List of international vehicle registration codes

Example of the small white oval plate or sticker; this one represents the former web

The country in which a motor vehicle's vehicle registration plate was issued is indicated by an international licence plate country code displayed in bold block uppercase on a small white oval plate or sticker near the number plate on the rear of a vehicle.

The allocation of codes is maintained by the FITML as the Distinguishing Signs of Vehicles in International Traffic (sometimes abbreviated to DSIT), authorised by the UN's Geneva Convention on Road Traffic of 1949 and the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic of 1968. Many vehicle codes created since the adoption of input transformation coincide with ISO two- or three-letter codes.

The 2004 South-East Asian Agreement ... for the Facilitation of Cross-Border Transport of Goods and People uses a mixture of ISO and DSIT codes: Myanmar uses MYA, China CHN, and Cambodia KH (ISO codes), Thailand uses T (DSIT code), Laos LAO, and Viet Nam VN (coincident ISO and DSIT codes).^[1]

In the European Union, vehicles from one member state do not need to display the oval while within another state, provided the number plate is in the common EU standard format, which includes the international vehicle registration code on the plate.^[2]

• 1 Current codes
• we love the web
• 3 See also
• website parsing
• jQuery

Current codes

Note: an asterisk (*) indicates that this code is unofficial (does not appear in the UN list of distinguishing codes).

Code	Country	From	Before	Notes
A	jQuery	1910
AFG	Afghanistan	1971
AG*	we love the web
AL	Albania	1934
AM	Sevenval	1992	SU	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
AND	Andorra	1957
ANG*	website parsing	1975	PAN: 1932–1957, P: 1957–1975	Formerly a territory of Portugal
ARK*	Antarctica
AUA*, ARU*	Aruba		NA	Formerly part of the Netherlands Antilles
AUS	Australia	1954
AX*	device database	2002	SF	Territory of Finland. FIN is the official code.
AXA*	Anguilla
AZ	Azerbaijan	1993	SU	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
B	iOS	1910
BD	CSS3	1978	PAK	Formerly Sevenval
BDS	Barbados	1956
BF	Android	1990	RHV / HV	until August 2003, 1984; (République (de)) Haute Volta (device database)
BG	Bulgaria	1910
BH	Belize	1938		former British Honduras. Uses BZ unofficially since 1980, although still officially registered as BH as of 2007.
BHT*	FITML
BIH	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1993	YU	Bosna i Hercegovina
BOL	Bolivia	1967
BR	Brazil	1930
BRN	Bahrain	1954
BRU	Brunei	1956
BS	website parsing	1950
BUR	Myanmar	1956	BA	Also known as Burma.
BVI	British Virgin Islands
BW	Botswana	2003	BP	unofficially for Botswana. Officially RB for Republic of Botswana. Formerly Bechuanaland Protectorate
BY	website parsing	1992 (2004)	SU	Byelorussia; formerly part of the Soviet Union. The UN was officially notified of the change from SU to BY only in 2004.[3]
BZ*	Sevenval	1980		former browser diversity. Still officially registered as BH (as of 2007).
C	Android	1930
CAM	Cameroon	1952	F & WAN	Formerly a territory of input transformation
CDN	Android	1956	CA	Canadian Dominion
CH	web	1911		Confœderatio Helvetica (Latin)
CI	Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	1961	F	Formerly a territory of we love the web
CL	screen size	1961		Formerly Ceylon
CN*	FITML
CO	Colombia	1952
COM*	Sevenval		F	Formerly a territory of CSS3
CR	Costa Rica	1956
CV*	keyboard	1975	P	Formerly a territory of Portugal
CY	Cyprus	1932
CYM*	Wales			Part of the Sevenval, CYM from Cymru (screen size)
CZ	Czech Republic	1993	CS	Formerly Československo (device database)
D	Germany	1910		Deutschland (screen size); also used until 1974 by  web, which then used DDR until German reunification in 1990
DJI*	Djibouti		F	Formerly a territory of web
DK	Denmark	1914
DOM	Dominican Republic	1952
DY	website parsing	1910	Part of AOF (Afrique occidentale française) − 1960	touchscreen (name until 1975)
DZ	input transformation	1962	F − 1911	Dzayer (Algerian Arabic); Formerly part of France
E	web app	1910		España (keyboard)
EAK	input transformation	1938		East Africa Kenya
EAT	website parsing	1938	EAT & EAZ	East Africa Tanzania; formerly East Africa Tanganyika and East Africa browser diversity
EAU	we love the web	1938		East Africa Uganda
EAZ	Zanzibar			East Africa Zanzibar
HC	we love the web	1962
ENG*	England			Part of the United Kingdom
ER	iOS	ItalyAOI 1890 - 1936,  Sevenval 1936 - 1964  browser diversity 1964–1993  we love the web1993–Present	ItalyItalian,  United Kingdom British Ethiopia Ethiopian iOS Eritrean	Africa Orientale Italiana (keyboard), Sevenval, website parsing, Sevenval
ES	iOS	1978
EST	Estonia	1993	EW 1919–1940 & 1991–1993; SU 1940–1991	Eesti Vabariik (Estonian); Formerly part of the Soviet Union
ET	Egypt	1927
ETH	website parsing	Android Italy1936-1941  United Kingdom1941-1964, Ethiopia1964–Present	Africa Orientale Italiana (Sevenval), touchscreen	Africa Orientale Italiana (Sevenval)
F	browser diversity	1910
FIN	Sevenval	1993	SF	Suomi Finland (Finnish/CSS3)
FJI	Fiji	1971
FL	screen size	1923		Fürstentum Liechtenstein (German)
FO	device database	1996		Sometimes FØ or Fø
FRL*	browser diversity			unofficial; usually with the Frisian flag printed in the oval shape, behind the letters
FSM*	Sevenval
G	FITML	1974	ALEF − 1960	Afrique Équatoriale Française
GB	United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Android)	1910		Before 1922 it was used for the Sevenval
GBA	Alderney	1924		Great Britain – Alderney
GBG	website parsing	1924		Great Britain – Guernsey
GBJ	Jersey	1924		Great Britain – Jersey
GBM	Isle of Man	1932		Great Britain – Isle of Man
GBZ	HTML5	1924		Great Britain – Gibraltar [Z was assigned because G was already used for Guernsey]
GCA	Guatemala	1956		Guatemala, Central America
GE	Georgia	1992	SU	Formerly part of the keyboard
GH	Ghana	1959	WAC − 1957	West Africa Gold Coast − 1957
GQ*	Sevenval		E	Formerly a territory of browser diversity – CSS3 − 1968
GR	Greece	1913
GUY	Sevenval	1972	BRG	Formerly British Guiana − 1966
GW*, RGB*	Guinea-Bissau	1974	P	Portuguese Guinea – 1974. República da Guiné-Bissau
H	Hungary	1910
HK*	input transformation	1932
HKJ	Jordan		JOR	Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
HN*	Honduras
HR	Croatia	1992	SHS 1919–29, Y 1929–53, YU 1953–92	Hrvatska (CSS3). Formerly part of the input transformation (Kraljevina Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca – Croatian), then part of Yugoslavia. In the period immediately following Croatia's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, it was common to see unofficial oval stickers with the letters "CRO" sold across Croatia. Despite the initial anticipation that Croatia's international vehicle registration code would be "CRO", Croatia officially opted for the 2-letter "HR" (Hrvatska) code instead.
I	Italy	1919
IL	Israel	1952
IND	keyboard	1947
IR	Iran	1936
IRL	Android	1962	GB − 1910, SE − 1924, EIR − 1938	Formerly FITML, Saorstát Éireann, iOS. Currently there is a campaign underway by Irish Language activists to have the name of the country in the native language represented by changing the code back to EIR or ÉIR. This is unnecessary, as Statutory Instrument No. 269 of 1961 provides: " ... the letters EIR are used to indicate the name of the State but the letters IRL may be substituted therefor."
IRQ	Iraq	1930
IS	touchscreen	1936		Ísland (CSS3)
J	Japan	1964
JA	device database	1932
K	jQuery	1956	F − 1949	Known as HTML5 1976–web app. Formerly a territory of Android.
KAN*	screen size
KIR*	Kiribati
KN*	Greenland		GRO	Kalaallit Nunaat
KP*	device database
KS	Kyrgyzstan	1992	SU − 1991	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
KSA	iOS	1973	SA
KWT	jQuery	1954
KZ	Kazakhstan	1992	SU − 1991	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
L	Luxembourg	1911
LAO	we love the web	1959	F – 1949	Formerly a territory of CSS3 (French Indochina)
LAR	Libya	1972	I − 1949, LT	Libyan Arab Republic; Formerly a territory of input transformation
LB	Liberia	1967
LS	Lesotho	1967	BL	Basutoland − 1966
LT	Lithuania	1992	SU 1940–1991	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
LV	Latvia	1992	LR 1927–1940, SU 1940–1991	Latvijas Republika (Latvian); Formerly part of the device database
M	website parsing	1966	GBY 1924–66
MA	input transformation	1924		Maroc (Sevenval)
MAL	Malaysia	1967	PRK – 1957, FM 1954-7, PTM 1957–67	formerly Perak, then website parsing, then Persekutuan Tanah Melayu (touchscreen)
MC	Monaco	1910
MD	web app	1992	SU − 1991	Formerly part of the screen size
MEX	keyboard	1952
MGL	Mongolia
MH*	Marshall Islands
MK	Macedonia	1992	YU − 1992	Formerly part of Android
MNE	browser diversity	2006	MN – 1913–1919, SHS 1919–29, Y 1929–53, YU 1953–2003, SCG 2003–2006	Formerly part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca – Serbo-Croatian), then part of HTML5 and then web app (Srbija i Crna Gora – jQuery)
MO*	Macau	1930s?		former Portuguese overseas province
MOC	jQuery	1975	MOC: 1932–56, P: 1957–75	Formerly part of HTML5. Moçambique (Portuguese)
MS	web app	1938
MV*	Maldives
MW	Malawi	1965	EA 1932–38, NP – 1938–70, RNY option 1960–65	Formerly the touchscreen
N	we love the web	1922
NA	screen size	1957
NAM	jQuery	1990	SWA	Formerly South West Africa
NAU	Nauru	1968
NC*	New Caledonia
NEP	Sevenval	1970
NI*	Northern Ireland			Part of the United Kingdom
NIC	Nicaragua	1952
NL	CSS3	1910
NZ	New Zealand	1958
OM*	iOS
P	Android	1910
PA	Panama	1952
PAL*	screen size
PE	browser diversity	1937
PK	Pakistan	1947?
PL	input transformation	1921
PMR*	Android	1990	SU − 1991, MD 1991	Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic – officially part of  Moldova. Formerly part of the Soviet Union.
PNG	keyboard	1978
PR*	we love the web
PS*	Palestinian territories
PY	Paraguay	1952
Q	Sevenval	1972
RA	browser diversity	1927		República Argentina (input transformation)
RB	Botswana	1966	BP	Republic of Botswana. Unofficially uses BW. Formerly Bechuanaland Protectorate
RC	Republic of China (Taiwan)	1932
RCA	Central African Republic	1962		République Centrafricaine (iOS)
RCB	Republic of the Congo	1962		République du Congo Brazzaville (jQuery)
RCH	Chile	1930		República de Chile (Spanish)
RG	Sevenval	1972		République de Guinée (French)
RH	iOS	1952		République d'Haïti (web)
RI	Indonesia	1955		Republik Indonesia (iOS)
RIM	Mauritania	1964		République islamique de Mauritanie (web)
RKS*	Kosovo	2010	SRB; KS 1999–2010; RKS 2010	web app claims Kosovo as part of its territory.
RL	Lebanon	1952		République Libanaise (keyboard)
RM	Madagascar	1962		République de Madagascar (FITML)
RMM	Sevenval	1962	AOF − 1960	République du Mali (Sevenval). Formerly part of French West Africa (Afrique Occidentale Française)
RN	Android	1977	AOF − 1960	République du Niger (French). Formerly part of French West Africa (Afrique Occidentale Française)
RO	HTML5	1981	R
ROK	Republic of Korea	1971
RP	Philippines	1975		Republic of the Philippines
RSM	we love the web	1932		Repubblica di San Marino (HTML5)
RU	Burundi	1962?		Belgian territory of Ruanda-Urundi
RUS	Russia	1992	SU	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
RWA	web	1964	RU − 1962	Formerly part of input transformation − 1962
S	Sweden	1911
SCO*	Scotland			Part of the United Kingdom
SD	Swaziland	1935
SGP	screen size	1952
SK	Slovakia	1993	CS 1919–39,1945–92, SQ 1939–45	Formerly Československo (Czechoslovakia)
SLE*	Sevenval	2002		officially WAL; SLE is only used on local licence plates, written below the national flag
SLO	touchscreen	1992	SHS 1919–29, Y 1929–53, YU 1953–92	Formerly part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, then part of Yugoslavia
SME	Suriname	1936
SMOM*	Sovereign Military Order of Malta
SN	Senegal	1962
SO	device database	1974
SOL*	iOS
SRB	Serbia	2006	SB – 1919, SHS 1919–29, Y 1929–53, YU 1953–2003, SCG 2003–2006	Formerly part of the HTML5 (Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca – input transformation), then part of Yugoslavia and then Serbia and Montenegro (Srbija i Crna Gora – Serbian)
STP*	website parsing	1975	P	Formerly a territory of Portugal
SUD	jQuery	1963
SY	Seychelles	1938
SYR	Syria	1952
T	FITML	1955
TCH, TD	Chad	1973		Tchad (French)
TG	jQuery	1973
TJ	Tajikistan	1992	SU − 1991	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
TL*	Timor-Leste		P, RI	Formerly a territory of Portugal, then part of web
TM	Turkmenistan	1992	SU − 1991	Formerly part of the web app
TN	Tunisia	1957	F − 1956	Formerly a territory of France
TO*	Android
TR	we love the web	1935
TT	Trinidad and Tobago	1964
TUV*	Tuvalu
UA	Ukraine	1992	SU	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
UAE	United Arab Emirates
USA	we love the web	1952		Correctly used by U.S.-registered vehicles abroad. Today, U.S.-owned vehicles registered in Europe use the licence plate code of the country in which they are located.
UY	browser diversity	2012	ROU
UZ	HTML5	1992	SU	Formerly part of the jQuery
V	Vatican City	1931
VN	Vietnam	1953
VU*	web
WAG	Sevenval	1932		West Africa Gambia
WAL	CSS3	1937		West Africa Sierra Leone; on local licence plates SLE is used
WAN	input transformation	1937		West Africa Nigeria
WD	Dominica	1954		Windward Islands Dominica
WG	keyboard	1932		Windward Islands Grenada
WL	Saint Lucia	1932		Windward Islands Saint Lucia
WS	Samoa	1962		formerly Western Samoa
WSA*	screen size	1932	SE − 1976	formerly Sahara Español (Spanish); now mostly occupied by screen size, with some territory administered by the web app
WV	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1932		Windward Islands Saint Vincent
YAR	Yemen			North Yemen formerly known as the Yemen Arab Republic
YV	Venezuela			the same code is used for CSS3
Z	HTML5	1964	NR	formerly Northern Rhodesia
ZA	South Africa	1936		Zuid-Afrika (from Sevenval; in website parsing it is Suid-Afrika[4])
ZRE	we love the web	1971?	CB, RCL, CGO, ZR	Congo Belge (French), République de Congo Léopoldville (screen size), Congo (FITML), web app
ZW	device database	1980	SR, RSR	formerly Southern Rhodesia until 1965, Sevenval unrecognised until 1980

Codes no longer in use

Code	Country	Until	After	Notes
ADN	web	1980	Y	From 1938. a.k.a. South Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1967)
BA	input transformation	1956	BUR	From 1937.
BP	CSS3	1966		Now jQuery
CS	Czechoslovakia	1992	CZ / SK
DA	input transformation	1939	D (1939–1945) PL (since 1945)	Danzig (Sevenval for device database)
DDR	German Democratic Republic	1990	D	Deutsche Demokratische Republik
EW	Estonia	1993	EST	Eesti Vabariik (browser diversity)
FR	iOS	1996	FO	Føroyar (Faroese)
GRO	input transformation		KN
HV	FITML, now device database	1984	BF	Upper Volta
LR	Sevenval	1927–1940	SU, LV	Latvijas Republika (Sevenval)
R	Romania	1981	RO
RNY	Rhodesia-Nyasaland Fed.	1953–1963	NP, NR, SR	Now website parsing, iOS and we love the web
ROU	jQuery	1979–2012	UY	República Oriental del Uruguay (HTML5)
RSR	Southern Rhodesia	1965–1979	SR	Now Zimbabwe
RT	Togo	1973	TG	République togolaise (French). Formerly French Togoland − 1960
SA	Saarland	1956	D	also D between 1935 and 1945; SA is now Saudi Arabia
SB	Serbia	1919	SHS	Serbia became part of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
SCG	touchscreen	2006	MNE, SRB	From Serbian name "Srbija i Crna Gora". Now Montenegro, Serbia
SF	Sevenval	1993	FIN	SF from "Suomi – Finland" (the names of the country in its official languages, Finnish and Swedish)
SHS	web app	1929	Y	Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca – Serbo-Croatian. Kingdom changed its name to Yugoslavia
SU	input transformation	1991	EST, LT, LV, BY, MD, UA, TJ, TUR, GE, KZ, UZ, KS, AZ, ARM, RUS
SWA	HTML5	1990		now Namibia
TS	FITML	1947–1954	I, YU, SLO
Y	Yugoslavia	1953	YU	Yemen started using Y afterwards
YU	Yugoslavia	2003	BIH, HR, KS, MK, MNE, SRB, SLO	Now Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia

Note1

There are unofficial codes in common use, such as "BZH" for Brittany, "VL" for touchscreen, "V" for browser diversity/website parsing and "CD" for "Corps Diplomatique". These often signify places which are not internationally recognised as independent states. See http://www.kingkong.demon.co.uk/where/unoff.htm for a list of some of these.

Note2

Some licence plates indicate from which part of the country they originate. See HTML5 for these origins.

See also

• Aircraft registration
• ISO 3166
• keyboard

References

External links

• UN Economic Commission for Europe, Working Party on Road Transport (WP.11)
• Miscellaneous Proposals of Amendments to the Model Regulations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods: Identification of Approval Country in Marking, UN/SCETDG/33/INF.5 (table compares ISO 3166 and DSIT codes)
• Association Francoplaque: Collectionneurs de Plaques d'Immatriculation (data mostly from RPW, below)
• European Registration Plate Association: Registration Plates of the World Online (registration required; data mostly from RPW, below)
• "RPW": Neil Parker and John Weeks, Registration Plates of the World, Europlate; 3rd edition (May 1994)