Note that the IRS country code abbreviations do not always correspond with US Postal Service abbreviations.
Code |
Country Name |
AA |
Aruba |
AC |
Antigua & Barbuda |
AE |
United Arab Emirates |
AF |
Afghanistan |
AG |
Algeria |
AJ |
Azerbaijan |
AL |
Albania |
AM |
Armenia |
AN |
Andorra |
AO |
Angola |
AQ |
American Samoa |
AR |
Argentina |
AS |
Australia |
AT |
Ashmore and Cartier Islands |
AU |
Austria |
AV |
Anguilla |
AX |
Akrotiri |
AY |
Antarctica (not valid on Form 2555) |
BA |
Bahrain |
BB |
Barbados |
BC |
Botswana |
BD |
Bermuda |
BE |
Belgium |
BF |
Bahamas |
BG |
Bangladesh |
BH |
Belize |
BK |
Bosnia & Herzegovina |
BL |
Bolivia |
BM |
Burma |
BN |
Benin |
BO |
Belarus |
BP |
Solomon Islands |
BQ |
Navassa Island |
BR |
Brazil |
BT |
Bhutan |
BU |
Bulgaria |
BV |
Bouvet Island |
BX |
Brunei |
BY |
Burundi |
CA |
Canada |
CB |
Cambodia |
CD |
Chad |
CE |
Sri Lanka |
CF |
Congo (Brazzaville) |
CG |
Congo (Kinshasa) |
CH |
China |
CI |
Chile |
CJ |
Cayman Islands |
CK |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
CM |
Cameroon |
CN |
Comoros |
CO |
Colombia |
CQ |
Northern Mariana Islands |
CR |
Coral Sea Islands |
CS |
Costa Rica |
CT |
Central African Republic |
CU |
Cuba |
CV |
Cape Verde |
CW |
Cook Islands |
CY |
Cyprus |
DA |
Denmark |
DJ |
Djibouti |
DO |
Dominica |
DQ |
Jarvis Island |
DR |
Dominican Republic |
DX |
Dhekelia |
EC |
Ecuador |
EG |
Egypt |
EI |
Ireland |
EK |
Equatorial Guinea |
EN |
Estonia |
ER |
Eritrea |
ES |
El Salvador |
ET |
Ethiopia |
EZ |
Czech Republic |
FI |
Finland |
FJ |
Fiji |
FK |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
FM |
Federated States of Micronesia |
FO |
Faroe Islands |
FP |
French Polynesia |
FQ |
Baker Island |
FR |
France |
FS |
French Southern & Antarctic Lands |
GA |
The Gambia |
GB |
Gabon |
GG |
Georgia |
GH |
Ghana |
GI |
Gibraltar |
GJ |
Grenada |
GK |
Guernsey |
GL |
Greenland |
GM |
Germany |
GQ |
Guam |
GR |
Greece |
GT |
Guatemala |
GV |
Guinea |
GY |
Guyana |
HA |
Haiti |
HK |
Hong Kong |
HM |
Heard Island / McDonald Islands |
HO |
Honduras |
HQ |
Howland Island |
HR |
Croatia |
HU |
Hungary |
IC |
Iceland |
ID |
Indonesia |
IM |
Isle of Man |
IN |
India |
IO |
British Indian Ocean Territory |
IP |
Clipperton Island |
IR |
Iran |
IS |
Israel |
IT |
Italy |
IV |
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) |
IZ |
Iraq |
JA |
Japan |
JE |
Jersey |
JM |
Jamaica |
JN |
Jan Mayen |
JO |
Jordan |
JQ |
Johnston Atoll |
KE |
Kenya |
KG |
Kyrgyzstan |
KN |
Korea, North |
KQ |
Kingman Reef |
KR |
Kiribati |
KS |
Korea, South |
KT |
Christmas Island |
KU |
Kuwait |
Code |
Country Name |
KV |
Kosovo |
KZ |
Kazakhstan |
LA |
Laos |
LE |
Lebanon |
LG |
Latvia |
LH |
Lithuania |
LI |
Liberia |
LO |
Slovakia |
LQ |
Palmyra Atoll |
LS |
Liechtenstein |
LT |
Lesotho |
LU |
Luxembourg |
LY |
Libya |
MA |
Madagascar |
MC |
Macau |
MD |
Moldova |
MG |
Mongolia |
MH |
Montserrat |
MI |
Malawi |
MJ |
Montenegro |
MK |
Macedonia |
ML |
Mali |
MN |
Monaco |
MO |
Morocco |
MP |
Mauritius |
MQ |
Midway Islands |
MR |
Mauritania |
MT |
Malta |
MU |
Oman |
MV |
Maldives |
MX |
Mexico |
MY |
Malaysia |
MZ |
Mozambique |
NC |
New Caledonia |
NE |
Niue |
NF |
Norfolk Island |
NG |
Niger |
NH |
Vanuatu |
NI |
Nigeria |
NL |
Netherlands |
NN |
Sint Maarten |
NO |
Norway |
NP |
Nepal |
NR |
Nauru |
NS |
Suriname |
NU |
Nicaragua |
NZ |
New Zealand |
OC |
Other Country |
OD |
South Sudan |
PA |
Paraguay |
PC |
Pitcairn Islands |
PE |
Peru |
PF |
Paracel Islands |
PG |
Spratly Islands |
PK |
Pakistan |
PL |
Poland |
PM |
Panama |
PO |
Portugal |
PP |
Papua-New Guinea |
PS |
Palau |
PU |
Guinea-Bissau |
QA |
Qatar |
RI |
Serbia |
RM |
Marshall Islands |
RN |
Saint Martin |
RO |
Romania |
RP |
Philippines |
RQ |
Puerto Rico |
RS |
Russia |
RW |
Rwanda |
SA |
Saudi Arabia |
SB |
St. Pierre and Miquelon |
SC |
St. Kitts and Nevis |
SE |
Seychelles |
SF |
South Africa |
SG |
Senegal |
SH |
St. Helena |
SI |
Slovenia |
SL |
Sierra Leone |
SM |
San Marino |
SN |
Singapore |
SO |
Somalia |
SP |
Spain |
ST |
St. Lucia Island |
SU |
Sudan |
SV |
Svalbard |
SW |
Sweden |
SX |
So. Georgia & So. Sandwich Islands |
SY |
Syria |
SZ |
Switzerland |
TB |
Saint Barthelemy |
TD |
Trinidad and Tobago |
TH |
Thailand |
TI |
Tajikistan |
TK |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
TL |
Tokelau |
TN |
Tonga |
TO |
Togo |
TP |
Sao Tome and Principe |
TS |
Tunisia |
TT |
East Timor (Timor-Leste) |
TU |
Turkey |
TV |
Tuvalu |
TW |
Taiwan |
TX |
Turkmenistan |
TZ |
Tanzania |
UC |
Curacao |
UG |
Uganda |
UK |
United Kingdom |
UP |
Ukraine |
UV |
Burkina Faso |
UY |
Uruguay |
UZ |
Uzbekistan |
VC |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
VE |
Venezuela |
VI |
British Virgin Islands |
VM |
Vietnam |
VQ |
Virgin Islands |
VT |
Holy See (Vatican) |
WA |
Namibia |
WF |
Wallis and Futuna |
WI |
Western Sahara |
WQ |
Wake Island |
WS |
Samoa |
WZ |
Swaziland |
YM |
Yemen (Aden) |
ZA |
Zambia |
ZI |
Zimbabwe |
XX |
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