Each country has its three-letter abbreviation or code that is used during The Olympic Games to represent that country. The following is a list of the 204 "countries" that are recognized by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) as National Olympic Committees. An asterisk (*) indicates a territory and not an independent country; a listing of the independent countries of the world is available.

Three-Letter Olympic Country Abbreviations

Afghanistan - AFG

Albania - ALB

Algeria - ALG

American Samoa* - ASA

Andorra - AND

Angola - ANG

Antigua and Barbuda - ANT

Argentina - ARG

Armenia - ARM

Aruba* - ARU

Australia - AUS

Austria - AUT

Azerbaijan - AZE

The Bahamas - BAH

Bahrain - BRN

Bangladesh - BAN

Barbados - BAR

Belarus - BLR

Belgium - BEL

Belize - BIZ

Bermuda* - BER

Benin - BEN

Bhutan - BHU

Bolivia - BOL

Bosnia and Herzegovina - BIH

Botswana - BOT

Brazil - BRA

The British Virgin Islands* - IVB

Brunei - BRU

Bulgaria - BUL

Burkina Faso - BUR

Burundi - BDI

Cambodia - CAM

Cameroon - CMR

Canada - CAN

Cape Verde - CPV

Cayman Islands* - CAY

Central African Republic - CAF

Chad - CHA

Chile - CHI

China - CHN

Colombia - COL

Comoros - COM

Congo, Republic of the - CGO

Congo, Democratic Republic of the - COD

The Cook Islands* - COK

Costa Rica - CRC

Cote d'Ivoire - CIV

Croatia - CRO

Cuba - CUB

Cyprus - CYP

Czech Republic - CZE

Denmark - DEN

Djibouti - DJI

Dominica - DMA

The Dominican Republic - DOM

East Timor (Timor-Leste) - TLS

Ecuador - ECU

Egypt - EGY

El Salvador - ESA

Equatorial Guinea - GEQ

Eritrea - ERI

Estonia - EST

Ethiopia - ETH

Fiji - FIJ

Finland - FIN

France - FRA

Gabon - GAB

The Gambia - GAM

Georgia - GEO

Germany - GER

Ghana - GHA

Greece - GRE

Grenada - GRN

Guam* - GUM

Guatemala - GUA

Guinea - GUI

Guinea-Bissau - GBS

Guyana - GUY

Haiti - HAI

Honduras - HON

Hong Kong* - HKG

Hungary - HUN

Iceland - ISL

India - IND

Indonesia - INA

Iran - IRI

Iraq - IRQ

Ireland - IRL

Israel - ISR

Italy - ITA

Jamaica - JAM

Japan - JPN

Jordan - JOR

Kazakhstan - KAZ

Kenya - KEN

Kiribati - KIR

Korea, North (PDR of Korea) - PRK

Korea, South - KOR

Kuwait - KUW

Kyrgyzstan - KGZ

Laos - LAO

Latvia - LAT

Lebanon - LIB

Lesotho - LES

Liberia - LBR

Libya - LBA

Liechtenstein - LIE

Lithuania - LTU

Luxembourg - LUX

Macedonia - MKD (Officially: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)

Madagascar - MAD

Malawi - MAW

Malaysia - MAS

The Maldives - MDV

Mali - MLI

Malta - MLT

Marshall Islands - MHL

Mauritania - MTN

Mauritius - MRI

Mexico - MEX

Federated States of Micronesia - FSM

Moldova - MDA

Monaco - MON

Mongolia - MGL

Montenegro - MNE

Morocco - MAR

Mozambique - MOZ

Myanmar (Burma) - MYA

Namibia - NAM

Nauru - NRU

Nepal - NEP

Netherlands - NED

New Zealand - NZL

Nicaragua - NCA

Niger - NIG

Nigeria - NGR

Norway - NOR

Oman - OMA

Pakistan - PAK

Palau - PLW

Palestine* - PLE

Panama - PAN

Papua New Guinea - PNG

Paraguay - PAR

Peru - PER

Philippines - PHI

Poland - POL

Portugal - POR

Puerto Rico* - PUR

Qatar - QAT

Romania - ROU

Russian Federation - RUS

Rwanda - RWA

Saint Kitts and Nevis - SKN

Saint Lucia - LCA

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - VIN

Samoa - SAM

San Marino - SMR

Sao Tome and Principe - STP

Saudi Arabia - KSA

Senegal - SEN

Serbia - SRB

Seychelles - SEY

Sierra Leone - SLE

Singapore - SIN

Slovakia - SVK

Slovenia - SLO

Solomon Islands - SOL

Somalia - SOM

South Africa - RSA

Spain - ESP

Sri Lanka - SRI

Sudan - SUD

Suriname - SUR

Swaziland - SWZ

Sweden - SWE

Switzerland - SUI

Syria - SYR

Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) - TPE

Tajikistan - TJK

Tanzania - TAN

Thailand - THA

Togo - TOG

Tonga - TGA

Trinidad and Tobago - TRI

Tunisia - TUN

Turkey - TUR

Turkmenistan - TKM

Tuvalu - TUV

Uganda - UGA

Ukraine - UKR

United Arab Emirates - UAE

United Kingdom (Great Britain) - GBR

United States - USA

Uruguay - URU

Uzbekistan - UZB

Vanuatu - VAN

Venezuela - VEN

Vietnam - VIE

Virgin Islands* - ISV

Yemen - YEM

Zambia - ZAM

Zimbabwe - ZIM

Notes on the List

The territory formerly known as Netherlands Antilles (AHO) was dissolved in 2010 and subsequently lost its status as an official National Olympic Committee in 2011.

The Olympic Committee of Kosovo (OCK) was established in 2003 but as of this writing, remains unrecognized as a National Olympic Committee due to Serbia's dispute over Kosovo's independence.