INTERNATIONAL DIALING CODES Disclaimer: South African Airways is not responsible for the accuracy of the information below. Below is a table listing Country Codes, IDD (International Direct Dialing) prefixes, and NDD (National Direct Dialing) prefixes. If you are not familiar with how these are used, please review the definitions below before using the table. Country Code The country code is the national prefix to be used when dialing TO that particular country FROM another country. In some cases you will also need to dial a city or area code. When a country name appears in the table as a link, there will be additional information regarding city or area codes. IDD Prefix (International Direct Dialing) The IDD prefix is the international prefix needed to dial a call FROM the country listed TO another country. This is followed by the country code for the country you are calling (see above). The IDD situation in many countries has been changing regularly. Some countries have multiple IDDs, with each one used by a different long-distance carrier. NDD Prefix (National Direct Dialing) The NDD prefix is the access code used to make a call WITHIN that country from one city to another (when calling another city in the same vicinity, this may not be necessary). The NDD is followed by the city/area code for the place you are calling (city/area codes, where applicable, can be viewed by following the link from the country name on the table below). Phone numbers are often written in this format: +44- ()1224-XXXX-XXXX. This expresses the numbers used for both international and national long-distance calls. In the example, +44 indicates the country code, while () indicates the NDD. When dialing from outside the country, the NDD would not be used after dialing the country code; when dialing from within that country, the NDD would be used, but the country code would not. NOTE: All city/area codes used on this site are expressed for use in international calling; for national calls, prefix the area/city code with the NDD
Country Name (Includes satellite systems) International Dialing Codes Country Code IDD International Prefix (See above) NDD National Prefix (See above) Afghanistan +93 Albania +355 Algeria +213 ** 7 American Samoa +1-684* 11 1 Andorra +376 Angola +244 Anguilla +1-264* 11 1 Antarctica +672 Antigua +1-268* 11 1 Argentina +54 Armenia +374 8 Aruba +297 Ascension +247 Australia +61 11 (Voice calls) 15 (Fax calls - Telstra) 18 (Telstra special rates) 19 (Fax calls - Singtel Optus) Australian External Territories +672 Austria +43 Azerbaijan +994 8 Bahamas +1-242* 11 1 Bahrain +973 Bangladesh +88 Barbados +1-246* 11 1 Barbuda +1-268* 11 1 Belarus +375 8**1 ( written as 8~1) 8 Belgium +32 Belize +51 Benin +229 Bermuda +1-441* 11 1 Bhutan +975 Bolivia +591 1 (ENTEL) 11 (AES COMMUNICATIONS BOLIVIA) 12 (TELEDATA) 13 (BOLIVIATEL) 1 (ENTEL) 11 (AES COMMUNICATIONS BOLIVIA) 12 (TELEDATA) 13 (BOLIVIATEL) Bosnia & Herzegovina +387
Botswana +267 Brazil +55 14 (Brasil Telecom) 15 (Telefonica) 21 (Embratel) 23 (Intelig) 31 (Telemar) 14 (Brasil Telecom) 15 (Telefonica) 21 (Embratel) 23 (Intelig) 31 (Telemar) (mobile phones) British Virgin Islands +1-284* 11 1 Brunei Darussalam +673 Bulgaria +359 Burkina Faso +226 Burundi +257 Cambodia +855 1 Cameroon +237 Canada +1 11 1 Cape Verde Islands +238 Cayman Islands +1-345* 11 1 Central African Republic +236 Chad +235 15 Chatham Island (New Zealand) +64 Chile +56 China (PRC) +86 Christmas Island +61-8 (8 from Australia) 11 (Telstra) Cocos-Keeling Islands +61 11 Colombia +57 5 Orbitel 7 ETB 9 Telecom #555 Bellsouth #999 Comcel Comoros +269 Congo +242 Congo, Dem. Rep. of (former Zaire) +243 3 (Mobile Phones) 5 Orbitel 7 ETB 9 Telecom Cook Islands +682 Costa Rica +56 Côte d'ivoire (Ivory Coast) +225 Croatia +385 Cuba +53 119 Cuba (Guantanamo Bay) +5399 Curaçao +599 Cyprus +357 None required
Czech Republic +42 952 (Discount carrier) Denmark +45 Diego Garcia +246 Djibouti +253 None required Dominica +1-767* 11 1 Dominican Republic +1-89* and +1-829* East Timor +67 Easter Island +56 11 1 Ecuador +593 Egypt +2 El Salvador +53 144+ Telefonica Ellipso (Mobile Satellite service) +8812, +8813 N/A EMSAT (Mobile Satellite service) +88213 Equatorial Guinea +24 Eritrea +291 Estonia +372 (not required after 1 February 24) Ethiopia +251 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) +5 Faroe Islands +298 Fiji Islands +679 Finland +358, 99, 994, 999 France +33 (France Telecom) 4 (TELE 2), 5 (OMNICOM) 7 (LE 7 CEGETEL), 9 (9 TELECOM) French Antilles +596 French Guiana +594 French Polynesia +689 Gabonese Republic +241 Gambia +22 Georgia +995 8**1 (written as 8~1) 8** Germany +49 Ghana +233 Gibraltar +35 Global Mobile Satellite System (GMSS) +881 ICO Global 881,8811 Ellipso 8812, 8813 Iridium 8816, 8817 N/A
Globalstar 8818, 8819 Globalstar (Mobile Satellite Service) +8818, +8819 N/A Greece +3 None required Greenland +299 Grenada +1-473* 11 1 Guadeloupe +59 Guam +1-671* 11 1 Guantanamo Bay +5399 Guatemala +52 13+ Telefonica 147- Telgua Guinea-Bissau +245 None required Guinea +224 Guyana +592 1 Haiti +59 Honduras +54 Hong Kong +852 1-- PCCW 8 -- Hutchison None 9 -- New World Hungary +36 6 ICO Global (Mobile Satellite Service) +881, +8811 N/A Iceland +354 India +91 Indonesia +62 1,7 17 Voice Over Internet (VOIP) Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean - East) +871 N/A Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean - West) +874 N/A Inmarsat (Indian Ocean) +873 N/A Inmarsat (Pacific Ocean) +872 N/A Inmarsat SNAC Note: Inmarsat plans to shift all +87 N/A other codes to this Single Network Access Code by 29. International Freephone Service +8 N/A N/A International Shared Cost Service (ISCS) +88 Iran +98 Iraq +964 Ireland +353 48 to Northern Ireland (this special arrangement is much cheaper than dialing through the UK using
country code 44) Iridium (Mobile Satellite service) +8816, +8817 N/A Israel +972 (default selected carrier, not available from public phones); 12 (Golden Lines); 13 (Barak LTD); or 14 (Bezeq LTD) Italy +39 See Note in country section Jamaica +1-876* 11 1 Japan +81 1 (KDD) 1 (MYLINE/MYLINE PLUS) 61 (Cable & Wireless IDC) 41 (Japan Telecom) Jordan +962 Kazakhstan +7 8**1 ( written as 8~1) 8 Kenya +254 6 to Uganda 7 to Tanzania Kiribati +686 Korea (North) +85 1, 2 Korea (South) +82 7 (Speed/ SKTelecom mobiles), 82 Kuwait +965 Kyrgyz Republic +996 Laos +856 Latvia +371 Lebanon +961 (To dial Syria From Lebanon, you may use "2-xx-number", where xx is the area code in Syria.) Lesotho +266 Liberia +231 22 Libya +218 Liechtenstein +423 None required Lithuania +37 8 Luxembourg +352 None required Macao +853 Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Rep of.) +389 Madagascar +261 Malawi +265 Malaysia +6
Maldives +96 Mali Republic +223 Malta +356 21 Marshall Islands +692 11 1 Martinique +596 Mauritania +222 Mauritius +23 2 Mayotte Island +269 Mexico +52 1 Micronesia, (Federal States of) +691 11 1 Midway Island +1-88* 11 1 Moldova +373 Monaco +377 Mongolia +976 1 Montenegro +382 99 Montserrat +1-664* 11 1 Morocco +212 ** Mozambique +258 Myanmar +95 Namibia +264 Nauru +674 Nepal +977 Netherlands +31 Netherlands Antilles +599 Nevis +1-869* 11 1 New Caledonia +687 New Zealand +64 Nicaragua +55 Niger +227 Nigeria +234 9 Niue +683 Norfolk Island +672 None required Northern Marianas Islands (Saipan, Rota, & Tinian) +1-67* 11 1 Norway +47 None required Oman +968 Pakistan +92 Palau +68 11 Palestinian Settlements +97
Panama +57 Cable & Wireless 88+ Telecarrier 55+ Clarocom Papua New Guinea +675 5 Paraguay +595 2 Peru +51 Philippines +63 Poland +48 ** Portugal +351 882 Rubicon/BT "GeoVerse" None required (including Madeira and Azores) Puerto Rico +1-787* or +1-939* 11 1 Qatar +974 Réunion Island +262 Romania +4 22 to Moldova (this special arrangement is much cheaper than dialing through Moldova using country code 373) Russia +7 8**1 ( may be changing to ) 8 ( may be changing to ) Rwandese Republic +25 St. Helena +29 St. Kitts/Nevis +1-869* 11 1 St. Lucia +1-758* 11 1 St. Pierre & Miquelon +58 St. Vincent & Grenadines +1-784* 11 1 Samoa +685 San Marino +378 São Tomé and Principe +239 Saudi Arabia +966 Senegal +221 Serbia +381 99 Seychelles Republic +248 Sierra Leone +232 Singapore +65 1 - Singtel IDD 2 - MobileOne IDD 8 - Starhub IDD 12 - Singtel FaxPlus (Fax over IP) 13 - Singtel BudgetCall (Voice recommended only/fax possible) 18 - Starhub I-Call (Voice over IP) 19 - Singtel V19 (Voice over IP) Slovak Republic +421 None
Slovenia +386 Solomon Islands +677 Somali Democratic Republic +252 South Africa +27 Spain +34 (See Note in country section) Sri Lanka +94 Sudan +249 Suriname +597 Swaziland +268 Sweden +46 Switzerland +41 Syria +963 (To dial Lebanon from Syria, you may also use ""6-xx-number"", where xx is the area code in Lebanon.) Taiwan +886 2 Tajikistan +992 8**1 (written as 8~1) 8 Tanzania +255 Thailand +66 Thuraya (Mobile Satellite service) +88216 Timor Leste +67, 5 to Kenya 6 to Uganda 1 (to call Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar from Thailand, dial 7-6 +Area Code) 8, 9 Voice Over Internet (VOIP) Togolese Republic +228 Tokelau +69 Tonga Islands +676 Trinidad & Tobago +1-868* 11 1 Tunisia +216 Turkey +9 Turkmenistan +993 8**1 ( written as 8~1) 8 Turks and Caicos Islands +1-649* 11 1 Tuvalu +688 Uganda +256, 5 to Kenya 7 to Tanzania Ukraine +38 8**1 ( written as 8~1) 8 United Arab Emirates +971 United Kingdom +44 (including ISDN) United States of America +1 11 1
US Virgin Islands +1-34* 11 1 Universal Personal Telecommunications (UPT) +878 Uruguay +598 Uzbekistan +998 8**1 (written as 8~1) 8 Vanuatu +678 Vatican City +39, +379 Venezuela +58 - DEFAULT 1-2- - Etelix 1-7- - http://www.multiphone.net.ve 1-1- - CANTV 1-11- - Convergence Comunications 1-14- - Telcel, C.A. 1-19- - Totalcom Venezuela 1-23- - Orbitel de Venezuela, C.A. ENTEL Venezuela 1-5- - LD Telecomunicaciones, C.A. 1-33- - Telecomunicaciones NGTV 1-99- - Veninfotel Comunicaciones - DEFAULT 1-2 - Etelix 1-7 - http://www.multiphone.net.ve 1-1 - CANTV 1-11 - Convergence Comunications 1-14 - Telcel, C.A. 1-19 - Totalcom Venezuela 1-23 - Orbitel de Venezuela, C.A. ENTEL Venezuela 1-5 - LD Telecomunicaciones, C.A. 1-33 - Telecomunicaciones NGTV 1-99 - Veninfotel Comunicaciones Vietnam +84 Wake Island +88 Wallis and Futuna Islands +681 19** Yemen +967 Zambia +26 Zanzibar +255 Zimbabwe +263 NOTES: * These countries are part of the North America Numbering Plan (NANP), though they may be far removed from North America (and Mexico is not included). The country code for all NANP countries is 1; the numbers that follow are used as area codes in the U.S. and Canada and function similarly in other NANP areas. ** Await a second tone at this stage
How to call from Country to Country To make a direct international phone call from one country to another, you need to know the following things emphasized in bold: The IDD (International Direct Dialing Number) for the country you are calling from. This is available in the third column on the International Dialing Codes page. For example, the IDD to call from the United States to another country is 11. In the United Kingdom and in many other countries, the IDD is. Other countries have different numbers, or may offer more than one depending on the carrier and type of service. Make sure you have the correct IDD for the country you are calling from. These will be the first numbers dialed, as shown below. The Country Code of the country you are calling. This is shown in the second column on the International Dialing Codes page. Every country has a distinct code, though in some cases it can be shared with other countries. For example, The US, Canada, much of the Caribbean and even Guam use the country code of 1. The Country code is dialed after the IDD and before the area code and phone number, as shown below. The city/area code (if any) for the number you are dialing. Click the country's hyperlink on the International Dialing Codes page. Some smaller countries don't use city/area codes, while larger ones may have hundreds of them. Due to the tremendous growth most nations have experienced in telecommunications devices, codes are changed and added frequently. If the name of the country on the International Dialing Codes page is highlighted as a hyperlink, there may be a list of city/area codes or other information that might help you complete your call. This is the most difficult information on this site to keep up to date, so unfortunately some listings might be incomplete or outdated. While some countries don't use city/area codes, if it is not listed here it may also mean that I don't have the code. Example: Calling from the United Kingdom to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. How to use the International Dialing Codes page. 1. Look up the IDD for the UK >> 2. Look up the Country Code for Brazil. >> 3. Look up the Area Code for Rio -- click the "Brazil" link >> 4. Dial the phone number you are calling. Dialing sequence: + 55 + 21 + XXX-XXXX NOTE: In most hotels, you will need to dial 9, or perhaps another number to obtain an outside line. The sequence is essentially the same when dialing from anywhere, to anywhere. Sources: ITU Documents; AT&T International Dialing Guide; Microsoft TechNet Knowledge Base; personal reports. http://kropla.com/dialcode.htm -- Updated Copyright 1996-29 Steve Kropla All rights reserved.