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ISO 3166

standard code for names of countries, dependent territories, special areas of geographical interest, and their main subdivisions
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Summary

ISO 3166 is an ISO standard[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of iso standard entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,100 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Maintained by: ISO Central Secretariat[3]
  • Commons category: ISO 3166[4]
  • Has part(s): ISO 3166-1[5], ISO 3166-2[6], ISO 3166-3[7]
  • Official website: https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:ISO 3166[9]
  • Topic has template: Template:ISO 3166[10]
  • Standards body: International Organization for Standardization[11]
  • Equivalent property: http://purl.org/dc/terms/ISO3166[12]
  • International Classification for Standards: 01.140.30[13]

Why It Matters

ISO 3166 has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . iso.org. iso.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16w ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Foldoc id → ISO+3166
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Foldoc id: ISO+3166, import FOLDOC ID ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/wikibase-cli/26dc0a886f95/|details]])"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → ISO 3166-1, ISO 3166-2, ISO 3166-3
    Has parts → —
    Maintained by → ISO Central Secretariat
    Website → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007597761405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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