International Phone Codes and Prefix

Why the hell ?

When you make an international call, you need to indicate to the phone carrier that the number dialed is not local. Hence you dial a prefix, then the country code, and then the phone number. Up to this point, nothing special. But, despite international standard set by the ITU, recommending to use 00 as the international prefix, some countries still use other codes such as 011 ( USA & affiliates ) or more exotic one like 000, 001, 0011, 119, 810 etc…It’s a big mess and sorry state of affair.

The solution to the mess

But there’s a nice twist : the GSM Standard ( all mobile phone call ) allow to use the + sign ( plus sign ) as the universal international prefix. And since most phones call are of course digital in nature, most phone carriers now allow to use the “+” prefix even using “fixed line” phone, and even for local call.

Hence it’s a no brainer : you should save once and for all your phone numbers in your address book / contact manager using the + convention : prefix all the phone numbers with +country code and get rid of the local prefix ( usually 0 )

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International Phone Country codes – the List

Afghanistan+93
Åland+358 18
Albania+355
Algeria+213
American Samoa+1 684
Andorra+376
Angola+244
Anguilla+1 264
Antigua and Barbuda+1 268
Argentina+54
Armenia+374
Aruba+297
Ascension+247
Australia+61
Australian Antarctic Territory+672 1
Australian External Territories+672
Austria+43
Azerbaijan+994
Bahamas+1 242
Bahrain+973
Bangladesh+880
Barbados+1 246
Barbuda+1 268
Belarus+375
Belgium+32
Belize+501
Benin+229
Bermuda+1 441
Bhutan+975
Bolivia+591
Bonaire+599 7
Bosnia and Herzegovina+387
Botswana+267
Brazil+55
British Indian Ocean Territory+246
British Virgin Islands+1 284
Brunei Darussalam+673
Bulgaria+359
Burkina Faso+226
Burundi+257
Cape Verde+238
Cambodia+855
Cameroon+237
Canada+1
Caribbean Netherlands+599 3, +599 4,+599 7
Cayman Islands+1 345
Central African Republic+236
Chad+235
Chatham Island, New Zealand+64
Chile+56
China+86
Christmas Island+61 89164
Cocos (Keeling) Islands+61 89162
Colombia+57
Comoros+269
Congo+242
Congo, Democratic Republic of the+243
Cook Islands+682
Costa Rica+506
Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire)+225
Croatia+385
Cuba+53
Curaçao+599 9
Cyprus+357
Czech Republic+420
Denmark+45
Diego Garcia+246
Djibouti+253
Dominica+1 767
Dominican Republic+1 809, +1 829,+1 849
Easter Island+56
Ecuador+593
Egypt+20
El Salvador+503
Ellipso (Mobile Satellite service)+881 2,+881 3
EMSAT (Mobile Satellite service)+882 13
Equatorial Guinea+240
Eritrea+291
Estonia+372
Eswatini+268
Ethiopia+251
Falkland Islands+500
Faroe Islands+298
Fiji+679
Finland+358
France+33
French Antilles+596
French Guiana+594
French Polynesia+689
Gabon+241
Gambia+220
Georgia+995
Germany+49
Ghana+233
Gibraltar+350
Global Mobile Satellite System (GMSS)+881
Globalstar (Mobile Satellite Service)+881 8,+881 9
Greece+30
Greenland+299
Grenada+1 473
Guadeloupe+590
Guam+1 671
Guatemala+502
Guernsey+44 1481, +44 7781,+44 7839, +44 7911
Guinea+224
Guinea-Bissau+245
Guyana+592
Haiti+509
Honduras+504
Hong Kong+852
Hungary+36
Iceland+354
ICO Global (Mobile Satellite Service)+881 0,+881 1
India+91
Indonesia+62
Inmarsat SNAC+870
International Freephone Service (UIFN)+800
International Networks+882,+883
International Premium Rate Service+979
International Shared Cost Service (ISCS)+808
Iran+98
Iraq+964
Ireland+353
Iridium (Mobile Satellite service)+881 6,+881 7
Isle of Man+44 1624, +44 7524,+44 7624, +44 7924
Israel+972
Italy+39
Jamaica+1 658,+1 876
Jan Mayen+47 79
Japan+81
Jersey+44 1534
Jordan+962
Kazakhstan+7 6,+7 7[notes 1]
Kenya+254
Kiribati+686
Korea, North+850
Korea, South+82
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+262 269,+262 639
Mexico+52
Micronesia, Federated States of+691
Midway Island, USA+1 808
Moldova+373
Monaco+377
Mongolia+976
Montenegro+382
Montserrat+1 664
Morocco+212
Mozambique+258
Myanmar+95
Artsakh+374 47,+374 97
Namibia+264
Nauru+674
Nepal+977
Netherlands+31
Nevis+1 869
New Caledonia+687
New Zealand+64
Nicaragua+505
Niger+227
Nigeria+234
Niue+683
Norfolk Island+672 3
North Macedonia+389
Northern Cyprus+90 392
Northern Ireland+44 28
Northern Mariana Islands+1 670
Norway+47
Oman+968
Pakistan+92
Palau+680
Palestine, State of+970
Panama+507
Papua New Guinea+675
Paraguay+595
Peru+51
Philippines+63
Pitcairn Islands+64
Poland+48
Portugal+351
Puerto Rico+1 787,+1 939
Qatar+974
Réunion+262
Romania+40
Russia+7[notes 1]
Rwanda+250
Saba+599 4
Saint Barthélemy+590
Saint Helena+290
Saint Kitts and Nevis+1 869
Saint Lucia+1 758
Saint Martin (France)+590
Saint Pierre and Miquelon+508
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines+1 784
Samoa+685
San Marino+378
São Tomé and Príncipe+239
Saudi Arabia+966
Senegal+221
Serbia+381
Seychelles+248
Sierra Leone+232
Singapore+65
Sint Eustatius+599 3
Sint Maarten (Netherlands)+1 721
Slovakia+421
Slovenia+386
Solomon Islands+677
Somalia+252
South Africa+27
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands+500
South Ossetia+995 34
South Sudan+211
Spain+34
Sri Lanka+94
Sudan+249
Suriname+597
Svalbard+47 79
Sweden+46
Switzerland+41
Syria+963
Taiwan+886
Tajikistan+992
Tanzania+255
Telecommunications for Disaster Relief by OCHA was+888
Thailand+66
Thuraya (Mobile Satellite service)+882 16
East Timor (Timor-Leste)+670
Togo+228
Tokelau+690
Tonga+676
Transnistria+373 2,+373 5
Trinidad and Tobago+1 868
Tristan da Cunha+290 8
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+1
Universal Personal Telecommunications (UPT)+878
Uruguay+598
US Virgin Islands+1 340
Uzbekistan+998
Vanuatu+678
Vatican City State (Holy See)+39 06 698,
assigned+379
Venezuela+58
Vietnam+84
Wake Island, USA+1 808
Wallis and Futuna+681
Yemen+967
Zambia+260
Zanzibar+255 24
Zimbabwe+263

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