These pages contain the flags of countries and separately administered
territories of the world, together with distinctive codes used for various
purposes.
- Sovereign countries are printed in capital letters, e.g.: CANADA.
- Non-sovereign countries are printed in normal script, with the
administering country given between parentheses, e.g. Gibraltar (United
Kingdom).
When a general government portal for a certain country or territory is known,
a link to it may be provided under the name of the country or territory.
Countries and territories are listed under their respective continents (or
broad area, such as the Pacific). Countries that can be considered to be on more
than one continent (e.g. Russia, Turkey) are listed in each. The five continents
and broad areas are:
The two- and three-letter country and the numeric codes are from the international ISO 3166 standard.
The Car Registration Codes are, when official, from the
Distinguishing Signs of Vehicles in International Traffic, published by the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
Under Phone Codes are found the international dialling codes applicable for each country and territory. A good site for a comprehensive listing of these is
List of country calling codes, from Dr John Grohol's Psych Central web site.
When information is available for countries and territories that no longer exist as such, this information is provided in a separate table for each continent or region.
Last modified: 18 July 2005
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