BlackBerry Tip: How to add your Country Flags to BlackBerry Messenger and list of Country codes.

Jun 12, 2010 2 Comments by

With the World Cup in full swing, we understand the global pride that many Football (Soccer) fans have for their favorite teams, BlackBerry Messenger offers users the ability to display country flags and other items next to their user name. Today we are going to show you how to add country flags next to your name, and show off some World Cup pride.

To add a country to your name, a friends name, or a message in BBM, just type *asterisk (the country 2 letter code) *asterisk and then hit the space bar. So it should look this *us* , that’s it… For more detailed instructions see BlackBerry FAQ: How to Change Contact names are Displayed in BlackBerry Messenger list.

These are the official BBM country codes list below, you can also try the two letter global country codes we have provided below. To make the pictures larger after you click them. Hit the full screen button in the upper right hand corner of the pic.

Here is a list of country codes.

  • AF – Afghanistan
  • AX – Aland Islands
  • AL – Albania
  • DZ – Algeria
  • AS – American Samoa
  • AD – Andorra
  • AO – Angola
  • AI – Anguilla
  • AQ – Antarctica
  • AG – Antigua and Barbuda
  • AR – Argentina
  • AM – Armenia
  • AW – Aruba
  • AC – Ascension Island
  • AU – Australia
  • AT – Austria
  • AZ – Azerbaijan
  • BS – Bahamas
  • BH – Bahrain
  • BB – Barbados
  • BD – Bangladesh
  • BY – Belarus
  • BE – Belgium
  • BZ – Belize
  • BJ – Benin
  • BM – Bermuda
  • BT – Bhutan
  • BW – Botswana
  • BO – Bolivia
  • BA – Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • BV – Bouvet Island
  • BR – Brazil
  • IO – British Indian Ocean Territory
  • BN – Brunei Darussalam
  • BG – Bulgaria
  • BF – Burkina Faso
  • BI – Burundi
  • KH – Cambodia
  • CM – Cameroon
  • CA – Canada
  • CV – Cape Verde
  • KY – Cayman Islands
  • CF – Central African Republic
  • TD – Chad
  • CL – Chile
  • CN – China
  • CX – Christmas Island
  • CC – Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • CO – Colombia
  • KM – Comoros
  • CG – Congo
  • CD – Congo, Democratic Republic
  • CK – Cook Islands
  • CR – Costa Rica
  • CI – Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
  • HR – Croatia (Hrvatska)
  • CU – Cuba
  • CY – Cyprus
  • CZ – Czech Republic
  • CS – Czechoslovakia (former)
  • DK – Denmark
  • DJ – Djibouti
  • DM – Dominica
  • DO – Dominican Republic
  • TP – East Timor
  • EC – Ecuador
  • EG – Egypt
  • SV – El Salvador
  • GQ – Equatorial Guinea
  • ER – Eritrea
  • EE – Estonia
  • ET – Ethiopia
  • FK – Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
  • FO – Faroe Islands
  • FJ – Fiji
  • FI – Finland
  • FR – France
  • FX – France, Metropolitan
  • GF – French Guiana
  • PF – French Polynesia
  • TF – French Southern Territories
  • MK – F.Y.R.O.M. (Macedonia)
  • GA – Gabon
  • GM – Gambia
  • GE – Georgia
  • DE – Germany
  • GH – Ghana
  • GI – Gibraltar
  • GB – Great Britain (UK)
  • GR – Greece
  • GL – Greenland
  • GD – Grenada
  • GP – Guadeloupe
  • GU – Guam
  • GT – Guatemala
  • GG – Guernsey
  • GN – Guinea
  • GW – Guinea-Bissau
  • GY – Guyana
  • HT – Haiti
  • HM – Heard and McDonald Islands
  • HN – Honduras
  • HK – Hong Kong
  • HU – Hungary
  • IS – Iceland
  • IN – India
  • ID – Indonesia
  • IR – Iran
  • IQ – Iraq
  • IE – Ireland
  • IL – Israel
  • IM – Isle of Man
  • IT – Italy
  • JE – Jersey
  • JM – Jamaica
  • JP – Japan
  • JO – Jordan
  • KZ – Kazakhstan
  • KE – Kenya
  • KI – Kiribati
  • KP – Korea (North)
  • KR – Korea (South)
  • KW – Kuwait
  • KG – Kyrgyzstan
  • LA – Laos
  • LV – Latvia
  • LB – Lebanon
  • LI – Liechtenstein
  • LR – Liberia
  • LY – Libya
  • LS – Lesotho
  • LT – Lithuania
  • LU – Luxembourg
  • MO – Macau
  • MG – Madagascar
  • MW – Malawi
  • MY – Malaysia
  • MV – Maldives
  • ML – Mali
  • MT – Malta
  • MH – Marshall Islands
  • MQ – Martinique
  • MR – Mauritania
  • MU – Mauritius
  • YT – Mayotte
  • MX – Mexico
  • FM – Micronesia
  • MD – Moldova
  • MC – Monaco
  • ME – Montenegro
  • MS – Montserrat
  • MA – Morocco
  • MZ – Mozambique
  • MM – Myanmar
  • NA – Namibia
  • NR – Nauru
  • NP – Nepal
  • NL – Netherlands
  • AN – Netherlands Antilles
  • NT – Neutral Zone
  • NC – New Caledonia
  • NZ – New Zealand (Aotearoa)
  • NI – Nicaragua
  • NE – Niger
  • NG – Nigeria
  • NU – Niue
  • NF – Norfolk Island
  • MP – Northern Mariana Islands
  • NO – Norway
  • OM – Oman
  • PK – Pakistan
  • PW – Palau
  • PS – Palestinian Territory, Occupied
  • PA – Panama
  • PG – Papua New Guinea
  • PY – Paraguay
  • PE – Peru
  • PH – Philippines
  • PN – Pitcairn
  • PL – Poland
  • PT – Portugal
  • PR – Puerto Rico
  • QA – Qatar
  • RE – Reunion
  • RO – Romania
  • RU – Russian Federation
  • RW – Rwanda
  • GS – S. Georgia and S. Sandwich Isls.
  • KN – Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • LC – Saint Lucia
  • VC – Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
  • WS – Samoa
  • SM – San Marino
  • ST – Sao Tome and Principe
  • SA – Saudi Arabia
  • SN – Senegal
  • RS – Serbia
  • SC – Seychelles
  • SL – Sierra Leone
  • SG – Singapore
  • SI – Slovenia
  • SK – Slovak Republic
  • SB – Solomon Islands
  • SO – Somalia
  • ZA – South Africa
  • GS – S. Georgia and S. Sandwich Isls.
  • ES – Spain
  • LK – Sri Lanka
  • SH – St. Helena
  • PM – St. Pierre and Miquelon
  • SD – Sudan
  • SR – Suriname
  • SJ – Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands
  • SZ – Swaziland
  • SE – Sweden
  • CH – Switzerland
  • SY – Syria
  • TW – Taiwan
  • TJ – Tajikistan
  • TZ – Tanzania
  • TH – Thailand
  • TG – Togo
  • TK – Tokelau
  • TO – Tonga
  • TT – Trinidad and Tobago
  • TN – Tunisia
  • TR – Turkey
  • TM – Turkmenistan
  • TC – Turks and Caicos Islands
  • TV – Tuvalu
  • UG – Uganda
  • UA – Ukraine
  • AE – United Arab Emirates
  • UK – United Kingdom
  • US – United States
  • UM – US Minor Outlying Islands
  • UY – Uruguay
  • SU – USSR (former)
  • UZ – Uzbekistan
  • VU – Vanuatu
  • VA – Vatican City State (Holy See)
  • VE – Venezuela
  • VN – Viet Nam
  • VG – British Virgin Islands
  • VI – Virgin Islands (U.S.)
  • WF – Wallis and Futuna Islands
  • EH – Western Sahara
  • YE – Yemen
  • YU – Yugoslavia (former)
  • ZM – Zambia
  • (ZR – Zaire) – See CD Congo, Democratic Republic
  • ZW – Zimbabwe

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    2 Responses to “BlackBerry Tip: How to add your Country Flags to BlackBerry Messenger and list of Country codes.”

    1. Reply
      hyweljones says:
      October 20, 2010 at 3:26 am

      How can i get the Welsh flag for Blackberry messenger, it is a red dragon and the background is white and green?

    2. Reply
      Xavier says:
      October 25, 2010 at 4:27 pm

      I would love to see Flags and/or Logos of different Soccer Teams. at least the most famous ones for example BARCELONA FC (spain) Real Madrid (spain) Manchester United (england) and so on. :)

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