Country codes

This page lists all 2XX "countries" included in WeSIS and their numeric codes. Defining a country, political unit or a state member of the international system is challenging. In order to ensure cross-comparability to other major data collections in the social sciences, we rely on the Corrrelates of War project (COW) complemented by the V-Dem project (V-Dem).

Definition and Discussion

COW and V-Dem show a huge overlap in defining entities. For COW, an entity must have "a resonable degree of autonomy". For V-Dem, an entity must be an "effective governance unit". Further criteria apply e.g. population size, diplomatic missions, or continuity with a contemporary nation-state.

Disclaimer: The inclusion of an entity in WeSIS is based on scientific and analytical grounds. This precludes any judgments about which territories qualify as countries. For this reason, recognizing entities in WeSIS should not be interpreted as judgments about sovereign claims to disputed territories.

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Sources

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• Coppedge, Michael, John Gerring, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Staffan I. Lindberg, Svend-Erik Skaaning, Jan Teorell, Vlad Ciobanu, and Moa Olin. 2018. ”V-Dem Country Coding Units v8” Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project.
• Correlates of War Project. 2016. “State System Membership List, v2016.”

COW State Name	COW State Abbreviation	ISO 3166 Alpha 2 code	ISO 3166 Alpha 3 code	ISO 3166 Numeric code	V-Dem Country Text ID	V-Dem Country ID	V-Dem Historical Names	Wikipedia
CHINA	China	Template:Yes<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Zhongguo	Chinese	Sovereignty dispute: China is de facto divided into the People's Republic of China as the full name in ISO 3166 and the Republic of China (Taiwan) not widely recognized.
CYPRUS	Cyprus	Template:Yes<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Kýpros Kıbrıs	Greek Turkish	Sovereignty dispute: Cyprus is de facto divided into the Republic of Cyprus as the full name in ISO 3166 and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus not widely recognized.