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  Forum Topics : Support / Two-character country code vs. top level domain code
Submitted by buller on Wed, 04/13/2005 - 09:16.
I noticed that the IP-to-country database uses "GB" for the geographical area that uses ".uk" as top level domain.
Aren't this database using the same iso standard as top level domains? Are there other countries I should watch out for?
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Comparison: ip-to-country and tld
Posted by buller on Thu, 04/14/2005 - 17:17.
I compared the ip-to-country database to the IANA TLD whois list.

My conclusion: All country codes in the ip-to-country code are identical to (and present in) the IANA list, but the IANA list uses some country codes that are missing in the ip-to-country database.
"UK" is one of them. The ip-to-country database uses only "GB", IANA uses both "GB" and "UK". The following IANA country codes (TLDs) are not used in the ip-to-country database:

ac - Ascension Island
ai - Anguilla
ax - Aland Islands
bf - Burkina Faso
bv - Bouvet Island
cc - Cocos (Keeling) Islands
cx - Christmas Island
eh - Western Sahara
gm - Gambia
gs - South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
hm - Heard and McDonald Islands
im - Isle of Man
je - Jersey
kp - Korea, Democratic People's Republic
ms - Montserrat
nu - Niue
pm - Saint Pierre and Miquelon
pn - Pitcairn Island
sh - Saint Helena
sj - Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
tc - Turks and Caicos Islands
tp - East Timor
uk - United Kingdom
um - United States Minor Outlying Islands
wf - Wallis and Futuna Islands
yu - Yugoslavia
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