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The point is that these country codes predate the existence of TLDs by over a decade. ISO codes are this way because either the countries wanted the specific c
by ryanlol 8y ago
The point is that these country codes predate the existence of TLDs by over a decade.
ISO codes are this way because either the countries wanted the specific codes or didn't provide input.
Almost all ccTLDs match their 2-letter ISO3166 codes.
- admax88q 8y agoRight but that doesn't answer the underlying question of why countries wanted codes based upon their English or local names.
- ryanlol 8y agoNobody was even thinking about TLDs when these were being decided. I would imagine that only a few, if any, countries really cared very much about this at the time.