For the national collections.
|
Country of Birth code
|
Country of Birth description
|
|---|---|
| 004 | Djibouti |
| 008 | Afganistan |
| 012 | Albania |
| 016 | Algeria |
| 020 | American Samoa |
| 024 | Andorra |
| 028 | Angola |
| 030 | Anguilla |
| 031 | Azerbaijan |
| 032 | Antarctica Undefined |
| 036 | Antarctica Foreign |
| 040 | Antarctica British |
| 044 | Antarctica USA |
| 048 | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 051 | Armenia |
| 052 | Argentina |
| 056 | Aruba |
| 060 | Australia |
| 064 | Austria |
| 068 | Bahamas |
| 070 | Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| 072 | Bahrain |
| 073 | Africa Undefined |
| 076 | Bangladesh |
| 080 | Barbados |
| 082 | Belarus |
| 084 | Belgium |
| 088 | Belize |
| 090 | Benin |
| 092 | Bermuda |
| 096 | Bhutan |
| 100 | Bolivia |
| 104 | Botswana |
| 108 | Brazil |
| 112 | British Indian Ocean Territories |
| 120 | Virgin Islands, British |
| 124 | Brunei Daressalam |
| 128 | Bulgaria |
| 132 | Myanmar (Burma) |
| 136 | Burundi |
| 140 | White Russia (disused) |
| 144 | Cameroon |
| 148 | Canada |
| 152 | Canton and Enderbury Islands (disused) |
| 156 | Cabo Verde |
| 160 | Cayman Islands |
| 164 | Central African Republic |
| 168 | Chad |
| 172 | Channel Islands |
| 175 | Mayotte |
| 176 | Chile |
| 180 | China, Peoples Republic of |
| 181 | Christmas Island |
| 182 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
| 184 | Colombia |
| 188 | Grande Comore (disused) |
| 192 | Congo |
| 196 | Cook Islands |
| 200 | Costa Rica |
| 202 | Croatia |
| 203 | Czech Republic |
| 204 | Cuba |
| 208 | Cyprus |
| 212 | Czechoslovakia (disused) |
| 220 | Denmark |
| 224 | Dominica |
| 228 | Dominican Republic |
| 230 | East Timor |
| 232 | Ecuador |
| 233 | Estonia |
| 236 | Egypt |
| 237 | Eritrea |
| 239 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
| 240 | El Salvador |
| 242 | Born at sea |
| 244 | England |
| 248 | Equatorial Guinea |
| 252 | Estonia (disused) |
| 256 | Ethiopia |
| 260 | Faeroe Islands |
| 264 | Falkland Islands |
| 268 | Fiji |
| 272 | Finland |
| 276 | France |
| 280 | French Guiana |
| 284 | French Polynesia |
| 286 | French Southern Territories |
| 288 | Gabon |
| 292 | Gambia |
| 294 | Georgia |
| 296 | East Germany (disused) |
| 300 | Germany |
| 304 | Ghana |
| 308 | Gibraltar |
| 312 | Kiribati |
| 316 | Greece |
| 320 | Greenland |
| 321 | Serbia |
| 322 | Republic of Kosovo |
| 324 | Grenada |
| 328 | Guadeloupe |
| 332 | Guam |
| 336 | Guatemala |
| 340 | Guinea |
| 344 | Guinea Bissau |
| 348 | Guyana |
| 352 | Haiti |
| 356 | Honduras |
| 360 | Hong Kong |
| 364 | Hungary |
| 368 | Iceland |
| 372 | India |
| 376 | Indonesia |
| 380 | Iran |
| 384 | Iraq |
| 388 | Republic of Ireland |
| 392 | Isle of Man |
| 396 | Israel |
| 398 | Kazakhstan |
| 400 | Italy |
| 404 | Cote D'Ivoire |
| 408 | Jamaica |
| 412 | Japan |
| 416 | Jordan |
| 417 | Kyrgyzstan |
| 418 | Cambodia |
| 420 | Kenya |
| 428 | Korea, Democratic People's republic of (North) |
| 432 | Korea, Republic of (South) |
| 436 | Kuwait |
| 440 | Laos |
| 444 | Latvia |
| 448 | Lebanon |
| 452 | Lesotho |
| 456 | Liberia |
| 460 | Libyan Arab Republic |
| 464 | Liechtenstein |
| 468 | Lithuania |
| 472 | Luxembourg |
| 476 | Macau |
| 480 | Madagascar |
| 484 | Malawi |
| 488 | Malaysia |
| 492 | Maldives |
| 496 | Mali |
| 498 | Moldova |
| 500 | Malta |
| 502 | Marshall Islands |
| 504 | Martinique |
| 508 | Mauritania |
| 512 | Mauritius |
| 516 | Mexico |
| 517 | Midway Islands (disused) |
| 518 | Micronesia, Federated States of |
| 520 | Monaco |
| 524 | Mongolia |
| 528 | Montserrat |
| 532 | Morocco |
| 536 | Mozambique |
| 540 | Namibia |
| 544 | Nauru |
| 548 | Nepal |
| 552 | Netherlands |
| 556 | Netherlands Antilles |
| 560 | Neutral Zone (disused) |
| 564 | New Caledonia |
| 568 | Vanuatu |
| 572 | New Zealand |
| 576 | Nicaragua |
| 580 | Niger |
| 584 | Nigeria |
| 588 | Niue |
| 592 | Norfolk Island |
| 596 | Northern Ireland |
| 598 | Northern Mariana Islands |
| 600 | Norway |
| 604 | Oman |
| 608 | Federated States of Micronesia(disused) |
| 612 | Pakistan |
| 614 | Palau |
| 616 | Panama |
| 624 | Papua New Guinea |
| 628 | Paraguay |
| 632 | Peru |
| 636 | Philippines |
| 640 | Pitcairn Island |
| 643 | Russia |
| 644 | Poland |
| 648 | Portugal |
| 656 | Puerto Rico |
| 660 | Qatar |
| 664 | Reunion |
| 668 | Zimbabwe |
| 672 | Romania |
| 676 | Rwanda |
| 680 | St Helena |
| 684 | St Kitts Nevis |
| 688 | St Lucia |
| 692 | St Pierre Miquelon |
| 696 | St Vincent and The Grenadines |
| 698 | Samoa |
| 700 | San Marino |
| 703 | Slovakia |
| 704 | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 708 | Saudi Arabia |
| 712 | Scotland |
| 716 | Senegal |
| 720 | Seychelles |
| 724 | Sierra Leone |
| 732 | Singapore |
| 733 | Slovenia |
| 734 | Solomon Islands |
| 736 | Somalia |
| 740 | South Africa |
| 744 | Spain |
| 752 | Sri Lanka |
| 756 | Sudan |
| 760 | Suriname |
| 762 | Tajikistan |
| 764 | Swaziland |
| 768 | Sweden |
| 772 | Switzerland |
| 776 | Syria |
| 780 | Taiwan |
| 784 | Tanzania |
| 788 | Thailand |
| 792 | Togo |
| 795 | Turkmenistan |
| 796 | Tokelau |
| 800 | Tonga |
| 804 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 807 | Macedonia, The former Yugoslav Republic of |
| 808 | Tunisia |
| 812 | Turkey |
| 816 | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| 820 | Tuvalu |
| 824 | Uganda |
| 828 | Ukraine |
| 832 | Russia (disused) |
| 836 | United Arab Emirates |
| 840 | Great Britain |
| 843 | Curacao |
| 844 | United States of America |
| 846 | United States Minor Outlying Islands |
| 848 | Uzbekistan |
| 852 | Virgin Islands, United States |
| 856 | Burkina Faso |
| 860 | Uruguay |
| 864 | Vatican City |
| 868 | Venezuela |
| 872 | Viet Nam |
| 880 | Wake Island (disused) |
| 884 | Wales |
| 888 | Wallis and Futuna Island |
| 890 | Western Sahara |
| 896 | Yemen (disused) |
| 897 | Yemen |
| 900 | Yemen (Democratic South Yemen) (disused) |
| 904 | Yugoslavia |
| 908 | Zaire |
| 912 | Zambia |
| 951 | America Undefined |
| 952 | Asia Undefined |
| 953 | South East Asia Undefined |
| 954 | Europe |
| 955 | Germany Undefined |
| 956 | Ireland Undefined |
| 957 | Melanesia Undefined |
| 958 | Micronesia Undefined |
| 959 | Pacific Islands Undefined |
| 960 | Polynesia Undefined |
| 961 | South America Undefined |
| 999 | Not Specified |