ISBN Country code (language)

The first numbers of an ISBN indicate the language and/or the country it was published in. See: ISBN for a more in-depth discussion of ISBN parts.

for example

ISBN  1-478334-34-7 

see the red blocked, the country code

• 0 and 1 English - (United Kingdom, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Ireland)
• 2 French (France, Belgium, Canada, Switzerland)
• 3 German (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
• 4 Japan
• 5 Russia and former USSR
• 600 Iran
• 601 Kazakhstan
• 602 Indonesia
• 603 Saudi Arabia
• 604 Vietnam
• 605 Turkey
• 606 Romania
• 607 Mexico
• 608 Macedonia (FYR)
• 609 Lithuania
• 611 Thailand
• 612 Peru
• 613 Mauritius
• 614 Lebanon
• 615 Hungary
• 616 Thailand
• 617 Ukraine
• 7 China
• 80 Czech Republic, Slovakia
• 81 India (see also 93)
• 82 Norway
• 83 Poland
• 84 Spain
• 85 Brazil
• 86 Montenegro, Serbia
• 87 Denmark
• 88 Italian (Italy, Switzerland)
• 89 South Korea
• 90 Dutch/Flemish
• 91 Sweden
• 92 International organisations and non-profits (Unesco, European Union)
• 93 India (see also 81)
• 94 Dutch/Flemish
• 950 Argentina
• 951 Finland
• 952 Finland
• 953 Croatia
• 954 Bulgaria
• 955 Sri Lanka
• 956 Chile
• 957 Taiwan
• 958 Colombia
• 959 Cuba
• 960 Greece
• 961 Slovenia
• 962 Hong Kong
• 963 Hungary
• 964 Iran
• 965 Israel
• 966 Ukraine
• 967 Malaysia (see also 983)
• 968 Mexico (see also 970)
• 969 Pakistan
• 970 Mexico (see also 968)
• 971 Philippines
• 972 Portugal
• 973 Romania
• 974 Thailand
• 975 Turkey
• 976 Caribbean: Anguilla, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, British Virgin Islands
• 977 Egypt
• 978 Nigeria
• 979 Indonesia
• 980 Venezuela
• 981 Singapore (see also 9971)
• 982 Pacific: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Samoa
• 983 Malaysia (see also 967)
• 984 Bangladesh
• 985 Belarus
• 986 Taiwan]
• 987 Argentina
• 988 Hong Kong
• 989 Portugal
• 9927 Qatar
• 9928 Albania
• 9929 Guatemala
• 9930 Costa Rica
• 9931 Algeria
• 9932 Laos
• 9933 Syria
• 9934 Latvia
• 9935 Iceland
• 9936 Afghanistan
• 9937 Nepal
• 9938 Tunisia
• 9939 Armenia
• 9940 Montenegro
• 9941 Georgia
• 9942 Ecuador
• 9943 Uzbekistan
• 9944 Turkey
• 9945 Dominican Republic
• 9946 North Korea
• 9947 Algeria
• 9948 United Arab Emirates
• 9949 Estonia
• 9950 Palestine (Palestinian Authority)
• 9951 Kosovo
• 9952 Azerbaijan
• 9953 Lebanon
• 9954 Morocco
• 9955 Lithuania
• 9956 Cameroon
• 9957 Jordan
• 9958 Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 9959 Libya
• 9960 Saudi Arabia
• 9961 Algeria
• 9962 Panama
• 9963 Cyprus
• 9964 Ghana
• 9965 Kazakhstan
• 9966 Kenya
• 9967 Kyrgyzstan
• 9968 Costa Rica (see also 9977)
• 9970 Uganda
• 9971 Singapore (see also 981)
• 9972 Peru
• 9973 Tunisia
• 9974 Uruguay
• 9975 Moldova
• 9976 Tanzania (see also 9987)
• 9977 Costa Rica (see also 9968)
• 9978 Ecuador
• 9979 Iceland
• 9980 Papua New Guinea
• 9981 Morocco
• 9982 Zambia
• 9983 Gambia
• 9984 Latvia
• 9985 Estonia
• 9986 Lithuania
• 9987 Tanzania (see also 9976)
• 9988 Ghana
• 9989 Macedonia
• 99901 Bahrain
• 99902 Gabon
• 99903 Mauritius
• 99904 Netherlands Antilles/Aruba
• 99905 Bolivia
• 99906 Kuwait
• 99908 Malawi
• 99909 Malta
• 99910 Sierra Leone
• 99911 Lesotho
• 99912 Botswana
• 99913 Andorra (see also 99920)
• 99914 Suriname
• 99915 Maldives
• 99916 Namibia
• 99917 Brunei
• 99918 Faroe Islands
• 99919 Benin
• 99920 Andorra (see also 99913)
• 99921 Qatar
• 99922 Guatemala
• 99923 El Salvador
• 99924 Nicaragua
• 99925 Paraguay
• 99926 Honduras
• 99927 Albania
• 99928 Georgia
• 99929 Mongolia
• 99930 Armenia
• 99931 Seychelles
• 99932 Malta
• 99933 Nepal
• 99934 Dominican Republic
• 99935 Haiti
• 99936 Bhutan
• 99937 Macau
• 99938 Republika Srpska
• 99939 Guatemala
• 99940 Georgia
• 99941 Armenia
• 99942 Sudan
• 99943 Albania
• 99944 Ethiopia
• 99945 Namibia
• 99946 Nepal
• 99947 Tajikistan
• 99948 Eritrea
• 99949 Mauritius
• 99950 Cambodia
• 99951 Congo Rep.
• 99952 Mali
• 99953 Paraguay
• 99954 Bolivia
• 99955 Republika Srpska
• 99956 Albania
• 99957 Malta
• 99958 Bahrain
• 99959 Luxembourg
• 99960 Malawi
• 99961 El Salvador
• 99962 Mongolia
• 99963 Cambodia
• 99964 Nicaragua
• 99965 Macau
• 99966 Kuwait
• 99967 Paraguay

All above numbers use the first "bookland" prefix 978 in the ISBN-13 system. The 979 expansion is in progress and the few assignments already made follow:

• 10 France