If the specific country reported was not on the interviewer's list, or if the respondent did not know the specific country, the following codes for broad areas of the world were available for coding:
| Code | Name |
|---|---|
| 148 | Europe |
| 245 | Asia |
| 252 | Middle East |
| 304 | North America |
| 318 | Central America |
| 353 | Caribbean |
| 389 | South America |
| 468 | North Africa |
| 462 | Other Africa |
| 527 | Pacific Islands |
| 555 | Elsewhere (includes country not known) |
The countries (or areas) shown below were coded separately, if reported.
| Code | Name | Code | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200 | Afghanistan | 213 | Iraq |
| 60 | American Samoa | 119 | Ireland/Eire |
| 375 | Argentina | 214 | Israel |
| 185 | Armenia | 120 | Italy |
| 501 | Australia | 343 | Jamaica |
| 102 | Austria | 215 | Japan |
| 130 | Azores | 216 | Jordan |
| 333 | Bahamas | 427 | Kenya |
| 202 | Bangladesh | 217/218 | Korea/South Korea |
| 334 | Barbados | 221 | Laos |
| 103 | Belgium | 183 | Latvia |
| 310 | Belize | 222 | Lebanon |
| 300 | Bermuda | 184 | Lithuania |
| 376 | Bolivia | 224 | Malaysia |
| 377 | Brazil | 315 | Mexico |
| 205 | Burma | 436 | Morocco |
| 206 | Cambodia | 126 | Netherlands |
| 301 | Canada | 514 | New Zealand |
| 378 | Chile | 316 | Nicaragua |
| 207 | China | 440 | Nigeria |
| 379 | Colombia | 142 | Northern Ireland |
| 311 | Costa Rica | 127 | Norway |
| 337 | Cuba | 229 | Pakistan |
| 155 | Czech Republic | 253 | Palestine |
| 105 | Czechoslovakia | 317 | Panama |
| 106 | Denmark | 385 | Peru |
| 339 | Dominican Republic | 231 | Philippines |
| 338 | Dominica | 128 | Poland |
| 380 | Ecuador | 129 | Portugal |
| 415 | Egypt | 72 | Puerto Rico |
| 312 | El Salvador | 132 | Romania |
| 139 | England | 192 | Russia |
| 417 | Ethiopia | 233 | Saudi Arabia |
| 507 | Figi | 140 | Scotland |
| 108 | Finland | 234 | Singapore |
| 109 | France | 156 | Slovakia/Slovak Republic |
| 110 | Germany | 449 | South Africa |
| 421 | Ghana | 134 | Spain |
| 138 | Great Britain | 136 | Sweden |
| 116 | Greece | 137 | Switzerland |
| 340 | Grenada | 237 | Syria |
| 66 | Guam | 238 | Taiwan |
| 313 | Guatemala | 239 | Thailand |
| 383 | Guyana | 351 | Trinidad & Tobago |
| 342 | Haiti | 240 | Turkey |
| 126 | Holland | 57 | United States |
| 314 | Honduras | 78 | U.S. Virgin Islands |
| 209 | Hong Kong | 180 | USSR |
| 117 | Hungary | 195 | Ukraine |
| 210 | India | 387 | Uruguay |
| 211 | Indonesia | 388 | Venezuela |
| 212 | Iran | 242 | Vietnam |
| 147 | Yugoslavia |
The following list of countries/areas is in numeric order by code.
| Code | Name | Code | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | United States | 231 | Philippines |
| 60 | American Samoa | 233 | Saudi Arabia |
| 66 | Guam | 234 | Singapore |
| 72 | Puerto Rico | 237 | Syria |
| 78 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 238 | Taiwan |
| 102 | Austria | 239 | Thailand |
| 103 | Belgium | 240 | Turkey |
| 105 | Czechoslovakia | 242 | Vietnam |
| 106 | Denmark | 245 | Asia |
| 108 | Finland | 252 | Middle East |
| 109 | France | 253 | Palestine |
| 110 | Germany | 300 | Bermuda |
| 116 | Greece | 301 | Canada |
| 117 | Hungary | 304 | North America |
| 119 | Ireland/Eire | 310 | Belize |
| 120 | Italy | 311 | Costa Rica |
| 126 | Holland | 312 | El Salvador |
| 126 | Netherlands | 313 | Guatemala |
| 127 | Norway | 314 | Honduras |
| 128 | Poland | 315 | Mexico |
| 129 | Portugal | 316 | Nicaragua |
| 130 | Azores | 317 | Panama |
| 132 | Romania | 318 | Central America |
| 134 | Spain | 333 | Bahamas |
| 136 | Sweden | 334 | Barbados |
| 137 | Switzerland | 337 | Cuba |
| 138 | Great Britain | 338 | Dominica |
| 139 | England | 339 | Dominican Republic |
| 140 | Scotland | 340 | Grenada |
| 142 | Northern Ireland | 342 | Haiti |
| 147 | Yugoslavia | 343 | Jamaica |
| 148 | Europe | 351 | Trinidad & Tobago |
| 155 | Czech Republic | 353 | Caribbean |
| 156 | Slovakia/Slovak Republic | 375 | Argentina |
| 180 | USSR | 376 | Bolivia |
| 183 | Latvia | 377 | Brazil |
| 184 | Lithuania | 378 | Chile |
| 185 | Armenia | 379 | Colombia |
| 192 | Russia | 380 | Ecuador |
| 195 | Ukraine | 383 | Guyana |
| 200 | Afghanistan | 385 | Peru |
| 202 | Bangladesh | 387 | Uruguay |
| 205 | Burma | 388 | Venezuela |
| 206 | Cambodia | 389 | South America |
| 207 | China | 415 | Egypt |
| 209 | Hong Kong | 417 | Ethiopia |
| 210 | India | 421 | Ghana |
| 211 | Indonesia | 427 | Kenya |
| 212 | Iran | 436 | Morocco |
| 213 | Iraq | 440 | Nigeria |
| 214 | Israel | 449 | South Africa |
| 215 | Japan | 462 | Other Africa |
| 216 | Jordan | 468 | North Africa |
| 217/218 | Korea/South Korea | 501 | Australia |
| 221 | Laos | 507 | Figi |
| 222 | Lebanon | 514 | New Zealand |
| 224 | Malaysia | 527 | Pacific Islands |
| 229 | Pakistan | 555 | Elsewhere |
Source: Microdata Access Branch, Administrative and Customer Services Division
