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Showing 239 countries & territories across 6 regions.
Afghanistan
AF · Asia
Albania
AL · Europe
Algeria
DZ · Africa
American Samoa
AS · Oceania
Andorra
AD · Europe
Angola
AO · Africa
Anguilla
AI · Americas
Antarctica
AQ · Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
AG · Americas
Argentina
AR · Americas
Armenia
AM · Asia
Aruba
AW · Americas
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Showing 239 countries & territories across 6 regions. Business-hour window: 09:00 17:00 local.
Follow these four steps. Do them in order. Your call will go through every time.
Find the country code
Dial your exit code
Add the country code
Dial the local number
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Use + on mobile
It works from any country. No exit code needed.
Drop the leading 0
Remove it from local numbers when dialling out.
Call in work hours
09:00 to 17:00 local time is best.
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A wrong code reaches the wrong country.
Some codes cover more than one country. +1 is used by the US, Canada, and 23 others. The area code tells each country apart. See all shared codes below.
| Code | Covers | Why it's shared |
|---|---|---|
| +1 | United States, Canada, plus 23 Caribbean & Pacific territories | Area codes tell countries apart inside the shared plan. |
| +7 | Russia, Kazakhstan | Carried over from the old Soviet phone network. |
| +44 | United Kingdom; Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man use +44 sub-prefixes | UK territories share UK-style numbers under the same plan. |
| +39 | Italy, Vatican City | Vatican has its own code (+379) but most calls go through +39. |
| +47 | Norway, Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Svalbard is Norwegian territory, so it uses the Norwegian code. |
| +61 | Australia, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Australia's external territories share the same code. |
| +212 | Morocco, Western Sahara | Western Sahara numbers are dialled as Moroccan numbers in practice. |
| +262 | Réunion, Mayotte | Two French Indian Ocean islands share one code. |
| +590 | Guadeloupe, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin (French side) | Three French Caribbean islands share this code. |
| +599 | Curaçao, Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, Saba) | Kept from the old Netherlands Antilles phone plan. |
Quick answers to your top questions about country codes and TKOS. Still need help? Our team is one click away.
A country code is the short prefix at the start of a phone number. It tells the network which country to call. Codes are 1 to 3 digits long. South Africa is +27. The UK is +44. The US is +1.
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A country calling code is a short numeric prefix you dial before an international telephone number. It tells the phone network which country you want to reach. Without it, your call will not connect to the right place. Country codes are governed by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) under the E.164 numbering standard. Every country or territory in the world has at least one code. Some share a code — for example, the United States and Canada both use +1.
Country codes range from one to three digits long. Older assignments tend to be shorter. The United States received +1 because it was one of the first countries assigned a code. Newer or smaller markets often received three-digit codes. South Africa is +27, Kenya is +254, and the United Arab Emirates is +971.
Country codes are not the same as area codes. An area code comes after the country code and identifies a city or region within a country. For example, to call Johannesburg from outside South Africa you dial +27 11 followed by the local number. The +27 is the country code. The 11 is the Johannesburg area code.
+27
The international prefix. Identifies the country. 1–3 digits.
+27 11
Identifies a city or region inside the country. Follows the country code.
+27 11 555 0100
The subscriber number. Drop the leading 0 when dialling internationally.
Making an international call is simpler than most people think. There are only four things you need: an exit code (or the + symbol on mobile), the country code, the area code, and the local number. Follow the steps below and your call will connect anywhere in the world.
The exit code signals that you are making an international call. From South Africa, the exit code is 00. From the United States, it is 011. From most of Europe, it is 00. On a mobile phone, you can skip the exit code entirely — just press and hold the 0 key until a + sign appears. The + works from any country in the world.
Type the country code of the country you are calling. You can find every country code in the table at the top of this page. For the United Kingdom, enter 44. For Germany, enter 49. For South Africa, enter 27. Do not add a space or dash between the exit code and the country code.
After the country code, enter the area code for the city or region you are calling. Most local numbers start with a 0 — for example, Johannesburg is 011 and Cape Town is 021. Drop that leading 0 when you dial internationally. So Johannesburg becomes 11, not 011. London is 20, not 020.
Enter the rest of the telephone number exactly as it appears in your contacts. Do not add any extra digits. The full number you dial will look like this: +27 11 555 0100 to call a Johannesburg landline from anywhere in the world.
The ITU divides the world into nine numbering zones. Each zone has a leading digit that all codes in that zone share. Understanding the zones makes it easier to identify a number at a glance. Here is a quick guide to each major region.
+20 (Egypt), +27 (South Africa), +234 (Nigeria), +254 (Kenya), +212 (Morocco)
African country codes mostly start with 2. South Africa uses +27 and is one of the most dialled destinations on the continent. Nigeria (+234) and Kenya (+254) are the other major hubs. Many smaller African nations have three-digit codes. TKOS routes calls to all 54 African countries directly from its Johannesburg network hub.
+44 (UK), +49 (Germany), +33 (France), +39 (Italy), +34 (Spain), +31 (Netherlands)
European codes start with 3 or 4. The United Kingdom uses +44, Germany uses +49, and France uses +33. Most Western European countries have two-digit codes. Eastern European nations often have two or three digits. All EU and EEA countries are reachable through standard international dialling.
+1 (USA, Canada, Caribbean), +52 (Mexico), +55 (Brazil), +57 (Colombia), +54 (Argentina)
The Americas zone is unique. The United States, Canada, and 23 Caribbean and Pacific territories all share the single-digit code +1. They are told apart by area codes. Mexico uses +52, Brazil uses +55. South American countries generally use two or three-digit codes starting with 5.
+7 (Russia), +81 (Japan), +86 (China), +91 (India), +966 (Saudi Arabia), +971 (UAE)
Asian codes span zones 7, 8 and 9. Russia and Kazakhstan share +7. India uses +91, China uses +86, Japan uses +81. Middle Eastern countries have three-digit codes starting with 9: Saudi Arabia is +966 and the UAE is +971. Southeast Asian countries like Singapore (+65) and Thailand (+66) use two-digit codes.
+61 (Australia), +64 (New Zealand), +679 (Fiji), +675 (Papua New Guinea)
Oceania codes start with 6. Australia uses +61 and New Zealand uses +64. Pacific island nations have three-digit codes. Australia's external territories — Christmas Island and the Cocos Islands — share the +61 code.
Shared codes come from history. The +1 code covers the North American Numbering Plan (NANP), which was set up in 1947 to cover the US, Canada, and neighbouring territories as a single telephone network. Area codes inside the plan separate countries from each other. Similarly, +7 covers Russia and Kazakhstan because both were part of the Soviet telephone network before it broke up. These shared codes were never changed because changing them would require millions of people and businesses to update their numbers.
A country calling code is a telephone prefix — it tells the phone network which country to route your call to. An ISO country code is a letter-based identifier used in software, trade documents, currency codes, and internet domain names. South Africa's calling code is +27, but its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code is ZA and its alpha-3 code is ZAF. They come from completely different standards and serve completely different purposes.
Yes. The country code is the same for mobile and landline numbers. What changes is the first digit of the local number after the country code. In the UK, mobile numbers typically start with 7 after the +44. In South Africa, mobile numbers start with 6, 7, or 8 after the +27. The country code itself never changes based on whether you are calling a mobile or a landline.
The leading 0 in a local number is called a trunk prefix. It is used inside a country to switch from the national network to a local exchange. When you dial internationally, the country code already tells the network where to route the call, so the trunk prefix is redundant and must be removed. If you leave the 0 in, many networks will reject the call or connect you to the wrong number.
Use the search tool at the top of this page. Type the country name, its ISO code (for example ZA for South Africa), or the code itself (for example +27). You can also filter by region using the tabs in the directory below the search bar. Every country and territory in the world is listed, including disputed territories and overseas dependencies.
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