Abbreviations for Continents, Countries, and Ethnic Groups

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Continents

Africa (AF)

Antarctica (AN)

Asia (AS)

Europe (EU)

North America (NA)

Oceania (OC)

South and Central America (SA)

Africa (AF)

Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Abbreviation
Algeria	AL
Angola	AN
Bantu	BA
Benin	BE
Botswana	BT
Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)	BF
Burundi	BR
Bushman	BU
Bushongo	BH
Cameroon	CR
Canary Is.	CI
Central African Republic	CA
Dahomean	DH
Egypt	EG
Eritrea	ER
Ethiopia	ET
Gabon	GB
Gambia	GA
Ghana	GH
Gold Coast	GC
Guinea	GU
Hottentot	HO
Ivory Coast	IC
Kenya	KY
Lesotho	LE
Liberia	LI
Libya	LB
Madagascar	MD
Malawi	MW
Mali	ML
Mande	MN
Mauritania	MU
Mauritius	MA
Mbundu	MB
Mende	ME
Morocco	MR
Mozambique	MZ
Namibia	NM
Niger	NG
Nigeria	NI
Pygmy	PY
Republic of Chad	CH
Republic of Seychelles	SY
Rwanda	RW
Semitic	SE
Senegal	SN
Sierra Leone	SL
Somalia	SO
South Africa	SA
South Sudan	SS
Sudan	SU
Swaziland	SW
Tanzania	TA
Togo	TO
Tunisia	TN
Uganda	UG
Union of the Comoros	UC
Unknown	--
Yao	YA
Zaire	ZA
Zambia	ZM
Zimbabwe	ZI
Zulu	ZU

Antarctica (AN)

Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Abbreviation
America (Antarctica)	AM
France (Antarctica)	FR
Unknown	--

Asia (AS)

Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Abbreviation
Afghanistan	AF
Akkadian (Accadian)	AK
Altai	AL
Arabian	AR
Armenian	AM
Assyrian	AY
Assyro-Babylonian	AB
Azerbaijan	AZ
Babylon	BY
Bangladesh	BA
Bhutan	BH
Buriat	BR
Burma	BU
Cambodia	CM
China	CH
Chukchi	CU
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	DK
Elamite	EL
Evenki	EV
Georgia	GE
Hebrew	HE
Hindu	HI
India	IN
Indonesia	ID
Iran	IR
Iraq	IQ
Israel	IS
Itelmen	IT
Japan	JA
Jewish	JW
Jordan	JO
Kashmir	KA
Kazakhstan	KZ
Ket	KT
Korea	KR
Kuwait	KU
Kyrgyzstan	KY
Laos	LA
Lebanon	LE
Malaysia	MA
Mansi	MS
Mesopotamian	ME
Minyong	MY
Mongolia	MO
Monguor	MG
Nanai	NA
Neghidhian	NG
Nepal	NE
Nganasan	NS
Oman	OM
Ostyak	OS
Pakistan	PK
Persian	PE
Philippines	PH
Phoenician	PO
Qatar	QA
Republic of Korea	RK
Sanskrit	SA
Saudi Arabia	SB
Scythian	SC
Semitic	SE
Siberia	SI
Sri Lanka	SR
Sumerian	SU
Syria	SY
Taiwan	TW
Tajik	TJ
Thailand	TH
Tibet	TB
Timor-Leste	TL
Tungu	TN
Turkey	TU
Turkmenistan	TK
Tuva	TV
Ulci	UL
Unknown	--
Urartu	UR
Uzbekistan	UZ
Vietnam	VT
Yakutian	YK
Yemen	YE

Europe (EU)

Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Abbreviation
Albania	AL
Andorra	AN
Austria	AS
Bashkir	BS
Belarus	BL
Belgium	BE
Bosnia-Herzegovina	BH
Bulgaria	BU
Byzantine	BZ
Caucasus	CC
Celtic	CE
Chuvash	CH
Croatia	CR
Cyprus	CY
Czechoslovakia	CZ
Denmark	DE
England	EN
Eskimo (Greenland)	EK
Estonia	ES
Finland	FI
Flemish	FL
France	FR
Germany	GE
Great Britain	GB
Greek	GR
Greenland	GL
Gypsy	GY
Hungary	HU
Iceland	IC
Ireland	IR
Italy	IT
Kalmyk	KL
Karelia	KA
Komi	KO
Lapp	LP
Latin	LA
Latvia	LV
Liechtenstein	LE
Lithuania	LI
Luxembourg	LU
Macedonian	MA
Malta	ML
Mari	MR
Moldova	MD
Montenegro	MN
Mordvinian	MO
Netherlands (Dutch)	DU
Norse	NS
Norway	NO
Oscan	OS
Ostrogoth	OG
Poland	PO
Portugal	PG
Roman	RM
Romania (Rumania)	RO
Russia	RU
San Marino	SM
Scandinavian	SD
Scotland	SC
Scythia	SY
Slavic	SL
Slovakia	SV
Slovenia	SI
Soviet	SO
Spain	SP
Sweden	SW
Switzerland	SZ
Tartar	TT
Teutonic	TU
Udmurtian	UD
Ukraine	UK
Unknown	--
Wales	WA
Yugoslavia	YU

North America (NA)

Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Abbreviation
Aleutian	AU
Algonquin	AL
American	AM
Antigua and Barbuda	AN
Arikara	AR
Aruba	AB
Bella Coola	BC
Blackfoot	BL
Canada	CA
Cherokee	CE
Cheyenne	CY
Chickasaw	CH
Chinook	CI
Choktaw	CO
Chumash	CU
Commonwealth of the Bahamas	BA
Creek	CR
Dakota	DA
Dominica	DO
Eskimo	ES
Hopi	HO
Iroquois	IR
Klamath	KL
Lakota	LA
Mandan	MA
Mexico	ME
Navajo	NV
Osage	OS
Pawnee	PW
Pequot	PE
Potawatomi	PO
Pueblo	PU
Saint Kitts and Nevis	SK
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	SV
Salish	SA
Seneca	SE
Shoshoni	SH
Sioux	SX
Tlingit	TL
United States	US
Unknown	--
Zuni	ZU

Oceania (OC)

Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Abbreviation
Australia	AU
Caroline Is.	CI
Cook Islands	CO
Fiji	FJ
Guam	GM
Hawaii	HA
Marquesas Islands	MA
Marshall Is.	MI
Melanesia	ME
Micronesia	MC
Nauru	NA
New Britain	NB
New Caledonia	NC
New Guinea	GU
New Zealand	NZ
Papua New Guinea	PN
Polynesia	PO
Republic of Palau	PA
Samoa	SA
Society Is.	SI
Toamotu	TU
Tonga	TO
Unknown	--
Vanuatu	VA

South and Central America (SA)

Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Abbreviation
Argentina	AR
Auracanian	AC
Aztec	AZ
Barbados	BB
Belize	BE
Bolivia	BO
Bororo	RR
Brazil	BR
Chile	CH
Chimalateco	CI
Colombia	CO
Costa Rica	CR
Cuba	CU
Dominican Republic	DR
Ecuador	EC
El Salvador	ES
Falkland Islands	FI
French Guiana	FG
Grenada	GR
Guatemala	GU
Guyana	GY
Haiti	HA
Honduras	HO
Inca	IN
Jamaica	JM
Mayan	MY
Nahuatl	NA
Netherland (Dutch) Antilles	DA
Nicaragua	NI
Panama	PM
Paraguay	PA
Peru	PE
Puerto Rico	PR
Saint Lucia	SL
Suriname	SU
Trinidad and Tobago	TT
Unknown	--
Uruguay	UR
Venezuela	VE
Virgin Islands	VI