List of international license plate codes - Definition and Overview

This is a list of international license plate codes:

A    Austria
AFG  Afghanistan
AG   Antigua and Barbuda
AL   Albania
AND  Andorra
ANG  Angola
ARM  Armenia
AUS  Australia
AZ   Azerbaijan
B    Belgium
BD   Bangladesh
BDS  Barbados
BF   Burkina Faso
BG   Bulgaria
BH   Belize
BHT  Bhutan
BIH  Bosnia-Herzegovina
BOL  Bolivia
BR   Brazil
BRN  Bahrain
BRU  Brunei
BS   Bahamas
BU   Burundi
BVI  British Virgin Islands
BY   Belarus
BZ   Belize
C    Cuba
CAM  Cameroon
CD   Democratic Republic of the Congo
CDN  Canada
CH   Switzerland
CI   Côte d'Ivoire
CL   Sri Lanka
CO   Colombia
COM  Comoros
CR   Costa Rica
CS   Czechoslovakia (until 1992)
CV   Cape Verde
CY   Cyprus
CZ   Czech Republic
D    Germany
DDR  German Democratic Republic (until 1990)
DARS Sahara
DJI  Djibouti
DK   Denmark
DOM  Dominican Republic
DVRK North Korea
DY   Benin
DZ   Algeria
E    Spain
EAK  Kenya
EAT  Tanzania
EAU  Uganda
EC   Ecuador
ER   Eritrea
ES   El Salvador
EST  Estonia
ET   Egypt
ETH  Ethiopia
F    France
FIN  Finland (formerly: SF)
FJI  Fiji
FL   Liechtenstein
FR   Faroes
FSM  Federated States of Micronesia
G    Gabon
GB   United Kingdom (Great Britain)
GBA  Alderney
GBG  Guernsey
GBJ  Jersey
GBM  Isle of Man
GBZ  Gibraltar
GCA  Guatemala
GE   Georgia
GH   Ghana
GQ   Equatorial Guinea
GR   Greece
GUY  Guyana
H    Hungary
HK   Hong Kong
HN   Honduras
HR   Croatia
I    Italy
IL   Israel
IND  India
IR   Iran
IRL  Republic of Ireland
IRQ  Iraq
IS   Iceland
J    Japan
JA   Jamaica
JOR  Jordan
K    Cambodia
KIR  Kiribati
KN   Greenland
KS   Kyrgyzstan
KSA  Saudi-Arabia
KWT  Kuwait
KZ   Kazakhstan
L    Luxembourg
LAO  Laos
LAR  Libya
LB   Liberia
LS   Lesotho
LT   Lithuania
LV   Latvia
M    Malta
MA   Morocco
MAL  Malaysia
MC   Monaco
MD   Moldavia
MEX  Mexico
MGL  Mongolia
MH   Marshall Islands
MK   Macedonia
MOC  Mozambique
MS   Mauritius
MV   Maldives
MW   Malawi
MYA  Myanmar
N    Norway
NA   Netherlands Antilles
NAM  Namibia
NAU  Nauru
NEP  Nepal
NIC  Nicaragua
NL   Netherlands
NZ   New Zealand
OM   Oman
P    Portugal
PA   Panama
PAL  Palau
PE   Peru
PK   Pakistan
PL   Poland
PNG  Papua New Guinea
PRC  People's Republic of China
PS   Occupied Palestinian territories
PY   Paraguay
Q    Qatar
RA   Argentina
RB   Botswana
RC   Republic of China (Taiwan)
RCA  Central African Republic
RCB  Republic of the Congo
RCH  Chile
RE   Réunion
RG   Guinea
RH   Haiti
RI   Indonesia
RIM  Mauritania
RL   Lebanon
RM   Madagascar
RMM  Mali
RN   Niger
RO   Romania
ROK  Korea
ROU  Uruguay
RP   Philippines
RSM  San Marino
RT   Togo
RUS  Russia
RWA  Rwanda
S    Sweden
SCG  Serbia and Montenegro (formerly: YU)
SCN  Saint Kitts and Nevis
SD   Swaziland
SF   formerly Finland (now: FIN)
SGP  Singapore
SK   Slovakia
SLO  Slovenia
SME  Suriname
SN   Senegal
SOL  Solomon Islands
SP   Somalia
STP  São Tomé and Príncipe
SU   Soviet Union (former)
SUD  Sudan
SY   Seychelles
SYR  Syria
TCH  Chad
THA  Thailand
TJ   Tajikistan
TL   Timor-Leste
TM   Turkmenistan
TN   Tunisia
TO   Tonga
TR   Turkey
TT   Trinidad and Tobago
TUV  Tuvalu
UA   Ukraine
UAE  United Arab Emirates
USA  United States
UZ   Uzbekistan
V    Vatican City
VN   Vietnam
VU   Vanuatu
WAG  The Gambia
WAL  Sierra Leone
WAN  Nigeria
WD   Dominica
WG   Grenada
WL   Saint Lucia
WS   Samoa
WV   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
YAR  Yemen
YU   originally for Yugoslavia, afterwards was for Serbia and Montenegro - now SCG
YV   Venezuela
Z    Zambia
ZA   South Africa
ZW   Zimbabwe

N.B. There are other, unofficial codes in common use, such as "CYM" for Wales. 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.