README.md

rawData and sources

Airport codes

IATA and ICAO manage the airport, and airline codes.

• 20230408 airlineCodes.md
• 20230408 airlineCodes.csv
• 20230408 airportCodes.md
• 20230408 airportCodes.csv

Countries

ISO 3166 country codes (2020 edition)

ISO 3166 is the International Standard for country codes, codes for subdivisions and formerly used codes (codes that were once used to describe countries but are no longer in use).

The country codes can be represented either as a two-letter code (alpha-2) which is recommended as the general purpose code, a three-letter code (alpha-3) which is more closely related to the country name and a three digit numeric code (numeric -3) which can be useful if you need to avoid using Latin script.

• 2020 iso3166.md
• 2020 iso3166.csv

United Nation country names

The United Nations Statistics Division is committed to the advancement of the global statistical system. The standard country or area codes for statistical use also known as M49 is a good baseline for multiple use cases.

• [20230408 unitedNations M49 (english).csv]20230408%20unitedNations%20M49.en.csv)
• [20230408 unitedNations M49 (french).csv]20230408%20unitedNations%20M49.fr.csv)
• [20230408 unitedNations M49 (spanish).csv]20230408%20unitedNations%20M49.es.csv)

During the 11th United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names (e.g., New York, 8 -17 August 2017), the Working Group on Country Names updated the list of country names.

• 20170817 UnitedNations Countries.xlsx
• 20170817 UnitedNations Countries.pdf

Counting Countries like a Pro with Offbeat Travelling

How many countries are there in the world? The answer to this simple question is more complicated than most people think. Offbeat Travelling identified 374 countries, de facto states, regions, territories and unrecognised states on the 8th release (e.g., 2023-03-22) of their spreadsheet.

• 20230322 offbeatTravelling.csv

Sources

Source	URL
UN Memberstates	http://www.un.org/en/member-states/index.html
UN Plus	http://www.nomadmania.travel
British Foreign and Commonwealth office	https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice
TCC definition	http://travelerscenturyclub.org/countries-and-territories/alphabetical-list
FIFA associations	www.fifa.com/associations
Been Travel App	http://apparata.se/apps/been/
French Overseas Regions and Territories	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ-mwO30_68
Outermost regions of the EU	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_member_state_territories_and_the_European_Union
EU overseas countries and territories	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_member_state_territories_and_the_European_Union
ISO Codes	https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#search
Landverzamelaars	https://landenverzamelaars.nl/landenlijst
Continent (geographical)	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_transcontinental_countries
Continent (political)	http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/antarctica/articles/who-owns-antarctica-and-what-can-you-do-there/
UN Geoscheme	http://millenniumindicators.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm
Council of Europe	http://www.coe.int/en/web/about-us/our-member-states
European Union	http://europa.eu/about-eu/countries/index_en.htm
European Union	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_member_state_territories_and_the_European_Union
European Union	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_enlargement_of_the_European_Union#Special_territories_of_member_states
Schengen	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microstates_and_the_European_Union
Schengen	http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/e-library/docs/schengen_brochure/schengen_brochure_dr3111126_en.pdf
Commonwealth	http://thecommonwealth.org/member-countries

Internet Domain Names

The Public Suffix List is an initiative of Mozilla, but is maintained as a community resource as a list of all known public suffixes. A public suffix is one under which Internet users can directly register an internet domain name such as Dicaire.comunder the .comtop level domain (TLD).

Rather than juggle TLDs, gTLDs, or ccTLDs yourself, A public suffix is also sometimes called an effective TLD (eTLD).

• 20230408 internetDomainNames.md
• 20230408 internetDomainNames.csv

Telephony

Zones:

1. North American Numbering Plan (NANP)

• 20230408 Telephony Zone1.md
• 20230408 Telephony Zone1.csv

2. Mostly Africa
3. Europe
4. Europe
5. South and Central Americas
6. Southeast Asia and Oceania
7. Russia and neighboring regions
8. East Asia and special services
9. Mostly Middle East, Central Asia and parts of southern Asia

ISO 639-1 languages, capital and ISO 4217 currency codes, native name, calling codes.