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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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ISO 3166

Summary

ISO 3166 is an ISO standard[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of iso_standard entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,093 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • ISO 3166's instance of is recorded as ISO standard[3].
  • ISO 3166's maintained by is recorded as ISO Central Secretariat[4].
  • ISO 3166's Commons category is recorded as ISO 3166[5].
  • ISO 3166 comprises ISO 3166-1[6].
  • ISO 3166 comprises ISO 3166-2[7].
  • ISO 3166 comprises ISO 3166-3[8].
  • ISO 3166's official website is recorded as https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html[9].
  • ISO 3166's topic's main category is recorded as Category:ISO 3166[10].
  • ISO 3166's topic has template is recorded as Template:ISO 3166[11].
  • ISO 3166's standards body is recorded as International Organization for Standardization[12].
  • ISO 3166's equivalent property is recorded as http://purl.org/dc/terms/ISO3166[13].
  • ISO 3166's International Classification for Standards is recorded as 01.140.30[14].

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Designation and Status

ISO 3166's instance of is recorded as ISO standard[3].

Why It Matters

ISO 3166 ranks in the top 6% of iso_standard entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,093 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . iso.org. iso.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d 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 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007597761405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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