When calling a phone number in another country, there is usually a prefix you have to dial to indicate that you're placing an international call (so that the number isn't confused with a domestic number starting with the same digits); this varies by country, although on mobile phones you usually can use "+" instead. After this international dialling prefix, you must dial the country code for the country you are calling, followed by the local number (including any area prefixes, often with the first digit removed). This is a list of those country codes.
The country code is usually included in the fact box ("quickbar") in the beginning of country articles. Both it and the international dialling prefix are usually told also in the Connect section of the country article.
The entities that are within the North American Numbering Plan – the United States and its possessions, Canada, Bermuda, and several Caribbean nations — share the international "country" code 1, with each state (or parts of states), province, territory, or island nation given its own three-digit "area code". The following list includes the area code for such nations and possessions.
Countries code (E.164)
[edit]- Afghanistan 93
- Albania 355
- Algeria 213
- American Samoa 1 684
- Andorra 376
- Angola 244
- Anguilla 1 264
- Antarctica (Australian bases) 672 1
- Antigua and Barbuda 1 268
- Argentina 54
- Armenia 374
- Aruba 297
- Ascension 247
- Australia 61
- Austria 43
- Azerbaijan 994
- Bahamas 1 242
- Bahrain 973
- Bangladesh 880
- Barbados 1 246
- Belarus 375
- Belgium 32
- Belize 501
- Benin 229
- Bermuda 1 441
- Bhutan 975
- Bolivia 591
- Bonaire 599
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 387
- Botswana 267
- Brazil 55
- British Virgin Islands 1 284
- Brunei 673
- Bulgaria 359
- Burkina Faso 226
- Burundi 257
- Cabo Verde 238
- Cambodia 855
- Cameroon 237
- Canada 1
- Cayman Islands 1 345
- Central African Republic 236
- Chad 235
- Chile 56
- China 86
- Colombia 57
- Comoros 269
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 243
- Congo, Republic of the 242
- Cook Islands 682
- Costa Rica 506
- Cote d'Ivoire 225
- Croatia 385
- Cuba 53
- Curaçao 599
- Cyprus 357
- Czech Republic 420
- Denmark 45
- Diego Garcia 246
- Djibouti 253
- Dominica 1 767
- Dominican Republic 1 809, 1 829, and 1 849
- Ecuador 593
- Egypt 20
- El Salvador 503
- Equatorial Guinea 240
- Eritrea 291
- Estonia 372
- Eswatini 268
- Ethiopia 251
- Falkland Islands 500
- Faroe Islands 298
- Fiji 679
- Finland 358
- France 33
- French Guiana 594
- French Polynesia 689
- Gabon 241
- Gambia 220
- Georgia 995
- Germany 49
- Ghana 233
- Gibraltar 350
- Greece 30
- Greenland 299
- Grenada 1 473
- Guadeloupe 590
- Guam 1 671
- Guatemala 502
- Guinea 224
- Guinea-Bissau 245
- Guyana 592
- Haiti 509
- Honduras 504
- Hong Kong 852
- Hungary 36
- Iceland 354
- India 91
- Indonesia 62
- Iran 98
- Iraq 964
- Ireland (Eire) 353
- Israel 972
- Italy 39
- Jamaica 1 658, 1 876
- Japan 81
- Jordan 962
- Kazakhstan 7
- Kenya 254
- Kiribati 686
- Kosovo 383
- Kuwait 965
- Kyrgyzstan 996
- Laos 856
- Latvia 371
- Lebanon 961
- Lesotho 266
- Liberia 231
- Libya 218
- Liechtenstein 423
- Lithuania 370
- Luxembourg 352
- Macau 853
- Madagascar 261
- Malawi 265
- Malaysia 60
- Maldives 960
- Mali 223
- Malta 356
- Marshall Islands 692
- Martinique 596
- Mauritania 222
- Mauritius 230
- Mayotte 262
- Mexico 52
- Micronesia, Federated States of 691
- Moldova 373
- Monaco 377
- Mongolia 976
- Montenegro 382
- Montserrat 1 664
- Morocco 212
- Mozambique 258
- Myanmar 95
- Namibia 264
- Nauru 674
- Nepal 977
- Netherlands 31
- New Caledonia 687
- New Zealand 64
- Nicaragua 505
- Niger 227
- Nigeria 234
- Niue 683
- Norfolk Island 672 3
- North Korea 850
- North Macedonia 389
- Northern Mariana Islands 1 670
- Norway 47
- Oman 968
- Pakistan 92
- Palau 680
- Palestine 970
- Panama 507
- Papua New Guinea 675
- Paraguay 595
- Peru 51
- Philippines 63
- Poland 48
- Portugal 351
- Puerto Rico 1 787 and 1 939
- Qatar 974
- Reunion 262
- Romania 40
- Russia 7
- Rwanda 250
- Saba 599
- Saint-Barthelemy 590
- Saint Helena 290
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 869
- Saint Lucia 1 758
- Saint Martin (French side) 590
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon 508
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 784
- Samoa 685
- San Marino 378
- Sao Tome and Principe 239
- Saudi Arabia 966
- Senegal 221
- Serbia 381
- Seychelles 248
- Sierra Leone 232
- Singapore 65
- Sint Eustatius 599
- Sint Maarten (Dutch side) 1 721
- Slovakia 421
- Slovenia 386
- Solomon Islands 677
- Somalia 252
- South Africa 27
- South Korea 82
- South Sudan 211
- Spain 34
- Sri Lanka 94
- Sudan 249
- Suriname 597
- Sweden 46
- Switzerland 41
- Syria 963
- Taiwan 886
- Tajikistan 992
- Tanzania 255
- Thailand 66
- Timor-Leste 670
- Togo 228
- Tokelau 690
- Tonga 676
- Trinidad and Tobago 1 868
- Tristan da Cunha 290
- Tunisia 216
- Turkey 90
- Turkmenistan 993
- Turks and Caicos Islands 1 649
- Tuvalu 688
- Uganda 256
- Ukraine 380
- United Arab Emirates 971
- United Kingdom 44
- United States of America 1
- Uruguay 598
- Uzbekistan 998
- Vanuatu 678
- Vatican City State 39
- Venezuela 58
- Vietnam 84
- U.S. Virgin Islands 1 340
- Wallis and Futuna 681
- Yemen 967
- Zambia 260
- Zimbabwe 263
International prefix
[edit]Before dialling the country code, you usually have to dial an international prefix. This is so that the country code won't be confused with the first few digits of a local or national telephone number. On mobile phones "+" is usually automatically substituted by the international prefix. Here is a list of common international prefixes:
Digits dialled | Countries you are calling from |
---|---|
00 | All European Union countries, plus Afghanistan, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Georgia, India, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Moldova, Nepal, New Zealand, North Korea, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, Vietnam, Yemen |
000 | Tanzania, Uganda |
001 | Cambodia, Guyana, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mongolia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand |
0011 | Australia |
002 | Paraguay, Taiwan |
009 | Colombia, Nigeria |
010 | Japan |
011 | All North American Numbering Plan countries |
0021 | Brazil (The Brazilian international prefix is 00- followed by a two-digit carrier code) |
810 | Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
119 | Cuba |
On a mobile phone, you can instead dial the '+' key before the country code, regardless of which country you are calling from.