This is a list of International Identification Letters for vehicles, past & present, usually displayed as a black & white oval on the rear of the vehicle. Official codes are recognized by the United Nations, as listed in "Distinguished Signs of Vehicles in International Traffic notified to the Secretary General of the United Nations in accordance with the 1968 Convention on Road Traffic and the 1949 Convention on Road Traffic ." The original conventions were in 1909 & 1926. There are many unofficial codes also listed, and several "still official" codes are no longer used. (In some cases the countries no longer exist.) |
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PLATE signifies an official or unofficial identifier often placed on the country's license plates. |
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OVAL | PLATE | COUNTRY | ||||||
A | A | Austro-Hungarian Empire (Austria) - 1909-18 Austria - 1918 --> |
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AD | Abu Dhabi (UAE) | |||||||
ADN | Aden Colony - 1937-67 South Yemen - 1967-1990 Yemen P.D.R. - 1990s |
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AFG | Afghanistan - 1971 --> | |||||||
AL | AL | Albania - 1934 --> | ||||||
AM | AM | Armenia - 1990s--> | ||||||
AN | Angola | |||||||
ANG | Angola | |||||||
AND | Andorra - 1957 --> | |||||||
AUS | Australia - 1949 --> ----- Cocos (Keeling) Islands ----- Norfolk Is. ----- Papua & New Guinea - 1961-81 |
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ARM | Armenia - 1993--> | |||||||
AZ | AZ | Azerbaijan - 1993 --> | ||||||
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B | Belgium - 1909 --> |
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BA | Burma - 1937-56 | |||||||
BD | Bangladesh - 1978 --> | |||||||
BDS | Barbados - 1955 --> | |||||||
BF | BF | Burkina Faso - 1984--> | ||||||
BG | BG | Bulgaria - 1910 --> | ||||||
BH | British Honduras - 1937 Belize -90s |
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BHN | Bahrain 2007--> | |||||||
BI | British India 1912-47 | |||||||
BIH | BIH | Bosnia-Herzegovina - 1993 --> | ||||||
BL | Basutoland - 1935-67 | |||||||
BM | Bermuda | |||||||
BOL | Bolivia - 1967 --> | |||||||
BP | Bechuanaland Protectorate- 1935-67 | |||||||
BR | Brazil - 1926 --> | |||||||
BRG | British Guiana - 1954-72 | |||||||
BRN | BRN | Bahrain - 1954 --> | ||||||
BRU | Brunei - 1954 --> | |||||||
BS | British Somalialand - 1935-66 | |||||||
BS | Bahamas - 1940 --> | |||||||
BU | Burundi - 1985--> | |||||||
BUR | Burma (Myanmar) - 1956 | |||||||
BVI | British Virgin Islands | |||||||
BW | Botswana - 2003 | |||||||
BY | BY | Belarus (unofficial)- 1992 --> | ||||||
BZ | Belize (unofficial) - 1980s --> | |||||||
C | Cuba - 1926 --> | |||||||
CA | Canada - 1955-58 | |||||||
CAM |
Cameroon - 1960-72, 1984--> | |||||||
CB | Belgian Congo, Ruanda Urundi - 1930-60 | |||||||
CC | Consular Corps (unofficial, in addition to country oval) | |||||||
CD | Dem. Rep. Congo | |||||||
CD | Dipolomatic Corps (unofficial, in addition to country oval) | |||||||
CDN | Canada (Canadian Dominion) - 1955 --> | |||||||
CFS | French Somalialand - <--1977 | |||||||
CGO | Congo (Kinshasa) - 1961-72 | |||||||
CH | Switzerland (Confoederatio Helvetica) - 1910 --> | |||||||
CI | CI | Ivory Coast - 1961 --> | ||||||
CL | Sri Lanka (Ceylon) - 1932 --> | |||||||
CMR | Cameroon | |||||||
CN | China | |||||||
CNB | Colony of North Borneo - 1953-63 | |||||||
CO | Colombia - 1926--> | |||||||
CPV | Cape Verde | |||||||
CR | Costa Rica - 1955 --> | |||||||
CRO | Croatia - 1990s | |||||||
CS | Czechoslovakia - 1921-93 | |||||||
CU | Curacao - 1936-57 | |||||||
CU | Cuba (unofficial) | |||||||
CV | Cape Verde | |||||||
CY | Cyprus - 1931 --> | |||||||
CZ | CZ | Czech Republic - 1993 --> | ||||||
D | D | Germany (Deutschland) - 1909 --> ----- Luxembourg - 1914-18, 1940-45 |
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DA | Danzig - 1921-39 | |||||||
DDR | East Germany - 1973-90 | |||||||
DK | Denmark - 1913 --> ---- Greenland |
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DOM | Dominican Republic - 1950 --> | |||||||
DY | Benin (Dahomey) - 1961-70's | |||||||
DZ | Algeria (El Djezair)- 1963 --> |
OVAL | PLATE | COUNTRY | |
E | E | Spain (Espana) - 1909 --> ----- Spanish Sahara - 1958-68 ----- Spanish Guinea - 1958-75 |
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EA | British East Africa - 1931-38 | ||
EAK | Kenya - 1938 --> | ||
EAN | East Africa Nyasaland - 1938-64 | ||
EAT | Tanzania (Tanganyika) - 1938 --> | ||
EAZ | Tanzania (Zanzibar) - 1938 --> | ||
EAU | Uganda - 1938 --> | ||
EC | Ecuador - 1962 --> | ||
ECA | Central African Empire (unofficial) - 1976-79 | ||
EIR | Irish Republic (Eire) - 1938-62 | ||
EQ | Ecuador - 1926-62 | ||
ER | Eritrea - 1994 --> ? | ||
ES | El Salvador - 1978 --> | ||
EST | EST | Estonia - 1994 --> | |
ET | Egypt - 1926 --> | ||
ETH | Ethiopia - 1964 --> |
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EW | Estonia - 1930-40, 1992-93 | ||
F | F | France & French colonies - 1909 --> ----- Algeria - 1911-62 ----- French Equatorial Africa - pre-1960 ----- French Guiana - 1930--> ----- French North Africa - 1930-50 ----- French Polynesia (Tahiti) - 1930--> ----- French West Africa - pre-1960 ----- Guadeloupe - 1930 --> ----- Martinique - 1930 --> ----- Mayotte - 1930 --> ----- Reunion - 1930 --> ----- St. Pierre & Miquelon - 1930 --> ----- Tunisia - 1912-57 ----- Wallis & Fortuna Is. - 1930 --> |
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FIF | French India - 1925-30 | ||
FIN | FIN | Finland - 1993 --> ----- Aland |
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FJI | Fiji - 1971 --> | ||
FL | Liechtenstein - 1924--> | ||
FLK | Falkland Islands | ||
FM | Federated Malay States / Malaya (Pahang, Perak, Negri Sembilan, Selangor) - 1931-48 Federation of Malaysia - 1948-58 |
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FO | FO | Faeroe Is. - 1996--> | |
FR | Faeroe Is. - 1976-96 | ||
FSM | Federal States of Micronesia - 1985 --> | ||
FUJ | Fujairah (UAE) | ||
G | Guatemala - 1952-56 | ||
G | Gabon - 1974 --> | ||
GAB | Gabon | ||
GB | GB | United Kingdom - 1909--> ----- Great Britain - 1909 --> ----- Ireland - 1909-22 ----- Northern Ireland |
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GBA | Alderney - 1924 --> | ||
GBG | GBG | Guernsey - 1914 --> |
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GBJ | GBJ | Jersey - 1914 --> | |
GBM | GBM | Isle of Man - 1932 --> | |
GBY | Malta - 1924-66 | ||
GBZ | GBZ | Gibraltar - 1924 --> | |
GCA | Guatemala - 1956 --> | ||
GE | GEO | Georgia - 1993 --> | |
GEO | Georgia - 1993 | ||
GH | GH | Ghana - 1959 --> | |
GM | Guam (USA) | ||
GR | GR | Greece - 1909 --> | |
GRL | Greenland | ||
GUY | Guyana - 1972 --> | ||
H | H | Austro-Hungarian Empire (Hungary) - 1909-18 Hungary 1918 --> |
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HK | Hong Kong - 1931-1997 | ||
HKJ | (Hashemite Kingdom of) Jordan - 1966 --> | ||
HN | Honduras | ||
HO | Honduras | ||
HR | Croatia - 1992 --> | ||
HV | Upper Volta - 1964-70s | ||
I | I | Italy - 1909 --> | |
IAR | International Administration Rhineland - 1950s | ||
IL | Israel - 1949 --> | ||
IN | Netherlands Indies - 1915-49 Indonesia - 1949-56 |
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IND | India - 1949 --> | ||
IR | Iran - 1936 --> | ||
IRL | IRL | Ireland - 1962 --> | |
IRQ | Iraq - 1926--> | ||
IS | IS | Iceland - 1936 --> |
OVAL | PLATE | COUNTRY | |
J | Japan - 1964 --> | ||
JA | Jamaica - 1931 --> | ||
JO | Johore - 1931-48 | ||
JOR | Jordan - 1956-68 | ||
K | Cambodia - 1956 --> | ||
KAT | Katanga - 1960-63 | ||
KAZ | Kazakhstan (unofficial) | ||
KD | Kedah - 1931-48 | ||
KGZ | Kyrgyzstan (unofficial) | ||
KL | Kelantan - 1931-48 | ||
KS | Kyrgyzstan - 1994--> | ||
KS | Kosovo | ||
KSA | (Kingdom of) Saudi Arabia | ||
KT | Kuwait - 1950s - 75 | ||
KWT | KWT | Kuwait - 1954 --> | |
KZ | Kazakhstan - 1994--> | ||
L | L | Luxembourg - 1911 --> | |
LAO | Laos - 1959 --> |
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LAR | Libya - 1972 --> | ||
LB | Liberia - 1967 --> | ||
LR | Latvia - 1926-41, 1991-92 | ||
LS | Lesotho - 1967 --> | ||
LSA | Lebanon, Syria, & Alaouites - 1926-31 | ||
LT | Libya - 1967-72 | ||
LT | LT | Lithuania - 1925-40, 1991--> | |
LV | LV | Latvia - 1992 --> | |
M | Palestine Mandate - 1929-49 | ||
M | M | Malta - 1966 --> | |
MA | French Morocco - 1924-30 Morocco - 1956--> |
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MAC | Macao | ||
MAL | Malaysia - 1967 --> |
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MC | Monaco - 1909 --> | ||
MD | MD | Moldova - 1993 --> | |
MDV | Moldova - 1992 | ||
ME | Spanish Morocco - 1935-56 | ||
MEX | Mexico - 1926 --> | ||
MGL | Mongolia - 1997 --> | ||
MK | Macedonia - 1993 --> | ||
MN | Montenegro - 1909-20 | ||
MNG | Mongolia | ||
MOC | Mozambique - 1932-56, 1975 --> | ||
MS | Mauritius - 1938--> | ||
MT | Tangier - 1933-56 | ||
MW | Malawi - 1965 --> | ||
MYA | Myanmar (Burma) | ||
N | N | Norway - 1922 --> ----- Svalbard |
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NA | Netherlands Antilles - 1957 --> | ||
NAM | Namibia - 1993 --> | ||
NAU | Nauru - 1968 --> | ||
NDH | Croatia (Nesavisna Drzava Hrvatska)- 1941-45 | ||
NEP | Nepal - 1970 --> | ||
NF | Newfoundland - 1938-49 | ||
NGN | Netherlands New Guinea - 1955-63 |
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NGR | Nigeria (unofficial) - 1992 --> | ||
NIC | Nicaragua - 1950 --> | ||
NIG | Niger - 1961-80 | ||
NL | NL | Netherlands - 1909 --> | |
NP | Nyasaland Protectorate - 1938-60 | ||
NR | Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) - 1938-60 | ||
NZ | NZ | New Zealand - 1950 --> ----- Cook Islands ----- Niue |
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OM | Oman | ||
P | P | Portugal - 1909 --> ----- Angola - 1956-75 ----- Mozambique - 1956-75 ----- Portugese Guinea (now Guinea-Bissau) - 1956-74 ----- Portugese India - 1956-61 ----- Portugese Timor - 1956-61 |
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P | Palestinan Authority - 1990's | ||
PA | Panama - 1926 --> | ||
PAK | Pakistan - 1947-90s | ||
PAN | Angola - 1932-56 | ||
PE | PE | Peru - 1937 --> | |
PI | Philippines - 1949-75 | ||
PK | Pakistan - 1986 --> | ||
PL | PL | Poland - 1921-39, 1945 --> | |
PN | Palestine | ||
PNG | PNG | Papua New Guinea - 1981 --> | |
PR | Persia - 1926-36 | ||
PS | Perlis - 1931-48 | ||
PS | the Palestinian autonomy - 1990's--> ? | ||
PTM | Persekutuan Tanah Malaysia - 1958-72 | ||
PY | Paraguay - 1926 --> | ||
Q | Qatar - 1972 --> | ||
QA | Qatar | ||
R | Russia - 1909-26 | ||
R | Romania - 1926-80 | ||
RA | Argentina - 1927 --> | ||
RAK | Ras al Khaimah (UAE) | ||
RB | Botswana - 1967 --> 2003 | ||
RB | Bolivia - 1961-67 |
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RC | Republic of China - 1926 - 49 Taiwan, Republic of China - 1949 --> |
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RCA | RCA | Central African Republic - 1962 --> | |
RC | Congo (Brazzaville) | ||
RCB | Congo (Brazzaville) - 1962 --> | ||
RCH | Chile - 1926 --> | ||
RCL | Congo (Leopoldville) - 1961-70s | ||
RE | Reunion | ||
RFC | Cameroon (pre-84) | ||
RG | RG | Guinea - 1964, 73 --> | |
RG | Gabon | ||
RGB | Guinea-Bissau | ||
RH | Haiti - 1926 --> | ||
RHV | Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) - 1970s-84 | ||
RI | Indonesia - 1955--> | ||
RIM | RIM | Mauritania - 1964 --> | |
RL | Lebanon - 1949 --> | ||
RM | Romania - 1909-26 | ||
RM | Madagascar - 1962 --> | ||
RMM | Mali - 1962 --> | ||
RN | RN | Niger - 75 --> | |
RNR | Northern Rhodesia - 1960-64 Zambia - 1964--> |
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RNY | Nyasaland - 1960-65 | ||
RO | RO | Romania - 1980/81 --> | |
ROK | Republic of Korea (South) - 1971 --> | ||
ROU | Uruguay (Republica Oriental de Uru.) - 81 --> | ||
RP | Philippines - 1973 --> | ||
RPB | Benin - 1984-? | ||
RSM | San Marino - 1931 --> | ||
RSR | Southern Rhodesia - 1960-81 | ||
RU | Russia | ||
RU | Rwanda-Urundi - 1954-64 Burundi - 1962--> |
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RUC | Cameroon - 1972-84 | ||
RUS | RUS | Russia - 1993 --> | |
RWA | Rwanda - 1964 --> |
OVAL | PLATE | COUNTRY | |
S | S | Sweden - 1910 --> | |
SA | Saarland - 1925-35, 1945-56 | ||
SA | Saudi Arabia - 70s --> | ||
SAU | South Africa (S. Af. Union) - 1933-36 | ||
SB | Serbia - 1909-26 | ||
SBH | St. Barthelemy | ||
SCG | SCG | Serbia & Montenegro (Srbia Cerna Gora)- 2003--> | |
SCN | St. Kitts & Nevis | ||
SCO | Scotland | ||
SD | Swaziland - 1935 --> | ||
SE | Irish Free State (Saorstat Eireann) - 1924-38 | ||
SF | Finland - 1920-92 | ||
SGP | Singapore - 1952 --> | ||
SHJ | Sharjah (UAE) | ||
SHS | Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, & Slovenes - 1926-36 | ||
SK | Sarawak - 1955-63 | ||
SK | SK | Slovakia - 1993 --> | |
SL | Syria & Lebabon - 1931-52 | ||
SLB | Solomon Islands | ||
SLO | SLO | Slovenia - 1992 --> | |
SM | Siam (now Thailand) - 1926-57 | ||
SME | Suriname - 1936 --> | ||
SMOM | Soverign Military Order of Malta | ||
SN | Senegal - 1962 --> | ||
SNB | State of North Borneo - 1937-55 | ||
SO | Slovakia - 1939-45, 1993 | ||
SO | Somalia - 70s | ||
SP | Somalia Protectorate - 1937-60 | ||
SQ | Slovakia - 1993 | ||
SR | Southern Rhodesia - 1931-60 | ||
SRB | Serbia | ||
SS | Straits Settlements (Labuan, Melaka, Pinang, Singapore) - 1931-52 | ||
SU | U.S.S.R. - 1926-92 Russia - 1992-93 ----- Belarus (still official) - 1974--> ----- Ukraine 1974-94 |
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SUD | Sudan - 1963 --> | ||
SWA | Southwest Africa - 1935-66 | ||
SY | Seychelles - 1937 --> | ||
SYR | SYR | Syria - 1951 --> | |
T | Thailand - 1957 --> | ||
TAD | Tajikistan (unofficial) | ||
TC | French Trusteeship of Cameroon - 1930-75 | ||
TCH | TCH | Chad - 1964 --> | |
TD | Trinidad & Tobago - 1937-65 | ||
TD | Tajikistan - 1991-95 | ||
TG | TG | Togo - 1962 --> | |
THA | Thailand | ||
TJ | China | ||
TJ | Tajikistan - 1994--> | ||
TLS | East Timor | ||
TM | TM | Turkmenistan - 1994 --> | |
TMN | Turkmenistan - 1993-94 | ||
TN | Tunisia - 1957--> | ||
TO | Trucial Oman - 60s | ||
TR | TR | Turkey - 1926 --> | |
TS | Trieste - 1947-53 | ||
TT | French Togoland - 1932-52 | ||
TT | Trinidad & Tobago - 1964 --> | ||
TU | Terengganu - 1934-48 | ||
TW | Taiwan | ||
U | Uruguay - 1926-81 | ||
UA | UA | Ukraine - 1994 --> | |
UAE | UAE | United Arab Emirates | |
UAQ | Umm al Qaiwain (UAE) | ||
UN | United Nations | ||
UR | Ukraine - 1991 - 93 | ||
US | United States - 1909-49 | ||
USA | United States of America - 1949 --> ----- American Samoa ----- Guam ----- Panama Canal Zone - pre-1979 ----- Puerto Rico ----- Virgin Islands ----- Wake Island |
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USA | US forces in Germany | ||
UZ | Uzbekistan - 1995--> | ||
V | Vatican City - 1930 --> | ||
VN | Vietnam (South) - 1954--> | ||
WAC | Gold Coast (now Ghana) - 1931-59 | ||
WAG | Gambia - 1931 --> | ||
WAL | Sierra Leone - 1937 --> | ||
WAN | Nigeria &Southern Cameroon - 1937-92 Nigeria - 1992--> |
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WD | Dominica (Windward Islands) - 1954 --> | ||
WG | Grenada (Windward Is.) - 1931 --> | ||
WL | Santa Lucia (Windward Islands) - 1931 --> | ||
WS | Western Samoa - 1961 --> | ||
WV | St. Vincent (Windward Islands) - 1931 --> | ||
Y | Yugoslavia - 1936-41, 49 | ||
YAR | Yemen (unofficial) - 70s-90 | ||
YE | Yemen - 1990--> | ||
YMN | North Yemen - 1968-? | ||
YU | Yugoslavia - 1953 --> c2003 | ||
YV | Venezuela - 1949 --> | ||
Z | Zambia (unofficial)- 1966 --> | ||
ZA | South Africa - 1936 --> | ||
ZM | Zimbabwe - 70s | ||
ZR | Zaire - 1973-80 | ||
ZRE | Dem. Rep. Congo (Zaire) - 1981 --> | ||
ZW | Zimbabwe - 1981 --> |
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