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ISO 3166-1

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Summary

ISO 3166-1 is an ISO standard[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of iso standard entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28,742 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Publisher: International Organization for Standardization[3]
  • Part of: ISO 3166[4]
  • Commons category: ISO 3166-1[5]
  • Has part(s): ISO 3166-1 numeric code[6], ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code[7], ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:ISO 3166-1[9]
  • Replaces: ISO 3166–1:2006: Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions—Part 1: Country codes[10]
  • Standards body: International Organization for Standardization[11]
  • Title: Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions—Part 1: Country codes[12]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for ISO 3166-1 include .in[13], a country code top-level domain[14], in India[15], founded in 1989[16].

Why It Matters

ISO 3166-1 has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Entities named for it include .in[13], a country code top-level domain[14], in India[15], founded in 1989[16].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . iso.org. Retrieved . iso.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . iso.org. Retrieved . iso.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . iso.org. Retrieved . iso.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16w ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Foldoc id → ISO+639-1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Foldoc id: ISO+639-1, import FOLDOC ID ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/wikibase-cli/26dc0a886f95/|details]])"
  2. 16w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:ISO 3166-1
    Replaces → —
    Has parts → —
    Instance of → ISO standard
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Icannwiki page id: ISO_3166-1, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294324690|ISO 3166-1 (#294324690)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8064|ICANNWiki]] #mix'"
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