History of ISO 3166

	Revision 11 . . (edit) December 20, 2001 11:29 pm by Zundark [remove self-link, update a link]
	Revision 10 . . December 20, 2001 11:23 pm by Karl Palmen [Remove obselete reference to obselete codes]
	Revision 9 . . December 20, 2001 11:14 pm by SJK [add list of obsolete alpha-2 country codes]
	Revision 8 . . December 20, 2001 11:12 pm by SJK
	Revision 7 . . December 20, 2001 11:06 pm by SJK
	Revision 6 . . December 20, 2001 10:45 pm by SJK [moved detailed mention of uses from [[country codes]]]
	Revision 5 . . December 20, 2001 9:51 pm by SJK
	Revision 4 . . December 20, 2001 8:29 pm by SJK
	Revision 3 . . December 20, 2001 8:29 pm by SJK [moving ISO 3166 specific information from [[country codes]]]
	Revision 2 . . November 25, 2001 1:14 pm by (logged).109.250.xxx
	Revision 1 . . (edit) August 13, 2001 10:13 pm by Drj [redirect]

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Changed: 3c3

ISO 3166-1 was first published by the International Organization for Standardization in ISO 3166 in 1974. ISO 3166-2 and ISO 3166-3 were adopted at a latter date.

ISO 3166-1 was first published by the International Organization for Standardization in ISO 3166 in 1974. ISO 3166-2 and ISO 3166-3 were adopted at a latter date.

Changed: 9c9

Starting in the mid-1980s, the two-letter codes have been used in domain names on the Internet, where they are used to form country code ccTLDs.

Starting in the mid-1980s, the two-letter codes have been used in domain names on the Internet, where they are used to form country code ccTLDs.

Changed: 19c19

If a country code cannot be found in the list then it is probably obsolete, in which case it should be found in the list of obsolete country codes.

If a country code cannot be found in the list then it is probably obsolete, in which case it should be found in the list of obsolete country codes, further below.