International dialing codes
Look up a country’s code, its usual prefixes and how long its numbers are before you fax across a border.
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| Country | Dialing code | Prefixes and main cities | Number layout |
|---|---|---|---|
| +33 | Paris and Île-de-France (01), north-west (02), north-east (03), south-east (04), south-west (05), box and VoIP lines (09) | 10 digits beginning with 01 to 05, or with 09; keep the leading 0. Cell numbers (06, 07) and 08 numbers are refused | |
| +351 | Lisbon (21), Porto (22), Braga (253), Coimbra (239), Faro and the Algarve (289), Funchal and Madeira (291) | 9 digits starting with 2 followed by 1 to 9, no leading zero; cell phones (9) and numbers with an extra 0 are refused | |
| +1 | Toronto (416, 647, 437), Montreal (514, 438), Vancouver and BC (604, 778, 236), Calgary and Alberta (403, 587, 825), Ottawa (613, 343), Nova Scotia and PEI (902, 782) | 10 digits: a three-digit Canadian area code plus seven digits, without the leading 1; US and unassigned area codes are refused | |
| +49 | Munich (089), Berlin (030), Hamburg (040), Düsseldorf (0211), Stuttgart (0711), Leipzig (0341) | Leading 0, area code starting with 2 to 9, then the subscriber number: 6 to 11 digits in all after the 0; cell phones (01xx) are refused | |
| +34 | Madrid (91), Barcelona (93), Valencia (96), Seville (954), Zaragoza (976), Bilbao and Biscay (94) | 9 digits starting with 81 to 89 or 91 to 99, no leading zero; cell phones (6, 7) and 90x special numbers are refused | |
| +39 | Milan (02), Rome (06), Turin (011), Naples (081), Venice (041), Bologna (051) | Starts with 0 (kept), then 5 to 10 digits: area code and number; cell phones (3xx) and toll-free numbers (800) are refused | |
| +32 | Brussels (02), Liège (04), Antwerp (03), Ghent (09), Namur (081), Charleroi (071) | 9 digits starting with 0 followed by 1 to 9 (the 0 is kept); ten-digit cell phones (04xx) are refused |
Dialing from abroad, leave out the 0 that begins the national number.
Every country in one list
The directory covers 247 countries and territories, each with its dialing code, checked against two public data sources. Seven of them are destinations CaptainFax delivers to, and they stand out in the list. The rest are there for reference only and can’t be chosen in our form.
| Country | Dialing code | Region |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | +93 | Asia |
| Åland Islands | +358 18 | Europe |
| Albania | +355 | Europe |
| Algeria | +213 | Africa |
| American Samoa | +1684 | Oceania |
| Andorra | +376 | Europe |
| Angola | +244 | Africa |
| Anguilla | +1264 | The Americas |
| Antigua & Barbuda | +1268 | The Americas |
| Argentina | +54 | The Americas |
| Armenia | +374 | Asia |
| Aruba | +297 | The Americas |
| Australia | +61 | Oceania |
| Austria | +43 | Europe |
| Azerbaijan | +994 | Asia |
| Bahamas | +1242 | The Americas |
| Bahrain | +973 | Asia |
| Bangladesh | +880 | Asia |
| Barbados | +1246 | The Americas |
| Belarus | +375 | Europe |
| BelgiumCaptainFax delivers here | +32 | Europe |
| Belize | +501 | The Americas |
| Benin | +229 | Africa |
| Bermuda | +1441 | The Americas |
| Bhutan | +975 | Asia |
| Bolivia | +591 | The Americas |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | +387 | Europe |
| Botswana | +267 | Africa |
| Bouvet Island | +47 | Antarctic |
| Brazil | +55 | The Americas |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | +246 | Africa |
| British Virgin Islands | +1284 | The Americas |
| Brunei | +673 | Asia |
| Bulgaria | +359 | Europe |
| Burkina Faso | +226 | Africa |
| Burundi | +257 | Africa |
| Cambodia | +855 | Asia |
| Cameroon | +237 | Africa |
| CanadaCaptainFax delivers here | +1 | The Americas |
| Cape Verde | +238 | Africa |
| Caribbean Netherlands | +599 | The Americas |
| Cayman Islands | +1345 | The Americas |
| Central African Republic | +236 | Africa |
| Chad | +235 | Africa |
| Chile | +56 | The Americas |
| China | +86 | Asia |
| Christmas Island | +61 | Oceania |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | +61 | Oceania |
| Colombia | +57 | The Americas |
| Comoros | +269 | Africa |
| Congo - Brazzaville | +242 | Africa |
| Congo - Kinshasa | +243 | Africa |
| Cook Islands | +682 | Oceania |
| Costa Rica | +506 | The Americas |
| Côte d’Ivoire | +225 | Africa |
| Croatia | +385 | Europe |
| Cuba | +53 | The Americas |
| Curaçao | +599 | The Americas |
| Cyprus | +357 | Europe |
| Czechia | +420 | Europe |
| Denmark | +45 | Europe |
| Djibouti | +253 | Africa |
| Dominica | +1767 | The Americas |
| Dominican Republic | +1 809 | The Americas |
| Ecuador | +593 | The Americas |
| Egypt | +20 | Africa |
| El Salvador | +503 | The Americas |
| Equatorial Guinea | +240 | Africa |
| Eritrea | +291 | Africa |
| Estonia | +372 | Europe |
| Eswatini | +268 | Africa |
| Ethiopia | +251 | Africa |
| Falkland Islands | +500 | The Americas |
| Faroe Islands | +298 | Europe |
| Fiji | +679 | Oceania |
| Finland | +358 | Europe |
| FranceCaptainFax delivers here | +33 | Europe |
| French Guiana | +594 | The Americas |
| French Polynesia | +689 | Oceania |
| French Southern Territories | +262 | Antarctic |
| Gabon | +241 | Africa |
| Gambia | +220 | Africa |
| Georgia | +995 | Asia |
| GermanyCaptainFax delivers here | +49 | Europe |
| Ghana | +233 | Africa |
| Gibraltar | +350 | Europe |
| Greece | +30 | Europe |
| Greenland | +299 | The Americas |
| Grenada | +1473 | The Americas |
| Guadeloupe | +590 | The Americas |
| Guam | +1671 | Oceania |
| Guatemala | +502 | The Americas |
| Guernsey | +44 | Europe |
| Guinea | +224 | Africa |
| Guinea-Bissau | +245 | Africa |
| Guyana | +592 | The Americas |
| Haiti | +509 | The Americas |
| Honduras | +504 | The Americas |
| Hong Kong SAR China | +852 | Asia |
| Hungary | +36 | Europe |
| Iceland | +354 | Europe |
| India | +91 | Asia |
| Indonesia | +62 | Asia |
| Iran | +98 | Asia |
| Iraq | +964 | Asia |
| Ireland | +353 | Europe |
| Isle of Man | +44 | Europe |
| Israel | +972 | Asia |
| ItalyCaptainFax delivers here | +39 | Europe |
| Jamaica | +1876 | The Americas |
| Japan | +81 | Asia |
| Jersey | +44 | Europe |
| Jordan | +962 | Asia |
| Kazakhstan | +7 | Asia |
| Kenya | +254 | Africa |
| Kiribati | +686 | Oceania |
| Kosovo | +383 | Europe |
| Kuwait | +965 | Asia |
| Kyrgyzstan | +996 | Asia |
| Laos | +856 | Asia |
| Latvia | +371 | Europe |
| Lebanon | +961 | Asia |
| Lesotho | +266 | Africa |
| Liberia | +231 | Africa |
| Libya | +218 | Africa |
| Liechtenstein | +423 | Europe |
| Lithuania | +370 | Europe |
| Luxembourg | +352 | Europe |
| Macao SAR China | +853 | Asia |
| Madagascar | +261 | Africa |
| Malawi | +265 | Africa |
| Malaysia | +60 | Asia |
| Maldives | +960 | Asia |
| Mali | +223 | Africa |
| Malta | +356 | Europe |
| Marshall Islands | +692 | Oceania |
| Martinique | +596 | The Americas |
| Mauritania | +222 | Africa |
| Mauritius | +230 | Africa |
| Mayotte | +262 | Africa |
| Mexico | +52 | The Americas |
| Micronesia | +691 | Oceania |
| Moldova | +373 | Europe |
| Monaco | +377 | Europe |
| Mongolia | +976 | Asia |
| Montenegro | +382 | Europe |
| Montserrat | +1664 | The Americas |
| Morocco | +212 | Africa |
| Mozambique | +258 | Africa |
| Myanmar (Burma) | +95 | Asia |
| Namibia | +264 | Africa |
| Nauru | +674 | Oceania |
| Nepal | +977 | Asia |
| Netherlands | +31 | Europe |
| New Caledonia | +687 | Oceania |
| New Zealand | +64 | Oceania |
| Nicaragua | +505 | The Americas |
| Niger | +227 | Africa |
| Nigeria | +234 | Africa |
| Niue | +683 | Oceania |
| Norfolk Island | +672 | Oceania |
| North Korea | +850 | Asia |
| North Macedonia | +389 | Europe |
| Northern Mariana Islands | +1670 | Oceania |
| Norway | +47 | Europe |
| Oman | +968 | Asia |
| Pakistan | +92 | Asia |
| Palau | +680 | Oceania |
| Palestinian Territories | +970 | Asia |
| Panama | +507 | The Americas |
| Papua New Guinea | +675 | Oceania |
| Paraguay | +595 | The Americas |
| Peru | +51 | The Americas |
| Philippines | +63 | Asia |
| Pitcairn Islands | +64 | Oceania |
| Poland | +48 | Europe |
| PortugalCaptainFax delivers here | +351 | Europe |
| Puerto Rico | +1 | The Americas |
| Qatar | +974 | Asia |
| Réunion | +262 | Africa |
| Romania | +40 | Europe |
| Russia | +7 | Europe |
| Rwanda | +250 | Africa |
| Samoa | +685 | Oceania |
| San Marino | +378 | Europe |
| São Tomé & Príncipe | +239 | Africa |
| Saudi Arabia | +966 | Asia |
| Senegal | +221 | Africa |
| Serbia | +381 | Europe |
| Seychelles | +248 | Africa |
| Sierra Leone | +232 | Africa |
| Singapore | +65 | Asia |
| Sint Maarten | +1721 | The Americas |
| Slovakia | +421 | Europe |
| Slovenia | +386 | Europe |
| Solomon Islands | +677 | Oceania |
| Somalia | +252 | Africa |
| South Africa | +27 | Africa |
| South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands | +500 | Antarctic |
| South Korea | +82 | Asia |
| South Sudan | +211 | Africa |
| SpainCaptainFax delivers here | +34 | Europe |
| Sri Lanka | +94 | Asia |
| St. Barthélemy | +590 | The Americas |
| St. Helena | +290 | Africa |
| St. Kitts & Nevis | +1869 | The Americas |
| St. Lucia | +1758 | The Americas |
| St. Martin | +590 | The Americas |
| St. Pierre & Miquelon | +508 | The Americas |
| St. Vincent & Grenadines | +1784 | The Americas |
| Sudan | +249 | Africa |
| Suriname | +597 | The Americas |
| Svalbard & Jan Mayen | +47 79 | Europe |
| Sweden | +46 | Europe |
| Switzerland | +41 | Europe |
| Syria | +963 | Asia |
| Taiwan | +886 | Asia |
| Tajikistan | +992 | Asia |
| Tanzania | +255 | Africa |
| Thailand | +66 | Asia |
| Timor-Leste | +670 | Asia |
| Togo | +228 | Africa |
| Tokelau | +690 | Oceania |
| Tonga | +676 | Oceania |
| Trinidad & Tobago | +1868 | The Americas |
| Tunisia | +216 | Africa |
| Türkiye | +90 | Asia |
| Turkmenistan | +993 | Asia |
| Turks & Caicos Islands | +1649 | The Americas |
| Tuvalu | +688 | Oceania |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | +1340 | The Americas |
| Uganda | +256 | Africa |
| Ukraine | +380 | Europe |
| United Arab Emirates | +971 | Asia |
| United Kingdom | +44 | Europe |
| United States | +1 | The Americas |
| Uruguay | +598 | The Americas |
| Uzbekistan | +998 | Asia |
| Vanuatu | +678 | Oceania |
| Vatican City | +39 | Europe |
| Venezuela | +58 | The Americas |
| Vietnam | +84 | Asia |
| Wallis & Futuna | +681 | Oceania |
| Western Sahara | +212 | Africa |
| Yemen | +967 | Asia |
| Zambia | +260 | Africa |
| Zimbabwe | +263 | Africa |
Start with the country code, then type the national number with its leading 0 dropped. A code being listed here does not mean fax reception is available in that country.
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