This is a list of international dialing prefixes used in various countries for direct dialing of international telephone calls. These prefixes are typically required only when dialling from a landline, while in GSM-compliant mobile phone (cell phone) systems, only the symbol + before the country code may be used[citation needed] irrespective of where the telephone is used at that moment; the network operator provides the access codes automatically.
Countries by international prefix
- 0
- 00 – the recommended ITU prefix
- Africa: all countries except Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda
- Asia: all countries except certain countries in Central, East, and Southeast Asia
- Europe: all countries except Abkhazia, Belarus, Russia and South Ossetia
- Middle East: all countries
- North America: all countries not using NANP (Mexico, Greenland, St Pierre and Miquelon)
- South America: all countries except Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guyana and those using NANP
- Oceania: all countries except Australia
- 000
- Kenya[notes 1]
- Singapore
- Tanzania[notes 1]
- Uganda[notes 1]
- 001
- Guyana
- Hong Kong (also 002 – circuit switched connection for fax/data transmission)
- Mongolia
- 0011
- Australia (including Australian External Territories)
- 009
- 00x, where x is a mandatory carrier selection code consisting of one or more digits
- 010
- 011 – all countries and territories in the North American Numbering Plan:
- American Samoa
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Bermuda
- British Virgin Islands
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Grenada
- Guam
- Jamaica
- Micronesia
- Montserrat
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Palau
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sint Maarten
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- United States of America
- United States Virgin Islands
- 1xx0, where xx is a mandatory carrier selection code
- 8~10[notes 2]
- Abkhazia
- Belarus
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Russia
- South Ossetia
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
Countries using carrier selection codes
The following is a non-exhaustive list of countries that optionally allow for carrier selection in addition to using the standard prefix listed in the preceding section.
- 00xx, where xx is a two-digit carrier selection code:
- Australia, alongside the standard prefix 0011 for the default carrier
- Hong Kong, alongside the standard prefixes 001 (voice) and 002 (fax/data) for the default carrier
- 0xx, where xx is a two-digit carrier selection code:
- Israel, alongside the standard prefix 00 for the default carrier
- Kazakhstan, alongside the standard prefix 8~10 for the default carrier
- Singapore, alongside the standard prefix 000 for the default carrier
- Turkmenistan, alongside the standard prefix 8~10 for the default carrier
- 10xx, where xx is a two-digit carrier selection code:
- Georgia, alongside the standard prefix 00 for the default carrier
- 8~xx, where xx is a two-digit carrier selection code:
- Russia, alongside the standard prefix 8~10 for the default carrier
- 8~26 – Arctel
- 8~27 – Synterra
- 8~28 – Comstar
- 8~56 – GoldenTelecom
- 8~57 – Transtelecom
- 8~58 – MTT
- 8~59 – Orange Business Services
- 99x(yy), where yy applies when x equals 5:
- Finland, alongside the standard prefix 00 for the default carrier[1]
Historic international prefixes
The following are international call prefixes that were used in various countries sometime in the past but are no longer used.
- 0
- Bahrain (now 00)
- El Salvador (now 00)
- Falkland Islands (now 00)
- Malta (now 00)
- Myanmar (now 00)
- 00
- Cambodia (now 001)
- Mongolia (now 001)
- Sint Maarten (now 011)
- Tanzania (now 000)
- 000
- 001
- 002
- 0030
- Hong Kong (CTI, which now uses 1666)
- 005
- 007
- 009
- Denmark, including Faeroe Islands and Greenland (now 00)
- Sweden (now 00)
- 010
- 05
- Fiji (now 00)
- Papua New Guinea (now 00)
- 06
- East Germany (now Germany 00)
- 07~
- 09
- Namibia (now 00)
- Netherlands (now 00)
- South Africa (now 00)
- 095
- 099
- 101
- 110
- 119
- 15
- 16
- Ireland (now 00)
- Somalia (now 00)
- 19
- Central African Republic (now 00)
- France (now 00)
- 800
- 8~10 – former Soviet Union
- Armenia (now 00)
- Azerbaijan (now 00)
- Estonia (now 00)
- Georgia (now 00)
- Latvia (now 00)
- Lithuania (now 00)
- Moldova (now 00)
- Ukraine (now 00)
- Uzbekistan (now 00)
- 90
- Burundi (now 00)
- Iceland (now 00)
- 95 for NANP and 98 for the rest of the world
- 99
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (now 00)
- Croatia (now 00)
- India (now 00)
- Montenegro (now 00)
- North Macedonia (now 00)
- Serbia (now 00)
- Slovenia (now 00)
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda each can be called from the other two using special short codes: 005 to call Kenya, 006 to call Uganda and 007 to call Tanzania. The shortcode is followed directly by a local number.
- ^ "~" means "wait for the next dial tone". Reference: Jan Goyvaerts; Steven Levithan (2009). Regular Expressions Cookbook. O'Reilly. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-596-52068-7.
References
- ^ "International carrier access codes". Traficom. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
External links
- Standards and recommendations
- "E.164: The international public telecommunication numbering plan" (PDF). International Telecommunication Union. 2005-02-01.
- "OB 1114: List of ITU-T Recommendation E.164 assigned country codes" (PDF). Annex to ITU Operational Bulletin. International Telecommunication Union. 2016-12-15.
- "OB 994: Dialling Procedures" (PDF). Annex to ITU Operational Bulletin. International Telecommunication Union. 2011-12-15.
