Last week I traveled from IN to GR… Got it? Well, here is a list of country abbreviations. Go through this ScienceStruck article and you might figure out what I am talking about here!
Abbreviations are a shortened form of a word or a phrase. They are now a part of our daily life because we use short forms to express many things on a daily basis. Now that everybody is adopting the SMS lingo, short forms are always used to make our life easier. However, I was no whiz-kid at remembering abbreviations of countries or any other abbreviation for that matter.
But it sure goes without saying that these country abbreviations are useful in many spheres of life, especially while giving addresses. So scan through the table given below to know the abbreviations of different countries.
Abbreviations of Countries in Alphabetical Order
| Country | Abbreviation |
| Afghanistan | AF |
| Albania | AL |
| Algeria | DZ |
| Andorra | AD |
| Angola | AO |
| Anguilla | AI |
| Antarctica | AQ |
| Antigua and Barbuda | AG |
| Argentina Republic | AR |
| Armenia | AM |
| Aruba | AW |
| Australia | AU |
| Austria | AT |
| Azerbaijan | AZ |
| Bahamas | BS |
| Bahrain | BH |
| Bangladesh | BD |
| Barbados | BB |
| Belarus | BY |
| Belgium | BE |
| Belize | BZ |
| Benin | BJ |
| Bermuda | BM |
| Bhutan | BT |
| Botswana | BW |
| Bouvet Island | BV |
| Bolivia | BO |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BA |
| Brazil | BR |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | IO |
| British Virgin Islands | VG |
| Brunei Darussalam | BN |
| Bulgaria | BG |
| Burkina Faso | BF |
| Burundi | BI |
| Cambodia | KH |
| Croatia | HR |
| Cameroon | CM |
| Canada | CA |
| Cape Verde | CV |
| Cayman Islands | KY |
| Central African Republic | CF |
| Chile | CL |
| China | CN |
| Christmas Islands | CX |
| Cocos Islands | CC |
| Colombia | CO |
| Comoros | KM |
| Congo | CG |
| Cook Islands | CK |
| Costa Rica | CR |
| Cote D’Ivoire | CI |
| Cyprus | CY |
| Cuba | CU |
| Czech Republic | CZ |
| Denmark | DK |
| Djibouti | DJ |
| Dominica | DM |
| Dominican Republic | DO |
| East Timor | TP |
| Ecuador | EC |
| Egypt | EG |
| El Salvador | SV |
| Estonia | EE |
| Equatorial Guinea | GQ |
| Ethiopia | ET |
| Falkland Islands | FK |
| Faroe Islands | FO |
| Fiji | FJ |
| Finland | FI |
| France | FR |
| French Guiana | GF |
| French Polynesia | PF |
| French Southern Territories | TF |
| Gabon | GA |
| Gambia | GM |
| Georgia | GE |
| Germany | DE |
| Ghana | GH |
| Gibraltar | GI |
| Greece | GR |
| Greenland | GL |
| Grenada | GD |
| Guadeloupe | GP |
| Guam | GU |
| Guatemala | GT |
| Guinea | GN |
| Guinea-Bissau | GW |
| Guyana | GY |
| Haiti | HT |
| Heard and McDonald Islands | HM |
| Honduras | HN |
| Hong Kong | HK |
| Hungary | HU |
| Iceland | IS |
| India | IN |
| Iraq | IQ |
| Indonesia | ID |
| Iran | IR |
| Ireland | IE |
| Israel | IL |
| Italy | IT |
| Jamaica | JM |
| Japan | JP |
| Jordan | JO |
| Kazakhstan | KZ |
| Kenya | KE |
| Kiribati | KI |
| Korea (North) | KP |
| Korea (South) | KR |
| Kuwait | KW |
| Kyrgyzstan | KG |
| Lao | LA |
| Latvia | LV |
| Lebanon | LB |
| Lesotho | LS |
| Liberia | LR |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | LY |
| Liechtenstein | LI |
| Lithuania | LT |
| Luxembourg | LU |
| Macau | MO |
| Macedonia | MK |
| Madagascar | MG |
| Malawi | MW |
| Malaysia | MY |
| Maldives | MV |
| Mali | ML |
| Malta | MT |
| Marshall Islands | MH |
| Martinique | MQ |
| Mauritania | MR |
| Mauritius | MU |
| Mayotte | YT |
| Mexico | MX |
| Mongolia | MN |
| Montenegro | ME |
| Montserrat | MS |
| Morocco | MA |
| Mozambique | MZ |
| Micronesia | FM |
| Monaco | MC |
| Myanmar | MM |
| Namibia | NA |
| Nauru | NR |
| Nepal | NP |
| Netherlands Antilles | AN |
| The Netherlands | NL |
| New Caledonia | NC |
| New Zealand | NZ |
| Nicaragua | NI |
| Niger | NE |
| Nigeria | NG |
| Niue | NU |
| Norfolk Island | NF |
| Northern Mariana Islands | MP |
| Norway | No |
| Oman | OM |
| Panama | PA |
| Pakistan | PK |
| Palau | PW |
| Palestine | PS |
| Papua New Guinea | PG |
| Paraguay | PY |
| Peru | PE |
| Philippines | PH |
| Pitcairn | PN |
| Poland | PL |
| Portugal | PT |
| Puerto Rico | PR |
| Qatar | QA |
| Romania | RO |
| Russian Federation | RU |
| Rwanda | RW |
| Samoa | WS |
| San Marino | SM |
| Sao Tome and Principe | ST |
| Saudi Arabia | SA |
| Senegal | SN |
| Serbia | SER |
| Seychelles | SC |
| Sierra Leone | SL |
| Singapore | SG |
| Slovakia | SK |
| Slovenia | SI |
| Solomon Islands | SB |
| Somalia | SO |
| South Africa | ZA |
| Spain | ES |
| Sri Lanka | LK |
| St. Helena | SH |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | KN |
| St. Lucia | LC |
| St. Pierre and Miquelon | PM |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | VC |
| Sudan | SD |
| Suriname | SR |
| Svalbard and Jan Mayen | SJ |
| Swaziland | SZ |
| Sweden | SE |
| Switzerland | CH |
| Syrian Arab Republic | SY |
| Taiwan | TW |
| Tajikistan | TJ |
| Tanzania | TZ |
| Thailand | TH |
| Togo | TG |
| Tokelau | TK |
| Tonga | TO |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TT |
| Tunisia | TN |
| Turkey | TR |
| Turkmenistan | TM |
| Tuvalu | TV |
| Uganda | UG |
| Ukraine | UA |
| United Arab Emirates | AE |
| United Kingdom | UK |
| United States | US |
| U.S. Minor Outlying Islands | UM |
| Uruguay | UY |
| Uzbekistan | UZ |
| Vanuatu | VU |
| Venezuela | VE |
| Vietnam | VN |
| Virgin Islands (USA) | VI |
| Vatican City State | VA |
| Wallis and Futuna Islands | WF |
| Western Sahara | EH |
| Yemen | YE |
| Yugoslavia | YU |
| Zambia | ZM |
| Zimbabwe | ZW |
So, this was a list of abbreviations for all the countries. Next time you want to know one for some country, you know where to look up!