International call prefixes are used to dial out of a given country when making an international phone call. Some countries share an international call prefix and some countries have their own unique code.
The most common call prefix is “00” because it was set as a standard by the International Telecommunications Union. Not all countries, however, have adopted this as their international call prefix. Also, some countries have a separate international call prefix for VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service. This means that if you are calling from a VoIP device, you would use a different prefix than if you were dialing from a fixed phone or a mobile phone.
Since not all countries use the same prefix, we have a list of countries and their corresponding international call prefixes below.
| Country Name | Country Code | International Prefix | National Prefix | National (Significant) Number |
| Afghanistan | +93 | 00 | 0 | 9 digits |
| Albania | +355 | 00 | 0 | 3 to 9 digits |
| Algeria | +213 | 00 | 0 | 8, 9 digits |
| American Samoa | +1 (684) | 011 | 1 | (684)+7 digits |
| Andorra | +376 | 00 | … | 6, 8, 9 digits |
| Angola | +244 | 00 | 0 | 9 digits |
| Anguilla | +1 (264) | 011 | 1 | (264)+7 digits |
| Antigua and Barbuda | +1 (268) | 011 | 1 | (268)+7 digits |
| Argentina | +54 | 00 | 0 | 10 digits |
| Armenia | +374 | 00 | 0 | 8 digits |
| Aruba | +297 | 00 | … | 7 digits |
| Ascension | +247 | 00 | … | 4 digits |
| Australia | +61 | 0011 | 0 | 4 to 15 digits |
| Australian Capital Territory | +672 | 00 | 0 | 6 digits |
| Austria | +43 | 00 | 0 | 4 to 13 digits |
| Azerbaijan | +994 | 00 | 0 | 8 to 9 digits |
| Bahamas, The | +1 (242) | 011 | 1 | (242)+7 digits |
| Bahrain | +973 | 00 | … | 8 digits |
| Bangladesh | +880 | 00 | 0 | 6 to 10 digits |
| Barbados | +1 (246) | 011 | 1 | (246)+7 digits |
| Belarus | +375 | 810 | 8 | 9 to 10 digits |
| Belgium | +32 | 00 | 0 | 8 to 9 digits |
| Belize | +501 | 00 | … | 7 digits |
| Benin | +229 | 00 | … | 8 digits |
| Bermuda | +1 (441) | 011 | 1 | (441)+7 digits |
| Bhutan | +975 | 00 | … | 7 to 8 digits |
| Bolivia | +591 | 00 | 0 | 8 digits |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | +387 | 00 | 0 | 8 digits |
| Botswana | +267 | 00 | … | 7 to 8 digits |
| Brazil | +55 | 00 | 0 | 10 digits |
| British Virgin Islands | +1 (284) | 011 | 1 | (284)+7 digits |
| Brunei | +673 | 00 | … | 7 digits |
| Bulgaria | +359 | 00 | 0 | 7 to 9 digits |
| Burkina Faso | +226 | 00 | … | 8 digits |
| Burma | +95 | 00 | 0 | 7 to 9 digits |
| Burundi | +257 | 00 | … | 8 digits |
| Cambodia | +855 | 001, 007 | 0 | 8 digits |
| Cameroon | +237 | 00 | … | 8 digits |
| Canada | +1 | 011 | 1 | 10 digits |
| Cape Verde | +238 | 00 | … | 7 digits |
| Cayman Islands | +1 (345) | 011 | 1 | (345)+7 digits |
| Central African Republic | +236 | 00 | … | 8 digits |
| Chad | +235 | 00 | … | 6, 7 digits |
| Chile | +56 | 1YZ0 | 1YZ | 8 to 9 digits |
| China | +86 | 00 | 0 | 5 to 12 digits |
| Colombia | +57 | 009/007/005 | 09/07/2005 | 8, 10 digits |
| Comoros | +269 | 00 | … | 7 digits |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | +243 | 00 | 0 | 5 to 9 digits |
| Congo, Republic of the | +242 | 00 | … | 6 to 7 digits |
| Cook Islands | +682 | 00 | … | 5 digits |
| Costa Rica | +506 | 00 | … | 8 digits |
| Côte d’Ivoire | +225 | 00 | … | 8 digits |
| Croatia | +385 | 00 | 0 | 8 to 12 digits |
| Cuba | +53 | 119 | 0 | 6 to 8 digits |
| Cyprus | +357 | 00 | … | 8, 11 digits |
| Czech Republic | +420 | 00 | … | 4 to 12 digits |
| Denmark | +45 | 00 | … | 8 digits |
| Diego Garcia | +246 | 00 | … | 7 digits |
| Djibouti | +253 | 00 | … | 6 digits |
| Dominica | +1 (767) | 011 | 1 | (767)+7 digits |
| Dominican Republic | +1 (809/829) | 011 | 1 | (809/829)+7 digits |
| Ecuador | +593 | 00 | 0 | 8 digits |
| Egypt | +20 | 00 | 0 | 7 to 9 digits |
| El Salvador | +503 | 00 | … | 7, 8, 11 digits |
| Equatorial Guinea | +240 | 00 | … | 6 digits |
| Eritrea | +291 | 00 | 0 | 7 digits |
| Estonia | +372 | 00 | … | 7 to 10 digits |
| Ethiopia | +251 | 00 | 0 | 9 digits |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | +500 | 00 | … | 5 digits |
| Faroe Islands | +298 | 00 | … | 6 digits |
| Fiji | +679 | 00 | … | 7 digits |
| Finland | +358 | 00,99X | 0 | 5 to 12 digits |
| France | +33 | 00 | 0 | 9 digits |
| French Departments and Territories in the Indian Ocean | +262 | 00 | … | 9 digits |
| French Guiana | +594 | 00 | … | 9 digits |
| French Polynesia | +689 | 00 | … | 6 digits |
| Gabon | +241 | 00 | … | 6, 7 digits |
| Gambia, The | +220 | 00 | … | 7 digits |
| Georgia | +995 | 8 | 8 | 8 digits |
| Germany | +49 | 00 | 0 | 6 to 13 digits |
| Ghana | +233 | 00 | 0 | 5 to 9 digits |
| Gibraltar | +350 | 00 | … | 8 digits |
| Global Mobile SatelliteSystem (GMSS), sharedcode | +881 | |||
| Greece | +30 | 00 | 0 | 10 digits |
| Greenland | +299 | 00 | … | 6 digits |
| Grenada | +1 (473) | 011 | 1 | (473)+7 digits |
| Group of countries, shared code | +388 | |||
| Guadeloupe | +590 | 00 | … | 9 digits |
| Guam | +1 (671) | 011 | 1 | (671)+7 digits |
| Guatemala | +502 | 00 | … | 8 digits |
| Guinea | +224 | 00 | … | 8 digits |
| Guinea-Bissau | +245 | 00 | … | 7 digits |
| Guyana | +592 | 001 | … | 7 digits |
| Haiti | +509 | 00 | … | 8 digits |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | +379 | … | ||
| Holy See (Vatican City) | +39 | 00 | … | up to 11 digits |
| Honduras | +504 | 00 | … | 7, 8 digits |
| Hong Kong | +852 | 001 | … | 4, 8 to 9 digits |
| Hungary | +36 | 00 | 6 | 8 to 9 digits |
| Iceland | +354 | 00 | … | 7, 9 digits |
| India | +91 | 00 | 0 | 7 to 10 digits |
| Indonesia | +62 | 001, 008 | 0 | 5 to 10 digits |
| Inmarsat SNAC | +870 | 00 | … | 9 digits |
| International Freephone Service | +800 | … | … | 8 digits |
| International Networks, shared code | +882 | |||
| International Networks, shared code | +883 | |||
| International Premium Rate Service (IPRS) | +979 | … | … | 9 digits |
| International Shared Cost Service (ISCS) | +808 | … | … | 8 digits |
| Iran | +98 | 00 | 0 | 6 to 10 digits |
| Iraq | +964 | 00 | 0 | 8 to 10 digits |
| Ireland | +353 | 00 | 0 | 7 to 11 digits |
| Israel | +972 | 00, 012, 013, 014 | 0 | 8 to 9 digits |
| Italy | +39 | 00 | … | up to 11 digits |
| Jamaica | +1 (876) | 011 | 1 | (876)+7 digits |
| Japan | +81 | 10 | 0 | 9 to 10 digits |
| Jordan | +962 | 00 | 0 | 5 to 9 digits |
| Kazakhstan | +7 | 810 | 8 | 10 digits |
| Kenya | +254 | 00 | 0 | 6 to 10 digits |
| Kiribati | +686 | 00 | … | 5 digits |
| Korea, North | +850 | 00 | 0 | 3 to 10 digits |
| Korea, South | +82 | 001, 002 | 82 | 8 to 11 digits |
| Kuwait | +965 | 00 | … | 7, 8 digits |
| Kyrgyzstan | +996 | 00 | 0 | 9 digits |
| Laos | +856 | 00 | 0 | 8 to 9 digits |
| Latvia | +371 | 00 | … | 7, 8 digits |
| Lebanon | +961 | 00 | 0 | 7 to 8 digits |
| Lesotho | +266 | 00 | … | 8 digits |
| Liberia | +231 | 00 | … | 7 to 8 digits |
| Libya | +218 | 00 | 0 | 8 to 9 digits |
| Liechtenstein | +423 | 00 | … | 7 to 9 digits |
| Lithuania | +370 | 00 | 0 | 8 digits |
| Luxembourg | +352 | 00 | … | 4 to 11 digits |
| Macau | +853 | 00 | … | 7 to 8 digits |
| Macedonia [FYROM] | +389 | 00 | 0 | 8 digits |
| Madagascar | +261 | 00 | … | 9 to 10 digits |
| Malawi | +265 | 00 | … | 7, 8 digits |
| Malaysia | +60 | 00 | 0 | 7 to 9 digits |
| Maldives | +960 | 00 | … | 7 digits |
| Mali | +223 | 00 | … | 8 digits |
| Malta | +356 | 00 | … | 8 digits |
| Marshall Islands | +692 | 011 | 1 | 7 digits |
| Martinique | +596 | 00 | … | 9 digits |
| Mauritania | +222 | 00 | … | 7 digits |
| Mauritius | +230 | 00 | … | 7 digits |
| Mayotte | +269 | … | … | … |
| Mexico | +52 | 00 | 1 | 10 digits |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | +691 | 011 | 1 | 7 digits |
| Moldova | +373 | 00 | 0 | 8 digits |
| Monaco | +377 | 00 | … | 5 to 9 digits |
| Mongolia | +976 | 001 | 0 | 7 to 8 digits |
| Montenegro | +382 | 00 | 0 | 4 to 12 digits |
| Montserrat | +1 (664) | 011 | 1 | (664)+7 digits |
| Morocco | +212 | 00 | 0 | 9 digits |
| Mozambique | +258 | 00 | … | 8 to 9 digits |
| Namibia | +264 | 00 | 0 | 6 to 10 digits |
| Nauru | +674 | 00 | … | 4, 7 digits |
| Nepal | +977 | 00 | 0 | 8 to 9 digits |
| Netherlands | +31 | 00 | 0 | 9 digits |
| Netherlands Antilles | +599 | 00 | 0 | 6 to 8 digits |
| New Caledonia | +687 | 00 | … | 6 digits |
| New Zealand | +64 | 00 | 0 | 3 to 10 digits |
| Nicaragua | +505 | 00 | … | 8 digits |
| Niger | +227 | 00 | … | 8 digits |
| Nigeria | +234 | 009 | 0 | 7 to 10 digits |
| Niue | +683 | 00 | … | 4 digits |
| Northern Territory | +1 (670) | 011 | 1 | (670)+7 digits |
| Norway | +47 | 00 | … | 5, 8 digits |
| Oman | +968 | 00 | … | 7 to 8 digits |
| Pakistan | +92 | 00 | 0 | 8 to 11 digits |
| Palau | +680 | 011 | … | 7 digits |
| Panama | +507 | 00 | … | 7, 8 digits |
| Papua New Guinea | +675 | 00 | … | 4 to 11 digits |
| Paraguay | +595 | 00 | 0 | 5 to 9 digits |
| Peru | +51 | 00 | 0 | 8 to 11 digits |
| Philippines | +63 | 00 | 0 | 8 to 10 digits |
| Poland | +48 | 00 | 0 | 6 to 9 digits |
| Portugal | +351 | 00 | … | 9, 11 digits |
| Puerto Rico | +1 (787/939) | 011 | 1 | (787/939)+7 digits |
| Qatar | +974 | 00 | … | 6, 7, 10 digits |
| Reserved | +970 | |||
| Romania | +40 | 00 | 0 | 9 digits |
| Russia | +7 | 810 | 8 | 10 digits |
| Rwanda | +250 | 00 | … | 9 digits |
| Saint Helena | +290 | 00 | … | 4 digits |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | +1 (869) | 011 | 1 | (869)+7 digits |
| Saint Lucia | +1 (758) | 011 | 1 | (758)+7 digits |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | +508 | 00 | … | 6 digits |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | +1 (784) | 011 | 1 | (784)+7 digits |
| Samoa | +685 | 00 | … | 3 to 7 digits |
| San Marino | +378 | 00 | … | 6 to 10 digits |
| Sao Tome and Principe | +239 | 00 | … | 7 digits |
| Saudi Arabia | +966 | 00 | 0 | 8 to 9 digits |
| Senegal | +221 | 00 | … | 9 digits |
| Serbia | +381 | 00 | 0 | 4 to 12 digits |
| Seychelles | +248 | 00 | … | 6 digits |
| Sierra Leone | +232 | 00 | 0 | 8 digits |
| Singapore | +65 | 001, 008 | … | 8 to 12 digits |
| Slovakia | +421 | 00 | 0 | 4 to 9 digits |
| Slovenia | +386 | 00 | 0 | 8 digits |
| Solomon Islands | +677 | 00 | … | 5 digits |
| Somalia | +252 | 00 | … | 5 to 8 digits |
| South Africa | +27 | 00 | 0 | 9 digits |
| Spain | +34 | 00 | … | 9 digits |
| Sri Lanka | +94 | 00 | 0 | 9 digits |
| Sudan | +249 | 00 | 0 | 9 digits |
| Suriname | +597 | 00 | 0 | 6 to 7 digits |
| Swaziland | +268 | 00 | … | 7 to 8 digits |
| Sweden | +46 | 00 | 0 | 7 to 13 digits |
| Switzerland | +41 | 00 | 0 | 4 to 12 digits |
| Syria | +963 | 00 | 0 | 8 to 10 digits |
| Taiwan | +886 | 002 | 0 | 8 to 9 digits |
| Tajikistan | +992 | 810 | 8 | 9 digits |
| Tanzania | +255 | 00 | 0 | 9 digits |
| Telecommunications for Disaster Relief (TDR) | +888 | |||
| Thailand | +66 | 001 | 0 | 8, 9 digits |
| Timor-Leste | +670 | 00 | … | 7 digits |
| Togo | +228 | 00 | … | 7 digits |
| Tokelau | +690 | 00 | … | 4 digits |
| Tonga | +676 | 00 | … | 5, 7 digits |
| Trial of a proposed new international service, shared code | +991 | |||
| Trinidad and Tobago | +1 (868) | 011 | 1 | (868)+7 digits |
| Tristan da Cunha | +290 | 00 | … | 4 digits |
| Tunisia | +216 | 00 | … | 8 digits |
| Turkey | +90 | 00 | 0 | 10 digits |
| Turkmenistan | +993 | 810 | 8 | 8 digits |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | +1 (649) | 00 | 1 | (649)+7 digits |
| Tuvalu | +688 | 00 | … | 5, 6 digits |
| Uganda | +256 | 00 | 0 | 9 digits |
| Ukraine | +380 | 00 | 0 | 9 digits |
| United Arab Emirates | +971 | 00 | 0 | 8 to 9 digits |
| United Kingdom | +44 | 00 | 0 | 7 to 10 digits |
| United States | +1 | 011 | 1 | 10 digits |
| Universal Personal Telecommunication (UPT) | +878 | |||
| Uruguay | +598 | 00 | 0 | 4 to 11 digits |
| Uzbekistan | +998 | 810 | 8 | 9 digits |
| Vanuatu | +678 | 00 | … | 5, 7 digits |
| Venezuela | +58 | 00 | 0 | 10 digits |
| Vietnam | +84 | 00 | 0 | 7 to 10 digits |
| Virgin Islands | +1 (340) | 011 | 1 | (340)+7 digits |
| Wallis and Futuna | +681 | 00 | … | 6 digits |
| Yemen | +967 | 00 | 0 | 6 to 9 digits |
| Zambia | +260 | 00 | 0 | 9 digits |
| Zimbabwe | +263 | 00 | 0 | 5 to 9 digits |
F A Q | International Call Prefixes
1) Dial “011” on your keypad. Use the International Direct Dialing (IDD) number for the U.S. before dialing any other numbers. 2) Put in the country code next. 3) Dial the city/area code, if applicable. 4) Input the remaining digits of the phone number.
It means to add the international access code.For the US the + means dial 011 before you dial the number.
International telephone calls are phone calls made between different countries. As of mid 1970s, International direct dialling enables calls to be dialed by country code without an operator.
Country codes are short a numeric geographical code developed to represent countries and dependent areas. Every country has it’s own country code.