The country in which a motor vehicle’s vehicle registration plate was issued may be indicated by an international vehicle registration code, also called Vehicle Registration Identification code or VRI code, formerly known as an International Registration Letter or International Circulation Mark. It is referred to as the Distinguishing sign of the State of registration in the Geneva Convention on Road Traffic of 1949 and the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic of 1968.
Code
Country
From
Previous code(s)
A
Austria
1911
AFG
Afghanistan
1971
AL
Albania
1934
AND
Andorra
1957
AM
Armenia
1992
SU
AUS
Australia
1954
AZ
Azerbaijan
1993
SU
B
Belgium
1910
BD
Bangladesh
1978
PAK
BDS
Barbados
1956
BF
Burkina Faso
1990
RHV / HV
BG
Bulgaria
1910
BUL
BH
Belize
1938
BIH
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1992
SHS 1919–29 Y 1929–53 YU 1953–92
BOL
Bolivia
1967
BR
Brazil
1930
BRN
Bahrain
1954
BRU
Brunei
1956
BS
Bahamas
1950
BVI
British Virgin Islands
1910
BW
Botswana
2003
BP
BY
Belarus
1992 (2004)
SU
CAM
Cameroon
1952
F & WAN
CDN
Canada
1956
CA
CGO
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1997
CB, RCL, ZRE
CH
Switzerland
1911
CI
Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire)
1961
F
CL
Sri Lanka
1961
CO
Colombia
1952
CR
Costa Rica
1956
CU
Cuba
1930
CY
Cyprus
1932
CZ
Czech Republic
1993
CS
D
Germany
1910
DK
Denmark
1914
DOM
Dominican Republic
1952
DY
Benin
1910
Part of AOF (Afrique occidentale française) − 1960