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Territories classified by status and region.
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The Bureau of Intelligence and Research maintains a list of Independent States in the World and a list of Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty. United States classification:
Independent States in the World
Short-form name / Long-form name / FIPS Code (On September 2, 2008 the National Institute of Standards and Technology withdrew FIPS 10-4 as a United States Government standard. No successor standard for country codes has been identified.) / Capital
Afghanistan Islamic Republic of Afghanistan AF Kabul
Albania Republic of Albania AL Tirana
Algeria People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria AG Algiers
Andorra Principality of Andorra AN Andorra la Vella
Angola Republic of Angola AO Luanda
Antigua and Barbuda Antiqua and Barbuda AC Saint John’s
Argentina Argentine Republic AR Buenos Aires
Armenia Republic of Armenia AM Yerevan
Australia Commonwealth of Australia AS Canberra
Austria Republic of Austria AU Vienna
Azerbaijan Republic of Azerbaijan AJ Baku
Bahamas, The Commonwealth of The Bahamas BF Nassau
Bahrain Kingdom of Bahrain BA Manama
Bangladesh People’s Republic
of Bangladesh BG Dhaka
Barbados Barbados BB Bridgetown
Belarus Republic of Belarus BO Minsk
Belgium Kingdom of Belgium BE Brussels
Belize Belize BH Belmopan
Benin Republic of Benin BN Porto-Novo
Bhutan + Kingdom of Bhutan BT Thimphu
Bolivia Plurinational State of Bolivia BL La Paz (administrative) Sucre (legislative/judiciary)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina BK Sarajevo
Botswana Republic of Botswana BC Gaborone
Brazil Federative Republic of Brazil BR BrasÃlia
Brunei Brunei Darussalam BX Bandar Seri Begawan
Bulgaria Republic of Bulgaria BU Sofia
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso UV Ouagadougou
Burma Union of Burma BM Rangoon
Nay Pyi Taw (administrative)
Burundi Republic of Burundi BY Bujumbura
Cabo Verde Republic of Cabo Verde CV Praia
Cambodia Kingdom of Cambodia CB Phnom Penh
Cameroon Republic of Cameroon CM Yaoundé
Canada Canada CA Ottawa
Central African Republic Central African Republic CT Bangui
Chad Republic of Chad CD N’Djamena
Chile Republic of Chile CI Santiago
China (see note 3) People’s Republic of China CH Beijing
Colombia Republic of Colombia CO Bogotá
Comoros Union of the Comoros CN Moroni
Congo (Brazzaville) Republic of the Congo CF Brazzaville
Congo (Kinshasa) Democratic Republic
of the Congo CG Kinshasa
Costa Rica Republic of Costa Rica CS San José
Côte d’Ivoire Republic of Côte d’Ivoire IV Yamoussoukro
Croatia Republic of Croatia HR Zagreb
Cuba + Republic of Cuba CU Havana
Cyprus Republic of Cyprus CY Nicosia
Czech Republic Czech Republic EZ Prague
Denmark Kingdom of Denmark DA Copenhagen
Djibouti Republic of Djibouti DJ Djibouti
Dominica Commonwealth of Dominica DO Roseau
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic DR Santo Domingo
Ecuador Republic of Ecuador EC Quito
Egypt Arab Republic of Egypt EG Cairo
El Salvador Republic of El Salvador ES San Salvador
Equatorial Guinea Republic of Equatorial Guinea EK Malabo
Eritrea State of Eritrea ER Asmara
Estonia Republic of Estonia EN Tallinn
Ethiopia Federal Democratic
Republic of Ethiopia ET Addis Ababa
Fiji Republic of Fiji FJ Suva
Finland Republic of Finland FI Helsinki
France French Republic FR Paris
Gabon Gabonese Republic GB Libreville
Gambia, The Republic of The Gambia GA Banjul
Georgia Georgia GG Tbilisi
Germany Federal Republic of Germany GM Berlin
Ghana Republic of Ghana GH Accra
Greece Hellenic Republic GR Athens
Grenada Grenada GJ Saint George’s
Guatemala Republic of Guatemala GT Guatemala
Guinea Republic of Guinea GV Conakry
Guinea-Bissau Republic of Guinea-Bissau PU Bissau
Guyana Co-operative Republic of Guyana GY Georgetown
Haiti Republic of Haiti HA Port-au-Prince
Holy See Holy See VT Vatican City
Honduras Republic of Honduras HO Tegucigalpa
Hungary Hungary HU Budapest
Iceland Republic of Iceland IC ReykjavÃk
India Republic of India IN New Delhi
Indonesia Republic of Indonesia ID Jakarta
Iran + Islamic Republic of Iran IR Tehran
Iraq Republic of Iraq IZ Baghdad
Ireland Ireland EI Dublin
Israel State of Israel IS Jerusalem (see note 5)
Italy Italian Republic IT Rome
Jamaica Jamaica JM Kingston
Japan Japan JA Tokyo
Jordan Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan JO Amman
Kazakhstan Republic of Kazakhstan KZ Astana
Kenya Republic of Kenya KE Nairobi
Kiribati Republic of Kiribati KR Tarawa
Korea, North + Democratic People’s Republic of Korea KN Pyongyang
Korea, South Republic of Korea KS Seoul
Kosovo * Republic of Kosovo KV Pristina
Kuwait State of Kuwait KU Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz Republic KG Bishkek
Laos Lao People’s
Democratic Republic LA Vientiane
Latvia Republic of Latvia LG Riga
Lebanon Lebanese Republic LE Beirut
Lesotho Kingdom of Lesotho LT Maseru
Liberia Republic of Liberia LI Monrovia
Libya * Libya LY Tripoli
Liechtenstein Principality of Liechtenstein LS Vaduz
Lithuania Republic of Lithuania LH Vilnius
Luxembourg Grand Duchy of Luxembourg LU Luxembourg
Macedonia Republic of Macedonia MK Skopje
Madagascar Republic of Madagascar MA Antananarivo
Malawi Republic of Malawi MI Lilongwe
Malaysia Malaysia MY Kuala Lumpur
Maldives Republic of Maldives MV Male
Mali Republic of Mali ML Bamako
Malta Republic of Malta MT Valletta
Marshall Islands Republic of the
Marshall Islands RM Majuro
Mauritania Islamic Republic
of Mauritania MR Nouakchott
Mauritius Republic of Mauritius MP Port Louis
Mexico United Mexican States MX Mexico
Micronesia,Federated States of Federated States of Micronesia FM Palikir
Moldova Republic of Moldova MD Chisinau
Monaco Principality of Monaco MN Monaco
Mongolia Mongolia MG Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro Montenegro MJ Podgorica
Morocco Kingdom of Morocco MO Rabat
Mozambique Republic of Mozambique MZ Maputo
Namibia Republic of Namibia WA Windhoek
Nauru Republic of Nauru NR Yaren District(no capital city)
Nepal Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal NP Kathmandu
Netherlands Kingdom of the Netherlands NL Amsterdam
The Hague (seat of gov’t)
New Zealand New Zealand NZ Wellington
Nicaragua Republic of Nicaragua NU Managua
Niger Republic of Niger NG Niamey
Nigeria Federal Republic of Nigeria NI Abuja
Norway Kingdom of Norway NO Oslo
Oman Sultanate of Oman MU Muscat
Pakistan Islamic Republic of Pakistan PK Islamabad
Palau Republic of Palau PS Melekeok
Panama Republic of Panama PM Panama
Papua New Guinea Independent State
of Papua New Guinea PP Port Moresby
Paraguay Republic of Paraguay PA Asunción
Peru Republic of Peru PE Lima
Philippines Republic of the Philippines RP Manila
Poland Republic of Poland PL Warsaw
Portugal Portuguese Republic PO Lisbon
Qatar State of Qatar QA Doha
Romania Romania RO Bucharest
Russia Russian Federation RS Moscow
Rwanda Republic of Rwanda RW Kigali
Saint Kitts and Nevis Federation of Saint
Kitts and Nevis SC Basseterre
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia ST Castries
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC Kingstown
Samoa Independent State of Samoa WS Apia
San Marino Republic of San Marino SM San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe Democratic Republic of
Sao Tome and Principe TP São Tomé
Saudi Arabia Kingdom of Saudi Arabia SA Riyadh
Senegal Republic of Senegal SG Dakar
Serbia Republic of Serbia RI Belgrade
Seychelles Republic of Seychelles SE Victoria
Sierra Leone Republic of Sierra Leone SL Freetown
Singapore Republic of Singapore SN Singapore
Slovakia Slovak Republic LO Bratislava
Slovenia Republic of Slovenia SI Ljubljana
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands BP Honiara
Somalia ! Federal Republic of Somalia SO Mogadishu
South Africa Republic of South Africa SF Pretoria (administrative)
Cape Town (legislative)
Bloemfontein (judiciary)
South Sudan Republic of South Sudan OD Juba
Spain Kingdom of Spain SP Madrid
Sri Lanka Democratic Socialist
Republic of Sri Lanka CE Colombo
Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative)
Sudan Republic of the Sudan SU Khartoum
Suriname Republic of Suriname NS Paramaribo
Swaziland Kingdom of Swaziland WZ Mbabane (administrative) Lobamba (legislative)
Sweden Kingdom of Sweden SW Stockholm
Switzerland Swiss Confederation SZ Bern
Syria Syrian Arab Republic SY Damascus
Tajikistan Republic of Tajikistan TI Dushanbe
Tanzania United Republic of Tanzania TZ Dar es Salaam Dodoma (legislative)
Thailand Kingdom of Thailand TH Bangkok
Timor-Leste Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste TT Dili
Togo Togolese Republic TO Lomé
Tonga Kingdom of Tonga TN Nuku’alofa
Trinidad and Tobago Republic of
Trinidad and Tobago TD Port-of-Spain
Tunisia Tunisian Republic TS Tunis
Turkey Republic of Turkey TU Ankara
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan TX Ashgabat
Tuvalu Tuvalu TV Funafuti
Uganda Republic of Uganda UG Kampala
Ukraine Ukraine UP Kyiv
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates AE Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UK London
United States United States of America US Washington, DC
Uruguay Oriental Republic of Uruguay UY Montevideo
Uzbekistan Republic of Uzbekistan UZ Tashkent
Vanuatu Republic of Vanuatu NH Port-Vila
Venezuela Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela VE Caracas
Vietnam Socialist Republic of Vietnam VM Hanoi
Yemen Republic of Yemen YM Sanaa
Zambia Republic of Zambia ZA Lusaka
Zimbabwe Republic of Zimbabwe ZI Harare
OTHER
Taiwan (no long-form name) TW Taipei
Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty
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