Editing Vehicle identification number (section)

====Country or region codes====
{{As of|2021|April}}, ISO specifies the following codes per country :<ref>{{cite web |url=https://standards.iso.org/iso/3780/ed-4/en/Current%20WMI%20World%20Codes%20chart%204.13.21.pdf |title=WMI Country Code Distribution |publisher=ISO |date=2025-04-13 |access-date=2025-04-11}}</ref>

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!'''A–C = [[Africa]]'''
!'''H–R = [[Asia]]'''
!'''E, S–Z = [[Europe]]'''
!'''1–5, 7 = [[North America]]'''
!'''6 = [[Oceania]]'''
!'''8–9 = [[South America]]'''
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'''AA-AH''' South Africa<br />
'''AJ-AK''' Côte d'Ivoire<br />
'''AL-AM''' Lesotho <br/>
'''AN-AP''' Botswana <br/>
'''AR-AS''' Namibia <br/>
'''AT-AU''' Madagascar <br/>
'''AV-AW''' Mauritius <br/>
'''AX-AY''' Tunisia <br/>
'''AZ-A1''' Cyprus <br/>
'''A2-A3''' Zimbabwe <br/>
'''A4-A5''' Mozambique <br/>
'''BA-BB''' Angola<br />
'''BC'''    Ethiopia<br/>
'''BF-BG''' Kenya<br />
'''BH'''    Rwanda<br/>
'''BL'''    Nigeria <br/>
'''BR'''    Algeria <br/>
'''BT'''    Swaziland<br/>
'''BU'''    Uganda<br/>
'''B3-B4''' Libya <br/>
'''CA-CB''' Egypt<br />
'''CF-CG''' Morocco<br />
'''CL-CM''' Zambia<br/>
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'''H'''     China<br />
'''J'''     Japan<br />
'''KF-KH''' Israel<br />
'''KL-KR''' South Korea<br />
'''KS-KT''' Jordan<br />
'''K1-K3''' South Korea<br />
'''K5''' Kyrgistan<br />
'''L'''     China<br />
'''MA-ME''' India<br />
'''MF-MK''' Indonesia<br />
'''ML-MR''' Thailand<br />
'''MS''' Myanmar<br />
'''MU''' Mongolia<br />
'''MX''' Kazakhstan<br />
'''MY-M0''' India<br />
'''NA-NE''' Iran<br />
'''NF-NG''' Pakistan<br />
'''NJ''' Iraq<br />
'''NL-NR''' Turkey<br />
'''NS-NT''' Uzbekistan<br />
'''NV''' Azerbaijan<br />
'''NX''' Tajikistan<br />
'''NY''' Armenia<br />
'''N1-N5''' Iran<br />
'''N7-N8''' Turkey<br />
'''PA-PC''' Philippines<br />
'''PF-PG''' Singapore<br />
'''PL-PR''' Malaysia<br />
'''PS-PT''' Bangladesh<br />
'''PV''' Cambodia<br />
'''P5-P0''' India<br />
'''RA-RB''' United Arab Emirates<br />
'''RF-RK''' Taiwan<br />
'''RL-RN''' Vietnam<br />
'''RL-RN''' Vietnam<br />
'''RP''' Laos<br />
'''RS-RT''' Saudi Arabia<br />
'''R1-R7''' Hong Kong
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'''E''' Russia<br/>
'''SA-SM''' United Kingdom<br />
'''SN-ST''' Germany <small>(former East Germany)</small><br />
'''SU-SZ''' Poland<br />
'''S1-S2''' Latvia<br />
'''S3''' Georgia<br />
'''S4''' Iceland<br />
'''TA-TH''' Switzerland<br />
'''TJ-TP''' Czech Republic<br />
'''TR-TV''' Hungary<br />
'''TW-T2''' Portugal<br />
'''T3-T5''' Serbia<br/>
'''T6'''    Andorra<br/>
'''T7-T8''' Netherlands<br/>
'''UA-UC''' Spain<br/>
'''UH-UM''' Denmark<br />
'''UN-UR''' Ireland<br />
'''UU-UX''' Romania<br />
'''U1-U2''' North Macedonia<br />
'''U5-U7''' Slovakia<br />
'''U8-U0''' Bosnia and Herzegovina<br />
'''VA-VE''' Austria<br />
'''VF-VR''' France<br />
'''VS-VW''' Spain<br />
'''VX-V2''' France<br />
'''V3-V5''' Croatia<br />
'''V6-V8''' Estonia<br />
'''W''' Germany <small>(former West Germany)</small><br />
'''XA-XC''' Bulgaria<br />
'''XD-XE''' Russia<br/>
'''XF-XH''' Greece<br />
'''XJ-XK''' Russia<br/>
'''XL-XR''' Netherlands<br />
'''XS-XW''' Russia <small>(former USSR)</small><br />
'''XX-XY''' Luxembourg<br />
'''XZ-X0''' Russia<br />
'''YA-YE''' Belgium<br />
'''YF-YK''' Finland<br />
'''YN''' Malta<br />
'''YS-YW''' Sweden<br />
'''YX-Y2''' Norway<br />
'''Y3-Y5''' Belarus<br />
'''Y6-Y8''' Ukraine<br />
'''ZA-ZU''' Italy<br />
'''ZX-ZZ''' Slovenia<br />
'''Z1'''    San Marino<br/>
'''Z3-Z5''' Lithuania<br />
'''Z6-Z0''' Russia
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'''1''' United States<br />
'''2''' Canada<br />
'''3A-3X''' Mexico<br />
'''34''' Nicaragua<br/>
'''35''' Dominican Republic<br/>
'''36''' Honduras<br/>
'''37''' Panama<br/>
'''38-39''' Puerto Rico<br/>
'''4''' United States<br />
'''5 ''' United States<br />
'''7''' United States<br />
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'''6''' Australia<br />
'''6Y-61''' New Zealand
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'''8A-8E''' Argentina<br />
'''8F-8G''' Chile<br />
'''8L-8N''' Ecuador<br />
'''8S-8W''' Peru<br />
'''8X-8Z''' Venezuela<br />
'''82''' Bolivia<br />
'''82''' Costa Rica<br />
'''9A-9E''' Brazil<br />
'''9F-9G''' Colombia<br />
'''9S-9V''' Uruguay<br />
'''91–90''' Brazil<br />
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