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This list shows an overview of postal code notation schemes for all countries that have postal or ZIP code systems.

For lists by country, see Category:Lists of postal codes.

Key

  • A: Letters.
  • 9: Digits.
  • *: Postal code placed to the right of the region, city, suburb or town.

A-B

C

D-F

G-K

  • Gabon: 99 [city name] 99 Two digit postal zone goes after city name.
  • Gambia: No postal code used.
  • Georgia: (GE-)9999
  • Germany: (D- or DE-)99999 since 1993 (previously separate 9999 systems in both East and West Germany). See List of postal codes in Germany
  • Gibraltar: No postal code system
  • Greece: (GR-)99999 See also List of postal codes in Greece
  • Greenland: (DK-)9999 Part of the Danish postal code system.
  • Grenada: No postal code used.
  • Guadeloupe: Overseas Department of France. French codes used.
  • Guam: 99999* or 99999-9999*. US territory - part of the US zip-code system.
  • Guatemala: 99999. The first two numbers identify the department, the third number the route and the last two the office.
  • Guernsey: GY9 9AA* or GY99 9AA*. The first two letters are always GY. Part of the UK postcode system.
  • Guinea: No postal code used.
  • Guinea Bissau: 9999
  • Guyana: No postal code used.
  • Haiti: (HT-)9999
  • Heard and McDonald Islands: 9999*. Part of the Australian postcode system.
  • Honduras: 99999
  • Hong Kong: No postal code system
  • Hungary: (H- or HU-)9999 Introduced in 1973. In all except the six largest towns, there is only one postal code per settlement.
  • Iceland: (IS-)999
  • India: 999 999* Known as a "PIN" (Postal Index Number)
  • Indonesia: 99999* Included East Timor (ranges 88xxx and 89xxx) until 1999, no longer used.
  • Iran: 99999 99999
  • Iraq: 99999 Work started on system post 2003. See List of postal codes in Iraq
  • Ireland: No postal codes; however, Dublin is divided into postal districts on syntax Dublin 9.
  • Isle of Man: IM9 9AA* or IM99 9AA*. The first two letters are always IM. Part of the UK postcode system.
  • Israel: 99999 (Postcode is always written BEFORE the city/place name, i.e. to the Right in Hebrew or Arabic script - to the Left in Latin script.
  • Italy: 99999 (also used by San Marino and Vatican City) First two digits identify province with some exceptions, because there are more than 100 provinces.
  • Ivory Coast: See Côte d'Ivoir.
  • Jamaica: Previously JMAAA99 The code consists of five letters and two digits. The first two letters are always 'JM' (for Jamaica) while the third is for one of the four zones (A-D) into which the island is divided. The last two letters are for the parish, while the two digits are for the local post office.[1] This has since been suspended, and Jamaica currently has no post code system.[2]
  • Japan: 999-9999*, was 999 and 999-99 from 1968 through February 1998. See also Japanese addressing system.
  • Jersey: JE9 9AA* or JE99 9AA*. The first two letters are always JE. Part of the UK postcode system.
  • Jordan: 99999*. Deliveries to PO Boxes only
  • Kazakhstan: 999999 Retained system inherited from former Soviet Union.
  • Kenya: 99999. Deliveries to PO Boxes only
  • Kiribati: No postal code used.
  • Korea, North: No postal code used.
  • Korea, South: 999-999*
  • Kosovo: 99999 A separate postal code for Kosovo was introduced by the UNMIK postal administration in 2004. Serbian postcodes are still widely used in the Serbian enclaves. No country code has been assigned.
  • Kuwait: 99999*
  • Kyrgyzstan: 999999 Retained system inherited from former Soviet Union.

L-M

N-Q

R-T

U-Z

On the use of country codes

The use of country codes in conjunction with postal codes started as a recommendation from CEPT (European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations) in the 1960s. In the original CEPT-recommendation the distinguishing signs of motor vehicles in international traffic ("car codes") were placed before the postal code, and separated from it by a "-" (dash). Country codes were only used on international mail and were hardly ever used internally in each country.

Since the late 1980s, however, a number of postal administrations have changed the recommended codes to the two-letter country codes of ISO 3166. This would allow a universal, standardized code set to be used, and bring it in line with country codes used elsewhere in the UPU (Universal Postal Union). Attempts were also made (without success) to make this part of the official address guidelines of the UPU. Recently introduced postal code systems where the UPU has been involved have included the ISO 3166 country code as an integral part of the postal code.

At present there are no universal guidelines as to which code set to use, and recommendations vary from country to country. In some cases, the applied country code will differ according to recommendations of the sender's postal administration. UPU recommends that the country name always be included as the last line of the address.

In the list above, the following principles have been applied:

  • Integral country codes have been included in the code format, in bold type and without brackets. These are also used on internal mail in the respective countries.
  • The ISO 3166 codes is used alone for countries that have explicitly recommended them.
  • Where there is no explicit recommendation for ISO 3166 codes and the codes differ, both "car codes" and ISO 3166 codes are listed, with the "car code" listed first.

References

  1. ^ Postal Corporation of Jamaica Press Release: 18 July 2005
  2. ^ Postal Corporation of Jamaica Press Releases 2007 - POST CODE PROJECT SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY (12 February 2007)
  • "Postal addressing systems in member countries". Berne: Universal Postal Union. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
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