Official Geographic Code, INSEE's reference dataset assigning a unique code to each geographic entity.

List of Countries and Territories 2026 — Official Geographic Code

Q: How many official countries are there in 2026 according to France?

France officially recognizes 196 countries in 2026 according to INSEE's COG.

Q: What is the difference between a country and a foreign territory?

In the COG, countries and territories are grouped together. The distinction is made via the ACTUAL column. Territories are dependencies attached to a sovereign country.

Code	Name	ANI*	ISO2	ISO3	NUM3
99100	France	1943	FR	FRA	250
99101	DenmarkDanemark	1943	DK	DNK	208
99102	IcelandIslande	1943	IS	ISL	352
99103	NorwayNorvège	1943	NO	NOR	578
99104	SwedenSuède	1943	SE	SWE	752
99105	FinlandFinlande	1943	FI	FIN	246
99106	EstoniaEstonie	1991	EE	EST	233
99107	LatviaLettonie	1991	LV	LVA	428
99108	LithuaniaLituanie	1990	LT	LTU	440
99109	GermanyAllemagne	1990	DE	DEU	276
99110	AustriaAutriche	1943	AT	AUT	040
99111	BulgariaBulgarie	1943	BG	BGR	100
99112	HungaryHongrie	1943	HU	HUN	348
99113	Liechtenstein	1943	LI	LIE	438
99114	RomaniaRoumanie	1943	RO	ROU	642
99116	CzechiaTchéquie	1993	CZ	CZE	203
99117	SlovakiaSlovaquie	1993	SK	SVK	703
99118	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnie-Herzégovine	1992	BA	BIH	070
99119	CroatiaCroatie	1991	HR	HRV	191
99120	MontenegroMonténégro	2006	ME	MNE	499
99121	SerbiaSerbie	1943	RS	SRB	688
99122	PolandPologne	1943	PL	POL	616
99123	RussiaRussie	1943	RU	RUS	643
99125	AlbaniaAlbanie	1943	AL	ALB	008
99126	GreeceGrèce	1943	GR	GRC	300
99127	ItalyItalie	1943	IT	ITA	380
99128	San MarinoSaint-Marin	1943	SM	SMR	674
99129	Vatican CityVatican	1943	VA	VAT	336
99130	AndorraAndorre	1943	AD	AND	020
99131	BelgiumBelgique	1943	BE	BEL	056
99132	United KingdomRoyaume-Uni	1943	GB	GBR	826
99134	SpainEspagne	1943	ES	ESP	724
99135	NetherlandsPays-Bas	1943	NL	NLD	528
99136	IrelandIrlande	1943	IE	IRL	372
99137	Luxembourg	1943	LU	LUX	442
99138	Monaco	1943	MC	MCO	492
99139	Portugal	1943	PT	PRT	620
99140	SwitzerlandSuisse	1943	CH	CHE	756
99144	MaltaMalte	1964	MT	MLT	470
99145	SloveniaSlovénie	1991	SI	SVN	705
99148	BelarusBiélorussie	1991	BY	BLR	112
99151	MoldovaMoldavie	1991	MD	MDA	498
99155	Ukraine	1991	UA	UKR	804
99156	North MacedoniaMacédoine du Nord	1991	MK	MKD	807
99157	Kosovo	2007
99201	Saudi ArabiaArabie saoudite	1943	SA	SAU	682
99203	IraqIrak	1943	IQ	IRQ	368
99204	Iran	1943	IR	IRN	364
99205	LebanonLiban	1943	LB	LBN	422
99206	SyriaSyrie	1961	SY	SYR	760
99207	IsraelIsraël	1943	IL	ISR	376
99208	TurkeyTurquie	1943	TR	TUR	792
99212	Afghanistan	1943	AF	AFG	004
99213	Pakistan	1943	PK	PAK	586
99214	BhutanBhoutan	1949	BT	BTN	064
99215	NepalNépal	1943	NP	NPL	524
99216	ChinaChine	1943	CN	CHN	156
99217	JapanJapon	1943	JP	JPN	392
99219	ThailandThaïlande	1943	TH	THA	764
99220	Philippines	1943	PH	PHL	608
99222	JordanJordanie	1943	JO	JOR	400
99223	IndiaInde	1943	IN	IND	356
99224	MyanmarBirmanie	1943	MM	MMR	104
99225	Brunei	1943	BN	BRN	096
99226	SingaporeSingapour	1965	SG	SGP	702
99227	MalaysiaMalaisie	1943	MY	MYS	458
99229	Maldives	1943	MV	MDV	462
99231	IndonesiaIndonésie	1943	ID	IDN	360
99234	CambodiaCambodge	1953	KH	KHM	116
99235	Sri Lanka	1947	LK	LKA	144
99238	North KoreaCorée du Nord	1953	KP	PRK	408
99239	South KoreaCorée du Sud	1953	KR	KOR	410
99240	KuwaitKoweït	1961	KW	KWT	414
99241	Laos	1953	LA	LAO	418
99242	MongoliaMongolie	1945	MN	MNG	496
99243	Vietnam	1976	VN	VNM	704
99246	Bangladesh	1971	BD	BGD	050
99247	United Arab EmiratesÉmirats arabes unis	1971	AE	ARE	784
99248	Qatar	1971	QA	QAT	634
99249	BahrainBahreïn	1971	BH	BHR	048
99250	Oman	1970	OM	OMN	512
99251	YemenYémen	1990	YE	YEM	887
99252	ArmeniaArménie	1991	AM	ARM	051
99253	AzerbaijanAzerbaïdjan	1991	AZ	AZE	031
99254	CyprusChypre	1994	CY	CYP	196
99255	GeorgiaGéorgie	1991	GE	GEO	268
99256	Kazakhstan	1991	KZ	KAZ	398
99257	KyrgyzstanKirghizstan	1991	KG	KGZ	417
99258	UzbekistanOuzbékistan	1991	UZ	UZB	860
99259	TajikistanTadjikistan	1991	TJ	TJK	762
99260	TurkmenistanTurkménistan	1991	TM	TKM	795
99261	Palestine	1948	PS	PSE	275
99262	East TimorTimor oriental	2002	TL	TLS	626
99301	EgyptÉgypte	1943	EG	EGY	818
99302	LiberiaLibéria	1943	LR	LBR	430
99303	South AfricaAfrique du Sud	1943	ZA	ZAF	710
99304	GambiaGambie	1943	GM	GMB	270
99309	TanzaniaTanzanie	1943	TZ	TZA	834
99310	Zimbabwe	1943	ZW	ZWE	716
99311	NamibiaNamibie	1943	NA	NAM	516
99312	Democratic Republic of the CongoRépublique démocratique du Congo	1943	CD	COD	180
99314	Equatorial GuineaGuinée équatoriale	1943	GQ	GNQ	226
99315	EthiopiaÉthiopie	1943	ET	ETH	231
99316	LibyaLibye	1943	LY	LBY	434
99317	EritreaÉrythrée	1993	ER	ERI	232
99318	SomaliaSomalie	1943	SO	SOM	706
99321	Burundi	1960	BI	BDI	108
99322	CameroonCameroun	1961	CM	CMR	120
99323	Central African RepublicCentrafrique	1960	CF	CAF	140
99324	Congo	1960	CG	COG	178
99326	Côte d’Ivoire	1960	CI	CIV	384
99327	BeninBénin	1960	BJ	BEN	204
99328	Gabon	1960	GA	GAB	266
99329	Ghana	1957	GH	GHA	288
99330	GuineaGuinée	1958	GN	GIN	324
99331	Burkina FasoBurkina	1960	BF	BFA	854
99332	Kenya	1963	KE	KEN	404
99333	Madagascar	1960	MG	MDG	450
99334	Malawi	1964	MW	MWI	454
99335	Mali	1960	ML	MLI	466
99336	MauritaniaMauritanie	1960	MR	MRT	478
99337	Niger	1960	NE	NER	562
99338	NigeriaNigéria	1960	NG	NGA	566
99339	UgandaOuganda	1962	UG	UGA	800
99340	Rwanda	1962	RW	RWA	646
99341	SenegalSénégal	1960	SN	SEN	686
99342	Sierra Leone	1961	SL	SLE	694
99343	SudanSoudan	1956	SD	SDN	729
99344	ChadTchad	1960	TD	TCD	148
99345	Togo	1960	TG	TGO	768
99346	ZambiaZambie	1964	ZM	ZMB	894
99347	Botswana	1966	BW	BWA	072
99348	Lesotho	1966	LS	LSO	426
99349	South SudanSoudan du Sud	2011	SS	SSD	728
99350	MoroccoMaroc	1956	MA	MAR	504
99351	TunisiaTunisie	1956	TN	TUN	788
99352	AlgeriaAlgérie	1962	DZ	DZA	012
99390	MauritiusMaurice	1968	MU	MUS	480
99391	EswatiniSwaziland	1968	SZ	SWZ	748
99392	Guinea-BissauGuinée-Bissao	1974	GW	GNB	624
99393	Mozambique	1975	MZ	MOZ	508
99394	São Tomé and PríncipeSao Tomé-et-Principe	1975	ST	STP	678
99395	Angola	1975	AO	AGO	024
99396	Cape VerdeCap-Vert	1975	CV	CPV	132
99397	ComorosComores	1975	KM	COM	174
99398	Seychelles	1976	SC	SYC	690
99399	Djibouti	1977	DJ	DJI	262
99401	Canada	1943	CA	CAN	124
99404	United StatesÉtats-Unis	1943	US	USA	840
99405	MexicoMexique	1943	MX	MEX	484
99406	Costa Rica	1943	CR	CRI	188
99407	Cuba	1943	CU	CUB	192
99408	Dominican RepublicRépublique dominicaine	1943	DO	DOM	214
99409	GuatemalaGuatémala	1943	GT	GTM	320
99410	HaitiHaïti	1943	HT	HTI	332
99411	Honduras	1943	HN	HND	340
99412	Nicaragua	1943	NI	NIC	558
99413	Panama	1943	PA	PAN	591
99414	El SalvadorSalvador	1943	SV	SLV	222
99415	ArgentinaArgentine	1943	AR	ARG	032
99416	BrazilBrésil	1943	BR	BRA	076
99417	ChileChili	1943	CL	CHL	152
99418	BoliviaBolivie	1943	BO	BOL	068
99419	ColombiaColombie	1943	CO	COL	170
99420	EcuadorÉquateur	1943	EC	ECU	218
99421	Paraguay	1943	PY	PRY	600
99422	PeruPérou	1943	PE	PER	604
99423	Uruguay	1943	UY	URY	858
99424	VenezuelaVénézuéla	1943	VE	VEN	862
99426	JamaicaJamaïque	1943	JM	JAM	388
99428	Guyana	1943	GY	GUY	328
99429	BelizeBélize	1943	BZ	BLZ	084
99433	Trinidad and TobagoTrinité-et-Tobago	1962	TT	TTO	780
99434	BarbadosBarbade	1966	BB	BRB	052
99435	GrenadaGrenade	1974	GD	GRD	308
99436	Bahamas	1973	BS	BHS	044
99437	Suriname	1975	SR	SUR	740
99438	DominicaDominique	1978	DM	DMA	212
99439	Saint LuciaSainte-Lucie	1979	LC	LCA	662
99440	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesSaint-Vincent-et-les-Grenadines	1979	VC	VCT	670
99441	Antigua and BarbudaAntigua-et-Barbuda	1981	AG	ATG	028
99442	Saint Kitts and NevisSaint-Christophe-et-Niévès	1983	KN	KNA	659
99501	AustraliaAustralie	1943	AU	AUS	036
99502	New ZealandNouvelle-Zélande	1943	NZ	NZL	554
99506	Samoa	1962	WS	WSM	882
99507	Nauru	1968	NR	NRU	520
99508	FijiFidji	1970	FJ	FJI	242
99509	Tonga	1970	TO	TON	776
99510	Papua New GuineaPapouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée	1975	PG	PNG	598
99511	Tuvalu	1978	TV	TUV	798
99512	Solomon IslandsSalomon	1978	SB	SLB	090
99513	Kiribati	1979	KI	KIR	296
99514	Vanuatu	1980	VU	VUT	548
99515	Marshall IslandsMarshall	1990	MH	MHL	584
99516	MicronesiaMicronésie	1990	FM	FSM	583
99517	PalauPalaos	1994	PW	PLW	585

Code	Name	ANI*	ISO2	ISO3	NUM3	Parent country
99133	British Territories in the MediterraneanTerritoires britanniques en Méditerranée	1943	GI	GIB	292	99132 United Kingdom
99158	Faroe IslandsFéroé	1943	FO	FRO	234	99101 Denmark
99159	Norwegian Territories in the North AtlanticTerritoires norvégiens en Atlantique Nord	1943				99103 Norway
99160	Åland IslandsÅland	1943	AX	ALA	248	99105 Finland
99161	British Crown DependenciesDépendances de la Couronne britannique	1943				99132 United Kingdom
99162	Pheasant IslandÎle des Faisans	1943				99134 Spain
99230	Hong Kong	1943	HK	HKG	344	99216 China
99232	Macao	1943	MO	MAC	446	99216 China
99236	TaiwanTaïwan	1949	TW	TWN	158	-
99265	Australian Indian Ocean TerritoriesTerritoires australiens de l’océan Indien	1943				99501 Australia
99306	British Atlantic TerritoriesTerritoires britanniques de l’océan Atlantique	1943	SH	SHN	654	99132 United Kingdom
99308	British Indian Ocean TerritoryTerritoire britannique de l’océan Indien	1943	IO	IOT	086	99132 United Kingdom
99313	Spanish Territories in North AfricaTerritoires espagnols en Afrique du Nord	1943	ES	ESP	724	99134 Spain
99319	Portuguese Atlantic TerritoriesTerritoires portugais de l’océan Atlantique	1943	PT	PRT	620	99139 Portugal
99363	Norwegian Southern TerritoriesTerres australes norvégiennes	1943				99103 Norway
99389	Western SaharaSahara occidental	1994	EH	ESH	732	-
99425	British Territories in the Caribbean and BermudaTerritoires britanniques dans les Antilles et Bermudes	1943				99132 United Kingdom
99427	British Territories in the South AtlanticTerritoires britanniques dans l’océan Atlantique Sud	1943				99132 United Kingdom
99430	GreenlandGroenland	1943	GL	GRL	304	99101 Denmark
99431	Aruba	1943	AW	ABW	533	99135 Netherlands
99432	United States Territories in the AmericasTerritoires des États-Unis en Amérique	1943				99404 United States
99443	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaBonaire, Saint-Eustache, Saba	2010	BQ	BES	535	99135 Netherlands
99444	Curaçao	2010	CW	CUW	531	99135 Netherlands
99445	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)Saint-Martin (partie néerlandaise)	2010	SX	SXM	534	99135 Netherlands
99446	Argentine Antarctic TerritoryTerritoire antarctique argentin	1943				99415 Argentina
99447	Chilean Antarctic TerritoryTerritoire antarctique chilien	1943				99417 Chile
99503	Pitcairn IslandsPitcairn	1943	PN	PCN	612	99132 United Kingdom
99505	United States Territories in OceaniaTerritoires des États-Unis en Océanie	1943				99404 United States
99519	New Zealand TerritoriesTerritoires de la Nouvelle-Zélande	1943				99502 New Zealand
99520	Cook IslandsCook	1965	CK	COK	184	99502 New Zealand
99521	Niue	1974	NU	NIU	570	99502 New Zealand
99522	Australian Territories in OceaniaTerritoires de l’Australie en Océanie	1943				99501 Australia
99699	AntarcticaAntarctique	1943	AQ	ATA	010	-

Frequently asked questions

How many official countries are there in 2026 according to France?

France officially recognizes 196 countries in 2026 according to INSEE's Official Geographic Code (COG).

What is the difference between a country and a foreign territory?

In the COG, foreign countries and territories are grouped in the same file. The distinction is made via the "ACTUAL" column. Foreign territories are generally dependencies or autonomous regions attached to a sovereign country.

What does COG mean?

COG stands for Official Geographic Code. It is a reference dataset managed by INSEE that assigns a unique code to each French and foreign geographic entity.

What is the difference between ISO2 and ISO3 country codes?

ISO2 and ISO3 codes come from the international standard ISO 3166-1. ISO2 uses 2 letters (e.g. FR), ISO3 uses 3 letters (e.g. FRA).

When is the list of countries updated?

The COG is updated once a year by INSEE. The latest update was published in February 24, 2026.

How do I find the INSEE code of a country?

Check the tables above or use the search function.

What is the numeric ISO code?

A three-digit code from the ISO 3166-1 numeric standard (e.g. 250 for France). Stable over time.

Are land borders provided in the COG?

No, the COG provides only lists. Several sources were used for the mapping, mainly curiexplore.

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