Country finder tool
If you want to identify the country an international phone number belongs to, you can easily do so using our country finder tool. What you need is a complete number, country code included.
Steps to take
- Figure out if your international phone number includes the country code
- Enter the country code below to find the country your number belongs to
Country calling codes are 1 to 3 digit codes assigned to each country or to groups of countries. In order to dial or text to any country from outside its borders one must use its country code.
Numbering sequences you might come across
- Plus sign followed by a number of digits, usually between 10 to 12 total; for example +44 20 55550000
- 00 or 011 followed by a number of digits; for example 0044 2055550000
- a number of digits, first digit is not zero: 44 2055550000
- 0 followed by a number of digits: 02055550000
Above are 4 ways to display the exact same fictitious London landline. The last example does not include UK's country calling code (44). In this case it's next to impossible to identify the country, because phone numbers elsewhere could and often do look the same.
The 1st and 2nd examples show you how international calls can be dialed: either by using + followed by Country code and Subscriber number or by replacing the plus sign with the International prefix of the origination country (00 for most countries, 011 for the USA and Canada). Here's a comprehensive international prefix list.
In order to decide whether a phone number includes the country code or not you should also take into consideration its length: with country code included most phone numbers across the world comprise between 10 to 12 digits, with some smaller island nations using fewer.
A country code's initial digit indicates the region
Country codes were carefully assigned to avoid confusion and technical issues. There are 2 one digit country codes (1 and 7), therefore no other country code's initial digit can be 1 or 7.
The same applies for 2 digit codes: for example Egypt uses country code 20, therefore no 3 digit country code starts with these two digits.
- 1 - the United States, Canada and most Caribbean islands (all using the North American Numbering Plan)
- 2X(X) - the African continent, some nearby islands and Greenland
- 3X(X), 4X(X) - Europe
- 5X(X) - Latin American countries except for Caribbean Nations using the North American Numbering Plan
- 6X(X) - South Asia, Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, ..)
- 7 - Russia and Kazakhstan
- 8X(X) - East Asia, satellite phones and other special services
- 9X(X) - the Middle East and parts of Asia