iso_country_codes.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# A Python dictionary of 246 official ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 code 
# elements and the corresponding country names, as specified in:
# http://www.iso.org/iso/english_country_names_and_code_elements
#
# Karagasidis Dimitris,
# github.com/gatoni

COUNTRY = {
	"AF":"AFGHANISTAN",
	"AX":"ALAND ISLANDS",
	"AL":"ALBANIA",
	"DZ":"ALGERIA",
	"AS":"AMERICAN SAMOA",
	"AD":"ANDORRA",
	"AO":"ANGOLA",
	"AI":"ANGUILLA",
	"AQ":"ANTARCTICA",
	"AG":"ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA",
	"AR":"ARGENTINA",
	"AM":"ARMENIA",
	"AW":"ARUBA",
	"AU":"AUSTRALIA",
	"AT":"AUSTRIA",
	"AZ":"AZERBAIJAN",
	"BS":"BAHAMAS",
	"BH":"BAHRAIN",
	"BD":"BANGLADESH",
	"BB":"BARBADOS",
	"BY":"BELARUS",
	"BE":"BELGIUM",
	"BZ":"BELIZE",
	"BJ":"BENIN",
	"BM":"BERMUDA",
	"BT":"BHUTAN",
	"BO":"BOLIVIA, PLURINATIONAL STATE OF",
	"BA":"BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA",
	"BW":"BOTSWANA",
	"BV":"BOUVET ISLAND",
	"BR":"BRAZIL",
	"IO":"BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY",
	"BN":"BRUNEI DARUSSALAM",
	"BG":"BULGARIA",
	"BF":"BURKINA FASO",
	"BI":"BURUNDI",
	"KH":"CAMBODIA",
	"CM":"CAMEROON",
	"CA":"CANADA",
	"CV":"CAPE VERDE",
	"KY":"CAYMAN ISLANDS",
	"CF":"CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC",
	"TD":"CHAD",
	"CL":"CHILE",
	"CN":"CHINA",
	"CX":"CHRISTMAS ISLAND",
	"CC":"COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS",
	"CO":"COLOMBIA",
	"KM":"COMOROS",
	"CG":"CONGO",
	"CD":"CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE",
	"CK":"COOK ISLANDS",
	"CR":"COSTA RICA",
	"CI":"COTE D'IVOIRE",
	"HR":"CROATIA",
	"CU":"CUBA",
	"CY":"CYPRUS",
	"CZ":"CZECH REPUBLIC",
	"DK":"DENMARK",
	"DJ":"DJIBOUTI",
	"DM":"DOMINICA",
	"DO":"DOMINICAN REPUBLIC",
	"EC":"ECUADOR",
	"EG":"EGYPT",
	"SV":"EL SALVADOR",
	"GQ":"EQUATORIAL GUINEA",
	"ER":"ERITREA",
	"EE":"ESTONIA",
	"ET":"ETHIOPIA",
	"FK":"FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)",
	"FO":"FAROE ISLANDS",
	"FJ":"FIJI",
	"FI":"FINLAND",
	"FR":"FRANCE",
	"GF":"FRENCH GUIANA",
	"PF":"FRENCH POLYNESIA",
	"TF":"FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES",
	"GA":"GABON",
	"GM":"GAMBIA",
	"GE":"GEORGIA",
	"DE":"GERMANY",
	"GH":"GHANA",
	"GI":"GIBRALTAR",
	"GR":"GREECE",
	"GL":"GREENLAND",
	"GD":"GRENADA",
	"GP":"GUADELOUPE",
	"GU":"GUAM",
	"GT":"GUATEMALA",
	"GG":"GUERNSEY",
	"GN":"GUINEA",
	"GW":"GUINEA-BISSAU",
	"GY":"GUYANA",
	"HT":"HAITI",
	"HM":"HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS",
	"VA":"HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE)",
	"HN":"HONDURAS",
	"HK":"HONG KONG",
	"HU":"HUNGARY",
	"IS":"ICELAND",
	"IN":"INDIA",
	"ID":"INDONESIA",
	"IR":"IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF",
	"IQ":"IRAQ",
	"IE":"IRELAND",
	"IM":"ISLE OF MAN",
	"IL":"ISRAEL",
	"IT":"ITALY",
	"JM":"JAMAICA",
	"JP":"JAPAN",
	"JE":"JERSEY",
	"JO":"JORDAN",
	"KZ":"KAZAKHSTAN",
	"KE":"KENYA",
	"KI":"KIRIBATI",
	"KP":"KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF",
	"KR":"KOREA, REPUBLIC OF",
	"KW":"KUWAIT",
	"KG":"KYRGYZSTAN",
	"LA":"LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC",
	"LV":"LATVIA",
	"LB":"LEBANON",
	"LS":"LESOTHO",
	"LR":"LIBERIA",
	"LY":"LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA",
	"LI":"LIECHTENSTEIN",
	"LT":"LITHUANIA",
	"LU":"LUXEMBOURG",
	"MO":"MACAO",
	"MK":"MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF",
	"MG":"MADAGASCAR",
	"MW":"MALAWI",
	"MY":"MALAYSIA",
	"MV":"MALDIVES",
	"ML":"MALI",
	"MT":"MALTA",
	"MH":"MARSHALL ISLANDS",
	"MQ":"MARTINIQUE",
	"MR":"MAURITANIA",
	"MU":"MAURITIUS",
	"YT":"MAYOTTE",
	"MX":"MEXICO",
	"FM":"MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF",
	"MD":"MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF",
	"MC":"MONACO",
	"MN":"MONGOLIA",
	"ME":"MONTENEGRO",
	"MS":"MONTSERRAT",
	"MA":"MOROCCO",
	"MZ":"MOZAMBIQUE",
	"MM":"MYANMAR",
	"NA":"NAMIBIA",
	"NR":"NAURU",
	"NP":"NEPAL",
	"NL":"NETHERLANDS",
	"AN":"NETHERLANDS ANTILLES",
	"NC":"NEW CALEDONIA",
	"NZ":"NEW ZEALAND",
	"NI":"NICARAGUA",
	"NE":"NIGER",
	"NG":"NIGERIA",
	"NU":"NIUE",
	"NF":"NORFOLK ISLAND",
	"MP":"NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS",
	"NO":"NORWAY",
	"OM":"OMAN",
	"PK":"PAKISTAN",
	"PW":"PALAU",
	"PS":"PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED",
	"PA":"PANAMA",
	"PG":"PAPUA NEW GUINEA",
	"PY":"PARAGUAY",
	"PE":"PERU",
	"PH":"PHILIPPINES",
	"PN":"PITCAIRN",
	"PL":"POLAND",
	"PT":"PORTUGAL",
	"PR":"PUERTO RICO",
	"QA":"QATAR",
	"RE":"REUNION",
	"RO":"ROMANIA",
	"RU":"RUSSIAN FEDERATION",
	"RW":"RWANDA",
	"BL":"SAINT BARTHELEMY",
	"SH":"SAINT HELENA, ASCENSION AND TRISTAN DA CUNHA",
	"KN":"SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS",
	"LC":"SAINT LUCIA",
	"MF":"SAINT MARTIN",
	"PM":"SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON",
	"VC":"SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES",
	"WS":"SAMOA",
	"SM":"SAN MARINO",
	"ST":"SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE",
	"SA":"SAUDI ARABIA",
	"SN":"SENEGAL",
	"RS":"SERBIA",
	"SC":"SEYCHELLES",
	"SL":"SIERRA LEONE",
	"SG":"SINGAPORE",
	"SK":"SLOVAKIA",
	"SI":"SLOVENIA",
	"SB":"SOLOMON ISLANDS",
	"SO":"SOMALIA",
	"ZA":"SOUTH AFRICA",
	"GS":"SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS",
	"ES":"SPAIN",
	"LK":"SRI LANKA",
	"SD":"SUDAN",
	"SR":"SURINAME",
	"SJ":"SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN",
	"SZ":"SWAZILAND",
	"SE":"SWEDEN",
	"CH":"SWITZERLAND",
	"SY":"SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC",
	"TW":"TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA",
	"TJ":"TAJIKISTAN",
	"TZ":"TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF",
	"TH":"THAILAND",
	"TL":"TIMOR-LESTE",
	"TG":"TOGO",
	"TK":"TOKELAU",
	"TO":"TONGA",
	"TT":"TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO",
	"TN":"TUNISIA",
	"TR":"TURKEY",
	"TM":"TURKMENISTAN",
	"TC":"TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS",
	"TV":"TUVALU",
	"UG":"UGANDA",
	"UA":"UKRAINE",
	"AE":"UNITED ARAB EMIRATES",
	"GB":"UNITED KINGDOM",
	"US":"UNITED STATES",
	"UM":"UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS",
	"UY":"URUGUAY",
	"UZ":"UZBEKISTAN",
	"VU":"VANUATU",
	"VE":"VENEZUELA, BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF",
	"VN":"VIET NAM",
	"VG":"VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH",
	"VI":"VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S.",
	"WF":"WALLIS AND FUTUNA",
	"EH":"WESTERN SAHARA",
	"YE":"YEMEN",
	"ZM":"ZAMBIA",
	"ZW ":"ZIMBABWE"
}

CODE = dict(zip(COUNTRY.values(), COUNTRY.keys()))

def lookup_country(code):
    return COUNTRY.get(code.upper(), code)

def lookup_code(country):
        return CODE.get(country.upper(), country[0:2].upper())