Country register

British English names of all countries currently recognised by the UK government

First published 5 April 2016

Last updated 10 September 2018 — see all updates

Category: Geography

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Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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There are 199 records and 6 fields in this register

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Country	Name	Official name	Citizen names	Start date	End date
AF	Afghanistan	The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan	Afghan	No data	No data
AL	Albania	The Republic of Albania	Albanian	No data	No data
DZ	Algeria	The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria	Algerian	No data	No data
AD	Andorra	The Principality of Andorra	Andorran	No data	No data
AO	Angola	The Republic of Angola	Angolan	1975-11-11	No data

The **6 fields** in this register
Field name	Field description
Country	The country's 2-letter ISO 3166-2 alpha2 code.
Name	The commonly-used name of a record.
Official name	The official or technical name of a record.
Citizen names	The name of a country's citizens.
Start date	The date a record first became relevant to a register.
End date	The date a record stopped being applicable.