Two-letter country codes
# Two-letter country codes

Two-letter country codes are used to represent countries and states (often both widely recognized and not) as a code of two letters.

* ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 is the main set of two-letter country codes that is currently used. This standard set of codes is a part of ISO 3166-1, also maintains a list of three-letter codes for countries (ISO 3166-1 alpha-3).
* International vehicle registration codes are either two or three letters.
* The United States Federal Information Processing Standard maintained a separate set of two-letter codes for countries until 2008.
