Humanities › Geography Olympic Country Codes Share Flipboard Email Print Buda Mendes / Staff / Getty Images Geography Country Information Basics Physical Geography Political Geography Population Key Figures & Milestones Maps Urban Geography By Matt Rosenberg Matt Rosenberg Geography Expert M.A., Geography, California State University - Northridge B.A., Geography, University of California - Davis Matt Rosenberg is an award-winning geographer and the author of "The Handy Geography Answer Book" and "The Geography Bee Complete Preparation Handbook." Learn about our Editorial Process Updated on October 15, 2018 Each country has its three-letter abbreviation or code that is used during The Olympic Games to represent that country. The following is a list of the 204 "countries" that are recognized by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) as National Olympic Committees. An asterisk (*) indicates a territory and not an independent country; a listing of the independent countries of the world is available. Three-Letter Olympic Country Abbreviations Afghanistan - AFG Albania - ALB Algeria - ALG American Samoa* - ASA Andorra - AND Angola - ANG Antigua and Barbuda - ANT Argentina - ARG Armenia - ARM Aruba* - ARU Australia - AUS Austria - AUT Azerbaijan - AZE The Bahamas - BAH Bahrain - BRN Bangladesh - BAN Barbados - BAR Belarus - BLR Belgium - BEL Belize - BIZ Bermuda* - BER Benin - BEN Bhutan - BHU Bolivia - BOL Bosnia and Herzegovina - BIH Botswana - BOT Brazil - BRA The British Virgin Islands* - IVB Brunei - BRU Bulgaria - BUL Burkina Faso - BUR Burundi - BDI Cambodia - CAM Cameroon - CMR Canada - CAN Cape Verde - CPV Cayman Islands* - CAY Central African Republic - CAF Chad - CHA Chile - CHI China - CHN Colombia - COL Comoros - COM Congo, Republic of the - CGO Congo, Democratic Republic of the - COD The Cook Islands* - COK Costa Rica - CRC Cote d'Ivoire - CIV Croatia - CRO Cuba - CUB Cyprus - CYP Czech Republic - CZE Denmark - DEN Djibouti - DJI Dominica - DMA The Dominican Republic - DOM East Timor (Timor-Leste) - TLS Ecuador - ECU Egypt - EGY El Salvador - ESA Equatorial Guinea - GEQ Eritrea - ERI Estonia - EST Ethiopia - ETH Fiji - FIJ Finland - FIN France - FRA Gabon - GAB The Gambia - GAM Georgia - GEO Germany - GER Ghana - GHA Greece - GRE Grenada - GRN Guam* - GUM Guatemala - GUA Guinea - GUI Guinea-Bissau - GBS Guyana - GUY Haiti - HAI Honduras - HON Hong Kong* - HKG Hungary - HUN Iceland - ISL India - IND Indonesia - INA Iran - IRI Iraq - IRQ Ireland - IRL Israel - ISR Italy - ITA Jamaica - JAM Japan - JPN Jordan - JOR Kazakhstan - KAZ Kenya - KEN Kiribati - KIR Korea, North (PDR of Korea) - PRK Korea, South - KOR Kuwait - KUW Kyrgyzstan - KGZ Laos - LAO Latvia - LAT Lebanon - LIB Lesotho - LES Liberia - LBR Libya - LBA Liechtenstein - LIE Lithuania - LTU Luxembourg - LUX Macedonia - MKD (Officially: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) Madagascar - MAD Malawi - MAW Malaysia - MAS The Maldives - MDV Mali - MLI Malta - MLT Marshall Islands - MHL Mauritania - MTN Mauritius - MRI Mexico - MEX Federated States of Micronesia - FSM Moldova - MDA Monaco - MON Mongolia - MGL Montenegro - MNE Morocco - MAR Mozambique - MOZ Myanmar (Burma) - MYA Namibia - NAM Nauru - NRU Nepal - NEP Netherlands - NED New Zealand - NZL Nicaragua - NCA Niger - NIG Nigeria - NGR Norway - NOR Oman - OMA Pakistan - PAK Palau - PLW Palestine* - PLE Panama - PAN Papua New Guinea - PNG Paraguay - PAR Peru - PER Philippines - PHI Poland - POL Portugal - POR Puerto Rico* - PUR Qatar - QAT Romania - ROU Russian Federation - RUS Rwanda - RWA Saint Kitts and Nevis - SKN Saint Lucia - LCA Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - VIN Samoa - SAM San Marino - SMR Sao Tome and Principe - STP Saudi Arabia - KSA Senegal - SEN Serbia - SRB Seychelles - SEY Sierra Leone - SLE Singapore - SIN Slovakia - SVK Slovenia - SLO Solomon Islands - SOL Somalia - SOM South Africa - RSA Spain - ESP Sri Lanka - SRI Sudan - SUD Suriname - SUR Swaziland - SWZ Sweden - SWE Switzerland - SUI Syria - SYR Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) - TPE Tajikistan - TJK Tanzania - TAN Thailand - THA Togo - TOG Tonga - TGA Trinidad and Tobago - TRI Tunisia - TUN Turkey - TUR Turkmenistan - TKM Tuvalu - TUV Uganda - UGA Ukraine - UKR United Arab Emirates - UAE United Kingdom (Great Britain) - GBR United States - USA Uruguay - URU Uzbekistan - UZB Vanuatu - VAN Venezuela - VEN Vietnam - VIE Virgin Islands* - ISV Yemen - YEM Zambia - ZAM Zimbabwe - ZIM Notes on the List The territory formerly known as Netherlands Antilles (AHO) was dissolved in 2010 and subsequently lost its status as an official National Olympic Committee in 2011. The Olympic Committee of Kosovo (OCK) was established in 2003 but as of this writing, remains unrecognized as a National Olympic Committee due to Serbia's dispute over Kosovo's independence. Cite this Article Format mla apa chicago Your Citation Rosenberg, Matt. "Olympic Country Codes." ThoughtCo, Apr. 5, 2023, thoughtco.com/olympic-country-codes-1434454. Rosenberg, Matt. (2023, April 5). Olympic Country Codes. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/olympic-country-codes-1434454 Rosenberg, Matt. "Olympic Country Codes." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/olympic-country-codes-1434454 (accessed May 28, 2023). copy citation Featured Video