Let's continue a series of articles about license plates. Today we will touch on license plates introduced in already independent Ukraine. After the collapse of the USSR, car numbers of the 1959-1980 model were valid in Ukraine. In 1992, in the absence of others, Soviet state car license plates of the 1980 model continued to be issued: 1) for private cars: on a white background, a small letter, four numbers separated in the middle by a hyphen and two large letters (abbreviated name of the region, region , ASSR); 2) for state officials on a white background, four digits separated by a hyphen and three capital letters (the first two of them are the name of the region).
For example an ambulance medical care had the following license plate, which indicated that she belonged to an institution (i.e., not a private motorist).
The new authorities decided not to philosophize and not to compose new numbers, to diversify the old ones by adding the decimal letter "i". In the same year, another modernized number appeared with a flag of Ukraine and the inscription "UA". Its structure was the same as that of the Soviet issue, but the coding of the regions changed somewhat.
On the this room, unfortunately, the flag and the abbreviation "UA" on the left side of the license plate are no longer distinguishable.
A table with the new numbers of regions introduced in 1992, we will give below.
| Region | Auto series | Trailer Series |
| Autonomous Republic of Crimea | CR, MY, MX | CR, NA |
| Vinnitsa | VI, VX | XO, VI |
| Volyn | VN, VYa | VN, IC |
| Dnepropetrovsk | YA, YAS, YAV, AE | XX, JV, YAS, YE |
| Donetsk | YANG, YAM, YI, YAO | HE, YAM, YANG |
| Zhytomyr | IO, IP | HH, IO |
| Transcarpathian | IK, IM | HM, IM |
| Zaporozhye | YAT, YAYA, YAH, IT | HER, YAYA, YAH |
| Ivano-Frankivsk | IB, IA | EY, IG |
| Kyiv | KH, MI | CH, MI |
| Kyiv | KI, XE, XT | KI, SA |
| Kirovogradskaya | EI, EM, EI | Sun, EI |
| Luhansk | AI, AY | BP, AI, IE |
| Lviv | IN, II | XP, IN, II |
| Nikolaevskaya | HI, HB, HA | NK, HI |
| Odessa | OI | OE, OYA, RH |
| Poltava | IX, IЯ | XT, IX |
| Rivne | RV, RN | PB, PI |
| Sumy | SI, SYA, SR | OT, CI |
| Ternopil | TE, TI | TE, TI |
| Kharkiv | XA, XI, XK | XA, XI, ZI |
| Kherson | XO, XY | XH, XY, IP |
| Khmelnytsky | HM, TH | HM, IB, IK |
| Cherkasy | RK, RS, PI | RK, IA |
| Chernihiv | RM, RH | XV, IT |
| Chernivtsi | IC, IE | OX, OI |
In 1995, state license plates of a new type were introduced on the territory of Ukraine. On the left side there was a yellow-blue flag, and below it was the code of the region, which I will tell about belonging to a little later. Followed by two digital block 3 and 2 digits each, separated by a hyphen and two large letters denoting the name of the region (see below).
Although since 1995 they began to issue license plates of this type, for some time old “Soviet” numbers could still be issued, which were naturally cheaper, but they were not allowed to cross the state border.
The sorting of these numbers by region was carried out according to the letter 
area designation on the right. According to this sorting, the regions were assigned sequence numbers– automobile codes of regions. I would especially like to emphasize that although the license plates used only those Cyrillic alphabetic characters that coincide in spelling with the Latin alphabet, the numbers were still sorted according to the Cyrillic alphabet.
| Region | Autonomous codes of Ukraine | Series |
| Autonomous Republic of Crimea | 01 | KO, KR, CT |
| Vinnitsa | 02 | W, W, BI |
| Volyn | 03 | VK, VM, VO |
| Dnepropetrovsk | 04 | AA, AB, AE, AK, AN |
| Donetsk | 05 | EA, EB, EC, EH, EO, EU |
| Zhytomyr | 06 | VA, BB, BE |
| Transcarpathian | 07 | RE, RR, RT |
| Zaporozhye | 08 | ON, NOT, BUT, HP, NS |
| Ivano-Frankivsk | 09 | IB, IC |
| Kyiv | 10 | KK, KM, KH |
| Kyiv | 11 | KA, KB, KE, KN, KI |
| Kirovogradskaya | 12 | OM, OH, OS |
| Luhansk | 13 | AM, AO, AR, AT, AX |
| Lviv | 14 | TA, TV, TN, TS |
| Nikolaevskaya | 15 | NK, NT, HI |
| Odessa | 16 | OA, OB, OE, OK |
| Poltava | 17 | SC, CH, SS |
| Rivne | 18 | RA, RV, RO |
| Sumy | 19 | SA, SW, SE |
| Ternopil | 20 | TE, TK, TI |
| Kharkiv | 21 | HA, HV, HK |
| Kherson | 22 | XN, XO |
| Khmelnytsky | 23 | HM, XI |
| Cherkasy | 24 | MA, MB, ME |
| Chernihiv | 25 | MK, MM, MH |
| Chernivtsi | 26 | MO, MR, MS |
| Sevastopol | 27 | KS |
The next significant reform took place in 2004. So the license plate structure is as follows. On the left side of the license plate was a vertically placed rectangle, horizontally divided into two areas of blue and yellow. In the "blue square" there is a small coat of arms of Ukraine trident, made in yellow, in the "yellow" - in black "UA" - the international automobile code of Ukraine. Further, on a white background, two letters follow in black, indicating the region code, a four-digit number, and two more letters. For the rear license plates of some cars, mopeds and motorcycles, almost “square” license plates are allowed, where the letters are located on top and four numbers on the bottom (for cars and mopeds) or in three lines - two letters, four numbers and again two letters (for motorcycles ).
I would like to draw your attention to the fact that although it seems that the numbers are written in Cyrillic characters, they are still sorted according to the Latin alphabet. Now we have real "bourgeois" numbers.
| Region | Region code |
| Kyiv | AA |
| Vinnitsa | AB |
| Volyn | AC |
| Dnepropetrovsk | AE |
| Donetsk | AH |
| Zhytomyr | AM |
| Transcarpathian | AO |
| Zaporozhye | AP |
| Ivano-Frankivsk | AT |
| Kyiv | AI |
| Autonomous Republic of Crimea | AK |
| Kirovogradskaya | BA |
| Luhansk | BB |
| Lviv | BC |
| Nikolaevskaya | BE |
| Odessa | BH |
| Poltava | BI |
| Rivne | BK |
| Sumy | BM |
| Ternopil | BO |
| Kharkiv | AX |
| Kherson | BT |
| Khmelnytsky | BX |
| Cherkasy | CA |
| Chernihiv | CB |
| Chernivtsi | CE |
| Sevastopol | CH |
| All over Ukraine | II |
The last two letters can have any combination, except for BP and KM, seen as similar to the Verkhovna Rada and the Cabinet of Ministers (which was the case in the license plates of the previous sample).
It is also very remarkable that the city of Kyiv was singled out from the general sorting by the region code AA. But why is the Kharkiv region marked with the code AX in the same way? Or maybe she was supposed to have a BP code that they decided to reserve? All this remains a mystery.
Separately, I want to talk about transit numbers. Their structure is similar, and the main difference is that the "stamp" block on a red background is followed by two digits of the region code (according to the table of regional codes of license plates of the previous sample of 1995 or the designations "T1", "T2", which indicates the fact that the number was issued at the manufacturing enterprise, as they are popularly called "terminators"), two letters denoting the region code (according to the 2004 classification) and four digits. Similar "square" numbers are possible for rear license plates.
Numbers of cars by regions of Ukraine are one of the biggest mysteries on our roads. Who and why enciphered the codes of our regions, we will never know how not to understand the logic of this action. Fortunately, deciphering the codes is not a secret.
The current format of license plates for cars was adopted in Ukraine in 2004, with a slight correction in 2015, when the field of colors of the Ukrainian flag in the left edge of the number was replaced by Blue colour with a small blue and yellow flag on it. The registration plate bears a four-digit car number itself and two letter indexes before and after it.
Only the first group of two letters is related to the region of registration of the car, the rest of the characters refer to the actual registration number
The first pair of letters just indicates the code of the region to which the vehicle is assigned. The second pair of letters that completes the inscription on the plate is a series of numbers that allows you to expand the number of registrations in the future.
At the same time, only those letters of the Ukrainian Cyrillic alphabet are used that have analogues in the Latin alphabet - allegedly because the car could travel abroad without problems. There are only twelve such letters in the Ukrainian alphabet: A, B, E, I, K, M, H, O, R, C, T, X.
Ukrainian sample numbers 1995 - 2004 determined belonging to the region by digital code. Assignment logic - alphabetical arrangement of areas
Operating letter indices For some reason, the regions of the 2004 sample are not morphologically related to the names of the regions, to identify the place of registration of the car, the codes must be memorized or used in the table below.
| KA |
Kyiv City |
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| KB |
Vinnytsia region |
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| KC |
Volyn region |
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| KE |
Dnipropetrovsk region |
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| KH |
Donetsk region |
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| KI |
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| KM |
Zhytomyr Oblast |
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| CO |
Transcarpathian region |
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| KP |
Zaporozhye region |
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| CT |
Ivano-Frankivsk region |
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| Kharkov region |
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| Kirovograd region |
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| Lugansk region |
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| Lviv region |
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| Nikolaevkskaya area |
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| Odessa region |
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| Poltava region |
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| Rovenskaya region |
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| Sumy region |
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| Ternopil region |
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| Kherson region |
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| Khmelnitsky region |
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| Cherkasy region |
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| Chernihiv region |
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| Chernivtsi region |
The picture was even more confused by an attempt to “refresh” the indices at the end of 2013, when the first letters in the region codes began to be replaced: A was changed to K, B to H, C to I. But the previous codification also remained.
Series of numbers for "untouchable" owners in different years canceled and reintroduced
Numbers of cars by regions in Ukraine, in addition to the above-described usual for "passenger" cars, there can be several more types - temporary, bus, diplomatic, police, military, volunteer and others. Many of them have their own codification, their own performance variations and their own history, and perhaps we will talk about them next time.
Car codes countries are required to identify the state of registration of the car. Previously, a sticker was used for this purpose, on which the country code was indicated in capital letters. The distinctive sign of the country of registration must be attached to the rear of the vehicle near the license plate, and may also be included in the registration number of the vehicle. If the distinguishing sign is included in the registration number, it must also appear on the front registration plate of the vehicle.
The distinctive sign may be supplemented by the flag or emblem of the nation state or the emblem of the regional economic integration organization to which the country belongs. The insignia must be displayed at the far left or far right of the registration plate. If on registration number the symbol/flag/emblem is present, the distinctive sign must be placed in the far left position on the registration plate.
Recently, countries are moving to the definition of belonging to registration plates. For example, in the European Union, this code is displayed on the standard registration number of the car. In this case, the sticker is no longer required.
Nevertheless, there were cases (for example, in Germany) when a fine was issued for her absence. To avoid misunderstandings, even if you do not want to stick it, it is better to carry a sticker with you and stick it on demand.
According to the Convention on International Traffic, the sticker must be made in the form of an ellipse, the main axis of which is horizontal, and the letters must be black on a white background.
Data in all tables can be sorted in ascending/descending order by clicking on the column heading.
European car codes
| The code | Country | Valid from | Previous code | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Austria | 1910 | ||
| ABH* | Abkhazia | 2006 | ||
| AL | Albania | 1934 | ||
| AM | Armenia | 1992 | SU | Formerly part of the USSR |
| AND | Andorra | 1957 | ||
| AX* | Åland Islands | 2002 | SF | Official code - FIN |
| AZ | Azerbaijan | 1993 | SU | Formerly part of the USSR |
| B | Belgium | 1910 | ||
| BG | Bulgaria | 1910 | ||
| BIH | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1992 | YU | Formerly part of the SFRY |
| BY | Belarus | 1992 | SU | Formerly part of the USSR |
| BZH* | Brittany | Region in northwestern France | ||
| CAT* | Catalonia | Autonomous community of Spain, located in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula | ||
| CD* | diplomatic corps | |||
| CH | Switzerland | 1911 | C onfoederatio H elvetica | |
| CY | Cyprus | 1932 | ||
| CYM* | Wales | 1932 | Cym en | |
| cz | Czech | 1993 | CS | Formerly part of Czechoslovakia |
| D | Germany | 1910 | D euschland | |
| DK | Denmark | 1914 | ||
| E | Spain | 1910 | E spana | |
| EH* | French Basque Country | Located in the southwestern part of the French department of Pyrenees-Atlantiques | ||
| EIR | Ireland | 1938 | GB − 1910 SE − 1924 |
Formerly part of Great Britain and the Irish Free State (1922-1937). Used in conjunction with the IRL code. |
| ENG* | England | |||
| EST | Estonia | 1993 | EW 1919–1940 & 1991–1993 S.U. 1940–1991 |
Formerly part of the USSR |
| F | France | 1910 | ||
| FIN | Finland | 1993 | SF | Suomi Finland |
| FIN | Liechtenstein | 1923 | F urstentum L iechtenstein | |
| FO | Faroe islands | 1996 | FR | Fo royar |
| GB | Great Britain | 1910 | ||
| GBA | Alderney | 1924 | G reat B ritain- A lderney | |
| GBG | guernsey | 1924 | G reat B ritain- G uernsey | |
| GBJ | Jersey | 1924 | G reat B ritain- J ersey | |
| GBM | Isle Of Man | 1932 | G reat B ritain- M an | |
| GBZ | Gibraltar | 1924 | G reat B ritain - Gibraltar ( Z used as G is already used for Guernsey) | |
| G.E. | Georgia | 1992 | SU | Formerly part of the USSR |
| GEO | Georgia | 1992 | SU | Formerly part of the USSR |
| GR | Greece | 1913 | ||
| H | Hungary | 1910 | ||
| HR | Croatia | 1992 | SHS 1919–1929 Y 1929–1953 YU 1953–1992 |
HR watska. Formerly part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, then part of the SFRY |
| I | Italy | 1919 | ||
| IRL | Ireland | 1962 | GB − 1910 SE − 1924 EIR-1938 |
Formerly part of Great Britain and the Irish Free State (1922-1937). Used in conjunction with the EIR code. |
| IS | Iceland | 1936 | ||
| KN* | Greenland | 1910 | GRO | K alaallit N unat. Official code - DK |
| L | Luxembourg | 1911 | ||
| LT | Lithuania | 1992 | S.U. 1940–1991 | Formerly part of the USSR |
| LV | Latvia | 1992 | LR 1927–1940 S.U. 1940–1991 |
Formerly part of the USSR |
| M | Malta | 1966 | GBY 1924–66 | |
| MC | Monaco | 1910 | ||
| MD | Moldova | 1992 | SU−1991 | Formerly part of the USSR |
| NMK | North Macedonia | 2019 | YU-1992 MK-2019 |
Formerly part of the SFRY. From 1992 to 2019 Macedonia. |
| MNE | Montenegro | 2006 | MN 1913–1919 SHS 1919–1929 Y 1929–1953 YU 1953–2003 SCG 2003–2006 |
Independent nation until 1918. After that, part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, then part of the SFRY, and then Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia and Krna Gora - Serbian). Independence restored in 2006. |
| N | Norway | 1922 | ||
| NIR* | Northern Ireland | N orthern Ir eland | ||
| NL | Netherlands | 1910 | ||
| P | Portugal | 1910 | ||
| PL | Poland | 1921 | ||
| PMR* | Transnistria | 1990 | ||
| RKS | Kosovo | 2010 | KS | |
| RO | Romania | 1981 | R 1930–1981 | |
| RSM | San Marino | 1932 | ||
| RSO* | South Ossetia | |||
| ENG | Russia | 1992 | R 1910–1917 S.U. 1917–1992 |
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| S | Sweden | 1911 | ||
| SCO* | Scotland | |||
| SCV* | Vatican | |||
| SK | Slovakia | 1993 | CS 1919–1939 & 1945–1992 SQ 1939–1945 |
Formerly part of Czechoslovakia |
| SLO | Slovenia | 1992 | SHS 1919–1929 Y 1929–1953 YU 1953–1992 |
Formerly part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, then part of the SFRY |
| SMOM | Sovereign Order of Malta | S overeign M ilitary O order of M alta | ||
| SRB | Serbia | 2006 | SB-1919 SHS 1919–1929 Y 1929–1953 YU 1953–2003 SCG 2003–2006 |
Formerly part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, then part of the SFRY, and then Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia and Krna Gora - Serbian). Independence restored in 2006. |
| TR | Turkey | 1923 | ||
| U.A. | Ukraine | 1992 | SU | Formerly part of the USSR |
| V | Vatican | 1931 | SCV (Stato della Città del Vaticano) is used as a prefix on the license plate itself | |
| VL* | Flanders | 1923 | Historical region on the territory of modern France, Belgium and the Netherlands. |
* - unofficial code
America's car codes
| The code | Country | Valid from | Previous code | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AG* | Antigua and Barbuda | |||
| ARU* | Aruba | |||
| AXA* | Anguilla | |||
| bds | Barbados | 1956 | ||
| BH | Belize | 1938 | B ritish H onduras. After gaining independence and changing the name, the state did not notify about the change of code | |
| BOL | Bolivia | 1967 | ||
| BR | Brazil | 1930 | ||
| BS | Bahamas | 1950 | ||
| BVI | British Virgin Islands | 1910 | ||
| C | Cuba | 1930 | ||
| CND | Canada | 1956 | CA | |
| CO | Colombia | 1952 | ||
| CR | Costa Rica | 1956 | ||
| DOM | Dominican Republic | 1952 | ||
| EU | Ecuador | 1962 | ||
| ES | Salvador | 1978 | ||
| GCA | Guatemala | 1956 | ||
| GUI | Guyana | 1972 | BRG | Formerly British Guiana |
| HN* | Honduras | |||
| JA | Jamaica | 1932 | ||
| KAN* | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint K itts a nd N evis | ||
| MEX | Mexico | 1952 | ||
| NA | Netherlands Antilles | 1957 | ||
| NIC | Nicaragua | 1952 | ||
| PA | Panama | 1952 | ||
| PE | Peru | 1937 | ||
| PR* | Puerto Rico | |||
| PY | Paraguay | 1952 | ||
| RA | Argentina | 1927 | ||
| RCH | Chile | 1930 | ||
| RH | Haiti | 1952 | ||
| SME | Suriname | 1936 | ||
| TT | Trinidad and Tobago | 1964 | TD | |
| USA | USA | 1952 | US | |
| UY | Uruguay | 2012 | U 1930-1979 ROU 1979-2012 |
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| WD | Dominica | 1954 | ||
| WG | Grenada | 1932 | ||
| WL | Saint Lucia | 1932 | ||
| WV | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1932 | ||
| YV | Venezuela | 1955 |
* - unofficial code
Asia car codes
| The code | Country | Valid from | Previous code | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFG | Afghanistan | 1971 | ||
| BD | Bangladesh | 1978 | PAK | Formerly East Pakistan |
| BRN | Bahrain | 1954 | ||
| BRU | Brunei | 1956 | ||
| BRU | Brunei | 1956 | ||
| BT | Butane | BHT | ||
| CL | Sri Lanka | 1961 | Previously C ey l on | |
| CN* | People's Republic of China | |||
| HK* | Hong Kong | H ong K ong | ||
| HKJ | Jordan | 1966 | JOR | H ashemite K indom of J order |
| IL | Israel | 1952 | ||
| IND | India | 1947 | BI 1930-1947 | Formerly British India |
| IR | Iran | 1936 | PR 1930-1936 | Formerly Persia |
| IRQ | Iraq | 1930 | ||
| J | Japan | 1964 | ||
| K | Cambodia | 1956 | ||
| KG | Kyrgyzstan | 2016 | SU−1991 KS 1991-2016 |
Formerly part of the USSR |
| KGZ* | Kyrgyzstan | 1992 | SU−1991 KS 1991-2016 |
Formerly part of the USSR |
| KP* | North Korea | |||
| KSA | Saudi Arabia | 1973 | SA | K indom of S audi A rabia |
| KWT | Kuwait | 1954 | ||
| KZ | Kazakhstan | 1992 | SU−1991 | Formerly part of the USSR |
| LAO | Laos | 1959 | ||
| MAL | Malaysia | 1967 | PRK-1957 FM 1954-1957 PTM 1957–1967 |
Formerly Perak then Federated States of Malaya then Federation of Malaya |
| MNG | Mongolia | 2002 | MGL 1997–2002 | |
| MV* | Maldives | |||
| MYA | Myanmar | 1989 | B.U.R. 1956-1989 | |
| NEP | Nepal | 1970 | ||
| OM | Oman | |||
| PK | Pakistan | 1947 | ||
| PS* | Palestine | |||
| Q | Qatar | 1972 | ||
| RC | Republic of China (Taiwan) | 1932 | ||
| R.I. | Indonesia | 1955 | ||
| RL | Lebanon | 1952 | ||
| R.O.K. | South Korea | 1971 | ||
| RP | Philippines | 1975 | ||
| SGP | Singapore | 1952 | ||
| SYR | Syria | 1952 | ||
| T | Thailand | 1955 | ||
| TJ | Tajikistan | 1992 | SU−1991 | Formerly part of the USSR |
| TL* | East Timor | P, RI | T imor- L este | |
| TM | Turkmenistan | 1992 | SU−1991, TMN | Formerly part of the USSR |
| UAE | United United Arab Emirates | 1971 | ||
| USD | Uzbekistan | 1992 | SU−1991 | Formerly part of the USSR |
| VN | Vietnam | 1953 | ||
| YEM | Yemen | 1990 | YAR 1960-1990 |
* - unofficial code
African car codes
| The code | Country | Valid from | Previous code | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANG | Angola | 1975 | P.A.N. 1932-1957 P 1957-1975 |
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| bf | Burkina Faso | 1990 | ||
| b.w. | Botswana | 2003 | BP 1967-2003 | |
| CAM | Cameroon | 1952 | ||
| CGO | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1997 | CB, RCL, CGO, ZR | |
| CI | Ivory Coast | 1961 | ||
| COM | Comoros | |||
| CV* | Cape Verde | 1975 | P | |
| DJI* | Djibouti | F | ||
| DY | Benin | 1910 | F | Before 1975 Dahomey |
| DZ | Algeria | 1962 | F−1911 | |
| EAK | Kenya | 1938 | E ast A Frica K enya | |
| EAT | Tanzania | 1938 | E ast A Frica T anzania | |
| EAU | Uganda | 1938 | E ast A Frica U ganda | |
| EAZ | Zanzibar | 1964 | E ast A Frica Z anzibar | |
| ER | Eritrea | 1993 | AOI | Africa Orientale Italiana (Italian) |
| ET | Egypt | 1927 | ||
| ETH | Ethiopia | 1964 | ||
| G | Gabon | 1974 | ALEF - 1960 | Afrique Equatoriale Française |
| GH | Ghana | 1959 | WAC - 1957 | West Africa Gold Coast |
| GQ* | Equatorial Guinea | G uinee E q uatoriale | ||
| LAR | Libya | 1972 | I-1949, LT | L ibyan A slave R epublic |
| LB | Liberia | 1967 | ||
| LS | Lesotho | 1967 | BL | |
| MA | Morocco | 1924 | ||
| MOS | Mozambique | 1975 | MOC 1932–1956 P 1957–1975 |
Formerly part of Portugal |
| MS | Mauritius | 1938 | ||
| MW | Malawi | 1965 | EA 1932–1938 NP - 1938-1970 RNY option 1960–1965 |
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| NAM | Namibia | 1990 | SWA | Formerly South West Africa |
| RCA | Central African Republic | 1962 | ||
| RCB | Republic of the Congo | 1962 | ||
| RG | Guinea | 1972 | ||
| R.I.M. | Mauritania | 1964 | ||
| RM | Madagascar | 1962 | ||
| RMM | Mali | 1962 | ||
| RN | Niger | 1977 | ||
| EN | Burundi | 1962 | R uanda- U rundi | |
| RWA | Rwanda | 1964 | RU−1962 | R uanda- U rundi |
| SD | Eswatini | 1935 | Formerly Swaziland until 2018 | |
| SN | Senegal | 1962 | ||
| STP* | Sao Tome and Principe | 1975 | P | S o T home and P rincipe |
| SUD | Sudan | 1963 | ||
| SY | Seychelles | 1938 | ||
| TCH | Chad | 1973 | ||
| TG | Togo | 1973 | ||
| TN | Tunisia | 1957 | F−1956 | |
| wag | Gambia | 1932 | W est A Frica G ambia | |
| WAL | Sierra Leone | 1937 | W est A Frica Sierra L one | |
| WAN | Nigeria | 1937 | W est A Frica N igeria | |
| WSA* | West Sahara | 1932 | W stern Sa hara | |
| Z | Zambia | 1964 | ||
| ZA | South Africa | 1936 | Z uid- A frika | |
| ZW | Zimbabwe | 1980 | SR - 1965 RSR - 1980 |
Formerly Southern Rhodesia, then Rhodesia |
* - unofficial code
Automotive codes of Australia and Oceania
| The code | Country | Valid from | Previous code | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARK* | Antarctica | |||
| AUS | Australia | 1954 | ||
| FJI | Fiji | 1971 | ||
| FSM* | Federated States of Micronesia | F ederated S tates of M micronesia | ||
| KIR* | Kiribati | |||
| MH* | Marshall Islands | M ars h all Islands | ||
| NAU | Nauru | 1968 | ||
| NC* | New Caledonia | 1968 | N ouvelle- C aledonie | |
| NZ | New Zealand | 1958 | ||
| PAL* | Palau | |||
| PNG | Papua New Guinea | 1978 | ||
| SOL* | Solomon islands | |||
| TO* | Tonga | |||
| TUV* | Tuvalu | |||
| VU* | Vanuatu | |||
| WS | Samoa | 1962 |
* - unofficial code
Deprecated Codes
| The code | Country | Valid until | Replaced by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADN | Aden | 1980 | Y | 1938-1967 South Yemen 1967-1980 People's Democratic Republic of Yemen |
| AEF | French Equatorial Africa | 1960 | G, TCH | |
| AOF | French West Africa | 1962 | DY, RMM, RN | |
| AOI | Italian East Africa | 1964 | ER, ETH | |
| BA | Burma | 1956 | BUR | |
| BP | bechuanaland | 1966 | b.w. | |
| CS | Czechoslovakia | 1992 | CZ, SK | |
| DA | Free City of Danzig | 1939 | D (1939–1945) PL (1945-...) |
1919-1939 |
| DDR | GDR | 1990 | D | 1974-1990 German Democratic Republic |
| GBY | Malta | 1966 | M | |
| ew | Estonia | 1940 | SU | 1919-1940 |
| LR | Latvia | 1940 | SU | 1927-1940 |
| PR | Persia | 1936 | IR | 1930-1936 |
| R | Russian empire | 1917 | SU | 1910-1917 |
| RSR | Southern Rhodesia | 1917 | SU | 1910-1917 |
| SA | Saar | 1956 | D | 1926–1935, 1947–1956 |
| SHS | Kingdom of Yugoslavia | 1929 | Y | 1919–1929 |
| SM | Siam | 1939 | T | 1930–1939 |
| SU | USSR | 1991 | EST, LT, LV, BY, MD, UA, TJ, TM, GE, KZ, UZ, KS, AZ, AM, RUS | 1917-1991 |
| TS | Free Territory of Trieste | 1954 | I | |
| Y | Yugoslavia | 1953 | YU | 1929-1953 |
| YU | Yugoslavia | 2003 | BIH, HR, MK, MNE, SLO, SRB | 1953–2003 |
| HV | Upper Volta | 1984 | bf | now Burkina Faso |
| MK | Macedonia | 2019 | NMK | Now North Macedonia |
* - unofficial code
01 (??) Republic of Adygea (Maikop)02 (BA, BS) Republic of Bashkotorstan (Ufa)
03 (BU) Republic of Buryatia (Ulan-Ude)
04 (AL, AB) Republic of Gorny Altai
05 (YES) Republic of Dagestan (Makhachkala)
06 (CHN) Ingush Republic (Nazran)
07 (KB) Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. (Nalchik)
08 (KC) Republic of Kalmykia (Elista)
09 (??) Karachay-Cherkess Republic (Cherkessk)
10 (CS, LC) Republic of Karelia (Petrozavodsk)
11 (KM) Republic of Komi (Syktyvkar)
12 (MS) Republic of Mari El (Yoshkar-Ola)
13 (MR) Republic of Mordovia (Saransk)
14 (YaK) Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
15 (CE) Republic of North Ossetia (Vladikavkaz)
16 (TA) Republic of Tatarstan (Kazan)
17 (TV) Republic of Tuva (Kyzyl)
18 (UD) Republic of Udmurtia (Izhevsk)
19 (KYA, KE, XS) Republic of Khakassia (Abakan)
21 (ChU) Republic of Chuvash Rep. (Cheboksary)
22 (AL, AB) Altai Territory (Barnaul)
23 (KK, CB, CV, CP) Krasnodar Territory
24 (KYA, EC) Krasnoyarsk Territory
25 (PC, PR) Primorsky Territory (Vladivostok)
26 (SS, ST) Stavropol Territory
27 (HB) Khabarovsk Territory
28 (AM) Amur Region (Blagoveshchensk)
29 (AH) Arkhangelsk region
30 (AS) Astrakhan region
31 (BE) Belgorod region
32 (BR) Bryansk region
33 (VL) Vladimir region
34 (VG, SG) Volgograd region
35 (VO) Vologda region
36 (VV, VZh) Voronezh region
37 (IV) Ivanovo region
38 (IR) Irkutsk region
39 (??) Kaliningrad region
40 (KZh) Kaluga region
41 (CC) Kamchatka region
42 (KE, TSH) Kemerovo region
43 (KV) Kirov region
44 (KO) Kostroma region
45 (KN) Kurgan region
46 (KU) Kursk region
47 (LG, LO) St. Petersburg region
48 (LP) Lipetsk region
49 (MA) Magadan region
50 (ME, MF, MZ, YuA, YuB, SE) Moscow region
51 (MU) Murmansk region
52 (GO) Nizhny Novgorod region
53 (NO) Novgorod region
54 (NB, HH) Novosibirsk region
55 (OM) Omsk region
56 (OB) Orenburg region
57 (OR) Oryol region
58 (PE) Penza region
59 (PM, Fri) Perm region
60 (PS) Pskov region
61 (RO, RD, RP, RRS) Rostov region
62 (RY) Ryazan region
63 (KSH, UK) Samara region
64 (SA, SZh) Saratov region
65 (SH) Sakhalin region
66 (NE, SF) Sverdlovsk region
67 (SM) Smolensk region
68 (TA) Tambov region
69 (KA) Tver region
70 (TO) Tomsk region
71 (TU, TL) Tula region
72 (TYu, TV) Tyumen region
73 (UL) Ulyanovsk region
74 (CH, BW) Chelyabinsk region
75 (Thursday) Chita region
76 (YAR) Yaroslavl region
77 (MK, MM, MN, MO, MT, YUG, YUD) Moscow city
78 (VS, LD, LE, SR, EU) city of St. Petersburg (former Leningrad)
79 (??) Jewish Autonomous region(Birobidzhan)
80 (??) Aginsky Buryat Autonomous Okrug (village Aginsky)
81 (??) Komi-Permyat Autonomous Okrug (Kudymkar)
82 (??) Koryak Autonomous Okrug (Palana town)
83 (??) Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Naryan-Mar)
84 (??) Taimyr Autonomous Okrug (Dudinka)
85 (??) Ust-Orda Autonomous Okrug
86 (??) Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
87 (??) Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (Anadyr)
88 (??) Evenk Autonomous Okrug (Tura)
89 (??) Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Salekhard)
Registration plates Russian Federation - a special symbolic sign (No.) made (applied) on metal (or from other material) plates (forms) or a vehicle (TC) used to register cars, motorcycles, trucks, special, construction equipment and weapons, trailers.
Installed on the front and back parts equipment (for trailers and motorcycles - only at the rear).
In the Russian Federation, most registration plates are standard plates of the 1993 model, the form of which is determined by GOST R 50577-93. The license plates of route vehicles, military vehicles, vehicles of diplomatic missions, vehicles of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, trailers, construction equipment and motorcycles have a format and / or dimensions slightly different from the standard.
Combinations on standard license plates are built according to the principle - 3 letters, 3 numbers. The letters represent the license plate series and the numbers represent the number. GOST for use on signs allowed 12 Cyrillic letters that have graphic analogues in the Latin alphabet - BUT, AT, E, To, M, H, O, R, FROM, T, At and X. On the right side of the license plate, in a separate quadrangle, are located: in the lower part - the flag of the Russian Federation with the inscription ENG, and at the top - the code designation of the subject of the Russian Federation, where the car was registered. Moreover, the letters are smaller in font size than the numbers.
All used numbers are registered. Each administrative region has its own number, common to all cars registered in this region. The total number of sets of license plates that can be produced for each subject of Russia is determined by GOST and is 1 million 726 thousand 272 (= 12?? (10? -1), there cannot be a number of three zeros).
Initially, only numbers from 01 before 89 , according to the number of regions of the Russian Federation as of January 1, 1993. However, the number of registered cars is increasing every year, and there is a shortage of license plates with valid combinations. For this reason, in a number of subjects of Russia, additional code designations have been introduced that can be used on signs; first, the issuance of region codes from the ninth decade began ( 9x) (except code 92), and then moved on to three-digit region codes. Three or more region codes are used by Moscow (codes 77, 99, 97, 177, 199, 197, 777), Moscow Region (50, 90, 150, 190, 750), Krasnoyarsk Territory (24, 84, 88, 124), St. Petersburg (78, 98, 178), Krasnodar Territory (23, 93, 123), Perm Territory (59, 81, 159) and Sverdlovsk Region (66, 96, 196), while Krasnoyarsk and Perm Territory got codes for 8 "inherited" from other constituent entities of the federation included in their composition. 19 entities use two region codes. The first region code starting with 9 began to be issued from July 1998, and the first three-digit code - from February 2005 (in both cases - in Moscow). After the mergers of regions that took place in 2005-2008, the issuance of most of the numbers with region codes from the eighth ten (starting with 8 ) has been discontinued.
The numerical codes used on registration plates, from 01 to 89, initially coincided with the numbers of regions - subjects of the Russian Federation in the order they were listed in Art. 65 p. 1 of the Constitution of Russia as amended at the time of the creation of the standard for state license plates. Full list digital codes is fixed by the Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation of February 19, 1999 No. 121 "On State Registration Plates Vehicle”and, subsequently, by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation of March 28, 2002 No. 282 (as amended on August 29, 2011) “On state registration plates of vehicles”. In particular, it establishes: “On registration plates of vehicles classified as type 1, it is allowed to use the number 1 in the three-digit region code as the first digit of the code.” Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation of June 26, 2013 N 478 Moscow "On Amending the List of Digital Codes of the Russian Federation Regions Used on State Registration Plates of Vehicles and Other Special Products Necessary for Admission of Vehicles and Their Drivers to participation in road traffic, approved by order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia dated March 28, 2002 N 282 "new three-digit region codes are being introduced in the Russian Federation. They will start with the number 7.
