Over nine years ago, I published a SQL and tab delimited list of countries sourced from Wikipedia and ISO. After numerous comments about it being out of date, here is an updated version…..
The data was sourced from Wikipedia and ISO.
This data is correct as of 29 April 2018.
Note that some countries have single quotes in their names, these need to be escaped for SQL. The SQL below is escaped, but the tab delimited version is not.
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SQL Version:
INSERT INTO countryTable (numeric, alpha3, alpha2, name) VALUES ('4','AFG','AF','Afghanistan'), ('248','ALA','AX','Åland Islands'), ('8','ALB','AL','Albania'), ('12','DZA','DZ','Algeria'), ('16','ASM','AS','American Samoa'), ('20','AND','AD','Andorra'), ('24','AGO','AO','Angola'), ('660','AIA','AI','Anguilla'), ('10','ATA','AQ','Antarctica'), ('28','ATG','AG','Antigua and Barbuda'), ('32','ARG','AR','Argentina'), ('51','ARM','AM','Armenia'), ('533','ABW','AW','Aruba'), ('36','AUS','AU','Australia'), ('40','AUT','AT','Austria'), ('31','AZE','AZ','Azerbaijan'), ('44','BHS','BS','Bahamas'), ('48','BHR','BH','Bahrain'), ('50','BGD','BD','Bangladesh'), ('52','BRB','BB','Barbados'), ('112','BLR','BY','Belarus'), ('56','BEL','BE','Belgium'), ('84','BLZ','BZ','Belize'), ('204','BEN','BJ','Benin'), ('60','BMU','BM','Bermuda'), ('64','BTN','BT','Bhutan'), ('68','BOL','BO','Bolivia (Plurinational State of)'), ('535','BES','BQ','Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba'), ('70','BIH','BA','Bosnia and Herzegovina'), ('72','BWA','BW','Botswana'), ('74','BVT','BV','Bouvet Island'), ('76','BRA','BR','Brazil'), ('86','IOT','IO','British Indian Ocean Territory'), ('96','BRN','BN','Brunei Darussalam'), ('100','BGR','BG','Bulgaria'), ('854','BFA','BF','Burkina Faso'), ('108','BDI','BI','Burundi'), ('132','CPV','CV','Cabo Verde'), ('116','KHM','KH','Cambodia'), ('120','CMR','CM','Cameroon'), ('124','CAN','CA','Canada'), ('136','CYM','KY','Cayman Islands'), ('140','CAF','CF','Central African Republic'), ('148','TCD','TD','Chad'), ('152','CHL','CL','Chile'), ('156','CHN','CN','China'), ('162','CXR','CX','Christmas Island'), ('166','CCK','CC','Cocos (Keeling) Islands'), ('170','COL','CO','Colombia'), ('174','COM','KM','Comoros'), ('178','COG','CG','Congo'), ('180','COD','CD','Congo (Democratic Republic of the)'), ('184','COK','CK','Cook Islands'), ('188','CRI','CR','Costa Rica'), ('384','CIV','CI','Côte d''Ivoire'), ('191','HRV','HR','Croatia'), ('192','CUB','CU','Cuba'), ('531','CUW','CW','Curaçao'), ('196','CYP','CY','Cyprus'), ('203','CZE','CZ','Czechia'), ('208','DNK','DK','Denmark'), ('262','DJI','DJ','Djibouti'), ('212','DMA','DM','Dominica'), ('214','DOM','DO','Dominican Republic'), ('218','ECU','EC','Ecuador'), ('818','EGY','EG','Egypt'), ('222','SLV','SV','El Salvador'), ('226','GNQ','GQ','Equatorial Guinea'), ('232','ERI','ER','Eritrea'), ('233','EST','EE','Estonia'), ('231','ETH','ET','Ethiopia'), ('238','FLK','FK','Falkland Islands (Malvinas)'), ('234','FRO','FO','Faroe Islands'), ('242','FJI','FJ','Fiji'), ('246','FIN','FI','Finland'), ('250','FRA','FR','France'), ('254','GUF','GF','French Guiana'), ('258','PYF','PF','French Polynesia'), ('260','ATF','TF','French Southern Territories'), ('266','GAB','GA','Gabon'), ('270','GMB','GM','Gambia'), ('268','GEO','GE','Georgia'), ('276','DEU','DE','Germany'), ('288','GHA','GH','Ghana'), ('292','GIB','GI','Gibraltar'), ('300','GRC','GR','Greece'), ('304','GRL','GL','Greenland'), ('308','GRD','GD','Grenada'), ('312','GLP','GP','Guadeloupe'), ('316','GUM','GU','Guam'), ('320','GTM','GT','Guatemala'), ('831','GGY','GG','Guernsey'), ('324','GIN','GN','Guinea'), ('624','GNB','GW','Guinea-Bissau'), ('328','GUY','GY','Guyana'), ('332','HTI','HT','Haiti'), ('334','HMD','HM','Heard Island and McDonald Islands'), ('336','VAT','VA','Holy See (Vatican City State)'), ('340','HND','HN','Honduras'), ('344','HKG','HK','Hong Kong'), ('348','HUN','HU','Hungary'), ('352','ISL','IS','Iceland'), ('356','IND','IN','India'), ('360','IDN','ID','Indonesia'), ('364','IRN','IR','Iran (Islamic Republic of)'), ('368','IRQ','IQ','Iraq'), ('372','IRL','IE','Ireland'), ('833','IMN','IM','Isle of Man'), ('376','ISR','IL','Israel'), ('380','ITA','IT','Italy'), ('388','JAM','JM','Jamaica'), ('392','JPN','JP','Japan'), ('832','JEY','JE','Jersey'), ('400','JOR','JO','Jordan'), ('398','KAZ','KZ','Kazakhstan'), ('404','KEN','KE','Kenya'), ('296','KIR','KI','Kiribati'), ('408','PRK','KP','Korea, Democratic People''s Republic of'), ('410','KOR','KR','Korea, Republic of'), ('414','KWT','KW','Kuwait'), ('417','KGZ','KG','Kyrgyzstan'), ('418','LAO','LA','Lao People''s Democratic Republic'), ('428','LVA','LV','Latvia'), ('422','LBN','LB','Lebanon'), ('426','LSO','LS','Lesotho'), ('430','LBR','LR','Liberia'), ('434','LBY','LY','Libya'), ('438','LIE','LI','Liechtenstein'), ('440','LTU','LT','Lithuania'), ('442','LUX','LU','Luxembourg'), ('446','MAC','MO','Macao'), ('807','MKD','MK','Macedonia (the former Yugoslav Republic of)'), ('450','MDG','MG','Madagascar'), ('454','MWI','MW','Malawi'), ('458','MYS','MY','Malaysia'), ('462','MDV','MV','Maldives'), ('466','MLI','ML','Mali'), ('470','MLT','MT','Malta'), ('584','MHL','MH','Marshall Islands'), ('474','MTQ','MQ','Martinique'), ('478','MRT','MR','Mauritania'), ('480','MUS','MU','Mauritius'), ('175','MYT','YT','Mayotte'), ('484','MEX','MX','Mexico'), ('583','FSM','FM','Micronesia, Federated States of'), ('498','MDA','MD','Moldova, Republic of'), ('492','MCO','MC','Monaco'), ('496','MNG','MN','Mongolia'), ('499','MNE','ME','Montenegro'), ('500','MSR','MS','Montserrat'), ('504','MAR','MA','Morocco'), ('508','MOZ','MZ','Mozambique'), ('104','MMR','MM','Myanmar'), ('516','NAM','NA','Namibia'), ('520','NRU','NR','Nauru'), ('524','NPL','NP','Nepal'), ('528','NLD','NL','Netherlands'), ('540','NCL','NC','New Caledonia'), ('554','NZL','NZ','New Zealand'), ('558','NIC','NI','Nicaragua'), ('562','NER','NE','Niger'), ('566','NGA','NG','Nigeria'), ('570','NIU','NU','Niue'), ('574','NFK','NF','Norfolk Island'), ('580','MNP','MP','Northern Mariana Islands'), ('578','NOR','NO','Norway'), ('512','OMN','OM','Oman'), ('586','PAK','PK','Pakistan'), ('585','PLW','PW','Palau'), ('275','PSE','PS','Palestine, State of'), ('591','PAN','PA','Panama'), ('598','PNG','PG','Papua New Guinea'), ('600','PRY','PY','Paraguay'), ('604','PER','PE','Peru'), ('608','PHL','PH','Philippines'), ('612','PCN','PN','Pitcairn'), ('616','POL','PL','Poland'), ('620','PRT','PT','Portugal'), ('630','PRI','PR','Puerto Rico'), ('634','QAT','QA','Qatar'), ('638','REU','RE','Réunion'), ('642','ROU','RO','Romania'), ('643','RUS','RU','Russian Federation'), ('646','RWA','RW','Rwanda'), ('652','BLM','BL','Saint Barthélemy'), ('654','SHN','SH','Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha'), ('659','KNA','KN','Saint Kitts and Nevis'), ('662','LCA','LC','Saint Lucia'), ('663','MAF','MF','Saint Martin (French part)'), ('666','SPM','PM','Saint Pierre and Miquelon'), ('670','VCT','VC','Saint Vincent and the Grenadines'), ('882','WSM','WS','Samoa'), ('674','SMR','SM','San Marino'), ('678','STP','ST','Sao Tome and Principe'), ('682','SAU','SA','Saudi Arabia'), ('686','SEN','SN','Senegal'), ('688','SRB','RS','Serbia'), ('690','SYC','SC','Seychelles'), ('694','SLE','SL','Sierra Leone'), ('702','SGP','SG','Singapore'), ('534','SXM','SX','Sint Maarten (Dutch part)'), ('703','SVK','SK','Slovakia'), ('705','SVN','SI','Slovenia'), ('90','SLB','SB','Solomon Islands'), ('706','SOM','SO','Somalia'), ('710','ZAF','ZA','South Africa'), ('239','SGS','GS','South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands'), ('728','SSD','SS','South Sudan'), ('724','ESP','ES','Spain'), ('144','LKA','LK','Sri Lanka'), ('729','SDN','SD','Sudan'), ('740','SUR','SR','Suriname'), ('744','SJM','SJ','Svalbard and Jan Mayen'), ('748','SWZ','SZ','Swaziland'), ('752','SWE','SE','Sweden'), ('756','CHE','CH','Switzerland'), ('760','SYR','SY','Syrian Arab Republic'), ('158','TWN','TW','Taiwan, Province of China'), ('762','TJK','TJ','Tajikistan'), ('834','TZA','TZ','Tanzania, United Republic of'), ('764','THA','TH','Thailand'), ('626','TLS','TL','Timor-Leste'), ('768','TGO','TG','Togo'), ('772','TKL','TK','Tokelau'), ('776','TON','TO','Tonga'), ('780','TTO','TT','Trinidad and Tobago'), ('788','TUN','TN','Tunisia'), ('792','TUR','TR','Turkey'), ('795','TKM','TM','Turkmenistan'), ('796','TCA','TC','Turks and Caicos Islands'), ('798','TUV','TV','Tuvalu'), ('800','UGA','UG','Uganda'), ('804','UKR','UA','Ukraine'), ('784','ARE','AE','United Arab Emirates'), ('826','GBR','GB','United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland'), ('840','USA','US','United States of America'), ('581','UMI','UM','United States Minor Outlying Islands'), ('858','URY','UY','Uruguay'), ('860','UZB','UZ','Uzbekistan'), ('548','VUT','VU','Vanuatu'), ('862','VEN','VE','Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)'), ('704','VNM','VN','Viet Nam'), ('92','VGB','VG','Virgin Islands (British)'), ('850','VIR','VI','Virgin Islands (U.S.)'), ('876','WLF','WF','Wallis and Futuna'), ('732','ESH','EH','Western Sahara'), ('887','YEM','YE','Yemen'), ('894','ZMB','ZM','Zambia'), ('716','ZWE','ZW','Zimbabwe'); |
Tab delimited version:
numeric alpha3 alpha2 name 4 AFG AF Afghanistan 248 ALA AX Åland Islands 8 ALB AL Albania 12 DZA DZ Algeria 16 ASM AS American Samoa 20 AND AD Andorra 24 AGO AO Angola 660 AIA AI Anguilla 10 ATA AQ Antarctica 28 ATG AG Antigua and Barbuda 32 ARG AR Argentina 51 ARM AM Armenia 533 ABW AW Aruba 36 AUS AU Australia 40 AUT AT Austria 31 AZE AZ Azerbaijan 44 BHS BS Bahamas 48 BHR BH Bahrain 50 BGD BD Bangladesh 52 BRB BB Barbados 112 BLR BY Belarus 56 BEL BE Belgium 84 BLZ BZ Belize 204 BEN BJ Benin 60 BMU BM Bermuda 64 BTN BT Bhutan 68 BOL BO Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 535 BES BQ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 70 BIH BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 72 BWA BW Botswana 74 BVT BV Bouvet Island 76 BRA BR Brazil 86 IOT IO British Indian Ocean Territory 96 BRN BN Brunei Darussalam 100 BGR BG Bulgaria 854 BFA BF Burkina Faso 108 BDI BI Burundi 132 CPV CV Cabo Verde 116 KHM KH Cambodia 120 CMR CM Cameroon 124 CAN CA Canada 136 CYM KY Cayman Islands 140 CAF CF Central African Republic 148 TCD TD Chad 152 CHL CL Chile 156 CHN CN China 162 CXR CX Christmas Island 166 CCK CC Cocos (Keeling) Islands 170 COL CO Colombia 174 COM KM Comoros 178 COG CG Congo 180 COD CD Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 184 COK CK Cook Islands 188 CRI CR Costa Rica 384 CIV CI Côte d'Ivoire 191 HRV HR Croatia 192 CUB CU Cuba 531 CUW CW Curaçao 196 CYP CY Cyprus 203 CZE CZ Czechia 208 DNK DK Denmark 262 DJI DJ Djibouti 212 DMA DM Dominica 214 DOM DO Dominican Republic 218 ECU EC Ecuador 818 EGY EG Egypt 222 SLV SV El Salvador 226 GNQ GQ Equatorial Guinea 232 ERI ER Eritrea 233 EST EE Estonia 231 ETH ET Ethiopia 238 FLK FK Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 234 FRO FO Faroe Islands 242 FJI FJ Fiji 246 FIN FI Finland 250 FRA FR France 254 GUF GF French Guiana 258 PYF PF French Polynesia 260 ATF TF French Southern Territories 266 GAB GA Gabon 270 GMB GM Gambia 268 GEO GE Georgia 276 DEU DE Germany 288 GHA GH Ghana 292 GIB GI Gibraltar 300 GRC GR Greece 304 GRL GL Greenland 308 GRD GD Grenada 312 GLP GP Guadeloupe 316 GUM GU Guam 320 GTM GT Guatemala 831 GGY GG Guernsey 324 GIN GN Guinea 624 GNB GW Guinea-Bissau 328 GUY GY Guyana 332 HTI HT Haiti 334 HMD HM Heard Island and McDonald Islands 336 VAT VA Holy See (Vatican City State) 340 HND HN Honduras 344 HKG HK Hong Kong 348 HUN HU Hungary 352 ISL IS Iceland 356 IND IN India 360 IDN ID Indonesia 364 IRN IR Iran (Islamic Republic of) 368 IRQ IQ Iraq 372 IRL IE Ireland 833 IMN IM Isle of Man 376 ISR IL Israel 380 ITA IT Italy 388 JAM JM Jamaica 392 JPN JP Japan 832 JEY JE Jersey 400 JOR JO Jordan 398 KAZ KZ Kazakhstan 404 KEN KE Kenya 296 KIR KI Kiribati 408 PRK KP Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 410 KOR KR Korea, Republic of 414 KWT KW Kuwait 417 KGZ KG Kyrgyzstan 418 LAO LA Lao People's Democratic Republic 428 LVA LV Latvia 422 LBN LB Lebanon 426 LSO LS Lesotho 430 LBR LR Liberia 434 LBY LY Libya 438 LIE LI Liechtenstein 440 LTU LT Lithuania 442 LUX LU Luxembourg 446 MAC MO Macao 807 MKD MK Macedonia (the former Yugoslav Republic of) 450 MDG MG Madagascar 454 MWI MW Malawi 458 MYS MY Malaysia 462 MDV MV Maldives 466 MLI ML Mali 470 MLT MT Malta 584 MHL MH Marshall Islands 474 MTQ MQ Martinique 478 MRT MR Mauritania 480 MUS MU Mauritius 175 MYT YT Mayotte 484 MEX MX Mexico 583 FSM FM Micronesia, Federated States of 498 MDA MD Moldova, Republic of 492 MCO MC Monaco 496 MNG MN Mongolia 499 MNE ME Montenegro 500 MSR MS Montserrat 504 MAR MA Morocco 508 MOZ MZ Mozambique 104 MMR MM Myanmar 516 NAM NA Namibia 520 NRU NR Nauru 524 NPL NP Nepal 528 NLD NL Netherlands 540 NCL NC New Caledonia 554 NZL NZ New Zealand 558 NIC NI Nicaragua 562 NER NE Niger 566 NGA NG Nigeria 570 NIU NU Niue 574 NFK NF Norfolk Island 580 MNP MP Northern Mariana Islands 578 NOR NO Norway 512 OMN OM Oman 586 PAK PK Pakistan 585 PLW PW Palau 275 PSE PS Palestine, State of 591 PAN PA Panama 598 PNG PG Papua New Guinea 600 PRY PY Paraguay 604 PER PE Peru 608 PHL PH Philippines 612 PCN PN Pitcairn 616 POL PL Poland 620 PRT PT Portugal 630 PRI PR Puerto Rico 634 QAT QA Qatar 638 REU RE Réunion 642 ROU RO Romania 643 RUS RU Russian Federation 646 RWA RW Rwanda 652 BLM BL Saint Barthélemy 654 SHN SH Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 659 KNA KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 662 LCA LC Saint Lucia 663 MAF MF Saint Martin (French part) 666 SPM PM Saint Pierre and Miquelon 670 VCT VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 882 WSM WS Samoa 674 SMR SM San Marino 678 STP ST Sao Tome and Principe 682 SAU SA Saudi Arabia 686 SEN SN Senegal 688 SRB RS Serbia 690 SYC SC Seychelles 694 SLE SL Sierra Leone 702 SGP SG Singapore 534 SXM SX Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 703 SVK SK Slovakia 705 SVN SI Slovenia 90 SLB SB Solomon Islands 706 SOM SO Somalia 710 ZAF ZA South Africa 239 SGS GS South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 728 SSD SS South Sudan 724 ESP ES Spain 144 LKA LK Sri Lanka 729 SDN SD Sudan 740 SUR SR Suriname 744 SJM SJ Svalbard and Jan Mayen 748 SWZ SZ Swaziland 752 SWE SE Sweden 756 CHE CH Switzerland 760 SYR SY Syrian Arab Republic 158 TWN TW Taiwan, Province of China 762 TJK TJ Tajikistan 834 TZA TZ Tanzania, United Republic of 764 THA TH Thailand 626 TLS TL Timor-Leste 768 TGO TG Togo 772 TKL TK Tokelau 776 TON TO Tonga 780 TTO TT Trinidad and Tobago 788 TUN TN Tunisia 792 TUR TR Turkey 795 TKM TM Turkmenistan 796 TCA TC Turks and Caicos Islands 798 TUV TV Tuvalu 800 UGA UG Uganda 804 UKR UA Ukraine 784 ARE AE United Arab Emirates 826 GBR GB United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 840 USA US United States of America 581 UMI UM United States Minor Outlying Islands 858 URY UY Uruguay 860 UZB UZ Uzbekistan 548 VUT VU Vanuatu 862 VEN VE Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 704 VNM VN Viet Nam 92 VGB VG Virgin Islands (British) 850 VIR VI Virgin Islands (U.S.) 876 WLF WF Wallis and Futuna 732 ESH EH Western Sahara 887 YEM YE Yemen 894 ZMB ZM Zambia 716 ZWE ZW Zimbabwe