Country names, codes for 2024 Paris Olympics: Full list of National Olympic Committees

The 2024 Paris Olympics represent an exciting time for fans worldwide.

For nearly three weeks, more than 200 countries and territories have sent roughly 10,500 athletes to compete across myriad sports and events for their country's honor. Each country or territory in the Olympics is represented by a National Olympic Committee (NOC).

However, as fans navigate the Olympic schedules, they may try to figure out the codes for unfamiliar countries. Obvious examples include USA for the United States, and FRA for host country France. Other, less obvious codes include SKN (Saint Kitts and Nevis) and VIN (St. Vincent and the Grenadines).

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Then there's AIN (Individual Neutral Athletes) and EOR (Refugee Olympic Team), neither of which are mentioned in the Olympics' full list of codes for countries' respective olympic committees.

Here's what you need to know about the country codes for all the NOCs:

Country codes for 2024 Paris Olympics

NOC codes listed alphabetically, first by continent, then by country.

Africa

• Algeria ― ALG

• Angola ― ANG

• Benin ― BEN

• Botswana ― BOT

• Burkina Faso ― BUR

• Burundi ― BDI

• Cameroon ― CMR

• Cabo Verde ― CPV

• Central African Republic ― CAF

• Chad ― CHA

• Comoros ― COM

• Congo ― CGO

• Democratic Republic of the Congo ― COD

• Côte d’Ivoire ― CIV

• Djibouti ― DJI

• Egypt ― EGY

• Eritrea ― ERI

• Eswatini ― SWZ

• Ethiopia ― ETH

• Gabon ― GAB

• Gambia ― GAM

• Ghana ― GHA

• Guinea ― GUI

• Guinea-Bissau ― GBS

• Equatorial Guinea ― GEQ

• Kenya ― KEN

• Lesotho ― LES

• Liberia ― LBR

• Libya ― LBA

• Madagascar ― MAD

• Malawi ― MAW

• Mali ― MLI

• Morocco ― MAR

• Mauritius ― MRI

• Mauritania ― MTN

• Mozambique ― MOZ

• Namibia ― NAM

• Niger ― NIG

• Nigeria ― NGR

• Rwanda ― RWA

• Sao Tome and Principe ― STP

• Senegal ― SEN

• Seychelles ― SEY

• Sierra Leone ― SLE

• Somalia ― SOM

• South Africa ― RSA

• South Sudan ― SSD

• Sudan ― SUD

• Uganda ― UGA

• United Republic of Tanzania ― TAN

• Togo ― TOG

• Tunisia ― TUN

• Zambia ― ZAM

• Zimbabwe ― ZIM

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Americas

• Antigua and Barbuda ― ANT

• Argentina ― ARG

• Aruba ― ARU

• Bahamas ― BAH

• Barbados ― BAR

• Belize ― BIZ

• Bermuda ― BER

• Bolivia ― BOL

• Brazil ― BRA

• Cayman Islands ― CAY

• Canada ― CAN

• Chile ― CHI

• Colombia ― COL

• Costa Rica ― CRC

• Cuba ― CUB

• Dominican Republic ― DOM

• Dominica ― DMA

• El Salvador ― ESA

• Ecuador ― ECU

• Grenada ― GRN

• Guatemala ― GUA

• Guyana ― GUY

• Haiti ― HAI

• Honduras ― HON

• Jamaica ― JAM

• Mexico ― MEX

• Nicaragua ― NCA

• Panama ― PAN

• Paraguay ― PAR

• Peru ― PER

• Puerto Rico ― PUR

• Saint Kitts and Nevis ― SKN

• Saint Lucia ― LCA

• St. Vincent and the Grenadines ― VIN

• Suriname ― SUR

• Trinidad and Tobago ― TTO

• United States of America ― USA

• Uruguay ― URU

• Venezuela ― VEN

• Virgin Islands, British ― IVB

• Virgin Islands, US ― ISV

Asia

• Afghanistan ― AFG

• Bahrain ― BRN

• Bangladesh ― BAN

• Bhutan ― BHU

• Brunei Darussalam ― BRU

• Cambodia ― CAM

• People’s Republic of China ― CHN

• Republic of Korea ― KOR

• Hong Kong, China ― HKG

• India ― IND

• Indonesia ― INA

• Islamic Republic of Iran ― IRI

• Iraq ― IRQ

• Japan ― JPN

• Jordan ― JOR

• Kazakhstan ― KAZ

• Kyrgyzstan ― KGZ

• Kuwait ― KUW

• Lao People’s Democratic Republic ― LAO

• Lebanon ― LBN

• Malaysia ― MAS

• Maldives ― MDV

• Mongolia ― MGL

• Myanmar ― MYA

• Nepal ― NEP

• Oman ― OMA

• Pakistan ― PAK

• Palestine ― PLE

• Philippines ― PHI

• Qatar ― QAT

• Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ― PRK

• Saudi Arabia ― KSA

• Singapore ― SGP

• Sri Lanka ― SRI

• Syrian Arab Republic ― SYR

• Tajikistan ― TJK

• Chinese Taipei ― TPE

• Thailand ― THA

• Democratic Rep. of Timor-Leste ― TLS

• Turkmenistan ― TKM

• United Arab Emirates ― UAE

• Uzbekistan ― UZB

• Vietnam ― VIE

• Yemen ― YEM

Europe

• Albania ― ALB

• Andorra ― AND

• Armenia ― ARM

• Austria ― AUT

• Azerbaijan ― AZE

• Belgium ― BEL

• Bosnia and Herzegovina ― BIH

• Bulgaria ― BUL

• Cyprus ― CYP

• Croatia ― CRO

• Czechia ― CZE

• Denmark ― DEN

• Spain ― ESP

• Estonia ― EST

• Finland ― FIN

• France ― FRA

• Georgia ― GEO

• Germany ― GER

• Great Britain ― GBR

• Greece ― GRE

• Hungary ― HUN

• Ireland ― IRL

• Iceland ― ISL

• Israel ― ISR

• Italy ― ITA

• Kosovo ― KOS

• Latvia ― LAT

• Liechtenstein ― LIE

• Lithuania ― LTU

• Luxembourg ― LIE

• North Macedonia ― MKD

• Malta ― MLT

• Republic of Moldova ― MDA

• Monaco ― MON

• Montenegro ― MNE

• Netherlands ― NED

• Norway ― NOR

• Poland ― POL

• Portugal ― POR

• Romania ― ROU

• San Marino ― SMR

• Serbia ― SRB

• Slovakia ― SVK

• Slovenia ― SLO

• Sweden ― SWE

• Switzerland ― SUI

• Türkiye ― TUR

• Ukraine ― UKR

Oceania

• American Samoa ― ASA

• Australia ― AUS

• Cook Islands ― COK

• Fiji ― FIJ

• Guam ― GUM

• Kiribati ― KIR

• Marshall Islands ― MHL

• Federated States of Micronesia ― FSM

• Nauru ― NRU

• New Zealand ― NZL

• Palau ― PLW

• Papua New Guinea ― PNG

• Solomon Islands ― SOL

• Samoa ― SAM

• Tonga ― TGA

• Tuvalu ― TUV

• Vanuatu ― VAN

What do AIN, EOR mean in Olympic codes?

• AIN ― Individual Neutral Athletes

• EOR ― Refugee Olympic Team

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