249-Jurisdiction Global Coverage Register

What this registry means

The registry uses ISO 3166-1 entries as a practical navigation and workload baseline. Inclusion, omission, ordering, code assignment, or display name does not settle sovereignty, diplomatic recognition, constitutional status, borders, legitimacy, or moral standing. Separately tracked disputed or non-ISO cases require explicit legal-status notes rather than silent resolution.

• PROFILE PUBLISHED means a supplied report supports a structured public baseline.
• RESEARCH QUEUED means the jurisdiction is visible but no invented institutional assessment is published.
• Published does not mean independently verified or permanently current.

Jurisdictions A–D

63 ISO navigation entries appear in this alphabetical band. Status records publication state only, not importance or capability.

• RESEARCH QUEUED — Afghanistan [AF]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Albania [AL]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Algeria [DZ]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — American Samoa [AS]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Andorra [AD]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Angola [AO]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Anguilla [AI]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Antarctica [AQ]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Antigua and Barbuda [AG]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Argentina [AR]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Armenia [AM]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Aruba [AW]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Australia [AU]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Austria [AT]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Azerbaijan [AZ]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Bahamas [BS]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Bahrain [BH]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Bangladesh [BD]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Barbados [BB]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Belarus [BY]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Belgium [BE]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Belize [BZ]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Benin [BJ]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Bermuda [BM]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Bhutan [BT]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Bolivia [BO]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba [BQ]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Bosnia and Herzegovina [BA]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Botswana [BW]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Bouvet Island [BV]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Brazil [BR]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — British Indian Ocean Territory [IO]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Brunei Darussalam [BN]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Bulgaria [BG]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Burkina Faso [BF]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Burundi [BI]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Cabo Verde [CV]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Cambodia [KH]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Cameroon [CM]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Canada [CA]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Cayman Islands [KY]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Central African Republic [CF]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Chad [TD]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Chile [CL]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — China [CN]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Christmas Island [CX]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Cocos (Keeling) Islands [CC]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Colombia [CO]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Comoros [KM]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Congo [CG]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Cook Islands [CK]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Costa Rica [CR]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Croatia [HR]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Cuba [CU]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Curaçao [CW]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Cyprus [CY]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Czechia [CZ]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Côte d’Ivoire [CI]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Democratic Republic of the Congo [CD]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Denmark [DK]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Djibouti [DJ]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Dominica [DM]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Dominican Republic [DO]

Jurisdictions E–H

38 ISO navigation entries appear in this alphabetical band. Status records publication state only, not importance or capability.

• RESEARCH QUEUED — Ecuador [EC]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Egypt [EG]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — El Salvador [SV]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Equatorial Guinea [GQ]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Eritrea [ER]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Estonia [EE]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Eswatini [SZ]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Ethiopia [ET]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Falkland Islands (Malvinas) [FK]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Faroe Islands [FO]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Fiji [FJ]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Finland [FI]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — France [FR]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — French Guiana [GF]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — French Polynesia [PF]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — French Southern Territories [TF]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Gabon [GA]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Gambia [GM]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Georgia [GE]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Germany [DE]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Ghana [GH]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Gibraltar [GI]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Greece [GR]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Greenland [GL]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Grenada [GD]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Guadeloupe [GP]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Guam [GU]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Guatemala [GT]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Guernsey [GG]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Guinea [GN]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Guinea-Bissau [GW]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Guyana [GY]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Haiti [HT]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Heard Island and McDonald Islands [HM]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Holy See and Vatican City State [VA]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Honduras [HN]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Hong Kong [HK]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Hungary [HU]

Jurisdictions I–L

27 ISO navigation entries appear in this alphabetical band. Status records publication state only, not importance or capability.

• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Iceland [IS]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — India [IN]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Indonesia [ID]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Iran [IR]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Iraq [IQ]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Ireland [IE]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Isle of Man [IM]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Israel [IL]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Italy [IT]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Jamaica [JM]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Japan [JP]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Jersey [JE]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Jordan [JO]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Kazakhstan [KZ]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Kenya [KE]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Kiribati [KI]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Kuwait [KW]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Kyrgyzstan [KG]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Laos [LA]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Latvia [LV]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Lebanon [LB]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Lesotho [LS]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Liberia [LR]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Libya [LY]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Liechtenstein [LI]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Lithuania [LT]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Luxembourg [LU]

Jurisdictions M–P

49 ISO navigation entries appear in this alphabetical band. Status records publication state only, not importance or capability.

• RESEARCH QUEUED — Macao [MO]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Madagascar [MG]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Malawi [MW]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Malaysia [MY]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Maldives [MV]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Mali [ML]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Malta [MT]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Marshall Islands [MH]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Martinique [MQ]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Mauritania [MR]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Mauritius [MU]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Mayotte [YT]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Mexico [MX]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Micronesia, Federated States of [FM]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Moldova [MD]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Monaco [MC]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Mongolia [MN]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Montenegro [ME]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Montserrat [MS]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Morocco [MA]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Mozambique [MZ]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Myanmar [MM]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Namibia [NA]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Nauru [NR]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Nepal [NP]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Netherlands [NL]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — New Caledonia [NC]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — New Zealand [NZ]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Nicaragua [NI]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Niger [NE]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Nigeria [NG]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Niue [NU]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Norfolk Island [NF]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — North Korea [KP]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — North Macedonia [MK]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Northern Mariana Islands [MP]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Norway [NO]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Oman [OM]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Pakistan [PK]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Palau [PW]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Panama [PA]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Papua New Guinea [PG]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Paraguay [PY]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Peru [PE]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Philippines [PH]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Pitcairn [PN]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Poland [PL]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Portugal [PT]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Puerto Rico [PR]

Jurisdictions Q–T

53 ISO navigation entries appear in this alphabetical band. Status records publication state only, not importance or capability.

• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Qatar [QA]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Romania [RO]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Russia [RU]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Rwanda [RW]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Réunion [RE]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Saint Barthélemy [BL]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha [SH]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Saint Kitts and Nevis [KN]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Saint Lucia [LC]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Saint Martin (French part) [MF]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Saint Pierre and Miquelon [PM]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [VC]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Samoa [WS]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — San Marino [SM]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Sao Tome and Principe [ST]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Saudi Arabia [SA]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Senegal [SN]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Serbia [RS]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Seychelles [SC]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Sierra Leone [SL]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Singapore [SG]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Sint Maarten (Dutch part) [SX]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Slovakia [SK]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Slovenia [SI]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Solomon Islands [SB]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Somalia [SO]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — South Africa [ZA]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands [GS]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — South Korea [KR]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — South Sudan [SS]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Spain [ES]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Sri Lanka [LK]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — State of Palestine [PS]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Sudan [SD]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Suriname [SR]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Svalbard and Jan Mayen [SJ]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Sweden [SE]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Switzerland [CH]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Syria [SY]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Taiwan [TW]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Tajikistan [TJ]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Tanzania [TZ]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Thailand [TH]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Timor-Leste [TL]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Togo [TG]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Tokelau [TK]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Tonga [TO]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Trinidad and Tobago [TT]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Tunisia [TN]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Turkmenistan [TM]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Turks and Caicos Islands [TC]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Tuvalu [TV]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Türkiye [TR]

Jurisdictions U–Z

18 ISO navigation entries appear in this alphabetical band. Status records publication state only, not importance or capability.

• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Uganda [UG]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Ukraine [UA]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — United Arab Emirates [AE]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — United Kingdom [GB]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — United States [US]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — United States Minor Outlying Islands [UM]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Uruguay [UY]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Uzbekistan [UZ]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Vanuatu [VU]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Venezuela [VE]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Vietnam [VN]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Virgin Islands, British [VG]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Virgin Islands, U.S. [VI]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Wallis and Futuna [WF]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Western Sahara [EH]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Yemen [YE]
• PROFILE PUBLISHED — Zambia [ZM]
• RESEARCH QUEUED — Zimbabwe [ZW]

Contested names, territories, and special arrangements

ISO terminology can differ from common local or international usage. Some peoples, territories, associated states, dependencies, and disputed entities fall outside or across the registry’s navigation logic. Editors must state naming choices, preserve aliases, and avoid presenting a technical code list as a legal judgment.

• Taiwan is displayed as Taiwan for reader clarity while the ISO code remains TW.
• The Holy See and Vatican City State profile explains the distinct legal entities.
• Free association, dependencies, and contested-recognition cases require separate status notes.

Research prioritization

Queued work is prioritized by geographic coverage gaps, institutional diversity, source availability, freshness need, correction risk, language and reviewer capacity, and the need to avoid overrepresenting powerful or English-language states. Alliance, military power, wealth, and geopolitical popularity do not determine priority.