ORIGIN field

Containing table:
Explanation of variable:
Country or region of birth
Format of data:
character (1-3 letter/numeric codes). see coding table for valid codings.

Coding Table

Region codes & country codes

Region Codes

​UN Region Codes - Composition of macro geographical (continental) regions, geographical sub-regions, and selected economic and other groupings
CodeRegion
001World
002Africa
005- - South America
009Oceania
011- Western Africa
013- - Central America
014- Eastern Africa
015- Northern Africa
017- Middle Africa
018- Southern Africa
019Americas
021- Northern America
029- - Caribbean
030- Eastern Asia
034- Southern Asia
035- South-Eastern Asia
039- Southern Europe
053- Australia and New Zealand
054- Melanesia
057- Micronesia
061- Polynesia
142Asia
143- Central Asia
145- Western Asia
150Europe
151- Eastern Europe
154- Northern Europe
155- Western Europe
419- Latin America and the Caribbean

Country Codes

UN Country Codes - Countries or areas, codes and abbreviations, including translation from ISO ALPHA-3 codes.
CodeCountryISO ALPHA-3 code
Republic of Kosovo
100BulgariaBGR
104MyanmarMMR
108BurundiBDI
112BelarusBLR
116CambodiaKHM
12AlgeriaDZA
120CameroonCMR
124CanadaCAN
132Cape VerdeCPV
136Cayman IslandsCYM
140Central African RepublicCAF
144Sri LankaLKA
148ChadTCD
152ChileCHL
156ChinaCHN
16American SamoaASM
170ColombiaCOL
174ComorosCOM
175MayotteMYT
178CongoCOG
180Democratic Republic of the CongoCOD
184Cook IslandsCOK
188Costa RicaCRI
191CroatiaHRV
192CubaCUB
196CyprusCYP
20AndorraAND
203Czech RepublicCZE
204BeninBEN
208DenmarkDNK
212DominicaDMA
214Dominican RepublicDOM
218EcuadorECU
222El SalvadorSLV
226Equatorial GuineaGNQ
231EthiopiaETH
232EritreaERI
233EstoniaEST
234Faeroe IslandsFRO
238Falkland Islands (Malvinas)FLK
24AngolaAGO
242FijiFJI
246FinlandFIN
248Åland IslandsALA
250FranceFRA
254French GuianaGUF
258French PolynesiaPYF
262DjiboutiDJI
266GabonGAB
268GeorgiaGEO
270GambiaGMB
275Occupied Palestinian TerritoryPSE
276GermanyDEU
28Antigua and BarbudaATG
288GhanaGHA
292GibraltarGIB
296KiribatiKIR
300GreeceGRC
304GreenlandGRL
308GrenadaGRD
31AzerbaijanAZE
312GuadeloupeGLP
316GuamGUM
32ArgentinaARG
320GuatemalaGTM
324GuineaGIN
328GuyanaGUY
332HaitiHTI
336Holy SeeVAT
340HondurasHND
344China, Hong Kong Special Administrative RegionHKG
348HungaryHUN
352IcelandISL
356IndiaIND
36AustraliaAUS
360IndonesiaIDN
364Iran (Islamic Republic of)IRN
368IraqIRQ
372IrelandIRL
376IsraelISR
380ItalyITA
384Côte d'IvoireCIV
388JamaicaJAM
392JapanJPN
398KazakhstanKAZ
4AfghanistanAFG
40AustriaAUT
400JordanJOR
404KenyaKEN
408Democratic People's Republic of KoreaPRK
410Republic of KoreaKOR
414KuwaitKWT
417KyrgyzstanKGZ
418Lao People's Democratic RepublicLAO
422LebanonLBN
426LesothoLSO
428LatviaLVA
430LiberiaLBR
434LibyaLBY
438LiechtensteinLIE
44BahamasBHS
440LithuaniaLTU
442LuxembourgLUX
446China, Macao Special Administrative RegionMAC
450MadagascarMDG
454MalawiMWI
458MalaysiaMYS
462MaldivesMDV
466MaliMLI
470MaltaMLT
474MartiniqueMTQ
478MauritaniaMRT
48BahrainBHR
480MauritiusMUS
484MexicoMEX
492MonacoMCO
496MongoliaMNG
498Republic of MoldovaMDA
499MontenegroMNE
50BangladeshBGD
500MontserratMSR
504MoroccoMAR
508MozambiqueMOZ
51ArmeniaARM
512OmanOMN
516NamibiaNAM
52BarbadosBRB
520NauruNRU
524NepalNPL
528NetherlandsNLD
531CuraçaoCUW
533ArubaABW
534Sint Maarten (Dutch part)SXM
535Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and SabaBES
540New CaledoniaNCL
548VanuatuVUT
554New ZealandNZL
558NicaraguaNIC
56BelgiumBEL
562NigerNER
566NigeriaNGA
570NiueNIU
574Norfolk IslandNFK
578NorwayNOR
580Northern Mariana IslandsMNP
583Micronesia (Federated States of)FSM
584Marshall IslandsMHL
585PalauPLW
586PakistanPAK
591PanamaPAN
598Papua New GuineaPNG
60BermudaBMU
600ParaguayPRY
604PeruPER
608PhilippinesPHL
612PitcairnPCN
616PolandPOL
620PortugalPRT
624Guinea-BissauGNB
626Timor-LesteTLS
630Puerto RicoPRI
634QatarQAT
638RéunionREU
64BhutanBTN
642RomaniaROU
643Russian FederationRUS
646RwandaRWA
652Saint-BarthélemyBLM
654Saint HelenaSHN
659Saint Kitts and NevisKNA
660AnguillaAIA
662Saint LuciaLCA
663Saint-Martin (French part)MAF
666Saint Pierre and MiquelonSPM
670Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCT
674San MarinoSMR
678Sao Tome and PrincipeSTP
68Bolivia (Plurinational State of)BOL
680Sark
682Saudi ArabiaSAU
686SenegalSEN
688SerbiaSRB
690SeychellesSYC
694Sierra LeoneSLE
70Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIH
702SingaporeSGP
703SlovakiaSVK
704Viet NamVNM
705SloveniaSVN
706SomaliaSOM
710South AfricaZAF
716ZimbabweZWE
72BotswanaBWA
724SpainESP
728South SudanSSD
729SudanSDN
732Western SaharaESH
740SurinameSUR
744Svalbard and Jan Mayen IslandsSJM
748SwazilandSWZ
752SwedenSWE
756SwitzerlandCHE
76BrazilBRA
760Syrian Arab RepublicSYR
762TajikistanTJK
764ThailandTHA
768TogoTGO
772TokelauTKL
776TongaTON
780Trinidad and TobagoTTO
784United Arab EmiratesARE
788TunisiaTUN
792TurkeyTUR
795TurkmenistanTKM
796Turks and Caicos IslandsTCA
798TuvaluTUV
8AlbaniaALB
800UgandaUGA
804UkraineUKR
807The former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaMKD
818EgyptEGY
826United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandGBR
830Channel Islands
831GuernseyGGY
832JerseyJEY
833Isle of ManIMN
834United Republic of TanzaniaTZA
84BelizeBLZ
840United States of AmericaUSA
850United States Virgin IslandsVIR
854Burkina FasoBFA
858UruguayURY
860UzbekistanUZB
862Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)VEN
876Wallis and Futuna IslandsWLF
882SamoaWSM
887YemenYEM
894ZambiaZMB
90Solomon IslandsSLB
92British Virgin IslandsVGB
96Brunei DarussalamBRN