Maritime identification digits explained

Maritime identification digits are used by radio communication facilities to identify their home country or base area in digital selective calling (DSC), Automatic Transmitter Identification System (ATIS), and Automatic identification system (AIS) messages as part of their Maritime Mobile Service Identities. The International Telecommunication Union facilitates the assignment of MIDs to countries.[1] Note that not all countries have MIDs; those without are typically landlocked, with no access to international waters. Sorting MID assignments in numerical order reveals a regional structure, with the first digit:

CountryCodes
Adélie Land (French Southern Territories)501
Afghanistan401
(State of)303
Albania (Republic of)201
Algeria (People's Democratic Republic of)605
American Samoa559
Andorra (Principality of)202
Angola (Republic of)603
Anguilla301
Antigua and Barbuda304; 305
701
Armenia (Republic of)216
Aruba307
608
Australia503
Austria203
Azerbaijan423
(Portuguese isles of)204
Bahamas (Commonwealth of the)308; 309; 311
Bahrain (Kingdom of)408
Bangladesh (People's Republic of)405
Barbados314
Belarus (Republic of)206
Belgium205
Belize312
Benin (Republic of)610
Bermuda310
Bhutan (Kingdom of)410
(Republic of)720
, Sint Eustatius and Saba - Netherlands (Kingdom of the)306
Bosnia and Herzegovina478
Botswana (Republic of)611
Brazil (Federative Republic of)710
378
Brunei Darussalam508
Bulgaria (Republic of)207
Burkina Faso633
Burundi (Republic of)609
Cambodia (Kingdom of)514; 515
Cameroon (Republic of)613
Canada316
Cape Verde (Republic of)617
Cayman Islands319
Central African Republic612
Chad (Republic of)670
Chile725
China (People's Republic of)412; 413; 414
Christmas Island (Indian Ocean)516
Cocos (Keeling) Islands523
Colombia (Republic of)730
Comoros (Union of the)616; 620
(Republic of the)615
Cook Islands518
Costa Rica321
Cote d'Ivoire (Republic of)619
Croatia (Republic of)238
Crozet Archipelago618
Cuba323
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)306
Cyprus (Republic of)209; 210; 212
Czech Republic270
445
676
Denmark219; 220
Djibouti (Republic of)621
Dominica (Commonwealth of)325
Dominican Republic327
Ecuador735
Egypt (Arab Republic of)622
El Salvador (Republic of)359
Equatorial Guinea (Republic of)631
Eritrea625
Estonia (Republic of)276
Ethiopia (Federal Democratic Republic of)624
(Malvinas)740
Faroe Islands231
Fiji (Republic of)520
Finland230
France226; 227; 228
French Polynesia546
Gabon626
Gambia (Republic of the)629
213
Germany (Federal Republic of)211; 218 (218 from former German Democratic Republic)
Ghana627
Gibraltar236
Greece237; 239; 240; 241
Greenland331
Grenada330
Guadeloupe (French Department of)329
Guatemala (Republic of)332
French Guiana (French Department of)745
Guinea (Republic of)632
Guinea-Bissau (Republic of)630
Guyana750
Haiti (Republic of)336
Honduras (Republic of)334
Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China)477
Hungary (Republic of)243
Iceland251
India (Republic of)419
Indonesia (Republic of)525
(Islamic Republic of)422
Iraq (Republic of)425
250
Israel (State of)428
Italy247
Jamaica339
Japan431; 432
Jordan (Hashemite Kingdom of)438
Kazakhstan (Republic of)436
Kenya (Republic of)634
Kerguelen Islands635
Kiribati (Republic of)529
(Republic of)440; 441
Kuwait (State of)447
Kyrgyzstan451
Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos)531
Latvia (Republic of)275
Lebanon450
Lesotho (Kingdom of)644
Liberia (Republic of)636; 637
Libya642
Liechtenstein (Principality of)252
Lithuania (Republic of)277
Luxembourg253
Macao453
274
Madagascar (Republic of)647
(Portuguese isles of)255
Malawi655
Malaysia533
Maldives (Republic of)455
Mali (Republic of)649
Malta215; 229; 248; 249; 256
Marshall Islands (Republic of the)538
Martinique (French Department of)347
Mauritania (Islamic Republic of)654
Mauritius (Republic of)645
Mexico345
(Federated States of)510
(Republic of)214
Monaco (Principality of)254
Mongolia457
Montenegro (Republic of)262
Montserrat348
Morocco (Kingdom of)242
Mozambique (Republic of)650
Myanmar (Union of)506
Namibia (Republic of)659
Nauru (Republic of)544
Nepal459
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)244; 245; 246
New Caledonia540
New Zealand512
Nicaragua350
Niger (Republic of the)656
Nigeria (Federal Republic of)657
Niue542
Northern Mariana Islands (Commonwealth of the)536
Norway257; 258; 259
Oman (Sultanate of)461
Pakistan (Islamic Republic of)463
Palau (Republic of)511
(based on Resolution 99 of PP-98)443
Panama (Republic of)351; 352; 353; 354; 355; 356; 357; 370; 371; 372; 373; 374
Papua New Guinea553
Paraguay (Republic of)755
Peru760
Philippines (Republic of the)548
555
Poland (Republic of)261
Portugal263
Puerto Rico358
Qatar (State of)466
Reunion (French Department of)660
Romania264
Russian Federation273
Rwanda661
665
Saint Kitts and Nevis341
Saint Lucia343
Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands607
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Territorial Collectivity of)361
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines375; 376; 377
Samoa (Independent State of)561
San Marino (Republic of)268
(Democratic Republic of)668
Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of)403
Senegal (Republic of)663
Serbia279
Seychelles (Republic of)664
Sierra Leone667
Singapore (Republic of)563; 564; 565; 566
(Dutch part)306
Slovakia267
Slovenia (Republic of)278
Solomon Islands557
Somalia666
South Africa (Republic of)601
Spain224; 225
Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of)417
(Republic of the)638
Sudan (Republic of the)662
Suriname (Republic of)765
Swaziland (Kingdom of)669
Sweden265; 266
Switzerland (Confederation of)269
Syrian Arab Republic468
(Republic of China)416
Tajikistan (Republic of)472
(United Republic of)674; 677
Thailand567
Timor-Leste550
Togo671
Tonga (Kingdom of)570
Trinidad and Tobago362
Tunisia672
Turkey271
Turkmenistan434
Turks and Caicos Islands364
Tuvalu572
Uganda (Republic of)675
Ukraine272
United Arab Emirates470; 471
232; 233; 234; 235
379
338; 366; 367; 368; 369
Uruguay (Eastern Republic of)770
Uzbekistan437
Vanuatu (Republic of)576; 577
208
(Bolivarian Republic of)775
(Socialist Republic of)574
Wallis and Futuna578
Yemen (Republic of)473; 475
Zambia (Republic of)678
Zimbabwe (Republic of)679

Useful Sites

References

  1. Web site: Table of Maritime Identification Digits. ITU. 2020-02-04.

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