International dialing prefixes are used when dialing international telephone calls by telephone users. These prefixes are typically required only when dialling from a landline, while in GSM-compliant mobile phone (cell phone) systems, the symbol + before the destination country code may be used irrespective of the location of the telephone when dialing. The network operator provides the access codes automatically.

Countries by international prefix

  • 0 Samoa
  • 00 – the recommended ITU prefix Africa: all countries except Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda Asia: all countries except certain countries in Central, East, and Southeast Asia Europe: all countries except Abkhazia, Belarus, Russia and South Ossetia Middle East: all countries North America: all countries not using NANP (Mexico, Greenland, St Pierre and Miquelon) South America: all countries except Brazil, Colombia, Guyana and those using NANP Oceania: all countries except Australia
  • 000 Kenya Singapore Tanzania Uganda
  • 001 Guyana Hong Kong (also 002 – circuit switched connection for fax/data transmission)
  • 0011 Australia (including Australian External Territories)
  • 009 Nigeria
  • 00x, where x is a mandatory carrier selection code consisting of one or more digits Brazil (see Telephone numbers in Brazil § International calls) Cambodia (001 – Telecom Cambodia, 007 – Royal Telecom International) Colombia (005, 007, 009) Indonesia (001, 007, 008) South Korea (see Telephone numbers in South Korea § International call carrier codes) Taiwan (see Telephone numbers in Taiwan § International dialling) Thailand (see Telephone numbers in Thailand § International dialling) Mongolia (001, 002, 003, 008, 009)
  • 010 Japan
  • 011 – all countries and territories in the North American Numbering Plan: American Samoa Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Bermuda British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Guam Jamaica Micronesia Montserrat Northern Mariana Islands Palau Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States of America United States Virgin Islands
  • 8~10 Abkhazia Belarus Kazakhstan Russia South Ossetia Tajikistan Turkmenistan

Countries using carrier selection codes

The following is a non-exhaustive list of countries that optionally allow for carrier selection in addition to using the standard prefix listed in the preceding section.

  • 00xx, where xx is a two-digit carrier selection code: Australia, alongside the standard prefix 0011 for the default carrier 0014 – Primus 0018 – Telstra 0019 – Optus A large number of carriers in the 14xx range Hong Kong, alongside the standard prefixes 001 (voice) and 002 (fax/data) for the default carrier 0030 – Hong Kong Broadband Network 0050 – ComNet Telecom (HK) Limited 0059 – HKC Network Ltd 0060 – PCCW 0070 – Wharf T&T 0080 – Hutchison Telecom 0090 – New World Telecommunications
  • 0xx, where xx is a two-digit carrier selection code: Israel, alongside the standard prefix 00 for the default carrier 012 – 012 Smile 013 – 013 NetVision 014 – Bezeq International 015 – Hallo 015 016 – Golan Telecom 017 – Hot Mobile 018 – Xfone 019 – Telzar Singapore, alongside the standard prefix 000 for the default carrier 001 – SingTel 002 – M1 008 – StarHub 011 013 018 019 020 021
  • 10xx, where xx is a two-digit carrier selection code: Georgia, alongside the standard prefix 00 for the default carrier
  • 1xx0, where xx is a two-digit carrier selection code Chile (see Carrier selection codes in Chile)
  • 8~xx, where xx is a two-digit carrier selection code: Russia, alongside the standard prefix 8~10 for the default carrier 8~26 – Arctel 8~27 – Synterra 8~28 – Comstar 8~56 – GoldenTelecom 8~57 – Transtelecom 8~58 – MTT 8~59 – Orange Business Services
  • 99x, where x is a carrier selection code: Finland, alongside the standard prefix 00 for the default carrier, carrier selection code consisting of either a single digit (1–4, 6–9) or three digits (511–599) 99 0 – Telia Finland Oyj 99 1 – Elisa Oyj 99 511 – Nettia Oy 99 533 – DNA Oyj 99 555 – DNA Oyj 99 559 – Elisa Oyj 99 577 – DNA Oyj 99 599 – Nettia Oy 99 9 – Elisa Oyj

Historic international prefixes

The following are international call prefixes that were used in various countries sometime in the past but are no longer used.

  • 0 Bahrain (now 00) El Salvador (now 00) Falkland Islands (now 00) Malta (now 00) Myanmar (now 00)
  • 00 Cambodia (now 001) Mongolia (now 001) Sint Maarten (now 011) Tanzania (now 000)
  • 000 Rwanda (now 00)
  • 001 Japan (now 010)
  • 002 Paraguay (now 00)
  • 0030 Hong Kong (CTI, which now uses 1666)
  • 005 Singapore (now 001)
  • 007 Malaysia (now 00)
  • 009 Denmark, including Faroe Islands and Greenland (now 00) Sweden (now 00)
  • 010 United Kingdom (now 00)
  • 05 Fiji (now 00) Papua New Guinea (now 00)
  • 06 East Germany (now Germany 00)
  • 07~ Spain (now 00)
  • 09 Namibia (now 00) Netherlands (now 00) South Africa (now 00)
  • 095 Norway (now 00)
  • 099 Guinea-Bissau (now 00)
  • 101 Malawi (now 00)
  • 110 Zimbabwe (now 00)
  • 119 Cuba (now 00)
  • 15 Chad (now 00)
  • 16 Ireland (now 00) Somalia (now 00)
  • 19 Central African Republic (now 00) France (now 00)
  • 800 Estonia (now 00)
  • 8~10 – former Soviet Union Armenia (now 00) Azerbaijan (now 00) Estonia (now 00) Georgia (now 00) Kyrgyzstan (now 00) Latvia (now 00) Lithuania (now 00) Moldova (now 00) Ukraine (now 00) Uzbekistan (now 00)
  • 90 Burundi (now 00) Iceland (now 00)
  • 95 for NANP and 98 for the rest of the world Mexico (now 00)
  • 99 Bosnia and Herzegovina (now 00) Croatia (now 00) India (now 00) Montenegro (now 00) North Macedonia (now 00) Serbia (now 00) Slovenia (now 00)

See also

Notes

External links

  • Standards and recommendations (PDF). International Telecommunication Union. 2005-02-01. (PDF). Annex to ITU Operational Bulletin. International Telecommunication Union. 2016-12-15. (PDF). Annex to ITU Operational Bulletin. International Telecommunication Union. 2011-12-15.