This list shows an overview of
postal
code notation schemes for all countries that have postal or ZIP
code systems.
For lists by country, see Category:Lists of postal
codes.
Key
- A: Letters.
- 9: Digits.
- *: Postal code placed to the right of the
region, city, suburb or town.
A-B
- Afghanistan
: No postal code used.
- Åland
:
(AX-)99999 Note: Country code: AX even though part
of the Finnish postal code system.
- Albania
:
(AL-)9999. Introduced in 2006, gradually
implemented throughout 2007.
- Algeria
:
99999
- American Samoa
: 99999* or
99999-9999*. US territory - part of the US
zip-code system.
- Andorra
:
AD999 each parish now has its own post code.
See Postal services in
Andorra.
- Angola
: No
postal code used.
- Anguilla
:
AI-2640. Single code used for all
addresses.
- Antigua and Barbuda
: No postal code used.
- Argentina
: A9999AAA. The first letter
(A) indicates the province, the four numbers (9999) are the old
postal codes, the three last letters (AAA) indicate a side of the
block. Previously 9999 which remains the minimum
requirement as of 2006. See also Argentine postal code.
- Armenia
: 9999 since April 1, 2006.
Previously used 999999
system inherited from former Soviet Union
. See Armenian postal codes.
- Aruba
: No
postal codes used.
- Ascension Island
: ASCN 1ZZ. Single code used
for all addresses.
- Australia: known as the "postcode":
9999*. In general, the first digit identifies the
state or territory. See List of postal codes in
Australia
- Australian Antarctic
Territory: 9999*. Part of the Australian
postcode system.
- Austria
: (A- or AT-)9999 (the first digit
denotes one of the nine provinces -- called Bundesländer
--, the last the nearest post office in the area)
- Azerbaijan
: AZ9999 Previously used
999999 system inherited from former Soviet Union
.
- Bahamas
: No postal code used.
- Bahrain
: 999 or
9999. Valid postcodes are
199 to 1299, corresponding with
the 12 administrative subdivisions of the kingdom.
- Bangladesh
: 9999*
- Barbados
: BB99999 --, See also List of postal codes in
Barbados
- Belarus
: (BY-)999999 Retained system
inherited from former Soviet Union
.
- Belgium
: (B- or BE-)9999 (in general, the
first digit gives the province) List of postal codes in
Belgium
- Belize
: No
postal code used.
- Benin
: No
postal code used.
- Bermuda
: AA 99* for street addresses,
AA AA* for PO Box addresses. The second
half of the postcode identifies the street delivery walk (eg:
Hamilton HM 12) or the PO Box number range (eg: Hamilton HM
BX).
- Bhutan
: No
postal code used.
- Bolivia
: 9999
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
: (BA-)99999
- Botswana
: not used
- Brazil
:
99999-999 (previously 99999, from
1972 to 1992) -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.
- British Antarctic
Territory: BIQQ 1ZZ Single code used for all
addresses.
- British Indian Ocean
Territory
: BBND 1ZZ Single code used for all
addresses.
- British Virgin Islands
: VG9999
- Brunei
:
AA9999*
- Bulgaria
: (BG-)9999
- Burkina Faso
: No postal code used.
- Burundi
: No postal code used.
C
- Cambodia
: 99999
- Cameroon
: No postal code used.
- Canada
:
A9A 9A9* Usually prefixed by a two-letter
abbreviation for the province or territory. See Canadian postal code. The letters D, F,
I, O, Q, and U are not used to avoid confusion with other letters
or numbers.
- Cape
Verde
: 9999 - the first digit indicates
which island.
- Cayman Islands
: KY9-9999*
- Central African Republic
: No postal code used.
- Chile
:
9999999 May only be required for bulk mail.
See List of postal codes
in Chile
- Chad
:
99999
- China, People's Republic
of (Mainland): 999999*. 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 and Postal Code).
- Christmas Island
: 9999* Part of the Australian
postal code system
- Cocos Island
: 9999* Part of the Australian
postal code system
- Colombia
: ' Códigos Postales | 4-72'
- Comoros
: No postal code used.
- Congo
: No postal code used.
- Congo, Democratic Republic
: No postal code used.
- Cook Islands
: No postal code used.
- Costa
Rica
: 99999 Was 9999
until 2007. Each postal code represents a district. Not
heavily used as it was introduced in 2005 by Correos de Costa Rica
(Costa Rica Mail Services). It is segmented as
9[Province],99[Province], Canton,
99[District].
- Côte d'Ivoire
: No postal code used.
- Croatia
: (HR-)99999
- Cuba
:
99999* - 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.
- Cyprus
:
(CY-)9999 Post code system covers whole island,
but not used in Northern
Cyprus
where 'Mersin 10, Turkey' is used instead.
See Cyprus Postal
Services.
- Czech Republic
: (CZ-)999 99 Retained system from
former Czechoslovakia
.
D-F
- Denmark
: (DK-)9999 also used by Greenland
, eg: DK-3900
Nuuk
- Djibouti
: No postal code used.
- Dominica
: No postal code used.
- Dominican Republic
: 99999 Postal Code Web Site
- East
Timor
: No postal code system in use since Indonesian
withdrawal in 1999.
- Ecuador
: EC999999 Introduced in December
2007. For Guayaquil is EC090150.
- Egypt
99999*
- El Salvador
: 9999 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.
- Equatorial Guinea
: No postal code used.
- Eritrea
: No postal code used.
- Estonia
: (EE-)99999
- Ethiopia
: 9999 The code is only used on a
trial basis for Addis Abeba addresses.
- Falkland Islands
: FIQQ 1ZZ Single code used for all
addresses.
- Faroe Islands
: (FO-)999
- Federated States of
Micronesia
: 99999* or
99999-9999*. Former US territory - part of
the US zip-code system.
- Fiji
: No
postal code used.
- Finland
: (FI-)99999. 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 always 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).
- France
: (F- or
FR-)99999, the first two digits give the
département
number, while in Paris
, Lyon
and
Marseille
, the last two digits of the postal code indicates
the arrondissement.
Also used
by French
overseas departments and territories, except by French
Southern and Antarctic Territories
and Clipperton Island
. Monaco
is also
part of the French postal code system, and the country code MC- is
used for Monegasque addresses. See List of postal codes in
France.
- French Guiana
: Overseas Department of France. French codes used.
- French Polynesia
: Overseas Territory of France. French codes used.
- French
Southern and Antarctic Territories
No postal code used.
G-K
- Gabon
:
99 [city name] 99 Two digit postal zone goes after
city name.
- Gambia
: No
postal code used.
- Georgia
: (GE-)9999
- Germany
: 99999 since 1993 (previously
separate 9999 systems in both East
and West
Germany
). See List of postal codes in
Germany
- Gibraltar
: No postal code system
- Greece
:
(GR-)99999 See also List of postal codes in
Greece
- Greenland
: (DK-)9999 Part of the Danish
postal code system.
- Grenada
: No postal code used.
- Guadeloupe
: Overseas Department of France. French codes used.
- Guam
:
99999* or 99999-9999*. US
territory - part of the US zip-code system.
- Guatemala
: 99999. The first two
numbers identify the department, the third number the route and the
last two the office.
- Guernsey
: GY9 9AA* or GY99
9AA*. The first two letters are always GY. Part of
the UK postcode system.
- Guinea
: No postal code used.
- Guinea Bissau
: 9999
- Guyana
: No postal code used.
- Haiti
:
(HT-)9999
- Heard and McDonald Islands
: 9999*. Part of the
Australian postcode system.
- Honduras
: 99999
- Hong
Kong
: 999077 Single code used for all
addresses. Part of P.R. Cina postal system.
- Hungary
: (H- or HU-)9999 Introduced in
1973. In all except the six largest
towns, there is only one postal code per settlement.
- Iceland
: (IS-)999
- India
: 999 999* Known as a "PIN"
(Postal Index
Number)
- Indonesia
: 99999* Included East Timor
(ranges 88xxx and 89xxx) until 1999, no longer used.
- Iran
:
99999 99999
- Iraq
:
99999 Work started on system post 2003. See
List of postal codes in
Iraq
- Ireland
: No postal codes; however, Dublin
is divided into postal districts on syntax
Dublin 9.
- Isle of Man
: IM9 9AA* or IM99
9AA*. The first two letters are always IM. Part of
the UK postcode system.
- Israel
: 99999 (Postcode is always written
BEFORE the city/place name, i.e. to the Right in Hebrew or Arabic
script - to the Left in Latin script.
- Italy
: 99999 (also used by San Marino
and Vatican City
) First two digits identify province with some
exceptions, because there are more than 100 provinces.
- Ivory Coast
: See Côte d'Ivoir.
- Jamaica
: Previously JMAAA99 The code consists of
five letters and two digits. The first two letters are
always 'JM' (for Jamaica) while the third is for one of the four
zones (A-D) into which the island is divided. The last two letters
are for the parish, while the two digits are for the local post
office. This has since been suspended, and Jamaica
currently has no post code system. However,
Kingston and Lower St. Andrew are divided into postal districts
numbered 1-20
- Japan
: 999-9999*, was
999 and 999-99 from 1968 through
February 1998. See also Japanese addressing system.
- Jersey
: JE9 9AA* or JE99
9AA*. The first two letters are always JE. Part of
the UK postcode system.
- Jordan
: 99999*. Deliveries to PO
Boxes only
- Kazakhstan
: 999999 Retained system inherited
from former Soviet
Union
.
- Kenya
: 99999. Deliveries to PO
Boxes only
- Kiribati
: No postal code used.
- Korea, North
: No postal code used.
- Korea, South
: 999-999*
- Kosovo
: 99999 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.
- Kuwait
: 99999*
- Kyrgyzstan
: 999999 Retained system
inherited from former Soviet Union
.
L-M
N-Q
R-T
- Réunion
: Overseas Department of France. French codes used.
- Romania
: (RO-)999999 since 2003. Previously 99999 in
Bucharest
and 9999 in rest of
country.
- Russia
: 999999*. Placed on a
line of its own.
- Rwanda
: No postal code used.
- San Marino
: (SM-)99999. Part of the
Italian postal code system.
- Saint Barthélemy
: Overseas Territory of France. French codes used.
- Saint Helena: STHL
1ZZ Single code used for all addresses.
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
: No postal code used.
- Saint Lucia
: No postal code used.
- Saint Martin
: Overseas Territory of France. French codes used.
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
: Overseas Territory of France. French codes used.
- Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines
: No postal code used.
- Sao Tome and Principe
: No postal code used.
- Saudi Arabia
: 99999* Deliveries to PO Boxes
only
- Senegal
: 99999. 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 postale".
- Serbia
: (RS-)99999
- Seychelles
: No postal code used.
- Sierra Leone
: No postal code used.
- Singapore
: 999999* Each building has its
own unique postcode.
- Solomon Islands
: No postal code used.
- Somalia
: No postal code used. A 5 digit
code has been publicized, but never taken into use.
- South Africa:
9999* Included Namibia
(ranges 9000-9299) until 1992,
no longer used. See List of postal codes in
South Africa
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich
Islands
: SIQQ 1ZZ Single code used for
all addresses.
- Slovakia
: (SK-)999 99* Retained system
from former Czechoslovakia
.
- Slovenia
: (SI-)9999
- Spain
: (E- or ES-)99999 See List of postal codes in
Spain
- Sri
Lanka
: 99999* Incorporates Colombo
postal districts, eg: Colombo 1 is
"00100". You can search for specific postal codes here.
- Sudan
: 9999
- Suriname
: No postal code used.
- Swaziland
: A999* Letter identifies one
of the country's four districts.
- Sweden
: (SE-)999 99
- Switzerland
: (CH-)9999 (also used by
Liechtenstein
). In Geneva
, there may be a digit after the name of the
city when the generic Geneva code (1211) is used instead of the
area-specific code (1201, 1202...), eg: 1211 Geneva 2. The
digit identifies the post office. This addressing is generally used
for p.o. box deliveries.
- Syria
: No postal code used. A 4-digit
system has been announced. Status unknown.
- Taiwan
: 99999 The first three digits
of the postal code are required; the last two digits are
optional. Codes are known as youdi quhao
(郵遞區號), and are also assigned to Senkaku Islands
(Diaoyutai ), though Japanese-governed,
the Pratas
Islands
and the Spratly Islands
. See List of postal codes in
Taiwan
- Tajikistan
: (TJ-)999999 Retained system
from former Soviet
Union
.
- Tanzania: No postal code
used.
- Thailand
: 99999*
- Tokelau
: No postal code used.
- Tonga
: No postal code used.
- Trinidad and Tobago
: No postal code used.
- Tristan da Cunha
: TDCU 1ZZ Single code used for
all addresses.
- Tunisia
: 9999
- Turkey
: (TR-)99999 First two digits
are the city numbers.
- Turkmenistan
: 999999 Retained system from
former Soviet
Union
.
- Turks and Caicos
Islands: TKCA 1ZZ Single code used for all
addresses.
- Tuvalu
: No postal code used.
U-Z
- Uganda: No postal code
used.
- Ukraine
: 99999*
- United Arab Emirates
: No postal code used.-
- United Kingdom
: A9 9AA*, A99
9AA*, A9A 9AA*, AA9
9AA*, AA99 9AA*, or AA9A
9AA*. 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).
- United States of America
: 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
US
Virgin Islands
.
- Uruguay
: 99999
- US Virgin Islands
: 99999* or
99999-9999*. US territory - part of the US
zip-code system.
- Uzbekistan
: 999999 Retained system
inherited from former Soviet Union
.
- Vanuatu
: No postal code used.
- Vatican City
: (VA-)00120. Single code
used for all addresses. Part of the Italian postal code
system.
- Venezuela
: 9999*. 9999
A may also be used.
- Vietnam
: 999999*, previously
99999
- Wallis and Futuna
: Overseas Territory of France. French codes used.
- Yemen
: No postal code used.
- Zambia
: 99999. The code is not
widely publicized, and thus hardly used.
- Zimbabwe
: No postal code used.
References
- Postal Corporation of Jamaica Press Release: 18
July 2005
- Postal Corporation of Jamaica Press Releases 2007 -
POST CODE PROJECT SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY (12 February
2007)