Country/State List

Below you will find the Country lists as maintained by CHESS. Please use this list to find the appropriate Country & their corresponding abbreviations.

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Our list of countries come from the "International Organziation for Standardization"

Abbreviation	Country
US	UNITED STATES
AF	AFGHANISTAN
AX	ÂLAND ISLANDS
AL	ALBANIA
DZ	ALGERIA
AS	AMERICAN SAMOA
AD	ANDORRA
AO	ANGOLA
AI	ANGUILLA
AQ	ANTARCTICA
AG	ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
AR	ARGENTINA
AM	ARMENIA
AW	ARUBA
AU	AUSTRALIA
AT	AUSTRIA
AZ	AZERBAIJAN
BS	BAHAMAS
BH	BAHRAIN
BD	BANGLADESH
BB	BARBADOS
BY	BELARUS
BE	BELGIUM
BZ	BELIZE
BJ	BENIN
BM	BERMUDA
BT	BHUTAN
BO	BOLIVIA
BA	BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
BW	BOTSWANA
BV	BOUVET ISLAND
BR	BRAZIL
IO	BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY
BN	BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
BG	BULGARIA
BF	BURKINA FASO
BI	BURUNDI
KH	CAMBODIA
CM	CAMEROON
CA	CANADA
CV	CAPE VERDE
KY	CAYMAN ISLANDS
CF	CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
TD	CHAD
CL	CHILE
CN	CHINA
CX	CHRISTMAS ISLAND
CC	COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS
CO	COLOMBIA
KM	COMOROS
CG	CONGO
CD	CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE
CK	COOK ISLANDS
CR	COSTA RICA
CI	C?TE D'IVOIRE
HR	CROATIA
CU	CUBA
CY	CYPRUS
CZ	CZECH REPUBLIC
DK	DENMARK
DJ	DJIBOUTI
DM	DOMINICA
DO	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
EC	ECUADOR
EG	EGYPT
SV	EL SALVADOR
GQ	EQUATORIAL GUINEA
ER	ERITREA
EE	ESTONIA
ET	ETHIOPIA
FK	FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)
FO	FAROE ISLANDS
FJ	FIJI
FI	FINLAND
FR	FRANCE
GF	FRENCH GUIANA
PF	FRENCH POLYNESIA
TF	FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES
GA	GABON
GM	GAMBIA
GE	GEORGIA
DE	GERMANY
GH	GHANA
GI	GIBRALTAR
GR	GREECE
GL	GREENLAND
GD	GRENADA
GP	GUADELOUPE
GU	GUAM
GT	GUATEMALA
GG	GUERNSEY
GN	GUINEA
GW	GUINEA-BISSAU
GY	GUYANA
HT	HAITI
HM	HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS
VA	HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE)
HN	HONDURAS
HK	HONG KONG
HU	HUNGARY
IS	ICELAND
IN	INDIA
ID	INDONESIA
IR	IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF
IQ	IRAQ
IE	IRELAND
IM	ISLE OF MAN
IL	ISRAEL
IT	ITALY
JM	JAMAICA
JP	JAPAN
JE	JERSEY
JO	JORDAN
KZ	KAZAKHSTAN
KE	KENYA
KI	KIRIBATI
KP	KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF (NORTH KOREA)
KR	KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH KOREA)
KW	KUWAIT
KG	KYRGYZSTAN
LA	LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
LV	LATVIA
LB	LEBANON
LS	LESOTHO
LR	LIBERIA
LY	LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA
LI	LIECHTENSTEIN
LT	LITHUANIA
LU	LUXEMBOURG
MO	MACAO
MK	MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF
MG	MADAGASCAR
MW	MALAWI
MY	MALAYSIA
MV	MALDIVES
ML	MALI
MT	MALTA
MH	MARSHALL ISLANDS
MQ	MARTINIQUE
MR	MAURITANIA
MU	MAURITIUS
YT	MAYOTTE
MX	MEXICO
FM	MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF
MD	MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF
MC	MONACO
MN	MONGOLIA
MS	MONTSERRAT
MA	MOROCCO
MZ	MOZAMBIQUE
MM	MYANMAR
NA	NAMIBIA
NR	NAURU
NP	NEPAL
NL td>	NETHERLANDS
AN	NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
NC	NEW CALEDONIA
NZ	NEW ZEALAND
NI	NICARAGUA
NE	NIGER
NG	NIGERIA
NU	NIUE
NF	NORFOLK ISLAND
MP	NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
NO	NORWAY
OM	OMAN
PK	PAKISTAN
PW	PALAU
PS	PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED
PA	PANAMA
PG	PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PY	PARAGUAY
PE	PERU
PH	PHILIPPINES
PN	PITCAIRN
PL	POLAND
PT	PORTUGAL
PR	PUERTO RICO
QA	QATAR
RE	R?UNION
RO	ROMANIA
RU	RUSSIAN FEDERATION
RW	RWANDA
SH	SAINT HELENA
KN	SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
LC	SAINT LUCIA
PM	SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON
VC	SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
WS	SAMOA
SM	SAN MARINO
ST	SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
SA	SAUDI ARABIA
SN	SENEGAL
CS	SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
SC	SEYCHELLES
SL	SIERRA LEONE
SG	SINGAPORE
SK	SLOVAKIA
SI	SLOVENIA
SB	SOLOMON ISLANDS
SO	SOMALIA
ZA	SOUTH AFRICA
GS	SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
ES	SPAIN
LK	SRI LANKA
SD	SUDAN
SR	SURINAME
SJ	SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN
SZ	SWAZILAND
SE	SWEDEN
CH	SWITZERLAND
SY	SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
TW	TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA
TJ	TAJIKISTAN
TZ	TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF
TH	THAILAND
TL	TIMOR-LESTE
TG	TOGO
TK	TOKELAU
TO	TONGA
TT	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TN	TUNISIA
TR	TURKEY
TM	TURKMENISTAN
TC	TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
TV	TUVALU
UG	UGANDA
UA	UKRAINE
AE	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
GB	UNITED KINGDOM
US	UNITED STATES
UM	UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS
UY	URUGUAY
UZ	UZBEKISTAN
VU	VANUATU
VE	VENEZUELA
VN	VIET NAM
VG	VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH
VI	VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S.
WF	WALLIS AND FUTUNA
EH	WESTERN SAHARA
YE	YEMEN
YU	YUGOSLAVIA
ZM	ZAMBIA
ZW	ZIMBABWE

Abbreviation	State
AK	Alaska
AL	Alabama
AR	Arkansas
AZ	Arizona
CA	California
CO	Colorado
CT	Connecticut
DC	District of Columbia
DE	Delaware
FL	Florida
GA	Georgia
HI	Hawaii
IA	Iowa
ID	Idaho
IL	Illinois
IN	Indiana
KS	Kansas
KY	Kentucky
LA	Louisiana
MA	Massachusetts
MD	Maryland
ME	Maine
MI	Michigan
MN	Minnesota
MO	Missouri
MS	Mississippi
MT	Montana
NC	North Carolina
ND	North Dakota
NE	Nebraska
NH	New Hampshire
NJ	New Jersey
NM	New Mexico
NV	Nevada
NY	New York
OH	Ohio
OK	Oklahoma
OR	Oregon
PA	Pennsylvania
RI	Rhode Island
SC	South Carolina
SD	South Dakota
TN	Tennessee
TX	Texas
UT	Utah
VA	Virginia
VI	Virgin Islands
VT	Vermont
WA	Washington
WI	Wisconsin
WV	West Virginia
WY	Wyoming
PR	Puerto Rico (Country must be US)
GU	Guam (Country must be US)
AA	Armed Forces - America (Country must be US)
AE	Armed Forces - Europe (Country must be US)
AP	American Forces Pacific (Country must be US)