International telephone numbers: What are the country codes?

15 May 2023
international telephone-numbers

Business travellers, holidaymakers, digital nomads – anyone who is travelling abroad and wants to call home has to worry about the telephone prefixes. But even if you are called from abroad, you will certainly wonder which country the call is coming from. Therefore, in the following article you will find the area codes sorted by number as well as by country.

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Why do the prefixes start with a “+”?

The “+” sign ensures that the call also goes abroad. Depending on the country and its area code, it would otherwise not be possible to distinguish between a domestic call and a call to another country. In Europe with the area codes +41 (Switzerland), +49 (Germany) or +43 (Austria) this is less of a problem. However, the situation is different in countries with only one area code, such as the USA, Russia or Canada. For example, the American number 6515551212 without a “+” is treated as a domestic call. With a “+”, on the other hand, the call goes to Singapore (area code +65).

Country code by numbers

All countries of the world are divided into 9 blocks.

Zone 0: 

Not assigned

Zone 1: North America & Caribbean

In contrast to the rest of the world, the USA, Canada and some countries in the Caribbean are grouped together under the +1 area code. This is followed by the usual country code. In the USA and Canada, the individual states and provinces each have their own area codes. You can find more information here. 

Zone 2: Africa & Greenland

Zone 3: Europe

Zone 4: Northern & Eastern Europe

Zone 5: Central & South America

Zone 6: Southeast Asia, Australia and Oceania

Zone 7: Russia, Russian-occupied territories, and Kazakhstan

Zone 8: Southeast and East Asia and special numbers

Zone 9: Middle East, West, Central and South Asia

Area code by country

A

Abkhazia 🇬🇪 – +7

Afghanistan 🇦🇫 – +93

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

Austria 🇦🇹 – +43

Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 – +994 

B

Bahamas 🇧🇸 – +1 242

Bahrain 🇧🇭 – +973

Bangladesh 🇧🇩 – +880

Barbados 🇧🇧 – +1 246

Belarus 🇧🇾 – +375

Belgium 🇧🇪 – +32

Belize 🇧🇿 – +501

Benin 🇧🇯 – +229

Bermuda 🇧🇲 – +1 441

Bhutan 🇧🇹 – +975

Bolivia 🇧🇴 – +559

Bonaire 🇧🇶 – +599

Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦 – +387

Botswana 🇧🇼 – +267

Brazil 🇧🇷 – +55

Brunei 🇧🇳 – +673

Bulgaria 🇧🇬 – +359

Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 – +226

Burundi 🇧🇮 – +257

C

Cayman Islands 🇰🇾 – +1 345

Cambodia 🇰🇭 – +855

Cameroon 🇨🇲 – +237

Canada 🇨🇦 – +1 XXX

Cape Verde – +238

Central African Republic 🇨🇫 – +236

Chad 🇹🇩 – +235

Chile 🇨🇱 – +56

China 🇨🇳 – +86

Christmas Island 🇨🇽 – +61

Cocos Islands 🇨🇨 – +61

Colombia 🇨🇴 – +57

Comoros 🇰🇲 – +269

Congo (Republic, Brazzaville) 🇨🇬 – +242

Congo (Democratic Republic, Kinshasa) 🇨🇩 – +243

Cook Islands 🇨🇰 – +682

Costa Rica 🇨🇷 – +506

Croatia 🇭🇷 – +385

Cuba 🇨🇺 – +53

Curaçao 🇨🇼 – +599

Cyprus (without Turkish Republic) 🇨🇾 – +357

Czech Republic 🇨🇿 – +420

D

Denmark 🇩🇰 – +45

Dominica 🇩🇲 – +1767

Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 – +1 809 / +1 829 / +1 849

Djibouti 🇩🇯 – +253

E

East Timor (Timor-Leste) 🇹🇱 – +670

Ecuador 🇪🇨 – +593

El Salvador 🇸🇻 – +503

Egypt 🇪🇬 – +20

Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶 – +240

Eritrea 🇪🇷 – +291

Estonia 🇪🇪 – +372

Eswatini 🇸🇿 – +268

Ethiopia 🇪🇹 – +251

F

Falkland Islands 🇫🇰 – +500

Faroe Islands 🇫🇴 – +298

Fiji 🇫🇯 – +679

Finland 🇫🇮 – +358

France 🇫🇷 – +33

French Guyana 🇬🇫 – +594

French Polynesia 🇵🇫 – +689

G

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

H

Haiti 🇭🇹 – +509

Hawaii 🇺🇸 – +1 808

Honduras 🇭🇳 – +504

Hong Kong 🇭🇰 – +852

Hungary 🇭🇺 – +36

I

India 🇮🇳 – +91

Indonesia 🇮🇩 – +62

Iraq 🇮🇶 – +964

Iran 🇮🇷 – +98

Iceland 🇮🇸 – +354

Ireland 🇮🇪 – +353

Israel 🇮🇱 – 972

Italy 🇮🇹 – +39

Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 – +225

J

Jamaica 🇯🇲 – +1 876

Japan 🇯🇵 – +81

Jordan 🇯🇴 – +962

K

Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 – +997 (from 2024, currently still +7)

Kenya 🇰🇪 – +254

Kiribati 🇰🇮 – +686

Kosovo 🇽🇰 – +383

Kuwait 🇰🇼 – +965

Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 – +996

L

Laos 🇱🇦 – +856

Latvia 🇱🇻 – +371

Lebanon 🇱🇧 – +961

Lesotho 🇱🇸 – +266

Liberia 🇱🇷 – +231

Libya 🇱🇾 – +218

Liechtenstein 🇱🇮 – +423

Lithuania 🇱🇹 – +370

Luxembourg 🇱🇺 – +352

M

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 🇫🇲 – +691

Moldova 🇲🇩 – +373

Monaco 🇲🇨 – +377

Mongolia 🇲🇳 – +976

Montenegro 🇲🇪 – +382

Montserrat 🇲🇸 – +1 664

Morocco 🇲🇦 – +212

Mozambique 🇲🇿 – +258

Myanmar 🇲🇲 – +95

N

Namibia 🇳🇦 – +264

Nauru 🇳🇷 – +674

Nepal 🇳🇵 – +977

Netherlands 🇳🇱 – +31

New Caledonia 🇳🇨 – +687

New Zealand 🇳🇿 – +64

Nicaragua 🇳🇮 – +505

Niger 🇳🇪 – +227

Nigeria 🇳🇬 – +234

Niue 🇳🇺 – +683

Norfolk Island 🇳🇫 – +6723

North Korea 🇰🇵 – +850

North Macedonia 🇲🇰 – +389

Northern Cyprus (Turkish Republic) 🇹🇷 – +90

Norway 🇳🇴 – +47

O

Oman 🇴🇲 – +968

P

Pakistan 🇵🇰 – +92

Palau 🇵🇼 – +680

Palestine 🇵🇸 – +970

Panama 🇵🇦 – +507

Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬 – +675

Paraguay 🇵🇾 – +595

Peru 🇵🇪 – +51

Philippines 🇵🇭 – +63

Pitcairn Islands 🇵🇳 – +649

Poland 🇵🇱 – +48

Portugal 🇵🇹 – +351

Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 – +1 787 / +1 939

Q

Qatar 🇶🇦 – +974

R

Réunion 🇷🇪 – +262

Romania 🇷🇴 – +40

Russia 🇷🇺 – +7

Rwanda 🇷🇼 – +250

S

Saba 🇧🇶 – +599

Saint-Pierre and Miquelon 🇵🇲 – +508

Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇰🇳 – +1 869

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇻🇨 – +1 784

Samoa 🇼🇸 – +685

San Marino 🇸🇲 – +378

São Tomé and Principe 🇸🇹 – +239

Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 – +966

Senegal 🇸🇳 – +221

Serbia 🇷🇸 – +381

Seychelles 🇸🇨 – +248

Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 – +232

Singapore 🇸🇬 – +65

Sint Eustatius 🇧🇶 – +599

Sint Maarten 🇸🇽 – +1 721

Slovakia 🇸🇰 – +421

Slovenia 🇸🇮 – +386

Solomon Islands 🇸🇧 – +677

Somalia 🇸🇴 – +252

South Africa 🇿🇦 – +27

South Korea 🇰🇷 – +81

South Sudan 🇸🇸 – +211

South Ossetia 🇬🇪 – +7

Spain 🇪🇸 – +34

Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 – +94

St Helena 🇸🇭 & Tristan da Cunha 🇹🇦 – +290

St. Lucia 🇱🇨 – +1 758

Sudan 🇸🇩 – +249

Suriname 🇸🇷 – +597

Sweden 🇸🇪 – +46

Switzerland 🇨🇭 – +41

Syria 🇸🇾 – +963

T

Taiwan 🇹🇼 – +886

Tajikistan 🇹🇯 – +992

Tanzania 🇹🇿 – +255

Thailand 🇹🇭 – +66

Togo 🇹🇬 – +228

Tokelau 🇹🇰 – +690

Tonga 🇹🇴 – +676

Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹 – +1 868

Tunisia 🇹🇳 – +216

Turkey 🇹🇷 – +90

Turkmenistan 🇹🇲 – +993

Turks and Caicosinseln 🇹🇨 – +1 649

Tuvalu 🇹🇻 – + 688

U

Uganda 🇺🇬 – +256

Ukraine 🇺🇦 – +380 (occupied territories partly different)

United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪 – +971

United Kingdom 🇬🇧 – +44

Uruguay 🇺🇾 – +598

USA 🇺🇸 – +1 XXX

Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 – +998

V

Vanuatu 🇻🇺 – +678

Vatican City 🇻🇦 – +379 (currently still +39 with Italy)

Venezuela 🇻🇪 – +58

Vietnam 🇻🇳 – +84

W

Wallis and Futuna 🇼🇫 – +681

Y

Yemen 🇾🇪 – +967

Z

Zambia 🇿🇲 – +260

Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 – +263

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