List of world postal code

All nations with postal or ZIP code systems are included in this list, which provides an overview of their postal code notation methods.

A is a letter.

N is the number of things.

? denotes a letter or a number

CC is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the United Kingdom.

Continent	Country	In use since	ISO	Notes
Asia	Afghanistan	2011	AF	The first two digits (ranging from 10–43) correspond to the province, while the last two digits correspond either to the city/delivery zone (range 01–50) or to the district/delivery zone (range 51–99). Afghanistan Postal code lookup. UPU: Afghanistan.0
Europe	Aland Islands		AX	With Finland, first two numbers are 22. CC-NNNNN used from abroad.0
Europe	Albania	2006	AL	Introduced in 2006, gradually implemented throughout 2007.0
Africa	Algeria		DZ	First two as in ISO 3166-2:DZ0
Oceania	American Samoa	23193	AS	U.S. ZIP codes (range 96799)0
Europe	Andorra	2004	AD	Each parish now has its own post code.0
Africa	Angola		AO	0
North America	Anguilla	2007	AI	Single code used for all addresses.0
North America	Antigua and Barbuda		AG	0
South America	Argentina	1974, modified 1999	AR	1974-1998 NNNN, and from 1999 ANNNNAAA. Codigo Postal Argentino (CPA), where the first A is the province code as in ISO 3166-2:AR, the four numbers are the old postal codes, the three last letters indicate a side of the block. Previously NNNN which is the minimum requirement as of 2006, but ANNNNAAA is not mandatory.0
Europe	Armenia	38808	AM	Previously used NNNNNN system inherited from former Soviet Union.0
North America	Aruba		AW	0
Oceania	Australia	1967	AU	In general, the first digit identifies the state or territory.0
Europe	Austria	1966	AT	The first digit denotes regions, which are partly identical to one of the nine provinces—called Bundesländer; the last the nearest post office in the area.0
Europe	Azerbaijan		AZ	Previously used NNNNNN system inherited from former Soviet Union.0
North America	Bahamas		BS	0
Asia	Bahrain		BH	Valid post code numbers are 101 to 1216 with gaps in the range. Known as block number (Arabic: رقم المجمع‎) formally. The first digit in NNN format and the first two digits in NNNN format refer to one of the 12 municipalities of the country. PO Box address doesn't need a block number or city name, just the PO Box number followed by the name of the country, Bahrain.0
Asia	Bangladesh	1971	BD	0
North America	Barbados		BB	5 digit postal code preceded by BB0
Europe	Belarus		BY	Retained system inherited from former Soviet Union.0
Europe	Belgium		BE	In general, the first digit gives the province.0
North America	Belize		BZ	0
Africa	Benin		BJ	0
North America	Bermuda		BM	AA NN for street addresses, AA AA for P.O. Box addresses. The second half of the postcode identifies the street delivery walk (e.g.: Hamilton HM 12) or the PO Box number range (e.g.: Hamilton HM BX). See Postal codes in Bermuda.0
Asia	Bhutan	2010	BT	Written Behind the village name. Digits: postal region (Dzongdey), district (Dzongkhag), sub district (Dungkhag), delivery area (two digits). UPU: Bhutan.0
South America	Bolivia		BO	0
North America	Bonaire		BQ	0
Europe	Bosnia and Herzegovina		BA	0
Africa	Botswana		BW	0
South America	Brazil	1971	BR	NNNNN only from 1971 to 1992. Código de Endereçamento Postal (CEP): -000 to -899 are used for streets, roads, avenues, boulevards; -900 to -959 are used for buildings with a high postal use; -960 to -969 are for promotional use; -970 to -989 are post offices and regular P.O. boxes; and -990 to -998 are used for community P.O. boxes. -999 is used for special services.0
Asia	British Indian Ocean Territory		IO	One code for all addresses (AAAA NAA). UK territory, but not UK postcode.0
North America	British Virgin Islands		VG	Specifically, VG1110 through VG11600
Asia	Brunei		BN	0
Europe	Bulgaria	1975	BG	0
Africa	Burkina Faso		BF	0
Africa	Burundi		BI	0
Asia	Cambodia	Update 2017	KH	Cambodia Post [EMS]0
Africa	Cameroon		CM	0
North America	Canada	1971–1975	CA	The system was gradually introduced starting in April 1971 in Ottawa. The letters D, F, I, O, Q, and U are not used to avoid confusion with other letters or numbers.0
Africa	Cape Verde		CV	The first digit indicates the island.0
North America	Cayman Islands		KY	0
Africa	Central African Republic		CF	0
Africa	Chad		TD	0
South America	Chile		CL	May only be required for bulk mail.0
Asia	China		CN	A postal code or youbian (邮编) in a subordinate division will have the same first two digits as its governing one (see Political divisions of China. The postal services in Macau or Hong Kong Special Administrative Regions remain separate from Mainland China, with no post code system currently used.0
Asia	Christmas Island		CX	Part of the Australian postal code system.0
Asia	Cocos Island		CC	Part of the Australian postal code system.0
South America	Colombia		CO	First NN = 32 departments Códigos Postales0
Africa	Comoros		KM	0
Asia	Congo (Brazzaville)		CG	0
Asia	Congo, Democratic Republic		CD	0
Oceania	Cook Islands		CK	0
North America	Costa Rica	2007-03	CR	Was NNNN until 2007. First codes the provinces, next two the canton, last two the district.0
Africa	Ivory Coast		CI	0
Europe	Croatia		HR	0
North America	Cuba		CU	May only be required for bulk mail. The letters CP are frequently used before the postal code. This is not a country code, but an abbreviation for ""codigo postal"" or postal code.0
North America	Curacao		CW	0
Europe	Cyprus	34608	CY	The postal code system covers the whole island, but is not used on mail to Northern Cyprus. Northern Cyprus uses a 5-digit code commencing 99, introduced in 2013. For mail sent there from abroad, the line ""Mersin 10"" is written on the line above that containing the postal code, and the country name used is ""Turkey"".0
Europe	Czech Republic	1973	CZ	With Slovak Republic, Poštovní směrovací číslo (PSČ) - postal routing number. The first digit is from the range 1–7.0
Europe	Denmark	24735	DK	Numbering follows the dispatch of postal trains from Copenhagen. Also used by Greenland, e.g.: DK-3900 Nuuk.0
Africa	Djibouti		DJ	0
North America	Dominica		DM	0
North America	Dominican Republic		DO	0
Asia	East Timor		TL	No postal code system in use since Indonesian withdrawal in 1999.0
South America	Ecuador	2013	EC	0
North America	El Salvador		SV	0
Africa	Egypt		EG	0
Africa	Equatorial Guinea		GQ	0
Africa	Eritrea		ER	0
Europe	Estonia		EE	0
Africa	Eswatini		SZ	The letter identifies one of the country's four districts, either H, M, S or L. The four district regions are Hhohho region (H), Manzini region (M), Shiselweni region (S), and Lumombo region (L).0
Africa	Ethiopia		ET	The code is only used on a trial basis for Addis Ababa addresses.0
South America	Falkland Islands		FK	Single code (AAAA NAA). UK territory, but not UK postcode0
Europe	Faroe Islands		FO	3-digit postal code preceded by FO. Self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, but does not use Danish postal codes, and is addressed internationally as Faroe Islands, not Denmark.0
Oceania	Fiji		FJ	0
Europe	Finland	1971	FI	A lower first digit indicates a place in south (for example 00100 Helsinki), a higher indicates a place further to north (99800 in Ivalo). The last digit is usually 0, except for postal codes for PO Box number ranges, in which case it is 1. Country code for Finland: ""FI"". In the Åland Islands, the postal code is prefixed with ""AX"", not ""FI"". Some postal codes for rural settlements may end with 5, and there are some unique postal codes for large companies and institutions, e.g. 00014 HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO (university), 00102 EDUSKUNTA (parliament), 00020 NORDEA (a major Scandinavian bank).0
Europe	France	1972	FR	The first two digits give the département number, while in Paris, Lyon and Marseille, the last two digits of the postal code indicate the arrondissement. Both of the 2 Corsican départements use ""20"" as the first two digits. Also used by French overseas departments and territories. Monaco is also part of the French postal code system, but the country code MC- is used for Monegasque addresses.0
Africa	French Guiana		GF	Overseas Department of France. French codes used. Range 97300 - 97390.0
Oceania	French Polynesia		PF	Overseas Collectivity of France. French codes used. Range 98700 - 98790.0
Africa	Gabon		GA	0
Africa	Gambia		GM	0
Europe	Georgia		GE	0
Europe	Germany	1993	DE	Postleitzahl (PLZ) – Totally new system introduced about 4 years after the German reunification.0
Africa	Ghana	2017	GH	The postal code is composed of 3 sections. The first section is a region code consisting of an alphabet and an alphanumeric character. The second section is a 3-4 digit area code. The third section is an optional 4-digit code identifying the exact address.0
Europe	Gibraltar		GI	Single code used for all addresses.0
Europe	Greece	1983	GR	0
North America	Greenland		GL	Part of the Danish postal code system.0
North America	Grenada		GD	0
Oceania	Guam	23193	GU	U.S. ZIP codes. Range 96910 - 96932.0
North America	Guatemala		GT	The first two numbers identify the department, the third number the route and the last two the office.0
Europe	Guernsey	1993	GG	UK-format postcode (first two letters are always GY)0
Africa	Guinea		GN	0
Africa	Guinea Bissau		GW	0
South America	Guyana		GY	0
North America	Haiti		HT	0
North America	Honduras		HN	NNNNN is still being used0
Asia	Hong Kong		HK	[1] The dummy postal code of Hong Kong is 999077. However, if you provide this dummy code where your address label will be electronically created, the system may change the destination country to ""Hong Kong S.A.R, CHINA"". The addition of ""CHINA"" can significantly delay delivery. Use an alternate dummy instead (e.g. 00000).[citation needed]0
Europe	Hungary	1973	HU	The code defines an area, usually one code per settlement except the six largest towns. One code can identify more (usually) small settlements as well.0
Europe	Iceland		IS	0
Asia	India	26526	IN	Postal Index Number (PIN)0
Asia	Indonesia		ID	Kode Pos. Included East Timor (ranges 88xxx and 89xxx) until 1999, no longer used. For Indonesia postal code information visit [2]0
Asia	Iran		IR	(Persian: کد پستی)0
Asia	Iraq	2004	IQ	0
Europe	Ireland	42198	IE	Note: A valid postcode never contains the letters: B, G, I, J, L, M, O, Q, S, U, Z. Ireland's postcode called Eircode) refers to individual properties - not to streets/areas. The first 3 characters are a routing key referring to an unpublished postal district, and the second 4 characters are a unique identifier for individual properties. The codes are only used in full 7 character format. See www.eircode.ie for more information. See also Republic of Ireland postal addresses.0
Europe	Isle of Man	1993	IM	UK-format postcode. The first two letters are always IM.0
Asia	Israel	2013	IL	In 2013, after the introduction of the 7 digit codes, 5 digit codes were still being used widely.0
Europe	Italy	1967	IT	Codice di Avviamento Postale (CAP). Also used by San Marino (prefix SM) and Vatican City (prefix VA). First two digits identify province with some exceptions, because there are more than 100 provinces.0
North America	Jamaica	2007	JM	Before suspension: CCAAANN. Jamaica currently has no national postal code system, except for Kingston and Lower St. Andrew, which are divided into postal districts numbered 1-20 Before the 2007 suspension, the first two letters of a national post code were always 'JM' (for Jamaica) while the third was for one of the four zones (A-D) into which the island was divided. The last two letters were for the parish, while the two digits were for the local post office.[13]0
Asia	Japan	1968	JP	See also Japanese addressing system.0
Europe	Jersey	1994	JE	UK-format postcode. The first two letters are always JE.0
Asia	Jordan		JO	Deliveries to PO Boxes only.0
Asia	Kazakhstan		KZ	0
Africa	Kenya		KE	Deliveries to PO Boxes only. The postal code refers to the post office at which the receiver's P. O. Box is located.0
Oceania	Kiribati		KI	0
Asia	North Korea		KP	0
Asia	South Korea	42217	KR	Previously NNN-NNN (1988~2015), NNN-NN (1970~1988)0
Europe	Kosovo		XK	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.0
Asia	Kuwait		KW	The first two digits represent the sector and the last three digits represents the post office.0
Asia	Kyrgyzstan		KG	0
Asia	Laos		LA	0
Europe	Latvia		LV	0
Asia	Lebanon		LB	The first four digits represent the region or postal zone,the last four digits represent the building see also Lebanon Postal code website.0
Africa	Lesotho		LS	0
Africa	Liberia		LR	Two digit postal zone after city name.0
Africa	Libya		LY	0
Europe	Liechtenstein	1964	LI	With Switzerland, ordered from west to east. Range 9485 - 9498.0
Europe	Lithuania		LT	References: http://www.post.lt/en/help/postal-code-search. Previously 9999 which was actually the old Soviet 999999 format code with the first 2 digits dropped.0
Europe	Luxembourg		LU	References: http://www.upu.int/post_code/en/countries/LUX.pdf0
Asia	Macau		MO	[2] 999078 is the dummy code used in China to represent Macau, but it is not used.0
Africa	Madagascar		MG	0
Africa	Malawi		MW	0
Asia	Malaysia		MY	0
Asia	Maldives		MV	0
Africa	Mali		ML	0
Europe	Malta		MT	Kodiċi Postali0
Oceania	Marshall Islands	23193	MH	U.S. ZIP codes. Range 96960 - 96970.0
Africa	Mauritania		MR	0
Africa	Mauritius		MU	0
North America	Martinique		MQ	Overseas Department of France. French codes used. Range 97200 - 97290.0
North America	Mexico		MX	The first two digits identify the state (or a part thereof), except for Nos. 00 to 16, which indicate delegaciones (boroughs) of the Federal District (Mexico City).0
Oceania	Micronesia	23193	FM	U.S. ZIP codes. Range 96941 - 96944.0
Europe	Moldova		MD	0
Europe	Monaco	1972	MC	Uses the French Postal System, but with an ""MC"" Prefix for Monaco. Code range 98000-980990
Asia	Mongolia		MN	First digit: region / zone, Second digit: province / district, Last three digits: locality / delivery block0
Europe	Montenegro		ME	0
North America	Montserrat		MS	Range 1110-13500
Africa	Morocco	35431	MA	0
Africa	Mozambique		MZ	0
Asia	Myanmar		MM	0
Africa	Namibia		NA	Formerly used South African postal code ranges from 9000-9299. Withdrawn from use after independence in 1990. A five-digit postal code system is under consideration.0
Oceania	Nauru		NR	0
Asia	Nepal		NP	0
Europe	Netherlands	1977	NL	The combination of the postal code and the house number gives a unique identifier of the address. The four numbers indicate an area, the two letters indicate a group of some 25 habitations, offices, factories, or post office boxes.0
Oceania	New Zealand	2008-06	NZ	Postcodes were originally intended for bulk mailing and were not needed for addressing individual items. However, new post codes for general use were phased in from June 2006 and came into force by July 2008.0
North America	Nicaragua		NI	0
Africa	Niger		NE	0
Africa	Nigeria		NG	0
Oceania	Niue		NU	0
Oceania	Norfolk Island		NF	Part of the Australian postal code system.0
Europe	Republic Of Macedonia		MK	0
Asia	Northern Marianas Islands	23193	MP	U.S. ZIP codes. Range 96950 - 96952.0
Europe	Norway	24915	NO	From south to north0
Asia	Oman		OM	Deliveries to P.O. Boxes only. Oman Postal code for postoffice list/0
Asia	Pakistan		PK	Pakistan postal codes list0
Oceania	Palau	23193	PW	U.S. ZIP codes. All locations 96940.0
Asia	Palestine		PS	not yet implemented in practice. Codes 100-899 are in the Westbank, 900-999 in the Gaza Strip0
North America	Panama		PA	0
Oceania	Papua New Guinea		PG	0
South America	Paraguay		PY	0
South America	Peru		PE	0
Asia	Philippines		PH	0
Asia	Pitcairn Islands		PN	Single code used(AAAA NAA). UK territory, but not UK postcode0
Europe	Poland	1973	PL	(PNA) Pocztowy Numer Adresowy0
Europe	Portugal	1994	PT	Portugal introduce new postal service in 19940
North America	Puerto Rico	23193	PR	U.S. ZIP codes. ZIP codes 006XX for NW PR, 007XX for SE PR, in which XX designates the town or post office and 009XX for the San Juan Metropolitan Area, in which XX designates the area or borough of San Juan. The last four digits identify an area within the post office. For example, 00716-2604: 00716-for the east section of the city of Ponce and 2604 for Aceitillo St. in the neighborhood of Los Caobos. US Post office is changing the PR address format to the American one: 1234 No Name Avenue, San Juan, PR 00901.0
Asia	Qatar		QA	0
Europe	Romania	37742	RO	Previously 99999 in Bucharest and 9999 in rest of country.0
Africa	Rwanda		RW	0
Asia	Russia	1971	RU	Placed on a line of its own.0
North America	Saint Kitts and Nevis		KN	0
North America	Saint Lucia	42341	LC	The first two letters are always LC. There are two spaces between the second and third digits.0
North America	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2010	VC	0
Oceania	Samoa		WS	0
Europe	San Marino		SM	With Italy, uses a five-digit numeric CAP of Emilia Romagna. Range 47890 and 478990
Asia	Saudi Arabia		SA	NNNNN for PO Boxes. NNNNN-NNNN for home delivery. A complete 13-digit code has 5-digit number representing region, sector, city, and zone; 4-digit X between 2000 and 5999; 4-digit Y between 6000 and 9999. Digits of 5-digit code may represent postal region, sector, branch, section, and block respectively.0
Africa	Senegal		SN	The letters CP or C.P. are often written in front of the postcode. This is not a country code, but simply an abbreviation for ""code postal"".0
Europe	Serbia	38353	RS	Poštanski adresni kod (PAK)0
Africa	Seychelles		SC	0
Africa	Sierra Leone		SL	0
North America	Sint Maarten		SX	0
Asia	Singapore	1995	SG	Each building has its own unique postcode.0
Europe	Slovakia	1973	SK	with Czech Republic from west to east, Poštové smerovacie číslo (PSČ) - postal routing number. The first digit is from 8, 9, 0.0
Europe	Slovenia		SI	0
Oceania	Solomon Islands		SB	0
Africa	Somalia		SO	Two letter postal codes for each of the nation's 18 administrative regions (e.g. AW for Awdal, BN for Banaadir, BR for Bari and SL for Sool).0
Africa	South Africa	1973	ZA	Postal codes are allocated to individual Post Office branches, some have two codes to differentiate between P.O. Boxes and street delivery addresses. Included Namibia (ranges 9000-9299) until 1992, no longer used.0
Africa	South Sudan		SS	0
Europe	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands		GS	One code for all addresses.0
Europe	Spain	1976	ES	First two indicate the province, range 01-520
Asia	Sri Lanka		LK	Reference: http://mohanjith.net/ZIPLook/ Incorporates Colombo postal districts, e.g.: Colombo 1 is ""00100"". You can search for specific postal codes here [3].0
Africa	Sudan		SD	0
South America	Suriname		SR	0
Europe	Sweden	24970	SE	The lowest number is 100 12 and the highest number is 984 99.0
Europe	Switzerland	1964	CH	With Liechtenstein, ordered from west to east. In Geneva and other big cities, like Basel, Bern, Zurich, there may be one or two digits after the name of the city when the generic City code (1211) is used instead of the area-specific code (1201, 1202...), e.g.: 1211 Geneva 13. The digit identifies the post office. This addressing is generally used for P.O. box deliveries. Büsingen (Germany) and Campione (Italy) have also a Swiss postal code. UPU: Switzerland.0
Asia	Syria		SY	A 4-digit system has been announced. Status unknown.0
Asia	Taiwan	25647	TW	The first three digits of the postal code are required; the last two or three digits are optional. Codes are known as youdi quhao (郵遞區號), and are also assigned to Senkaku Islands (Diaoyutai), though Japanese-administered, Pratas Island and the Spratly Islands. NNN-NNN 3+3 digit codes were launched on March 3, 2020. See List of postal codes in Taiwan.0
Asia	Tajikistan		TJ	Retained system from former Soviet Union. First two numbers: Republic and Province, Second two numbers: District, last two numbers: Post Office. UPU: Tajikistan. Overview over some numbers.0
Africa	Tanzania		TZ	0
Asia	Thailand	30007	TH	The first two specify the province, numbers as in ISO 3166-2:TH, the third and fourth digits specify a district (amphoe)0
Africa	Togo		TG	0
Oceania	Tokelau		TK	0
Oceania	Tonga		TO	0
North America	Trinidad and Tobago	2012 (planned)	TT	First two digits specify a postal district (one of 72), next two digits a carrier route, last two digits a building or zone along that route0
Africa	Tunisia		TN	0
Asia	Turkey		TR	First two digits are the city numbers.0
Asia	Turkmenistan		TM	Retained system from former Soviet Union.0
North America	Turks and Caicos Islands		TC	Single code used for all addresses.0
Oceania	Tuvalu		TV	0
Africa	Uganda		UG	0
Europe	Ukraine		UA	0
Asia	United Arab Emirates		AE	0
Europe	United Kingdom	Phased introduction, from 1966-1974. Still in use.	GB	Known as the postcode. The first letter(s) indicate the postal area, such as the town or part of London. Placed on a separate line below the city (or county, if used). The UK postcode is made up of two parts separated by a space. These are known as the outward postcode and the inward postcode. The outward postcode is always one of the following formats: AN, ANN, AAN, AANN, ANA, AANA, AAA. The inward postcode is always formatted as NAA. A valid inward postcode never contains the letters: C, I, K, M, O or V. The British Forces Post Office has a different system, but as of 2012 has also adopted UK-style postcodes that begin with ""BF1"" for electronic compatibility.0
North America	United States	23193	US	Known as the ZIP Code with five digits 99999* or the ZIP+4 Code with nine digits 99999-9999* (while the minimum requirement is the first five digits, the U.S. Postal Service encourages everyone to use all nine). Also used by the former US Pacific Territories: Federated States of Micronesia; Palau; and the Marshall Islands, as well as in current US territories American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. An individual delivery point may be represented as an 11-digit number, but these are usually represented by Intelligent Mail barcode or formerly POSTNET bar code.0
South America	Uruguay		UY	0
North America	U.S. Virgin Islands	23193	VI	U.S. ZIP codes. Range 00801 - 00851.0
Asia	Uzbekistan	2005	UZ	Почтовые индексы0
Oceania	Vanuatu		VU	0
Europe	Vatican		VA	Single code used for all addresses. Part of the Italian postal code system.0
South America	Venezuela		VE	0
Asia	Vietnam		VN	First two indicate a province.0
Oceania	Wallis and Futuna		WF	Overseas Collectivity of France. French codes used. Range 98600 - 98690.0
Asia	Yemen		YE	System for Sana'a Governorate using geocoding ""عنواني"" based on the OpenPostcode algorithm is inaugurated in 2014.0
Africa	Zambia		ZM	0
Africa	Zimbabwe		ZW	System is being planned.0