU

Mauritius

UM

Mayotte

YO

McDonald Island

HE

Mexico (Only used if state is unknown)

MM

Miquelon

PS

Moldova

LD

Monaco

MJ

Mongolia

MG

Montenegro

XB

Montserrat

RR

Morelos

MR

Morocco

MQ

Mozambique

ZO

Namibia

SJ

Nauru

NR

Nepal

NP

Netherlands

NE

Netherlands Antilles

NX

Neufoundland

NF

Nevis

TS

New Caledonia

NQ

New Guinea

NO

New Hebrides

HN

New Zealand

NZ

Nicaragua

NU

Niger

NN

Nigeria

NG

Niue

IU

Norfolk Island

OF

North Korea

KN

North Vietnam (VN for reference only, use Vietnam, Socialist Republic of)

--

Northern Ireland

NI

Norway

NW

Okinawa

OI

Oman

OM

Pakistan

PK

Palau

PD

Panama

PM

Papua New Guinea

NO

Paraguay

PV

Parcel Islands

PF

People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (ST for reference only, use Yemen, Republic of)

People's Republic of China

RC

Peru

PU

Philippines

PI

Pitcairn Islands

PC

Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie & Oeno Isl.(Dependent territory of UK)

PC

Poland

PO

Portugal

PT

Portugese Guinea

PG

Portugese Timor (Indonesia)

IO

Portugese Timor (TI for reference only, use Indonesia)

--

Principe

TP

Qatar

QA

Republic of China, Taiwan

TW

Republic of Congo

RB

Republic of Palau

PD

Republic of Yemen

RY

Reunion

RE

Rhodesia

RH

Romania

RU

Russia (SX for reference only)

RA

Russia/USSR (SX for reference only)

Russian Federation

RF

Rwanda

RW

Saint Christopher

TS

Saint Helena

HS

Saint Kitts

TS

Saint Lucia

LU

Saint Pierre

PS

Saint Vincent

VV

San Marino

SH

Sao Tome

TP

Sardinia

IT

Saudi Arabia

SB

Scotland

SS

Senegal

SG

Serbia

XA

Seychelles

SE

Sicily

IT

Sierre Leone/Sierra Leone

SA

Sikkim

II

Singapore

SR

Slovakia

LF

Slovenia

LO

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

RV

Solomon Islands

BS

Somalia

SM

South Africa

SF

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

GS

South Korea

KO

South Vietnam (VS for reference only, use Vietnam, Socialist Republic of)

Southern Yemen (ST for reference only, use Yemen, Republic of)

South-West Africa

SJ

Soviet Union/USSR (SX for reference only)

Spain

SP

Spanish Sahara

RS

Spratly Islands

TE

Sri Lanka

CY

Sudan

SU

Surinam

ZC

Svalbard

SV

Swaziland

SW

Sweden

SQ

Switzerland

SZ

Syria

SY

Taiwan

TW

Tajikistan

TJ

Thailand

TH

The Grenadines

VV

Timor (TI for reference only, use Indonesia)

--

Tobago

TT

Togo

TO

Tokelau

TK

Tonga

TG

Tongareva

TQ

Trinidad

TT

Tromelin Island

TM

Trucial States

TC

Trust Territory/Pacific Islands

TD

Tuamotu Archipelago

TF

Tunisia

TU

Turkey

TY

Turkmenistan

UR

Turks & Caicos Islands (Dependent territory of UK)

TR

Tuvalu

TV

Uganda

UG

Ukraine

UK

United Arab Emirates

TC

United Arab Republic

EY

United Kingdon

UN

United Republic of Tanzania

TZ

United States of America

US

Unknown Place of Birth (For use in III records only)

XX

Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso)

UV

Uraguay

UY

USSR/Russia (SX for reference only)

Uzbekistan

UZ

Vanuatu

HN

Vatican City

VY

Venezuela

VZ

Vietnam (VM for reference only, use Vietnam, Socialist Republic of)

Vietnam, Socialist Republic of

RV

Wales

WL

Wallis

WF

West Bank

WB

West Germany (1945-1989) (WG for reference only, use Germany)

West Indies

WN

Western Sahara

RS

Western Samoa

WS

Yemen Arab Republic (YE for reference only, use Yemen, Republic of)

Yemen, Republic of

RY

Yugoslavia (YG for refernce only)

YG

Zaire

ZR

Zambia

ZM

Zimbabwe

RH

All Others

YY